The past week had gone by quickly. My parents would be home in four days, and I could already feel the shift in the air. Like this strange little world I’d been living in, this secret space where I got to be someone else, or maybe more myself, was starting to dissolve at the edges. I’d spent every possible moment with Chris. He was my neighbor. The man I’d had a schoolgirl crush on since he moved in next door. At first, i...

Ever since her divorce, Linda had been spending more and more time at the gym. Not that she needed it. Her lithe, tone figure had remained a point of pride even as she entered middle age. Lately, the gym had become a cathartic form of stress relief for her. She didn’t mind the social perks, either. The sight of the glistening, sweat-slicked bodies of college students everywhere only added fuel to Linda’s already simmering...

From my back porch, I saw Maeve drifting like a ghost across the field behind her folks' house. The full moon's glow illuminated her white nightgown in a scene so eerie that I had to fight back a shiver. Now where was she off to at just past midnight? The dwelling she'd left was completely dark; in this rural area, most people went to bed before ten. A lot of nights, I was up into the early morning hours. Those first few...

It was late afternoon on an unremarkable Wednesday. I'd finished the weekly shopping and the housework. Soon, I'd get started on dinner. But first, I had to tend to the persistent arousal which had been following me like a shadow. I had no idea why I was so horny. Maybe it was because of my cycle, or maybe I was still thinking of the way my husband, Henry, had fucked me the night before. We'd been married for less than a...

The shadow disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. By the time I had swum to the end of the pool, it was gone, and I was alone. To my surprise, my reaction was not relief but disappointment. I knew I had a very curvaceous, inviting body that few had ever seen. My late husband had enjoyed it, but his preferences latterly came from a bottle. In time, I met a new partner who reawakened long-buried desires and needs. He to...

Midnight. A knock on the door. She opened the door to the three police officers. “Miss Titz? Miss Firma Titz?” asked the plain clothes officer flanked by the two uniformed officers. “Yes, that’s me,” replied the tall blond woman who was wrapped in a towel and spoke with a slightly German accent. “I’m DC Ivor Hardon, this is PC Dick Bellend and this is WPC Ima Cummin. We’re responding to your call about a peeping tom.” “Co...

She rushed home after her chaotic first day at the new college, desperate to get her hands on the package waiting on the kitchen counter. Her mother had left it there after the morning delivery. She snatched the box and bolted upstairs, slamming her bedroom door behind her. This was her reward: a high-end vibrator she’d splurged on, after hours of obsessive research. She tore into the cardboard, grinning. Nestled inside,...

It had been months since I touched a woman—since I touched her. Time blurred. Days stacked up like empty plates, used and tasteless. The gym helped, sometimes. It gave me structure, a sense of progress, something I could hold onto while the rest of me unraveled. But today… the weights didn’t hit right. The mirror didn’t reflect anything back. Just a man going through the motions, haunted by a pair of eyes that had once cu...

Chapter Four The drive back to camp was quieter than usual. Jenny drummed her fingers on the steering wheel, humming softly to herself, while Faye sat in the passenger seat, staring out at the dense jungle flashing past the window. Her skin still tingled where Luz had touched her, the ghost of warm fingers on her hips, the weight of a palm lingering between her legs. She hadn’t stopped thinking about it. About the way it...