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ZIP • by Will Lloyd

May 1, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The cars quietly drifted up and down the cables all night long. Talking to each other. Mumbling. Thinking. Hullo. Hullo. Good evening, Totem, sang the red gondola. It was a low, drone song. Good evening, Ewe, sang the blue gondola.… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories, Surreal bears, Will Lloyd

ENTER, PURSUED BY A BEAR • by Ray Bradnock

January 22, 2018Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

Antigonus: Look, you’ve been following me for ages now. Isn’t it time to give up? Bear: Chasing. I’ve been chasing — not following — you for ages, and I am not giving up in the slightest. Antigonus: Well, is that… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories bears, Ray Bradnock, The Winter's Tale

THE BEARS OF PARADISE • by M.C. Schmidt

October 20, 2017Every Day Fiction 18 Comments

I’m hanging from the railing of a deck. At a chateau in a state where I don’t live. On a vacation that I was coerced to come on. Pissing and shitting my pants. A man reaches for me. Our wives… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories bears, M.C. Schmidt, near-death experience, vacation

LIFE LESSONS • by Judy Hull

February 18, 2017Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

She spoke sometimes like shaving cream. Her lips opened in an “O,” the words landing in a pungent spiral in his cupped hand, ready to be spread onto his face and then rinsed down the drain. “Why are we going?… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bears, camping, Judy Hull

DRAWING THE RIGHT CONCLUSION • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

January 20, 2016Every Day Fiction 50 Comments

“Mommy’s not gonna leave him, is she?” “No,” I said. Lina frowned, shifting the perfect geometry of her face. Mark wasn’t even our stepfather. One word described what he was. He was acrid. Lina’s sharp. You don’t notice at first; she… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories art, bears, Sarah Crysl Akhtar, siblings, stepfathers

ON NOT NOTICING A BEAR • by Amy Sisson

December 22, 2014Every Day Fiction 31 Comments

Everyone in the village thought it was ridiculous, the way Laurent was pretending not to notice the bear that had become attached to his coattails. To be fair, it was a reasonably subtle bear, as bears go.  It didn’t grunt… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal Amy Sisson, bears

THE SWEET LIFE • by Aidan Doyle

September 8, 2014Every Day Fiction 68 Comments

The extra-large jar of honey in the staff kitchen was Toru’s first hint of the coming of the bears. The next day, three of his co-workers were replaced by bears. The bears didn’t join the morning calisthenics program, nor did… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Aidan Doyle, bears, office life

LYING IN THE LITTLE BEAR’S BED • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

April 11, 2013Every Day Fiction 14 Comments

“…a story, Mommy!” “In a house in the woods, far far away, three bears were living. “The father bear was big and tall with a big booming voice and big hard hands.” “Bears don’t have hands! They have paws!” “But… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bears, child abuse, Sarah Crysl Akhtar

GRISLY • by Gretchen Bassier

March 10, 2011Every Day Fiction 27 Comments

There are no grizzly bears in Michigan. I used to tell myself this when I was out alone, bringing the horses in from the pasture. Sometimes, it helped. When the moon was bright, and the animals quiet, it helped. But… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories bears, fear, Gretchen Bassier, practical jokes
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