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ABBIE SUGARMAN’S BEST DECISION • by Dick Noble

April 25, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Abbie rose from the couch when she heard the key rattle in the lock and the thump of Troy’s boots hitting the floor. It was two in the morning. Troy staggered into their apartment, mumbling a slurred story about pub… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories alcohol, Dick Noble, infidelity, revenge, smartphones

A MAN’S DOG • by Dan Keeble

January 24, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Tom saw the smirk approaching. There was no way to avoid it. Worse still, it was spread across the face of Conor. If ever a snigger or sneer needed removing with the back of a hand, it would belong to… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Dan Keeble, dogs, lies, revenge

PLEASE BE SAFE TODAY • by Lucy Berryman

April 14, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I never understood crimes of opportunity until I was on that bus. It curved through the cheaper part of the city, a rundown place where even the roaches quivered at the footsteps of pedestrians. We passed in and out of… Continue Reading →

Literary, Mystery / Suspense, Stories hate crimes, Lucy Berryman, persecution, revenge, siblings, transgender

BANK SECURITY • by Adam Brinckerhoff

January 9, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

10 MINUTES Walk in the front door. It hurts more than usual today. Apparently, when they leave the bullet in your leg, the pain comes and goes. Doctor said something about my femoral artery when he told me why they… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Adam Brinckerhoff, banks, revenge, technology

ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD • by Chris Ingram

April 20, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Ben Taylor was the sort of man who thought nothing of killing another with an unannounced shot from behind. Further, he knew his reputation as just such a man preceded him. He knew he’d probably meet his fate the same… Continue Reading →

Historical, Mystery / Suspense, Stories Chris Ingram, revenge, Western

THE OTHER • by Shelley K. Davenport

October 25, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Carina, darling, Someday you will want to know why. People will ask you: What was I like? Was I weird? Forgetting that you were only three and cannot be expected to remember your father. I cannot write to you because… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories child abuse, fathers, psychiatric institutions, revenge, Shelley K. Davenport

RESPECTING THE DEAD • by Paul A. Freeman

October 21, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Daphne Mills, the sexton at St. Elijah’s Church, parked her white Ford van in front of the lych-gate. She opened the rear doors of the vehicle and manoeuvred a wheelbarrow out the back. Inside it she placed large swatches of… Continue Reading →

Horror, Humour / Satire, Stories cemeteries, Paul A. Freeman, revenge

MARKSMAN • by G. E. Smith

April 4, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Frieda Jacobson drives west on I-80, her ten-year-old son Ron in the back. “Daddy gonna meet us at our new home?” Frieda lowers the visor of her small Chevy coupe against the glare of the setting sun. “Nope, and you… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories abduction, G. E. Smith, revenge

CRANKING THE WHEEL • by Rex Caleval

June 5, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Sorry, buddy,” said a gray-haired man in a suit, bumping me as he tried to reach the bar. “Fridays are always crowded here. Everybody ducks out of work early for a pint before they head home.” He noticed that he’d… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories bars, karma, revenge, Rex Caleval

TAKE ONE ONLY • by Hank Shepherd

March 15, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The kids were running up and down the street like crackheads jacked up after their latest fix. It was that worst night of the year, the one before All Saints Day. For the past three years, two little shits had… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Halloween, Hank Shepherd, revenge

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