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THE GIFT • by Deena Lee Davis

January 8, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Pat Carlisle knew for a long time that her sister Rose Marie was a clairvoyant fake, a marketing genius, and a master of manipulation. The Psychic Rose found quick success by utilizing a classy website with a chat button. For… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal cancer, Deena Lee Davis, psychics, siblings

HAMMER TIME • by Jan Allen

January 2, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

For three years I’ve been thinking about divorcing my husband. Google tells me there are trillions of nerves in my body, and Barry has gotten under every last one. The scary thing is I’ve never lived alone, not once in… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories bad food, cancer, doctors, flirting, Jan Allen, marriage

WHAT DIFFERENCE WOULD IT MAKE? • by L. Mahayla Smith

August 2, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It was the end of the day in the dermatologist’s office. Only I and another masked patient remained in the socially-distant minor procedure waiting room. When the receptionist summoned a woman to complete paperwork, she called a name that even… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories cancer, L. Mahayla Smith, love, medical procedures, waiting

EXCISIONS • by Sumitra Singam

February 13, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Why didn’t you tell me?” Nathan asks. He sounds hurt. My foot traces figures of eight in the water. We are sitting on the jetty leading out to the lake. It’s still warm. There’s a pair of spotted ducks gliding… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, infidelity, Sumitra Singam

WHEN WILL IT END? • by James Hannan

January 19, 2022Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

As I walk the boundary of my property after dusk, I don’t trust my eyes. I’m trying to make sense of various shapes around me. Shadows lurking behind trees are like people hiding from me. Bushes, jutting out from the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Australia, cancer, death of a spouse, empty nest, James Hannan

GLUTEN GIRL • by Nicholas A. White

February 26, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

For years Teresa ate pasta twice a week, on Tuesdays and Sundays, and it had become, she believed, a necessary part of life. She found refuge in a warm bowl of bucatini or farfalle, even after the most hectic days… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, food, motherhood, Nicholas A. White, parenting, superheroes

FIRST RAIN • by Sree Sen Bhasin

July 15, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We hadn’t spoken since we returned from the hospital. Ma and I lay side by side on our backs on a narrow bed in the guest room of my sister’s house. There was no place to even hold hands in… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, mothers, Sree Sen Bhasin

HAVENLESS • by Emily Marcason-Tolmie

April 29, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My younger brother Ben and I sit shoulder to shoulder on the worn leather couch in our family room. “I promise you both Dad is going to fight this,” my mother quietly says. Her eyes meet mine, and I see… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, death of a parent, Emily Marcason-Tolmie

A-OKAY • by Josh Hilton

November 19, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I waited for her outside the coffee shop. You know that one on Broadway and 5th? It has that crooked sign with the flickering lights that usually spell “Coff Shop”. She always got a kick out of that. She said… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, Josh Hilton

JIMMY’S HAIKU • by Jakob Westpfahl

November 17, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

On our first day back from Summer Break, my best friend Jimmy fell out of his chair clutching his knee, screaming. I laughed, believing this to be an out-of-place practical joke I was usually in on. Jimmy kept saying his… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, high school, Jakob Westpfahl, memories, poetry, teachers

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