It's not easy being twenty-two, fresh out of university with a degree, and not being able to find a job. You feel self-assured with the graduation certificate, why wouldn't you? It's all you have been working towards for four years. I really thought journalism was different, but I, like my friends, had a taste of reality, and along with it, great humility. I changed tactics and applied for any job that may get me in the d...

Since he had first become interested in sex, Robert Zheng had reconciled himself to remaining a virgin for the foreseeable future. Sex, to him, was something that happened to other people. And yet here he was, completely naked in front of three others who were also naked. They were his friend Marcus Brooks, the redheaded girl Lara and his long-term crush, Jenny Ng. They had just concluded a game of strip poker and the thr...

“Hey, man. My parents will be away this weekend and I’ll be having a party over at my place. Want to come? There’ll be drinks and everything.” Robert Zheng listened to the invitation of his friend Marcus. He wasn’t really into parties and gatherings of that sort in general. An immigrant from China at the age of twelve, he had initially been self-conscious of his English and thus avoided social interactions. Though his lan...

“So how was your week, Susan?” “Something… something very strange happened, doctor.” “Tell me about it.” “I saw my son… he was watching something… it’s difficult to even say it out loud.” “Was he, perhaps, watching an adult film?” “No… that’s the thing… it wasn’t porn.” *** Ever since James had reached puberty, Susan had dreaded the day she might accidentally walk in on her ‘sweet boy’ watching porn or stroking himself of...

Jayne arrived at the cafe which was just across the road from the park gates. She felt hungry so ordered a buttered muffin with four slices of crispy bacon and a fried egg, a large tea and feeling naughty a large cherry Bakewell. She paid and stood near the window watching people hurry to work on such a sunny day. Jayne took her compact from her bag and looked in the mirror. She licked her lips and could still taste the g...

Jayne was an eighteen-year-old young woman. She had finished school the year before and now had a job. She worked in an office typing pool. The job was boring, but the money she earned gave her some independence.  Her taste in fashion, to put it mildly, did not exist. There was nothing distinctive about her clothes, she had little fashion sense, and really never cared that much for shopping or what she was wearing. If it...

I was finally able to plop down on a sofa outside the banquet hall. They were all dancing inside and having a good time. The bride and groom were gone. The cleaning crew were waiting. People were starting to trickle out and go home or back to the hotel. I had organized things before—a company picnic, a family vacation, projects at work. Nothing compared to the three-ring circus that was my daughter’s wedding. One of the l...

She looked at the white-and-gray metal box with the big round porthole. Her arms were crossed and her brow was knitted.He glanced at her sideways, a small curl of a smile hiding in the corner of his mouth, underneath the full beard she wished he would shave off.“You know, it isn’t going to explode, love,” he said mildly.He saw her already straight back straighten even further, like he his words had zapped her with electri...

It is a really hot humid summer day. Although I showered only an hour ago, I am already feeling uncomfortable and sweaty, my top and skirt are sticking to me. I wish I had a swimming pool. I look outside the window of my kitchen onto my balcony. The sun is high, the skies are blue and clear, a perfect day to go out and get a tan. I take my new red bikini that I bought online out of its packet. I am home alone so I slip of...

I pushed my nervous lover onto the bed. She didn't like initiating, so I always took the lead, which of course I didn't mind. Joyce had her arms close to her chest, defensively, staring up at me with her innocent doe eyes. Her face was flushed from our make-out session a moment ago when I suggested we take it to my room. My red lipstick dotted her face. God, I wanted her. I reached a hand up her shirt, forcing her arms aw...

Time Out Baths were the most fun in Boulder, even if it was the trashier of the coed nude hot tub places.  The place that was a little more upscale was located on Spruce Street, and I cannot remember the name.  This place was cleaner, had facilities segregated by gender, but still fun!They had a men’s locker room and a women’s locker room.  Hot tubs were either rented for your private party or you could soak in the tubs t...

Will Lather and Jenna Towns met during their first year of teaching at Waterbury High School.  Will was hired to teach PE and coach the cross-country team.  Jenna taught math and sponsored the “mathletes” academic club.Will and Jenna are now in their third year of teaching.  They both have become comfortable with their teaching and were quickly becoming very popular teachers among the students and their colleagues.Will ha...

It was the Christmas party, in the offices, and I had been getting stuck into the wine. Caroline had been nursing the same glass for half an hour, so it was no longer beaded with condensation, but dry outside and warm inside. “Does sex have to be part of a wider arrangement? Can’t it be the arrangement itself?”I thought it was a reasonable question, and one that any reasonably intelligent woman could accept without gettin...