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VERTICAL BLIND • by Carl Robinette

March 28, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Orange light beamed across my eyes through a gap in the vertical blinds where my cat had yanked out one of the vinyl strips weeks or months earlier. I was coaxed awake in the otherwise dark room by the familiar… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Carl Robinette, courage, murder, neighbours, police

TRICK OR TREAT • by M O Bishop

October 28, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

As Amanda skimmed over the rooftops and trees, she cursed for the umpteenth time that she must do so on a broomstick. She could fly equally well without sitting on a damn piece of wood. But no, public perception said… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories courage, Halloween, M O Bishop, witches

MOMMY VS THE WORLD • by Leanne A. Styles

January 31, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Mommy bursts through the door. I jump up from the bottom step. “You got one!” I squeal, spotting the box she’s carrying. She’s panting and shaking. She slams the door shut and slides the bolt across just as something crashes… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Science Fiction, Stories aliens, courage, Leanne A. Styles, parenting

SIZE TEN SHOE • by Laura Lee Cascada

January 14, 2015Every Day Fiction 37 Comments

She wore a size ten shoe. She could stretch her toes out like a giraffe’s neck without reaching the end of her sneakers, but that was okay as long as none of her classmates had X-ray vision. A size ten… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories courage, Laura Lee Cascada, teenagers

FIERCE • by TCC Edwards

January 10, 2014Every Day Fiction 39 Comments

The door banged against the wall as I bounded in. Valerie stood frozen with her aluminum bat clenched tightly. My arms wrapped around her as I looked to the shadowy lump on the floor. Some neighbor’s kid? I flicked on… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories courage, fear, parenting, shadow entities, TCC Edwards

THE ENEMY • by Gretchen Bassier

December 15, 2011Every Day Fiction 23 Comments

The Enemy have teeth like wolves. They have eyes the color of dying coals, and skin that can be any color it wants — flawless, chameleon camouflage. And so, as Morgan makes his way down the steep hillside, he knows… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories cancer, courage, Gretchen Bassier
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