Witness at the Customs Shed
I was sixty-one years old, sitting on a folding chair in a colonial jail, and I was thinking about the time I almost took my shirt off for…
Matter-of-fact stories
Matter-of-fact stories, from quick reads to long series. Most matter-of-fact stories here sit in fetish and romance. Reads run 14 to 24 minutes. Writers to know: Tawny Grammar, Keeper of Ember and Phrase of Olive. Readers usually start with “Witness at the Customs Shed” and “Empty Nest, Fresh Spark”. 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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Matter-of-fact stories, ranked by readers
01 02 Empty Nest, Fresh Spark
My name is Debbie.
03 The Weight of Everything
Moe here.
04 Ghost Route Letters
The first letter arrived on a Tuesday, which I remember because Tuesdays are dead at the salon and I had time to stand at the window and…
05 Second Chance Sunday
I woke up in a bed that wasn't mine with somebody's arm heavy across my ribs and sunlight coming through blinds I did not recognize, and I…
06 The Corkscrew Lesson
I turned forty-three on a Tuesday, which is nobody's favorite birthday, let's be honest.
07 Anniversary Dress
I'm twenty-eight years old, and I own a farm, and last Thursday I bought a dress.
08 Latex and Low Tide
The griddle at The Locker never really cools down in November, it just gets less use.
09 The Layover Agreement
The thing you have to understand about me is that I plan things.
10 The Boot Room
We booked the Alpenrose Lodge back in October, and I had the whole weekend planned out with meticulous precision.
11 Last Night at the Gym
My name is Perry Brooks, I am fifty-one years old, and last Friday night I did something at the gym that I had never done in five years of…
12 The Debt Was a Story
*This story came from a thought about debts and unexpected forms of payment.
13 The Previous Tenant
The bed is too big for the room, and I love it anyway!
14 Monofilament
The place had been a turpentine still once, back when Diamante smelled like money instead of tourists.
15 Salt Flat Night
I turned twenty-eight on a Thursday and I drove out to the Great Basin salt flats that same day.
16 The Quiet End
Three days on the road and I had her mouth on my mind the whole way, which is a dangerous thing when you're running a forty-foot trailer…
17 Oat Wreath Arrangement
I got to the ropeway waiting hall a little before five, carrying a timber receipt in one pocket and a memo pad in the other.
18 The Last Dress
My apartment got too quiet after my roommate Gary moved out.
19 The Incorrect Beep
I'm forty-four years old, and let me state right off that I took this job for the money and nothing else, so when I say what happened…
20 Ink and Brine
Emily stared at the wrist tattoo while the ink gun hummed on the counter next to her.
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10 to 30 minutesBest matter-of-fact stories of 2026Writers known for it
Tawny Grammar, Keeper of Ember, Phrase of Olive, Delta Corner
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