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LENNY OAKLEY’S NEW SHIRT • by Noah Lloyd

February 6, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Mikey sits in the backseat of his father’s T-Bird, smoking a joint. His mohawk, the near-white color of lime sorbet, glows orange briefly in the dark. Earlier today Mikey shoved an older boy up against a locker so hard that… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cars, death of a parent, fathers, Noah Lloyd, suicide

ATONEMENT • by Y. Y. Browne

January 23, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The clouds broke just before her car turned on Seppatin Drive. The Association had forbidden artificial light on the outer property, at the gates to the outside world. So, to the boy in the high window, the car seemed like… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories cars, family, Y. Y. Browne

AGNES AND THE BIRD • by Mike Moran

July 2, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

She didn’t see it when the bird flew in her window. One moment she was driving her little coupe down the boulevard and wondering where her daughter might be this time, and the next there was a flutter and a… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories birds, cars, Mike Moran

TOMIKO • by Pat Scaramuzza

May 16, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My car was ugly. Angular, pitted gray, it could barely fly. If it weren’t for Tomiko, I’d feel ashamed picking up my boyfriend Chuanli. He climbed in the passenger seat and kissed my ear as my car’s hologram of Tomiko… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories cars, holograms, LGBTQ, Pat Scaramuzza, police

ALGORITHMS OF LIFE AND DEATH • by Adam Walker

May 10, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

The first thing they taught me was the Trolley Problem. The hypothetical car under my control is heading towards five people; I can change the direction but that will hit one person, what should I do? My neural network played… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Adam Walker, artificial intelligence, cars, self-driving cars

FAMILIAR OBJECTS • by Julie McNeely-Kirwan

August 8, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He spoke as soon as she reached the kitchen. “You go through the boxes on the table. Kimmie left those for you to get rid of.” “Okay, Papa.” The clean-out had begun. Her mother’s things were being sorted and awarded… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cars, family, fathers, Julie McNeely-Kirwan, siblings

ICE • by Dave Alcock

December 7, 2017Every Day Fiction 8 Comments

“So have you met anyone yet?” For a moment Pete looked uneasy. “No,” he said. “But I don’t really want to. I’m happy as I am. Emma and I still go on holiday together. I still get to see the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cars, Dave Alcock, divorce, winter

IF IT AIN’T ONE THING, IT’S ANOTHER • by Carl Perrin

August 29, 2017Every Day Fiction 5 Comments

We were in a real bind. Grandma was having one of them spells, and there was no way we could get her to the hospital in the city. The hurricane had knocked out the electricity and the phone line. We… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Carl Perrin, cars, obsolescence, technology

SHY SMILE • by Sharon J Wishnow

July 4, 2017Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

“Gita, come look. He’s the one!” Gita stared at the computer and the image her aunt was tapping at on the screen. Ajeet Dhawan was twenty-nine. A strong nose her aunt remarked. Gita nodded taking in his soft brown eyes… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories America, arranged marriage, cars, immigration, Sharon J. Wishnow, weddings

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

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