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SAFEFIELD • by North Cady

August 26, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“How could this be happening?” “As I said, it’s a field, not a shield.” “But in the advertisements it looks like a shell of light around the guy’s house.” “Yes, I’m aware of the commercials, Mr. Alderson.” “The tree just… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories call centers, car accidents, North Cady, office life, self-driving cars

THE CURVE • by Patricia Ljutic

August 25, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My younger sister, Julie, sits on my bed cross-legged, watching me pack. Even though it’s only April my ten-year-old sister wears beige shorts, a pink T-shirt over a one-piece bathing suit. The purple pansies on the bathing suit can be… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories car accidents, foster care, ghosts, Patricia Ljutic

KEEP GOING • by David Cleden

May 19, 2017Every Day Fiction 13 Comments

“Now or never, Cal,” Howser says, hand on hips. The boy’s only got six months on Cal, but has grown lanky like a sapling and those extra few inches give him authority. Cal stops chewing his lip. It’s important to… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories car accidents, cars, David Cleden, technology

ONE MINUTE • by Cara Albert

April 20, 2017Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

The first knife my dad throws at me lands within a couple inches of my right ear. It comes as quite a shock. Not the ‘my dad’s trying to kill me’ part. That’s what he paid fifty dollars to do… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories car accidents, Cara Albert, death of a parent, fathers

THREE DRINKS AND AN EXPLANATION • by Jay Lee Ellis

March 31, 2017Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

Russell Briggs drove long haul, only one time he ever told me about it though. Drove a big rig three years, until he come down a pass in West Virginia thank god no other cars on the road and out… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bars, car accidents, horses, Jay Lee Ellis, police, truckers

HIGHWAY • by J.F. Connolly

January 31, 2017Every Day Fiction 5 Comments

Bob woke up early. In the shower, he rehearsed his ten o’clock presentation, a one-page map in his mind, a landscape he would negotiate for an hour and a half — Haines’ Iceberg Theory, the way he had been planning… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories car accidents, commuting, hospitals, J.F. Connolly, poetry, road rage

DECEMBER AT NINETEEN • by Daryn Orr

December 8, 2016Every Day Fiction 22 Comments

We’re nineteen and you can’t sing your favorite song right. He says “she” and, for some reason, you keep singing “me” and laughing about it afterwards. We’re nineteen and you’re laughing out the window of my Jeep at your own… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories car accidents, Daryn Orr, death, lost love, winter

FINGERPRINTS • by Jason M. Harley

August 30, 2016Every Day Fiction 38 Comments

It was sudden. And that’s what had made it so hard. One moment they were driving down a cozy, country highway and enjoying the quiet companionship that only comes with years. And the next, the car was in the ditch… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories car accidents, death, funeral rites, ghosts, Jason M. Harley, LGBTQ

STELLA’S CHILI • by Walt Giersbach

May 5, 2015Every Day Fiction 24 Comments

Food is more than nourishment. You can survive on boiled spelt and fried dandelion greens, but that’s like driving the freeway in a wheelchair. Chili, Stella told me, is one of those dishes that come on like a runaway truck… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories car accidents, Cinco de Mayo, Walt Giersbach

LIKE BRACES FOR BROKEN TEETH • by Emily C. Skaftun

November 20, 2012Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

Beyond the mangled guardrail, the ground dropped steeply away, a mile down to the valley floor. Dan stepped toward it, heart pounding. When he was a child, Dan’s father told him guardrails were braces for roads. They kept all the… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories car accidents, Emily C. Skaftun, suicide

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