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Kevin Shamel

RIVETED • by Kevin Shamel

May 17, 2011Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

Marla has new rivets in her and she isn’t sure why. Something itches inside — something like an electric bug. Her eyes are closed. She is afraid to open them. Behind them, visions flicker. The Earth floats below her. It… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories cyborgs, Kevin Shamel, spaceships

TETHERED • by Kevin Shamel

April 5, 2011Every Day Fiction 21 Comments

Wyn floated with his pod above the churning sea. His umbilicus untwisted itself, and he spun lazily, staring down at the circling wings below. Nimble fliers, those wings. Wyn remembered not long after ascending how frightened he was of the… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Kevin Shamel

WHAT NAME DO I GIVE HER? • by Kevin Shamel

March 23, 2010Every Day Fiction 29 Comments

I met her on a go-fast night at Will’s house. She was an old friend of Will’s. She slouched on the couch. I put myself on the floor in front of her after we were introduced. Her eyes were eclipsed… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories drugs, Kevin Shamel

Podcast EDF014: Mission Accomplished • written by Kevin Shamel • read by Adam Kerby

March 8, 2010Every Day Fiction 5 Comments

Play this podcast now: Podcast EDF014: “Mission Accomplished” by Kevin Shamel, read by Adam Kerby “Mission Accomplished” was originally published by EDF on January 9, 2009, and is included in The Best of Every Day Fiction Two. Kevin Shamel writes… Continue Reading →

Podcasts Adam Kerby, Kevin Shamel

Interview with Kevin Shamel

September 1, 2009Every Day Fiction 10 Comments

Welcome to our second anniversary author interview. In keeping with last year — let’s make it a tradition — we’re celebrating our birthday with a special author interview featuring someone who is not only a great writer but has been a part of… Continue Reading →

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A BEDTIME STORY FOR BREEZY • by Kevin Shamel

June 9, 2009Every Day Fiction 39 Comments

She remembered alabaster walls bedecked in jewel-framed portraits and detailed landscapes. She could sit upon on a pile of pillows and stare outside her wide window. Stars filled it. Pinpricks in the black sheet of the night. But that was a memory. One of… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal Kevin Shamel

CYRIL MACK AND THE VERY COLD CUP OF TEA • by Kevin Shamel

February 25, 2009Every Day Fiction 50 Comments

I’d just returned from the Himalayas and was brewing tea. The kettle whistled. The doorbell rang. I poured water into my mug, on top of a bag of Hairy Guy in the Tea Bush tea. The bell rang again. I… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal chinchillas, Kevin Shamel, tea

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED • by Kevin Shamel

January 9, 2009Every Day Fiction 29 Comments

I try to be polite to missionaries. I grew up in a small town dominated by a major religion. We were all so used to roaming pairs of suited missionaries, that if they’d have suddenly stopped riding by on their… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Kevin Shamel, missionaries

UNINVENTING THE INTERNET • by Kevin Shamel

December 2, 2008Every Day Fiction 31 Comments

Buck and Jimmy knew each other from Caltech. Buck worked in New Mexico, at a place called Groom Lake. Jimmy worked in Montauk, New York, at the Air Force Station. They met up two times a year, when each of… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Kevin Shamel, scientists, technology

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

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