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SEVERANCE • by Michael Snyder

February 20, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

This time, when Sheila breaks up with Rick, she uses fishing line, two bent nails, and her ex-boyfriend’s hammer. She strings the tripwire taut, eight inches high, across the doorframe of his side entrance, guesstimating the placement of the posterboard… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories breaking up, Michael Snyder

FOIBLES • by Michael Snyder

October 28, 2021Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

I’d forgotten how much I hated small talk until we hit the interstate. Three hours into the trip I pull into a truck stop to buy Meredith a Milky Way and some headphones. My hope was that the caramel might… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories breaking up, Michael Snyder, road trip

AMERICAN PIE • by Michael Snyder

September 11, 2021Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Sunday, 9/9 The date had been circled on my calendar for months. The night before my flight from Nashville to NYC I used a red ballpoint to circle the word Tuesday and the number eleven. And then again and again… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories 9/11, infidelity, Michael Snyder, parenting

SEARCH PARTY • by Michael Snyder

October 3, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Their uneven line inches forward, seventeen concerned volunteers trespassing lawfully in dew-stained sneakers. The morning is bright, unseasonably warm, but she can still see her breath. Maggie walks and watches, barely aware of the faraway scent of burning cedar nearby… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Michael Snyder, missing persons

HAPPY (RE)BIRTHDAY • by Michael Snyder

January 1, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Where am I?” “You wouldn’t believe me if I told you,” the bald man says. His nametag reads: Pete. “No one ever does.” “Okay, so how did I get here?” “Simple enough. Tell me about your day.” Funny, it doesn’t… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Michael Snyder

RUBBER HUMANS • by Michael Snyder

May 8, 2017Every Day Fiction 5 Comments

“I’m thinking of getting a reduction,” Teresa said. “Not you too…” Chuckie rolled his eyes, but it looked like yet another anxious blink. “Let me guess, your beak?” “No, my breasts. I mean… I come from a naturally voluptuous flock.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories chickens, farm life, lawsuits, Michael Snyder

IF WISHES WERE HORSES • by Michael Snyder

February 2, 2017Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

Harold sits, thinking. Not his best skill but something he does more and more often these days. Which, given his current situation, does provide some modicum of hope. He used to have it all. Only he didn’t know it at… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories entertainment industry, fame, Michael Snyder

AULD LANG SYNE • by Michael Snyder

January 3, 2017Every Day Fiction 14 Comments

I was born and raised in the forest, among my kind. We lived off the land, the nearby waterways, unmolested and unencumbered, free to enjoy the sun, the stars, and especially the occasional breeze. Now my ankle hurts. I only… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Christmas trees, Michael Snyder

SHE’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS • by Michael Snyder

December 24, 2016Every Day Fiction 23 Comments

Mom was way into Santa. But I always found the red suit, flushed pigmentation, and overall jolliness a bit creepy. Not to mention the standing invitation for strangers to sit on his lap. When I argued that he couldn’t possibly… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Christmas Eve, family, Michael Snyder, psychiatric disorders
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