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ABSTRACTION • by Grant Longstaff

January 11, 2018Every Day Fiction 8 Comments

We are sitting on two iron chairs you pulled from the rubble, watching the dying, honey-coloured flames caress the remains of the smouldering café, the metal at our backs still warm. Dark smoke, filled with the sharp scent of burnt… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories death, Grant Longstaff, memories, technology

VEERA • by Ratika Deshpande

November 28, 2017Every Day Fiction 21 Comments

They put their hands on Mitra’s shoulder and told her everything will be alright. Her grandmother, who she hadn’t seen for some years now, broke down when she saw her, holding both her hands and crying into them. Her friends… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, photographs, Ratika Deshpande, siblings

KODOKUSHI • by Jennifer Harvey

November 2, 2017Every Day Fiction 7 Comments

She says a prayer before she steps inside, a prayer for the restless, then crosses the threshold and announces, “I am here.” Immediately, the atmosphere in the room shifts, and a quiet settles over the house for the first time… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal death, Japan, Jennifer Harvey

HANNAH: SIX MONTHS LATER • by Mary Lucille Hays

October 15, 2017Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

Some days it seems like it’s been years. Some days I think she’ll be right back. I get to crying, and can’t stop. It’s not like me. I know she would want me to look out for David, so that’s… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, Mary Lucille Hays, siblings

OMA • by Ashley E. Kauffman

August 18, 2017Every Day Fiction 10 Comments

Jenna opened the small box at the bottom of Oma’s closet. She began to cry when she saw the pair of bright pink sneakers, which she had loved as a child, was embarrassed by as a teenager, and respected her… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Ashley E. Kauffman, beaches, death, grandparents

WHEN JOHNNY WAS YOUNG • by Jonathan Wanner

August 8, 2017Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

When Johnny was ten he stole his father’s screwdrivers and hammered them into trees so he could climb them. He took the powder out of his dad’s bullets for the bombs he made to strap onto chickens. He got his… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, Iraq, Jonathan Wanner, small town, war

COMPRESSIONS • by Alexandria Mansfield

April 8, 2017Every Day Fiction 5 Comments

78 days ago. That morning, I had burned my tongue on my coffee which already had too much cream in it. I remember this because the pain was something that I could focus on. Something besides his leaving. Usually, when… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories alcoholism, Alexandria Mansfield, death, domestic violence, siblings

CHOKECHERRY CREEK • by Joy Kennedy-O’Neill

March 21, 2017Every Day Fiction 9 Comments

I was scratching under the stiff collar of my Sunday dress when Toby, our bulldog, growled. He raised his hackles and stared into our empty fireplace. That’s when the two round lights floated right out of the chimney. They spun… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, dreams, Joy Kennedy-O'Neill

THE FAIRY RING • by Jeff Switt

December 15, 2016Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

The room is dark, nearly black. There ‘s no electricity. The sound of sex from the next room overrides the breathy silence of bodies passed out around me. I try to keep warm, snuggling with my friend, Alicia. We share… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories, Surreal addiction, angels, death, drugs, heroin, Jeff Switt

THE OTHER SIDE OF PEPPER • by Kip Hanson

December 14, 2016Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

There’s a dog in the street. A cocker spaniel, I think. His head is flat and a tire track runs down the middle of his back. When Marilyn and I were first married, we rescued a cocker spaniel from the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, dogs, drunk driving, Kip Hanson, police

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