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NO SIN ON A SUNDAY • by Pauline Yates

November 12, 2017Every Day Fiction 10 Comments

The crack of the baseball bat against Jason’s knees incites power I’ve never felt, but I should have smashed his jaw. He drops to the floor, profanity spewing from his mouth. My grip tightens on the bat. I know what… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories child abuse, domestic violence, Pauline Yates, revenge

A WEB OF VICE • by Brandon Fife

May 17, 2017Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

Everyone is tied down to something, Nicole thought as she regarded the demon from across the greasy, downtown cafe. It was a small demon as demons go, hardly noticeable really as its needle sharp teeth sank into the crimson tendril… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories addiction, Brandon Fife, child abuse, greed

NOTED • by Steffany Willey

July 30, 2015Every Day Fiction 9 Comments

Asha was my spur-of-the-moment walking buddy. She lived five houses away, and if one of us suddenly needed a break from our mom lives we’d give the other a call. Winter and summer we’d plod the two-mile loop, often grumbling… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories child abuse, Steffany Willey

THE REFRIGERATOR • by Jeff Switt

March 27, 2015Every Day Fiction 35 Comments

She sits naked on the floor of her hospital room, knees drawn to her chin, rocking back and forth. Her hospital gown, shredded. Fingertips, red and bleeding from stuffing bits of cloth into imaginary holes in the walls. The door… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories child abuse, Jeff Switt

HOPSCOTCH • by Jeff Switt

January 21, 2015Every Day Fiction 68 Comments

I sneak down the stairs and hope she’s passed out in her chair. She awakens in a coughing fit and glares at me. “Get me a beer, girl.” My name is Jenni. She hates me. Calls me “girl.” Whips me… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories child abuse, Jeff Switt

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

SHOOTS AND LADDERS • by Dart Humeston

March 20, 2012Every Day Fiction 21 Comments

The light snow did not faze the sniper, who easily picked off the man who had just left the coffee shop a few hundred yards down the street. He saw the head snap back and the body fall over an… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories child abuse, Dart Humeston, snipers

RBIS • by Charles Kirby

May 15, 2011Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

I’ve been afraid of certain things — loud noises, the dark, the boogey man — but you learn that those things don’t touch you, hurt you, or hate you. That everything that scares you about them is what you don’t… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Charles Kirby, child abuse, domestic violence

OUR FATHER • by Deborah Winter-Blood

January 27, 2011Every Day Fiction 30 Comments

We ran. We fled as if we were both insane, as if chased or possessed by demons. And maybe we were — possessed, that is. Kathy unfolded the map too much. It spread across the dash and fluttered against the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories child abuse, cremated remains, Deborah Winter-Blood, fathers, siblings

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