Imagine you're given the startling news that your body is only capable of having six more orgasms. and "It's either buck up or fuck up, and " decides Mel in and "Six Degrees of Altered Sensation, and " adding this new restraint to the perplexity of single life with progressive Multiple Sclerosis. In and "Flickering, and " Francis becomes a pyromaniac in order to give her grown sons the opportunity to become heroes. Mundane directions for propane use parallel a brief sizzling affair in and "Dick and u0026 Jane and u0026 the Barbecue and No, It's Not a Love Story. and "Altered and twisted realities make the impossible possible for Clark's characters. Lillian, an arthritic senior in and "Solitaire, and " discovers the rejuvenating properties of the bones of her lively, young new neighbour. Looming dementia is replaced by ravenous desire. In and "Split Ends and " a woman finds a book that contains her own memories, but it is written by a stranger with the same name; in and "No U's, and " a woman slips away through the mail slot to escape her stagnant life.Ranging from micro-fiction to near maxi-fiction, the stories in Attemptations are peopled by women, often physically challenged women - darkly humorous, feisty, sexy, manic, persevering, observant, contemplative women. These characters will snag you and hold you there 'til they're good and done.