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LESSONS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL • by James Anthony Mehrle, Jr.

November 1, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

In the Eighth Grade at a Catholic School in Columbus, Ohio as I neared the age of fourteen, I had a couple things going for me. One, I knew a lot of stuff, primarily anything that had nothing to do… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories elections, James Anthony Mehrle, Jr., school

THE LAST LITTLE JOY • by Joachim Heijndermans

April 6, 2017Every Day Fiction 5 Comments

The crowd went wild. The results were in, with the large majority going for the CD12 party. Every person at the rally looked like they’d gone out of their minds. A million red balloons dropped down from the ceiling. It… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories dystopia, elections, Joachim Heijndermans, mail carriers, robots

A TWIST TOO FAR • by Peter Wood

November 8, 2016Every Day Fiction 46 Comments

The antennae sprang from the cashier’s head. Jim rolled his eyes. He had come to the North Carolina mountains to exorcise writer’s block. He didn’t need another pull-the-rug-from-under-you plot twist. He had enough bad ideas on his own. Aliens did… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories elections, Peter Wood, politicians, writers

CAMPAIGN BUTTON • by Joyce Barton

September 8, 2015Every Day Fiction 64 Comments

In class today, two guest speakers, a Republican and a Democrat, contradict each other for the whole period and leave us with a pile of campaign buttons. I take the President Nixon. Now more than ever. button because it looks… Continue Reading →

Stories elections, flirting, Joyce Barton

CASTING STONES • by Sara Jackson

August 26, 2015Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

From a dim corner I laughed as I watched Ashlyn coax Dr. Jesmit into Graves’: a clever rabbit drawn into a den of foxes. Dr. Jesmit had clawed her way from a third tier slum to a first tier office… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories circus, elections, Sara Jackson
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