• Welcome
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Help us
  • About the Staff
  • Community
    • Privacy Agreement
  • Friends & Supporters
    • Our Patreon Page
  • Contact us
Every Day Fiction
bite-sized stories for a busy world

Menu Close
  • Home
  • Submit a story
  • Top Stories
  • Archives Index

musicians

THE PIANO MAN • by Jen Eve Taylor

June 16, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Friday night I played another piano bar. If you’d told my younger self that all those years of practice would amount to this… Well, I probably would have been ecstatic, to be perfectly honest. But I was young and dumb… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bars, end of a relationship, Jen Eve Taylor, musicians

WANDERER • by Russell Heidorn

November 28, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Natalia’s wrinkled, spotty hands fluttered over the piano keys like a butterfly dancing on the breeze. Elegant, beautiful, serene, the sound of the aging instrument felt like a long lost friend. Her favorite was The Seasons by Tchaikovsky. Each movement… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories financial hardship, music, musicians, Russell Heidorn

SONGS FOR THE DEVIL AND THE DEAD • by Quinn Baker

September 1, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When the Devil noticed me, that’s when the trouble started. I was always a fair guitar player who was just good enough to play at the local pubs on occasion. I had a fire inside me, though. I worked at… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal musicians, Quinn Baker, the Devil

AN INVITATION • by Gabrielle Reid

October 24, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Music throbs through Alexa’s chest. Her hands are raised high amongst a mass of waving arms and the sickening sweetness of too many different brands of deodorant. The heat is overbearing, but Alexa doesn’t mind. She’s close enough to see… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories concerts, deafness, Gabrielle Reid, musicians, rock bands

THE BIRD BESIDE THE CHALICE • by Fiona M Jones

July 22, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Maddelynne Baird stopped at the junction as usual, waiting for the lights. An early evening moon, whiter than all the laundry and shining tiled bathrooms of her workday, lifted her mood from weary to pensive. “This is where I stand,”… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Fiona M Jones, following dreams, music industry, musicians, psychics

THE KEYBOARD AUDITION • by Kyran Lambert

May 14, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“I am Taylor,” he assures. My drummer hides beneath her cymbals. My bassist coughs and apologizes to no one specific. The audition flier specifies that our all-girl band, The Four Holsters of the Apocalypse, seeks an eighteen- to nineteen-year-old female… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Kyran Lambert, musicians

METICULOUS • by Tina Siegel

November 21, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’m meticulous about the details — the deep, baritone groove of your voice; the lean line of your hip; your abiding love of bad puns; the way you dip your head instead of saying good-bye. These are my favourites. These… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories musicians, Tina Siegel, unrequited love

THE LUCK OF THE FIDDLER • by Irene Montaner

September 29, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I had never seen anyone play the fiddle like her. To be fair, though, I hadn’t seen those many fiddlers playing on stage. I am not the most musical person. Jan was, and he reckoned that she wasn’t that good.… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories, Surreal bars, Irene Montaner, musicians, St. Patrick's Day

THE TATTOOED ARTIST • by Sharon J. Wishnow

September 4, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Nick made short work of assembling boxes and filling the office supply orders that had come in overnight. Delivered in twenty-four hours or it’s free was one of Knickerbocker Office Supplies and Fine Writing Papers’ guarantees. The store, an Upper… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories back to school, musicians, Sharon J. Wishnow, teachers

LORD IT SOUNDED SWELL • by Fred Cheney

August 29, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Always wanted to live on the coast, so I come down here in — well, a long time ago — and opened this little bar. And let me tell you, I seen a lot of crazy things in them thirty… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories bars, Fred Cheney, musicians

Post navigation

← Older Articles
  SUBSCRIBE BY EMAIL

Recent Posts

  • THE EYE • by Gustavo Bondoni
  • BRIDE/ZILLA • by Ashlee Lhamon
  • PARTYING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW • by Lori Romero
  • THE SHAMAN’S APPRENTICE • by Eddie Nicolas
  • THE RED PARK BENCH • BY J. L. Barnes

Categories

  • Fantasy
  • Historical
  • Horror
  • Humour / Satire
  • Inspirational
  • Interviews
  • Literary
  • Looking Through Our Archives
  • Mystery / Suspense
  • Podcasts
  • Romance
  • Science Fiction
  • Site News
  • Stories
  • Surreal
  • Table of Contents

Archives

© 2023 Every Day Fiction. All rights reserved.
Fashionista by aThemes
Manage Cookie Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}