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DO NO HARM • by Sean Donaghue Johnston

November 21, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Cass stood at the top of the steps and listened. Her mother and her sister were downstairs in the living room, watching the news. The news story drifted up the stairs like a cold draft. “…miraculous escape from the clutches… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories doctors, Sean Donaghue Johnston, serial killers

OCTOBER MOON • by Jerry W. Hawkins

October 9, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

OFFICIAL 9-1-1 TRANSCRIPT: OCTOBER 08, 1984 Dispatcher: 9-1-1. What’s your emergency? Caller: Lord… help… you gotta help. Dispatcher: Sir, please calm down. I need — Caller: She’s… I don’t know what. She was… she was down there. I put her… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories calling 9-1-1, full moon, Jerry W. Hawkins, serial killers, werewolves

MAMA KNOWS EVERYTHING • by Suzannah Gilman

October 10, 2017Every Day Fiction 31 Comments

Laura was on the phone with her boyfriend when the baby let out a sharp wail. She rushed down the hall, picked up her crying daughter from the crib, cooed “There, sweetie, it’s okay.” Then she saw blood dripping from… Continue Reading →

Horror, Literary, Stories parenting, serial killers, Suzannah Gilman

SORCERER’S APPRENTICE • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

February 24, 2017Every Day Fiction 28 Comments

You can say anything to babies, if you do it in the proper tone of voice. “Once upon a time,” and I put down Good Night Moon, “Grandma’s very bestest friend was a boy named Rickie. And he became a… Continue Reading →

Literary, Mystery / Suspense, Stories Sarah Crysl Akhtar, serial killers

DADDY’S GLASSES • by Molly Flynn

October 27, 2015Every Day Fiction 24 Comments

I peer into my drawer of glasses, deciding, and empty eyes stare back. Most people don’t notice the images pressed into the lenses, like the negatives of old photographs, but Daddy and I do. He keeps his glasses in the… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Molly Flynn, serial killers
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