Peony Season
I have been a court docket clerk in Třešť for thirty-eight years, and if you had told me at twenty-five that I would spend four decades…
Raw and blunt stories, from quick reads to long series. Most raw and blunt stories here sit in anal and fetish. Reads run 14 to 23 minutes. Writers to know: The Clover Voyage, Vermilion Works and Laurel Stanza. Readers usually start with “Peony Season” and “Taste of the Bitter Herb”. 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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I have been a court docket clerk in Třešť for thirty-eight years, and if you had told me at twenty-five that I would spend four decades…
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The Clover Voyage, Vermilion Works, Laurel Stanza, Garnet Sonnet
Raw and blunt stories, from quick reads to long series.
Some stories are free to read in full, with no account. The rest open with a free preview; members read everything.
Most raw and blunt stories take 14 to 23 minutes, and the average is 19. Sort by shortest to start small, or follow a series to get each part as it lands.