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GROWNUP • by Elizabeth Lyvers

March 20, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“He’s coming tonight to see you. Can you believe it?” My best friend’s green eyes bore into mine, her face so close I can see every freckle on her nose, smell the cotton candy on her breath. The delight she… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories crushes, death of a parent, Elizabeth Lyvers, fairs, food servers, friendship, siblings

A DINER AT NIGHT • by Savannah Pearson

March 1, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Six firemen slouch in oily booths, still sooty, roaring behind egg sandwiches. Fists bang, eggs burst and drizzle, and helmets spin around like tortoise shells. They wheeze, laughing, because new guy burned his tongue. “It’s third degree,” he moans, as… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal food servers, restaurants, Savannah Pearson, suicide

THE NUMBERS GAME • by L.V. Brooks

February 16, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I was never good with numbers. In my world, if two trains left the station at the same time going different speeds, the only thing I cared about was whether or not they were on the same track. If they… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories education, L.V. Brooks, pregnancy tests, teenagers, unwanted pregnancy, waiting

THE ORCHARD THAT ROOTED US • by Annette L. Brown

February 15, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“The old orchard was good to us. Nearly 30 years,” my husband sighs. “But the replanted version will be more efficient.” He shoots me a sideways glance, his invitation to ask. “Do tell.” I smile as I angle my eyes… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories Annette L. Brown, family, farm life, marriage, orchards

THE RED PARK BENCH • BY J. L. Barnes

January 25, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

No matter how many years pile on, I’ll always remember that little girl perched, super-still, on that pristine, red park bench. I must’ve been around her age, seven or eight — maybe, young enough to wonder how a person could… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories candy, children, J. L. Barnes, parks

WHERE MULBERRIES FALL • by Odile Mori

January 18, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

In summer, the soles of Eva’s feet were permanently stained crimson from playing barefoot under the huge mulberry tree that to her ten-year-old eyes seemed to take up a full half of her backyard. Every day she ran outside, squashing… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories fathers, food, marriage, mothers, Odile Mori, pies

BLUE HYDRANGEA • by Katherine Sankey

January 17, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Alice had no idea he had taken the photo, at least not at the time. She would see it later though, after it was developed, and they were both married to different people. He must have taken the snap as… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories art, Katherine Sankey, memories, photographs, unrequited love

WRETCHLINGS • by Paul Miller

January 15, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I wake to find the wretchlings waiting for me. It’s always the same. Their red-eyed shadowy forms hover all around. They sap my energy until getting out of bed seems a monumental task. Then, once I do, the wretchlings whisper… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories dating, depression, mental health, Paul Miller

NO COMPROMISE • by Mel Fawcett

January 14, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

They hadn’t even ordered any food yet and Kate was already wishing she had stayed at home. Her date, older than his photograph, was lecturing her on a film that she “ought to see”. Is this what she had bought… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories dating, first date, Mel Fawcett, restaurants

OCTOBER MONSOON • by Gayani Jayathilake

January 13, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The moon that night seemed a well pressed papadam, fried with only the purest coconut oil. Against the night skies glistened thousands of dotted lights. Hema, stood shadowing the light of a flickering candle. For it was one of those… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories disasters, flooding, Gayani Jayathilake

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