Story Title :
The Business of Magic
Chapter :
Prologue (Chapter 0.1) Farmers at Play (Chapter 1) Manly Bonding Time (Chapter 2) Let’s Do It in the Road (Chapter 3) Dry Your Eyes, Ann (Chapter 4) Organic Farming (Chapter 5) Second Diagnosis (Chapter 6) A Retreat of Our Own (Chapter 7) Invited to Gaia’s Party (Chapter 8) A Trade of Professional Services (Chapter 9) Farm Photography (Chapter 10) Desert Landscape Nudes (Chapter 11) Just Working Nude, As One Does (Chapter 12) Pedal Like the Devil (Chapter 13) Mage Arches Redux (Chapter 14) The Mr. Miyagi School of Magic (Chapter 15) Sexperiments (Chapter 16) Licensed to Heal (Chapter 17) Three Mothers’ Day (Chapter 18) Movers & Shakers (Chapter 19) Principled Pleasure (Chapter 20) Go Again! (Chapter 21) Two to Grow By (Chapter 22) Stark Stress Solution (Chapter 23) Swim Like a Goose (Chapter 24) Las Turistas Agotadas (Chapter 25) Radiant Heat (Chapter 26) Quiet Coolness (Chapter 27) High Fantasy (Chapter 28) Slippery When Wet (Chapter 29) That Tears It (Chapter 30) Grid Input (Chapter 31) Meeting Miki (Chapter 32) Hospitality Demonstrated (Chapter 33) Wheels Afire (Chapter 34) The Painted Desert (Chapter 35) Mirrored Shields (Chapter 36) Easing the ’Rents (Chapter 37) Gaia Help Us All (Chapter 38) Loving Focus (Chapter 39) Utterly Open & Honest (Chapter 40) Explosive Salutation (Chapter 41) Flight of the Flock (Chapter 42) Consummation (Chapter 43) Initial Public Offer (Chapter 44) Political Colloquy (Chapter 45) Hustle & Jive (Chapter 46) Fight, Freeze, or Fly (Chapter 47) Happy Ex-Hooker (Chapter 48) Accommodations (Chapter 49) Second Annual (Chapter 50) Outdoor Advertising (Chapter 51) After-After Party (Chapter 52) Deception’s End (Chapter 53) Exodus Riposte (Chapter 54) Brass (Chapter 55) Sunlit Interrogation (Chapter 56) Charity Ballin’ (Chapter 57) Chanel Certificate (Chapter 58) Natural Childbirth (Chapter 59) Off-Piste (Chapter 60) En Garde… Engage! (Chapter 61) Counter-Parry (Chapter 62) Prise de Fer (Chapter 63) Epilogue: Consecrating Gaia’s Temple (Chapter 64)
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Non-Erotic
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Chapter 38: Gaia Help Us All “We owe you big,” Allison told Kaitlyn and I on the morning of July 4th as we were helping to load the wedding things into the Gutierrez family’s small farm trailer, hitched to the four-wheeler they used for running around the farm in-season. “Today,” I acknowledged, “you pay off…
Story Title :
The Business of Magic
Chapter :
Prologue (Chapter 0.1) Farmers at Play (Chapter 1) Manly Bonding Time (Chapter 2) Let’s Do It in the Road (Chapter 3) Dry Your Eyes, Ann (Chapter 4) Organic Farming (Chapter 5) Second Diagnosis (Chapter 6) A Retreat of Our Own (Chapter 7) Invited to Gaia’s Party (Chapter 8) A Trade of Professional Services (Chapter 9) Farm Photography (Chapter 10) Desert Landscape Nudes (Chapter 11) Just Working Nude, As One Does (Chapter 12) Pedal Like the Devil (Chapter 13) Mage Arches Redux (Chapter 14) The Mr. Miyagi School of Magic (Chapter 15) Sexperiments (Chapter 16) Licensed to Heal (Chapter 17) Three Mothers’ Day (Chapter 18) Movers & Shakers (Chapter 19) Principled Pleasure (Chapter 20) Go Again! (Chapter 21) Two to Grow By (Chapter 22) Stark Stress Solution (Chapter 23) Swim Like a Goose (Chapter 24) Las Turistas Agotadas (Chapter 25) Radiant Heat (Chapter 26) Quiet Coolness (Chapter 27) High Fantasy (Chapter 28) Slippery When Wet (Chapter 29) That Tears It (Chapter 30) Grid Input (Chapter 31) Meeting Miki (Chapter 32) Hospitality Demonstrated (Chapter 33) Wheels Afire (Chapter 34) The Painted Desert (Chapter 35) Mirrored Shields (Chapter 36) Easing the ’Rents (Chapter 37) Gaia Help Us All (Chapter 38) Loving Focus (Chapter 39) Utterly Open & Honest (Chapter 40) Explosive Salutation (Chapter 41) Flight of the Flock (Chapter 42) Consummation (Chapter 43) Initial Public Offer (Chapter 44) Political Colloquy (Chapter 45) Hustle & Jive (Chapter 46) Fight, Freeze, or Fly (Chapter 47) Happy Ex-Hooker (Chapter 48) Accommodations (Chapter 49) Second Annual (Chapter 50) Outdoor Advertising (Chapter 51) After-After Party (Chapter 52) Deception’s End (Chapter 53) Exodus Riposte (Chapter 54) Brass (Chapter 55) Sunlit Interrogation (Chapter 56) Charity Ballin’ (Chapter 57) Chanel Certificate (Chapter 58) Natural Childbirth (Chapter 59) Off-Piste (Chapter 60) En Garde… Engage! (Chapter 61) Counter-Parry (Chapter 62) Prise de Fer (Chapter 63) Epilogue: Consecrating Gaia’s Temple (Chapter 64)
