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BLUE HYDRANGEA • by Katherine Sankey

January 17, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Alice had no idea he had taken the photo, at least not at the time. She would see it later though, after it was developed, and they were both married to different people. He must have taken the snap as… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories art, Katherine Sankey, memories, photographs, unrequited love

PAINTING IN PEACE • by Arlan Gerig

June 9, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I sit in front of the blank canvas. There’s only a bright sun in its top right corner. My brush sits full of lemon yellow paint, but a dark tempest dominates my mind. I get gooseflesh as I replay Chuck’s… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Arlan Gerig, art, artists, siblings, sign language, violent crime

RADIUM • by Julia Collins

March 30, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Her husband knew about the closet stacked with art supplies. The paints, pencils, pastels, dozens of brushes of varying quality. Chalk, charcoal, and graphite. After Emma turned three, she dedicated a corner to craft supplies, glitter, stickers, markers and crayons.… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories art, death of a child, Julia Collins

A FEATHER’S EYE • by Kim Bundy

January 4, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The people in charge seat me under some bright lights and put my painting on an easel. I meet Sebastian, an art expert, and my heart starts knocking. I’m thrilled to be chosen, to have something so special. That is,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories art, intolerance, Kim Bundy, LGBTQIA+, parenting

THE WOLF AT THE DOOR • by Mary Sloat

May 4, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The painting in the living room gave me a funny feeling. It followed me around the room like those pictures with eyes that never look away. Only this painting had no eyes. It was a swirl of reds and pinks… Continue Reading →

Horror, Mystery / Suspense, Stories art, baking, Mary Sloat, wolves

AUSTRALIA • by Richard Sensenbrenner

July 7, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My spaceship lands in Australia and I come out with a big gun, to shoot lions. Mommy won’t let me have a gun. Mommy asked me where I wanted to go on vacation. I said somewhere where there’s no relatives.… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories art, parenting, Richard Sensenbrenner, school

THE MONA LISA OF COSTCO • by Jill Bronfman

July 6, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The Louvre is not Costco but sometimes it is. Entering quickly through the Rue Rivoli Richelieu side entrance using my museum pass instead of buying a ticket was a source of infinite joy that would last me for days. Before… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories, Surreal art, Jill Bronfman, museums, The Louvre, The Mona Lisa

PAINTING • by Michael Chapey

August 5, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He painted her a picture. He showed it to her one Tuesday, after she got off work. He had been working on it for a while and finally decided it was finished. He knew he was done with the painting,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories art, artists, birthdays, Michael Chapey, office life

EYES • by Scott Sinclair

May 16, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The first stab was dead center between the eyes. The scissors were plunged all the way to the pivot joint then dragged downward slowly, deliberately so. Incision after incision followed. He held the handle so tightly his hand began to… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories art, Scott Sinclair, theft

THE LOOP THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN • by Helen French

April 27, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Deep in the concrete bowels of the Tate Modern, I grow large and choose my form. I become strips of aluminium, curved into arches, then glued together, banded into long cylinders. When I am ready and no one is looking,… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal art, art galleries, Helen French

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