The Last Spin
The laundromat smelled like old dryer sheets and dust, and Marion stood in front of the change machine for the third time, patting her…
Rivals nonhuman stories
Stories in NonHuman tagged rivals, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 18 to 26 minutes. Writers to know: The Wren Table, Street of Jasper and Fable of Winter. Readers usually start with “The Last Spin” and “The Wrong Carriage”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
Rivals nonhuman stories, ranked by readers
01 02 The Wrong Carriage
I'll say this up front: I'm Lyle, forty-four years old, and I drive the number 7 bus out of Brighton depot four days a week.
03 The Key to Room 12
The elevator in Shirley's building had a mirror in it, and I made the mistake of looking into it on the ride up.
04 Map of Unspoken Things
The county sent me out to the records office in March, right when the roads were still half mud and the furnace in the old building was…
05 The Eighth Switchback
Rain on the tent fly sounds like somebody dumping gravel on a drum.
06 The Diner Debacle
My name is Lorraine Baker, I'm thirty-four years old, and I've worked security at Hollis Feed and Seed for six years.
07 The Best Man's Wolf
Monica Samuels, forty-four years old and twenty-two years on the job, pulled her rented Corolla into the gravel drive of the lakeside…
08 The Last Move
Elle was forty-two years old and her feet hurt.
09 Sound Check at the Lumberyard
Scarlett Lincoln was forty-three years old and she still got lost in towns she'd never been to.