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SUPPLY AND DEMAND • Jon Clendaniel

November 4, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The famous Rikk’s Interstellar Pawn was bustling with activity when Glophous 5 glided through the front doors. Patrons from all over the quadrant milled around, inspecting the shop’s wares. Opulent jewelry sat alongside various trinkets, antiques, and other odds and… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories aliens, jon clendaniel, pawn shops

BAT CHAT • by Ruby Zehnder

August 17, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

A thought rippled through the formless mass. When it reached Zamba’s being, it tickled. She tried to block it from entering her psyche, but it was too strong. “Hello, my name is Becky. Will you be my friend?” Zamba had… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, bats, Ruby Zehnder

A BLOCK OF ICE AND A ROLL OF THE DICE • by Jen Schneider

June 27, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The radio coughed and sputtered. Perhaps, muttered. So many rhyming sounds in the language. The vehicle, perhaps an automobility, exhaled too. I prayed it wouldn’t expire. I needed it for two more hours. Without tunes my creative juices evaporate. It’s… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories aliens, competition, Jen Schneider, language

AFTER THE CHROMATIC EYE • by Mathew L Reyes

December 18, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We held our breaths as we stood in the field. A moment of agonizing silence, and then: The explosion ripped through slate skies. The Marh’uil megalith shuddered. Above, its master engine, the Chromatic Eye, teetered. The grey and grim world… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, freedom, Mathew L Reyes, war

ALARMISTS • by Barton Paul Levenson

October 4, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The aliens came down and wanted to help. They gave away free technotricks to big firms like Westworld Petroleum, Royal Dutch Smell, and Coke Oil. The economy boomed and everybody was happy. The aliens just wanted one thing in return… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories aliens, Barton Paul Levenson, end of the world, scientists, social media

ANATOMY 101 • by Thomas Canfield

August 16, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“I say, how very odd. I don’t recollect that ever happening before.” Bassford’s wife, Carla, opened one eye. She pulled the blanket tighter around her, still half-asleep. “Don’t recollect what happening?” she asked. “Look here!” Bassford lifted his pajama top.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories, Surreal aliens, marriage, Thomas Canfield

UP A TREE • by Timothy C Goodwin

May 10, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Chester couldn’t help being a Peeping Tom. This impulse would come over him and swoosh: up into a tree he went. He had never been caught, so he never had to answer for seeing Sara Beth’s bare shoulders, or Parker… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories aliens, Timothy C Goodwin, voyeurism

THROWING SHADE • by Robert Pipkin

April 22, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Leave me alone, freak. I’m not breaking any laws.” The man in the formidable-looking space suit was manipulating a disc of flexible black material the size of Rhode Island. “Technically, no. Maybe littering. What exactly do you think you’re doing… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, moon, Robert Pipkin, space, superheroes, villains

RETURN • by Rachel Lulich

January 20, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Sure. I seen a UFO. Just t’other day.” Markus’ face lit up. He raised his clipboard and poised his pen over a fresh UFOSR-214 form to record the old woman’s testimony. “What time was it?” “Oh, right about ten o’clock.… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, Rachel Lulich

INVASIVES • by Moriah Geer-Hardwick

December 2, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Is that a Wyndham flower?” Milton stared with some concern at the strange, semi-translucent stalk, ghastly pale and no bigger around than his thumb. It clung precariously to the handle of an old shovel resting in the corner of the… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, gardening, Moriah Geer-Hardwick, plants, siblings

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