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leaving a marriage

LETTERS CIRCLING THE ARCTIC • by Joanna Friedman

December 26, 2022Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Dear Nick, It’s been a day of snow and night and the hush of steel runners against ice, as I head south through the Arctic. I’ve taken sleigh number four (you don’t use it much) and two of the retired… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Joanna Friedman, leaving a marriage, Mrs. Claus, Santa Claus

THRESHOLDS • by Wendy Purcell

September 16, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When Rhianna saw the first dead bird on the front step she sighed and bent down to where the bird lay on the morning’s newspaper with its wings outstretched, as if it were still flying; soaring down from the top… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories birds, leaving a marriage, trains, Wendy Purcell

I’M FINE • by D.C. Huffman

August 11, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Molly smiled when she saw the package was from her best friend Katie. Tomorrow was Molly’s birthday. Because of this pandemic they wouldn’t be able to get together for dinner. A week ago Katie had called to ask how she… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories D.C. Huffman, friendship, leaving a marriage

SAY CHEESE • by Gerald So

April 27, 2021Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

What she liked most about Ken Krieg? He didn’t mind she was taller or a volleyball star. Eating Buddhist cuisine in Buffalo, he told her flat as their food, “I want to marry you, work on Wall Street, and live… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories food, Gerald So, infidelity, leaving a marriage, pizza

CHERYL PRESSES THE BUTTON • by Marc J Guillotte

April 12, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“It’s ruined my garden,” Cheryl complained to her sister, Barbara, while replanting what she could salvage. “This was my only spot in full sun,” she said, the two of them bent on their knees in the shadow of the phallus.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Science Fiction, Stories bureaucracy, gardening, leaving a marriage, Marc J Guillotte

MARMALADE • by Jacqueline Carter

February 7, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

There’s a neat row of mason jars at the top of her pantry. Abuela’s jars, each filled to the brim with her marmalade. Carefully ladled and labelled with their year. Tied up with ribbon and a neat square of recycled… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories domestic violence, Jacqueline Carter, leaving a marriage

LIFE SONGS • by Rosalie Kempthorne

January 29, 2017Every Day Fiction 10 Comments

When she steps up there she forgets all about them — the audience, the nay-sayers, her father, her ex-husband — all she sees are the microphone and the lights. All she feels or thinks about is the music. And then,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories leaving a marriage, Rosalie Kempthorne, singers

ACCIDENTAL ENCOUNTER • by Rohini Gupta

September 25, 2014Every Day Fiction 42 Comments

She paused on the street, suitcase at her feet, crying under her dark glasses. She had spent an unpleasant morning packing a few rumpled clothes, old photos and a few faded letters, leaving it till almost the last minute, an hour… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories domestic violence, leaving a marriage, Rohini Gupta

THE LAST TIME THE PIPES WERE DRUNK • by Joyce Chong

January 27, 2013Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

The sink had been drinking again, Momma told me. She threw the empty bottle into the garbage and it clinked  against the other bottles. That was always when Pa got mad, storming around the house, yelling and smashing things. Black… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories alcoholism, Joyce Chong, leaving a marriage

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS • by Patrick Parr

March 15, 2008Every Day Fiction 28 Comments

I sat completely still on the couch, a statue, my hand holding the winning lottery ticket. The machine had selected seven random numbers and rewarded my indecision with a new life. My wife Shannon came out of the bedroom and… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories infidelity, leaving a marriage, lottery tickets, marriage, Patrick Parr
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