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SMALL SIGNS OF LOVE AND ATTRITION • by EC Sorenson

November 5, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I paid a lot of money to a woman who cleared things up for me. Kelsey, a counsellor. Kelsey said: “You’re misreading his gestures.” “Oh?” I asked. “How so?” “You’re thinking that when Toby gets home and he empties the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories breaking up, EC Sorenson, relationship problems

THE OLD ROUTINE • by Jodie Keenan

October 28, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

You’re securing the doors and windows while I field-strip the Winchester. Live long enough after the world ends and survival becomes a tired old routine. You sleep while I keep watch, I vomit as quietly as I can while you… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories abortion, Jodie Keenan, relationship problems, unwanted pregnancy, zombies

MY SON • by Billy Justus

August 18, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Westwood Elementary student arrested with gun at school. No injuries. Phones ding and buzz mid-meeting with the news alert. Sharp breaths and low groans ricochet around the table. Everyone turns to me. Westwood is my son Kiel’s school. Naturally, I… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Billy Justus, guns, parenting, relationship problems

SIDE BY SIDE • by Arlen Feldman

August 14, 2020Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

How could anyone sleep through that? He sounded like an asthmatic chainsaw. The sound wasn’t the worst of it, though. It was those gaps, when the sound ceased, where she hoped that maybe, just maybe he’d stopped — snoring, breathing.… Continue Reading →

Horror, Humour / Satire, Stories Arlen Feldman, death, dreams, marriage, relationship problems

TWO TOP • by Mary Kay Holmes

August 8, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I sat, staring at the empty pleather bench on the other side of the table, washing my huevos rancheros down with crafty beer and glancing at the clock on my iPhone. It had been fifteen minutes since he went outside… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories addiction, food servers, Mary Kay Holmes, relationship problems, restaurants

BEYOND A CROOKED DOOR • by Stephan Meijerhof

March 20, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Five doors, crooked with age. Each morning, full bladder and all, I curse them during my tiptoe walk from our street-facing bedroom to the bathroom hiding in the shadows at the back. It is an old place, this new home… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories relationship problems, Stephan Meijerhof

SHOULD’VE JUST STUCK WITH THE DAMN DORITOS • by Alex Z. Salinas

March 12, 2018Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

The strangest thing anyone’s ever told me was that I reminded them of a Ruffles sour cream and onion potato chip. That’s right, a Ruffles sour cream and onion potato chip. It happened my third year of college. A classmate… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories, Surreal Alex Z. Salinas, memories, relationship problems
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