First Stories

An explosion and fire leaves Cosette, 10, and her mom Syl in crisis, they stay with their divorced neighbor Julie. But where's Sette's dad (Theo)? At Julie's, her ex-husband and his gorgeous admin (now his 2nd wife) visit often, staying, uh, overnight. Together in her bed. Really? How does that even work? Theo is back; he's studly in bed but unemployed, they're at risk for homelessness. Fond of Sette, Julie worries. What to do? (No under 18 sex.)

When Noami runs into Keri, an old girlfriend and lover, while running in the park they arrange to get together to catch up. It turns out that Keri has a vacancy at her beauty salon and Noami's daughter Suzie is available. When Suzie finds out that they offer extra services to special clients she jumps at the chance.

Ever wonder what goes on back there in the woods? Join an old straight guy as he discovers a place where old men like him do more than play shuffleboard.

A seriously dark story. A teenage boy is forced to watch helplessly as his predatory uncle systematically grooms and abuses his sister, trapping their family in a nightmare of violation.

Think flowers aren't sexy? Think farming is boring? Michelle learned about sex and farming and loving from Farmer John MacGregor.

A dare causes a new chemical chain reaction to start.

His widowed mother and her sister ran a dry goods store in 1870. His sister helped out and he did odd jobs to make a little cash. A group of cowboys tried to rape his aunt, and they killed the sheriff when he tried to arrest them. So Bobby put on the sheriff's badge and went after the miscreants. They should have surrendered peaceably. But they didn't.

Another of the "Laura" series where this finds lovely Laura again working at the film lab, but a customer needs some assistance with her new camera. Of course Laura is also a photographer in her own right - see what develops.