<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Seahawk on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/authors/seahawk/</link><description>Recent content in Seahawk on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/authors/seahawk/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Leather Jeans</title><link>/stories/2004/04/30/leather-jeans/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2004/04/30/leather-jeans/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leather Jeans&lt;/strong&gt;
by Seahawk
Leather Jeans by Seahawk
A dormant fetish leads to a journey down the road to discovery.
A short story by Seahawk.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Manchester weather was up to its usual bad habits – rain west of the
Pennines is always more persistent than the drier climate of Steve’s native
Leeds. Grimacing at the grey November sky from which a mix of sleet and
wet was inexorably falling, he heaved himself from the car and into a nearby
shop to ask for directions, vainly attempting to keep his eye on the car.
Salford is one of the least salubrious districts of Greater Manchester.
Its dubious reputation is widely known. As he enters the shop, he is mildly
surprised by the warm smell of leather, unexpected. The shop front bore
the legend: “Italian Fashions”, but no mention of leather.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>My Wife Won’t Do It</title><link>/stories/2004/03/20/my-wife-wont-do-it/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2004/03/20/my-wife-wont-do-it/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My Wife Won’t
Do It&lt;/strong&gt;
by Seahawk
My wife won’t do it by Seahawk&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My wife won’t do it. That is why there is a pile of half-inch chain
lying on the bathroom floor. With a dozen padlocks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My wife won’t give me the release that I crave, so I have to make a
lone journey of exploration into unknown and forbidden desire and fantasy.
For whilst our relationship is close, her heart is not really into bondage
games and the effort it takes.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Racked</title><link>/stories/2004/03/20/racked/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2004/03/20/racked/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Racked&lt;/strong&gt;
by Seahawk
Racked by Seahawk
&lt;a href="mailto:Seahawk@ukonline.co.uk"&gt;Seahawk@ukonline.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;
Water was dripping from somewhere. Drip, drip, DRIP. A steady beat,
unchanging, unrelenting. The only sound in the complete blackness of the
small cell in which I sat, back against a rough stone wall. Individual
grains of stone bore into my skin, harsh, cold, damp.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Shifting position did not help. All that broke the sound of water was
the clink of chains, the chains that secured my ankles to an iron ring
set into the stone floor. Not much scope for movement, with only a couple
of inches of slack between ankles and this hateful ring of incarceration.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Art College</title><link>/stories/2004/02/01/art-college/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2004/02/01/art-college/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;The evening newspaper ran the advertisement. Not any advert one would
expect to find in the local paper but one that made me take a second hard
look.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I habitually read the local paper on the train home every night, preferring
to leaf through local car dealership lists and local news for the 25-minute
journey. After spending the day staring at computer screens, reading a
novel was usually too much. In the summer I gaze at the landscape passing
the train window, watching it change from cityscape to suburbia to rural
green. On this mild, late spring evening, I nearly missed my train and
paper, grabbing the first and catching the second by the skin of my teeth.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>