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TIME UNNOTICED • by Shera L. Hill

July 31, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Elias never forgot the day. His mother sewed by the fire. His father oiled a saddle. He told the therapist, “I was twelve. I’d been ill. Measles. The fever shifted something. I remember all at once feeling my mother’s presence… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories immortality, psychotherapy, Shera Hill, time manipulation

A TRAPPED THIEF • by Mike McArthur

February 4, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Stealing requires finesse, timing, and attention to detail. I was trying to figure out which attribute I lacked as police sirens wailed in the background. “Next time, we steal something lighter!” my wife said. It was an example of her… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories Charon, immortality, Mike McArthur, theft

PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN, WITH VAMPIRE • by Carl Steiger

August 24, 2013Every Day Fiction 13 Comments

Anton Maier told me he was not a vampire, but he went out of his way to look like one. His gaunt, deeply wrinkled face was disturbing to begin with. He wore bespoke black pinstriped suits a hundred years out… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Carl Steiger, immortality, vampires

THE MORTICIAN AND MR GRIMLEY • by Gaius Coffey

January 11, 2010Every Day Fiction 24 Comments

I helped Mr Grimley to his feet and together we stared at the gurney on which I had laid out his dead brother the previous night. It was some seconds before I realised it was down to me to break… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Gaius Coffey, immortality, morticians, siblings
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