…Edmund Goulding, the director, invited me for a weekend at his desert retreat above Palm Springs. I arrived hot and dusty after a long drive and Goulding pointed the way to his swimming pool in the palm trees below. “Go and cool off,” he ordered. As I neared the pool…
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An excerpt from “It’s in His Kiss” by Vickie Lester Chapter 25 One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) Anne found her comfort zone in her pajamas, sitting in her father’s kitchen watching him make dinner, which on this evening was chopped grapefruit and oranges…
chapter 10 I’LL BUILD A STAIRWAY TO PARADISE by Vickie Lester …“You were talking about Cliff and drugs.” “Of course we were. That’s right. Now, I’ve heard of mixing Viagra and ecstasy—Sextasy—it’s real popular, and I, for one, find much to recommend in it—but Viagra and Ritalin? Ritalin?…
Story by Daniel Miller Illustrations by Morgan Schweitzer Photography by Gina Ferazzi November 1, 2014 It was hot and I was late for lunch. I was feeling mean, like I’d been left out in the sun too long. We were meeting at a joint on La Brea, the kind of…