Deep Desires and Charlotte Stein

As usual, Charlotte Stein has done another amazing job at combining deliciously written erotica with a heartfelt storyline. Deep Desires is about so much more than the “voyeuristic pleasure” exchanged through open windows between the hero and heroine, Abbie and Ivan, although there is still much to be said for those scenes as well. The […]

Menage Monday Week 49

Honorable Mention. Judge Cara Michaels says: Rebecca, your story tugged at my heart strings, big time. How sad to have your night of bliss ripped away by reality and morning-after regrets. “You okay?” Meredith lowers herself onto the cheap velour hotel blanket. Her thighs ache with the unfamiliar sensation of overuse, her skin tender and […]

Crossing the Monkey Bars

“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” -C.S. Lewis   Letting go is something that has never been easy for me, with a multitude of painful experiences sitting like splinters under my skin. I have scars that may […]

Fifty-Five Word Challenge Week 28

Lynn insisted on taking Sam to the station. She’s still standing there, waving from the shelter of her umbrella as the train pulls away. Sam presses his palm to the glass. His wedding ring stares back at him. “Finally!” Jamie moves into the seat next to his. Sam puts his wedding ring in his pocket.

Tuesday Tales Week 59

Good Girl It smelled like horses. And dust. Sun beating down, sweat pooled, slick in crevices waiting for His touch. Behind her knee. Inside her elbow. The small of her back. Underneath the scrap of lace she wore. He wanted her like this. So exposed, where astonished eyes lingered. Slut. Whore. The anathema to everything […]

Football Weather – A Separate Peace

A Separate Peace by John Knowles My rating: 4 of 5 stars There’s something about this time of year that has me thinking, that gets me looking out at the crisp blue sky, inspiring me to write. I remember the first time I heard of early September described simply as “football weather” – the time […]

A Box of New Crayons

For me, the month of September signals a new beginning. That may seem odd at a time when nature is rolling up its welcome mat, with the lush green of summer giving way to the fiery colors of autumn, but, for me, this month has always been a time to begin anew. Perhaps it’s because […]

Friday Picture Show Week 39

  She loved the games they played. The chase. The hunt. She was his little red, and he, her Wolf. She could hide, but he would always find her. It would start off slow. A grope in a dark corner. A whispered word, sweet, naked and dangerous. Sometimes Tyler could make Annabelle flush as crimson […]

Thursday Threads Week 36

My friend’s husband was buried today. She’s not my friend – not really. We were classmates once. Carrie Anne was a sweet girl. Quiet. She liked nature, I remember. Always looking out of the school building windows to the landscape outside. My football buddies used to make fun of her for that. She found love […]

Fifty-Five Word Challenge Week 24

“Such a lovely boy.” The old woman clucks. A neighbor, Annie guesses. “Terrible accident.” Accident. They’ve pretended well. She wanders off and Annie raises a trembling hand into the steel casket. She loosens Jeremy’s collar and runs a finger over the hidden, angry marks embedded along his throat. She remembers the noose. And wonders why.