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SHADOWS AND LIGHT • by Meg Pacelli

October 7, 2020Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

I park in her driveway, walk up her walk, and turn her key in its lock. It feels wrong, and the door sticks, as if it agrees. As if even it knows I’m far too late.  I’ve driven through two… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories addiction, Meg Pacelli, siblings

TWO TOP • by Mary Kay Holmes

August 8, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I sat, staring at the empty pleather bench on the other side of the table, washing my huevos rancheros down with crafty beer and glancing at the clock on my iPhone. It had been fifteen minutes since he went outside… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories addiction, food servers, Mary Kay Holmes, relationship problems, restaurants

KICK • by Will Lloyd

April 5, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Lank summited Esk Fell. He stood for a moment on the top to look around. But he could barely see anything. All was black smoke. There were blinking lights, like LEDs, of the conurbation below. He breathed. In. Out. His… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories addiction, pollution, running, Will Lloyd

AN EDUCATION • by Rush Eby

May 31, 2019Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

Momma homeschooled. I’d kneel in the back seat of our Buick on a carpet of fast food wrappers counting the contents of the trunk. This was Momma’s version of education, having me remind her what we had in our stolen… Continue Reading →

Literary, Mystery / Suspense, Stories addiction, mothers, Rush Eby

A FINAL GIFT • by Kevin Tasker

January 4, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Will steered the dresser across the lawn to the curb where his BMW was waiting. He opened the back door and sighed. Despite its decade-old rust, the Beamer was still a car designed to carry laughing women, not pieces of… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories addiction, Kevin Tasker, mothers, theft

BOARDWALKERS • by Desiree Wilkins

December 6, 2017Every Day Fiction 9 Comments

Mae now understood that the putrid smell wasn’t the low tide but was in fact her companion, Don, and that maybe she smelled just as bad. She couldn’t, after all, escape it. “Hey, shouldn’t we rent a room and take… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories addiction, Desiree Wilkins, homelessness, prison

AMBER, HONEY, DARK AND GOLD • by Suchana Seth

September 22, 2017Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

She liked it rough — she liked it with a rasp edging the honey in her voice. She liked to pretend that it made her songs profound, filled them with the angst so missing from her own life. But Mock… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories addiction, alcoholism, musicians, Suchana Seth

A WEB OF VICE • by Brandon Fife

May 17, 2017Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

Everyone is tied down to something, Nicole thought as she regarded the demon from across the greasy, downtown cafe. It was a small demon as demons go, hardly noticeable really as its needle sharp teeth sank into the crimson tendril… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories addiction, Brandon Fife, child abuse, greed

FERRIS WHEELS FROM THE TERRACE • by Tom Hoisington

January 17, 2017Every Day Fiction 24 Comments

When my daughter jumped onto my bed at 6:15 AM, she woke me from a dream that included drinking rum. My mother had also been there. Both were weird: Even in my drinking days rum was always a last resort,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories addiction, coffee, parenting, Tom Hoisington

THE FAIRY RING • by Jeff Switt

December 15, 2016Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

The room is dark, nearly black. There ‘s no electricity. The sound of sex from the next room overrides the breathy silence of bodies passed out around me. I try to keep warm, snuggling with my friend, Alicia. We share… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories, Surreal addiction, angels, death, drugs, heroin, Jeff Switt

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