Boots and a Tent
The ferry left Dover at five in the morning, and I was on the deck for it because I figured if I was going to have a nervous breakdown…
Cruise or ferry stories
Cruise or ferry stories, from quick reads to long series. Most cruise or ferry stories here sit in erotic couplings and fetish. Reads run 14 to 24 minutes. Writers to know: Midnight Stage, Summit Compass and Timber Craft. Readers usually start with “Boots and a Tent” and “Crossing the Strait”. 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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01 02 Crossing the Strait
I leaned on the rail at the stern and watched Dover shrink behind us.
03 The Cold Swim
The train from Visp climbs into the mountains like it can't decide whether it wants to make it, and I spend the whole ride refreshing the…
04 Ink and Brine
Emily stared at the wrist tattoo while the ink gun hummed on the counter next to her.
05 The Talent Show Loaf
Ethel here, and I should say up front that I'm forty-four and have been living on the M.V.
06 The Captain's Portrait
Selena found him on the port side of the main deck, right after breakfast, leaning on the railing with a coffee cup going cold in one hand.
07 The Wrong Carriage
I'll say this up front: I'm Lyle, forty-four years old, and I drive the number 7 bus out of Brighton depot four days a week.
08 Salt and Lace
The ship lurches onto the salt at nine in the morning and nobody tells you how loud it is.
09 When the Doorbell Betrays You
I am thirty-six years old and supposedly a professional, and I sat on the bed of a portside inn in Nova Scotia with a pen in my hand…
10 The Pawnshop Line Switch
The rain was the kind that doesn't fall so much as hang there, and I'd been standing under the awning next to the diner for ten minutes.
11 The Punch Bowl Job
I moved to the island in October for a film shoot, which sounds more glamorous than it is.
12 The Salt on Her Skin
The storm came in faster than the forecast said it would.
13 The Ferry Agreement
We boarded the Sunrise Voyager at four in the afternoon, both of us sunburned already from the taxi line, and I want to note up front that…
14 Firewatch and the Piano Run
Tomorrow I turn forty-four.
15 The Calibration Hour
The last pod slid out of Güzelyurt at 11:40, and I stood there watching it go like it was a boat leaving without me.
16 The Live Room Session
Annika had been told the wrong room.
17 Leather Rules
Finn was forty-two years old, an architect, and he had spent the better part of three decades being the reasonable one in every room he…
18 Deadwater Watch
The job posting had said live-aboard house sitting, three weeks, quiet ship, no pets.
19 The Anvil and the Antler
The fair in Vrbanja runs all week.
20 The Tide and the Key
The cottage sat at the end of a road that wasn't much of a road, more like the highway gave up and let gravel finish the job.
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10 to 30 minutesBest cruise or ferry stories of 2026Writers known for it
Midnight Stage, Summit Compass, Timber Craft, Heather Phrase
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