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THE LUCIAN’S REAL • by Michelle Christophorou

September 28, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Part way through Act 2 Scene 1, the man next to her says, “Are you a thief? Because you’ve stolen my heart.” “Really?” she replies. “Is that the best you can do?” “I meant it in a post-ironic, hipster kind… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories flirting, Michelle Christophorou

ISAAC NEWTON FAILED TO ACCOUNT FOR LOVE • by Anatoly Belilovsky

September 2, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

On a cold, snowy day in January, as an old song played on the radio, Joe, whose birthday was in September, had more trouble than usual getting ready for school. “Eat your breakfast, son,” his father said. “Today is, what,… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Inspirational, Romance, Science Fiction, Stories Anatoly Belilovsky, flirting, high school, LGBTQ

THE FISH • by Susan Bonetto

March 25, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

The fisherman is the boyfriend of one of my closest friends. Miguel has been trawling his lines for some time, waiting patiently for the fish to take his bait.  It began as a tranquil journey, no lines put out, just… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories flirting, infidelity, Susan Bonetto

CATCH OF THE DAY • by David Daniel

September 4, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Three young men were sitting a few seats away from me at the counter, sun-browned and neatly scrubbed in civvies. Newly assigned at the Coast Guard station out on the point. They weren’t difficult to spot. I could pick up… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories David Daniel, flirting, food servers

LOVE AND THE ART OF TELEGRAPHY • by Christopher Owen

April 19, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I just turned fifty: the same age as my estranged father when he died. Such a thing gets a man to pondering the details of his life. Such thoughts made me get busy, first by cleaning up my dingy old… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories aging, Christopher Owen, flirting, neighbours

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

MAGIC 8-BALL • by Rollin T. Gentry

April 28, 2015Every Day Fiction 18 Comments

“David Jones, Software Engineer,” read the placard outside his cubical. He’d only been away for five minutes: a bathroom break and a quick trip by the vending machines. Sipping his Diet StimRev, Dave realized immediately that something was wrong. His… Continue Reading →

Romance, Science Fiction, Stories flirting, Magic 8-Ball, office life, Rollin T. Gentry, toys

TEDDY • by Ben Warden

June 18, 2014Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

He appeared just seconds after it happened. The knot of anxiety still held in my throat and all I wanted to do was turn back to them and scream, “Wankers!” I pulled my coat tighter and felt stupid, like I’d… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories Ben Warden, flirting, luck

DIVINE INTERVENTION • by Joanna Bressler

February 14, 2012Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

Lily Rose Jones slowed to a stop on the shoulder of Highway 5, sixty miles out of Los Angeles heading North toward San Francisco. A florist by trade, automatically she noted spots of color on the hills surrounding her. Although… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories flirting, God, Joanna Bressler, Valentine's Day

OH, WOMAN OF EASY VIRTUE • by K.C. Ball

November 21, 2008Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

Blood-red neon outside makes liquid demands. Haul-It Inn. So I do, pushing my way through frosted plate-glass doors to strike a pose upon dented hardwood floor. Black take-me pumps and high-gloss cherry lips and Chip and Pepper blue jeans. A… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories flirting, K.C. Ball
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