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.
Spouses mature stories
Stories in Mature tagged spouses, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 23 to 26 minutes. Writers to know: River Atlas, Habit of Jade and Switch of Harbor. Readers usually start with “Late Return” and “Backyard Grills”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
Spouses mature stories, ranked by readers
01 02 Backyard Grills
I'm standing at my grill on a Saturday in June, fifty-two years old, spatula in one hand, beer in the other, watching a moving truck eat…
03 Map of Us
I was on my knees in the fire hall kitchen, scrubbing the floor under the stove, when Vincent started his drill in the main bay.
04 The Conference Key
Bert met Liz twelve years ago at a yoga retreat outside Sedona, back when he was forty-two and teaching classes out of a strip mall studio…
05 Late Shift Love Match
My name is Dianne, I'm thirty-four years old, and I've been married to Sonny for five years.
06 The Biscuit Shot
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.
07 The Night Shift Pilot
Dalton Jansen had been cleaning the crew lounge at Reno-Tahoe for eleven months now, and he had a system for the overnight shift that he…
08 The Squash Pro
I got fired on a Tuesday.