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GATHER THE DARKNESS • by Quinn

December 21, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The snap of the twig was always the best part. The scent of the dried wood, dead for months now, would rise to her nose. She would inhale its scent, drinking in lost memories of seasons long since passed. The… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Grim Reaper, magic, marriage, nature, Quinn, sacrifice, Winter Solstice

THE DISAPPEARING MAN • by Jeremy A. Wall

May 12, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I was six years old the first time I saw a man disappear. My parents were arguing in the kitchen that morning. I pretended not to hear it. A little later my father came into my room wearing a suit.… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories ceremonies, fathers, Jeremy A. Wall, sacrifice

TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR • by Aleks Kyiv

September 9, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

They were right, it all passes too quickly. Demetria both regretted and cherished every extra minute it took to get little Anton into the bath. She wanted to get him into bed early, but he was so happy playing with… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Aleks Kyiv, parenting, sacrifice, space colonization

INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY • by Gretchen Bartels-Ray

September 19, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When I was almost five, my Aunt Evelyn discovered that my birthday falls on International Talk like a Pirate Day. “ARRRRRRH,” Aunt Ev brandished a hooked hand and waited until I looked up from my cupcake. “This be the tale… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories adoption, Gretchen Bartels-Ray, parenting, sacrifice, Talk Like A Pirate Day

A VIKING’S TALE • by Jamie Wang

August 28, 2017Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

The plan suddenly made sense. “So… I’m bait?” I asked. I stood, shoulders slouched, hands in pockets, engulfed by the shadows of five colossal warriors in our lantern-lit war-tent. “No, you’re not bait,” Alruc said. “You’re our vanguard!” He threw… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories battle, Jamie Wang, sacrifice, vikings

RHYTHM • by Lindsey Duncan

August 9, 2017Every Day Fiction 19 Comments

Of the thousands rushing down Riwdin’s streets, I was the only one headed for the city center.  I pressed close to shuddering walls and waited for lulls to ease forward.  Necessity propelled me; I clung to patience. Dust from shattered… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories earthquakes, Lindsey Duncan, magic, sacrifice

DRAGON’S DEN • by A.J. Rocca

July 11, 2017Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

It’s hard to see the pawn shop unless you need it. You must’ve gone past the shop a hundred times before, but it’s only today that you really see it there, hunched in the shadow of the tall buildings like… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories A.J. Rocca, pawn shops, sacrifice

ALL OUR BODIES IN THE GLASS • by Rob Francis

April 14, 2017Every Day Fiction 13 Comments

The vitrifiers position me on the table, the striated steel cold against my skin. An acrid scent lingers in the tiled room, a vestige of a thousand other treatments. “You have had surgery.” Minister Krasell casts his eyes over my… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Rob Francis, sacrifice, transformation

THE CLIMB • by Scott A. Michel

October 23, 2015Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

We leave our parents before break of day. There are tears, there are hugs, there are goodbyes. We will never see them again. We climb the Face of God all morning, the stair switching back again and again. The clefts… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories sacrifice, Scott A. Michel

AN OLD WARRIOR’S FINAL COUNTDOWN • by Kat Otis

October 20, 2015Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

Ten spiraling stone steps led down to the dungeon.  I dashed down them, the flames of the wall sconces wavering with the wind of my passage.  Although I still held my sword at the ready, I found no one left… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories dragons, Kat Otis, knights, parenting, sacrifice

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