"One tanning leads to another"
Rachel lay stretched in the lounger by the pool, a drop of sweat beading on her forehead. She felt it swell, begin to dribble, and then dissolve into steam before even touching the bridge of her nose. It was hot,...
"A face from the past ignites Bertie's memory"
NOWThe aphorism that “you never forget your first” was one that had always bothered Bertie.For one, which ‘first’ was it referring to? His first crush would have been on a classmate in grade school, but which classmate or even which...
"The store is closed, but the story has just begun."
Two months after she’d received it, Rachel was still at a loss over what to do with the damn poster.Her ex – a man she’d seen in person once since she’d left him thirteen years earlier – had recently died....
"The May-December fetish couple are back, and they're here to play Scrabble"
The night had started with the best of intentions. A week before, Bertie and Rachel had been sitting in front of the TV, watching cartoons while eating dinner, and Rachel had asked, out of the blue, when they’d last had...
"Rachel's fetish follows her into the digital world."
In the final days of the twenty-first century, the experiment that was democracy had failed. Riven by internal disputes, the great states were dying, their cries going unheard as their leaders, their enemies, and their poor stupid citizens all struggled...
"A lecherous ghost reflects on a lifetime of kink."
I once had an ex give me road head on the LA freeway coming back from Napa in 1982. I’d brag that I didn’t even have to pay for it, but it turns out this girl drank Dom Perignon like...
"Rachel agrees to give her new acquaintance a second chance."
Bertie had once told her over dinner that no food drew him back to a specific time and place like two-dollar student discount pizza. While he’d never admitted it, Rachel knew from the occasional stain on his clothes that he...
"We listen in on Bertie's favourite web series..."
“The wind howled across the moor that night, raking the last few resilient leaves from their branches. Gillespie lay awake, watching the moonlight phantoms play over the ceiling. He was aware in the back of his mind that tonight marked...
"A younger Rachel is introduced to the world of spanking and discipline"
The song was not hers.The song had been written long ago, its words and its notes arranged even before she was born. Its creators had birthed it from a spark of inspiration, and it had grown with many voices since.But...
"Their relationship healing, Rachel and Bertie move on to spicier things..."
From the notes of Dr. Kelsey Ransom, PsyDToday I terminated my relationship with Rachel and Bertie.The couple has completed what I would consider the standard period of couple’s therapy, and even though our sessions have uncovered some skeletons in their...