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Playful and teasing stories
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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Playful and teasing stories, ranked by readers
61 62 The Layover Proposal
The board did that thing where it flickered, and then our flight number just wasn't there anymore.
63 The Shepherdess and the Swimmer
Move-out day at a tech conference is what I imagine a hurricane feels like if the hurricane had lanyards.
64 The Last Hymn
The letter had taken me four days to write and three envelopes to get right, which was ridiculous considering I had spent forty years…
65 Crop Dusting Confessions
Floyd rolled his truck through the rusted gate of the Bar None Ranch at eight in the morning, gravel popping under the tires, and there…
66 Making Her Watch
*This one came from wanting to write something playful and hot without any angsty betrayal, just a wife reminding everyone she's the one.
67 The Barn Reunion Game
I turned twenty-nine in March, which meant I was old enough to know better than to agree to fake-date someone I barely knew, and young…
68 South Plane Blooms
I closed the shop at six like I always did, which meant I swept the stems off the floor, flipped the sign, and stood in the doorway for a…
69 The Roughing Curve
Otis Nichols was twenty-nine years old and he had driven five hours to stand in front of a smoking hut in the middle of nowhere, Ontario.
70 Tonight I'm Someone Else
*I wanted to write a story about a long marriage and the kind of play that keeps people alive to each other.
71 Warmth Between the Ice
Trina Bannister had been in Wolverton, Manitoba for three weeks, and she still couldn't get used to the smell of the curling club.
72 Leave Request
The thing about Towner during leave season is that it empties out in a way that feels personal.
73 The Eighth Switchback
Rain on the tent fly sounds like somebody dumping gravel on a drum.
74 The Baker's Typewriter
I kicked the tire.
75 The Weekend That Changed Everything
I have been a flight attendant for eleven years, and in all that time I have never once missed a flight, called in sick, or traded a shift…
76 Tides of Terminus
The shuttle ramp hissed down and the gravity hit me wrong before my boots even touched the deck.
77 The Sewing Machine Bet
I'm twenty-three years old and I've got a good life, thank you very much.
78 Cinnamon and Salt
Sophie was wiping down the counter when she saw the smoke.
79 Letters from the Crossing
The ferry terminal at Harrows Neck smelled like diesel and old coffee, and Sam Delilah had been sitting in the same molded plastic chair…
80 The Caterer's Call
I'm fifty-eight years old and I never thought I'd be catering a movie set, that's for sure.
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