The Party Slush

"Getting over an Ex"

Unfortunately this really did happen.  I have always been ashamed to talk about this event but I feel it needs to be told.  I am sure similar events have happened to many women.Throughout my 20’s was a time of regular...

Same Time Next Year

"The passion endures despite the distance"

Anticipation is wonderful, elongating the encounter, all too brief it seems, that we share once every twelve months or so. It starts with an email, sent immediately upon the confirmation of my annual trip. The agonizing wait for a reply,...

Night Moves

""This bedside manner wasn't taught in nursing school""

The corridor is quiet at this early hour. Monitors in the surrounding rooms chirp like mechanical crickets. It is another sleepless night as I stare motionless at the ceiling, trapped in a plaster cast from armpits to pubis.Titanium rods are...

Angel In The Night

"when renting a room from family closes in"

Gotta flee PasadenaLeave this homeHead towards the oceanTo be alone.Just for the nightTo clear my headDon't do it nowI'll end up dead.Passing through the tunnelsLife feels tumbledGotta fightThis mental jungle.Eagle Rock, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Hollywood, Sunset StripTom Petty's playing...

A Long Time Coming

"Worth the wait."

I met Ben in a chat room in 1995. He was witty, interesting, and a great listener. We talked four or five times a week for almost a year. Finally, we started talking on the phone every few weeks but...

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Only In My Dreams

"My recollection of a dream I had and the outcome afterward."

It's funny how your mind works. How your brain can take current events, things you've seen, stuff you said, and then smash them into something extraordinary or frightening in your sleep. This is a story about one of those times.Recently,...

Gun Packing Tinder Hookup

"Almost scared my tinder date to death"

It all started with a Tinder swipe to the right as these stories usually do. Her name was Katherine she was nineteen and I was twenty-five.  Kat for short I saw her profile on tinder and she was stunning. At...

Great Weekend Away

"Still makes us both horny"

This was from a few years ago and was a first for both of us. My wife Ann wanted a weekend away and as we both keep in great shape, due to sport and exercise we decided to go, as...