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THE MAN BY THE RIVER • by Quinn Baker

February 24, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I used to wash dishes at an upscale restaurant. The type of place where the help was supposed to stay hidden from the customers in case our existence would offend them. The restaurant resided next to a river that was… Continue Reading →

Horror, Mystery / Suspense, Stories food servers, homelessness, Quinn Baker, restaurants

AMONG THE LEAVINGS • by William R. Stoddart

February 23, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Morning — it’s coffee and medication before thieving time from the new day. Albert shakes pills in his left hand like dice and looks out of the kitchen window to a yellow carpet of ginkgo leaves rimed with the first… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a spouse, poetry, William R. Stoddart

THE GREAT METEOR HOAX • by Derek Spohn

February 22, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Doctor Linda Torres had convinced the public that a meteor large enough to dwarf the one that had killed the dinosaurs was headed towards Earth. Yes, it was a lie of apocalyptic proportions, but it was a necessary one. Humanity… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Derek Spohn, journalism, scientists, space

HOME • by Tanner Cremeans

February 20, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

April 30th, 1972 I came home. It wasn’t the warm welcome that I had expected. What I expected was the abundance of romance and cheering that my father had told me about after he returned home from Germany at the… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Tanner Cremeans, veterans, Vietnam War, war

TERRITORY • by Debora C. Martin

February 19, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Daisy is an orange blob like me, like everyone we know, like everyone in our territory. We don’t know anyone who isn’t an orange blob, but we’ve heard that green blobs have entered other parts of the territory. I am… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Debora C. Martin

SELFIES • by Gary Fincke

February 18, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The substitute teacher only tells us Miss Rawley is having a difficult time, but we already know why. Fifth grade is a room full of rumors, and we are sure this one is true. We’ve watched the video news clip… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cameras, car accidents, Gary Fincke, teachers

ROSA • by A. J. Bermudez

February 17, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My mother-in-law is a riot. Our first time in New York together, she goes to see the landlord about the rapidly fading battery in the automated door lock and comes back with a date. She makes and consumes coffee late… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories A. J. Bermudez, family, in-laws

THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY • by Jeff Gard

February 16, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The Source crawls through code, examining and discarding ones and zeros until it finds the rogue defrag program nibbling away at bandwidth. A hidden cache of photos exists on an obsolete server that should have been destroyed during the last… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories artificial intelligence, computer programming, Jeff Gard

GRANDPA’S PRAYER • by Richard M. O’Donnell, Sr.

February 15, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Join hands for prayers,” said Grandma Mercy. Little Thomas cringed. He hated saying prayers before meals, especially in public. Worse, the server had put the steaming pepperoni pizza with extra cheese right under his nose. How could anyone pray with… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories churches, grandparents, pizza, Richard M. O'Donnell

UNREQUITED ZOMBIE LOVE • by Michael McCourt

February 14, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It’s not easy being in love when you’re undead. I mean, this definitely isn’t the afterlife I would have chosen for myself. If I had the choice, I’d still be living and breathing and sitting in AP Calc next to… Continue Reading →

Horror, Humour / Satire, Stories crushes, high school, Michael McCourt, unrequited love, zombies

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