Read by Sabina Cameron
This is what I miss most about changing lovers: I miss having a new face up close to mine, eyes to watch, telling stories.
Sex? I don't mind it, or when it's good it's all I can think about for days, a feeling that can't be switched off. But what I really miss are those moments when you refashion yourself for the next person in your life. When time stands still and you have endless curiosity about each other and want to fill in the blanks.
For the rest of the story please listen to the audio file at the top of the page.
Bedtime Stories by Lane Ashfeldt was read by Sabina Cameron at the Liars' League Boys & Girls event on 10 April 2007.
Lane Ashfeldt is a writer of short fiction. Her short stories have appeared in anthologies and websites in Ireland, England and the US, among them Southword, Guardian.co.uk, and the short fiction website Pulp Net
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