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BAT CHAT • by Ruby Zehnder

August 17, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

A thought rippled through the formless mass. When it reached Zamba’s being, it tickled. She tried to block it from entering her psyche, but it was too strong. “Hello, my name is Becky. Will you be my friend?” Zamba had… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, bats, Ruby Zehnder

DEAD MAN’S CLOTHES • by Dick Noble

August 16, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

If I hadn’t lost my job, I wouldn’t be wearing a dead man’s clothes. If I hadn’t punched my supervisor, I’d still be a wage slave. With my new circumstances, all my duds come from a second-hand store. But with… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Dick Noble, imagination, thrift store, unemployment

HOPELESSLY DEVOTED • by T.R. Frazier

August 15, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Emory ran the numbers and frowned: 20.1K Instagram followers, a 3.98 GPA, and zero boyfriends. How had she gone through four years of chemistry classes and emerged with only a handful of disastrous first dates? Picking up her glitter-encrusted phone,… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories dating, loneliness, social media, T.R. Frazier, unrequited love

THE RAT • by Zac Hestand

August 10, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Wayne Reynolds sits on the floor of his apartment. He is in front of his coffee table, rubbing the smallest of dust particles from the surface. He knocks over a stack of student essays on the floor. Wayne Reynolds is… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories academia, rats, Zac Hestand

TOOTHBRUSHES & COWBELLS • by Teja BenAmor

August 9, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He plucked his toothbrush from its perch, fixating for a moment on the black ceramic holder adhered to the tile wall just above the bathroom sink.  He counted the holes: one, two, three — the recurring ache crept into his… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Inspirational, Romance, Stories being single, dating, falling in love, Teja BenAmor

THE TIPPER’S CURSE • by Victor Bondar

August 8, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The mushrooms are poisonous, but locals eat them, says the Gastronome Guide to Ireland.  I’m not a foodie. I plucked this guide from a free magazine stand at the Ballybunion bus station, and now I’m curious.  “Have you tried inkcap… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories alcohol, hotels, mushrooms, paramedics, tourists, Victor Bondar

TWO NEIGHBOURS • by Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos

August 5, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Mary is woken by her two little boys. They are already fighting in their bedroom. She can hear objects crashing, bodies tumbling, chaos coming. *** When Julia wakes up, she takes the sheets and the thin summer blankets to shake… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories beaches, Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos, mothers, parenting, summer

AT MY SHOULDER • by Ron Capshaw

August 4, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Writer’s block. I never thought I would have it again. But days passed, and I would type out a sentence and edit it down to two words. It’s the pulps, I told myself. A penny a word — by now,… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Historical, Science Fiction, Stories Ron Capshaw, typewriters, writers

DARK ANGELS • by Jim Doran

August 3, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Autumn is a terminal season. It signals the end of many things — vacation, summer, longer days. In my case, autumn also brings about the termination of my employment. Today is my last day at what the locals call “the… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories autumn, bats, death of a child, ghosts, Jim Doran, summer jobs

WHAT DIFFERENCE WOULD IT MAKE? • by L. Mahayla Smith

August 2, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It was the end of the day in the dermatologist’s office. Only I and another masked patient remained in the socially-distant minor procedure waiting room. When the receptionist summoned a woman to complete paperwork, she called a name that even… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories cancer, L. Mahayla Smith, love, medical procedures, waiting

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