Witness at the Customs Shed
I was sixty-one years old, sitting on a folding chair in a colonial jail, and I was thinking about the time I almost took my shirt off for…
Stories in Exhibitionist & Voyeur tagged a couple who have been dating a while, not married, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 16 to 22 minutes. Writers to know: Dawn Harbor, Salt Secret and Laurel Story. Readers usually start with “Witness at the Customs Shed” and “One Final Wave”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
I was sixty-one years old, sitting on a folding chair in a colonial jail, and I was thinking about the time I almost took my shirt off for…
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