Wrench and Release
I have been a museum curator for six years now, and in that time I have learned that the worst days always start with a phone call from a…
Stories in Toys & Masturbation tagged raw and blunt, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 11 to 12 minutes. Writers to know: Quartz Wave, Neon Post and Cedar Refrain. Readers usually start with “Wrench and Release” and “The Pager on the Shelf”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
I have been a museum curator for six years now, and in that time I have learned that the worst days always start with a phone call from a…
The pager sat on the shelf by the door where it always sat, and I had picked it up and put it down maybe forty times by the time the sky…
I got off my shift at six, went home to shower and eat, and drove to the clinic at nine.
The interview had gone well.
My name is Barbara and I turned twenty-nine back in March, which I mention because my ex-husband used to say I'd act thirty-five by the…
I turned forty-four in March and I still live alone in the same condo I bought when I was thirty-six, and some nights I stand in my…
The credit union closes at five, but I never leave at five.
I was wiping the same spot on the bar for the third time when I finally noticed I was doing it.