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BLIND WOMAN AT A NUDE BEACH • by Wayne Scheer

November 3, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When Buddy asked me to spend an August afternoon at a nude beach, I laughed. One of the things I love about him is how comfortable he is with my blindness. Most people avoid referring to it, as if I… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories beaches, blindness, dating, nudity, Wayne Scheer

THE PERFECT WAVE • by James Flanagan

October 24, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The sun is stuck. The golden coronal flares tickle the orange clouds that hover over the horizon, but it refuses to climb any higher. The colors stretching across the sky are a painting in soft pastels, and the perfect wave… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories afterlife, beaches, Grim Reaper, James Flanagan

THE BEACH • by Sarah Murray

August 31, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

They did not ask her, they told her. Be ready tomorrow, light clothing; layers, they said. Bel wasn’t sure they even told her where they were going. Bobby came in, looked at her and backed out. “Mum,” she heard him… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, beaches, grandchildren, Sarah Murray

BRITTLE • by Elaine Mead

July 14, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I watched her as much as she pretended not to watch me. My little sister. Wasn’t the youngest the baby? Wasn’t she supposed to be subject to our parents’ worries? Their touches of melancholy? I remember when she would beg… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories beaches, Elaine Mead, family, physical disability, siblings

KISS MY STRETCHMARKS AND CALL ME TIGER • by Hannah Retallick

April 11, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We wander to the end of the beach, away from the sprawling sunbathers, and sit down on my fraying blue and white striped beach blanket. The turquoise and lilac Cornish sea rolls up the pale fluffy sand, flattening and darkening… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories beaches, dating, Hannah Retallick

RAIN GIRL • by Philip Howarth

December 11, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I was driving through the city in a furious, gully-washing storm. It was 2 AM. Someone was waving me down. What the hell? It was a teenage girl, sitting in a wheelchair. Rain was practically dancing off the sidewalk. I… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories beaches, merpeople, Philip Howarth, taxis, wheelchairs

THREE BINTANGS • by J. H. Brauer

May 11, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

There is a round man, and every day he drinks three long-necks of Bintang from the same white sun lounge on the black sands of Echo Beach. I monitor him from a subtle five lounges down the row because the… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories alcohol, beaches, J. H. Brauer

SCHEVENINGEN BEACH • by Maureen Buchanan Jones

October 20, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

She always thought of brown sugar when her feet sank just an inch or so into warm, slightly damp sand. This sand, this beach was no different. He had asked her to go for a walk and her parents had… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories beaches, first date, Maureen Buchanan Jones, teenagers

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MEADOW AND THE BEACH • by Sahith Shetty

September 10, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Of all the people on the meadow, the girl is the only one who is not taking photographs. Because photographs of a meadow are meant for people who don’t actually get to be on a meadow. In photographs, the fog… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories beaches, photography, Sahith Shetty

SHARDS • by Tim Seyfert

July 17, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’m alone at the beach. The sky is grey and the sea is blown-out mush. I walk where the sand is dry and scan for sea glass. I scoop up some shards of brown, a few white and one that’s… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories beaches, one-night stands, Tim Seyfert

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