The Watcher at Ridgeview Lodge
Irina Graves pulled her rented Subaru into the gravel lot at Ridgeview Lodge just after four in the afternoon, and she sat there for a…
Ski town stories
Ski town stories, from quick reads to long series. Most ski town stories here sit in gay male and erotic couplings. Reads run 13 to 24 minutes. Writers to know: Field of Orchard, The Copper Chronicle and Lodge of Sundown. Readers usually start with “The Watcher at Ridgeview Lodge” and “The Currant Mite Letter”. 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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01 02 The Currant Mite Letter
The cracked bird feeder has been sitting on my porch rail for six months now and I still haven't thrown it away.
03 Cork and Crepeline
The potluck had been going for about two hours when Callie hit her stride.
04 Stale Croissants and Sharp Claws
The croissants collapsed.
05 The Wrong Trail
Nelson Duncan was sixty-four years old and his knee had strong opinions about the Swiss Alps before he even got out of the rental car.
06 The Flood Line
The call came in at four in the afternoon, right when the rain went from steady to stupid.
07 Pressured
The storm hit around three in the afternoon.
08 The Timing Chain
I have been picking zucchini blossoms at the Warburton station for three years now, and in that time exactly two interesting things have…
09 Locked In Lodge Heat
I reminded myself that thirty-three wasn't old, even though my reflection in the dark lodge window said otherwise.
10 The Morning Shift at Silva's
The knock comes at 5:45 in the morning and I know it's him before I open the door.
11 Birthday Lease
The roommate bailed on a Tuesday.
12 The Fair Day Recipe
The fair smells like fried dough and manure, which is about right for Silver Creek.
13 Chairlift Confessions
Okay, so let me set the scene, because you need the scene to understand how a man ends up with his hand in his supervisor's hair on a…
14 The Farmer's Tease
I was hip deep in muck and misery, shoveling the barn, when I heard Lynette's truck.
15 Mountain Change
I was wiping down the control panel of the funicular when my phone buzzed, and I knew before I looked who it was.
16 Last Call at the Rodeo
Heath backed the stock trailer through the chute gate at a quarter past ten and killed the engine for the last time that season.
17 Sanding the Edges
The box sat on my porch for two days before I opened it, because it had my address on it and I wasn't sure whose it was.
18 Featherweight
I turned fifty-one on a Tuesday.
19 Letting Go on the Lift
The suitcase problem started before we even got out of the car.
20 Salt and Cedar
The motel room smelled like salt and cedar, which made no sense, because motels never smell like anything but carpet cleaner and old…
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10 to 30 minutesBest ski town stories of 2026Writers known for it
Field of Orchard, The Copper Chronicle, Lodge of Sundown, Cobalt Ticket
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