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THE PROCESS OF BEING FRIENDS • by Charles C Cole

December 8, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

As an adult with grown children, Bernie found he missed his deceased parents more than ever. He could see his father in his reflection: nose, eyes, and lips. Perhaps in response to the wave of sentiment, he occasionally dreamed at… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal Charles C Cole, dreams, family, marriage

OUT OF HOUSE AND HOME • by Ariana Fletcher-Bai

November 13, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We were seven and nine when we first saw it. Alex was playing doctor, I was the patient, and when she shone the flashlight down my throat, she caught a glimpse of its slippery black head. She pried my jaws… Continue Reading →

Horror, Literary, Stories, Surreal Ariana Fletcher-Bai

THE END OF THE EARTH • by Matt Kulke

November 8, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The earth was flat, and you could commit suicide without worrying about being a nuisance. You could jump right off the edge, not so much dead as gone. No one had to fish out your body. Pat’s mother knocked on… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories, Surreal flat earth, Matt Kulke, suicide, writers

PAS DE DEUX • by Adele Evershed

October 25, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

All her life Elle had danced. Her Mum had told her that when she was a toddler she would point her toes, raise her arms over her head and spin until she fell. “You were just like a little sugar… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal Adele Evershed, ballet, cutting, eating disorders, mental health

THE LAMPLIGHTER • by Avra Margariti

October 22, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Fragrant lilac trees flank the lamplighter’s path. A lark’s song punctuates the dusky evening. The lamplighter carries a tall ladder and a lit wick through the flagstone-paved park. He moves from lamp to wrought-iron lamp, and sees to every one… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal Avra Margariti, moon

BOO HOO, YOU BASTARDS • by Jedediah Smith

October 19, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Against the wishes of his family, a man married a ghost. He threw a great reception in a ballroom left pitch black. His new bride twirled and swirled upon the dance floor in her gown of spiderwebs, glowing slightly and… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories, Surreal ghosts, Jedediah Smith, weddings

>>ERROR PRINTER JAM • by Calen MacDonald

October 10, 2020Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

To: jkroger@IT.sandoroelec.comFrom: cdavis@sales.sandoroelec.comSubj: Urgent Printer Issue Dear Jeff, I’ve been trying to print my weekly report all day but every time I try to my computer reads >>ERROR PRINTER JAM. Mr. Boisey has been bugging me to get this report… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories, Surreal Calen MacDonald, office life

AN IMPROMPTU VOLCANO • by Kevin Brennan

October 5, 2020Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

We were alarmed at first, my wife and I, when the small volcano appeared in our backyard. It had sprouted up one night, like a mushroom. It was no taller than a standard Weber grill, I’d say, and about ten… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories, Surreal Kevin Brennan, volcanoes

WHERE MINE WENT • by Kenneth Jakubas

September 23, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My future went missing at a minor league baseball game. Hurricanes vs. Growlers. It was the hottest day of the summer, and the heat bent the field, putting a mirage over everyone’s head. Then a man turned from the bleacher… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal aging, baseball, Kenneth Jakubas

LUCKY DIE • by David A. Gray

August 28, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The muscular barbarian surveyed the circle of bodies around him, and spat in the gore-soaked sand. “Is that the best you can do?” he roared at the distant figure atop the largest of the tombs that dotted the desert in… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal David A. Gray, dice, gaming, luck, soldiers

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