The Tent Game
I'm Liv Hall, fifty-two years old, and I want it stated up front that I did not plan any of this.
Warm and nostalgic first time stories
Stories in First Time tagged warm and nostalgic, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 22 to 24 minutes. Writers to know: Pulse of Willow, Solstice Whisper and Sparrow Tale. Readers usually start with “The Tent Game” and “The Night We Got It Right”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
Warm and nostalgic first time stories, ranked by readers
01 02 The Night We Got It Right
The dinner had been a disaster, if you can call two people not talking a disaster.
03 Forty and First
The sheet smells like her soap.
04 The Foreman's Wager
Six months ago I signed divorce papers in a strip mall lawyer's office next to a nail salon.
05 Yoga and Whiskey
I'm Britney, I'm thirty-four, and I teach yoga, which means I spend my days telling strangers to breathe while I quietly panic about my…
06 The Watch Fire
*This one came from a quiet place, something about the intimacy of a shared secret at a loud event, and how the best first times are often…
07 The Last Block Party
I'm Stacey Zimmer, twenty-eight years old, and I spent last September alone on my porch with a glass of wine and a spreadsheet open on my…
08 A Weekend to Surrender
The lodge sat at the end of a gravel road that the bureau plowed maybe twice a winter, and by the time Donny backed his truck up to the…