Slow Stories

Photographer's Fantasy
Jon and Lou get together again, this time for dinner. Why is Jon reluctant to press his advantage?

This is a dirty, gritty western. There is violence throughout the story. If you like character development in a story, you'll like this one. You'll meet each of them up close and personal, though you may not like the characters after you meet them. There is some sex in the story but the story is about the characters not about the sex. This story contains Voodoo - Blood and Gore. Be ready for it!

Melanie, struggling single mother to Amy, 4, is lonely and financially desperate. Unexpectedly, a prosperous but secretive admirer makes contact, but only in ways that conceal his identity. Because, he says, he has crippling shyness. His missteps almost end the relationship before it can begin. Just when a breakthrough seems possible, he disappears! — Possibly my best story here on SOL. Romantic, not very explicit. Hope you like it! (Revised 2/17/23)

The story of one of my best friends girlfriends and how we later became best friends

A story of teenagers who start a Do-It-Yourself-Project and encounter many difficulties but then get some help from a very unexpected source

A story in the Mage and Magic Universe
Tom Palance's life was in the gutter. He'd walked out on his bitch of a wife. At work, he got scammed and the boss had fired him. While staying at his brother's house and borrowing his sister-in-law's car, he'd dented the roof. Now staying at a hotel, he looked at the total "suck" that his life had become, and then, something changed. For the better? Time would tell. COMPLETELY GRAMMAR CHECKED.

When Gary Trowbridge invited Roderick Mason to have sex with Gary's wife Rachel to put more variety into their marriage, Rod could not believe it. Rachel was a fox, devastatingly beautiful. However, Rod had principles about married women, and knew Gary was making a huge mistake. Sure enough he was, and it led to more and more (mistakes that is)!

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, North Korea tries to capture the hearts of the world with its cheerleading squad, the Army of Beauties. But a great darkness lies beneath the surface for the women selected for this elite group. What happens when one brave young woman reaches her breaking point? How far will she go to achieve her freedom?

Simon and his Turian girlfriend tackle the hurdles of taking their interspecies relationship to a physical level. (Mass Effect fanfiction)

A story set in and around Hanging Out
Dana is the troubled middle kid of a triplet. Can someone who’s as out-there queer as Jamie be what they need to survive? A teen romance that is neither hetero-, homo-, nor bisexual. [Tagged “Caution” for an uncodable central pairing.]