Although December was a cold and wet month for San Francisco, the days were still warm enough and roads never had to be shoveled; Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) secret agent Amanda Xu had become too accustomed to this California climate. Origina...
I was asked this by one of the people I chat with here: "You mentioned you were in an orgy before. Can I ask you to tell me more about what it was like to be in one?" *** I've been in four orgies in my sixty-something life. An orgy being by my definition,...
I didn’t have to come with Mason when he insisted we go on a ski trip together. He can barely ski. But I went along. I try to humor him. He thinks if I’m there, too, that we’re together. That’s never how it really is, though. He’s so into himself. He take...
“THAT FUCKING ASSHOLE!” I was screaming and completely beside myself on my sofa, heaving loud tears of utter bereavement as if someone had died. It felt as if I had died. I drew a ragged breath, hugging my legs close to my chest. My mind was running, runn...
Melinda strode confidently through the lobby of the Sweet Powder Ski Resort, while I followed slowly behind. Around us, people were headed out to the slopes or lounging with hot cocoa by the fire. I couldn’t help but notice the women who were nestled in t...
After graduating from high school, life goes on. You’re an adult now. It’s no longer fun and games. Some people work, others go back to school and others get married. I did work and school. I went to a local community college and earned an Associates’ De...
Amanda moved the phone to her other ear once it started ringing, looking at the bare walls of her bedroom and still finding it strange. “Hello,” she heard from the other end of the line on the second ring.“Hello, Nick. Sorry I couldn’t come over today. ...
John hadn’t used the chalet in Chamonix for over a year. Usually he left it with an agency and it was rented during the ski season. John received infrequent cheques from Agence Group de Chamonix to remind him of the chalet’s existence. The arrival of the...
Evan was bored. Not just momentarily bored, but chronically and perpetually bored. As the president of his own company, he had met and surpassed his own personal life goals by the ripe old age of 45 and was now struggling with “what next?” He had everythi...
Kandy hated wintertime, along with its ice, snow and frigid temperatures. Here it was the middle of December, the temperature had dropped to ten degrees and there was four inches of snow on the ground. It had taken her 2 hours to drive ten miles. She curs...
