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A GOOD YEAR FOR FLOWERS • by Jan Strnad

January 28, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It was a good year for flowers. My parents’ flower farm was small petunias compared to the big players in the game, but it provided a decent living for them and me and my brothers. We didn’t have the massive… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, farm life, flowers, Jan Strnad, pandemic

ALREADY SMILING • Nadim Silverman

December 13, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

They found Jenny Wheeler’s body near the tracks on a Saturday. A sunny morning tragedy. That Monday, Glenn came to school with a list of theories in his pocket. Rob Cousin’s name was listed three times and underlined in gruesome… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories childhood, death, Nadim Silverman

A QUIET AFTERNOON • by Ashley Akers

September 27, 2024Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Madison didn’t sit in her usual spot by the window. She didn’t say anything to Sophia about the video she’d sent her of Charli vomiting in the girl’s bathroom. Elijah didn’t announce his late entry to class with raised hands… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Ashley Akers, death, guns, school, violence

TRESPASSING • by Angélica Pina Lèbre

September 21, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When she realised the neighbours weren’t home, she rushed to wash the windows. Shegathered a bucket, the latex-free gloves, a couple of rags and the squeegee. She filled the bucketwith warm water, squirted washing up liquid in and disturbed the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Angélica Pina Lèbre, death, neighbours

MARTYRIUM • by Scott Roads

September 1, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It was a cold October day when Lily told me she was going to die. I still remember the chill of the wind on my face as I looked up at her in surprise. A moment before I had been… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories death, immortality, Scott Roads

KNOWING MAUDE • by Elise Giaimo

July 11, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’m trying to make the dead fit on one page. A wheelchair handle is cropped. In the photo of Maude wearing a pink lei at a cookout, the mountainous background gets a buzzcut, a tight green fade. My mouse drags… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, Elyse Giaimo, healthcare, intellectual disability, physical disability

TEN YOGURTS AND YOU • by Laura Foulger

June 18, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I could picture it clearly. I’d hear her squeaky-trainer footsteps on the landing. She’d put her head round my bedroom door. She’d widen her eyes at me — her version of a smile, an ‘I’m-glad-to-see-you, let-me-take-you-in’ sort of gesture. She’d… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cemeteries, death, dieting, food, Laura Foulger, memories

ONE HUNDRED POEMS • by Dart Humeston

June 15, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“I don’t understand poetry,” Sam told Leonard, his best friend since elementary school. “Yeah. Who does?” Leonard replied, chuckling. The two of them were sitting in lawn chairs in Sam’s back yard, watching the barbeque fire get hot enough for… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories barbecuing, Dart Humeston, death, friendship, grief

WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WOODY ALLEN • by Tony Lacey

May 27, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“It’s a little early, even for you.” Susan’s right. Even for me. I smile sheepishly. “It’s Friday.” I don’t tell her it’s my second. I don’t tell her why. I don’t tell her about you. “It’s always Friday with you,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories alcohol, death, infidelity, parties, Tony Lacey

SUNSET • by Gordon Pinckheard

March 5, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He cried when he was born. Mom had said so. But don’t all newborns cry? Leaving warmth and safety for the cold, bright world? He cried in his cot before going to sleep. Yeah, Mom had told him that, too.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, death, family, Gordon Pinckheard

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