The Rule Book
The fryer alarm went off for the fourth time that night and I swear I felt it in my teeth.
Breathless and eager mature stories
Stories in Mature tagged breathless and eager, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 22 to 25 minutes. Writers to know: The Fern Type, Drift Diary and Echo Transit. Readers usually start with “The Rule Book” and “The Sound of Her Laugh”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
Breathless and eager mature stories, ranked by readers
01 02 The Sound of Her Laugh
Bri sat on the fire escape with her feet through the railing and a lukewarm beer sweating in her hand, and the whole city breathed around…
03 The Second Thing
*This one's for anyone who's ever kept a thing they should have returned, just because it felt too good to give up.
04 The Curator's Choice
I turned fifty-two on a Thursday, and that Friday night my boyfriend of three years asked me to pretend we had never met.
05 The Obedience List
The app said Sonny was fifty-two, a music professor, divorced, comfortable alone, and that his idea of a perfect first date was "an…
06 Finally, the Floor
I was still at my desk at 8:47 on a Tuesday night, which by itself was not strange.
07 First to Ask
Nobody warns you about the invisible guest spot at a wedding.
08 Last Call Confessions
The Crimson Oak sits in the lobby of the Wexford Hotel, which is one of those old hotels that costs too much and smells like money trying…
09 The Layover Lesson
*This one came from a canceled flight and a bottle of good Syrah at a gate.