The Thrill Of Defeat, Chapter Three: A Victor’s Light

"With their lives changed, Alia and Zainab revisit the mall."

Alia stands before me in splendor, gleaming with what I can only describe as a victor’s light.She smiles so brightly that even under the ample lighting of the mall, she somehow manages to stand out. But it’s not a friendly...

Emily Talks About Her Past

"Meeting Nancy's friend Emily for the first time"

A couple of days later I have a "date" with Emily. She called me, as Nancy had given her my phone number. We are going to meet at a restaurant, and as we do not know each other, we meet...

Finally Meeting

"It started with an online chat."

I pulled my ‘Son of a Gun’ Grey coloured Holden Equinox into the empty car spot. Very much a tight fit for a big car. Now that we were out of lockdown, I was getting used to parking a larger...

Call Me: Part One

"A female executive in her 60s succumbs to the allure of a black chauffeur in his early 20s."

HELENHelen Sinclair sat at the small, wrought-iron rococo table for two on the quaint little café's grey-stone patio. The café sat perched above the harbour of Road Town, the capital of the British Virgin Islands, on the island of Tortola....

At God’s Defense

"Orgasms of the Species"

Once before time, an up-and-coming creator faced the committee as he defended his thesis, Inventing Humans, Just for the Fuck of It. One observant committee member questioned the motivation this new species would have to breed and multiply."Mr. God, you...