holiday sex stories

My husband caught me with my hubby

We were a happily married couple like so many ,we got on well together, had great sex,like any time I wanted it ,and any time she wanted it, we were so compatible ,she seemed to be able to be wet after just one or two minutes, It was the second time ..continue reading

No sex in Mexico

I spend a want not holiday in Mexico for two weeks. A friend of mine and I had left our dull routine in Southern California, and headed down to the border. It took sixteen hours to get to. "Why did we leave again?" I wasn't too sure about this when ..continue reading

Linda's Lust for boys

I looked around the Hotel pool and enjoyed the sights of summer play and of course the numerous boys tanning and playing. I loved watching boys at play and loved enjoying the sight of them diving or running or just fooling around - all that energy an ..continue reading

The first time my sister-in-law flirted with me

The first time my sister-in-law Eva flirted with me was when she was helping me straighten up a recently vacated apartment in a building my elderly mother owned. Eva had trudged down the street bundled up in winter clothes on a bitterly cold day in o ..continue reading

A frustrated husband controls his wife 2.

He pulled off her cardigan and undid her blouse; then sat her up with cushions wedged behind her. After reaching around and undoing her bra, he stood back to admire his handiwork. Her tender white breasts, now exposed, were two perfect mounds, on ..continue reading

A husband discovers his wife can never get enough sex

Joyce and I had just begun dating a year before. We had met in the military and she was a real looker. Not like some of the tougher "women" that were part of the big green machine. I remember the first time we met and she played coy by saying "I ..continue reading

Under Her Thumb

I was probably the last guy in my year to have sex with Carla. At 18, she was addicted to sex and would offer herself to any guy who wanted to screw her. I, of course was very naïve and though I heard the stories about her, I somehow figured the ..continue reading

The Naturist Holiday

I hope you have read the account I gave of the first time I made love to my sweet stepdaughter, Wendy. That happened when I made a sexy video of her. Then Wendy wrote about the time she bought us a visit to a rather special health club. I think yo ..continue reading

Home taboo

The "Deal" with dad about me studying for finals took more than a few strange turns the next two weeks. First of all, mom and him moved me out of the motel office apartment into a room in the back of the motel -- in the old section. Dad removed the ..continue reading

The xmas fake taxi

Christmas. At least that's my excuse. Party season, networking season. A client's PR company threw a big thrash in some cool Covent Garden bar. "Cool" was funny, because cool was the *last* word you'd choose to describe that crowded, clattering caver ..continue reading

The true meanings of sharing

For the past 2 years l’ve been taking my wife Sally to get her fix with other blokes at dogging sites then during the winter she has to go into hibernation due to the men drying up because of the chilly weather, but the beginning of last winter, we ..continue reading

The Au Pair In My Dreams

One summer, when I was 19, my parents decided to hire an Au Pair to look after my younger siblings. Mom was going to join Dad on a long business trip to Australia and the South Pacific. When the summer holidays started I went out to the Rockies t ..continue reading

Innocent wife at the beach

For our first wedding anniversary I took my wife on holiday to Greece to enjoy the beautiful weather and relax on the beach. There was a huge shortage of beds on the beach but on the second day an older local approached us as we searched for one in v ..continue reading

A Nude Party for the Newbie 2.

Abi cried into Mel's chest, taking comfort from her friend's warm presence. "What have I done? Did I go too far with this? What if he is really angry? Will he break up with me?", she cried as she balled. "There, there", Mel said soothingly. "You di ..continue reading

Gigolo entraps an old crush 2.

My phoned pinged, I looked at the message from Mister Singh which was a reply to the pictures I had sent of Margaret passed out and naked in bed against me. Yes, she will do perfectly, bring her it said. I smiled and fondled my balls…another good ..continue reading

A housewife offers to be a prostitute

Just for the record, or to remind readers of my previous (Rampant Rabbit) adventures, my name is Lesley. At the time of this particular escapade in nineteen ninety two I was forty two. In my last story I recounted how, during a visit with my husb ..continue reading

Interracial swingers

It was getting real close to Christmas and everyone was really getting into the holiday season. The weather that Saturday afternoon was really cold. The temperature had dropped below zero and the winds were pretty brisk. Pat, my wife's sister, c ..continue reading

