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Tag: sexuality

Rubies by Carol E. Anderson
Non-Fiction / Top Posts

Rubies by Carol E. Anderson

April 22, 2024December 6, 20240

“I longed to brush my lips next to yours– to taste the tang of rubies on your tongue.” excerpt from Rubies by Carol E. Anderson #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“Game of Interludes” by Patricia Ann Bowen
Fiction

“Game of Interludes” by Patricia Ann Bowen

April 24, 2023April 17, 20230

“He told me how the image of that clear cold gin sliding past my red lips and down my throat had driven him nearly mad with desire.”
#MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

Three Microfictions by Ashley McCurry
Fiction / Micro

Three Microfictions by Ashley McCurry

September 5, 2022September 9, 20220

My Friends and I Started Having Premonitions About Future Lovers Sonia dreamt of being sawed in half by a mustached magician, rugged steel grinding rosewood …

“Summit Negotiations” by Stephen Kingsnorth
Poetry

“Summit Negotiations” by Stephen Kingsnorth

December 3, 2021February 23, 20221

At the cake bazaar,annual in the village hall –Mrs Baker’s acid voice –I stall to scan those sweetmeat plates. The granulated cog biscuits,as if surfaced …

“On Half-Inch Heroes” by Ben Umayam
Non-Fiction

“On Half-Inch Heroes” by Ben Umayam

July 16, 2021February 23, 20220

Like all Filipinos, at the age of puberty, I became obsessed with penis size. I used to be very guarded about my bare body. What …

“Jupiter’s Raindrops” by John O’Brien
Poetry

“Jupiter’s Raindrops” by John O’Brien

June 25, 2021June 30, 20210

Jupiter’s raindrops area phenomenon thatfollows close behindmoonlight and aftersexand the sonnetof moments wherecollecting my pantsmixes deliberately withstaring and thispale shimmer ofmelancholy. This isa lesson inanger, …

“The Shape of the Laugh in Your Throat” by Edie Meade
Non-Fiction

“The Shape of the Laugh in Your Throat” by Edie Meade

May 14, 2021December 6, 20241

From downstairs I hear you playfully yell “panties!” with the tantrum-bound toddler who is disemboweling my underwear drawer. By the shape of the laugh in …

“Meditations on Water (Ode to Escambia)” by Stella Meadows
Non-Fiction

“Meditations on Water (Ode to Escambia)” by Stella Meadows

March 5, 2021August 15, 20221

I didn’t always know I was a woman. That’s one of the myths – that every trans person knows it from Day One. I guess …

“LaMarcus Thompson’s Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway” by John H. Johnson
Poetry

“LaMarcus Thompson’s Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway” by John H. Johnson

January 22, 2021January 17, 20210

August humidity in Coney Island makes the darkness much heavier,Candles dimly light the lock to match the skeleton key,As darkness provides anonymity to faces hiding …

“Sunday School” by Natalie Crick
Poetry

“Sunday School” by Natalie Crick

October 3, 2016August 19, 20200

Madeline loves it And sits as Mother would. The priest is like her Father Dressed all in grey, Palms fluttering with Paper clowns, Legs and …

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