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THE CALIBER OF HOPE • by Michael Pikna

January 18, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I work a mixture of peat and shredded leaves into the hole, then arrange the bulbs pointy end up before blanketing them with a few inches of dirt. Planting crocuses is supposed to keep me from offing myself in the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories child abuse, death of a parent, Michael Pikna, sex workers, siblings

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM • by Ali Raza

March 19, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

(content warning: rape) Frank would be at my place at 11 PM on the dot every Friday without fail. He’d show up dressed immaculately in a debonair suit, like he was subliminally selling me dreams of a cushier life. At… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Ali Raza, rape, sex workers

THE RIPPER IN DODGE • by M.A. De Neve

January 9, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

A cowhand found Barbara Richmond’s body behind the livery stable. Some butcher took a knife to her belly and chest. I stood outside Doc’s office and wept. Lawman Bill Tilghman asked if he could walk with me. “You okay, Dora?”… Continue Reading →

Historical, Mystery / Suspense, Stories Dodge City, Jack the Ripper, M.A. De Neve, sex workers

SILAS AND THE SEX TRADE WORKER • by Harold N. Walters

August 11, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’m seventy-odd years old and know nothing about ladies of the evening. I’ve heard some of them have hearts of gold. I didn’t recognize the stylish young woman knocking on my hotel room door as a sex trade worker. It… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Harold N. Walters, hotels, sex workers, widowers

SOME WOMEN • by Sofia Sears

February 18, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

A man approaches a girl. Balding, plain and pale-eyed, fifty or so. She sits alone, staled knuckles typing an essay, coffee cold, body terse. Her eyes dart back and forth, shut for a moment. Her shoulders stiffen. In broad daylight,… Continue Reading →

Horror, Literary, Stories harassment, murder, sex workers, Sofia Sears

SCARLET WOMAN • by Fiona Honor Hurley

October 28, 2017Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

At night, the sulphurous fog grew thicker, and the women took their usual positions under the doorways and gas lamps of Whitechapel. Molly’s shoes clicked against the cobblestones as she tried to catch the eye of any passing male. She… Continue Reading →

Historical, Horror, Stories Fiona Honor Hurley, Jack the Ripper, sex workers, vampires

DR. QWIG’S SCHOOL OF DARK SCIENCE • by LB Thomas

November 1, 2013Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

Dr. Qwig’s School of Dark Science can only be accessed through an alleyway entrance along Watterson Street, halfway between 47th and 48th Avenues. During school hours, Maryanne Bleach sits on a wooden stool just behind the steel door and listens… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories education, LB Thomas, personal growth, sex workers
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