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CHICKEN • by Matthias R. Winters

January 21, 2026Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Kyle crept down the staircase into the cellar. One step. Two steps. Three steps. He lowered his bare foot to the fourth step and held it there for a moment, glancing down at the wooden stair and his bare toes.… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories brothers, fear, fear of the dark, Matthias R. Winters, monsters, siblings

A DEAD CAT IN A NEW YORKER TOTE • by Elyse Giaimo

June 8, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

One night, my husband slammed my body against our bed. When I woke up the next morning, I found that he’d left cocaine on the coffee table, and the door opened for a backpage Craigslist prostitute. Hours later, I was… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a pet, domestic violence, Elyse Giaimo, fear, restraining orders

THE IDES OF MARCH ARE COME • by Kathy Sherwood

March 15, 2022Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

Caesar sat up, gasping, his shoulder hitting Calpurnia in the chin. The semi-familiar setting of his wife’s room made it more difficult to gain his bearings. And he still had a phantom pain in his chest and back from the… Continue Reading →

Stories fear, Ides of March, Julius Caesar, Kathy Sherwood, marriage

EIGHTEEN TIMES I WAS FEARLESS • by Claire Lawrence

February 16, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The first time I drove the entire way up Emigration Canyon and realized the freeway connected to Park City and it was as though all the barriers I’d grown up with fell down. The first time I drove my car… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories academia, Claire Lawrence, Disneyland, fear, oceans, writers

THE RUNNER • by Shinelle L. Espaillat

May 1, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

On the morning of her fortieth birthday, Lena took literal steps to reclaim her life. The weather had just begun to take notice of autumn, and a crisp breeze blew gray remnants of yesterday’s storms so that the sky was… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories fear, running, Shinelle L. Espaillat, writers

ADVENTURES IN AGORAPHOBIA • by Deb Jannerson

January 11, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I repainted each detail for Milo, that first evening. I described the rock growing in my throat, the sudden sense that the supermarket was dangerously big. I described rushing back to the Honda with a jellied barrier between the biting… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories agoraphobia, Deb Jannerson, fear, psychotherapy, rape

THE QUARRY • by Matthew Roy Davey

October 18, 2017Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

I hadn’t seen much of Neil for several years. At the end of primary school he’d gone private and I’d gone comprehensive. I didn’t think of him often but a time came when my friends were being dicks, not bullying… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bullying, fear, Matthew Roy Davey, teenagers

THE SUMMER JUBILEE • by Shain Miles

June 17, 2017Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

Fear is our most base instinct. Fear can be a good thing. In our days in the animal kingdom, fear kept early humans alive. Today fear can be a hell of a motivator; it can also be a hell of… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories fear, prom, Shain Miles

FIERCE • by TCC Edwards

January 10, 2014Every Day Fiction 39 Comments

The door banged against the wall as I bounded in. Valerie stood frozen with her aluminum bat clenched tightly. My arms wrapped around her as I looked to the shadowy lump on the floor. Some neighbor’s kid? I flicked on… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories courage, fear, parenting, shadow entities, TCC Edwards

GRISLY • by Gretchen Bassier

March 10, 2011Every Day Fiction 27 Comments

There are no grizzly bears in Michigan. I used to tell myself this when I was out alone, bringing the horses in from the pasture. Sometimes, it helped. When the moon was bright, and the animals quiet, it helped. But… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories bears, fear, Gretchen Bassier, practical jokes

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