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2,619 words (~15 minutes reading time)
PART 6: Spouses Chapter 37: Easing the ’Rents For some strange reason the phone companies have failed to solve the robot phone-spam problem, even though it’s been going on for decades. It is of course a complete coincidence that this same problem racks up billions of extra voice minutes on call recipients’ plans and extra…
Story Title :
The Business of Magic
Chapter :
Prologue (Chapter 0.1) Farmers at Play (Chapter 1) Manly Bonding Time (Chapter 2) Let’s Do It in the Road (Chapter 3) Dry Your Eyes, Ann (Chapter 4) Organic Farming (Chapter 5) Second Diagnosis (Chapter 6) A Retreat of Our Own (Chapter 7) Invited to Gaia’s Party (Chapter 8) A Trade of Professional Services (Chapter 9) Farm Photography (Chapter 10) Desert Landscape Nudes (Chapter 11) Just Working Nude, As One Does (Chapter 12) Pedal Like the Devil (Chapter 13) Mage Arches Redux (Chapter 14) The Mr. Miyagi School of Magic (Chapter 15) Sexperiments (Chapter 16) Licensed to Heal (Chapter 17) Three Mothers’ Day (Chapter 18) Movers & Shakers (Chapter 19) Principled Pleasure (Chapter 20) Go Again! (Chapter 21) Two to Grow By (Chapter 22) Stark Stress Solution (Chapter 23) Swim Like a Goose (Chapter 24) Las Turistas Agotadas (Chapter 25) Radiant Heat (Chapter 26) Quiet Coolness (Chapter 27) High Fantasy (Chapter 28) Slippery When Wet (Chapter 29) That Tears It (Chapter 30) Grid Input (Chapter 31) Meeting Miki (Chapter 32) Hospitality Demonstrated (Chapter 33) Wheels Afire (Chapter 34) The Painted Desert (Chapter 35) Mirrored Shields (Chapter 36) Easing the ’Rents (Chapter 37) Gaia Help Us All (Chapter 38) Loving Focus (Chapter 39) Utterly Open & Honest (Chapter 40) Explosive Salutation (Chapter 41) Flight of the Flock (Chapter 42) Consummation (Chapter 43) Initial Public Offer (Chapter 44) Political Colloquy (Chapter 45) Hustle & Jive (Chapter 46) Fight, Freeze, or Fly (Chapter 47) Happy Ex-Hooker (Chapter 48) Accommodations (Chapter 49) Second Annual (Chapter 50) Outdoor Advertising (Chapter 51) After-After Party (Chapter 52) Deception’s End (Chapter 53) Exodus Riposte (Chapter 54) Brass (Chapter 55) Sunlit Interrogation (Chapter 56) Charity Ballin’ (Chapter 57) Chanel Certificate (Chapter 58) Natural Childbirth (Chapter 59) Off-Piste (Chapter 60) En Garde… Engage! (Chapter 61) Counter-Parry (Chapter 62) Prise de Fer (Chapter 63) Epilogue: Consecrating Gaia’s Temple (Chapter 64)
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Embarassment/Humiliation, Non-Erotic, Positive Naked Feelings
1,234 words (~7 minutes reading time)
Chapter 36: Mirrored Shields Perhaps half an hour later, we were painting again when Kaitlyn said, “Scamper!” Our prior discussion still fresh in my mind, she didn’t need to say anything more. While Kaitlyn began changing the massage area over from “friends and family mode” to “paying client mode,” I gathered up the paint things…
Story Title :
The Business of Magic
Chapter :
Prologue (Chapter 0.1) Farmers at Play (Chapter 1) Manly Bonding Time (Chapter 2) Let’s Do It in the Road (Chapter 3) Dry Your Eyes, Ann (Chapter 4) Organic Farming (Chapter 5) Second Diagnosis (Chapter 6) A Retreat of Our Own (Chapter 7) Invited to Gaia’s Party (Chapter 8) A Trade of Professional Services (Chapter 9) Farm Photography (Chapter 10) Desert Landscape Nudes (Chapter 11) Just Working Nude, As One Does (Chapter 12) Pedal Like the Devil (Chapter 13) Mage Arches Redux (Chapter 14) The Mr. Miyagi School of Magic (Chapter 15) Sexperiments (Chapter 16) Licensed to Heal (Chapter 17) Three Mothers’ Day (Chapter 18) Movers & Shakers (Chapter 19) Principled Pleasure (Chapter 20) Go Again! (Chapter 21) Two to Grow By (Chapter 22) Stark Stress Solution (Chapter 23) Swim Like a Goose (Chapter 