The Last Brushstroke
*I wanted a story about second chances that didn't take itself too seriously, something warm and a little messy, like real life.
Art world stories, from quick reads to long series. Most art world stories here sit in bdsm and fetish. Reads run 13 to 23 minutes. Writers to know: Winter Thread, The Autumn Epilogue and Route of Stone. Readers usually start with “The Depot Girl” and “The Pie Auction”. Ranked by how many readers finish them. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
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*I wanted a story about second chances that didn't take itself too seriously, something warm and a little messy, like real life.
The gallery didn't look like much from the street.
The bus let me off at the corner of Harbor Road and I stood there with my duffel bag like an idiot, staring at the giant warehouse with…
*This one came from the idea of what happens after the gallery closes.
I'm Keira Potter, I'm fifty-four years old, and last Tuesday I accidentally signed up for a pottery class instead of a painting class.
I got there forty minutes early, which was dumb, but I'd rather sit in a parking lot than be late.
Louise Beck was forty-four years old and three hours into celebrating the end of her marriage when Timothy Hale leaned across the rooftop…
My divorce went through in March, two years ago now.
Winter Thread, The Autumn Epilogue, Route of Stone, Phantom of Lark
Art world stories, from quick reads to long series.
Some stories are free to read in full, with no account. The rest open with a free preview; members read everything.
Most art world stories take 13 to 23 minutes, and the average is 18. Sort by shortest to start small, or follow a series to get each part as it lands.