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The Bare Essentials

A series of short stories that follows Vivian Addams on her journey through sex, dating and relationship quandaries.

Wednesday Night (#2) | (The Bare Essentials Series)

Wednesday, her radiant beauty gave me butterflies, but to plunge into an unknown territory head first felt like a huge task. Was she even into girls? Was I? Yes, I confess I was not completely sure if lady lumps where part of my cup of tea at first. But there was something different with her, […]

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Impressively Small | (The Bare Essentials Series)

Insecurities, they are the epitome of evil even when they are a subconscious feeling. We have these connotations around us that everything should be a certain something or other and it’s fucking insane. Women should be a size 2, men should be taller than 5’5″ and paychecks should be larger that 4 figures. I’ve spent […]

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Summer Camp | (The Bare Essentials Series)

The news that I’m Bi was a shock, even for myself. I can still remember that first moment when my heart ached for another female. I was ten and on the bus to summer camp. She had dirty blonde hair, big brown eyes and a smile that lite up the room. Or maybe it was […]

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Wednesday Night | (The Bare Essentials Series)

What is there to do on a Wednesday Night in the middle of a city? Bars, bowling, local author reading, or like me group therapy. Maybe it’s because I like to talk or maybe it’s because I like to be heard, but there’s nothing like a good 3 minutes of me in front of a […]

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Pluses and Minuses | (The Bare Essentials Series)

Let’s be clear when it comes to a romp in the bedroom, back seat or barnyard (hey everyone has their thing!) there is one main rule, always finish and for men, it should be asked politely where. So when his face turned into a sour patch pucker with a large moan I knew my ride […]

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Vivian Addams | (The Bare Essentials Series)

Life can be pretty cruel when you are a kid with the name Vivian, I lost count how many times I was called vagina, viagra or vulva today alone. What my mother was thinking when she gave me such a name who knows, but I’ve learned to embrace the puns. I have one of the […]

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