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GOOD GIRL • by Gustavo Bondoni

August 31, 2022Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

I was a good girl today. Really good. Probably better than any eleven-year-old you’ll ever see. It started in the morning when I got out of bed without my mom even having to wake me up. It’s not hard, I… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories bad behaviour, children, good behaviour, Gustavo Bondoni, mirrors, murder

THE HERO OF BEAGER DOWNS • by Jonathan McLelland

June 24, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Fuck the ugly dog. That’s what he said as they were taking him away. Somebody shouted to him as the police were leading him away, “Hey, Joe, what do we do with the Boy?” and he just leaned back over… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories boxing, grocery stores, Jonathan McLelland, murder, small town, sports

AUROMANCER FOR HIRE • by Jeff Gard

April 15, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Melvin Fernsby buried his hands in his overcoat as he approached the one-room unit at the end of the cramped hallway. The thin carpet tried in vain to swallow noise from neighboring apartments: televisions squawking baseball games, infants crying, people… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Mystery / Suspense, Stories Jeff Gard, murder, police, psychics

VERTICAL BLIND • by Carl Robinette

March 28, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Orange light beamed across my eyes through a gap in the vertical blinds where my cat had yanked out one of the vinyl strips weeks or months earlier. I was coaxed awake in the otherwise dark room by the familiar… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Carl Robinette, courage, murder, neighbours, police

THE TASK AT HAND • by Jack Phillips Lowe

April 24, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Todd Benway is out in his backyard, assembling the swing set he and his wife bought for their daughter Lexy’s birthday. Todd’s wife, Angela, is by the patio weeding her rose garden. They exchange a smile and a wave. Lexy,… Continue Reading →

Horror, Mystery / Suspense, Stories ghosts, Jack Phillips Lowe, murder

THE TRUTH ABOUT ANGEL • by Jamey Gallagher

March 31, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Summer days dozens of boys jumped off the train bridge. Their skin was pale at the beginning of summer, deep gold by the end. They shouted, laughed, shoving each other, horsing around, hurling insults and challenges. When a train came,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bullying, Jamey Gallagher, murder

THE REALITY DEFENCE • by Rosalie Kempthorne

May 17, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Are you sure it’s the defence you want to go with?” her colleagues asked her. Nina leaned against her desk, chewing on that mangled pencil that always calmed her nerves before a big case. “I think so.” “When has that… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories courtrooms, gaming, lawyers, murder, Rosalie Kempthorne, virtual reality

SOME WOMEN • by Sofia Sears

February 18, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

A man approaches a girl. Balding, plain and pale-eyed, fifty or so. She sits alone, staled knuckles typing an essay, coffee cold, body terse. Her eyes dart back and forth, shut for a moment. Her shoulders stiffen. In broad daylight,… Continue Reading →

Horror, Literary, Stories harassment, murder, sex workers, Sofia Sears

WHERE ON EARTH? • by Jim Hawe

September 5, 2017Every Day Fiction 7 Comments

Across the face of every freshman streaming into the lecture hall on the fall semester’s first day was the same unspoken question: “Am I in the right class?” Professor Bill Meriwether had every intention of answering that question — just… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Mystery / Suspense, Stories academia, first day of school, Jim Hawe, murder

INTERROGATION CUPCAKES • by Alexander Burns

July 7, 2016Every Day Fiction 29 Comments

AR-D6 was first on the scene, bursting through the door to find a little girl and a corpse smeared with blood. The girl looked up with a tear-streaked face and asked if mommy was okay. Her name was Tallulah, age… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Science Fiction, Stories Alexander Burns, murder, police, robots

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