The Glove and the Gavel
I want to tell you how I ended up standing in a feather factory in Sikasso at half past six on a Thursday, holding a steel contraption I…
Best Funny and chatty Stories of 2026
The most-read funny and chatty stories right now, in a short top ten and then picks by how you want to read. Funny and chatty stories, from quick reads to long series. Most funny and chatty stories here sit in erotic couplings and group sex. Reads run 14 to 24 minutes. Writers to know: Marigold Hearth, The Ridge Note and The Prairie Poet. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
The top funny and chatty stories
01 02 The Fermenting Rivalry
The thing you have to understand about the fermentation barn at our vineyard in Nababeep is that it hums, all day and all night, a low…
03 Shifting the Trail
The trail was quiet the way it only gets in the off-season, when the snow stops being something people pay to ride through and goes back…
04 The Tape Recorder
I woke up on the floor of an engine room, which is not a sentence I ever expected to type, let alone live.
05 The Heart Key
The mud was everywhere.
06 Slam Dunk
The mic squealed when I set it back in the stand.
07 The Lighthouse Archive
Meg came into the pallet drop yard a few minutes after midnight, and the door rattled shut behind her and the sound rolled off the…
08 Crossing the Strait
I leaned on the rail at the stern and watched Dover shrink behind us.
09 The Sandwich Board
I got the grease gun up under the axle of chute four and squeezed until the fitting took what it wanted.
10 Barn Dance Slow
Evelyn Mackey clocked out of the feed store at six fifteen on a Tuesday, and her whole body felt like a sack of chicken feed by the time…
Quick funny and chatty reads, under 10 min
Curb Service
The heat was stupid that afternoon.
Longer funny and chatty reads
Colony 7 Estate
Glenna Swenson had better things to do with a day off than fight strangers over furniture.
The Vent's Lament
The hum of the tubes never stops.
Chastity Bet
Nadine here.
Dares After Dark
I'm fifty-two years old, and until a year ago the most reckless thing I did on a Friday night was leave the dishes until Saturday.
The Last Shift at the Glasshouse
The snow starts around four in the afternoon.