INANNA
Afterglow is sensual fiction for adults: unhurried, warm, and written for grown-up imaginations. If you are under 18, this shelf is closed to you.
Afterglow · Sensual fiction
Five thousand years ago, hymns to Inanna spoke of desire without blushing. Afterglow keeps the tradition: short fiction for adults, sensual rather than graphic, slow on purpose. And because we cannot help ourselves, every story smuggles in exactly one lesson from The School. See if you can catch it.
"Arousal begins in the imagination long before it reaches the body. A good story is foreplay you can carry in a handbag."
From the sexologist's desk · The School of Inanna
Eleven years married, and Claire has decided that tonight her husband is finally going to learn the piano. One key. Over and over.
Read the story Lesson hidden inside: the buildPriya has wanted Genevieve since March. Now there is a locked door, a whole evening, and Genevieve's one house rule: nothing happens quickly.
Read the story Lesson hidden inside: over before underThe card on the kitchen bench says touch stays over fabric until someone begs. Dan thinks it sounds easy. Dan is wrong by nine o'clock.
Read the story Lesson hidden inside: the unwatched potTheo has not done this since the divorce, and his body knows it. June cancels the performance entirely: no orgasms tonight, for anyone, on purpose.
Read the story