Travelling through a hole sideways on an extruded bench. Yes, I’m on the Tube. So, I’m sitting here, on the Jubilee Line if you’re interested, and thinking… is this seating orientation unique? Can you think of another? The lower-deck seats on an old Routemaster bus. Oh yeah, okay then. Most subway trains around the world. Yeah, okay! Whatever. Boy, it’s hot though. The dry, unique ‘underground air’ drifting through the ca...

In the vast expanse of the Lone Star State, where everything is said to be grander and more magnificent, there exists a woman who not only embodies this sentiment but surpasses it with unparalleled grace and beauty. Ms. Texas stands as a living testament to the notion that some beings are simply beyond the realm of ordinary mortals, her very presence defying the limits of imagination. Her figure, sculpted as if by the han...

She knew it! I'm almost 100% sure. The intense and caring smile she always gave me. It was our unspoken secret. "Michael. Great to see you! How are you?" She gave me the nicest hug, and I enjoyed the smell of her hair and her perfume. As always it was a joy to see and hear her. "Hi, Stine. Great to see you!” I gave her the best smile I could. Every time we saw each other, it was like this; and it had been so for the last...

Our first date was really more like our twentieth. We had spent so much time together during and after rehearsals and then during the run of the show that it seemed odd to call it our first. Still, dinner and a movie were standard fare, and I made sure to do it right. I had dressed in a nice pair of black slacks that I had picked up at Saks a few months prior but had rarely worn, with a blue button-up shirt, and bought a...

I stood underneath the sky as I shielded my eyes. Sunlight reflected off my face. Uncertainty became a part of my life, making me gaze through the mist. A gentle breeze blew, brushing against my chestnut skin. I realized it was still early in the morning. My eyes fell upon a bench, and I settled down. A Train of thoughts running through my mind, everything seemed still. As time passed by, you could see pedestrians walking...

Pyrmont, 28 July The next morning, I wake up dozing, and the blissful intoxication of yesterday is still pleasantly present in the background, although my thoughts are not entirely coherent. There was something important. Then I notice you lying next to me, and I am wide awake. At least in my head, my body has other ideas. I have to relieve myself. I freshen up in the bathroom and insert the plug. Wearing the plug, fatigu...

Jamie watches Los Angeles come into view as the plane touches down. The twenty-four-year-old can feel his heart speed up in excitement as he joins the other passengers getting ready to disembark. He didn't know what he'd done to deserve such a stroke of luck. Shortly after graduating college, he and his parents got a call from the Joneses, some of his dad's bosses. They offered him the chance to live with them rent-free w...

The Fall colors and the old architecture on the university grounds were the perfect backdrop for my photography class. My students today, like nearly all my classes, skew older (fifties through early seventies) and women. I taught them how to use their mobile phone camera to create nice photographs. In the last year, since losing my lover Mary, I’ve thought about the ladies that attend my workshops and classes. A few wome...

She walks towards me smiling and tells me to sit by her desk. We chat politely about the sunshine as she opens files on the computer. Straight black hair frames her face, so shiny. She is delicate, so petite, warm and friendly. An open emerald cardigan over a matching t-shirt cover her perfect little breasts. She asks me to sign my name on a small electronic pad several times as she completes the forms but in my mind I am...

It was one of those early summer days in Zinkwazi. The humidity was at least low and the temperature was warmer than normal for late September. The wind was not too harsh for that time of year making the breeze on the beach quite pleasant. There was less sand on the beach-facing side of the house too which made cleaning go a bit faster. I had just started the pool pump and removed the heat blanket, it was more of a formal...

Reyna is feeling angry at herself. The redheaded cheerleader has a lot of time on her hands after receiving and accepting an unconditional offer of a place at Brown. She's been spending that time thinking about a big mistake she made. She could have pursued a relationship with Noah by asking him out but she messed up that chance. Her stupid mouth told him it was just for sex when she does have a crush on him. In fact, she...

“Shit,” Maria said, hissing air through her teeth. “Really? Again?” She spun the steering wheel sharply to the left, took a glance in her side mirror, and finished parking before letting out an exasperated sigh. Her 1999 Ford F-150 had lasted a long while, but this was the third time in as many months that the check engine light had turned on, and Maria was starting to lose her patience. This time, the truck had barely ma...