"Sometimes the person who changes your life is sitting right beside you and you don't even notice at first."
If you’d asked me that Thursday morning how my day was going, I probably would’ve rolled my eyes and changed the subject.Nothing had gone right. I spilled coffee on my shirt before leaving for work. My boss dropped a last-minute...
"She presses 37. He presses 31. The lights die at 15."
She steps in barefoot, carrying her shoes and a glass of white wine she doesn’t remember picking up. She presses thirty-seven. The elevator reeks of bleach and somebody else’s perfume. In the light up there, she looks fifteen years older...
"“He got me soaked by accident… what happened after was anything but.”"
I emerge from the gas station and spot him instantly. I’m trying to be cool as I walk back to my car, side-eyeing this beautiful man perched high in his diesel truck parked in front of mine at the gas...
"Sarah gets help out of a tight spot and seizes an opportunity"
Ben listened to the conversation beside him with concern. It was an exchange he recognised, although the man's responses to the woman's tactful attempts to explain that her blind date wasn't her type seemed to be ignored, or, at best,...
"More fun on Makana Beach during my third day in Maui."
I met a fun guy named Scotty on my first day in Maui. We hit it off right away and had sex that night. On day two of my vacation, Scotty took me to a small beach nearby. We sunbathed...
"Stangers on the train"
Helga had just finished a very long and dull two-day conference. It had been a long, hot summer, and today was a sultry, humid day in London, the kind when the air feels thick. She rushed down the steps to...
"A washout actress takes a shady job and seduces an exec’s wife."
“Bree! Come on in, have a seat. Can I get you anything? Coffee?”“Please,” I answered Chris and nodded to his secretary, Jan. I felt a quiet rush of pride at the fact that she no longer needed to ask how...
""What if you made love to Cinderella before Christmas?""
"Last Christmas..." et cetera.It's like Wham! is personally mocking me through the speakers. Then again, it's actually my fault for going to the office Christmas party days after getting dumped. And to top it all off, they had to make...
"He was exactly what I needed to sate my carnal lust."
I traced the rim of my martini glass with my red lacquered fingernail as I slowly took in the patrons of the hotel bar. Several men were present, but all were with women and unavailable. I bit my bottom lip,...
"Dove enlists the help of a stranger in finding her friend."
I approached the clapboard house as if I thought a big, feral dog was about to come charging out of it. August was home; I had to walk right past his Ford F-150 on my way to the porch.I didn't...