The Filter Game
Kimberly got the call at four in the afternoon on a Tuesday, standing in the back of the bar she worked at with a crate of limes on the…
Playful and teasing stories, from quick reads to long series. Most playful and teasing stories here sit in sci-fi & fantasy and first time. Reads run 15 to 24 minutes. Writers to know: Cedar Refrain, Opal Fiction and Jasper Narrative. Readers usually start with “Linen Closet Tryst” and “The Rivet and the Rivet”. 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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Kimberly got the call at four in the afternoon on a Tuesday, standing in the back of the bar she worked at with a crate of limes on the…
I was breaking down a case of beets when my date from Tuesday texted me again.
The year I turned forty-four I decided to be sensible, and I want to tell you how that went.
I stepped off the porch of the eco-lodge and my boot went straight into mud up to the ankle.
The bookstore was closing for good that Friday, and I had talked myself into stopping by mostly because I didn't know what else to do with…
The croissants collapsed.
I finished the night shoot at four in the morning and decided I had earned something stupid.
The first note showed up under the seahorse dome in the exhibit hall, which was already strange, because the seahorse dome sits inside a…
The laundromat smelled like old dryer sheets and dust, and Marion stood in front of the change machine for the third time, patting her…
So here's how my Monday went.
I still think about that night on Little Gull Island, how the whole thing started with a flask and a dare and nobody planning anything.
Jenny sat on the floor of her apartment, surrounded by boxes she had not finished packing.
I am forty-four years old, and I have been single for three years, which if you do the math means the last time anybody touched me on…
The Church Street Barbershop had no business being open at ten on a Tuesday night.
Evangeline woke up to an arm across her ribs and a ceiling she didn't recognize.
I got to the Oakhaven market at seven in the morning, which was early enough that the dew was still on the canvas tents and half the…
My name is Nana, I'm forty-two years old, and until last night the most reckless thing I'd done in nineteen years of marriage was switch…
Adelaide had a system, and the system worked.
I drove out to Thornwood on a Tuesday in October, wearing the good blazer I keep for weddings and interviews.
My name is Darrell, I'm fifty-two years old, and on the night this happened I had been running my own shop for exactly six months, which…
Playful and teasing stories, from quick reads to long series.
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Most playful and teasing stories take 15 to 24 minutes, and the average is 19. Sort by shortest to start small, or follow a series to get each part as it lands.