"A thrilling way to bridge the generation gap"
Twenty years had passed since that terrible evening. Twenty years in which lives had been repaired, if not healed, and had branched off in different directions from how those involved had intended.I had moved away, because I had been about...
"A woman's fear of aging gets a very hot examination"
The raging inferno that was my relationship with Sadie blew itself out when she fell in love with Kira. For a few weeks we were the perfect triangle (see my previous story, Three-course feast.) I was the dependable caucasian man...
"My part-time girl and I go exotic"
The conversation with Sadie was more straightforward than I had imagined. We had met three times after finding each other on an adult dating site and had come to like each other in more ways than one.Finding chances to meet...
"My first Chinese woman, her first Englishman"
One of the recurring pleasures in my life is finding dormant women, by which I mean those who are attractive enough and may have had a bit of sexual action in the past but have allowed it to slip into...
"Former colleagues met up at the firm's anniversary nght"
Vera sat back in the comfort of her new sofa, a beige velour number with billowing cushions at head height and on the arms. It was something you could sprawl on, stretch out and laze, without banging your elbows on...
"A girl takes me back to my youth"
I’ve been looking at Maria since she started working here a month ago. I’ve been hanging around the aisle where she’s stacking shelves. Twice when I’ve been doing that, although she hasn’t looked directly at me, her hand has gone...
"An old friend of my ex's comes back into my life"
It was Neema’s skin that really attracted me to her. I had met her years before and she seemed nice enough, but as she was a colleague of my ex-wife, I hadn’t lingered over any thoughts about her. Then one...
"Jackie Cameltoe and I have been recommended to each other."
It was an autumn evening in southern England. The air was still quite warm but the light was fading early now. I’d just eaten a salad of lettuce, tuna, penne, and baby clams, which may be my own invention but...
"She's past the first flush of youth, and all the better for it."
It was a typical little family scene at this tearoom terrace on the south coast of England. A young woman, still young enough to be called a girl, and with the acne on her right cheek to prove it, was...
"Nurse takes care of more than my sprained ankle"
Once upon a time there were three Guianas: British, Dutch and French. They were on the north coast of South America. Then the British one became Guyana, as the Brits ignored local tradition and applied their own spelling and pronunciation....