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PATTERN • by A.K. Cotham

October 11, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

This blanket would be unmemorable except you recognize this as your favorite pattern and remember where, still new to knitting needles, you used to drop stitches and clumsily fix them up. Your fingertips know this sturdy, not-soft yarn without touching… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories A.K. Cotham, foster care, homelessness, knitting, missing persons, police

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

SHOT THROUGH WITH LIGHT • by Tricia Orr

November 29, 2013Every Day Fiction 8 Comments

It’s a Sunday morning and I’m in the kitchen stirring up pancake batter, watching little brown ants march along the wall under the windowsill. I’m thinking about herding the ants onto a piece of paper, mixing them into the batter… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories family, high school, horses, missing persons, Tricia Orr

OUT SHOPPING IN HYPERSPACE • by Michelle Ann King

January 11, 2013Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

Mia tracked her brother down to the garage, where he was sitting on the workbench and swinging his legs. She wasn’t surprised. The garage was hot and stuffy and smelled weird, but she found herself ending up there a lot,… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Michelle Ann King, missing persons, siblings

GOODBYE GIRL • by Shane D. Rhinewald

April 12, 2012Every Day Fiction 18 Comments

Anna disappeared on her ninth birthday. She excused herself from her party with a polite goodbye, went up to her room, and never returned. For a time, no one noticed her absence amid the chaos of clowns, piñatas, and dozens… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal birthdays, lost child, magic, missing persons, Shane D. Rhinewald, wishes
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