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THE SIXTY-MILE DETOUR • by Kristina Bucar

October 12, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I was heading south. Vegas, to be exact. Five hundred hard-earned dollars were burning a hole in my pocket. That cheap-ass O’Reilly had finally coughed up what he owed for the two weeks I’d spent busing crates around in his… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories gambling, hitchhiking, Kristina Bucar

PASSING THROUGH • by Ian E Gonzales

July 5, 2017Every Day Fiction 33 Comments

As a rule, I don’t pick up hitchhikers. I’ve always played things safe, not taken chances. It’s probably why I’m an insurance salesman, travelling alone — always alone — along the backroads of Louisiana. But then I see her standing… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories, Surreal door-to-door sales, hitchhiking, Ian E Gonzales

GOING NOWHERE • by Jeff Switt

November 30, 2014Every Day Fiction 76 Comments

Jack Coggins is skitzing into his thirty-sixth hour without sleep, fried on crank, driving the Escalade he stole in Texarkana, driving hard, driving himself harder.  The last twelve hours fit his mind like mismatched pieces of a jigsaw puzzle stomped… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories crime, drug dealers, drugs, hitchhiking, Jeff Switt

THE GRIM RUFUS • by Peter Wood

October 29, 2013Every Day Fiction 18 Comments

Shimmering like a mirage, a man strode down the backwoods highway towards Tim. The stranger was dressed in black, not comfortable attire for August in North Carolina. Tim slouched against his mud-splattered pickup as cars whizzed by. His brother had… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories Grim Reaper, hitchhiking, Peter Wood
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