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RABBIT TEETH • Emma Johnson Tarp

November 24, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My date is burly and gruff, a lumberjack squeezed into a French blue polo and wing-tips. He fumbles through the menu with giant hands. A white scar cuts from his left nostril down to his upper lip. He notices me… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories Emma Johnson Tarp, first date, vegetarianism

NO COMPROMISE • by Mel Fawcett

January 14, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

They hadn’t even ordered any food yet and Kate was already wishing she had stayed at home. Her date, older than his photograph, was lecturing her on a film that she “ought to see”. Is this what she had bought… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories dating, first date, Mel Fawcett, restaurants

A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME • by David Lowis

August 21, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Camila was used to men trying to impress her on first dates so she wasn’t surprised when Ryan suggested they go to the most expensive Italian restaurant in town. They agreed to meet outside Graccina’s at 7 p.m. Even from… Continue Reading →

Horror, Mystery / Suspense, Stories David Lowis, first date, restaurants

WRONG: A LOVE STORY • by Brian Theobald

August 12, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

A boy and a girl. You know where this is going, right? Well, first, the boy. In truth, he is not a boy at all but a man who has just entered his fortieth year, that sudden precipice of middle… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories Brian Theobald, dating, first date

THE DROPLIFTER • by Christopher Owen

September 29, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Rose was a droplifter. I must admit until I met her, I’d never heard the term. She introduced me to it when we were on our first date at Starbucks. We’d met on a dating site, and after we’d had… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Christopher Owen, dating, first date, one-night stands

THE DRESS • by Jennifer Brophy

January 5, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Getting Dressed Across town, there is a woman trying to decide what to wear on a first date. All of her clothes are scattered around the room. She holds two dresses up to herself in front of the mirror.  She… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories first date, Jennifer Brophy

SCHEVENINGEN BEACH • by Maureen Buchanan Jones

October 20, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

She always thought of brown sugar when her feet sank just an inch or so into warm, slightly damp sand. This sand, this beach was no different. He had asked her to go for a walk and her parents had… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories beaches, first date, Maureen Buchanan Jones, teenagers

A SOLID FIVE • by Brendon Arnold

June 17, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I stop myself before reaching the door. What the hell am I doing? I’ve never done anything like this before. This is stupid. Reluctantly, I pull open the door to enter the restaurant. What if she doesn’t like me? What… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories Brendon Arnold, dating, first date

THIS IS WHAT I KNOW • by Haley Biermann

January 14, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

His first name is Charles. He works at a bank. He’s meeting me at a restaurant in the North End called Antico Forno. We’re going to get along great. At least that’s what my friend Kathy knows. But Kathy knows… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories blind date, dating, first date, Haley Biermann

MEETING OF A LIFETIME • by David Batteiger

October 5, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

There is an energy in the room, I’m sure, but I can barely notice it over my own anxiety. I share the space with around twenty others, but I know they can’t compare to my devotion and appreciation of his… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories cafés, David Batteiger, fan conventions, first date, meet cute

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