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A SMALL WORLD • by Morris Alexander

January 23, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It was a cold morning in the old grey city. End of March, with dirty snowbanks on the streets and the sun hiding out somewhere behind the clouds. The three of us took a large black taxi to the hotel… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Morris Alexander, Paul Robeson, Russia

AS THE WORLD GOES BY • by Gustavo Bondoni

November 23, 2020Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Jiménez watched the kids recede into the distance. It was the last house on that particular street, and a long, wooded section remained before the main road. He loved these two little rascals: after he finished tossing the contents of… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories COVID-19, Gustavo Bondoni, lockdown, waste collectors

A WORLD WITHOUT FACES • by Jeff Gard

August 5, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Behind me, hundreds of papers rustle like the wall is trying to shed its skin. Rain and snow have reduced the pigments on the pages to a neutral gray blob of featureless faces. The names are no more than bleeding… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories family, Jeff Gard, shadow entities

MOST LIKELY TO SAVE THE WORLD • by Margaret LaFleur

September 1, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It was like waking those first nights they brought him home, when she listened for the sound of him breathing in the bassinet. The silence panicked her. Then the relief, the breath that allowed her to stop imagining a tiny… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Margaret LaFleur, parenting

FIRST WORLD SOLUTIONS • by Benjamin A. Friedman

September 18, 2015Every Day Fiction 26 Comments

Lydia chose Thailand because that’s where her four closest friends from Barnard told her she simply must.  “The jungle! The spices! The color! The culture!” Their time in Bangkok and its surrounding villages was all they could even talk about after… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories art, Benjamin A. Friedman, elephants, Thailand, tourists

BIG TO SMALL • by L.A. Fields

November 20, 2013 10 Comments

Jacob glances sidelong at his son as the little boy comes out into the garage. “Mommy says I should come help you,” he says. The kid’s only six, he’s no help to anyone, and in fact he probably broke this… Continue Reading →

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HOW THE WORLD ENDED • by Stephen Ornes

October 28, 2013 15 Comments

Once there was a witch who lived in a small house on a wide prairie and executed her natural apportionment of mischief far from home. After a long day of hellfire and curses, she appreciated the enduring peace of the… Continue Reading →

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FROM THE DUST OF THE END OF THE WORLD • by Heather Morris

February 9, 2013 12 Comments

When the child died, we burned the village to the ground and scattered. Some of us went west, to search for truth in the lands of the setting sun. Some went east, to find the great ocean or the grassy… Continue Reading →

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HAROLD SMALLS’ BIG ADVENTURE • by Dean Giles

July 17, 2011Every Day Fiction 29 Comments

It’s nearly teatime, thought Harold Smalls. Mrs. Smalls always prepared a lovely meal on Saturdays and Harold felt optimistic. “A stew, perhaps,” he mused. He rubbed his belly and began to pack his garden tools away into the allotment shed.… Continue Reading →

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THE GRAY WORLD • by Brian Dolton

June 1, 2008Every Day Fiction 26 Comments

“The world is gray.” As epitaphs went, it was the briefest Yi Qin had read. Her fingers brushed over the rough, beautiful calligraphy of the scroll. The letters had been drawn in blood. She could feel the echo of Liu… Continue Reading →

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