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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

PATTERN • by A.K. Cotham

October 11, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

This blanket would be unmemorable except you recognize this as your favorite pattern and remember where, still new to knitting needles, you used to drop stitches and clumsily fix them up. Your fingertips know this sturdy, not-soft yarn without touching… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories A.K. Cotham, foster care, homelessness, knitting, missing persons, police

ONE OF THEM • by Walter Lawn

September 15, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Face down on the street, hands locked behind my head, I lay still while Plainville’s Finest held a gun on me and Second-Best rifled through my pockets. Where had I gone wrong? My client had announced he chose me based… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories police, private investigators, racism, Walter Lawn, white supremacists

TOMIKO • by Pat Scaramuzza

May 16, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My car was ugly. Angular, pitted gray, it could barely fly. If it weren’t for Tomiko, I’d feel ashamed picking up my boyfriend Chuanli. He climbed in the passenger seat and kissed my ear as my car’s hologram of Tomiko… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories cars, holograms, LGBTQ, Pat Scaramuzza, police

TANNERY TROUBLE • by Ben Nein

November 19, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The abandoned tannery loomed above Gil Hadrian as he dismounted his horse. The windowless brick building still threw off the smell of stale urine and other chemicals, even after sitting unused for almost four years. Gil squared his shoulders and… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories Ben Nein, Gil Hadrian, police

ZERO IS THE SUM • by Rebecca Roland

June 14, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Four is the number of gunmen who enter the library where she’s taken her son for story time. Four is the age of her son, who will soon be five, if he lives through this day. Four is the number… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories guns, libraries, parenting, police, Rebecca Roland

BOWLING IN THE 9TH WARD • by Micah Stack

February 16, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

So I’m a couple blocks from the crib, kicking it on the corner of Louisa St. at that spot in front of the house that used to be a restaurant — that yellow two-story thing. It got the sign up… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bowling, Micah Stack, New Orleans, police

MIDWINTER MEDDLING • by Ben Nein

December 21, 2017Every Day Fiction 6 Comments

Constable Gil Hadrian leaned against the side of a building, taking a break from his weaving walk through the alley somewhere in the Priesthorpe district of Ashford. All these temples looked alike after seven drinks. Or was it eight? He… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories Ben Nein, demons, Gil Hadrian, police, Winter Solstice

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