Sex And The Eternal City — Part I

"My sexual education, family vacation, Rome, June 1965"

I finished the chapter, turned the page, and rested my well-worn bookmark snug in the gutter before closing The Country Girls and placing the book on the accent table next to my armchair. Edna O'Brien’s writing inspired and frustrated me...

The Summer Of Secrets

"Summer unfolds, a nineteen-year-old girl discovers passion and secrecy when she loses her virginity to a seductive forty-five-year-old man."

As I sat on my bed in my cramped little room, the heat of summer seeped through the window, mixing with the frustration that simmered in my chest. My family and I had been at each other's throats for days...

Dirty Talk At Sea

"A Roman woman and her slave-friend seduce one another on board of a ship."

There was not even a hint of a breeze. With sails furled, the corbita lay motionless under the blazing sun. It was noon. The sailors were napping in the hold, and so were Pristinella’s parents, her brother, and their household...

Surprise At The Sleepever

"Riley and her friends catch her brother during a sleepover and take advantage"

“How are you still a virgin?” asked a girl sitting on a beanbag in the corner of the light-pink-walled bedroom. She was Hispanic with tan skin, brown hair that was about shoulder length and quite wavy, and brown eyes. She...

Avlaki Initiation

"I spend the day on the beach with Jessica after Helen breaks her phone."

Breakfast on Saturday was a nightmare. Acerbic Jessica, when I first met her, had been bad enough. Icy Jessica was worse. She glared haughtily at me if I addressed her, looking at me like shit on her shoe.My daughter looked...