Ramp Song
I woke up with a strange weight across my ribs and for a second I couldn't remember what year it was.
Raw and blunt mature stories
Stories in Mature tagged raw and blunt, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 24 to 27 minutes. Writers to know: The Clover Voyage, The Ginger Avenue and Observer of Starling. Readers usually start with “Ramp Song” and “Last Call at the Rodeo”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
Raw and blunt mature stories, ranked by readers
01 02 Last Call at the Rodeo
Heath backed the stock trailer through the chute gate at a quarter past ten and killed the engine for the last time that season.
03 The Pawn of Winter
My name is Darrell Spock and I'm twenty-nine years old.
04 Hammer and Curl
Traci Ryder was twenty-four years old, and she had spent most of those years with a hammer in one hand and a nail in the other, so when…
05 The Farmer Takes Her
The county fair came around every July like a bill you forgot you owed, and every year I swore I'd skip it, and every year I went anyway.
06 The Librarian's Pass
The library closed at six on Fridays, which in my opinion was a crime against working people, but I don't make the hours.
07 The Diner After Us
*I wrote this one raw because empty-nest lust doesn't get enough airtime.
08 The Con That Backfired
I took the Snowpine job because I was tired of being the good guy.