Late Return
My name is Sammie and I'm thirty-eight years old, and I have worked the front desk at the Maplewood Curling Club for eleven years.
Stories in Mature tagged hair pulling and hair play, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 22 to 26 minutes. Writers to know: Drift Diary, The Fern Type and River Atlas. Readers usually start with “Late Return” and “Hop and Sway”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
My name is Sammie and I'm thirty-eight years old, and I have worked the front desk at the Maplewood Curling Club for eleven years.
The rope went with a crack you could feel in your teeth.
Nobody warns you about the invisible guest spot at a wedding.
The ferry dock at Salt Creek was empty when I got off it, which was normal for a Tuesday in January.
The Tap and Rail closed at midnight on Fridays and Charlie let me sit while he counted the drawer.
The quarterly reports had gone soft on me.
My name is Niko Bigshot, I'm forty-eight years old, and in October of last year I did something stupid and wonderful at the same time.
The pool closed at six, same as it had all summer.