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ATOMIC BONDING • by Izzy Steel

January 6, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We lie shoulder-to-shoulder in the grass, almost touching. The distance between us is atomic. “Do you think we’ll ever go to space?” Jemima says, watching the sky. “Us specifically? Like, as a species, are we heading towards everyone going to… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories Izzy Steel, love, saving the planet

THE CANDY JAR • by Sebastian Brown

September 20, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I told him that when the candy jar was empty, we were over. It was a joke, of course, my way of lightening our eventual breakup. Despite the fact I was quite certain we’d get married, have kids, do all… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Romance, Stories candy, love, marriage, Sebastian Brown

ESCAPE • by Wayne Scheer

July 26, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The hum of the television, the chatter on cellphones, the unrelenting bass beat of the music made Alex uneasy. His eyesight was going, his hips ached, but his hearing remained fine. One of the little jokes God plays on old… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, love, marriage, teenagers, Wayne Scheer

JUST IN CASE • by Izzy Steel

March 16, 2020Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Jeffrey sleeps right on the edge of the mattress, like he might fall out at any moment. I used to worry he would — I still do, I suppose. It would do his bad hip no favours. The space between… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories Izzy Steel, LGBTQ, love, proposals

THE PINES • by Madeline Gressman

January 4, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The fire had been burning for eight hours, but the earth was still not soft enough. Just as Harold predicted. It had been an unforgiving winter: sub-zero temperatures for months, ice storms, and buckets of snow. It had taken Harold… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories death of a spouse, dogs, love, Madeline Gressman, marriage

SHIFTER • by Jamie Hittman

December 15, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

After sex, instead of cuddles, Amy asked for the cat. Lulu protested that they just did this yesterday, but Amy was insistent. So Lulu went to the bathroom, crouched down on the rug, and changed. The thing about shapeshifting was… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories cats, Jamie Hittman, LGBTQ, love, shapeshifters

A POSTCARD FROM MOUNT SAINT BERNARD • by L. Mahayla Smith

September 18, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

November 3, 1960 Beloved Brother Alwyn, I thought you might like a photo of my new parish home at Mount St. Bernard.  Leicestershire will never hold the fondness of my heart like Caldey Island. I miss the whitewashed buildings, my… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories Caldey Island, L. Mahayla Smith, letters, LGBTQ, love, monastic life

REMEMBER • by K. A. Tutin

July 25, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

You’ve come here to see— To see. To see her. That’s right. Ethel. Your wife of sixty-six years. You remember her: hair that was always in rollers, an apron knotted around her waist even though she stopped baking once she… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories, Surreal aging, death, K. A. Tutin, love

AN IMPOSSIBLE WISH • by Ayana Womack

April 17, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

A loud ding echoes across my bedroom, indicating that my client has completed the proper steps to summon me. I float across ivory-white marble columns that are inlaid with sapphires, rubies, and emeralds. With a room full of treasures of… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Romance, Stories Ayana Womack, jinn, love, wishes

CONCEPTS OF HOME • by Rosalie Kempthorne

January 22, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He built his first house for Sophia. The love of his life. The swan. The gliding angel whose voice was like silk. He built big, against an expansive canvas of hills and fields. A place a little way out of… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a child, love, Rosalie Kempthorne

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