Comet Light Over Us
My name is Jared, I'm sixty-two years old, and last August I did something completely out of character.
Warm and nostalgic stories
Warm and nostalgic stories, from quick reads to long series. Most warm and nostalgic stories here sit in exhibitionist & voyeur and romance. Reads run 14 to 24 minutes. Writers to know: Midnight Stage, Pearl Gallery and Juniper Room. Readers usually start with “Comet Light Over Us” and “The Missing Groom's Map”. 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 Missing Groom's Map
Pauline had been driving the dirt road for twenty minutes before she saw the lake, and when it finally appeared through the trees, silver…
03 The Sauna Letters
My name is Sally Farrell, I'm forty-four years old, and I have been dating Ken Carlisle for six years now.
04 The Locksmith's Van
I'm twenty-eight years old and I coach women's basketball at a small college outside of Charleston, which means I spend about four months…
05 The Frequency Board Incident
You know those days where one small thing goes wrong and then everything else piles on top of it?
06 Moss Light Signals
The whole thing started over a hatpin holder, which is not a sentence I ever expected to say out loud, and yet here I am, thirty-four…
07 The Night Swim
Robbie had rented the cabin off some listing site without ever seeing it in person, which was the kind of gamble he usually lost, but when…
08 Second Chance on Felt
Camila racked the balls one more time even though the table was done for the night.
09 The Midnight Pharmacy Run
The sign above the porch still said KÖT instead of KÖTT, missing one T, because nobody had ever fixed the missing T, and Jada had been…
10 Frozen Rails and Warm Coffee
The crossing signal had been stuck on red for forty minutes and counting.
11 A Heavy Find
I didn't plan on going into Marty's Taxidermy & Rare Books.
12 Brewer in Heels
My name is Alex Rosenberg, I'm twenty-four years old, and until a month ago I thought I had a decent sense of rhythm.
13 The Regulars' Show
Thirty-four years, folks.
14 The Rope Swing
*This one came from thinking about how good it feels to be the one who knows what she wants and gets to teach someone gentle.
15 The Off-Season Incident
My name's Debbie Weaver.
16 The Clocktower Bet
The key stuck in the door of the Weaver's Rest, and Nellie Lowenstein gave it the same shoulder-jiggle she gave the clinic's supply…
17 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.
18 The Flood Line
The call came in at four in the afternoon, right when the rain went from steady to stupid.
19 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…
20 Slow Hands, Quiet Trust
*This story came from wondering what it looks like when two people who've known each other for years find something new in the middle of…
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