First Stories

A Story in the Love in California Universe
After finding his steady date cheating on him, Jimmy Moore moves to San Francisco and finds love at a soccer match. What happens when he teaches a girl from Greece about jazz?

In a summer tree house, a curious glance between two friends spirals into a shared act of discovery. Their innocent pact shatters, leaving them bound by a profound secret and its terrifying, irreversible consequences.

A young man becomes a pirate to help his family but it turns into a whole lot more.

Cal has just worked up the courage to ask Liv to the prom. His sister finds out and wants to make sure he knows how to treat a nice girl properly. She teaches him in the best way, then her girlfriend, Liv's sister, reinforces the lessons...

Liam was horrified when his penis began to stir at the sight of his daughter wearing her short school skirt. He tried to enlist the help of his wife to get her to dress more appropriately but she rightly guessed the real cause of his request. She borrowed Ella's clothes to spice up their lovemaking and it was working a treat, right up until Ella came home unexpectedly.

'Coming of Age' in 1960s NZ. My father's younger brother advised and mentored me through adolescence and young manhood. This is the story of my emotional exploration and sexual adventures with my second date and first girlfriend. With Frank's help and a measure of dumb luck I managed the transition between fumbling ignorance and juicy connection, and learned lessons that I still find valuable nearly sixty years later.

Teenaged Richie Cunningham is stuck at home with his little sister. As if that wasn't humiliating enough, she overhears him admitting that he got shot down by his date the night before. But just when he's most bummed out, little sister comes to the rescue. (Celeste's score: 10, 9, 9)