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AN ENVIABLE NOTHING • by Scott Pomfret

November 4, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Before this first week? I was the popular one. I was always going out. Determined to have a good time. To connect.  But when authorities announced the quarantine, the very first thing my boyfriend and I did was seal the… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories, Surreal paranoia, quarantine, Scott Pomfret

FULL MOON ON A SATURDAY MORNING • by Frank Zubek

September 9, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“It never blinks.” Fred and John were playing chess. John glanced at Fred, and then at the security camera Fred was staring at. “The camera?” John asked, not hiding the slight irritation in his voice. Fred’s preoccupation with the newly… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories elder care, Frank Zubek, paranoia

LINDRA BRYNDA • by Cherish Gallaher

February 9, 2014Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

Kayley would cut me open if she discovered how often I betrayed her. If she learned how, after the sedatives depressed her heart rate and smoothed her brainwaves, her guardians stole me from under her arm and plugged me into… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Cherish Gallaher, dolls, paranoia, toys

SAMSARA • by Paul Friesen

March 29, 2012Every Day Fiction 19 Comments

Outside the rain fell hard. A pair of headlights cut through the downpour as a car approached the foster home. A moment later the lights extinguished and a woman emerged. The bell rang and heavy footsteps moved to the door.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories family, foster care, paranoia, Paul Friesen, suicide

WAITING TO POUNCE • by Steve Goble

December 3, 2008Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

It’s always there, stalking, somewhere near. Hot moist breath on the back of my neck. Skittery footsteps crunching parchment autumn leaves. A harsh, whispered laugh inches from my ear. But I never see it. The most I ever get is… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories paranoia, psychosis, shadow entities, Steve Goble

THE FACTS AS I KNOW THEM • by Sarah Hilary

December 18, 2007Every Day Fiction 36 Comments

These are the facts as I know them. There’s not much to go on. Six days ago — Joe says seven — something happened. We don’t know what, but it happened at ground level. We’re three floors down from ground… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories paranoia, Sarah Hilary, survival
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