Pinot Grigio

"Dean is a teenager living in Rome with a very busy father; he meets a new neighbour."

I was living in what would soon be a paradise lost, but of course I didn't realise this was paradise since it was the present moment, not yet adorned with the aura of past memories.Today was my birthday. My father...

Defying Customs, Chapter 8

"Gaston feels confused between too many girls, but he fulfills a secret fantasy with his sister while living dangerously."

If I were the main character of a cheap novel, at least I’d understand that I’m nothing but a bunch of words written by some blundering fool who is haphazardly trying to write what is supposed to be a good...

Defying Customs, Chapter 7

"Gaston is home alone when his sister comes home early from a disappointing date."

My parents were not angry with me, quite the opposite. Mother gave me a large plate of roast beef with mashed potatoes. Since it was a weeknight, I was expecting some Jell-O for dessert, but no, she had saved some...

The Atomic Slut

"-or- 'The Slutonium Wave.' Fucking radioactive mutants in the 1950s."

The tethered twin-rotor heliovator dropped in the darkness from the silent Airborne Acropolis with its sole occupant: Sheila-X, the Atomic Slut of the Broad Squad. The first part of her mission, the rescue of Sheila-9, her partner Sheila-27, and the...

Defying Customs, Chapter 5

"Elizabeth, Gaston and Sophie reach Montreal and they begin a ménage à trois."

On the backseat of the 1952 Chevrolet, Lancelot, his cat fur just as black as the car itself, is purring on Sophie’s lap while Elizabeth quietly drives on the two-lane road under an all-orange sunset. The AM radio is airing...

Defying Customs, Chapter 4

"The glamorous actress and her young lover are on their way to hear the Easter mass; what could go wrong?"

A gorgeous actress who covers her raven hair with a fancy scarf on a Sunday becomes more than glamorous; she becomes an icon and a white-gloved witch.When Elizabeth tells me, “Today is our spring and I don’t want to share...

Defying Customs, Chapter 3

"Elizabeth and her teenage lover spend the night at the motel on Route 2."

Sex with a Scottish brunette is better than reading Macbeth.The motel room is fitted with a small shower, with coral-pink walls offering a multitude of small ceramic tiles, all three-by-three-inch squares in a straight grid pattern. That pink is remarkably...