First time Bi

First, a bit about me. I’m 26 years old and living with a long term girlfriend. No talk of marriage yet, but it’s on the cards. I’m pretty much heterosexual, but I’ve always had curiosity, urges even, to experiment with another guy in bed. Th ..continue reading

My Cheating Wife

This is a factual account of how I first discovered that my wife had had sex with another man. I was on a business trip, (in fact we had not seen each other for several months), and agreed to meet my wife at the airport in another town whence we ..continue reading

Manhattan manhunt

Toni Lindroth, once Toni La Rocca and now Toni Lindroth again, passed the last of the newly signed documents back across the desk. "Is that it?" Anita Ruger, her counsellor in law, nodded. "All signed, sealed and delivered. Your divorce is final ..continue reading

The Christmas Bet - Fantasy Realized

Just before Christmas, my wife and I made a bet during a discussion we were having. I should have known when we were betting about who had performed in a particular film, but I was sure... The terms of the bet were that the loser would have to be ..continue reading

Power of pussy

She had been working for the Deveraux family for more than a year now. She wasn’t enthusiastic about her position as their part-time nanny, but it was her way through college and she refused to be a stripper like some of the other girls in her clas ..continue reading

Flavours of India

My name is Jeremy. I’m 25 years old, and I’ve just returned from a three-month trip to Great Britain. I finished university with a cultural anthropology/linguistics degree and after two years of looking for a job relevant to my training (who the ..continue reading

Oral office 2.

Nikki walked into work that day just knowing that today was the day that she was going to suck Jack off. She had thought over and over again about how that dick of his would feel sliding across her lips. Across, between, enclosed and gripped by the g ..continue reading

Mary Moves In

It was a hot Sunday when I first saw Mary, the type of Sunday made for sitting around with a cold drink watching television or reading a book. Although the temperature would often rise well above the ninety-six degrees that dominated my home city of ..continue reading

Ass to mouth 2.

As the virus worked its way through his brain, cutting connections and building new ones to turn this once responsible and polite boy into a seething animal, the changes were immediate, his adrenaline glands began to pump wildly, his veins swelled, h ..continue reading

Mom Caught Skimming

Work was not easy to come by in our small town. Dad lost his engineering job when his firm closed down and, although he was not a natural salesman, he was lucky to get a job selling office furniture. This meant that he was away from home Monday throu ..continue reading

Spenkig Jenny

The sound of conversation, laughing, and music filled the room at Jenny's house. As happens during every party, there was soon a lull in the conversation. Jenny called to him. When he was by her side, she told him, in front of the 4 other wome ..continue reading

I like to expose myself for my Boyfriend

It all started one night when we were at university party where the booze was flowing freely and one of the spaghetti straps on my strappy V-neck tank got ripped off in a silly drinking game. For the rest of that night I struggled to keep my right br ..continue reading

A Canadian wife gets creampie in San Francisco

"What do you think of him, Connie?" I whispered. I nodded in the direction of a muscular, somewhat intimidating looking, black man sitting up at the bar. My wife and I were sitting in a little neighborhood tavern near our hotel looking for a like ..continue reading

Fun in the Sky

(Thank god, looks like I'm going to get a quiet flight this time) Dean Mercer said to himself as he sighed with relief having just flown to LA from New York a couple of days prior to attend a business conference. Now he was boarding a flight to Sydne ..continue reading

Coquette and her bull

I had already experienced a number of threesomes in the past with my wife, about four I think. They had always excited me, I’d always got harder and lasted longer than at any other time we had sex together. I never analysed it very much at the time ..continue reading

Getting Mom naked

One day when I was 18, I was came back from 6th Form at school and turned into the driveway where mom’s car was normally parked and noticed that it was missing as mom would always beat me and dad back from school and work. Presuming that she was e ..continue reading

Latex bloom

"Over here, Cynthia. These are definitely my most interesting specimens," Auntie Anne called, as she stopped in front of several potted vines. I was under-whelmed. My Aunt had just come back from a solo botanical expedition to the upper Amazon, a ..continue reading

Fuck trip on the bus

The bus wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. I had a whole row to myself. I always thought a bus was louder but there was just a soothing rumble coming from the engine. The seats were large and comfortable. I was very happy about t ..continue reading

