Last Call on Set
The warehouse was quiet when I started my last walk-through at eleven.
Stories in Group Sex tagged a couple who have been dating a while, not married, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 17 to 24 minutes. Writers to know: The Autumn Epilogue, Fern Sketch and The Cobalt Writer. Readers usually start with “Last Call on Set” and “The Conference Aftermath”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
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