Lila and the Coat
Lila stripped out of her clothes quickly. This wasn’t a striptease; she just wanted the leggings and the t-shirt on the floor. Her bra and underwear came off next. Added to the pile. It was probably the least sexy thing she had ever done. Lila stood in front of the bank of mirrors that dominated…
Spaceflight
Lily stared at the window-like screen. There, laid out for her, was the vastness of space. Infinite night. An infinite, starry sky. She had never in her life seen anything so beautiful. In that moment, she knew she could never go back. She knew that she could never leave Arsinoe. ‘I should take you back…
Early Morning
I woke up to soft morning light streaming in through the windows, making everything fresh and new. Lisa’s hand rested on my lower back, her skin against my skin. I watched her for a moment: her soft breathing, the crinkle of her rose-pink lips, the flare of her nostrils. Then her eyes opened. Her pupils…
Summer Lilies
Last Summer Ezinne parked her car in the small, flattened car park. She stepped out into the world, trying to find some relief from the hot, stuffiness of her battered, old Honda Accord. Her father’s car. She’d inherited it and had never driven anything else. The outside world was almost as hot as the car’s…
The Robot Factory
April had been working on the assembly line for so long that her once-smooth silicone hands were now rough and chipped. The shiny white disc that was her face had browned with age. She was a robot at the point of obsolescence. The other robots were smoother, sleeker, faster. They looked more like robots, less…
Reverse
Fifty Minutes From Now Lana tilts back her head and bellows out her pleasure. She cannot stop. She cannot be stopped. This orgasm riots through her like a crashing wave, and Bryan is right there with her, coming too. * Forty-Five Minutes From Now Lana doesn’t think she has the energy to come this time.…
