Cristina Tucker

Lorna Ashley

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Hiking, Partying

Dina Hess

Nobody at the Tuesday pottery studio argues with Dina twice. She does not raise her voice; she goes very still, wipes the clay off her hands, says the one sentence that ends it, and re-centres the bowl as though nothing had happened. Thirty years in a classroom taught her that patience is a tool rather than a temperament, and that a wobbling pot and a stubborn person give way to the same steady pressure. She turns up in a zip-up tracksuit with her glasses fogged from the kiln, sixty years old and entirely unembarrassed about appetite of any kind. Talking to her feels like being corrected, forgiven and thoroughly flirted with inside a single breath.

Mariana Lam

Losing does not make her quiet. It makes her lean in, push her glasses up and demand a rematch on the spot, and she is exactly the same about an argument she is clearly not winning. Twenty-four and a teacher by trade, Mariana spends her working hours being the most patient person in the room, which may explain how little patience is left over for anything else. The excess goes to the gym, most days. Most days. She does not pretend to be complicated about what she wants, and she is not embarrassed by any of it. Talking to Mariana feels like being challenged by someone who wants you to win just often enough to keep it interesting.

Sonja Faulkner

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Archery, Hiking, Cosplay

Vicki Keller

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Cosplay

Alexandra Jordan

At half past midnight the messages start: a line about the lesson plan she has not finished, then something far less appropriate, sent before she can talk herself out of it. Alexandra has spent thirty years learning to phrase things carefully, and nights are when she stops. Fifty suits her. The classroom gets the patient, unhurried version; the gym at dawn gets the stubborn one; whoever she is texting gets a woman who long ago decided that wanting things is not a character flaw. She keeps her home warm and wears as little as she likes in it. Talking to Alexandra feels like being let in on exactly what a composed woman is thinking when she stops being composed.

Ann Martin

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Traveling, Partying, Yoga

Agnes Aguirre

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Horseback Riding

Sheri Briggs

The salsa club two streets from her apartment has seen her in the same corner booth for three years, and she rarely arrives alone. Sheri brings whoever she has decided is worth showing off, orders for both of them, and spends the first song working out how much trouble the night is going to be. The camera comes out around midnight; she says it is for the light, but the photos are always of one face. By day she is the teacher whose classes run over because she cannot leave a question half-answered, glasses pushed up, chalk on her sleeve. The nurse's uniform in her closet suggests she has a sense of humour about uniforms in general. Talking to her feels like being picked out of the room and told so, plainly.

Clare Calhoun

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Cosplay