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First Time stories
First Time stories. First Time stories, from quick reads to long series. Reads run 19 to 24 minutes. Writers to know: North Craft, Roan Diary and Midnight Gallery. Readers usually start with “The Corkscrew Bid” and “Horsehair and Mustard”. Ranked by how many readers finish them. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
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First Time stories, ranked by readers
81 82 The Last Showing
The realtor left the key in the lockbox and told us to take our time, which was either kindness or a sales tactic, and with realtors it is…
83 The Line Cook's Wife
I unlocked the break room door at eleven like always, and there was Drake, sitting on the worn couch with two coffees from the machine…
84 Sound Check
*Thanks for reading.
85 The Last Bedroom
The last bus out of Waskom left at 6:40, and I know this now with the kind of precision you only get from watching it happen.
86 Slow Evenings in Killeen
Delia had a rule about Tuesday nights.
87 Wrong Room, Right Night
I've been cleaning the Hartwell Building for eleven years now, and I can tell you the exact hour it stops belonging to people and starts…