His gaze met mine with an intensity that I was certain would stop my heart if held long enough. He stood, like an apparition of perfection, in the aisle. His beautiful green eyes did not dare break the invisible connection they had forged with mine. I had long lost track of how long we stared at one another. In any other instance I would have felt uncomfortable… violated… creeped out by the invasiveness of such extended e...

The band's encore faded out and the final set for the night came to an end. Pumped-up festival-goers began to pour out of the arena looking to take the party elsewhere – probably to a field somewhere, in true country style. I took one look at the human traffic jam at the arena gates and decided to stay put and wait out the crowd. As the crowd thinned, I noticed the blanket of red plastic cups and other rubbish that had be...

A couple weeks after meeting, I sat parked in his driveway. The pit in my stomach weaved up through my ribcage until it blossomed into a hard, suffocating lump in my throat. In my chest cavity, my heart thumped strong like a tribal drum.   I had met Emmett online. He was young, wild and full of fun. The friendship bloomed fast and soon innocent conversations had turned into flirty exchanges. I had been careful and upfront...

Toria As I stand in line, I am distracted by my mind replaying the events that led me here, each one a specific private frame. It had been a long day, where it seemed that everything that could possibly go wrong did go wrong. Specifically, though, it was catching the wrong train after leaving a very important and long-awaited job interview -- which I completely blew -- that had led me to this unfamiliar part of town.  Dis...

Kate’s finger hovered hesitantly over the mousepad of her dated laptop. As she closed her eyes and sucked in a deep breath, she swiftly clicked down on the button. Just like that, her tantalising order of erotic goodies disappeared from her screen, shot though the invisible depths of the internet and promptly delivered to the “Enchanting Desires” warehouse. As Kate looked back over the items she had just purchased for her...