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Kevin Shamel

OUTLAST THE STARS • by Kevin Shamel

October 8, 2008Every Day Fiction 27 Comments

I probably won’t write back to you, but please send an email now and then to let me know how you’re doing. He read that sentence again and again, trying to make more of it than it was. Or lessen… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Kevin Shamel

DOUBLE VIRGINITY • by Kevin Shamel

September 18, 2008Every Day Fiction 32 Comments

The first time I lost my virginity was awful. I won’t go into it other than to say that I was more than happy to do it over. The second time was decidedly more toe-curling. It’s not as great as… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Kevin Shamel, reincarnation

RESIDENT DUTIES • by Kevin Shamel

August 29, 2008Every Day Fiction 23 Comments

That’s exactly what I said! There was an accident. Look at you. I don’t want to hear your story yet. Not until you hear mine. Our stories are similar, if not the same. You sit and drink. Listen to my… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Kevin Shamel, Ziusudra

TO SAVE THE DISCO • by Kevin Shamel

July 6, 2008Every Day Fiction 19 Comments

“Did someone stick a transceiver on the hull? Was it you, Ed?” “There is no transceiver on your hull. You are not in contact with your vessel. Or any vessel. Just me.” “Come on, Ed. I’m not speaking with a… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal Kevin Shamel, marine life, narwhals

MAIL • by Kevin Shamel

June 19, 2008Every Day Fiction 28 Comments

The mailman is stealing my mail. I know he is. I can see it on his face when he hands me a pile of catalogues and fliers for oil-changes and pet supplies. Or a stack of bills. I used to… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Kevin Shamel, mail carriers, time travel

THE HERO AND THE HORROR • by Kevin Shamel

May 6, 2008Every Day Fiction 32 Comments

The day came lilac and hazy. Trees whispered sluggish, cotton greetings. A crow, from its high cedar perch, blasted a call to its mate three trees down. I sat on the porch and watched the birds fly over — smudges… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories banshees, books, Kevin Shamel, magic, poetry

SHOW ME BRAVE • by Kevin Shamel

April 6, 2008Every Day Fiction 38 Comments

“Someone has taken our table.” She spoke through me, as if to a ghost of herself standing behind me. Her eyes hardened under a glacial frost — gritty, grating winter. Her lips pressed whitely together, crinkling the edges of her… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories Kevin Shamel

EMERGENCY REVIVAL • by Kevin Shamel

March 7, 2008Every Day Fiction 19 Comments

My eyeballs still had a layer of ice on them when my lids snapped open to shrill, beating light. My body was hit with wake-up juice and jabs of electricity from the bed. I couldn’t scream because my throat wouldn’t… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, cryonics, Kevin Shamel, spaceships

WE • by Kevin Shamel

February 20, 2008Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

Baked to life in the belly of the sun, torn free from the bones of the Earth, and grown upon the mountain, he counted every breath. He took meaning in each moment — a grape that foresees its ultimate destination… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories, Surreal Kevin Shamel

HAVEN • by Kevin Shamel

January 22, 2008Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

Spears of sunlight pierced the high canopy and plunged themselves into the forest floor. The floating things of the forest shone in the twisting rays of light — seedpods, and dust, and bugs flashing into the shadows. Lylee tried to… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories dragons, Kevin Shamel

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