The Quiet End
Three days on the road and I had her mouth on my mind the whole way, which is a dangerous thing when you're running a forty-foot trailer…
Stories in Mature tagged worn clothing and scent, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 22 to 25 minutes. Writers to know: Route of Stone, The Clover Voyage and Switch of Harbor. Readers usually start with “The Quiet End” and “Cold Aisle Reunion”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
Three days on the road and I had her mouth on my mind the whole way, which is a dangerous thing when you're running a forty-foot trailer…
The snow started coming down sideways around four, and by the time I pulled into the lot at The Cold Aisle my wipers had given up on doing…
*This one came from thinking about how the most interesting things can happen in the most boring places.
Carol had been a night-shift ER nurse for six years now, three of them at St.
The dress was too tight.
I locked the register at six and looked at the clock.
I have been running events at Oakton College for seven years, and in that time I have learned one rule about visiting scholars.
The parking lot at Willow Creek Farmers Market was already half full by seven in the morning, and I was already sweating through my blouse…
I took the Snowpine job because I was tired of being the good guy.