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HE • by Kyle Ross

February 25, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He stares at his nude self in the bathroom mirror. He runs his fingers from his neck down his chest and over his breasts. They’re gentle, fragile, moving across his skin as if one wrong touch and he would break.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories dreams, family, Kyle Ross, LGBTQ, teenagers, transgender

ROSA • by A. J. Bermudez

February 17, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My mother-in-law is a riot. Our first time in New York together, she goes to see the landlord about the rapidly fading battery in the automated door lock and comes back with a date. She makes and consumes coffee late… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories A. J. Bermudez, family, in-laws

HATE HEARTS AND SNOWFLAKES • by Claire Schön

February 13, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Painting the wall seemed like a good idea in early spring. We didn’t exactly have time on our hands, but some had been freed up by not having to commute. As it had become necessary to spend so much time… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories Claire Schön, family, marriage, pandemic, parenting, snow

ATONEMENT • by Y. Y. Browne

January 23, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The clouds broke just before her car turned on Seppatin Drive. The Association had forbidden artificial light on the outer property, at the gates to the outside world. So, to the boy in the high window, the car seemed like… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories cars, family, Y. Y. Browne

BIG YARD DAYS • by Jennifer Schomburg Kanke

January 22, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sissy had grown tired of going up and down the hill. Tired of looking at the green of the Appalachians. Tired of looking at Mr. Dixon across the street on his riding mower with his oh so flat and lovely… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories chores, family, grandparents, Jennifer Schomburg Kanke, pandemic

LARRY • by Justin Cox

January 5, 2021Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

My older cousin Larry and I sit on the hood of his rust-bitten Caddy, overlooking The Park. We eat greasy burgers as the summer sun slowly melts into the horizon. One day closer to another school year. Everyone in the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories basketball, death of a parent, family, grief, Justin Cox

SIN PALABRAS • by Mike Pemberton

December 10, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Isabella rises at first light, as always. Fifty years in the same house. Seventy years with the same man, now passed. Nine children. Four boys, four girls, living. One boy dead. Drowned. Or was it a fire? “Aye,” she whispers,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, death of a child, family, memory loss, Mike Pemberton, Thanksgiving

THE PROCESS OF BEING FRIENDS • by Charles C Cole

December 8, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

As an adult with grown children, Bernie found he missed his deceased parents more than ever. He could see his father in his reflection: nose, eyes, and lips. Perhaps in response to the wave of sentiment, he occasionally dreamed at… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal Charles C Cole, dreams, family, marriage

ROMANCING THE BIRD • by Zoë Däe

November 26, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Like I’m supposed to, I show up on the High Holidays and go to grad school and graciously accepted the 18th-birthday nose job from my dad who cares way more than I do that I be available and palatable for… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories American Thanksgiving, being Jewish, family, Zoë Däe

A WORLD WITHOUT FACES • by Jeff Gard

August 5, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Behind me, hundreds of papers rustle like the wall is trying to shed its skin. Rain and snow have reduced the pigments on the pages to a neutral gray blob of featureless faces. The names are no more than bleeding… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories family, Jeff Gard, shadow entities

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