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HEAVY METAL • by Eric Casdorph

September 23, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

I’d like to begin by saying Johnson’s a liar. Johnson’s a goddamn liar if I’ve ever known one, but I’ll be shot and hanged ’n banged if he ain’t real entertaining about it. He’s a funny guy, Johnson. Real funny.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Mystery / Suspense, Stories death, debt, Eric Casdorph, organized crime, prophecies

FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED • by Gal-on Broner

April 18, 2017Every Day Fiction 6 Comments

“You got to know who to insult: You can insult the barman, you can insult the waitresses with their see-through mini-skirts, you can insult the whole god damn band, on their god damn stage, with their god damn instruments —… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Gal-on Broner, organized crime

HOLIDAY GAMES • by Walt Giersbach

December 28, 2015Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

“You look like you are down on your luck.” The voice came from a baggy-faced man. Kind of guy you’d call noir and brooding. “Might say that, mon ami,” I answered. We watched the croupier rake my last five dollars… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Canadians, casinos, gambling, organized crime, Walt Giersbach

THE DON OF THE DANCE • by Karl MacDermott

March 17, 2015Every Day Fiction 26 Comments

Hollywood has come to Borris-on-Ossary. And it’s all because of mammy. Might as well start at the beginning, ‘twas the strangest occurrence that happened for donkey’s years. Sometime in June 1997 Vito Provolone drove into town. There I was minding… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories dancing, Karl MacDermott, organized crime

PAY THE FERRYMAN • by Eric Fritz

December 10, 2013Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

Marcus leaned back against the BMW’s door and exhaled smoke into the night sky. His jacket lay inside on the passenger seat and the sleeves of his white dress shirt were rolled up in the heat, but his tie was… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Eric Fritz, organized crime

PLAYING IT OUT • by Dale Ivan Smith

June 16, 2010Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

“You are afraid,” the fortune teller told Anthony Torelli. She dressed like a gypsy, and her heavy-lidded eyes seemed to gleam with dark secrets. “I know that.” Sweat dripped inside his shirt. “I want to know why.” The air in… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Dale Ivan Smith, fortune tellers, organized crime

CANTICLES • by K.C. Ball

October 1, 2009Every Day Fiction 32 Comments

Tim fled from his afternoon nightmares to answer the insistent clamoring of the telephone. He tucked the receiver between the sweat-soaked pillow and his ear. “Yeah?” he mumbled. Godliness with contentment is great gain / those who desire to be… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories crime, friendship, K.C. Ball, organized crime

IGNORANCE OF CHEMISTRY • by Jonathan Pinnock

May 29, 2009Every Day Fiction 24 Comments

Masterson was getting bored. If it wasn’t for the fact that the guy was producing the highest quality recreational pharmaceuticals in the Northern hemisphere, he wouldn’t have given him the time of day. “Look,” he said. “Stop fannying around. If… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories chemistry, crime, drugs, Jonathan Pinnock, organized crime

INCOMPLETE • by Robert Swartwood

May 20, 2009Every Day Fiction 23 Comments

1. The men without faces came for his father just after dinnertime. There were two of them. They broke down the apartment door and stormed inside. His mother screamed, dropped her glass. It shattered on the floor. His father tried… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories organized crime, Robert Swartwood
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