The Bar Bet
I had spent the whole day on my knees scrubbing other people's toilets, which at forty-two is rougher on the back than it used to be, and…
Stories in Toys & Masturbation tagged chastity, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 11 to 12 minutes. Writers to know: Delta Gallery, Obsidian Verse and The Topaz Tempo. Readers usually start with “The Bar Bet” and “The Birdcage Dare”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
I had spent the whole day on my knees scrubbing other people's toilets, which at forty-two is rougher on the back than it used to be, and…
I drove out to Hendricks Field on a Tuesday in July, the kind of heat that made the dashboard vents feel useless.
I sat on the edge of the set, on the arm of the fake sofa, and held the prop teacup in both hands.
My divorce papers came through on a Tuesday in March, and I remember thinking that the stamp looked smaller than it should have, that…
The clock on the wall above the front desk said 9:04 when I turned the deadbolt on the front door of Laurent & Sons.
I've been at the gliding club two years now, and I still don't know why nobody locks the workshop.
The interview had gone well.
I hit Eagle's Perch Overlook at dusk, six hours of climbing in my legs and a first place medal from the regional cook-off still rattling…