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PARCHED RIVER, 1980 • by Justin Cox

January 28, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’ve never shot a gun, and suddenly, Quinton is pressing the grip of a long-nosed revolver into my palm. I don’t anticipate its weight. The chilly steel. We’re cousins, but I’m new to life in Parched River. I’m used to… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, farm life, financial hardship, Justin Cox

I HARDLY KNEW DARYL • by Brendon Arnold

January 26, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I was thirteen when Daryl Harrison fell off our grain bin. Zach brought me along once to go visit him in the hospital. I remember clenching onto the plastic railing of the footboard of his bed. It all happened on… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories accidents, Brendon Arnold, death, farm life, siblings

DELETED • by H.E. Vogl

October 6, 2020Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Arthur’s mouth felt like he bit into a jalapeno when his phone buzzed. It was his dentist. “That bastard better not be trying to cancel my appointment,” he muttered. The light turned green, the car in back of him beeped,… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories death, H.E. Vogl, office life, smartphones

SIDE BY SIDE • by Arlen Feldman

August 14, 2020Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

How could anyone sleep through that? He sounded like an asthmatic chainsaw. The sound wasn’t the worst of it, though. It was those gaps, when the sound ceased, where she hoped that maybe, just maybe he’d stopped — snoring, breathing.… Continue Reading →

Horror, Humour / Satire, Stories Arlen Feldman, death, dreams, marriage, relationship problems

GO TO HELL • by Zoë Däe

August 6, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My sister was thirteen when she died. All crooked and soft white like a dogwood flower floating on the water. I heard my mother sobbing on the phone that she had broken her neck nearly to a ninety-degree angle, a… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, drowning, lakes, parenting, siblings, Zoë Däe

FINAL THOUGHTS • by Ted Lietz

May 29, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

A nurse unplugs me from something. Aggie bites her lower lip. Our son and daughter and their spouses look ready to cry. Even my oh-so-world-weary teenaged grandson swallows hard. If I could, I’d whisper, “Rosebud.” Anything to lighten things up.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, Ted Lietz

LAST CALL • by T. F. Turner

May 3, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Grandma’s cell phone was full of dead people when I found it. I suppose that’s the way things work out over time, though. I’ve got one in my phone now too, although it wasn’t always like that. It started two… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cigarettes, death, elder care, T. F. Turner

HEAVY METAL • by Eric Casdorph

September 23, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

I’d like to begin by saying Johnson’s a liar. Johnson’s a goddamn liar if I’ve ever known one, but I’ll be shot and hanged ’n banged if he ain’t real entertaining about it. He’s a funny guy, Johnson. Real funny.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Mystery / Suspense, Stories death, debt, Eric Casdorph, organized crime, prophecies

REMEMBER • by K. A. Tutin

July 25, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

You’ve come here to see— To see. To see her. That’s right. Ethel. Your wife of sixty-six years. You remember her: hair that was always in rollers, an apron knotted around her waist even though she stopped baking once she… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories, Surreal aging, death, K. A. Tutin, love

TRADEMARKS • by Rebecca Katz

February 5, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Derek Hayes, Grammy winner and chronicler of the 70s and 80s, was an inspiration. At least, Sophie thought so, even if her classmates had never heard of him. Derek beat heroin addiction and several bankruptcies, but always came out okay,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, musicians, Rebecca Katz

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