She Never Saw His Face

"Pressed up against an older man on the train, she loses herself in the moment"

She never saw his face……not directly, anyway. She wasn't even sure where he boarded the train. She suspected it was at Central, where the bulk of the passengers had hopped on, where the space she inhabited suddenly became cramped, both...

Hank Plays Hard To Get

"Hank decides that he needs to be a bit aloof and have Margery chase him for a while."

I was having a hard time with the scene in that basement. Here was this nice high school girl in her strange state of undress, and I knew she was going to talk about some provocative topics.I had a sudden...

Midlife Renewal, Part Two: Handy Men

"I'd convinced myself it was time for my friendship with Rick to become a little more hands-on."

I finally realized last weekend that my best friend Rick had been flirting with me for some time. Up until then, I had dismissed his jokes and antics as juvenile locker-room behavior. Even though he repeatedly flashed his (kinda big-looking)...