Drive, she said.

On straddling the rip in the time/space continuum. Drinking, driving, smoking, and speeding. Some nights are just made for that, no matter how fast you've driven, how long, or how far you've come.

Dating for Dollars

Previously published: Johns, Marks, Tricks & Chickenhawks (Soft Skull Press, 2013); Best American Erotica, 1995 (Touchstone Book published by Simon and Schuster, 1995 as Scarlett Fever) Originally published: BUST Magazine, Summer/ Fall 1994 (as Scarlett Fever) I paused at the doorway to the dining room of Laurent—it was not quite Lutece, but it was in the same neighborhood, …

Killing Time

Originally published as "Lele" in Hos, Hookers, Callgirls and Rentboys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, and Sex (SoftSkull, July 2009)     I got time to kill. I’m not scheduled to work anywhere tonight and I don’t know what to do with myself. There’s no reason to be home—it’s filthy and me being here …