Slow Stories

A Mannsborough Chronicle
Now that she's no longer Mrs. Ivan Vandevoort, Svetlana has to decide what she wants to do with the rest of her life. Not wanting to be idle or useless, she decides to drop out of the life she had and drop in to college. She soon discovers that college life is something she was not entirely prepared for.

A Married Life Story
Two members of "The Greatest Generation" start out in life together.

A slow-burn romance set in the fictional remote mountain town of Willow Creek, Colorado. A reclusive newcomer and a guarded local woman clash, circle, and slowly soften. As a small community pulls them closer, two wounded souls discover that belonging—and love—can be quietly built, one brave step at a time.

Freedom is heavy. Not the absence of walls. Not broken chains. Not an open road. It is the moment you stop running. The moment you surrender to something stronger than your fear. She was sure of herself, yet starving for freedom. He became her mirror showing her the parts she was ignoring. The collar is no cage. It is an anchor. The weight that finally stops her from drifting into the cold, meaningless void of not belonging.

His daughter wasn't his, but he still loved her. His wife didn't deny her cheating, so he decided to take the easy way out.

Married 34-year-old Sarah hasn’t been touched in eight months. Her late-night personal training with hot young trainer Mike starts innocent — just “form corrections” that leave her soaked and guilty. Slow-burn tension builds through sweat, mirrors, and lingering touches until the empty gym doors lock.

High school senior Bobby Draper returns for his final year, continuing his wild summer of passionate affairs with older women — neighbors, teachers, friends' mothers, and more — in a suburban world of secret seductions and endless desire.

What's stealing all of Andy's sunflower seed? Squirrels? Mice? Rats? Nope! Imagine his surprise when he discovers a pair of terrified homeless girls living in his tool shed. - - - Starts slowly, no sex in chapter 1. This is a rewrite / repost. Original version by Authorwench and Limnophile about 5 years ago.

Moving made things different, but not necessarily better. He would not let his cheating wife take his sons.