24) Las Turistas Agotadas (Chapter 25) Radiant Heat (Chapter 26) Quiet Coolness (Chapter 27) High Fantasy (Chapter 28) Slippery When Wet (Chapter 29) That Tears It (Chapter 30) Grid Input (Chapter 31) Meeting Miki (Chapter 32) Hospitality Demonstrated (Chapter 33) Wheels Afire (Chapter 34) The Painted Desert (Chapter 35) Mirrored Shields (Chapter 36) Easing the ’Rents (Chapter 37) Gaia Help Us All (Chapter 38) Loving Focus (Chapter 39) Utterly Open & Honest (Chapter 40) Explosive Salutation (Chapter 41) Flight of the Flock (Chapter 42) Consummation (Chapter 43) Initial Public Offer (Chapter 44) Political Colloquy (Chapter 45) Hustle & Jive (Chapter 46) Fight, Freeze, or Fly (Chapter 47) Happy Ex-Hooker (Chapter 48) Accommodations (Chapter 49) Second Annual (Chapter 50) Outdoor Advertising (Chapter 51) After-After Party (Chapter 52) Deception’s End (Chapter 53) Exodus Riposte (Chapter 54) Brass (Chapter 55) Sunlit Interrogation (Chapter 56) Charity Ballin’ (Chapter 57) Chanel Certificate (Chapter 58) Natural Childbirth (Chapter 59) Off-Piste (Chapter 60) En Garde… Engage! (Chapter 61) Counter-Parry (Chapter 62) Prise de Fer (Chapter 63) Epilogue: Consecrating Gaia’s Temple (Chapter 64)
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Non-Erotic, Positive Naked Feelings, Social/Casual Nudity
4,410 words (~25 minutes reading time)
Chapter 35: The Painted Desert Officer Poulsen pulled up to our house in his police cruiser the following Saturday and got out dressed in his duty uniform. I called out to him from atop the ladder I was standing on, there beside the house, paint roller in hand, myself clad in nothing more than random…
Story Title :
The Business of Magic
Chapter :
Prologue (Chapter 0.1) Farmers at Play (Chapter 1) Manly Bonding Time (Chapter 2) Let’s Do It in the Road (Chapter 3) Dry Your Eyes, Ann (Chapter 4) Organic Farming (Chapter 5) Second Diagnosis (Chapter 6) A Retreat of Our Own (Chapter 7) Invited to Gaia’s Party (Chapter 8) A Trade of Professional Services (Chapter 9) Farm Photography (Chapter 10) Desert Landscape Nudes (Chapter 11) Just Working Nude, As One Does (Chapter 12) Pedal Like the Devil (Chapter 13) Mage Arches Redux (Chapter 14) The Mr. Miyagi School of Magic (Chapter 15) Sexperiments (Chapter 16) Licensed to Heal (Chapter 17) Three Mothers’ Day (Chapter 18) Movers & Shakers (Chapter 19) Principled Pleasure (Chapter 20) Go Again! (Chapter 21) Two to Grow By (Chapter 22) Stark Stress Solution (Chapter 23) Swim Like a Goose (Chapter 24) Las Turistas Agotadas (Chapter 25) Radiant Heat (Chapter 26) Quiet Coolness (Chapter 27) High Fantasy (Chapter 28) Slippery When Wet (Chapter 29) That Tears It (Chapter 30) Grid Input (Chapter 31) Meeting Miki (Chapter 32) Hospitality Demonstrated (Chapter 33) Wheels Afire (Chapter 34) The Painted Desert (Chapter 35) Mirrored Shields (Chapter 36) Easing the ’Rents (Chapter 37) Gaia Help Us All (Chapter 38) Loving Focus (Chapter 39) Utterly Open & Honest (Chapter 40) Explosive Salutation (Chapter 41) Flight of the Flock (Chapter 42) Consummation (Chapter 43) Initial Public Offer (Chapter 44) Political Colloquy (Chapter 45) Hustle & Jive (Chapter 46) Fight, Freeze, or Fly (Chapter 47) Happy Ex-Hooker (Chapter 48) Accommodations (Chapter 49) Second Annual (Chapter 50) Outdoor Advertising (Chapter 51) After-After Party (Chapter 52) Deception’s End (Chapter 53) Exodus Riposte (Chapter 54) Brass (Chapter 55) Sunlit Interrogation (Chapter 56) Charity Ballin’ (Chapter 57) Chanel Certificate (Chapter 58) Natural Childbirth (Chapter 59) Off-Piste (Chapter 60) En Garde… Engage! (Chapter 61) Counter-Parry (Chapter 62) Prise de Fer (Chapter 63) Epilogue: Consecrating Gaia’s Temple (Chapter 64)
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Positive Naked Feelings, Public Sex, Streaking/Exhibitionism
4,140 words (~23 minutes reading time)
Chapter 34: Wheels Afire A few weeks into this second side gig, I was certain we were going to pursue it at least through getting our PTA degrees. We were learning so much! Besides which, we were backfilling that hole in our savings account faster than the college fees were digging it deeper this way….
