Alessandro, a small, beautiful-bodied, fourteen-year-old boy with a heavenly soprano singing voice, feels he lacks life and feeling in a Tuscan village from his widowed father, absent on weekends and drunk most of the time, and the strict, nonpersonal control by choir masters. His response on Saturdays is to seek the attention of men. From the village baker, to the region's aristocratic count, to a hunky young farmer, Alessandro manages to find the attention he thinks he needs.
Marian had had a scary experience with a Ouija board when she was younger, so finding her young son Jimmy and his friends, apparently frightened witless by playing with one, didn't surprise her at all. She quickly shut it all down, and thought no more about it. Until Jimmy's behavior began to change. At times it was like he was a different person.
Bad, strungout, fearless romance: In Chicago, 1968, a hippie dreaming of revolution and a reporter sent to cover conventional politics find each other - or do they?
The year is now 2186 and sex work is a common occupation. Nearly every young person knows at least one friend, sibling, or cousin who works in the industry, and no one would bat an eye when they saw a sixteen-year-old working behind the counter. It was a normal part of society, no different from any other profession. And the industry continues to thrive, despite its low wages. No one questioned how things had gotten this way. It was just life. And for Lila, this was just another night on the job
My name is Megan. I'm a really pretty girl in my 20s. I'm also a sexual predator and I like 'em young. (Why, you don't?) Yesterday, I met a 14 year-old boy and girl from out of town. Tourists. Yummies! (Insert emoji with eyes bulging and tongue hanging out.) I took them back to my hi rise condo and this is what happened.