Male-female Stories

A month is not long compared to eternity. But Laura was constantly on my mind. I thought about meeting her after we hadn’t seen each other for a month, and communication facilities were minimal where I was located. I couldn’t stop my heart from pounding. I thought she would be happy to see me, but the uncertainty, even after a short separation, made me nervous. I called and left a message, but she just texted me that it w...

The cognac was cheap, the hotel room cheaper, but her laugh was a salve I’d have paid my last dime to hear. It was a low, throaty sound that seemed to vibrate right through the thin wall at my back. I watched her, this vision of impossible grace folded into a rickety chair. A shaft of neon light from the boulevard below cut across her, highlighting the twin mounds of her firm breasts—an advertisement for desire. She ran a...