The Translator's Appetite
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Tender and slow stories
Tender and slow stories, from quick reads to long series. Most tender and slow stories here sit in bdsm and romance. Reads run 14 to 24 minutes. Writers to know: The Steel Highway, Groove of Twilight and Indigo Spiral. Readers usually start with “The Honey Pot at Dawn” and “The Cork Market Letters”. 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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Tender and slow stories, ranked by readers
81 82 The Chastity String
Gideon here.
83 The Gallery Gift
I still don't know why I said yes to meeting at her gallery instead of a restaurant as anyone else would.
84 Raffle Ticket
Let me explain what a customs broker does, because when I tell people at parties they nod and then their eyes slide off to the snack table.
85 The Hackathon Sub
Petra here.
86 The Fulling Wall
Roxie Ward was forty-three years old and had spent most of that year cutting confetti for other people's celebrations, which felt like a…
87 The Green Within
My name is Virginia, I'm twenty-three, and I drive a long-haul truck for a living.
88 Last Lap
I was thirty-four years old and it had been five years since anyone had stayed for breakfast.
89 The Shift
I lasted forty minutes at Greta's friend's housewarming before I found the balcony.
90 Featherweight
I turned fifty-one on a Tuesday.
91 Thaw Point
You'd think a guy who does pretend for a living could handle a little cold.
92 The Kayak Shed
We had been traveling for eleven hours by the time the taxi dropped us at the hotel, and the rain was coming down sideways the way it only…
93 Final Service
The carry-on weighed maybe eleven pounds, but Deb stood there in the middle of the international terminal feeling like she was hauling a…
94 The Wig Maker's Weekend
The ad said house-sitter wanted, one weekend, references required.
95 The Last Pose
Max was fifty-four years old and he gave massages for a living.
96 The Birthday Weather
The chime went off again.
97 Second First Dance
The party had been going for four hours and I had already talked about the weather with eleven people.
98 The Carpenter's Wife
Trev Price was twenty-four years old, and he had built things with his hands since he was old enough to hold a hammer without dropping it…
99 The Roaster and the Mechanic
The coil was being stubborn.
100 Welder's Italian Idyll
My name is Nick.
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10 to 30 minutesBest tender and slow stories of 2026Writers known for it
The Steel Highway, Groove of Twilight, Indigo Spiral, Moss Harbor
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Most tender and slow stories take 14 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.