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Inappropriate Workplace Behavior
“Your screenplay sucks, Mrs. Frey, but I know a way you can make it up to me. And afterward, you can stay late and rewrite the ending."

Mare Loch
Jan 196 min read


The Old Gray Mare Just Ain't What I Used To Be
Hey, it's my birthday.

Mare Loch
Jul 15, 20242 min read


FaceTime Bodice Ripper Episode
We thought midlife hadn't been hard enough up until now so we decide to date while we trudged through the Celibate Desert. We're so thirsty.

Mare Loch
Jul 3, 20243 min read


Paparazzi at The Ivy
Stopping quickly in The Ivy’s valet area, movie star Bran Barclay stepped from his plaid Tesla. His neon smile lit up the grey L.A. horizon.

Mare Loch
May 26, 20245 min read


Wake Me Up
My horse fell on me, violently thrashing, like a turtle stuck on his back. I looked at the silent police officer lying next to me...

Mare Loch
May 6, 20243 min read


Barebacked
“I want you to ride bareback behind me on my horse to Sagebrush,” the handsome Scot said, brushing the hair away from my face...
Bareback?

Mare Loch
Mar 11, 20243 min read


Baby, You Can Drive My Car
As the car began to skid, sparks flew up from the plane's propellors as they dug into the concrete.

Mare Loch
Dec 10, 20233 min read


Give Thanks, You're Alone
For a little while, your life looked like a Norman Rockwell painting. The table was set just right. But Norman painted that, you didn't.

Mare Loch
Nov 23, 20234 min read


The Waffle House, See
At Waffle House there's a chance the cook would ash his dart in the grits.

Mare Loch
Nov 3, 20233 min read


Goodbye, Saltair Avenue
"You don't have to feign interest in film for me," he said, letting me off the hook. "Oh, thank goodness," I groaned.

Mare Loch
Aug 13, 20233 min read


The Engagement Kiss, 1908
"Lark, have you ever had a woman?" No, he said but he had come close. "As close as we are now?" Suzannah asked. He shook his head and smiled

Mare Loch
Jun 7, 20231 min read


Open-Door Romance
I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

Mare Loch
Jun 6, 20234 min read


Temptation
There's only so much temptation a couple of divorced, celibate grownups can take.

Mare Loch
Nov 24, 20223 min read


Hollywood Halloween Party
I said sourly, “I used rubber bands to make my costume & you used Paramount Pictures."
"You're still the fairest lass," my movie star said.

Mare Loch
Oct 20, 20224 min read


Hiding My Identity
“So, you’re an ex-wife?” he asked. I was so shocked, but I laughed.
“Isn’t every wife an ex-wife? I mean, eventually?” I replied.

Mare Loch
Sep 11, 20225 min read


Tattoos Are Never a Good Surprise
Flying lessons and surprise tattoos: I'm not one for exclamation points but this story is just full of them.

Mare Loch
Apr 11, 20225 min read


Coyote
I was already angry at him. I hauled myself up in the saddle and dug my heels hard into Mojave's sides.

Mare Loch
Apr 3, 20224 min read


The Naked Tart
“Is that your Lexus outside?” I asked her.
“Uh, yeah,” she blustered.
I held up my keys. "I'm going to carve the word 'whore' into it."

Mare Loch
Mar 1, 20223 min read


Roughly, in the Barn
“How can I ever win?” he asked.
“By taking me roughly in the barn?” I said as I circled him on my horse, luring him with my purple prose.

Mare Loch
Dec 22, 20212 min read
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