The Splintered Vow

"A brothel worker who survives by controlling desire is shaken when a punk offers her a sexless marriage of convenience, only to vanish before the choice can harden into escape."

The Splintered VowThe winter of 1983 bit harder than usual in Kaiserslautern. January winds swept down from the Pfalz forest, rattling the windows of the brothel and carrying rumors of fresh protests in Bonn against NATO’s planned deployment of Pershing...

Three Months – Part 4

"A trip to the post room pays dividends"

There was a scribbled note on my desk. Four parcels were in the post room and could I collect them? I knew the author by sight, Molly was the junior clerk down there. She was tiny, the sort who had...

24 Steps to Heaven

"Trembling, my dear boyfriend did so. The tip of his cock brushed against my tummy... I was almost dripping, but on with the game!"

Christmas in Manila. I was in a loose silk gown, wearing only my purple lacy panties underneath. I was relaxing on the sofa, holding my first coffee. Rich passed me a large, flat red box, decorated with a Christmas scene....

The Echo Of The Wall

"In Cold War shadows near Ramstein Air Base, a defected East German sex worker finds fleeting echoes of lost love in the arms of a homesick American soldier."

The brothel sat on the outskirts of Kaiserslautern, a squat two-story building with faded yellow stucco that blended into the misty Rhineland-Palatinate landscape. It was 1982, and the Cold War hung like a perpetual fog over everything—the American jets roaring...

The Fuck Buddy Club : Chapter 14

"We hear from our honeymoon friends again and will Adam join the group?"

It’s been a few weeks since our honeymoon. Anna agreed to be our cook and housekeeper and now lives in Priti’s old room, but spends most of her time with us or Kate and Priti. The kitchen and house are...

Annie was facing away from me, in front of the bar of the social club. The doors were locked and the place was almost in darkness.Her dress and underwear hung on the back of a chair.I eased her soft round...

Twenty-four

"A young man’s first time, a woman’s Christmas countdown, and the artist who makes it happen."

‘Twas the twenty-sixth of December, not this year, but last year, and Jessica was sipping another cranberry vodka. Settled into a giant, overstuffed chair that she had restored herself, she leafed through the pictures and biographies of next year’s prospective...