Worship at the Fair
I didn't sleep well Friday night, and I'll tell you why.
Farmers market stories
Farmers market stories, from quick reads to long series. Most farmers market stories here sit in letters & transcripts and bdsm. Reads run 15 to 24 minutes. Writers to know: Ash Crossing, Neon Chapter and Midnight Stage. Readers usually start with “Salt Flat Night” and “The Jam Vendor”. 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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41 42 Ranger's Prize
The cottage sat at the far edge of the Harrison County fairgrounds, tucked behind the horse barns like something the fair had forgotten.
43 The Cinnamon Lesson
Carly Stevens had been retired for exactly three months, and she had already run out of things to do.
44 Market Rhythm
I was wiping sweat off my forehead with the back of my wrist for maybe the hundredth time that afternoon.
45 The Pepper Incident
Lila pulled her van into the dusty lot at the edge of the market and sat there for a minute with both hands on the wheel.
46 Clock Tower Afternoon
Lindy showed up at the fairgrounds at ten in the morning, still in her patrol jacket even though she was off duty.
47 The Fair Was Everywhere
Beverly Freeman is sixty-two years old, and she has been rehearsing this moment for thirty-five years, which is a long time to rehearse…
48 Honey and Clover
The jar was sitting on my porch step the first Saturday of October, right in the middle of the mat, like it had been delivered by a very…
49 The Brass Stand
Tess had lived in Ludlow for exactly ten days, and she was still counting the days like a prisoner marks a wall.
50 Sweet Corn and Sour Grapes
I want to start by explaining how I ended up buying a pretzel I didn't even want, because that's basically where this whole thing begins.
51 Under the Tent
The tent did almost nothing against the afternoon heat, and by two o'clock I could feel the sun coming straight through the canvas and…
52 The Weight of His Name
They gave me six weeks to catalog a dead house and told me it would be quiet work.
53 Last Encampment
I still don't know how Hailey talked me into this, and I was there for the whole conversation, which makes it worse somehow.
54 Sweater Weather
Lizzy was thirty-two and she'd been in town exactly eleven days.
55 Rhubarb, Ribbons, and Reckless Nights
I hate losing.
56 The Spite Spread
The parking lot at Willow Creek Farmers Market was already half full by seven in the morning, and I was already sweating through my blouse…
57 The Market Challenge
My name is Kathleen, I am fifty-two years old, and I want to tell you about the stupidest experiment I ever agreed to with a man I wasn't…
58 The Watering Bet
Barney mopped the archive floor on a Tuesday.
59 The Fair-Weather Game
The fair again.
60 The Auctioneer's Second Chance
I turned off the county road at seven in the morning with my truck windows down and the fair already waking up around me, and I thought…
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