Ah, summer and the joys of it: the rampant heat, the intense aroma of the night, the passion burning hotter than the air. When one mixes sex with baseball, it’s amazing how heady a mixture that is. The smell of fresh-cut grass, the sound of bat hitting ball, the taste of a hot dog, all these things mean summer to me. Oh, and the sight of those fit men in their tight baseball uniforms. I’ve always been a sucker for a baseb...

Head backSky aboveGazing into blue Resting armsSweet airLying next to you Summer dayBreeze stirsClouds drift into view White and greenTatting leavesCharmingly askew AfternoonNo plansNothing we have to do Fingers touchI turn and smile Gazing into blue.

I have never classified myself as bi or gay or anything like that. I don't feel I need to. I like who I like and that's that. I had a boyfriend for two years and things didn't work out. I've made out with girls a time or two, that's all.It's a hot summer day today so I am spending some time walking outside enjoying the sun. Walking around the park I see a lot of families enjoying time with each other, dogs running around,...

Stepping through the door, I stoodMet stale air scented with woodPausing, wondering if I could Or would I slid your pictures from the framesScratched out the notes that bore your nameUnaware when last I came  It was farewell to what was same A shame The summer when you last were here No summers more And on the floor Behind the chair I noticed there Dusty, yet not worse for wear Your hipster hat we bought We thought A joke...

"I feel so nervous," Megan whispered, looking out the window of the plane as it began to descend. She glanced over at Elijah, who smiled at her reassuringly."You have nothing to be nervous about, it's going to be an amazing summer." He reached over and squeezed her thigh gently, leaning over to brush his lips against hers. "Trust me, everyone will love you and you will love the villa. Nobody can resist it's power." He lau...

It's summer and I'm seventeen. I have never been to summer camp. Sometimes it feels as if my mom has a noose around my neck. I fear that she will control my life all the way until I graduate college. I want breathing room. I need to be assertive, so I give my mom a choice if she wants me to go to college. She can either let me go to summer camp or I will go to an out of state college. My mom decides that this is a good id...

Aerik yelped in surprise and almost dropped his spear. The woman stood waist deep in the water and looked shocked to see him there. For a moment, they just stared at each other. She saw a tall young man with dark eyes and long black hair pulled back and tied into a tail at the nape of his neck. His broad muscled chest was covered with a light coat of black hair that trailed down to the ripples in his stomach. He wore noth...

An icy wind blew in from the north. It blew across the ice hills and picked up speed as it raced down the snow covered slopes. The wind kicked up loose snow and whipped it into the air like smoke rising from a fire. Three men crouched behind a rock that jutted out of the snow, and pulled their mammoth furs around them as the chilling wind beat at them. Gunter, the older man who led their hunt, held a leather leash attache...

My parents have owned their house on the beach in sunny Southern California since before I was born. My dad, a successful doctor, and my mom, the civil lawyer, had always dreamed of living on the beach. When they bought the house, it was a real fixer-upper. It had been devastated by a storm and abandoned, but Mom saw the beauty and potential in it. My dad thought she was crazy, but he loved her so much, he trusted her ins...

Come and love me in the heatOn sultry summer nightsAfter that fire opal sunHas slid down out of sight Then we’ll sneak out to the poolBarefoot on cementHolding warmth that earlierWould burn against our skin But now the feel is sensualToasty, rough and hard  The pungent smell of juniperWafts throughout the yard Mixed with jasmine blossoms  Heady in the heatWe free our bodies from our clothesAnd let ourselves be seen Then s...

I met him in a bar, of all places. I had always claimed to be such a good girl, but I lost myself on that dance floor, enthralled by the lazy summer beats and the slumberous passion in his eyes. Four or five shots of jack will loosen the most reluctant of hips, and I was already feeling a growing need by the time he pulled my waist close against his and I no longer remembered to count. I don’t know how long we stayed entw...