The Glass Bird
I'm Lawrence, twenty-eight, and I work at a bank, which is exactly as fun as it sounds.
Stories in Gay Male tagged tender and slow, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 17 to 21 minutes. Writers to know: The Hazel Tale, Tide Island and Opal Quarry. Readers usually start with “The Glass Bird” and “Raffle Ticket”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
I'm Lawrence, twenty-eight, and I work at a bank, which is exactly as fun as it sounds.
Let me explain what a customs broker does, because when I tell people at parties they nod and then their eyes slide off to the snack table.
The party had been going for four hours and I had already talked about the weather with eleven people.
My name is Nick.
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The thing about cleaning a bridal shop at night is that you start to form judgments about weddings you will never be invited to.
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My name is Claude, I am sixty-two years old, and I have been doing this midnight round for longer than most of the crew has been alive.
The tote bag was the first sign this trip was going to be a waste of my week.