The Consecration Of Mike McCluskey

"For an entire year, the shy, hard-working Gabi has been infatuated with Mike McCluskey. Now, he's leaving for Korea."

I had just put on the red sports bra that came in the mail. Across the room, the sharp smack of Lynne's chewing gum bounced off the locker room walls."So Liz, did you hear about the sendoff party the chess...

The Bitch Downstairs

"A fight over garbage cans"

Matt stops abruptly at the bottom of the steps. Thursday. Recycling gets picked up today. The blue recycling can sits at the bottom of the wooden staircase. Boxes, Monster cans, and Gatorade bottles poke out above the rim at all...

Laura: Cornwall, 1995

"Dan is 16, and about to meet the girl who will change his life."

It's 2026, and we are talking 1995. My Dad is like that now. Dementia has its ugly hold, and most of the time, he looks out of his care home window and has conversations with his long-dead parents. For all...

Tonight, I’m in Control

"“Not yet. Tonight I’m in charge. Tonight I’m going to tease you, edge you, ride you, drain you until you’re begging and shaking and shooting the biggest load of your life. Understand?”"

I couldn’t breathe the second you stepped inside my apartment. The door clicked shut behind you, and the whole world narrowed to just us... me in that tiny black silk slip I’d bought just for tonight, the one that barely...

Salt & Surrender

"Her mind captivates him as much as her body, leading to an impulsive invitation to join him on the clear waters of the Mediterranean"

I stepped out of the head office building in Paris, shoulders heavy with the good kind of exhaustion. The week-long global workshop—strategy deep-dives, compliance debates, endless slides on harmonizing operations across time zones had demanded everything I had. At 6'3",...

He’s everywhere, but he’s nowhere.Blinks of chaos.  Blinding bright lights.  Faces I recognize but don’t know.  The woman in burgundy scrubs, pushing the mop.  Eyes meeting mine, dead on.Who am I, to her?  To anyone?Him.I'm weightless, blinking through gauzy layers...