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COMPLICATED • by Rebecca Worick

December 24, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Itzhak poured another finger of bourbon for the tragic man sitting in front of him. The people who came into his bar on Christmas Eve were almost always tragic. Drunks who’d alienated their families, old men with nobody left, or… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories bars, Christmas Eve, Hanukkah, loneliness, Rebecca Worick

UNEXPECTED SNEAKERS • by Loren Davidson

December 1, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I was walking through downtown San Jose, passing the Convention Center, when I saw a man wearing a business suit, long overcoat, and bright red Converse sneakers. The suit looked like it fit him well, a bit rumpled in places,… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories, Surreal bars, Loren Davidson

THINK OF A NUMBER • by David Klotzkin

September 5, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“I read minds,” I told the man across from me at the speed-dating table. He cocked his head skeptically. “I do. Literally. Think of a number.” He did and I read him. “Three-point-one-four-one-five-nine,” I said immediately. That was pi, an… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories bars, dating, David Klotzkin, precognition, speed dating, telepathy

THE STORY YOU TELL STRANGERS • by Mandy Nadyne Clark

September 1, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The room is dimly lit. The woman who just impressed you by gulping her Budweiser in one of those craft-brew bars is now asking if you have children. Before this, she’d liked the way you won the game of pool… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, bars, beer, flirting, infidelity, Mandy Nadyne Clark

AT THE GANDER • by David Clayton

June 22, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I walk in. They hand me a name badge. Immediately I ask myself why am I attending my fiftieth college reunion? The few who aren’t dead look like they should be. I’m gone. No boring stories, bad food and cheap… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories, Surreal 1960s, bars, David Clayton, memories, time travel

THE PIANO MAN • by Jen Eve Taylor

June 16, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Friday night I played another piano bar. If you’d told my younger self that all those years of practice would amount to this… Well, I probably would have been ecstatic, to be perfectly honest. But I was young and dumb… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bars, end of a relationship, Jen Eve Taylor, musicians

BODY ART • by Ruby Zehnder

March 2, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Wow, that’s gorgeous. Where’d you get it?” Mariel asked Reno. “That new place on Main Street.” Mariel admired the tattoo and touched it lightly with her fingertips. His skin was cool to the touch, and the tri-color tat popped against… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories alcohol, bars, Holocaust survivors, Ruby Zehnder, tattoos

TWENTY-FIVE CENT DRAFT • by T.L. Tomljanovic

February 14, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Foamy beer sloshed from a dozen tiny plastic cups onto Alanna’s lap. “Shhhit!” She leapt off the barstool, glaring at the redhead who had spilled the tray of drinks. The cold liquid now resembled a kindergarten accident on her jeans.… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories bars, LGBTQ, T.L. Tomljanovic

DO THEY DANCE CLOSE IN PARIS? • by Mick Bennett

January 1, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Steeled for another Friday night gig behind the club’s horseshoe bar, Carol fashions fruit garnishes as DJ Danny and his tattoos play the usual songs. Between lemon twists and orange peels, familiar faces order a beer, a punch board, or… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bars, dreams, food servers, Mick Bennett

AFTER EVERY STORY HAS BEEN TOLD • by Thomas R. Long

August 27, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“I’m giving up writing,” the man declared as he slid his empty mug towards the bartender. “Sure, giving up writing.  Maybe do something that will let you pay your bar tab instead,” the stout man behind the counter quipped. “Very… Continue Reading →

Historical, Humour / Satire, Stories bars, Don Quixote, Thomas R. Long

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