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LATE AUGUST • by Rebecca Payne

August 24, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

His headphones were on when it happened. Which matters because it couldn’t have been the sound of the boy’s voice that aggravated him like he told the officer. It wasn’t premeditated, he told the judge, he didn’t even know the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories guns, Rebecca Payne, smartphones

MY SON • by Billy Justus

August 18, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Westwood Elementary student arrested with gun at school. No injuries. Phones ding and buzz mid-meeting with the news alert. Sharp breaths and low groans ricochet around the table. Everyone turns to me. Westwood is my son Kiel’s school. Naturally, I… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Billy Justus, guns, parenting, relationship problems

BOB FORD’S GUN • by Richard Comerford

May 5, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Does it always rain this much around here?” Jack whined. “Not all the time,” the old-timer said from his rocking chair under the porch. “Usually just when Yankees come to visit. Don’t think God likes Yankees.” “Well, I don’t like… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories guns, Jesse James, Missouri, rain, Richard Comerford, Robert Newton Ford

50 SECONDS • by Bob Krotz

July 13, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My world is a gun pressed against my forehead. The pressure is committed, lethal. My reality is details: Nickel plated precision cocooned by knuckles tattooed with H A T E. A bare arm with ropey muscles writhing under tattoos and… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Bob Krotz, cigarettes, guns, liquor stores, writers

ZERO IS THE SUM • by Rebecca Roland

June 14, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Four is the number of gunmen who enter the library where she’s taken her son for story time. Four is the age of her son, who will soon be five, if he lives through this day. Four is the number… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories guns, libraries, parenting, police, Rebecca Roland

LIFE, JAZZ, AND A SMOKING GUN • by Brett Kaplan

February 25, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The door chimed and Carl watched a gunman walk in and turn the OPEN sign to CLOSED. He moved towards the countertop, wielding his .38, and said, “I wanna know what you live for.” That sent Carl’s heart off to… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Brett Kaplan, guns

EYEBLINK IN BENGHAZI • by Carl Steiger

June 9, 2017Every Day Fiction 39 Comments

What enormities can occur in a tiny moment. Catastrophes or miracles, irrevocable in either case. Lives lost or saved, depending on uninformed decisions made in the blink of an eye. To make the wrong choice could bring unendurable consequences. Benghazi… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Carl Steiger, guns, hotels, Libya

TWO GUYS WALK INTO A ROOM… • by Andrew Hart

March 9, 2017Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

The lawman tapped his steel-toed boot lightly against the door. It swung open, revealing two couches facing one another. The room itself was modestly clean besides a few beer bottles lying neatly in a pile in the corner of the… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories alcohol, Andrew Hart, drugs, guns, police

AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH • by Wayne Scheer

January 5, 2017Every Day Fiction 9 Comments

I brought my father’s picture with me so I’d recognize him. The photo showed him with both arms draped around my mom’s shoulders as if he were protecting her from some unseen foe. I guess that’s what my high school… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories domestic violence, fathers, guns, photographs, Wayne Scheer

BULLETPROOF • by Divya Raghavan

November 29, 2011Every Day Fiction 33 Comments

This is my first time at a gun show. I’m not very good at it. You made me come here with you, and I’m just terrible, and the guns make me nervous, and I don’t know why I’ve decided that… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories dating, Divya Raghavan, guns

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