Mother Stories

A torrid tale of incestuous love among family members as they try to survive sad tragic events. The love of the family comes to a head as Shanu's wedding comes close.

A "Watching Julie" reader asked me, "What about the missing years? Did David have a sister? How come he wasn't interested in his mom?" This story isn't a sequel and there's no need to read "Watching Julie" first, although I hope you will read it. They're separate stories and this one fills in some blanks, that's all. It's pretty short, to boot.

My mom, Elle, is the kind of woman men lose their minds over—a 45-year-old bombshell with a surgeon’s-sculpted body she loves to show off. So when my two local friends, Marco and Javier, found her tanning in a nearly non-existent bikini on our private deck in Costa Rica, their hunger was palpable. I watched them circle her like sharks, their eyes devouring every inch of her, but the sickest part was seeing the small, knowing smile on my mother’s face. She wasn’t just tolerating the attention.

A Story in the Life in the Suburbs Universe
A photographer helps out an old friend, another photographer, and saves him from being ripped off by two sets of gold diggers. When the second gold digger sets her sights on him, he turns things and ends up with some teenage wives, as does his friend. Set in Australia. Unable to correct typos due to laws related to character ages.