Paddle and Proof
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Raw and blunt loving wives stories
Stories in Loving Wives tagged raw and blunt, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 17 to 24 minutes. Writers to know: Sundown Island, Ridge Harbor and Field of Orchard. Readers usually start with “Paddle and Proof” and “When Grace Took the Lead”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
Raw and blunt loving wives stories, ranked by readers
01 02 When Grace Took the Lead
I'm driving my forklift through the greenhouse aisles like I do every Tuesday night, thirty-six years old and ten years married, moving…
03 The Welder and the Sound Guy
I never wanted to go to a folk festival, not really, but the town was three hours from anywhere and Diane had been talking about it for a…
04 The Karaoke Secret
The house was too quiet.
05 The Cartographer's Mistake
I want to start this by saying I'm twenty-nine years old and I should know better.
06 Snow Melt
Jake here.
07 Ice and Ashes
I had been in this town eleven months and I could already name every boring hour of it.
08 The Gavel Drops
I was halfway through a box of estate jewelry when Karina started reading out loud from the couch.
09 Watching the Wall
*This story came from wanting to write something blunt about wanting and the way desire can crack open a life that's gone quiet.
10 Wife's Leave
My husband Andre has been deployed since March, and by October I was going a little strange in the head.
11 Kite and the Lost Dog
The dog nearly gave me a heart attack.
12 Cold Storage
I want to start with the boots, because everybody always asks about the boots.
13 Cider Mill Crush
The cider mill sat at the end of a gravel road, all stone walls and a big barn door painted red.