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CIRCLES • by Mary Rees

March 8, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Kelsey draws an invisible line on the kitchen floor, all the way around so that when she straightens, she stands in an imaginary circle. “There,” she says to Kyle, “That’s my line in the sand. Don’t cross it.” Kyle crosses… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories jealousy, magic, Mary Rees

LIVING INK • by Eddie D. Moore

July 6, 2015Every Day Fiction 69 Comments

Justin spent hours talking to his tattoo, Jill; and most of the time followed her advice. When he was sad, Jill would do a little dance which always cheered him up. If his friends came over to play games and… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Eddie D. Moore, jealousy, tattoos

SWALLOWS’ NEST • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

February 15, 2013Every Day Fiction 13 Comments

Raheel’s mother Parveen was unmatched for stubbornness but even she crumbled before fate. Yes, she said — the words like a scorpion on her tongue — find a Masood girl for my son. Her sisters had cunningly given birth to… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories arranged marriage, family, jealousy, physical disability, Sarah Crysl Akhtar

THREE WAYS NOT TO GET SHOT • by Ronnie Pruitt

April 11, 2011Every Day Fiction 26 Comments

Dad said there are three simple rules for friendship. One, don’t smoke a man’s last cigarette. Two, don’t drink his last beer, and three, don’t mess with his woman. Easy enough, right? It was early October and mother was on… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories jealousy, Ronnie Pruitt

STAIRWAYS AND NIGHTINGALES • by Magen Toole

June 13, 2009Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

I swallowed the key to the door of your bedroom. It was the one you had given me years ago, slender and toothy and that rattled in the creaking brass lock whenever I slipped it in. When I looked in… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal infidelity, jealousy, Magen Toole

MOVING IN, MOVING ON • by Jenny Schwartz

November 6, 2008Every Day Fiction 6 Comments

Joanna Torrance wasn’t a stalker. On the contrary, she was a sane, attractive, heartbroken twenty-eight-year-old with a whopping new mortgage and all the responsibilities of her job as an emergency care nurse. It wasn’t Joanna’s fault that Hugh Campbell’s house… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories jealousy, Jenny Schwartz
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