by SlowHand
Copyright, All Rights Reserved
Published September, 2000
I logged in to add my latest story to this site and realized it had been over a year since I'd published anything new. It's amazing how time flies.
Two things inspired this latest tale. The first was my wife pointing out that I had been talking a lot of "talk" about writing (newsgroups, chat boards, 'real life' writer's groups, etc.), but not doing much of it myself. She was right. What's most interesting is that while I was busy handing out amateur literary advice to fellow hobbyists, I was ignoring the most important element for any author aspiring to improve: writing, writing, and more writing.
The opportunity to mend my wrongful ways came in the form of a writing contest on the Erotic Stories site, an archive where a number of my tales are published. These contests involve writing a story around a collection of 'criteria', which in this case included the following:
Characters Max and Kelly (either sex), a maple tree, a Ford Mustang, creation of a song or a story, final manuscript less than 12,000 words.
Not much to go on, but ripe with possibilities. I played with a few ideas and drifted towards a romantic theme, not my first choice in popular reading, but something I've explored before with my story Encore!
The result is Heaven Sent, a story that I'm proud to say is the winner of the Erotic Stories Challenge Number 4.
I've found that romantic erotic stories appeal to a smaller reading audience, but I've also been told by a number of people that this effort is my best work yet.
I hope you'll take a look and let me know what you think.
| ~ Past Stories ~ | ||||
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| "The Dating Game"
M / F, M / f, Rom |
David Benton isn't 'suddenly single', but he's single all the same. He picked himself up after his divorce and carried forward, but after three years of being 'available', he decides it's time to look for somebody to share his life with. As luck would have it he meets Mary; thirty-something and in search of companionship. Things are shaping up nicely, until Mary's teenage daughter decides that 'three is a crowd' and wants David to disappear. In fact, she'll do anything to get what she wants . . . |
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| "Encore!"
M/F, Rom, Sappy |
Josh Ambrose has led a life that many people can only dream of -- one rich in fame, fortune, and public adulation. Even with all of his success, his life is still lacking without his first true love at his side. On a trip home for Christmas he meets up with the woman who stole his heart some seventeen years before. But her life has changed as much as his has. Can he stand to let her go a second time? A sappy story based on the song 'Auld Ang Sine' by Dan Fogleberg. This is a must read for you romantics out there. |
Rogue Reviews "Very Good" | ||
"Teacher's Pet" M/F, Rom, Teen, First |
Mitch Landers left the cut-throat business of securities trading to find a new life--a life that provides something more meaningful than making the rich richer. An unexpected turn of events lands him in a teaching job, with his first assignment delivering Algebra classes to a group of high school seniors. He’s getting on with his new life famously, until he becomes the object of affection of an over-zealous student, leading him into a web of temptation that could have dire consequences. |
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"Amy Visits for the Summer" M/f, M/F/f, F/f, F/f/M, Teen
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Michael Jennings seems to be living the American dream. He has a successful career, two healthy children, and a wife who is destined to be the first woman Partner in a prestigious law firm. But the investment it took to realize that success has taken a toll on other parts of his life, including his marriage. When he stumbles on the excitement and passion that has been missing in an unplanned sexual encounter with a much younger woman, he quickly finds himself drawn into an affair that could cost him everything. But sometimes those things that present the greatest threat can also carry the most potential for a new perspective . . .
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