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ROADKILL BILL • by Jennifer Lai

June 21, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Shotgun in hand, I inch toward the contorted deer. Behind me, breath reeking of whiskey, Pa hisses, “It’s suffering, boy. Put it out of its misery.” I rest my cheek against the stock and aim the barrel at the buck,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories fathers, hunting, Jennifer Lai, revenge, suffering

THE PIANO MAN • by Jen Eve Taylor

June 16, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Friday night I played another piano bar. If you’d told my younger self that all those years of practice would amount to this… Well, I probably would have been ecstatic, to be perfectly honest. But I was young and dumb… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bars, end of a relationship, Jen Eve Taylor, musicians

PAINTING IN PEACE • by Arlan Gerig

June 9, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I sit in front of the blank canvas. There’s only a bright sun in its top right corner. My brush sits full of lemon yellow paint, but a dark tempest dominates my mind. I get gooseflesh as I replay Chuck’s… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Arlan Gerig, art, artists, siblings, sign language, violent crime

HEAVY WEATHER • by Steph Sundermann-Zinger

June 8, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

On the day my mother died I woke to rain, a rhythmic tick-tick-ticking against the windows, the first real downpour we’d had in months. I roused Oliver, crouching beside his tiny bed and tugging at the blankets, the blunt comma… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a parent, grocery stores, missing child, parenting, rain, Steph Sundermann-Zinger

SPECIAL K • by Morris Alexander

June 1, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Fast car to the coast, he said. Standing around in the schoolyard, we imagined a big black car, maybe with running boards, like you see in the movies. The boy didn’t say anything more. He just kept picking up chestnuts… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories colonialism, immigration, Kwame Nkrumah, Morris Alexander, refugees

GEORGE • by SJ Bryars

May 22, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I sit on the bottom stair of the empty house, sold sign standing by the hedge. Every item is rehomed or lying deep inside landfill on the edge of town. I can smell George’s snuff and spicy aftershave before I… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal ghosts, memories, SJ Bryars

ART SCHOOL, 1982 • by Sophia Holme

May 14, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

That Winter, to me, will always be Clare in a bright red cape, puffing on a snowy street. Moving in in January, I dropped a box of my parents’ old crockery down the stairs, and never replaced it. It was… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories artists, housemates, missing persons, Sophia Holme

THE SLEEPWALKER • by Sarah Pascarella

May 13, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

6:37 in solitary could be any time of day. Alone twenty-three hours, I get quick glimpses of the guards. Jenkins: blond, tight ponytail that pulls up her temples, makes her look surprised. Reese: watery eyes, coughs while he waits for… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories prison, Sarah Pascarella

THE STRANGER • by Michael McCourt

May 11, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“The sea can be unruly this time of year. The waves wild and unforgiving. What were you doing out there in the middle of it?” The stranger pushed his potatoes around the plate with his fork before stabbing some and… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Michael McCourt, oceans, strangers

PLAYTIME • by Rachel Allen

May 8, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I swish the curtains open, and the sunlight nearly blinds me. Typical — on the day it matters, it pours with rain, but on the day after it matters, it’s bright and sunny. Just my luck. I shuffle towards the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories motherhood, parenting, Rachel Allen

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