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MUMMY AND THE STRENGTH OF SPIDERWEBS • by Sarah M Jasat

January 31, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

After the sun goes down, Mummy and I sit in the dark. I brush my hair, then my dolly’s, then mummy’s, slicing through the strands with my comb. When I hear Daddy’s key in the lock, I know it’s time… Continue Reading →

Horror, Literary, Stories fathers, mothers, Sarah M Jasat

HOPE IS A HIGHWAY • by Sarah Rachel Egelman

January 19, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Even with my terrible eyesight, from the top of this hill I can easily spy the freeway that runs through town. The cars and trucks, like hyper-focused insects, running in parallel, zip into my view and out again. The freeway… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories home, mothers, Sarah Rachel Egelman

IDENTITY THEFT • by Shoshauna Shy

October 4, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

If Kevin stole the lipstick, if he slipped the tube tagged Fuschia Shock into the front pocket of his jeans, poked it between the denim slits nonchalantly enough as if it were possible to pretend his brain was unaware of… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories LGBTQ, mothers, Shoshauna Shy, theft

SEPTEMBER • by Ilse Eskelsen

September 4, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Guinevere!” my mother said. My waking eyes saw everything as slow, disparate images on a just-light background; she was a flash of red athletic wear and a sudden weight on the end of my bed, a frenzied face and a… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a parent, Ilse Eskelsen, mothers, teenagers

FIRST RAIN • by Sree Sen Bhasin

July 15, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We hadn’t spoken since we returned from the hospital. Ma and I lay side by side on our backs on a narrow bed in the guest room of my sister’s house. There was no place to even hold hands in… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, mothers, Sree Sen Bhasin

THE FICUS PLANT • by Jenya Krein

May 2, 2020Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

The day my mom was admitted into the psych ward at Mass General I decided to lose my virginity. I was almost seventeen, and past all romantic notions of sex. It was not my plan from the get-go. I was… Continue Reading →

Horror, Literary, Stories having sex, Jenya Krein, mothers, plants

ALWAYS SAY • by Kate LaDew

March 30, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Molly wishes her alive again and jumps as the door slides open. “Hi, there,” her mother says. “Knock next time!” Molly shouts. “You taught me that.” “Yes.” Her mother’s tone is apologetic, looking down at her bare feet. “You forgot.”… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories, Surreal Kate LaDew, mothers

TOUCANS & REINDEER • by Chella Courington

December 12, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My mother would start unpacking the Christmas decorations on what we now call Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving when shoppers stampede stores.) The smell of leftover turkey still permeated our house as she filled the air with a regular… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cannabis, Chella Courington, Christmas Eve, holiday parties, mothers

THE EXPLODING GIRL • by Julia Gilmour

November 3, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

A heart lands softly on the ground below the monkey bars, a left arm sways back and forth on the swing set, and at the foot of the slide, a human head balances topside down. She blinks. Not again. Delia… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal anger, Julia Gilmour, mothers, siblings

I’LL BE DEAD IN 307 YEARS • by Kathleen McGuire

October 27, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My sister Bailey’s breathing is steady at night. I wait for it to change from shallow to the deep breaths of full R.E.M. She sleeps on her side. Her shoulder forms the smoky mountains sloping gently under the sheet. The… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Kathleen McGuire, lunar eclipse, mothers, teenagers, Winter Solstice

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