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BLACK SWAN EVENT • by Stephen Kyo Kaczmarek

December 10, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“We could always just run it over,” Patricia said. I wasn’t paying much attention. The November sun was smudgy white against a harsh gray sky, and I was thinking how very lonely the sun looked, how barren eons of existence… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cabins, marriage, Stephen Kyo Kaczmarek

WATER MARRIAGE • by Jerri Jerreat

September 25, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Monday, staring at lychees in the specialty shop, Zuberi wondered who had murdered the snitch. And how he and Rosa could have quarreled over something so — impersonal. They were an ideal couple, had met in their late thirties, wiser.… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories climate change, Jerri Jerreat, lawyers, marriage, teachers

ALL ABOUT ASSES • by K. Alan Leitch

July 8, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Really, life is all about our asses. We feed them, and fatten them, then try to slim them down again. We hire Swedes to massage them and lawyers to save them, and we act like them at work so we… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Inspirational, Stories dating, fathers, K. Alan Leitch, marriage

REFLECTIONS AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT • by Michael Bloor

May 21, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We met at art college. Dorothy was the one with talent, everyone saw that. And, I imagine, no-one could see what she saw in me. I got thrown off the course at the end of the second year, but we… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal marriage, Michael Bloor, New Zealand, Scotland, sigils, weaving

MARRIAGE • by Wayne Scheer

February 11, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Joyce and I had been snapping at each other for weeks. No reason really, at least not one that was obvious. But after fifteen years together sometimes you just get into these things and you can’t get out until someone… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories marriage, parenting, Wayne Scheer

THE PLAN • by Mary Sophie Filicetti

January 21, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Deborah, a self-described ‘straight-shooter’, preferred to address relationship issues with her husband directly. Convincing Jeremy to have a vasectomy called for a little finesse, more of a plan. She would have to set the mood before even broaching the subject,… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories marriage, Mary Sophie Filicetti, vasectomy

NEIGHBORLY DUTY • by Michael D. Davis

December 3, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“This is stupid,” Burt said. He walked behind his wife down the hill. The darkness fell from the sky like an old lady in her shower. “I don’t see why,” Cleo said. “We heard a bang and now we’re checking… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories marriage, Michael D. Davis, neighbours

ANAPHYLAXIS • by Stephen Kyo Kaczmarek

August 18, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The door swings open, and a big, too-likable face gazes down at me. “Hi,” the twenty-something says, inviting me in and — I’m not kidding — playing host. “Want a beer? I’ve got Guinness.” A beer? Seriously? “No,” I snap.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories allergies, Honey Bee Day, infidelity, love, marriage, Stephen Kyo Kaczmarek

MR. AND MRS. ZORDOK • by K.J. Chiles

August 13, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“GREENVILLE,” read the sign. “POP 1,624 HUMBLE EARTHLING SERVANTS. HAIL ZORDOK!” In spray paint, below: “DON’T RAZE US, BRO!” Sheryl frowned. “I think we took the wrong turn. We’re supposed to still be in Spring Grove.” “Qroocha znuk!” Emperor Zordok… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories aliens, K.J. Chiles, marriage

HAPPENS ALL THE TIME • by Melissa Ostrom

June 13, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Colleen woke to a fog blooming over the snow. The whiteness, wafting and voluptuous, billowed by her bedroom window — or rather Sarah’s window. Her daughter, back at college for the spring semester, wouldn’t be home anytime soon, and Colleen… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories harassment, infidelity, marriage, Melissa Ostrom, menstruation

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