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Stories with keyword: desert

The Peach Badge of Courage

Living in LA with his girlfriend, Michael has gotten used to agreeing with plans that he’s not at all enthusiastic about, because he figures that most of the time, they’re not going to happen. So when his two close friends … Continue reading →

Keywords accelerated free fall, airplane, claustrophobia, desert, fear, hand signals, jump, jumpmaster., LA, Live story, Los Angeles, parachute, peer pressure, plane, puke, rip cord, sick, skydiving, terror, The State, vomit

A Muffin Appears

Joanne is a free spirit who’s worked as a circus aerialist and a touring theatre performer, and her new Argentinian boyfriend (and ESL student) Alejandro is somewhat the opposite – clean cut, responsible and stable. When Joanne invites him to … Continue reading →

Keywords Alejandro, Argentina, art, barter, Black Rock City, boyfriend, Burning Man, camp, desert, drugs, dust, dust storm, ecstasy, ESL, gay, Live story, muffin, mushroom, New York City, non-English speaker, NYC, party, psychedelic, queer, Radical Faeries, relationship, sculpture, teacher, tent, trampoline

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