Slow Stories

Moving made things different, but not necessarily better. He would not let his cheating wife take his sons.

It started in middle school.

He stopped for gas and his life changed.

A Married Life Story
Middle-aged couple struggles for renewal

In the hotel room by the North Saskatchewan River, Isabelle stood in crimson lace, flushed with anticipation. Alex circled, fingertips teasing her ribs and curves until she trembled. He knelt, mouth hot on her belly then lower—tongue slow and deliberate, fingers curling inside until her orgasm crashed in waves. He stripped, entered her deeply. They moved hard and urgent—nails raking skin, breaths mingling—until they shattered together in sweat-slick release.

Is it ever all right to steal another man's wife? Was he stealing her, or rescuing her?

Taking a contract in rural North Wales I meet a young disabled man, and his mother. But then it starts raining.