Slow Stories

Erotic Happenings in Snowy Alaska
On the day of his departure, Dale benefits from an arrangement David has made with Lisa and Ann. Ann sets out to prove a 'Going Away' gift is something to be taken'"but,not something to be taken lightly. Although sad to be missing all the fun; needless to say, Dale departs a very happy man.

Mother wondered why I hadn't married.

She thought he would really like it.

Bad love, something I'm not too proud of.

Hard Lessons - The Relationships Series
Sometimes we let our hopes for a reconciliation with a loved and lost one lead us into situations that end up only bringing more pain and rejection. Perhaps just having the courage to ask the right questions ahead of time would have helped avoid a lot of personal grief. Here's a prototype of such a conversation presented in an almost-Flash length. Any sex is off-screen. Inspired by a subplot on the 4/8/2008 episode of Boston Legal.

A Rachael of Emarukistan Story
This is a companion story to the four stories in the Rachael of Emarukistan series, which are set around the ninth century CE. Meghr is introduced in Rachael and the Warlord (part four of the series) when she is around nineteen years old. This stand-alone short story provides Meghr's back-story, and what becomes of her after she leaves Rachael's caravanserai, Wadi Halaf. This story can be read without previously reading any of the Rachael of Emarukistan series.

Yeah, I know, there are some things you don't mess with... Look, it's not my fault. I just held my hands above the keys, and it wrote itself. Honest.

David sold his company for more money than either of them will ever spend. What it cost was eleven years of his wife's life, spent in rooms he wasn't in. The villa on Cap Ferrat is meant to be the repair. Analisa has other ideas about how repair works. The protocol is simple in outline: a hundred and twenty days, a titanium lock, a release schedule only she knows, and Arianne - the villa's system - keeping the record. Both of them go in with their eyes open.