Forbidden by their feuding families to wed, meet or even to speak, Pyramus and Thisbe are forced to converse secretly in the dead of night through a crack in the cellar wall of their adjoining abodes… ~~~~~ “Pyramus, Pyramus! The moon invites us to our sa...
La Conciergerie Prison. Paris. July 28th, 1794. My beloved Eugenie, with my last louis d'or, I have paid a kindly old crone to get this letter to you in Lausanne. With some luck, it will arrive via her brother who, I'm told, works for a Swiss paper mercha...
Tracing shadows on the ceiling as James lay on top of her, Daniella was barely conscious of his slim cock ineffectively winding its way back and forth through her pussy. Her mind drifted instead to the smell of leather and whiskey, to muscles rippling und...
“Fuck me and hurt me,” she said, “but never pity me... If you want to protect me, as a lot of the men I meet seem to want to do, then protect me from banality, boredom, mediocrity and disappointment.” She was beautiful and delicate, like an orchid newly b...
The Surrey Antiquarian and Historical Society takes great pleasure in announcing a forthcoming lecture on the reading of basic ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts by eminent local archaeologist and Egyptologist Sir Roderick Winky-Dadswell. The lecture wil...
At around 7 p.m., Maria opened the French windows, hoping to let the sea breeze into her room. The night was cool and clear but so calm that she could clearly hear the gentle whoosh and splash of the waves on the beach a couple of blocks away. What she di...
I. Timing Is Everything. Your phone rings. Shall I answer it and tell them that you can't talk now because you have my thick, hard cock in your mouth? It's the truth. As I reach for it, you look up at me, a fleeting look of concern in your lust-filled eye...
Yesterday, we shared a cup of pumpkin spice chai. Tonight, she dances nude with her twelve sisters; all women of faultless beauty and perpetual youth, dancing solemnly and chanting in muted tones. Earlier, I had again plunged into a tempestuous sea of lit...
The midnight train had already passed more nameless suburbs than I cared to count; drab, still and silent they all were under a full September moon. The endless clatter of steel against steel and concrete had lulled me into a state of limbo; hanging somew...
Three blonde dolls. No, literally, Three blonde dolls; Habitual schemers. Subtle conspirators, Resourceful assassins, Watchers, rivals, friends. Given immortal life By some quirk of Fate. Given consciousness, And burning, dark desire; three curses. Cursed...
July 16th 1720 To his most serene highness, Philip, Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt, Duke of Mantua. Excellency, it was with profound pleasure and the utmost delight that I took possession this morning of your fine cottage. The rustic beauty, drama and tranquil...
Wednesday, July 14th. 8 am. The studio's usual chaos and noise were suddenly punctuated by a high-pitched squeal of delight. “Teneriffe! That sounds fucking amazing, even if I knew where that was, it wouldn't sound any better!” Alberto and Christian looke...
When Ludvik dreamt, it was often of painted angels and demons, of starry skies and lofty peaks deep in the Carpathian mountains. He saw soaring spires and battlements, Gothic towers, Baroque palaces, domed cathedrals and impossible castles such as only hi...
“All homage to you my Lady Tara; Fearless, invincible and terrible, Slayer of the demon hordes of Mara. You vanquish them all with a frown of wrath Upon your thrice beautiful lotus face.” The Persimmon Grove had been a popular meeting place in Ereshkigal'...
It was 3 am on the morning after you arrived on the island. You had left him sleeping in your hotel room. He had drunk too much, fucked you, and then fallen asleep. But you wanted more, and you needed better; you needed me... I had seen you earlier, in th...
