New Ghostly Tales Arrive for Halloween

Tags: ghosts, halloween

By the middle of October, there are usually many articles listing the best scary tales for Halloween’s annual celebration of the paranormal. But this year, editors seem to have less interest. Real humanitarian horrors abroad and mass killings at home may have sated the appetite for imaginary frightfulness. But I personally still welcome escape via a good ghost story’s vicarious …

Novel Cashes In on Sex, Lies & Love

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In author Lily Temperley’s new novel, Fix: Sex, Lies & Banking, she poses Tina Turner’s classic line — What’s love got to do with it? Patrick Harrington is handsome, wealthy and successful. He is also a high-functioning addict that craves his next fix. His vices of choice are money and women: taking risks at work and pursuing multiple sexual …

Why Changing a Tire Is Like Bad Sex

Tags: never liked it anyway, sex

By Cassie Ciopryna Mundane, not so fun tasks can sometimes remind us of another particular activity that (should be) fun. We’ve looked at how the dentist can remind us of bad sex—and now we’ve got another one for you. Changing a tire? Bad sex? I mean, we really don’t see the difference here… You have no clue what you’re doing. We’ve all …

Southern Gothic: ‘The Night the Hogs Ate Willie’

Tags: gothic, novel viewpoints

By Katherine Sharma I’m a sucker for Southern Gothic writing–works by authors such as William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, Carson McCullers and Cormac McCarthy. So I was curious to read the recently published The Gates of Evangeline by Hester Young, described as a “Southern Gothic mystery debut.” While a well-plotted mystery with Gothic elements–dream visions, an old mansion and family secrets–the …

A Thousand Bucks For A Kiss???

Tags: how i know I"m in love

“Attention, gentlemen!” I heard Julie’s voice over the bar’s PA system and looked over to see her waving from the DJ booth. The DJ was wiping her trademark candy-apple red lipstick off the corner of his mouth. Oh Julie…she could charm anyone with a simple kiss. Brandon and I were getting married in a week, after five years of dating, …

How Going To The Dentist Is Like Bad Sex

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By Cassie Ciopryna Going to the dentist can be uncomfortable. Sex with someone new can be uncomfortable too. Sure, sex is great the majority of the time, but we’ve all had those experiences that were, well, less than thrilling. Here’s why a trip to the dentist can make you feel like you’re having some strange, tripped up sexual encounter. You …

By Katherine Sharma Recently, a friend wondered about whether to write a blog, and it got me thinking about writers’ motives. George Orwell, in a well-known essay titled “Why I Write,” laid out the “four great motives” of authors: Sheer egotism (the desire to leave an individual mark) Aesthetic enthusiasm (pleasure in the beauty of prose) Historical impulse (to reveal …

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Lust With The Proper Stranger

Tags: lust, sexy, stranger

Read a sensual first chapter from the TruLOVE Collection, When Love Sizzles. LUST WITH THE PROPER STRANGER Have you ever wanted to break free from being “a good girl” and have an uninhibited fling with a sexy stranger? Just find a handsome hunk and let your desires go wild? It had always been a secret fantasy of mine that I …

Are You Really Ready for Love?

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By Mary Cope You’ve mourned, moved on and let go of the baggage from your past relationships. You are prepared for love. You are emotionally ready to give and receive love. You want love… But, are you truly ready? Relationships take commitment, focus and time but before you think you are ready, ask yourself these three questions. 1. Do you …