My Unforgettable Night

It was late at night in Pattaya-a beach resort south of Bangkok, Thailand, when I decided to go for a walk around the local nightspots. It was 1988 Pattaya was well known as one of Asia's premier sex tourism destinations, with thousands of girls eag ..continue reading

Drunk Suzy Strips in a Club

It was my first time visiting Africa. First, my name is Suzy Karol. I stay in Bretford, England, with my old husband, who is fifty-eight. We have produced three sons in fifteen years of marriage: Ryan, Dean, and Peter. I was shocked to learn that Af ..continue reading

Condo Hero

This vacation was different, my cousin and I were on our own at the family condo in Mexico for the first time. My cousin Linda and I are about the same age. We have always gotten along, those few times each year we get together. It's usually dur ..continue reading

My Dear Hotwife

When you awake, you’re not sure how long it’s been since we had sex – maybe an hour or more, as many of the candles have burnt out and it’s a lot darker. The room of the holiday-cabin seems to be filled with vague, flickering shapes of blackn ..continue reading

Naughty Selfies with Mom

I walked down the stairs early morning to the sound of my mother arguing with someone over the phone. She was sitting by the dining room table wearing her robe and she slammed her phone down after she gave the last word. "Ugghhh... what an asshole," ..continue reading

Gram gets a special birthday gift at 60

Why read the background? If you want to understand the story 10 times better. Gram, turning 60. Industrial worker in small city. Have his own house 2 storey. Not married, no children but siblings 3,5 hours away – but he rarely meets them. Living a ..continue reading

Swinger Slut

As I said at the top – I'm a slut and a swinger. It's a situation that suits both my husband and myself. Not that he's a swinger, as far as I know. He's just screwing his secretary. Something I only discovered on returning home early from a holiday ..continue reading

Surrogate Father

Since taking over as chief executive a few short months ago, I had spent most of my time getting to know the various employees at the various company locations and easing their usual concerns about having a new boss and management. With a few exc ..continue reading

Japanese Sex Show

Paul's wife Linda, had suggested the holiday in Japan. Paul hadn't been too keen. He liked holidays in places like Hamburg and New York, where there was a pretty active night scene. As far as he knew there wasn't much going on in Japan's nightc ..continue reading

Repairing a Friendship

Growing up, Tim and I were inseparable. We met in school early on, and were best friends through college. As far as I was concerned we were family, but as we grew older, Tim began to change as he branched out, met new people, and started hating his h ..continue reading

Slut filled for real

It was late morning when she climbed out of bed, and headed for the shower. An hour later washed and fed and feeling fully refreshed her mind went to the photo shoot. It had been a while since she had even worn a swimming costume let alone model them ..continue reading

Naked at home

Last autumn Jon got a phone call from the police about his sister and her family. I’d never met them because Jon didn’t have much contact with them because his brother-in-law didn’t approve of our lifestyle and stopped Jon’s sister from conta ..continue reading

Seduction of the new teacher

I had just graduated college with a teaching degree in English and I was burdened with debt that would be with me for decades. I decided to accept a position at a title one inner city high school in hopes of making a difference in my soon to be stude ..continue reading

Power to the Pussy?

She had been working for the Deveraux family for more than a year now. She wasn’t enthusiastic about her position as their part-time nanny, but it was her way through college and she refused to be a stripper like some of the other girls in her clas ..continue reading

Mind Candy

I can't believe you're still asleep. You usually get up way before I do. I guess last night wore you out. You look so sweet laying there on your side. I run my hand across the side of your face and over your ear. You don't move, you must really be o ..continue reading

Mum finds out I’m a Nudist

My parents were never nude around me once I reached my teenage years as I assume they didn’t want to force anything onto me as more of a lifestyle but I had my suspicions that they would still go on holiday to nude resorts as I moved away from home ..continue reading

An Evolving Relationship

There are times when you are hurtling down the rail-road track that is life, the destination clearly visible and fate throws the points leaving you heading in another direction. It's not always possible to get back to the same set of points again ..continue reading

Peeplay passion

The bar finally calmed as night slowly became dawn. The evening had been rowdy because the men had not received liberty in two weeks because of the holiday that had overtaken the city. Each legionary was to be given one day's liberty over this weeken ..continue reading

My wife and a large Arab man

John and Carol were determined to enjoy their holiday in Morocco. It was their 5year wedding anniversary present to themselves and at the age of 28yrs, both with successful careers they had plenty to be thankful for. John was hoping the trip migh ..continue reading

