The Shave

"Stevie goes for an intimate shave and gets more than he expects"

As Crystal drew the cutthroat razor across my chin, I looked at the price list. Standard stuff like clipper cuts, styling and a shave. I was having the shave right now, a weekly treat for myself before Friday lunch. I...

Hairdresser Shows Her Appreciation for an Offer of Help

"An offer of financial help during the virus crisis leads to an adulterous relationship."

My name is Hattie, and I’m a forty-three-year-old, married, black woman who owns a beauty salon near a racially mixed neighborhood on the outskirts of New Orleans. I’ve had to stay at home with the recent order because of the...

Morgan’s Organ

"She was the most beautiful woman I had ever met... Or was she?"

I showed up on time for my hair appointment and Morgan, the young lady who was going to cut my hair, was just finishing up with a client. This was my first time to this salon, so I took the...

The Best Haircut I Ever Had

"A story inspired by a recent visit to the barber"

I steal another glance in the mirror. She’s still impassive, eyes down, on her work. They don’t meet mine. I try, and fail, to stop my own eyes from dropping. To the velvety expanse of skin under her throat, and...