Chime and Claim
Erika had a rule about herself, and the rule was this: she was never surprised.
Longtime friends nonhuman stories
Stories in NonHuman tagged longtime friends, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 19 to 24 minutes. Writers to know: The Rose Phrase, The Juniper Horizon and The Ridge Record. Readers usually start with “Chime and Claim” and “Wings of Gratitude”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
Longtime friends nonhuman stories, ranked by readers
01 02 Wings of Gratitude
The announcement came over the speakers at four forty on a Tuesday, and Rana Allbright heard maybe half of it.
03 Elevator Talk
Meredith Gilbert is thirty-four years old, a quarter troll on her mother's side, and she has been on her feet for nine hours.
04 The Feed Store Reunion
The feed store lot was mostly empty at a quarter to six, just the dusty spots where the fair trucks had parked all week and two flatbeds…
05 Thirty Seven
The jukebox was playing that same Counting Crows song it always plays.
06 The Pepper Incident
Lila pulled her van into the dusty lot at the edge of the market and sat there for a minute with both hands on the wheel.
07 Neon Lava
Savannah wakes up slow.
08 Locker Room Warm-Up
Karin had been a security guard for nineteen years, which meant she noticed everything.