Tea with a fuck friend

Sarah opened the door to her good friend Jane and let her in. “Hello Jane, it’s been too long since we last got together” Sarah told Jane as she entered and the two walked into the living room. Sarah already had a pot of tea out for them. “S ..continue reading

Fucked my virgin crush

Hi friends my name is Dan Koubil.Let me introduce myself, I’m 21 yrs old,5’10 tall,70 kg weight fair skin tone and have an average physique.So I will describe how I fucked my school crush. So this incident happened when I was at my home in diwali ..continue reading

A brother and sister meet for the first time in eighteen years

Gina had left her home in Leeds, England for Canada with her husband David, three years after the birth of her brother Barry. Her mother's pregnancy twenty years after Gina was born was a tremendous shock for everyone. Gina's parents had tried fo ..continue reading

My wife in holiday

It all came about when a friends married daughter living overseas needed someone to look after her dog while she and her hubby along with their 2 kids went for a 2 week holiday. It just so happened that I had some holidays due but a lack of money to ..continue reading

Romantic story 18+

When she invited me this evening she wanted to end things between us. I was okay with that but I couldn't not try to sneak one more time. It turned to be one of the most satisfying moments in my life. I met this girl at a friend’s party. From the ..continue reading

Mature story

My first time having sex was one of the best sexual experiences I've ever had. The reason it was so good was because the girl I was with was 5 years older than me and knew what she was doing. Some friends and I were away for the weekend and we met a ..continue reading

Jack returns from summer vacation

I stood in front of the mirror and I had to admit I didn’t look too bad for a forty-four year old woman. My frizzy black hair hung just below my shoulders and I wore a simple gold chain around my neck, shiny against my skin and in stark contrast wi ..continue reading

Teacher porn

Ethan could see her as he turned to do another lap in the pool. Each time he came up for air, his eyes automatically sought her. Ms. Smith, or as he knew her, Paige. She was sitting in a chair by the edge of the pool looking down at the papers in her ..continue reading

Lesbian sexting

Anna and Becky were out walking on their third day of their two week break to sunny Tenerife when it became suddenly less sunny. Rain clouds closed in quickly and before long it was a torrential downpour, soaking the girls quickly. It was a good half ..continue reading

My sister xxx

After only a minute or two Hannah's body tensed and pushed off the bed as she let out a scream as the release of another orgasm took hold of her. My parents were just pulling out of the driveway heading off on a weeks vacation. They hadn't had a hol ..continue reading

Dod's Mum - Ssbbw sex story

Belinda was a wonderful person, great personality, bubbly; jocular and always full of fun; she’d a list of friends as long as your arm. However, she had one large problem and she herself would be the first to admit it; she was built like a brick sh ..continue reading

Granny pleasures

My name is Tim. I am not, nor have I ever been, married. I have never wanted to be married. I know and have known some very special women. They have shown me that there are a large number of women who, through no fault of their own, are stuck in a lo ..continue reading

Granny becomes Slut

This happened early 70 s when I was 16 . I was in disagreement with my Mum as she wanted me to go on holiday with her and my Aunt to a holiday camp for 2 weeks in the summer holidays and spending 2weeks with mum & aunt was something I was going to av ..continue reading

My mother introduces me to sex

My mother and I had been living alone in our small house in the country side for as long as I can remember. We only had each other (although our recent addition was a little kitten called princess) and always got along perfectly with little to no fig ..continue reading

My Mature Aunt

My marriage wasn't much of one. It felt more like a partnership than a marriage. I was on the road a lot to make ends meet and my wife was working part time, being homemaker and raising our daughter. Needless to say, we both were pretty miserable wit ..continue reading

Busty daughter

This all started after my daughter Sophie rang me to ask if she could come and stay after breaking up with her boyfriend. I said ok course you can,she did sayshe would be coming alone leaving my grandaughter with her sister,i said ok can understand. ..continue reading

Help, my wife is a callgirl

My wife and I had been together for 2 years, we had met on a blind date arranged between two mutual friends and we hit it off from the word go, she was 18 years younger than myself I was 39 at the time. We did everything a normal couple does and had ..continue reading

