New york city Stories

1971, New York City I scraped the heel of my boot on the concrete, afraid to look at what I’d stepped in on the dimly lit street that smelled of piss and booze. Sounds of grunting came from the shadows and crevices even a cop wouldn’t dare investigate. And especially that night, I kept my head down and walked with purpose, something I’d learned when venturing into the city's seedy underbelly. West 42nd Street was part of...

Chapter Ten July 1926 I shouldn't do this. I have to stop. But she couldn't. Pearl found herself in Duke’s suite at the luxurious Hotel Elysée, a playground for the rich and famous and, as luck would have it, just a short walk from The Black Rabbit. Seeing her upset, Duke had suggested they retreat there. “Let’s get you away from prying eyes,” he’d said. Once within the privacy of the room, however, her upset turned to so...

"You're fine, babe. Six inches is more than enough. You have a great cock." A significant part of Sarah's sex life in her twenties consisted of her faking orgasms to protect the feelings of the men she slept with. "Baby, you're the biggest one I've ever had," worked 100% of the time when a guy was struggling to keep an erection. It was all a lie. Does size matter? What do you think? She was well sick of the question by th...

In 2010, Emily Revard, age twenty-eight, received her Ph.D. in physics from a very good university in New York City.  She was among the few women at the university who earned a Ph.D. in physics that year. Ten years of hard work and near-poverty came to an end -- because she also was offered and accepted a job at that same university.   It was in her field of particle physics and with the salary of a grown-up. The girl fro...

Laura knelt in front of him, her bare knees pressed against the cold marble tiles. She reached under his shirt. One, two, three. She could feel the ridges that separated his abdominal muscles – like the photos he had sent. She bit her lip and undid his belt buckle. None of the men she'd ever slept with had a six-pack. And if the photos were real, none of them had a cock of this size. God, she hoped the photos were real. H...