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FOUND THRIFTING • by Ryan Standley

June 29, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Two summers ago, Mom and I flew to Chicago, where Aunt Cathy had lived for years. Mom’s only sibling was younger, twenty pounds lighter, single, and obsessed with cosplay. Cathy traveled to comic book conventions, Renaissance Faires, and movie premieres.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cosplay, divorce, mothers, Ryan Standley

DM • by Laura Anne Harris

April 18, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sitting outside a café in Paris, a latte and a breakfast tart sit delicate and pristine on Lindsay’s plate, patient for her to eat and sip. It’s quiet here for a tourist, and Lindsay feels at home. She’s killing time… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories divorce, Laura Anne Harris, Paris, social media, strangers

A LONELY SPACE • by Heather Rose

March 1, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’ll always remember the way his car smelled, like stale Pall Malls and Vicks VapoRub. It was memories of court-ordered, every-other-weekend visits, chicken fingers and ice cream for dinner from the Dairy Queen, and peanut butter cups baked into the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cars, death of a parent, divorce, fathers, Heather Rose, memories

NOT SO GOOD • by TG Smith

July 21, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Today’s not one of my better days. I received a text from Mary saying that the divorce was final. Ours is a no-fault divorce. It was alarmingly easy to accomplish. Mary and I visited a lawyer together. He explained the… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Romance, Stories divorce, fear of heights, office life, teambuilding, TG Smith

REINCARNATIONS • by Nancy Graves Wahler

April 18, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sally limped into the shoe store with a hop-shuffle. A passerby had slid the store’s business card into her hand when her heel broke in a sewer grate. She wouldn’t go to her divorce proceedings on a broken shoe. The… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories divorce, dogs, Nancy Graves Wahler, pancakes, shoes

ANGELS SING • by Ron Tanner

August 22, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Shortly after she turned 70, Celeste discovered that she was suddenly, remarkably, no longer allergic to cats. “This happens,” her allergist said without resentment or skepticism. “We can’t explain it. Probably has some relation to a change in hormones.” Her… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, cats, divorce, LGBTQ, Ron Tanner, transgender

ICE • by Dave Alcock

December 7, 2017Every Day Fiction 8 Comments

“So have you met anyone yet?” For a moment Pete looked uneasy. “No,” he said. “But I don’t really want to. I’m happy as I am. Emma and I still go on holiday together. I still get to see the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cars, Dave Alcock, divorce, winter

A CLOUDLESS DAY • by Lena Silver

November 5, 2017Every Day Fiction 9 Comments

At first, Gina thought the day was cloudless, but, leashing Tilda and stepping outside, she saw the entire sky was one diffuse, glaring white cloud. She fished around in her tote bag for sunglasses. Poor Tilda, blind and incontinent, barked… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories divorce, dogs, Lena Silver

THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS • by Rosalie Kempthorne

April 26, 2017Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

High society. Twenty-five floors high. And the floors are all glass, mirrored, swallowing the lights from a panoramic city, distorting them, condensing them, fanning them out in a rainbow across the expanse of some two hundred square feet. A few… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories divorce, glitterati, Rosalie Kempthorne

THE STORY I WILL NEVER TELL YOU • by Alina Stefanescu

December 20, 2016Every Day Fiction 18 Comments

The line is an unruly squiggle. I watch them wait for portraits with the mall Santa — their faces dulled by 2 a.m fevers and preschool reports, these husbands and wives who loved a boy or a girl before the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Alina Stefanescu, divorce, mall Santas, parenting

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