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A KISS BENEATH THE MISTLETOE • by Brian S. Lee

January 7, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I found myself lurching across an uneven desert, fastidiously placing each foot on juts of serrated grains of silicon that kept trying to pitch me on to my feelers. Whatever my purpose in life might prove to be, my objective… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories Brian S. Lee, insects

THE BOUNTY • by J.C. Towler

October 22, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Grampa Don hated houseflies. To hear him talk you’d think there weren’t no flies in Chicago, but we visited once and there were flies a’plenty, I assure you. But when Grampa stayed with us he was forever complaining about flies… Continue Reading →

Historical, Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories flies, grandparents, insects, J.C. Towler

AUGUST NIGHT, FIELD’S EDGE • by Ethan Plaut

August 6, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

At last the little firefly broke the silence between him and the stranger on the branch. “Lovely night without a moon. Bulb’s still dead on the farmhouse porch to boot. Yes sir, nice and dark.” “Paradise indeed,” the bigger fly… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories Ethan Plaut, fireflies, insects

MORPHOMETESIS • by Michael Allen Rose

March 19, 2018Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

I saw it while taking out the garbage, the biggest beetle I’d ever seen. It lay on its back, black and shiny like plastic wrap. The insect kicked its segmented legs in the air like a futile attempt to ride… Continue Reading →

Horror, Humour / Satire, Stories, Surreal family, insects, Michael A Rose

AFTER THE FALL • by Tara Lee Davis

August 3, 2017Every Day Fiction 33 Comments

Zamira Rosa slumped in the chair, feigned grogginess, and tested the twine bindings. The stench from the two intruders overpowered the smells of the hominy and meat that bubbled in the cast iron pot, though she could tell it was… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories insects, Tara Lee Davis

DENDROS • by Sheryl Normandeau

January 13, 2016Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

Bill couldn’t breathe. The heavy, wet body of the helicopter pilot crushed painfully against his chest, lolling over his neck in a grotesque hug. Bill swung helplessly at him as the aircraft groaned and lunged in its perch. All Bill… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories aircraft, forests, insects, mountain pine beetle, Sheryl Normandeau

EAU DE PUBLIC TRANSIT • by Folly Blaine

August 23, 2011Every Day Fiction 32 Comments

He entered the metro and slumped into a molded seat across from my wheelchair. I assumed he was homeless. He looked bad and smelled worse. It was the sort of funk that creeps up on a person — the kind… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Folly Blaine, insects, public transit

KRUPPER AND JONS • by Kevin Shamel

November 7, 2008Every Day Fiction 22 Comments

“I don’t know, Krupper, these dwellings look pretty small for creatures as large as us.” “Everything’s fine.” “You said that last time.” “Come on, Jons. You know I had to do all my work before on that crappy old machine.… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, insects, Kevin Shamel

FILIAL TIES • by Rumjhum Biswas

October 11, 2007Every Day Fiction 13 Comments

She’s gone off again to dig into the food that I saw first. She always does this. Sometimes I wish she’d buzz off someplace else. She could just pop into those huge machines these flat-eyed behemoths love to sit in… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories insects, RK Biswas
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