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THE GAMBLE • by Paul Allih

October 11, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When Martin walked into The Thirsty Mermaid, the bar was damn near empty. The bartender, a young, chiseled Hispanic man, gave him a nod while two old drunkards at opposite ends of the bar stared into the bottom of their… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories bars, debt, Paul Allih

A PEEK BEHIND THE (RED) CURTAIN • by Jennifer Brophy

June 15, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“So… is it true what they say about redheads?” I noticed him when he first walked into the bar. I don’t mean that in a “he walked through the door and my heart skipped a beat” kind of way. He… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories bars, Jennifer Brophy

MAYBE NEXT TIME • by Dmitri Christopher

December 22, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Let me guess, education conference?” He has that late Clooney salt and pepper scruff, that skips leg day sort of build. The hotel bar is nearly empty, but he’s still here, cruising. Lucky me. “The glasses gave it away? Who… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories bars, Christmas Eve, Dmitri Christopher, fathers, memory erasure

DIRTY POOL ANGEL ON BROKEN BELLS ROAD • by John Weagly

December 20, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

The sign outside the bar read “Cheap Drinks! Free Pool! Live Music Combo!,” but the combo on stage consisted of one guy in a Santa hat with a Casio keyboard. He was singing John Denver’s “Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bars, John Weagly, playing pool (billiards)

RAINBO • by Brian Moll

November 15, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

One drink, another. Stack the spent $2 Hamms into a nice pyramid. The sun hasn’t even set yet. The drinks tonight are on the State of Illinois. See this leather jacket? Bet you’d never guess it belonged to Paul Newman.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories alcohol, bars, Brian Moll

BAR ASSOCIATION • by Leigh Lewis

October 14, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I arrived at the hotel bar just as things were picking up, slid onto a barstool and swiveled to peek up at the big guy next to me. Well, I tried to, anyway, but looking up through my new mink… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories bars, Leigh Lewis

THE LUCK OF THE FIDDLER • by Irene Montaner

September 29, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I had never seen anyone play the fiddle like her. To be fair, though, I hadn’t seen those many fiddlers playing on stage. I am not the most musical person. Jan was, and he reckoned that she wasn’t that good.… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories, Surreal bars, Irene Montaner, musicians, St. Patrick's Day

LORD IT SOUNDED SWELL • by Fred Cheney

August 29, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Always wanted to live on the coast, so I come down here in — well, a long time ago — and opened this little bar. And let me tell you, I seen a lot of crazy things in them thirty… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories bars, Fred Cheney, musicians

BERNIE’S • by Leon Kortenkamp

August 19, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Through my early years on West Taylor Avenue, I remember spending many lazy afternoons resting my elbows on the windowsill of my upstairs bedroom window and watching the comings and goings at Bernie’s Bar across the street, naming the pigeons… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bars, growing up, Leon Kortenkamp

CHEETO DUST • by Paula Morton

August 7, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Bucky is late again. This ticks me off, since I have to cover for him. Yes, I’m the best waitress this dive has ever seen, but a bartender I’m not. What did you expect? I ask myself. After living with… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal bars, junk food, Paula Morton

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