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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

FULL ORGAN • by Walter Lawn

January 7, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

With Susan it was different. Susan and Tom lived one house away from each other, and had been born only a week apart, so they had splashed in wading pools, stroked wooly bear caterpillars, picked up toads and climbed trees… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories churches, first love, music, musicians, teenagers, Walter Lawn

STARTING ANEW UNDER THE STARLIGHT • by Bhavin Siritanaratkul

January 3, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My wife Sophia swatted my hand away from her waist, her lips in a tight thin line, her brow furrowed. “We can stop pretending, now that the ship is underway,” she said. I knew she didn’t mean to hurt my… Continue Reading →

Romance, Science Fiction, Stories Bhavin Siritanaratkul, marriage of convenience, scientists, space colonization

LATE-NIGHT SCROLLING • Christy Hartman

November 7, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Ben’s yellow emoji sticks out among the red hearts and love eyes—a sore-loser’s thumb. We were a Molotov cocktail. Forever holding matches to already scorched skin, craving the relief of explosion. Intoxicated by the ride. His fuse fizzled out two… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories christy hartman, infidelity, old flame

MESSAGE BY SEA • by Marty Brogan

September 28, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The magnified moon, which had chased a reluctant, still radiant sun over its horizon only hours earlier, blanketed the tranquil sea. And with Autumn picking up the scent, their summer was about to set. “I’m not sure this is as… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories Marty Brogan, message in a bottle

FOUR STATES • by Simon Paul Jenkins

April 16, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I. In Edinburgh the bagpipes are for tourists. I’m sorry but it’s true. I don’t mean to be a snob. But in Stirling they’re more genuine. They roll over the floodplains and you never see who’s playing them. You can… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories England, Ireland, LGBTQIA+, memories, Scotland, Simon Paul Jenkins, Wales

IN THE MARGINS • by Alex McNicoll

March 20, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

During the day, Paul gave his opinions on things. Pencils, backpacks, decorative yard rocks, things like that. No one read his opinions except for the people who commissioned the people that he worked for. His desk was on the 12th… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories Alex McNicoll, office life

KELLY DREADS THE SNOW • by Ed Kratz

March 17, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Kelly met Frank on a snowy night in January because Megan kept her late at Patrick’s bar. “Megan, it’s snowing. We need to go.” “Just one more,” Megan pouted like a kid, her lips full and red. By the time… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories Ed Kratz, friendship, infidelity, memories

THE KISS OF DEATH • by Erin Appenzeller

March 3, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I didn’t plan on wanting to be kissed. It was simple. Twenty-four contestants wear MAK brand Belladonna’s Bliss, a bright red number that was perfectly safe on application, but lethal on the transfer. The contestants go on dates and complete… Continue Reading →

Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Stories entertainment industry, Erin Appenzeller, game shows, poisoning

WE’LL FIND IT • by Sarah Meade

January 20, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Tara was just returning to work after lunch. She’d eaten a turkey sandwich, drunk her lemon iced tea, and walked six laps around the park before watching the ducks for the final five minutes of her one-hour break. The same… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories books, libraries, meet cute, Sarah Meade

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