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BLUE HYDRANGEA • by Katherine Sankey

January 17, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Alice had no idea he had taken the photo, at least not at the time. She would see it later though, after it was developed, and they were both married to different people. He must have taken the snap as… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories art, Katherine Sankey, memories, photographs, unrequited love

LINGERING • by Yvonne Eliot

November 13, 2022Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

His lashes are so dark against his skin. Unable to resist, I kiss him gently on his temple. He stirs, swallows, and rolls on his side away from me. I run a hand softly over his shoulder, down his side,… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories, Surreal death, ghosts, memories, Yvonne Eliot

FATHER’S DAY • by Linda Mary Guyette

October 25, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The years have been kind when I see George again. I’m wandering the carnival alone, licking the last bit of cotton candy stickiness from my fingers. It’s Father’s Day weekend, and Daniel and I have made the trek back to… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories abortion, Father's Day, infertility, Linda Mary Guyette, marriage, memories

MY GRANDMOTHER’S VOICE • by C. Mariel

August 28, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My grandmother’s voice sounded like static, the scratchy noise you hear as you are tuning into an AM radio station. Her awkwardly unique way of communicating was virtually unintelligible to most anyone outside our family circle. When I was around… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories C. Mariel, grandparents, memories

AT THE GANDER • by David Clayton

June 22, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I walk in. They hand me a name badge. Immediately I ask myself why am I attending my fiftieth college reunion? The few who aren’t dead look like they should be. I’m gone. No boring stories, bad food and cheap… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories, Surreal 1960s, bars, David Clayton, memories, time travel

GEORGE • by SJ Bryars

May 22, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I sit on the bottom stair of the empty house, sold sign standing by the hedge. Every item is rehomed or lying deep inside landfill on the edge of town. I can smell George’s snuff and spicy aftershave before I… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal ghosts, memories, SJ Bryars

A BEAUTIFUL LIFE • by Patricia O’Donnell

May 4, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The bell rings when a person enters the store, the sound light and musical. Like sunlight, it cuts through the shadows in the open room to the desk at the back. Nils has a small lamp lit on his desk… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories financial hardship, memories, pandemic, Patricia O'Donnell, pregnancy

THE IMAGINARY CREATURE ON MY ROCK • by Quinn Theobald

May 3, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Quinn, guess what we found?” my mom said. She closed the fridge to look at me. I shrugged. I was home for the summer and I didn’t land an internship, which meant ice cream, lunches with old friends, and lying… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories, Surreal imaginary friends, memories, Quinn Theobald

PARADISE • by Laura Brown

March 10, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

She had been talking with the man on the balcony long enough that the beads of condensation on their wine glasses had evaporated. The man’s face reminded her of a beach, full of reddish freckles and seashell-white teeth. Even the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Hawai‘i, Laura Brown, memories, mothers, New Orleans, parties

INHERITANCES • by Adele Evershed

March 6, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

self-raising flour caster sugar mixed spice butter lard currant egg milk bread potatoes peas Bisto Delyth looks at the slanted writing, the looping gs, and the capitalized B for Bisto with its flourishes, making even this common-or-garden shopping list look… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Adele Evershed, baking, memories, mothers, St. David's Day, Wales

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