Excerpt FromCordelia's Significance
By Jeremy Edwards
(from Spark My Moment)
‘Do you recall when you had to call me at home on my day off last week?’ Cordelia continued. ‘To ask where those files were? I was actually touching myself, listening to you. I didn’t even notice I was doing it while we were talking. But then I hung up the phone with my left hand and wondered what had become of the right one. It was in my panties, Henry.’
It gave me a peculiar feeling to hear my name used in such proximity to her panties. ‘I’m glad you found it,’ I managed.
A brief look of concern flashed across her lively face. ‘I’m not embarrassing you, I hope.’
It struck me that this was one of those things that you should probably just leave unsaid, if you haven’t already said it by a certain point in a certain conversation. At least she hadn’t put it in the form of a question.
‘Let’s change the subject,’ she suggested. ‘Do you think men get as much pleasure from sex as women do?’
‘This is your idea of changing the subject?’
‘Seriously – what do you think?’
I raised an eyebrow. ‘Are you trying to seduce me by engaging in abstract discussions of sexuality?’
‘No, and put that eyebrow down. I’m engaging in abstract discussions of sexuality because it’s what I do. If it has the effect of seducing you, that’s all well and good, of course. But that’s not why I’m doing it.’
It gave me a peculiar feeling to hear my name used in such proximity to her panties. ‘I’m glad you found it,’ I managed.
A brief look of concern flashed across her lively face. ‘I’m not embarrassing you, I hope.’
It struck me that this was one of those things that you should probably just leave unsaid, if you haven’t already said it by a certain point in a certain conversation. At least she hadn’t put it in the form of a question.
‘Let’s change the subject,’ she suggested. ‘Do you think men get as much pleasure from sex as women do?’
‘This is your idea of changing the subject?’
‘Seriously – what do you think?’
I raised an eyebrow. ‘Are you trying to seduce me by engaging in abstract discussions of sexuality?’
‘No, and put that eyebrow down. I’m engaging in abstract discussions of sexuality because it’s what I do. If it has the effect of seducing you, that’s all well and good, of course. But that’s not why I’m doing it.’
Spark My Moment brings together a broad assortment of Jeremy Edwards pieces never before available in book form, including new stories written expressly for this collection. Ranging from playful, lascivious romps like “Mom and Pop Enterprise” to thought-provoking erotic art pieces like “Existential Wendell”—with forays into X-rated literary pastiche and steamy flash fiction—these stories are united by the author’s emphasis on joyful sensuality, libidinous urgency, offbeat romanticism, and the pleasures of language and laughter.
3 comments:
That is some nice dialogue.
Thank you, Jo... on behalf of the characters and myself! : )
And thank you so much for hosting me, MC—and for all your kind words and wonderful support!
Hey, I just calls them as I sees them!
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