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TWO STRIKES • Frank C. Modica

March 18, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We had chosen our baseball teams in the alley behind our houses like always and started to walk down the block to the special lot, the one we still called our prairie; the only open space left in our neighborhood… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories baseball, Frank C. Modica, opening day

MY IRISH GRANDPA • J.S. O’Keefe

March 17, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Every time my grandpa, my mother’s father, visited us he always brought a crate of fruits or vegetables, whatever he just harvested. I remember I was in second grade when he came by with the crate and asked how I… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories family, J.S. O'Keefe, St. Patrick's Day

GETAWAY CAR • Rebecca Tiger

March 13, 2025Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

40th reunion. 40. How did she get so old so fast? She was popular and had plans. A “most likely to…” type. Succeed. Be on TV. Own a beach house in La Jolla. She did none of that and didn’t… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories high school reunions, Rebecca Tiger

SAVING DAYLIGHT • Vincent Casaregola

March 9, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

First day of a new spring still dawns gray and drear, dampness lingering in the chill morning air, and this will persist, forecasters say, for several more. But then the sun, at last comes sun, yellow gold morning and evening,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal Daylight Savings, spring, Vincent Casaregola

HARVEST • Petra Meindl-Andrews

March 4, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The lithe woman in a flowery muslin dress attacks her Olympia typewriter on her timeworn desk. Near an open window, a Fendt tractor rattles. The engine’s tack tack tack travels into the county office on a hot breeze. Dark eyes… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, farming, Petra Meindl-Andrews, seasons

ROAD TRIP MEETS ELECTRIC SHOPPING CART • Joe Grantham

March 3, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He pulled into the Chevron station in Orlando, looked left and noticed Clint Eastwood pumping gas into his Ford F-150 while Marilyn Monroe, perched in the passenger seat, applied lipstick via the rearview mirror. Moments later Elston pushed a shopping… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Joe Grantham, retirement, road trips

HOW TO UNCLOG A SINK • by Billie Pritchett

February 14, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

You’ve just brushed your teeth and stand before a basin of cloudy water. The cause of blockage is head hair. Your spouse washes her hair in the sink. You can fix this. Don’t get in a tizzy. You won’t be… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories academia, Billie Pritchett, co-workers, married life, teachers

SOUNDS AT NIGHT • by Lavina Blossom

January 30, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

She has been hearing a faint ticking above her. Not regular, only after long pauses. She turns on the lamp beside her, gets out of bed, stands beneath the ceiling fan from which she’s sure the sound originates. It’s not… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a spouse, insects, Lavina Blossom, night

QUIET EVENING • by Jeffery Allen Tobin

January 29, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Jim sat at the kitchen table, turning his coffee mug around and around. The clock on the wall ticked louder than usual. Outside, rain tapped softly against the window. He looked up when he heard the front door open. “You’re… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Jeffery Allen Tobin, relationship problems

A GOOD YEAR FOR FLOWERS • by Jan Strnad

January 28, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It was a good year for flowers. My parents’ flower farm was small petunias compared to the big players in the game, but it provided a decent living for them and me and my brothers. We didn’t have the massive… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, farm life, flowers, Jan Strnad, pandemic

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