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NOTES FROM THE ATTIC • by Stephen Kosnar

September 29, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Trust me, you don’t rent an apartment over an Indian Restaurant because you love Indian food. You do it because of a lack of available rentals and to escape the dorms with their alcohol-drenched theme parties and communal bathrooms. Naitee… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories 9/11, college / university students, Stephen Kosnar, unrequited love

GLOVED • by Barry Yedvobnick

August 18, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Jonathan and I never touched because I always wore gloves, and the lab instructors wouldn’t answer my questions about him. “Knowing less is better, Julia,” one warned me. “Minimize your distractions. This is Human Anatomy; it’s a cadaver.” “Think about… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories Barry Yedvobnick, college / university students

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR PLANT DIES • by Elizabeth Endara

December 27, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I began to feel better around the time that there was an outbreak of bacterial meningitis on campus and my boyfriend refused to kiss me (because he was scared of the meningitis). It was warm for February in New York.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories abortion, college / university students, Elizabeth Endara, New York

WHEN PALM TREES MET ORACLE DATABASES • by Loren Seldner

September 11, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’ve had my share of peculiar teachers; Professor Gonzalez who strapped a biper to a cord and ran like crazy through the classroom to exemplify what the Doppler Effect was; Mrs. Corujo who intentionally bumped her head in the wall… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories 9/11, college / university students, Loren Seldner

CLEAN SLATE • by Kayla Bell

September 3, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The night before the first day of classes of my sophomore year at the old, ivy covered university on the Rhode Island coast, I sat on my bed trying to fight the panic attack I knew was coming. The humid,… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories anxiety, back to school, college / university students, Kayla Bell

7TH FLOOR SLUT • by Natalie A. Drozda

May 6, 2019Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

The 7th floor slut lived across the hall from me and I didn’t care. At first. I had no interactions with her for the first month of freshman year. Admittedly, I was so nervous I didn’t have many interactions, period.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories bullying, college / university students, Natalie A. Drozda

KNIVES • by Rebecca Mae Hill

November 3, 2017Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

It is dark when you leave class today: twenty minutes late out of what is already a night class, having stopped to ask the professor a question about Murphy’s Law. The campus is empty in a way that you’ve only… Continue Reading →

Literary, Mystery / Suspense, Stories college / university students, Rebecca Mae Hill

THE SHARING SERIES • by Janet Savage

January 12, 2016Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

Back when I was in college, if you were lucky you had an electric typewriter and a private room. If you were really lucky, now and then, you had someone to screw in that private room. I needed the typewriter.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories college / university students, Janet Savage, unwanted pregnancy

HOUSE RULES • by Ralph Uttaro

April 8, 2011Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

Most of the guys had already gone home for winter break. It was just me and Dewey and Manascalco in front of a crackling fire with a bottle of Johnnie Walker Red. A storm swirled outside, snow piling up like… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories college / university students, housemates, Ralph Uttaro
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