The Grinder at Dusk
Harold Vance stood in the doorway of the sassafras oil shed with a coffee grinder in one hand and a cup of cold coffee in the other…
Lantern of Starling
Based in Montezuma Creek, Utah. I started posting here to get the stories out of my head and onto a page. Expect Erotic Couplings and Romance with grown-up characters (30s), specific places, and the revenge plan that turns into something else. Writing for fun and practice. Let me know which characters or settings you want more of. Ranked by how many readers finish them. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
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Stories by Lantern of Starling
The Borrowed Notes
Oliver Brice landed in Reykjavik on a Friday in late October, thirty-four years old and feeling every single one of them.
Off-Season Current
Yolanda's bus dropped her at the end of Paloma Bay's main street at four in the afternoon, and she stood there a minute with her duffel…
The Cartographer's Second Map
Tracie found out about the money on a Thursday.
The Bitter Brew of Second Chances
Alicia was forty minutes from closing when the door stuck in its usual way and then swung in, letting a slab of humid August air into The…
Canvas of Distance
*This one's for anyone who's ever crossed an ocean just to touch someone's hand.