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A VERY SATISFIED MAN • by Bern Sy Moss

April 20, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

At this moment, I am a very satisfied man. Beth is lying next to me, snoring softly. I am going to make this work, I can make this work, I tell myself. A divorce is out of the question now… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Bern Sy Moss, infidelity, lawyers, suicide

SHELLED IN • by Bythe Poudre

March 13, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Johnathan Hallister put the hermit crab in a Tupperware container and pulled up pet stores. They were a seasonal stocked item, and the four stores were all sold out, and all four employees told him a different expectation of dates,… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Bythe Poudre, crabs

DATING IN THE DARK • by Kathryn Moores

January 22, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sitting in his kitchen, the home he had managed to cling onto, staring at an envelope, and wondering how accurately he could guess what the letter said without opening it, Dan settled on something close to “I’m not going to… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories dating, disappearances, friendship, Kathryn Moores, police

WRISTWATCH • by Charis Negley

December 29, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Henry wished he had remembered to put on his wristwatch that morning. It was hell sitting in the hospital waiting room with no semblance of how much time had passed. A broken clock hung on the wall, ticking, though the… Continue Reading →

Horror, Mystery / Suspense, Stories, Surreal afterlife, Charis Negley, hospitals, waiting

CHESS: THE NEXT MOVE • by Brian S. Lee

December 23, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My opponent had been sitting at the board for a good half hour, and still hadn’t moved. I shifted uneasily in my chair. There were only two or three moves from which he could sensibly choose, so what was he… Continue Reading →

Literary, Mystery / Suspense, Stories, Surreal Brian S. Lee, chess, competition, Grim Reaper

THE BEAST OF BODMIN MOOR • by Paul A. Freeman

November 10, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

‘Bodmin Beast Body Count Reaches Fifty’. Charley had scrawled the potential headline in her notebook. It was a sensational headline, an alliterative headline, and fifty was a solid, attention-grabbing number. It was, in fact, the kind of headline that could… Continue Reading →

Horror, Mystery / Suspense, Stories cryptids, journalism, Paul A. Freeman

BILLY AND JOEY TOLD YA • by Marco Etheridge

November 7, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Joey’s brave, I’m smart, and we’re leapfrogging pumpkins at midnight. Worse, a monster with a pitchfork is chasing us. We saw the bodies. He can’t let us get away.  Hurdling a pumpkin patch, you need a good flashlight. My piece… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Mystery / Suspense, Stories children, Marco Etheridge, neighbours, serial killers

A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME • by David Lowis

August 21, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Camila was used to men trying to impress her on first dates so she wasn’t surprised when Ryan suggested they go to the most expensive Italian restaurant in town. They agreed to meet outside Graccina’s at 7 p.m. Even from… Continue Reading →

Horror, Mystery / Suspense, Stories David Lowis, first date, restaurants

AIRWAVES • by Alexander Prestia

July 20, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The switch is flipped. Gears begin grinding. 5:00Rami wakes up an hour earlier than his alarm. The sun is peeking through the 40th story window. There’s a pounding outside; a construction crew is furiously drilling through the pavement. TutTutTut TutTutTut… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Science Fiction, Stories Alexander Prestia, experimental technology, office life

BITTERROOT • by V.J. Hamilton

July 12, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

How I long for those smoky-blue mountains of Montana. Born and raised in the west, I have an almost visceral hunger for wide open places and the endless sky. I can think I’ve adjusted to the city, this agglomeration of… Continue Reading →

Literary, Mystery / Suspense, Stories Montana, trains, V.J. Hamilton

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