You and I have had a very fun evening so far, playing games of exhibitionism and control in a taxi as well as in the hotel bar. You and a very helpful waitress called Heidi have satisfied my sexual urges for now, but you have not yet had your relief. Referring to our numerous sexual encounters that evening, you joke with me that you are looking forward to round 4. We are each carrying a glass of Sauvignon Blanc as we call...

The elevator climbed to the fifteenth floor with its familiar mechanical hum, and Elise fumbled for her keys as she approached her apartment door. Another long day at the marketing firm had left her drained, her heels clicking wearily against the hardwood as she stepped inside. But there, sitting conspicuously on her kitchen counter, was an elegant white box tied with a silver ribbon. Her heart quickened as she approached...

[In Parts One and Two, ex-best-friends Bryony and Maria enlist the help of Angelica Highsmith and her unusual organisation to run an elaborate and very public stripping game to permanently settle a feud. The two women are racing around their University Campus on Graduation Dare, solving clues, as their specially prepared cheerleader outfits begin to malfunction. They are now hurtling towards the climax of their game, whic...

[In Part One, ex-best-friends Bryony and Maria enlist the help of Angelica Highsmith and her unusual organisation to run an elaborate and very public stripping game to permanently settle a feud. The two women are racing around their University Campus on Graduation Dare, solving clues, as their specially prepared cheerleader outfits begin to malfunction...] **** "What's past is present, where the part is the whole, you'll...

The gentle tapping of fingers on the keyboard sounded rhythmical against the flickering laptop screen, the woman at the swivel chair absorbed into her work as the otherwise pitch-dark room gave no other indication of life or movement. The curtains to the left of the laptop were pulled tightly shut, and the woman occasionally shivered, before finally succumbing to the cold late-night air seeping through the window's old wo...