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DEAD MAN’S DROP • by K.C. Ball

December 20, 2015Every Day Fiction 24 Comments

Eddie Horrigan was a ride jock for a carnival. Angela came by the carousel first night in town. She pulled at the gomer with her. “Let’s ride the merry-go-round, Delbert.” Delbert studied Eddie. “We’ll ride the Ferris Wheel.” “I want… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories addiction, carnival, December Invitational, drug dealers, drugs, K.C. Ball

ALICE’S MONSTERS • by Helen Cattan-Prugl

August 23, 2015Every Day Fiction 30 Comments

When I close my eyes, I can still see her. Before I go to bed, Alice, my cute little sister, dances behind my eyelids. When I throw my head back with a shot of vodka, Alice’s gap-toothed smile cheers me… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories addiction, alcohol, drugs, Helen Cattan-Prugl, heroin, lost child

BROTHERS • by Hunter Stern

September 14, 2010Every Day Fiction 4 Comments

All around Foster are ash trees slipped through by a cold and unexpected wind that has hit Washington and turned the State Department grounds prematurely orange with a litter of ash leaves. The old building looms above the tree line… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories addiction, disasters, hospitals, Hunter Stern, siblings

THE WATERED DOWN VERSION • by Angela Carlton

April 20, 2008Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

In the watered down version of you, you are merely an acquaintance not the love from my youth. In this version, you are smaller with those thin hands that keep slipping through mine. And, yes, you still speak with a… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories addiction, Angela Carlton

LEVEL CAP • by D.A. Heiserman

February 23, 2008Every Day Fiction 13 Comments

Galandar the White was as noble a warrior as the land of Ameroz had ever seen. He was a captain in the noble Knights of the White Lilly, from which he took his name. Every week, he and his valiant… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories addiction, alcohol, D. A. Heiserman, gaming

ROOTLESS • by Peter Tupper

September 4, 2007Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

So you want to know why I want to take root? I came home from Iraq missing three pounds, eight ounces of flesh from my right arm and leg, and unable to sleep more than three hours a night. The… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories addiction, memories, Peter Tupper

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