Perfect Timing
Healthy, muscular, versatile, free to travel, discretion assured: the words appeared in every one of Reinhardt’s online descriptions in selected…
Bodybuilders
Reinhardt, also a bodybuilding enthusiast, posed in front of the mirrors for longer than necessary, she noted, as she did her squats. He could see…
Shack Rat, Part 3
Was he having fun yet? Huddled in the corner of the closet, his wrists cuffed together and resting on his knees, his legs shackled, a leather hood…
Shack Rat, Part 2
He was bent over in the living room, naked, the blood dry on his face, on the back of his thighs, his ankles shackled to his wrists, spit foaming…
Shack Rat, Part 1
He would remember two specific things for years: the key ring Jamal tossed on to the glass topped coffee table in Kurt’s apartment, and the smell of…
Rules of Engagement, Part 2
“Put your tongue out, pig. Or should I say dog?” Kurt grabbed the tip and stretched. Without letting go, he flicked his cigarette so ashes dropped on…
Rules of Engagement, Part 1
Kurt had seen a black and chipped statue among the debris of a bombed house in some godforsaken Balkan village on one his peacekeeping tours of duty.…
Permission Granted
Standing behind his desk, Terry wondered if students noticed that his gait had changed, even his tone of voice. Earlier he had locked himself in the…
Active Service
A scorpion flicking its stinger inside his anus, his face bloated and red, Kurt grunted on the bowl. His wife Maggie shrieked in the cell, demanding…
Valentine’s Day
Like centipedes scurrying across his shoulders and tapping along his spine, the 28 soft leather lashes, each 20 inches long, at first tickled. Terry…