Story Title :
The Business of Magic
Chapter :
Prologue (Chapter 0.1) Farmers at Play (Chapter 1) Manly Bonding Time (Chapter 2) Let’s Do It in the Road (Chapter 3) Dry Your Eyes, Ann (Chapter 4) Organic Farming (Chapter 5) Second Diagnosis (Chapter 6) A Retreat of Our Own (Chapter 7) Invited to Gaia’s Party (Chapter 8) A Trade of Professional Services (Chapter 9) Farm Photography (Chapter 10) Desert Landscape Nudes (Chapter 11) Just Working Nude, As One Does (Chapter 12) Pedal Like the Devil (Chapter 13) Mage Arches Redux (Chapter 14) The Mr. Miyagi School of Magic (Chapter 15) Sexperiments (Chapter 16) Licensed to Heal (Chapter 17) Three Mothers’ Day (Chapter 18) Movers & Shakers (Chapter 19) Principled Pleasure (Chapter 20) Go Again! (Chapter 21) Two to Grow By (Chapter 22) Stark Stress Solution (Chapter 23) Swim Like a Goose (Chapter 24) Las Turistas Agotadas (Chapter 25) Radiant Heat (Chapter 26) Quiet Coolness (Chapter 27) High Fantasy (Chapter 28) Slippery When Wet (Chapter 29) That Tears It (Chapter 30) Grid Input (Chapter 31) Meeting Miki (Chapter 32) Hospitality Demonstrated (Chapter 33) Wheels Afire (Chapter 34) The Painted Desert (Chapter 35) Mirrored Shields (Chapter 36) Easing the ’Rents (Chapter 37) Gaia Help Us All (Chapter 38) Loving Focus (Chapter 39) Utterly Open & Honest (Chapter 40) Explosive Salutation (Chapter 41) Flight of the Flock (Chapter 42) Consummation (Chapter 43) Initial Public Offer (Chapter 44) Political Colloquy (Chapter 45) Hustle & Jive (Chapter 46) Fight, Freeze, or Fly (Chapter 47) Happy Ex-Hooker (Chapter 48) Accommodations (Chapter 49) Second Annual (Chapter 50) Outdoor Advertising (Chapter 51) After-After Party (Chapter 52) Deception’s End (Chapter 53) Exodus Riposte (Chapter 54) Brass (Chapter 55) Sunlit Interrogation (Chapter 56) Charity Ballin’ (Chapter 57) Chanel Certificate (Chapter 58) Natural Childbirth (Chapter 59) Off-Piste (Chapter 60) En Garde… Engage! (Chapter 61) Counter-Parry (Chapter 62) Prise de Fer (Chapter 63) Epilogue: Consecrating Gaia’s Temple (Chapter 64)
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Naked Male, Only One Naked, Positive Naked Feelings
3,991 words (~22 minutes reading time)
Chapter 33: Hospitality Demonstrated I enjoyed a more flexible schedule at my day job than Kaitlyn, so we parted at the restaurant, me returning to the hospital with Miki to arrange the employment paperwork and suchlike. There, Miki showed me the open therapy area, which was rather sparsely attended at this time of day. Then…
Story Title :
The Business of Magic
Chapter :
Prologue (Chapter 0.1) Farmers at Play (Chapter 1) Manly Bonding Time (Chapter 2) Let’s Do It in the Road (Chapter 3) Dry Your Eyes, Ann (Chapter 4) Organic Farming (Chapter 5) Second Diagnosis (Chapter 6) A Retreat of Our Own (Chapter 7) Invited to Gaia’s Party (Chapter 8) A Trade of Professional Services (Chapter 9) Farm Photography (Chapter 10) Desert Landscape Nudes (Chapter 11) Just Working Nude, As One Does (Chapter 12) Pedal Like the Devil (Chapter 13) Mage Arches Redux (Chapter 14) The Mr. Miyagi School of Magic (Chapter 15) Sexperiments (Chapter 16) Licensed to Heal (Chapter 17) Three Mothers’ Day (Chapter 18) Movers & Shakers (Chapter 19) Principled Pleasure (Chapter 20) Go Again! (Chapter 21) Two to Grow By (Chapter 22) Stark Stress Solution (Chapter 23) Swim Like a Goose (Chapter 24) Las Turistas Agotadas (Chapter 25) Radiant Heat (Chapter 26) Quiet Coolness (Chapter 27) High Fantasy (Chapter 28) Slippery When Wet (Chapter 29) That Tears It (Chapter 30) Grid Input (Chapter 31) Meeting Miki (Chapter 32) Hospitality Demonstrated (Chapter 33) Wheels Afire (Chapter 34) The Painted Desert (Chapter 35) Mirrored Shields (Chapter 36) Easing the ’Rents (Chapter 37) Gaia Help Us All (Chapter 38) Loving Focus (Chapter 39) Utterly Open & Honest (Chapter 40) Explosive Salutation (Chapter 41) Flight of the Flock (Chapter 42) Consummation (Chapter 43) Initial Public Offer (Chapter 44) Political Colloquy (Chapter 45) Hustle & Jive (Chapter 46) Fight, Freeze, or Fly (Chapter 47) Happy Ex-Hooker (Chapter 48) Accommodations (Chapter 49) Second Annual (Chapter 50) Outdoor Advertising (Chapter 51) After-After Party (Chapter 52) Deception’s End (Chapter 53) Exodus Riposte (Chapter 54) Brass (Chapter 55) Sunlit Interrogation (Chapter 56) Charity Ballin’ (Chapter 57) Chanel Certificate (Chapter 58) Natural Childbirth (Chapter 59) Off-Piste (Chapter 60) En Garde… Engage! (Chapter 61) Counter-Parry (Chapter 62) Prise de Fer (Chapter 63) Epilogue: Consecrating Gaia’s Temple (Chapter 64)
