"holiday wishes and desires are never as simple as they first appear"
The frigid, glacial cold slithers in through every pore in her body as she steps naked from the Jacuzzi. Then it slaps her full in the face, a stinging blow that reminds her of a nasty little French godmother that...
"Their spirited foreplay quickly approached the point of no return"
“Mmm, you smell gorgeous.”Beth felt a shiver run down her spine as her husband cooed in her ear. The smooth, rich timbre of his voice always made her warm and fuzzy, but all the more so when it happened to...
"Vanilla and the snow bunny swing for the first time"
As my wife and I arrived at the ski resort in Aspen, the concierge opened the double doors and welcomed us to the lodge. We stepped inside the large hallway, walking past an open fireplace and towards the reception desk...
"Some friendships come with unwritten rules that shouldn't be broken. But sometimes they are."
“Thanks again for coming.” I said as soon as we were alone in the hotel room.“It wasn’t that bad.” He said.“It’s also not your family.” I took out of my bag the bottle of wine that stole, snuck out of...
"An ancient being seeks a mate; a lonely woman finds a lover; magic is afoot in the mountains"
Sonja stepped outside the lodge and took a lungful of cold mountain air. Behind her, the party raged on, seemingly oblivious to her absence. The haze of pot smoke inside was bothering her. It made her feel a bit dopey,...
Words hurt, but a knife wounds with the sharper pain.He had admired the Russian Sami people for creating two hundred words to describe snow and ice. That eloquence used to impress; less so now her lexicon of inadequacy had grown...
"She meets the actual Mother Nature, who teaches her a few things"
She stood at the corner of the patio, where the rising sun was just catching her sable hair. That’s what caught my eye, the sun glancing off her shiny hair. She wore a long purple coat that nearly reached the...
It is always winter in my heartThe cold has is icy grasp on my soulI need to thaw but I find no shelter yetEndless walkingTired footsteps and a weary mindIt is always winter in my heartChilled tendrils of loneliness ease...
On a floor of fresh snow, We dance a stately waltz. As the trees look on in silence. If we can listen past the thunder of our hearts,We might hear the stars sing in silver tones.Giving time to our...
"A fleeing man narrowly escapes his pursuers, and offers his reward to the spirit of the ice."
Snowflakes melt on my face as I numbly trudge through the ever-deeper cover of cotton-like snow. I give a silent prayer to the Gods for the cold. Else I would never have gotten this far.I reach a patch of windswept...
