March 1926, Part 2

"Delilah confesses her recent exploits to Harvey, whereupon they improvise with a five-man jazz band."

“Now let me get this straight,” Harvey said, closing his eyes and rubbing the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger. “The drink you said was egg whites and coconut was actually some fellow’s semen?”“It sounds so clinical...

March 1926, Part 1

"Redheaded 19-year-old Julia celebrates St. Patrick's Day with two guys."

“Jules, are those your cousins?” Daphne asked, looking over Julia’s shoulder at the entrance to the grand ballroom.Julia turned and looked behind her. “Yes, those red-headed weasels are the Culligan boys,” she said with a sigh.“Aw, I think they’re cute!”...

February 1926

"An anniversary dinner for two is interrupted by a third."

"This roast is excellent," Harvey Davenport remarked, wiping his mouth with a napkin.Delilah looked across the dining room table at her husband. "It certainly is. Margaret has outdone herself tonight.""Nothing but the best for our anniversary, darling." Harvey chuckled. "Twenty...

January 1926

"Delilah and her daughter Daphne ring in the new year with cumshot cocktails."

"Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven! Six! Five! Four! Three! Two! One!"The imposing grandfather clock chimed twelve times as the crowd in the ballroom shouted "Happy New Year!" and began singing Auld Lang Syne."Should auld acquaintance be forgot—" Delilah Davenport began, but...

Tenement 2J: City Air Makes You Free

"A young woman living in a lower class tenement building finds something new."

Stadtluft macht frei, the words of the older man reverberated through Abigail’s head as they had done countless times, but today they meant more. Stadtluft macht frei, according to the old man, it was a law from medieval Germany, where...