I thought I saw a flicker of it in the sky when I was paying the pizza guy. “I bet the local transmitter has been hit by lightening again. The television saved Adam from making a pithy reply. “Drink it cold, eat it hot, and do it fast is my motto in life.” You’re two slices of pizza ahead of me as it is.” Why do you have to do everything at top speed? “My favourite combination.” He drained the bottle he was drinking from and stood up. “Cold beer, hot pizza and Saturday night.” Phin gave a happy sigh. Adam has to decide whether the circumstances warrant the use of discipline. In ‘Riding With The Wind’ Phin makes an error of judgement that has serious repercussions.

As a consequence his partner and domestic Dom Adam imposes a punishment that Phin finds difficult to deal with. In ‘Burdens’ a television reality show spells trouble for Phin. Phin and Adam are always there for each other in tough times, but harmony isn't always an aspect of their relationship. Previously published separately and also as part of the anthology -‘The Corridor and Other Stories’ Revised in this edition. When Dee-Dee gets tired of waiting for love and decides to launch a quest to find his perfect mate, Simon warns him he's likely to find only disappointment.A pair of short stories featuring couple Phin and Adam ~ Simon thinks Dee-Dee is hankering after something that doesn't exist beyond the pages of fiction. What he wants is an old fashioned alpha male to rule his heart and his home. Dee-Dee's unconventional upbringing has influenced his ideas about love and what constitutes the perfect relationship. There's friendship and there's sex, what has love got to do with anything? A move to a new apartment brings him into contact with the eccentric, but sweet Dee-Dee Walters with whom he strikes up a friendship. He likes life and relationships to be simple and straightforward, no ties, no emotional complications. Simon Putney has never been in love and it suits him fine.

Spanking Dee-Dee by Fabian Black