Backstage pass

copyright: Lesley Tara, 2009 I grew up in a medium-sized resort town on the English coast. Every summer, the local theatre would put on a show during the holiday season, with the lead roles taken[…]

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Dalias dream

Dalia’s Dream Another hot dry desert day. Not a cloud in the azure blue sky….. Dalia dropped to her bed… exhausted from the heat… and felt the coolness of the air conditioner pour over her…[…]

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Sub life

She isn’t hard to figure out. She wears her emotions on her face. She can’t conceal things even when she wants to. She has only had a handful of relationships. Most of them have been[…]

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A stormy night

The storm had knocked out power. The kids away at their grandparents Linda and John retired early for the night. Cuddled together under their sheets the wind howling outside their windows pressing the large oak[…]

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Flying high

We laugh together as we run into the air-conditioned airport terminal from the muggy heat outside. The effect was miraculous on you as I glanced at you once we were inside. Aside from raising your[…]

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Hot tub slip

I had known Eric for about 10 years. When I first met him, he was dating a really negative girl, and I never knew what the attraction was. But after a year or two, that[…]

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Vegas luck part 1

I was sat in a bar in the Bellagio casino, Las Vegas, deciding against ordering a $500 bottle of champagne. I was here on vacation with some of my school buddies, but had finally got[…]

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