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Non-Erotic
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Chapter 32: Meeting Miki Poulsen called a few days after we got the solar power project started. “Hey,” he said over the lo-fi cell connection, “I’ve been thinking about your new avocation, and I realized that I have a contact for you.” “Yeah?” I replied. “My little sister Miki runs the hospital’s PT department. It…
Story Title :
The Business of Magic
Chapter :
Prologue (Chapter 0.1) Farmers at Play (Chapter 1) Manly Bonding Time (Chapter 2) Let’s Do It in the Road (Chapter 3) Dry Your Eyes, Ann (Chapter 4) Organic Farming (Chapter 5) Second Diagnosis (Chapter 6) A Retreat of Our Own (Chapter 7) Invited to Gaia’s Party (Chapter 8) A Trade of Professional Services (Chapter 9) Farm Photography (Chapter 10) Desert Landscape Nudes (Chapter 11) Just Working Nude, As One Does (Chapter 12) Pedal Like the Devil (Chapter 13) Mage Arches Redux (Chapter 14) The Mr. Miyagi School of Magic (Chapter 15) Sexperiments (Chapter 16) Licensed to Heal (Chapter 17) Three Mothers’ Day (Chapter 18) Movers & Shakers (Chapter 19) Principled Pleasure (Chapter 20) Go Again! (Chapter 21) Two to Grow By (Chapter 22) Stark Stress Solution (Chapter 23) Swim Like a Goose (Chapter 24) Las Turistas Agotadas (Chapter 25) Radiant Heat (Chapter 26) Quiet Coolness (Chapter 27) High Fantasy (Chapter 28) Slippery When Wet (Chapter 29) That Tears It (Chapter 30) Grid Input (Chapter 31) Meeting Miki (Chapter 32) Hospitality Demonstrated (Chapter 33) Wheels Afire (Chapter 34) The Painted Desert (Chapter 35) Mirrored Shields (Chapter 36) Easing the ’Rents (Chapter 37) Gaia Help Us All (Chapter 38) Loving Focus (Chapter 39) Utterly Open & Honest (Chapter 40) Explosive Salutation (Chapter 41) Flight of the Flock (Chapter 42) Consummation (Chapter 43) Initial Public Offer (Chapter 44) Political Colloquy (Chapter 45) Hustle & Jive (Chapter 46) Fight, Freeze, or Fly (Chapter 47) Happy Ex-Hooker (Chapter 48) Accommodations (Chapter 49) Second Annual (Chapter 50) Outdoor Advertising (Chapter 51) After-After Party (Chapter 52) Deception’s End (Chapter 53) Exodus Riposte (Chapter 54) Brass (Chapter 55) Sunlit Interrogation (Chapter 56) Charity Ballin’ (Chapter 57) Chanel Certificate (Chapter 58) Natural Childbirth (Chapter 59) Off-Piste (Chapter 60) En Garde… Engage! (Chapter 61) Counter-Parry (Chapter 62) Prise de Fer (Chapter 63) Epilogue: Consecrating Gaia’s Temple (Chapter 64)
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Naked Male, Non-Erotic, Only One Naked
1,776 words (~10 minutes reading time)
Chapter 31: Grid Input A far more positive encounter was with a solar power system installer, referred to us by Kenny’s little sister Laura, from the rafting trip. She’d met the guy through her classes in renewable energy at the college and passed on one of the business cards I’d handed out liberally to the…
Story Title :
The Business of Magic
Chapter :
