One day, when they were little, Maud and Fergus appeared in the doorway, naked and mirthful, with a dozen long garter snakes draped over each of them like brand-new clothes. Snake tails dangled down their backs, and snake foreparts in various lengths fell over their fronts, heads raised and swaying, alert as cobras. They writhed their dry skins upon each other, as snakes like doing in lovemaking, with the added novelty of caressing soft, smooth, moist…… More »