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FIRST COMMUNION • by Thomas Baldwin

May 16, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

In my defense, Mom shouldn’t have kept the Communion elements in the rumpus room. In her defense, the room wasn’t used much. As an only child, it’s hard to make a rumpus, especially when being the minister’s daughter renders you… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories alcohol, gambling, LGBTQ, priests, teenagers, Thomas Baldwin

COOKIE-SHAPED CHARCOAL • by Andrew Rodgers

February 21, 2022Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Midway through a fascinating article about converting goose poop into biofuel, Michael smelled smoke coming from the kitchen. The cookies! He’d totally forgotten about the special “I’m sorry for calling you a fascist” treat he was baking for Liam. With… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories Andrew Rodgers, baking, LGBTQ, relationship problems

TWENTY-FIVE CENT DRAFT • by T.L. Tomljanovic

February 14, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Foamy beer sloshed from a dozen tiny plastic cups onto Alanna’s lap. “Shhhit!” She leapt off the barstool, glaring at the redhead who had spilled the tray of drinks. The cold liquid now resembled a kindergarten accident on her jeans.… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories bars, LGBTQ, T.L. Tomljanovic

THE ISSUE WITH INTIMACY • by Kathryn Ward

February 3, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When I was sixteen it was my fantasy to get beaten up. I was sure that a blinding fist to the eye and a broken nose would trigger a release in me, in the same way I imagined jumping off… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories high school, Kathryn Ward, LGBTQ, teenagers

A FEATHER’S EYE • by Kim Bundy

January 4, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The people in charge seat me under some bright lights and put my painting on an easel. I meet Sebastian, an art expert, and my heart starts knocking. I’m thrilled to be chosen, to have something so special. That is,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories art, intolerance, Kim Bundy, LGBTQ, parenting

THE RESTLESS BED • by Gwen Whiting

December 24, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We didn’t know the bed was cursed. It was a mahogany disaster. It took both of us to move the frame up the apartment stairs. Alyssa and I were laughing and sweaty by the time we collapsed in the bedroom.… Continue Reading →

Surreal curses, Gwen Whiting, LGBTQ, relationship problems

WE LEARN FROM ALL YOUR BEAUTY • by E.S. Dial

December 23, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I “We get in, get the tree, get out,” says Dad. “Got it?”Football begins in less than two hours; my family is on the clock. II Marc points out that Christmas trees do not grow in Bethlehem. It would be… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Christmas trees, E.S. Dial, family, LGBTQ, siblings, traditions

TWELVE DAYS OF SOLSTICE STONES • by Eve Morton

December 21, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Another one!” Jase held a shiny blue rock in hand. “The seventh one in as many days. I have no idea what’s happening.” “That’s a lot of stones,” Margo stated. “You think? I tried to call the local wizard, but… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Romance, Stories Eve Morton, gifts, LGBTQ, Winter Solstice

SURVIVAL • by E.V. Zukowski

November 24, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I read an article recently about harp seals. How their mothers abandon them just twelve days after they’re born, left to the elements, floating on ice in the frigid ocean. Biologists say it teaches the seal pups survival, lessons of… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories E.V. Zukowski, family, LGBTQ, Michigan, Thanksgiving

FOR A GOOD YEAR • by Ari Stemple

October 26, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“You didn’t have to come with me, Sam. I’m okay.” Sam handed me the challah I’d made the day before, wrapped in a cloth. He’d always scared me a little bit, tall and athletic and proud. He looked like the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Ari Stemple, being Catholic, being Jewish, death of a parent, fathers, LGBTQ, Rosh Hashanah

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