Boots and a Tent
The ferry left Dover at five in the morning, and I was on the deck for it because I figured if I was going to have a nervous breakdown…
Best Service provider and client Stories of 2026
The most-read service provider and client stories right now, in a short top ten and then picks by how you want to read. Service provider and client stories, from quick reads to long series. Most service provider and client stories here sit in exhibitionist & voyeur and erotic couplings. Reads run 14 to 24 minutes. Writers to know: Street of Jasper, Switch of Juniper and North Craft. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
The top service provider and client stories
01 02 Float and Yield
Christina Porter had photographed a lot of strange assignments in her thirty-eight years behind a camera, but she was pretty sure this was…
03 The Corkscrew Bid
Every wedding I've ever been to, I end up feeling like the furniture.
04 The Hop Ties
The fairgrounds came into view right around the bend where Highway 12 dips past the water tower, and I felt my shoulders drop about two…
05 The Pasta Cutter
I still think about that doorbell.
06 The Spite Hike
My phone buzzed again in the cupholder.
07 Calibration
I came to Zánka for a vinegar tasting, which is not the sort of sentence I ever expected to say out loud.
08 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.
09 Stranded at Midnight
Silas Rogers was forty-four years old and he was crouched behind a vending machine in a half-empty airport terminal in the middle of…
10 The Ashtray Accordion
Tia was thirty-four years old, and she was bored out of her skull, which was the only reason she said yes to any of this.
Quick service provider and client reads, under 10 min
Curb Service
The heat was stupid that afternoon.
Longer service provider and client reads
The Seahorse Signal
The first note showed up under the seahorse dome in the exhibit hall, which was already strange, because the seahorse dome sits inside a…
Oil and Indifference
I was twenty-three that summer and I had a job inspecting bridges along the coast road, which sounds more interesting than it was.
Ink and Stone
I almost died in March, which is how this whole thing started, and I need to explain it from the beginning because if you found this tin…
The Brewer's Price
*Hey there.
A Lock and a Leash
I got to the Oakhaven market at seven in the morning, which was early enough that the dew was still on the canvas tents and half the…