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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE HUNTER • by Joel C. Scoberg

October 25, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Malcolm ‘Stakeman’ Gribble didn’t look like a vampire hunter. He looks like someone who lives in their mother’s basement, thought Aneira, as she watched him eat through the roadside diner’s misted window. He had long, greasy brown hair, milk bottle… Continue Reading →

Horror, Humour / Satire, Stories food, Joel C. Scoberg, restaurants, vampire hunters, vampires

PINK UMBRELLA • by Tim Boiteau

October 22, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Rain thrashes against the window of Kay’s office. Her phone vibrates, clattering on the polished wood of the desk. Text from Brett. “Survive the rain?” The corner of her mouth twitches. She looks out towards the window, trying to remember… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories, Surreal car accidents, guilt, office life, rain, Tim Boiteau

TOXIC JUNGLE • by Emily Grandy

October 1, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We march forward, just the three of us, winding through the endless maze of the toxic jungle. My brother’s boots squelch in the sucking mud, pools of dark liquid earth cast with a purple, oily sheen. Unnatural, and yet completely… Continue Reading →

Horror, Science Fiction, Stories dystopia, Emily Grandy, jungle, siblings

IF WE CAN JUST GET TO THE CABIN BEFORE… • by Jonathan Worlde

September 13, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It was approaching midnight as Marsha, an ER nurse, piloted the Toyota sedan along the winding country road. Today’s rain had left the air misty, with steam rising from the warm road. The temperature was falling. Marsha just wanted to… Continue Reading →

Horror, Humour / Satire, Stories dating, ghosts, Jonathan Worlde, movies

THE FINAL HOUR OF KATHERINE WYLAM • by Ian Turner

July 30, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It was the teardrop, as it hit the page, that brought her around. It blotted the paper, expanding over the words: “Get out.”  “Get out?” she asked herself. Her voice felt dull — muted, and a little drowned. She was… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Ian Turner, time loop

THE REFERRAL • by Rachel Stainer

July 27, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Jay had seen some wild shit working for Dulles Pest Control. But he hadn’t been expecting a light-distorting anomaly that reportedly absorbed a housecat. “I heard you were good at handling the weirder stuff,” the client — Mr. Michaelson, Jay’s… Continue Reading →

Horror, Mystery / Suspense, Science Fiction, Stories pest control, Rachel Stainer

DEADNAME • by Tim Boiteau

July 10, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Mike Westover is dead, but his name still has power. Michelle shuts her apartment door, locks it, and takes a deep breath in the quiet of the dark kitchen. She slips out of her heels and secures them in their… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories, Surreal deadnaming, LGBTQ, Tim Boiteau, transgender

EGUNC • by Mary K. Curran

July 5, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Good evening, sir,” said the pale man in black coat at my front door. “Hello. You are…?” “Call me Mackey, sir.” “Ah, Mr. Mackey, you’re a day early,” I said, clutching my robe against the chill. “But come in, come… Continue Reading →

Horror, Humour / Satire, Stories marriage, Mary K. Curran, missing persons, online selling, vampires

PERIWINKLE • by Krystal Wolf

June 22, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Ten years ago, everyone thought A.I. Richtree was just an eccentric tech trillionaire with a hidden identity. These days, everybody is aware that A.I. Richtree is a rogue supercomputer that is somehow responsible for “creating” around 2 billion people.  The… Continue Reading →

Horror, Science Fiction, Stories artificial intelligence, bureaucracy, Krystal Wolf

IN MY OPINION, I’M NOT LONELY • by Artie Kuyper

June 19, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I never knew the neighbors. I couldn’t see their faces, hear their voices, or say their names. But they were there. The lights in the windows would turn on every morning and turn off every night. They looked like the… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories, Surreal Artie Kuyper, neighbours

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