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SHIA • by Eli Simmons

October 12, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Her home was not a reflection of herself. Its walls didn’t exude her humor, wit, or pastimes. Shia was the result of a culture she didn’t belong to, its customs rooted in pop culture references and hip-hop. I can remember… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories drugs, Eli Simmons, high school, racism, suicide

JIMMY’S HAIKU • by Jakob Westpfahl

November 17, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

On our first day back from Summer Break, my best friend Jimmy fell out of his chair clutching his knee, screaming. I laughed, believing this to be an out-of-place practical joke I was usually in on. Jimmy kept saying his… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, high school, Jakob Westpfahl, memories, poetry, teachers

SPLIT • by Margaret Madole

September 24, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It started with theater. Abby sang a solo, and when she went back and watched the video, she didn’t recognize herself. She thought that it just proved how good her acting was, how she was buried in her character, but… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories high school, Margaret Madole

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

NO ONE IS IN CUSTODY • by Ebony L. Morman

February 19, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Fortunately and unfortunately, no two days are the same. “I’ll be damned if I let them get the best of me, today! Not me, not today!” I say to myself. The morning bell screams through the sound system. Within minutes,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Ebony L. Morman, high school, teachers

LOVE ME NOT • by Stella B James

February 12, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He loves me. I study the petal held between my fingertips with interest, amused that something so fragile could determine my heart’s fate. I drop it to float down and land on the pavement where many discarded petals lay scattered… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories high school, Stella B James, teachers, unrequited love

FAUX VINYL • by Neal Reynolds

January 20, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The sports car came to a stop in front of my house, tires screeching. Joel angrily leapt out and dashed across the grass toward the front door where I stood. “Come on in,” I called out confidently. “My parents aren’t… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories high school, music, Neal Reynolds

ASTEROIDS • by Cody Nowack

September 1, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Lunchtime sucked when your best friend was at home sick. Sure, I could hang out with those I labeled ‘school friends,’ but then I’d be the kid who didn’t quite fit in with the rest of the group. As a… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories bullying, Cody Nowack, friendship, high school, suicide, teenagers

TANGLED HEARTS • by Frazer Merritt

February 18, 2015Every Day Fiction 19 Comments

It happened one night on the shore of Lake Michigan, hot, unexpected, two bodies writhing in the reeds. We had spread Remmy’s football letter jacket over the damp sand and flung our shirts onto a mulberry tree, exposing ourselves to… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories alcohol, Frazer Merritt, high school, schizophrenia

LONELY BOY • by Christopher Owen

June 9, 2014Every Day Fiction 18 Comments

In my dreams, I’m Romeo, Casanova… Lothario, even. I swirl into a room and the girls swoon, their eyes bright as icicles snapped from the eaves of their flash-frozen hearts. My glance did the freezing, but my touch warms them;… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Christopher Owen, high school, prom

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