Flipping the switch

He’s sitting there, telling me about Corey’s recent visit to the vet and I’m wondering to myself how it is that he turns the switch off and on so effortlessly. It’s almost as though he’s[…]

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The weekend

The bus pulled into the station. After 13 hours, I finally arrived. I had been looking forward to this moment for a month. She was there to meet me, looking just as beautiful as ever.[…]

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Hotel room 69

You could hear it up and down the hallway. I was pushing my cleaning cart past and at first thought someone was being murdered. Then I realized how wrong I was. I looked up and[…]

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Tommy

This is the sequel to end of school party' and 'After Ellie's end of school party (1)' and 'After Ellie's end of school party (2)' and 'Mary (1)'. I intended to write 'Mary (2)' but[…]

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My sister carrie

Chapter One My sister should have known better. Our mother was fanatically against drugs of any kind. She would rail about kids using drugs, and preached to us all the time about how we dare[…]

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In memory of

The camera swims into focus on her breasts, filling the entire frame. Backing up a little, a hint of a smile can be seen at the top of the screen as she moves her hands[…]

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Scene in an alley

copyright: Lesley Tara, 2011 Oh, heavens, I knew I shouldn’t have taken this short cut! Ironically, I did so in order to avoid exactly this kind of trouble. I am walking on my own along[…]

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