Ember & Ash
The last job I lost was at a bistro in the city.
Stories in Gay Male tagged latex, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 15 to 21 minutes. Writers to know: Current of North, Pine Epilogue and Ivory Engine. Readers usually start with “Ember & Ash” and “Residual Heat”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
The last job I lost was at a bistro in the city.
The fake wedding cake had gotten everywhere.
Nick had spent the whole week counting paper clips, more or less.
Fenton came home from the gallery with his tie already stuffed in his pocket and his jaw set so tight that Hank knew, before a single word…
I'm forty-four years old and I'm hiding behind a buffet tent holding a two-year-old.
The tote bag was the first sign this trip was going to be a waste of my week.
They gave me six weeks to catalog a dead house and told me it would be quiet work.
The board updated at 7:40 and Donny watched his flight to Kiruna blink out of existence.
I got back to Fenton on a Thursday, two years almost to the month since I'd last slept in my own bed at my mom's place, and by Friday…