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MOONSHINE • by H.K. Slade

July 21, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Amile sat across the room from him, sipping a glass of clear moonshine. He watched her, watched the warm glow rise in her cheeks, so much like a blush. She sighed contentedly and opened her eyes. She looked at his… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories alcohol, alcoholism, H.K. Slade

THINK • by Tricia Snell

December 1, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Just this? Just gathering up your things and moving out? Is it really as simple as 1) longitude and latitude and 2) your possessions, your stuff, your paraphernalia, your crap, your endless boxes of things? And what kind of generosity… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories alcoholism, Tricia Snell

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

COMPRESSIONS • by Alexandria Mansfield

April 8, 2017Every Day Fiction 5 Comments

78 days ago. That morning, I had burned my tongue on my coffee which already had too much cream in it. I remember this because the pain was something that I could focus on. Something besides his leaving. Usually, when… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories alcoholism, Alexandria Mansfield, death, domestic violence, siblings

TIME WITH BILLY • by Rachel Printy

March 29, 2017Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

“Checkmate!” Harold said as he knocked his opponent’s bishop out of the way. “Dang it, not again,” Roger muttered. “What do ya say, one more shot at redeeming myself?” Harold glanced at his watch. “I guess I’ve got one more… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories alcoholism, family, Rachel Printy

THE UNWINNABLE FIGHT • by Brian Toups

April 3, 2015Every Day Fiction 31 Comments

It’s the house I was raised in, and nothing has changed. The grass around the flowerbed is cut short and neatly edged like me. My father’s ’67 Camaro is in the driveway, plum-crazy-purple, recently waxed. He leaves the cover off… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories alcoholism, Brian Toups, domestic violence, family, on leave, veterans

A DRY CHRISTMAS • by Katherine Lopez

December 24, 2013Every Day Fiction 9 Comments

“Thanks for taking the job, Jake.  Holidays and all.  And more rain coming.”  Handing him the keys to the empty house in the rear, before walking off.  “Gonna be another wet Christmas.” Wet Christmases.  He knew all about those.  If… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories alcoholism, Christmas, domestic violence, Katherine Lopez

THE LAST TIME THE PIPES WERE DRUNK • by Joyce Chong

January 27, 2013Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

The sink had been drinking again, Momma told me. She threw the empty bottle into the garbage and it clinked  against the other bottles. That was always when Pa got mad, storming around the house, yelling and smashing things. Black… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories alcoholism, Joyce Chong, leaving a marriage

IN MEMORY OF DOUGIE • by K.C. Ball

March 16, 2012Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

His parents named him David, but his friends on the streets of Key West called him Dougie. He was fifty-five years old but if you didn’t know that you might guess his age at seventy. He was a familiar sight… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories alcoholism, homelessness, K.C. Ball, prison

THE LION TAMER’S SOCK • by Amy Sisson

July 31, 2008Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

One bright morning Charles the lion tamer woke up inside the lion’s cage, which, all things considered, was not terribly unusual for him after a night of drinking with his fellow circus folk. But what was unusual, Charles noticed through… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal alcoholism, Amy Sisson, circus
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