Group sex story

He faced me again, “You sing about anal sex but have you ever taken one in the ass? You gurgle and choke the words when you tell the audience about how to suck cock but have you ever swallowed? My guess is no because your message isn’t getting th ..continue reading

Farms and Fucking

As this story comes to commence, my brother had been doin’ the nasty with my mama for a couple of years. Now, I know in a lot of circles, that this kind of activity is frowned upon in the extreme and extended periods of jail-time are meted out to t ..continue reading

Hot Classmate

Hey, guys, this is my first story posting here. Hope u all might like it. To tell about myself, Iĺm Shiva, 23 yrs old, fair, 5 foot 10 inch, and a straight guy. This story is about fucking my friend during my college days. Her name is Veena, fair co ..continue reading

Teacher Blackmailed

Hi, I am back with second part of the teacher aunty gets blackmailed fuck. In the last part you have read that i am now the principal of the school and was dealing with a groping of teacher by student case and how the student son of the trustee with ..continue reading

Family life story (erotic)

Andrew had worked hard all his life without too much to show for it. True, he had a reasonable income, nice house and a few good friends but there was a gap, a void that needed filling. For many years this gap had been filled by his little daughter ..continue reading

Caviar and Lamb (Mature erotic story)

The most seductive thing about Nathalie was the fact that she was utterly forbidden. She was a first year undergrad at my college, and I am a married man, dependent on my job and in deep shit if I should lose it. The consequences on my part were abou ..continue reading

Sister Mary (family fun, porn stories)

In the year after I turned 18, three incredible things happened to me. The first two sucked. I guess the third did too, but you'll get that joke later. The first thing was that I hit puberty. Like a brick wall. One day I was a normal kid, a decent se ..continue reading

Exhibitionism story

It has taken my wife many years to finally accept that I am an exhibitionist. More so, I not only want to show of my body to others, but I want her to “make me" do it. I want her to put my naked body on display for other women to see and to watch m ..continue reading

Dirty dad

Andrew had worked hard all his life without too much to show for it. True, he had a reasonable income, nice house and a few good friends but there was a gap, a void that needed filling. For many years this gap had been filled by his little daughter ..continue reading

Middle age woman educates a young peasant

My Dad hired some itinerant workers who stopped in at the remote hamlet, all of thirty five people, three kilometres from our 82 hectare farm to work on some outbuildings round our dilapidated house. He lived on one floor to suit his ill health. I di ..continue reading

Farm Family Fun

I was posed with a dilemma. I wasn't quite between the proverbial rock and a hard place but it felt like it. My twin sons had informed me that they were pretty sure they were gay. That, in and of itself, was not and is not a big deal to me. It just i ..continue reading

Holiday bitch wifes

When I flew off with my mate Richard for a week in the sun we soon found most of what we'd come for: sun, sand and booze. But by the time our holiday was fast coming to an end we were still lacking the one thing a pair of randy twenty seven year olds ..continue reading

New year erotic story

She found herself wanting to take things from her. It was a strange obsession, as if taking small things from her life would somehow add up and leave her without any possessions and make her husband not want her anymore. 

 She didn't even like ..continue reading

Sibling Incest

My name is Carol. This story began about twelve years ago when I was 7 years old. Actually, I was just about 8. At that time I always wanted to be older, and when anyone asked me how old I was, I always said just about 8. I am the middle child of ..continue reading

Cocktails, and young cocks, mature erotic stories

"Madam?" The waiter handed Estelle a pink cocktail. "Thank you so much." She accepted it and rested it in the glass holder of her sun lounger. Her first vacation alone since her divorce and she welcomed the time to herself and to admire the scenery. ..continue reading

Milf stories - Neighbour wife xxx

This happened early 70’s when I was 16 . I was in disagreement with my Mum as she wanted me to go on holiday with her and my Aunt to a holiday camp for 2 weeks in the summer holidays and spending 2weeks with mum & aunt was something I was going to ..continue reading

Kinky Claus Xmas story

It was starting to get dark but Thomas continued to drive. Where was the main highway? This was the last time he'd listen to his damn friend again when it came to directions. Looking out he saw that they were going to have a bad snow storm soon from ..continue reading

My slutty secretary

It happened again, I woke up naked in my bed my leg draped over my husbands leg, my juices running down my leg and onto his. This was the second night in a row I had awoken from a dream with me being tied up, and him drilling his swollen cock into an ..continue reading

