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ANGELA AND THE HOMEN • by Gosia Buzzanca

December 8, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My grandmother’s last breath was a struggle. “She died last night,” the neighbour came knocking. “It wasn’t a pretty sight. Poor sod, gulping for air like that.” I called her “grandmother” even though she was not. She had taken me… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal death of a grandparent, Gosia Buzzanca, grief, homen, libraries

THE LIBRARY GHOST • by Lauryn Mercredi

August 21, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Oscar stood in the atrium of the central branch of the city library. It was midnight and the only illumination came from amber lights along the walls and the red Exit signs, creating a surreal glow. Oscar inhaled the slight… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories afterlife, books, friendship, ghosts, Lauryn Mercredi, libraries

BABEL • by Paul Dicken

January 25, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

One of the most notorious episodes in the Aleph Club’s history of course was the time it agreed to purchase an infinite library from a mysterious South American salesman passing through on business. “It will be just like that time… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories books, clubs, libraries, Paul Dicken

ZERO IS THE SUM • by Rebecca Roland

June 14, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Four is the number of gunmen who enter the library where she’s taken her son for story time. Four is the age of her son, who will soon be five, if he lives through this day. Four is the number… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories guns, libraries, parenting, police, Rebecca Roland

THE LIBRARIAN • by Kat McNichol

May 11, 2017Every Day Fiction 26 Comments

Everyone has the potential for violence. You’d be amazed, really. There’s the girl stripping wings off tiny white moths behind the building where her dad beats her mom, or the nurse who screams obscenities at her roommate after a shift… Continue Reading →

Horror, Mystery / Suspense, Stories Kat McNichol, librarians, libraries

DEGREES OF STARVATION • by Beth Cato

July 29, 2014Every Day Fiction 46 Comments

Charlotte sank her pitchfork into the fragrant compost and daydreamed of libraries — the old-fashioned sort, lined with yellowed tomes of liver-spotted pages and fragile leather spines that crackled against her palm. As data technician officer for the colony on… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Beth Cato, books, libraries, space colonization

COLD GREY • by Jessica George

October 28, 2012Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

The girls in the library have an ongoing competition: strangest thing ever found between the pages of a returned book. There’s the predictable — novelty bookmarks, unsent postcards. The disgusting — toenail clippings, hair, an old slice of toast. The… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories fish, Jessica George, libraries
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