Night visitor Stories

She just wanted some peace and quiet. The a/c was out again, the window fully open against the sweltering night. She was mangling the sheets trying to sleep in the city's persistent cacophony. She heard the creak of the fire escape and watched my naked leg slip over the sill. My lips sealed up her squeal as the ice pack skated across belly and breasts. My heat followed the wet, making steam billow between her open legs. I...

Mam and I have lived alone ever since Da died. I remember that day almost twenty five years ago as it were yesterday; there was a terrible storm and Da was outside fixing the tarpaulins covering the hay bales when a freak gust of wind uprooted the ancient oak tree beside the barn. Da was crushed under timbers from the barn and died a few hours later in hospital from his internal injuries. No one knew how old the oak tree...