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THE LAST FOURTH OF JULY • by Jeff Switt

July 4, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Today was the Fourth of July. Again. With picnics and band music in the park. Dancing in the gazebo. Firecrackers. Watermelon and cherry pie, Families and friends with clothing stained red. I’m smiling, nursing memories, swaying with the music. “Beautiful,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories capital punishment, Independence Day, Jeff Switt, mental illness

COLLECTORA • by Jeff Switt

August 3, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Show and tell at school was lame. Stamps and coins. Post cards and match book covers. Fred’s squashed frog. Even Bobby’s tarantula in a plastic cube. So I set out to find something worth talking about. I decided to collect… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories collectors, Jeff Switt, siblings, suicide

VALENTINE’S DAY AT THE OFFICE • by Jeff Switt

February 14, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Learn to do something with those fat fingers, Marcia,” my mother urged. “Go to business school. Learn typing. Accounting.” My older sister, Laura, had studied piano. Impromptu recitals for family and friends the norm. “Such a talent, your sister Laura.”… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories Jeff Switt, office life, Valentine's Day

MARTHA’S GARDENS • by Jeff Switt

January 30, 2018Every Day Fiction 24 Comments

“I said it was aliens from space what took her.” Detective Southby looked away as if I had said something really stupid. He stuck his spiral notebook and pen in his coat pocket. The blackened circle of grass centered in… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, gardening, Jeff Switt, marriage

THE M’DALLION • by Jeff Switt

January 17, 2018Every Day Fiction 33 Comments

The damn wind, it never stops. Nor the heat. A dust devil skips across the parking lot as a lone boy wanders around the back of the café, between the cars — some parked, others abandoned — calling for his… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories dogs, Jeff Switt, St. Christopher

THE FAIRY RING • by Jeff Switt

December 15, 2016Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

The room is dark, nearly black. There ‘s no electricity. The sound of sex from the next room overrides the breathy silence of bodies passed out around me. I try to keep warm, snuggling with my friend, Alicia. We share… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories, Surreal addiction, angels, death, drugs, heroin, Jeff Switt

THE GETAWAY • by Jeff Switt

October 21, 2016Every Day Fiction 87 Comments

You ignore the NO PARKING sign and drive our aging mini-van behind the dumpster swelling with trash. “Wait here,” you tell me, like I have somewhere to go. You limp toward the motel office. Your ankle’s stiff from the drive.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Mystery / Suspense, Stories crime, Jeff Switt

THE REFRIGERATOR • by Jeff Switt

March 27, 2015Every Day Fiction 35 Comments

She sits naked on the floor of her hospital room, knees drawn to her chin, rocking back and forth. Her hospital gown, shredded. Fingertips, red and bleeding from stuffing bits of cloth into imaginary holes in the walls. The door… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories child abuse, Jeff Switt

HOPSCOTCH • by Jeff Switt

January 21, 2015Every Day Fiction 68 Comments

I sneak down the stairs and hope she’s passed out in her chair. She awakens in a coughing fit and glares at me. “Get me a beer, girl.” My name is Jenni. She hates me. Calls me “girl.” Whips me… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories child abuse, Jeff Switt

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

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