Sex holiday

We were sitting in the gymnasium stands watching the girl’s volleyball team practice. I don’t think there is a prettier natural attraction than watching eleven teen girls in body hugging shirts and painted on mid-thigh length shorts. Even their t ..continue reading

Family Christmas Party

"Let's go Alex, we are going to hit traffic if we leave much later," my mom's voice grating on me like nails on a chalk board. "I'm coming!" I snapped back, "I don't know why we leave so damn early." I mumbled under my breath. "Watch your tone youn ..continue reading

Erotic short

I’ll get my name out of the way first. You’ll see the irony straight away. Abby Zimmermann, yeah always last on the role, last in line, last for a school photograph, you name it, always last, always waiting and always made worse by being separate ..continue reading

An Angel of Mercy, xmas sex stories

“500 channels, and nothing but Christmas specials on…” Ken Dix flipped through the TV guide at a moderate pace, finding nothing but disappointment at every turn. As it was Christmas Eve, every show was a mushy feel-good romp spouting lines abo ..continue reading

Bbw and poligamy

ou know how as a young boy growing up you usually learned about sex through the internet, porn, etc…. I was not so fortunate growing up. My only way of releasing was with my hand and to my own thoughts. My parents were strictly religious and polyga ..continue reading

Jenny fucks Pham's grandfather as a 90th birthday gift - part1

Jenny and I were just about to celebrate our first wedding anniversary. We first met about five years prior, while working at a local gym as personal trainers as we were putting ourselves through university. Jenny taught yoga and cardio classes, whi ..continue reading

Bob and Dave gay story

Bob and David had been friends since they were jerking-off to Spice Girls and Alanis Morissette album covers back in the day (Meanwhile, I was rubbing myself cross-eyed over visions of Bob and David jerking-off to Alanis). When it came time to do mor ..continue reading

Home alone, porn parody

This is my first story, any ideas? i lied on my bed thinking about what happened these past couple of weeks…I loved it, i loved him. As i thought of it, i started to sweat, my hand slowly started working its way down my body, over my breasts, my h ..continue reading

Father and Daughter story

Every father thinks that there is something very special about any daughter of his. He loves them from their birth and watches them grow, shares with them all the difficulties of growing up, and finally sees them leave the nest to continue with thei ..continue reading

Trevor the bisex gay shit

Fourteen year old Trevor was lying in his Bedroom, his hands down the insides of his shorts, slowly stroking his hard 4 inch penis. It was the weekend and he could not be bothered going out to look for his friends, and seeing if they wanted to ha ..continue reading

Indian sex story

My name is Jeremy. I’m 25 years old, and I’ve just returned from a three-month trip to Great Britain. I finished university with a cultural anthropology/linguistics degree and after two years of looking for a job relevant to my training (who the ..continue reading

We want to be used

Mary had confessed to me her affair; abuse is a better word, with her "master." I had followed her on her last meeting with him and seen her used by a dozen men in humiliating and depraved sex and I had found it so sexually stimulating I longed t ..continue reading

Paper Girl Cunt

When I finished high school, I wasn't ready to go to college. The girl I had been dating the past two years, however, was more than ready. She had applied to and been accepted by an ivy league school in the northeast. C'est la vie, so long and have a ..continue reading

Cum Medicine 2.

Kristin watched her sister, Kellie, come out of the house bouncing toward the car with a huge smile on her face. It was hard to miss the fact that she was bra-less with her small b-cup breasts bouncing with each quick step, and her hard nipples stret ..continue reading

Gay erotic stories : The Family Cum Rag

I've always been a big shooter, my cum has always been quitea lot, so when I started hearing the familiar noises coming from my littlebrothers bed I had a great desire and curiosity to see if he was the same as me--a big blower ! I'm 17 years old no ..continue reading

Shannon gets Bestiality

Shannon stood on the front porch balancing one of the two shopping bags she was carrying and juggled her keys out to open the front door to the front door of her modest ranch home. With a bit of confustion she thubmed the keys trying to find the hous ..continue reading

Girl Scout Sympathies

I shuddered as soon as I opened my apartment door. The sight of the green uniform this evening made my mouth turn dry and my skin run wet. I thought it was long enough that I wouldn't react this way, but apparently it wasn't. It was only one girl i ..continue reading