Among the posters, books, and keepsakes, this is not my bedroom. This is not my home. I gather the tear-stained tissues and smooth the bedcover. It hides the chaos beneath, but not the turmoil of my thoughts. I carry that dull ache within as a feeling of emptiness, not contentment. An open window lets the bright sky pour in. A breeze carries away the musk of sex. I washed him from my body, too, and I should wash the sheet...

Over the next ten days, Carly and Frank exchanged a series of emails and many text messages. Frank continued sending her links to internet porn that he thought she might enjoy and find interesting and informative. Carly continued to devour everything he sent her, spending most of her time when at home naked in front of her computer monitor. She confessed to Frank that her need for orgasms had intensified beyond her imagin...

The eight months between their engagement and their wedding were a very busy time for Adam and Eve. They had gotten engaged in late September, and Eve had always dreamed of a May wedding, hence the wait. At first, she wanted to get married in the century-old church near her parents' home in Scotland, but she didn't want to impose the cost of travelling on their friends and Adam's family. So, because neither of them was pa...

After their first romantic weekend together, Adam and Eve both began to think more in the long term about where their relationship might go. They had discovered the joys of sex with each other and were having difficulty separating the feelings of lust from those of love. All day on Monday, every time they saw each other at work, they stole a sly smile or a wink, hoping nobody else would notice. It wasn't that they were af...

Hot, fast and deep. That’s how she’d describe the connection that had changed her life. A connection so strong she was sent reeling at its sudden end. She’d gone through the grief cycle multiple times, mourning the man who helped her open up in ways she never thought she would. The shame that grew from his abrupt absence had begun to weigh down on her and made her question everything she thought she’d accomplished. Confid...

Nikki wiped her hands on her shorts, taking a deep breath to calm her nerves. She had stared at the restaurant for 10 minutes. Amanda was in there. Could she really go in? Would they get along as well as they did online? Would reality destroy everything? Inside, Amanda sat, moving her beer in a lazy circle. She glanced up just as Nikki entered. Her breath caught. Nikki’s hair was back to red, short, curled along the jaw o...

Sister Bernadette had been at the convent of St. Mary’s for just over two weeks. They accepted her despite her very young age and somewhat open ideas about life. She was intelligent, obtaining a first-class honours degree from Cambridge in advanced Science and Anthropology, a course that encompassed all the sciences for good measure. Her love of learning knew no bounds, which only made her decision to enter the convent so...

Kathryn and I had been married for five months. This was our first Christmas together. My previous wife passed away unexpectedly a decade ago. After several years of mourning, I decided I should start dating. A mutual friend introduced me to Kathryn. Despite living three hours away, we agreed to meet. The chemistry was off the charts. Things moved fast. We were married four months later. Kathryn’s job required significant...

There's an old saying that life passes you by when you're not looking. We spend so much of our lives living for other people that we hardly scratch the surface of our own lives. Then, one day, you're looking back at the opportunities you missed. This Christmas season, I have a new man in my life. He's younger than me and has a ferocious sexual appetite. Over drinks the other night, we were watching some videos about Adven...