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STALE ENGLISH MUFFINS • by Michael Degnan

July 11, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Jessica Bernard heard the story of John Reynolds on an old podcast while taking the metro home from work. Her job, she admitted to herself, had become tedious. She sent mass emails to raise alarm about the state of the… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories escape, Florida, Michael Degnan, Paris, postal workers, Washington DC

HOW HE LIKES ME TO DRESS • by Sarah Salway

October 16, 2013Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

It’s backless, green, thick thick satin. It’s how I’ve always wanted you to look, he told me in the shop. And I knew it was true. The dress is that bright emerald green film stars wear to contrast with red… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories escape, Sarah Salway

BANG! • by Gerald Warfield

October 19, 2012Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

The brass cannon squatted on the balcony above my front porch. The previous day my nephews had dragged it in from the garden and lugged it up the inside stairwell with only minor damage to the door facings. At that… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal escape, Gerald Warfield

MUDDY PROMISE • by Rasmenia Massoud

December 20, 2011Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

Anna let herself go limp as Katy lifted her into the back of the shopping cart they had just stolen from the grocery store parking lot down the block. “At least all of the weight loss makes it easier to… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories escape, friendship, hospitals, illness, Rasmenia Massoud
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