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DATING IN THE DARK • by Kathryn Moores

January 22, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sitting in his kitchen, the home he had managed to cling onto, staring at an envelope, and wondering how accurately he could guess what the letter said without opening it, Dan settled on something close to “I’m not going to… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories dating, disappearances, friendship, Kathryn Moores, police

WE’RE ONLY HERE TO SKATE • by Jason Schreurs

December 1, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We’re screaming down the highway in a VW bug and I’m sitting in the back seat, my ass burning. Will driving. Martin shotgun. Me doomed. “Um, guys, I think there’s something wrong back here,” I stammer. “What’s up, dummy?” Will,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, assault, hospitals, Jason Schreurs, police, road trip, skateboarding

BACK PAYMENTS • by J.R. Gaskin

July 28, 2021Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

The shadow of the man standing over me disturbs my sleep. A small weight dropping on my chest wakes me. I look at a plastic shopping bag and then at Frank, scratching his hedge of a brown beard at me… Continue Reading →

Literary, Mystery / Suspense, Stories drug dealers, housemates, J.R. Gaskin, police, violent crime

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

INNOCENT • by C. L. Killgore

March 16, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Innocent? Ha! If actions speak louder than words, she was loud and proud. Finally! Her children teased her about being a pushover, but not this time. This time she’d gotten it right. She was sure of it. Well, she’d been… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, C. L. Killgore, memory loss, police

BORN TO LIVE • by Jeremy Runion

March 4, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When I was young my brother left for the war. He died several months after in action. He was a hero by all standards. Incredibly jealous was I, but I was born wrong and would forever be denied. A year… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal brothers, death, Jeremy Runion, police, soldiers

AN UNWANTED PATRIOT • by Chukwu Sunday Abel (Sunabel)

September 10, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I solemnly, sincerely, and truthfully affirm and declare that I will bear true allegiance to the Federal Republic… I will use my best endeavour for the preservation of peace and apprehension of offenders against the peace. I told you that… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Chukwu Sunday Abel (Sunabel), corruption, Nigeria, police, prison

THROWING THE DOG • by J. Patrick

April 15, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’m half-dressed and half in the bottle when the Federales pound on the door, shouting for my roommate, Angel Rios. You think you know a person, I think to myself, but then I think I don’t really know why they’ve… Continue Reading →

Literary, Mystery / Suspense, Stories California, J. Patrick, police

THE FESTIVE INTERVIEW • by Nick Fordham

December 25, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

He rapped out a rhythm on the wrong side of an interview table and pushed back the uncomfortable plastic chair to allow room for his paunch. He shivered. The room was not freezing, but they had confiscated his coat due… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Nick Fordham, police, Santa Claus

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