Rio may be a boy, but she's not saying

Rio's Bargain

5. Uber Black

by Lulu Martine

A Switcher Tale...

Rio is a boy, just ask and she'll tell you it's true

Rio's Bargain

4. Blue Suede Shoes

by Lulu Martine

Bonnie does what she's told, but she likes it that way...

Girl Singer

6. An Endless Skyway

Rio is a boy, just ask and she'll tell you it's true

Rio's Bargain

3. Roshambo, Mon Amour

by Lulu Martine

A Switcher Tale...

Bonnie has to do what she's told, but she likes it that way...

Girl Singer

4. You're Making Me Crazy

Lulu Martine

"Undo all your buttons," Alvin ordered.

I caught my breath and began unbuttoning myself. Alvin was only watching in brief glances. I stopped when I ran out of buttons, the wind from the open window on Alvin's side making the loose top of my dress flap open and closed.

Rio's Bargain

1. Another Conquest

by Lulu Martine

"Thank you, miss," said the beaky, dark-skinned fellow. 

I'd just handed him his large caramel French-roast, and I'd already seen his change go into the tip-jar, so I smiled and said, "Thank you, sir." If he thought I was a girl, it didn't do me any harm. I got that a lot working the counter at SvensKafe, and my co-workers teased me about it.

Just a whole lot more to love...

Bonnie can't speak, but she has a talent...

Girl Singer

2. Too Much Lovin'

Lulu Martine

My breath came in great racking sobs. The terror had seized my insides, and I lurched into movement on all fours, crawling toward the bathroom...

They came for me during sixth-period Geometry and led me out of class in handcuffs. It was so embarrassing, but it could have been worse.

Mrs Beale asked what I was being charged with, but the officers refused to say. So there was that. I didn't know what the charge would be, but I did know what crime I had committed.

When I first woke up I flashed back on that previous hospital awakening after the accident back in the fall. I hurt all over, just like before, but the pain was distant and dull, just like before, because of medication. My chest hurt, my face hurt, even my feet hurt but mostly, my groin hurt.