Boo the Monster for Hire
The tent smelled like pine oil and someone else's vanilla candle, and Delia had long since stopped noticing either.
Stories in NonHuman tagged service provider and client, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 20 to 25 minutes. Writers to know: Street of Jasper, Harbor Engine and Sable Motive. Readers usually start with “Boo the Monster for Hire” and “The Key Under the Stairs”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
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