Prologue (Chapter 0.1) Farmers at Play (Chapter 1) Manly Bonding Time (Chapter 2) Let’s Do It in the Road (Chapter 3) Dry Your Eyes, Ann (Chapter 4) Organic Farming (Chapter 5) Second Diagnosis (Chapter 6) A Retreat of Our Own (Chapter 7) Invited to Gaia’s Party (Chapter 8) A Trade of Professional Services (Chapter 9) Farm Photography (Chapter 10) Desert Landscape Nudes (Chapter 11) Just Working Nude, As One Does (Chapter 12) Pedal Like the Devil (Chapter 13) Mage Arches Redux (Chapter 14) The Mr. Miyagi School of Magic (Chapter 15) Sexperiments (Chapter 16) Licensed to Heal (Chapter 17) Three Mothers’ Day (Chapter 18) Movers & Shakers (Chapter 19) Principled Pleasure (Chapter 20) Go Again! (Chapter 21) Two to Grow By (Chapter 22) Stark Stress Solution (Chapter 23) Swim Like a Goose (Chapter 24) Las Turistas Agotadas (Chapter 25) Radiant Heat (Chapter 26) Quiet Coolness (Chapter 27) High Fantasy (Chapter 28) Slippery When Wet (Chapter 29) That Tears It (Chapter 30) Grid Input (Chapter 31) Meeting Miki (Chapter 32) Hospitality Demonstrated (Chapter 33) Wheels Afire (Chapter 34) The Painted Desert (Chapter 35) Mirrored Shields (Chapter 36) Easing the ’Rents (Chapter 37) Gaia Help Us All (Chapter 38) Loving Focus (Chapter 39) Utterly Open & Honest (Chapter 40) Explosive Salutation (Chapter 41) Flight of the Flock (Chapter 42) Consummation (Chapter 43) Initial Public Offer (Chapter 44) Political Colloquy (Chapter 45) Hustle & Jive (Chapter 46) Fight, Freeze, or Fly (Chapter 47) Happy Ex-Hooker (Chapter 48) Accommodations (Chapter 49) Second Annual (Chapter 50) Outdoor Advertising (Chapter 51) After-After Party (Chapter 52) Deception’s End (Chapter 53) Exodus Riposte (Chapter 54) Brass (Chapter 55) Sunlit Interrogation (Chapter 56) Charity Ballin’ (Chapter 57) Chanel Certificate (Chapter 58) Natural Childbirth (Chapter 59) Off-Piste (Chapter 60) En Garde… Engage! (Chapter 61) Counter-Parry (Chapter 62) Prise de Fer (Chapter 63) Epilogue: Consecrating Gaia’s Temple (Chapter 64)
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560 words (~3 minutes reading time)
PART 5: Therapists Chapter 30: That Tears It Word of our burgeoning private massage practice spread quickly over the next weeks. Alas, one of the early calls our advertising efforts generated was from The Goat. My mobile number’s the one on the flyers, not Kaitlyn’s, else none of the rest would’ve happened, I’m sure. I…
Story Title :
The Business of Magic
Chapter :
Prologue (Chapter 0.1) Farmers at Play (Chapter 1) Manly Bonding Time (Chapter 2) Let’s Do It in the Road (Chapter 3) Dry Your Eyes, Ann (Chapter 4) Organic Farming (Chapter 5) Second Diagnosis (Chapter 6) A Retreat of Our Own (Chapter 7) Invited to Gaia’s Party (Chapter 8) A Trade of Professional Services (Chapter 9) Farm Photography (Chapter 10) Desert Landscape Nudes (Chapter 11) Just Working Nude, As One Does (Chapter 12) Pedal Like the Devil (Chapter 13) Mage Arches Redux (Chapter 14) The Mr. Miyagi School of Magic (Chapter 15) Sexperiments (Chapter 16) Licensed to Heal (Chapter 17) Three Mothers’ Day (Chapter 18) Movers & Shakers (Chapter 19) Principled Pleasure (Chapter 20) Go Again! (Chapter 21) Two to Grow By (Chapter 22) Stark Stress Solution (Chapter 23) Swim Like a Goose (Chapter 24) Las Turistas Agotadas (Chapter 25) Radiant Heat (Chapter 26) Quiet Coolness (Chapter 27) High Fantasy (Chapter 28) Slippery When Wet (Chapter 29) That Tears It (Chapter 30) Grid Input (Chapter 31) Meeting Miki (Chapter 32) Hospitality Demonstrated (Chapter 33) Wheels Afire (Chapter 34) The Painted Desert (Chapter 35) Mirrored Shields (Chapter 36) Easing the ’Rents (Chapter 37) Gaia Help Us All (Chapter 38) Loving Focus (Chapter 39) Utterly Open & Honest (Chapter 40) Explosive Salutation (Chapter 41) Flight of the Flock (Chapter 42) Consummation (Chapter 43) Initial Public Offer (Chapter 44) Political Colloquy (Chapter 45) Hustle & Jive (Chapter 46) Fight, Freeze, or Fly (Chapter 47) Happy Ex-Hooker (Chapter 48) Accommodations (Chapter 49) Second Annual (Chapter 50) Outdoor Advertising (Chapter 51) After-After Party (Chapter 52) Deception’s End (Chapter 53) Exodus Riposte (Chapter 54) Brass (Chapter 55) Sunlit Interrogation (Chapter 56) Charity Ballin’ (Chapter 57) Chanel Certificate (Chapter 58) Natural Childbirth (Chapter 59) Off-Piste (Chapter 60) En Garde… Engage! (Chapter 61) Counter-Parry (Chapter 62) Prise de Fer (Chapter 63) Epilogue: Consecrating Gaia’s Temple (Chapter 64)
