The Tile Job
I took the whole first week of June off, which for me is basically a miracle.
Stories in Romance tagged funny and chatty, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 24 to 25 minutes. Writers to know: Lantern of Starling, Oak Threshold and The Breeze Draft. Readers usually start with “The Tile Job” and “Revenge Highway”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
I took the whole first week of June off, which for me is basically a miracle.
I had the revenge all mapped out, which is a funny thing to say about a man driving a Lincoln through the Panhandle with his wife of…
Harold Vance stood in the doorway of the sassafras oil shed with a coffee grinder in one hand and a cup of cold coffee in the other…
The last guest left around eleven.
The rain starts at nine on a Tuesday night, and by ten Walter has a bucket in the middle of his living room floor.
Tracie found out about the money on a Thursday.
The drive up to the Rivenbark Lodge takes about an hour from my apartment, and I know every mile of it by now.
*This story came from thinking about how the best conversations happen when you're not trying too hard, just sharing space and bad jokes.