I first met the twins when I started university. Freshers week. We became friends. They were odd looking and wore black clothes, black lip gloss and black eyeliner, but then people had always thought me strange, the way I looked and behaved, so perhaps we matched. That first term, we went for coffee or a drink. Just now and again. It was the sort of friendship I’d had through school; the nerdy and unpopular girls sticking...

It was New Year’s Eve when Bea next returned to the club, but as the event coincided with her period, sex came off the menu. She hadn’t been prepared for another gang-bang, either physically or mentally, or ready to stand naked on stage again. Bea was, for once, grateful to her monthly companion. While Bea looked back on her first time at the club with joy, the evening had left her troubled, not least because of Tar. He w...

Things hadn’t changed in seventy years. People still lived in houses in 2092, still went to school, got married and found jobs. If you listened to Grandpa, he’d tell you the rich were still rich, the poor were still poor, and politicians still served their interests and not the people who elected them. Bea thought Grandpa was just being grumpy when he said those things, but she didn’t mind. Grandpa took care of Bea. He en...

There is no better way to spend Halloween than sitting round a camp-fire deep in the woods, drinking home-made hooch and telling scary stories, legends of dark deeds and ghostly ghouls.  It was something that started with his grandparents when George was a child, and while it was then soft-drinks and tame tales, that sense of awe and wonder grew strong in the young boy's mind. The tradition continued through adolescence g...

M had known for a long time that for her life was different.  She’d had many relationships, she enjoyed the friendship and needed the warmth that came with getting close, but physically the sexual act left her bewildered.  She’d had many lovers that could bring her to an orgasm but even then felt there was something missing, something far more pleasurable that could be achieved. Over the years she’d taken chances, risks s...

I hoped someone might hear my cries but you read my mind.  I wanted someone to grasp my hand and you swept me into your arms.  I hungered for someone to touch my body, you inhabited my soul.  You held me when I couldn't stand.  You carried me when I couldn’t walk.  You took me to places I could never have imagined and let me dream; the poppy fields, the sun on my back.  While I may never see your face or know your name, w...

I removed my robe and stepped naked through the narrow opening. I could feel the adrenalin pumping through my veins. I had thought about this moment for so long. I had thought about it until the fear turned into a longing, a desire that had become a bitter sweet taste invading my soul. I had been led through a meanly-lit, blackened cave by two acolytes. They stopped, unwilling or unable to go further. It did not matter. I...

I had been looking forward to the weekend; a chance to spend time with my sister Abby, and meet her new boyfriend, George. I admit to having been nervous about sharing an apartment with someone I had never met, but we had separate bedrooms and it was, after all, just a couple of days. The highlight was to be our spa session; time for us girls to properly reconnect. A light lunch, a facial, a manicure and something called...

We walked back to the hotel, fuelled by giggles and wine. We had left ourselves very little time, so I had no opportunity to preen myself or change into more glamorous and sexy clothes. Comfortable underwear, jeans and a sweater had seemed a natural choice to go out given the cold and damp night air, but now they felt wholly inappropriate. Anna assured me that I was over thinking the whole thing. “I only care about the pe...

'I have no idea what to call you,' Anna said. Her voice, soft and gentle, washed over me like a warm breeze. 'Mrs. De Carlo seems a bit formal now ...' 'Now that you came on my face?' I suggested. Anna laughed. 'I was going to say now that we are lovers, but okay, now that I came on your beautiful face.' I blushed. 'It's Katherine,' I said, 'but my good friends call me Kat.' 'And do you consider me a good friend?' 'I am b...

Thursday started overcast and remarkably cool. I was happy to wrap up in jeans and my cardigan. I confess that I had slept remarkably well and despite the change in the weather, I started the day feeling refreshed and remarkably alive. Somehow I knew this was going to be a very good day. I was so glad that Tom had fallen asleep when I arrived back to the room. I had been convinced that he would know what I had been doing...

Looking back, it is easy to see how that holiday was going to change me; the stresses, the frustrations, the triggers and the opportunities were all there. It was like the planets aligning for some spectacular solar eclipse. But of course, all things are easy to see with hindsight. The holiday was Tom's idea. He had to be in Sorrento for work but, being a pragmatist, he suggested that as I had more free time and we had fe...