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PASSING THROUGH • by Ian E Gonzales

July 5, 2017Every Day Fiction 33 Comments

As a rule, I don’t pick up hitchhikers. I’ve always played things safe, not taken chances. It’s probably why I’m an insurance salesman, travelling alone — always alone — along the backroads of Louisiana. But then I see her standing… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories, Surreal door-to-door sales, hitchhiking, Ian E Gonzales

CANDY SALES ARE THROUGH THE ROOF • by Michael A Rose

January 27, 2012Every Day Fiction 18 Comments

They didn’t look like ordinary kids. There was something funny about the way they dressed. All alike, too monochromatic to be real. They looked like they’d just stepped out of an expressionist painting, black and white. Even the pallor of… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories door-to-door sales, Michael A Rose

GOOD NEIGHBOR • by Harley Crowley

November 9, 2007Every Day Fiction 13 Comments

In the early 1950s all sorts of salesmen came to the door during the day. Mrs. Patterson’s habit was to personally entertain as many as she could manage. It was said in the neighborhood that the Fuller Brush man had… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories door-to-door sales, Harley Crowley, infidelity, salespeople, soldiers, unwanted pregnancy
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