The Divorce

Amelia lay awake in bed, watching the shadows flicker on her ceiling. In the place where there was now a pile of pillows, once lay her husband of twenty years. Although the divorce was Ameliaโ€™s idea, and the disintegration of their marriage was primarily her doing, she was having difficulties coping with the isolation of... Continue Reading →

Becoming A Number Two

The summer after my Junior year at college, an intriguing woman would come to the gym I worked reception at. She was beautiful: silky black hair, porcelain white skin, a lean petite frame, and small facial features offset by wide emerald eyes. But it wasnโ€™t her beauty that drew me. What I fell in love... Continue Reading →

A Pact with Lover and Stranger

Iโ€™d like to tell you about the time I first had anal sex. I was twenty-seven and four months into my first relationship[i] with a guy who was my exact type: long, lean, dark shaggy hair, introverted, and artistically stylish...

Like Tying a Shoelace

โ€œDo you ever wonder how something as simple as tying your shoelace can completely change your life?โ€ โ€œUm, no. Not really,โ€ my some-form-of-a-date replied as he rubbed the remainder of his cigarette onto a dirty plate. โ€œLike, what if I were to tie my shoelace, and in that moment something happened that wouldnโ€™t have happened... Continue Reading →

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