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Request

by Susan Isla Tepper

Starved for love I agreed to be different. His unspoken request had the hallmarks of sadism. One step over the line the bed became an ice floe. He watched for me to step back in place. The bed knew also thawing when appropriate. I grew anxiously thin while the bed plumped with pleasure.

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Susan Isla Tepper is a twenty year writer in all genres. Her twelfth published book is a novel titled ‘Hair of a Fallen Angel’ from Spuyten Duyvil Press, fall of 2024. Also a Playwright and Director, Tepper recently premiered her satirical dark comedy ‘Clandestine’ in an Equity Staged Reading at EAG Guild Hall Theatre in NYC. Visit her online here.