The early morning sky was streaked with lines of smokey grey and light purplish blues, the sun only just starting to awaken. Traipsing through the garden, almost aimlessly, the ground slightly dewy and wet underfoot, virtue herself silently walked. Well,...
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Ghost Town Orgy
"City woman attends a festival at a ghost town, and finds herself part of a graveyard orgy"
Visible steam rose from a porcelain cup of coffee as Chloe tried to sip at it, burning her tongue in the process. She got her coffee first, while her friend, Sylvia got an iced-mocha-chai-latte with almond milk. Chloe hated when...
Finding Flora
"“Water is the mother of the vine, the nurse and fountain of fecundity, the adorner and refresher of the world.” – Charles Mackay"
An act of sporting heroism made for the best day ever. An act of spineless weakness made for the worst day ever.For Jack, his dual-sport motorbike aggressively bouncing over the ruts of an abandoned forestry track deep in the Blue...
“Say it.”“Say what?” Fluttering her long lashes as she took a sip of coffee, she failed in her attempt to look innocent.“Say what you are dying to say … what you dragged me out to this coffee shop to say.”“Oh,...
Mrs. Claus, Keynote Speaker
"Evelyn Claus rings in the New Year in the company of lovely women."
“Oh, Nicholas, you look exhausted this year.”“It’s a labour of love, my dear.”Mrs. Claus rubbed her husband’s knotted shoulders. “Shall we raise your North Pole?” she asked, leaning in to nibble on his earlobe.“You should pack, love. The Arctic and...
The table wobbled sloshing beer from Metallica-T-shirt-guy’s pint onto the cluttered wooden surface. He didn’t care. Grunting, he juddered, face contorted into the strangest grimace like a clown stung by a wasp. He groaned, tensed, then exhaled loudly. The table...
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
"Something unexpected came with the old house..."
Tap. Tap Tap. I heard it but was trapped in that foggy, disorienting state between sleep and consciousness. A voice inside my head kept urging me to wake up even though my eyelids weighed heavily, fighting me. Finally, they fluttered...
A Roll In The Hay
"She's not playing."
I wished that Simon would see me as more than just the boss's daughter. He'd come to work for my dad when I was sixteen, and for the last two years, I'd lusted for him from afar. We'd spent the last...
Subway Space
"It was a memorable day"
2nd October 2018 My mind was a whirr. Had it really only been a day since my life had changed so dramatically? Since I’d been sitting minding my own business in a chatroom, trying to kill time on a boring, rainy...
The Study Room
"Jan captures a quick moment in the study room with her lover."
“Oh my god, would you hurry the fuck up!” Jan moaned out loudly.Her lover had one hand with its fingers pinching and toying her nipples while the other was popping open the buttons on her skirt. The fingers toying with...