Jenny walked through the deliberately nondescript door, hoping to find exactly what she was looking for. She was pretty sure the establishment she had just entered, and taken months to research and find, would almost certainly cater to her specific requirements. “Can I help you?” a lady, sat behind an ornate oak desk dressed in an expensive Armani suit with neatly coiffured hair who was obviously the Madam of the house, e...

As the speckled blue of the atmosphere sped past below her, Shannon Davis gazed in awe at the vastness outside out of the window. Despite the myriad of solar arrays that crisscrossed her view, she had never ceased to be amazed by the all-consuming, white dotted darkness that was outer space.It took the crackly metallic voice of Mission Control coming through the radio to break her out of her reverie. Shannon and her co-as...

Wednesday nightClaire almost reverently rubbed her fingers along the edge of mattress they’d bought last year. After a brief smile and reminiscence at the extravagance of the purchase, she toppled onto it, pressed her cheek to the smooth, cotton pillows, draped an arm over the waist of her girlfriend, Beth, and snuggled into the thick and irresistibly soft duvet. Her consciousness ebbed quickly and, after succumbing to th...

As he cradled Jayne in his arms, Stuart’s mind drifted back to the day it had started. Panic had slowly consumed the streets below, their twelfth-floor balcony affording a perfect view of the chaos that had eventually overwhelmed the city.Abbey Road, the main arterial route from their estate to the outskirts had quickly become a river of abandoned cars as it became clear to the terrified populace that fleeing on foot was...

How could I have realizedOn that day of surpriseWith illicit kisses stolenAnd sexuality shreddedThat I was surrounded by walls that have eyesSnared by irresistible baitAnd shackled by ropes of fateTumbling into an unknown abyssOf frenetic and wild abandonSexual compass, anything but straightNeeding our forbidden affairTrapped on an inescapable path without careA blaze of passionConsumed my confused soulWhile your fingers...