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CHANGING TIMES • by Gustavo Bondoni

March 17, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

In a dark hollow in an ancient wood, the sound of a little girl’s disconsolate wails echoed. The softer tones of a consoling adult led her away, down a bright path to the safety of a parked car and, later,… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Gustavo Bondoni

THE SENTIENT SWORD • by Hagan Maurer

February 17, 2020Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

They call me The Sentient Sword, but I prefer Bill. I was forged in the Fires of Timmy the Shimmy Smith. They call him that because his swords are always a little wobbly. I am no exception. However, I’m proud… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories

REYNARD AND THE WATER NYMPH • by Joe Zabel

February 9, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Reynard limped along the leafy path, his wounded hind leg folded up. This was a part of the forest he traveled rarely, but from the splashing up ahead he knew his destination was near. Pressing through a flowery thicket, he… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories

THE ELIXIR OF OBLIVION • by J.A. Psoras

February 2, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

At first glance, there was darkness. Impermeable silence. Motionlessness. For the spectators, only a feeling existed… a pulsation within and without: rapt submergence. Then loud chaos clanged and tinged, settling into a single bang of a gong. Alas, illumination. Clouds… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories

THE RALLY • by Michael Pacholski

January 18, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Lil ‘Pea’ Adrian swung and missed. Piggy The Catcher snorted in derision. Pea ignored him and spit a seed in the wind, but to Pig it was a shot across the bow. Pig loved baseball, but hated messes, especially small… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Michael Pacholski

SHIFTER • by Jamie Hittman

December 15, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

After sex, instead of cuddles, Amy asked for the cat. Lulu protested that they just did this yesterday, but Amy was insistent. So Lulu went to the bathroom, crouched down on the rug, and changed. The thing about shapeshifting was… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories cats, Jamie Hittman, LGBTQ, love, shapeshifters

A TIME-DRENCHED CONSERVATIONIST • by Mike McArthur

December 11, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The forest gave a sigh of relief — Paul Bunyan lay sleeping his final rest, his last tree felled. The funeral was almost as large as the legend himself and took place over several days. The will was read and… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Father Time, Grim Reaper, Mike McArthur, Paul Bunyan, Yggdrasil

KRAMPUS: THE INTERVIEW • by Stacy Murison

December 5, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The taxi driver pulls up to a crumbling brick apartment building in Brooklyn Heights and I think to myself that surely a being as menacing as Krampus must have a greater reward than a fourth-floor walk-up without a river view.… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories journalism, Krampus, Stacy Murison, urban fantasy

THE BATTLE OF KO’S GRILLE • by Keith Downey

December 3, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Despite their differences, the two wizards had always agreed that the mushroom soup at Ko’s was a superior dish amid a wasteland of mediocre suburban cuisine. It contained seven distinct species of exotic fungi in a clear, fragrant broth speckled… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories food, Keith Downey, restaurants, wizards

HUNTING FOR A GIFT • by S. Cameron David

November 29, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Finn passed between the rusted doors to enter into a most peculiar kind of pet shop. In one corner of the room sat a collection of lizards, not doing much more than lazing about on the rocks. They weren’t much… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories faeries, gifts, pet stores, S. Cameron David

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