Enough
He wants it to be easy. He wants it to be quick and quiet and to feel nothing but the urges of his body following their predestined path. He wants simplicity – a bit of friendly fun. Perhaps a reenactment of some two-minute video he used for last week’s wank. Why can’t it be that […]
Held, tightly.
“You’re like a widow.” “Don’t be so dramatic.” “I’m not. That’s exactly what you’re like. Not a Catholic one, though – the Catholic ones are insatiable.” “Why do I think you’re speaking from great experience?” I joked. “Look, I’ve never given you a reason to believe I’d succumb to your charms.” “No, true enough. I […]
On Transgression: A discussion with Harper Eliot and Molly Moore
I recently participated in a delightful and meaty conversation on the topic of transgression – with a focus on erotic transgression and fictional depictions of it – with Harper Eliot and Molly Moore, who produce the bi-monthly IGRD (It Girl Rag Doll) podcast. You can listen to the podcast on the web here or listen […]
Time stops at 4:35 (3)
On a morning like this, a bruised dawn, fat with rain and murmurs of far off thunder, the air is dense with spent showers. In a garden at the far end of a forty-year lane with sand instead of grass and soft white seastones marking the lines between walking paths and growing places. Snails, their […]
Light Eater (2)
He stands on the old clawfoot bathtub’s rim, towering above her. His camera lens aimed into the soup of her. Strands of her hair undulate in the water; her face and breasts breach the surface. She’s a mermaid with almond eyes that sparkle through the vapour. Droplets flare on her skin. Her obscene lips parted […]
A Good Woman (1)
He is dangerous. I can smell the push-me-pull-you chaos rising off him like curls of steam. He invites you in with his sharp, white teeth and all the time you’re falling, you know it’s going to hurt when you hit the bottom and wake up to find you’re lying face first in the polluted soil […]
Jude – 2
It’s not that hard to spot a six-foot tall black woman in the centre of Saigon. I kept an eye out for her everywhere I went. I even went so far as to ask one of the ladies who sold fruit at the Ben Thanh market. I had convinced myself that I had fallen in […]
Because sometimes I bake
This is a recipe for Dark Chocolate Chocolate Walnut & Orange muffins. I promised it to a few people so it’s here for easy download. Dark Chocolate Chocolate Walnut & Orange Muffins (right click and save to download) I also made a recipe for a dark and spicy Banana Bread. Again, not really for children. […]
Trailing Wisps of Glory: Goodbye Ms. Angelou
“I believe each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.” I was very sad to read of Maya Angelou’s passing. I’m not a poet or African American or any kind of woman in the way I think she was, and yet she spoke to me. There are so few people in the […]
On Writing, Authorship and Sacred Words
Lisabet Sarai, a writer for whom I have deep admiration, just finished blogging at the ERWA Blog on her experience of revising her novel to suit a publisher’s imprint. ‘Negotiation‘ is a great post worth reading. Most especially if you want to see the process of writing oneself an absolution. I don’t say that cattily […]