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AMANDA • by Peaches Schwartz

March 5, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’m lying on the floor of the playroom. The ugly carpet is scratchy against my face, my nose is running and my sinuses are playing a drum solo. I rub my cheek back and forth: It keeps me awake. I… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories illness, mothers, parenting, Peaches Schwartz

POOL SEDUCTION • by Elizabeth Cottingham

December 9, 2017Every Day Fiction 27 Comments

I never hear the water breaking next door. The neighbor’s pool sits silently as sunlight pours across its surface everyday. Bees and flies skim the water but know to not drop too close to the glossy surface that would threaten… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Elizabeth Cottingham, illness, neighbours, swimming pools, trespassing

MUDDY PROMISE • by Rasmenia Massoud

December 20, 2011Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

Anna let herself go limp as Katy lifted her into the back of the shopping cart they had just stolen from the grocery store parking lot down the block. “At least all of the weight loss makes it easier to… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories escape, friendship, hospitals, illness, Rasmenia Massoud
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