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SEVERED • by Patricia Ljutic

January 14, 2026Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It’s not rational for a man to hate his legs, but Marc does. He miscalculated the length of the gap and the height of the hill, but every day, he accuses us of betraying him. Marc tries to flex our… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories accidents, end of a relationship, paraplegia, Patricia Ljutic, self-harm

I HARDLY KNEW DARYL • by Brendon Arnold

January 26, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I was thirteen when Daryl Harrison fell off our grain bin. Zach brought me along once to go visit him in the hospital. I remember clenching onto the plastic railing of the footboard of his bed. It all happened on… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories accidents, Brendon Arnold, death, farm life, siblings

4:19 • by Kathleen Rose

May 13, 2014Every Day Fiction 8 Comments

It’s been four hours and nineteen minutes since I plugged my alarm clock back in. I had already been running late and the cable man had been early for once and since life isn’t porn, I couldn’t just strip —… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories accidents, death, homelessness, hospitals, Kathleen Rose
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