Glen and Megan’s parents invite their children to join them on a cruise to celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. On the ship, the siblings find out that the cruise was special in more ways than one. This is Megan’s story about the ten days on the ship and the things that changed her for ever.
John is retained as a Cabin Boy and sets sail once again with the crew of the Sedna - an all-female pirate boat. Bad weather forces them to stop at an unusual little island with a strange custom.
A new form of bullying is taking place near schools for emotional handicapped and learning disability kids. It's called 'Tweaking the Freaks'. Officer Ray Bentler is assigned to watch at one such school. His neighborhood favorite Amanda Hill, on the way home, is bothered by a group of bullies. They also push down her Mom, Judy. Ray intervenes and their history together begins.
A chance meeting between Josh and Megan leads a day later to pleading with her to become his ‘’temporary’ girlfriend and rescue him from becoming the butt of his family’s ire. Megan agrees. The family fully embraces her, and despite the ‘temporary’ label, they eventually wed and have their own sexual honeymoon with friends, involving her sister and others, living in a loving, polyamorous setting.
The frustration of months builds up to an explosive peak one evening when Alan and Nina are alone in the office. Their mutual animosity sparks into mutual lust, and to their astonishment they find that they share a mutual obsession - fisting!
An Uncle Bob Story Bob's wife decides he should help out her sister with her "problem", which is fine. But her daughters turn out to be "problem" children, who need a firm hand... er well... firm SOMETHING.
A Two Ships Passing Story "Heard a bump" is a strange phrase to use to describe an event in a large jet aircraft. You might "feel" bumps during a flight, but you do not "hear" bumps when flying in a safe plane. I looked up instantly and saw the nearest stewardess. Her face had turned white. My fellow passenger asked, "What was that noise... is something wrong?"
This is a continuation of John LeCarre's "The Night Manager" in which the lives of Jonathon and Jebediah, after their rescue by Leonard Burr, are imagined, with particular emphasis on their powerful and erotic sexual relationship.
A Falling to the Past Story A California nerd from 2006 falls back into 1847 where he finds romance, adventure and sex. Will he survive in a world where his views are so much different from everyone elses?