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Romance/Friendship, Social/Casual Nudity
3,215 words (~18 minutes reading time)
Chapter 29: Slippery When Wet Earlier that evening, after the card game, Molly asked, “Do you have any plans for tomorrow? We tried to make a reservation with one of the white-water rafting guides last month, but they were already booked up.” Rather than answer her question directly, I’d said, “Davie, hand me my phone;…
Story Title :
The Business of Magic
Chapter :
Prologue (Chapter 0.1) Farmers at Play (Chapter 1) Manly Bonding Time (Chapter 2) Let’s Do It in the Road (Chapter 3) Dry Your Eyes, Ann (Chapter 4) Organic Farming (Chapter 5) Second Diagnosis (Chapter 6) A Retreat of Our Own (Chapter 7) Invited to Gaia’s Party (Chapter 8) A Trade of Professional Services (Chapter 9) Farm Photography (Chapter 10) Desert Landscape Nudes (Chapter 11) Just Working Nude, As One Does (Chapter 12) Pedal Like the Devil (Chapter 13) Mage Arches Redux (Chapter 14) The Mr. Miyagi School of Magic (Chapter 15) Sexperiments (Chapter 16) Licensed to Heal (Chapter 17) Three Mothers’ Day (Chapter 18) Movers & Shakers (Chapter 19) Principled Pleasure (Chapter 20) Go Again! (Chapter 21) Two to Grow By (Chapter 22) Stark Stress Solution (Chapter 23) Swim Like a Goose (Chapter 24) Las Turistas Agotadas (Chapter 25) Radiant Heat (Chapter 26) Quiet Coolness (Chapter 27) High Fantasy (Chapter 28) Slippery When Wet (Chapter 29) That Tears It (Chapter 30) Grid Input (Chapter 31) Meeting Miki (Chapter 32) Hospitality Demonstrated (Chapter 33) Wheels Afire (Chapter 34) The Painted Desert (Chapter 35) Mirrored Shields (Chapter 36) Easing the ’Rents (Chapter 37) Gaia Help Us All (Chapter 38) Loving Focus (Chapter 39) Utterly Open & Honest (Chapter 40) Explosive Salutation (Chapter 41) Flight of the Flock (Chapter 42) Consummation (Chapter 43) Initial Public Offer (Chapter 44) Political Colloquy (Chapter 45) Hustle & Jive (Chapter 46) Fight, Freeze, or Fly (Chapter 47) Happy Ex-Hooker (Chapter 48) Accommodations (Chapter 49) Second Annual (Chapter 50) Outdoor Advertising (Chapter 51) After-After Party (Chapter 52) Deception’s End (Chapter 53) Exodus Riposte (Chapter 54) Brass (Chapter 55) Sunlit Interrogation (Chapter 56) Charity Ballin’ (Chapter 57) Chanel Certificate (Chapter 58) Natural Childbirth (Chapter 59) Off-Piste (Chapter 60) En Garde… Engage! (Chapter 61) Counter-Parry (Chapter 62) Prise de Fer (Chapter 63) Epilogue: Consecrating Gaia’s Temple (Chapter 64)
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Public Sex, Romance/Friendship, Streaking/Exhibitionism
7,729 words (~43 minutes reading time)
Chapter 28: High Fantasy The next morning, I woke shortly after dawn to the noise of internal combustion: generators, jeeps, and jalopies. Rather than try to get back to sleep with the tent’s fabric utterly failing to attenuate all the racket violating the campground’s quiet-time rules, I carefully extracted myself from the sleeping bag, nearly…
Story Title :
The Business of Magic
Chapter :
Prologue (Chapter 0.1) Farmers at Play (Chapter 1) Manly Bonding Time (Chapter 2) Let’s Do It in the Road (Chapter 3) Dry Your Eyes, Ann (Chapter 4) Organic Farming (Chapter 5) Second Diagnosis (Chapter 6) A Retreat of Our Own (Chapter 7) Invited to Gaia’s Party (Chapter 8) A Trade of Professional Services (Chapter 9) Farm Photography (Chapter 10) Desert Landscape Nudes (Chapter 11) Just Working Nude, As One Does (Chapter 12) Pedal Like the Devil (Chapter 13) Mage Arches Redux (Chapter 14) The Mr. Miyagi School of Magic (Chapter 15) Sexperiments (Chapter 16) Licensed to Heal (Chapter 17) Three Mothers’ Day (Chapter 18) Movers & Shakers (Chapter 19) Principled Pleasure (Chapter 20) Go Again! (Chapter 21) Two to Grow By (Chapter 22) Stark Stress Solution (Chapter 23) Swim Like a Goose (Chapter 24) Las Turistas Agotadas (Chapter 25) Radiant Heat (Chapter 26) Quiet Coolness (Chapter 27) High Fantasy (Chapter 28) Slippery When Wet (Chapter 29) That Tears It (Chapter 30) Grid Input (Chapter 31) Meeting Miki (Chapter 32) Hospitality Demonstrated (Chapter 33) Wheels Afire (Chapter 34) The Painted Desert (Chapter 35) Mirrored Shields (Chapter 36) Easing the ’Rents (Chapter 37) Gaia Help Us All (Chapter 38) Loving Focus (Chapter 39) Utterly Open & Honest (Chapter 40) Explosive Salutation (Chapter 41) Flight of the Flock (Chapter 42) Consummation (Chapter 43) Initial Public Offer (Chapter 44) Political Colloquy (Chapter 45) Hustle & Jive (Chapter 46) Fight, Freeze, or Fly (Chapter 47) Happy Ex-Hooker (Chapter 48) Accommodations (Chapter 49) Second Annual (Chapter 50) Outdoor Advertising (Chapter 51) After-After Party (Chapter 52) Deception’s End (Chapter 53) Exodus Riposte (Chapter 54) Brass (Chapter 55) Sunlit Interrogation (Chapter 56) Charity Ballin’ (Chapter 57) Chanel Certificate (Chapter 58) Natural Childbirth (Chapter 59) Off-Piste (Chapter 60) En Garde… Engage! (Chapter 61) Counter-Parry (Chapter 62) Prise de Fer (Chapter 63) Epilogue: Consecrating Gaia’s Temple (Chapter 64)
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Social/Casual Nudity, Streaking/Exhibitionism, Stripping
2,295 words (~13 minutes reading time)
Chapter 27: Quiet Coolness It was just past sunset when we rode into our campground, the group of us happily exhausted. Kaitlyn was still in the lead, so we slowed when she did, alongside a BLM pickup parked near the campground entrance, well short of the Alexanders’ spot. She was chatting with the person in…
Story Title :
The Business of Magic
Chapter :
Prologue (Chapter 0.1) Farmers at Play (Chapter 1) Manly Bonding Time (Chapter 2) Let’s Do It in the Road (Chapter 3) Dry Your Eyes, Ann (Chapter 4) Organic Farming (Chapter 5) Second Diagnosis (Chapter 6) A Retreat of Our Own (Chapter 7) Invited to Gaia’s Party (Chapter 8) A Trade of Professional Services (Chapter 9) Farm Photography (Chapter 10) Desert Landscape Nudes (Chapter 11) Just Working Nude, As One Does (Chapter 12) Pedal Like the Devil (Chapter 13) Mage Arches Redux (Chapter 14) The Mr. Miyagi School of Magic (Chapter 15) Sexperiments (Chapter 16) Licensed to Heal (Chapter 17) Three Mothers’ Day (Chapter 18) Movers & Shakers (Chapter 19) Principled Pleasure (Chapter 20) Go Again! (Chapter 21) Two to Grow By (Chapter 22) Stark Stress Solution (Chapter 23) Swim Like a Goose (Chapter 24) Las Turistas Agotadas (Chapter 25) Radiant Heat (Chapter 26) Quiet Coolness (Chapter 27) High Fantasy (Chapter 28) Slippery When Wet (Chapter 29) That Tears It (Chapter 30) Grid Input (Chapter 31) Meeting Miki (Chapter 32) Hospitality Demonstrated (Chapter 33) Wheels Afire (Chapter 34) The Painted Desert (Chapter 35) Mirrored Shields (Chapter 36) Easing the ’Rents (Chapter 37) Gaia Help Us All (Chapter 38) Loving Focus (Chapter 39) Utterly Open & Honest (Chapter 40) Explosive Salutation (Chapter 41) Flight of the Flock (Chapter 42) Consummation (Chapter 43) Initial Public Offer (Chapter 44) Political Colloquy (Chapter 45) Hustle & Jive (Chapter 46) Fight, Freeze, or Fly (Chapter 47) Happy Ex-Hooker (Chapter 48) Accommodations (Chapter 49) Second Annual (Chapter 50) Outdoor Advertising (Chapter 51) After-After Party (Chapter 52) Deception’s End (Chapter 53) Exodus Riposte (Chapter 54) Brass (Chapter 55) Sunlit Interrogation (Chapter 56) Charity Ballin’ (Chapter 57) Chanel Certificate (Chapter 58) Natural Childbirth (Chapter 59) Off-Piste (Chapter 60) En Garde… Engage! (Chapter 61) Counter-Parry (Chapter 62) Prise de Fer (Chapter 63) Epilogue: Consecrating Gaia’s Temple (Chapter 64)
Content Type :
Public Sex, Romance/Friendship, Social/Casual Nudity
1,541 words (~9 minutes reading time)
Chapter 26: Radiant Heat We spent perhaps an hour down there just wandering around, taking photos and remarking on its strange beauty before Kaitlyn said to the Alexanders, “Do you two trust us?” “Well, of course we do!” replied Molly, looking worried that she’d even ask the question. “We want to do something a little…