Steven Basic

Growing into the Job, Post 553: A Wakening, Reprise, p3

What…what’s happening…?

I was…I was waking up. Or more, like, regaining consciousness. The first thing I noticed was the soft pressure of a blanket over me, its warmth struggling to shield me from a tingling chill that clung...

Growing into the Job, Post 552: A Wakening, Reprise, p2

I was asleep, I knew I was.  I’d just been dreaming - I think? - about the girls talking to me, calling me ‘Jay-Jay’, Shanette kissing me, all while Melissa seemed to be watching. Yeah, I knew I was asleep but somehow, as I seemed to be...

Growing into the Job, Post 551: A Wakening, Reprise, p1

“I kind of want him on my lap, just for a second,” said Josie Jensen, “I need to feel how tiny he is.”

“Let’s not disturb him,” replied Aubrey, “Let’s let him sleep.”

“Yeah, poor munchkin looks tuckered out,” ad...

Growing into the Job, Post 550: Sharpening the Weapons: Amelia, p1

Amelia Eklund sat in the glow of her ring light, the only full illumination in the otherwise shadow-drenched basement. It was a clean, finished space...

Growing into the Job, Post 549: A Wakening, p3

The room - Randi’s living room -  hummed with a strange energy, the kind that sits at the edge of sleep, dreamlike, where nothing feels quite real. Lakshmi’s lap, where my head now rested between her soft, thick thighs, had become a gravi...

Growing into the Job, Post 548: A Wakening, p2

It had only been a few minutes since Aubrey had padded off to Randi’s bedroom to change - something about pajamas and a slumber party - and while I needed to be peeled off her body, the room didn’t lose any of its warmth in her absence. If any...

Growing into the Job, Post 547: A Wakening, p1

The first thing I felt was warmth - pillowy, steady, comforting. Then I realized: it was a breast.

Aubrey’s.

Aubrey’s left breast, the soft cushion that had kept my head cradled for god knows how long. Slowly, I stirred, a groan sl...

Growing into the Job, Post 546b: Channel Surfing (cont)

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Fox Women - Channel 8 - Primetime with Andrea Tantaros

From the s...

Growing into the Job, Post 546a: Channel Surfing, p1

Next! Up at Eight! The Kathleen O’Connor Show in primetime!

“...but what about the future? What happens when your generation takes over? What’s it going to look like when women that have grown up like you have...

Promo for Post 546: Coming Up!

TUESDAY NIGHT AT 8! Kathleen talks to her guests about the new report from the Department of Health and Human Services! What does th...

Growing into the Job, Post 545: Big Body, Jewel

Jewel Montgomery’s feet hit the treadmill with

Bonus Imagery: Shanette in her Gown

Shanette's still on cloud nine from her performance, and just got around to posting some pics showing off her, uh, gown. ..

<image looks a l...

Growing into the Job, Post 544: Retail Therapy, Epilogue

“I swear, I still feel the rush!” Shanette’s voice cut through the hum of the room, her tone light but still vibrant from her performance, “I, like, wish I could do it all over again!” 

The girls were completely absorbed in th...

Growing into the Job, Post 543: Retail Therapy, Interlude

I leaned back in the too-small, stiff, kinda uncomfortable chair in the consult room, the sterile white walls cold and not pretty at all, and fished my phone from my bag - I’d heard it buzzing alerts earlier. It had been a long day - like, five ...

COMING SOON: GITJ Book Nineteen

For Underwire-Class patrons, Posts 433-458, within the next few days.

Growing into the Job, Post 542: Retail Therapy, p16 - Rise in Her Name

I had looked at a map earlier, so I sort of knew where we were headed, but at this point all I really needed to do was follow the sound.

It drifted through the mall like music on water - the soft thump of bass under polite chatter. Then it c...

Growing into the Job, Post 541: Retail Therapy, p15

Hi. This is Lakshmi. I want to tell the story for a little bit. 

The checkout line was short, and the lighting inside Hera’s had warmed towa...

Bonus Image: Shopping for BoomBoom

nice?

Growing into the Job, Post 540: Retail Therapy, p14

“You don’t think it shows off too much cleavage, do you Dr. J?”

I was seated on a little pink ottoman just outside the swimsuit-area fitting ...

Growing into the Job, Post 539: Retail Therapy, p13

I stood quietly at the edge of the lingerie department of Hera’s, an anchor store at this new retail place - the Vendare Center. My hands were folded in front of me, and I was basically trying not to be noticed. I was a 4’2” guy and I didn�...

Growing into the Job, Post 538: Retail Therapy, p12

Hera’s Department Store was warm and quiet, like the inside of a woman’s throat.

Wait haha did I just say that? Haha! Lakshmi Vallurup...

Growing into the Job, Post 537: Retail Therapy, p11

The applause hit like a slow-moving wave - heavy, rolling, and loud enough to feel in my chest. It came in pulses, like distant thunder. Or artillery. I don’t know why that’s what I thought of. Maybe because it felt like some war was starting....

Growing into the Job, Post 536: Retail Therapy, p10

<Itching for a nearly half-hour lecture on commercial real estate? You then, dear reader, are in luck. Listen first, then read? Vice versa? Or read along while you listen? I dunno. The copy in the post is mostly a transcript of the video, w...