Pregnancy changes a woman. That's no gem of wisdom, in and of itself, but pregnancy also changes the way a man perceives a woman. When a man sees a pregnant woman, he can't help but reflect on the proof that she is, or at least has been, sexually active. And really KNOWING a woman has been sexually active can impact the way a man looks at a woman. Sometimes that goes for the woman's father too. / (Reviews)
If you read 'Writers Notebook', you'll see the ties. Neither tale needs the other, however. Writers_Forum is through the eyes if another English teacher, some time ago. I rather enjoyed envisioning how things might seem to someone with different issues. I want readers who enjoy language enough to, as they say, "get it". We're a much smaller sorority than those who just "do it", the mid school verb of choice.
Sixteen-year-olds Layla and Sophie had been best friends for years and years. As they got older, each had come to have feelings for the other, but neither had dared to express them. Then Sophie went on a trip to Europe with her parents, and what she learned there would change everything.
Justin is happily living in a coastal cave in Spain, dead broke. His big American rod is his only asset; young and old, rich and poor cross his bed as he fucks his way into and out of trouble. Everything was great until the box came rolling in the surf.
The Gathering is continued in a second volume, Book II. Part of the Hartstein universe
Another Saturday night... and our teenaged heroines, Kathy and Peggy, have just arrived at a loft in downtown Hollywood where a rave is in progress. But things go wrong, and people's lives change. Plenty of sex, including incest.
A war hero lives for ninety years and saves an alien. They are so grateful they offer him another life. At their urging he chooses to become a beautiful bisexual female. She has her share of affairs and is successful in business.