The Captain's Favor
I'm Astrid.
Stories in Erotic Couplings tagged online match meeting in person, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 15 to 22 minutes. Writers to know: The Roan Poet, Kestrel Ballad and The Rowan Anchor. Readers usually start with “The Captain's Favor” and “Wrong Bar Right Time”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
I'm Astrid.
I walked into The Rusty Spur at seven forty on a Friday night and I knew before the door closed behind me that something was off.
The door to the spice library was heavier than it looked, old oak with a brass handle worn smooth by a century of hands, and I had to put…
I woke up at dawn in a bed that wasn't mine, with my shirt missing and one sock on and one sock off, and for a good thirty seconds I had…
The match happened on a Tuesday, I remember that much because Tuesdays are the night I teach beginners and the app never got any action…
I'm thirty-two years old and my big Friday night plans involve a folding chair, a beer, and a fire escape.
*This one came from a weird day where I kept thinking about courthouse hallways after hours, all that institutional authority, just…
The tow lot called me at six forty on a Wednesday and told me my car sat in a gravel lot at the edge of Kolora Street, and if I wanted the…
Skyler pushed through the door of The Back Room at 6:40 on a Tuesday, ten minutes early, because showing up late to a first meeting with a…