"At Crockersville We Were Forty Some-Odd Strong"
Freedom of the PressWhen I was twenty years old I decided to use a newspaper to improve my romantic life. To be more precise, I wanted to create a romantic life where none had existed before. I had gone to...
"Mirror, mirror on the wall..."
Traffic crawled to a standstill as the sun sank lower in the sky. Inside his recently purchased, but slightly used, Honda Civic, Jacob sat mumbling expletives under his breath. The sea of brake lights seemed to stretch on forever in...
"She wanted to become Anna and walk the streets of Paris but all she had was a boy and a drive-in."
It was deep in summer now and the katydids sang every night, it seemed. The air was thick and humid on the night. The coolness only came to the earth in the late hours of early morn. Often, a faint, gentle...
The living room light was on when Alyssa got home. Alice was still up, paintbrush in one hand, wine glass in the other. She didn’t notice her daughter appear. The canvas she’d been working on was a swirl of white...
"that summer was hot"
That summer Love was brand new He showed her things She only read about in booksHe opened her eyesTo so many new things She taught him How to love again He guided her She trusted him He is her only desire She is his is precious treasureTheir love was...
"Summer School snacks were never this good..."
Mr. Tracey blots away the beads of sweat that accumulate on his brow with a polka dot hanky. He folds it into a neat square and slides it back into the breast pocket of his faded denim blazer. He looks...
"She has a weakness for her roommate's smell. Unfortunately, the latter is straight – or is she?"
Sweat is fascinating. Its smell might appear unpleasant, yet carries so much information about potential mating partners. Pheromones. Nature relies heavily on them. Just think of the birds and the bees – literally.As far as I am concerned, I crave...
I dreamt of a path that no longer existsHolding out hope for a future A way in which time can create Moments in the everlasting You were there with me Holding me against your chestProtecting me from the now reality That our time is now...
"One hot summer and some steamy sex with stepmother."
Another beautiful day as the morning has broken to a new family home. A baby was crying in the crib. That suddenly awakened the mother who panicked and rolled over towards the edge of the bed only to fall on...
He touched the hem of her skirt first. She was wearing a white summer dress that fell just above her knees. Her dark hair was swept up into a ponytail. The window was wide open, summer heat and traffic noise...
