Sunlight slanted through the high windows of the library. The building was old and grand, the ceilings arched with ornate plasterwork. Heavy wooden bookcases lined the walls and spilled further out into neatly organised mazes around the cavernous room. Tables...
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Lonely Twenties: Volleyball Season
"A bold man remembers a lesson about the target demographic."
Summer had come a bit too early in Afer's city, a large world-class city with a beach nearby. At the age of twenty-six, Afer had grown apart from his old friends and was now spending most of the days by...
John Finds A Beautiful Spot In The Woods
"On a visit to my parents' house, my boyfriend and I sneak out to give in to our urges."
John was my boyfriend for nearly five years. In that time we only both went to stay with my family once. We were both twenty-two; my old childhood room still only had a single bed. When I was about sixteen...
Sweet Summer Heat
"When your inner vixen tells you to let loose and have some fun, you have no choice but to listen..."
***Gwen***"What are you wearing?" Kelsey's voice came from behind her.Gwendolyn looked down at her simple cotton dress. It was a creamy white with thin lace trim, the hem falling to mid thigh. Thick straps formed a halter, criss-crossing along her...
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
"Teens caught using neighbour's pool without permission"
1994:I heard about the pool through my best friend Jess. She was one of those girls who is friends with everyone in high school. In comparison I was kind of a loner, preferring the company of books to people. I...
Bi-Bi Summer Party
"Members of the bi-Bi club enjoy a summer cottage"
“Yes, it's here,” Jane said as she looked at the inbox on her tablet.“What is?” Colin asked, looking up from the paper he was reading.“It is our invitation to the first of this year's summer swingers parties, which is a...
It was twenty seven minutes to two. Twenty seven minutes until I’d see him again. I’d deliberated over what to wear all week and even after getting dressed I’d changed three times. I’d done my makeup carefully; painstakingly trying to...
You haven't seen beauty until you've seen my daughter riding along Country Route 18 in July. We own the land on the whole stretch of road between Wendell's farm and the Amish community up north. All you ever see on...
Love Street, Ch. 06 “Gina the Gymnast”
"“Ever see a naked gymnast?” Gina whispered, unfolding a three-way mirror from the wall"
Gina was always in the background of my summers, although back then she was so small that I thought of her as a little kid, if I thought about her at all.Small in size, not spirit. In some ways, Gina was...