The Nightshift Key
The boxes were still stacked everywhere when I noticed the light on the patio next door.
The Topaz Tempo
Amateur fiction writer in Michigan, keeping company with no pets right now, just houseplants and a glass of cabernet on Friday nights. Expect Toys & Masturbation with grown-up characters (30s), specific places, and the long-distance pair finally in the same room. 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 The Topaz Tempo
The Bunny and the Bellhop
I finished my shift at nine and hung my apron on the hook by the kitchen door.
The Prop That Almost Wasn't
I got to the studio at nine in the morning, still in the jeans I'd worn to work for the last ten years.
The Rival's Touch
I hit Eagle's Perch Overlook at dusk, six hours of climbing in my legs and a first place medal from the regional cook-off still rattling…