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REINCARNATIONS • by Nancy Graves Wahler

April 18, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sally limped into the shoe store with a hop-shuffle. A passerby had slid the store’s business card into her hand when her heel broke in a sewer grate. She wouldn’t go to her divorce proceedings on a broken shoe. The… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories divorce, dogs, Nancy Graves Wahler, pancakes, shoes

WEDGE SANDAL • by Wayne Scheer

February 12, 2017Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

The first time I threw a shoe at my shrink was right after he claimed I was “prone to fits of irrational behavior.” That was his opinion after a year of therapy. Considering his fee, I expected more than what… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories proposals, psychotherapy, shoes, Wayne Scheer

CHILDISH THINGS • by Steven Hicks

August 17, 2016Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

My pops taught me, to look good you must have the right shoes. Now, he took off when I was 17, but he instilled in me that desire to look good, and I really loved my shoes. I had four… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories shoes, Steven Hicks

FOREVER BERRIES • by Oonah V Joslin

June 20, 2013Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

Red patent leather winks out from the central window of the store. On the left uniformed dummy-girls wear pleated gymslips, bound with fixed girdles of red or green or blue. One is uncomfortably bumfled up in an unseasonable Burberry. On… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Oonah V Joslin, shoes

VANITY • by K. A. Patterson

October 8, 2007Every Day Fiction 9 Comments

“Okay, push!” The woman’s face squinched up, reddening with effort. Sweat trickled down the back of his neck. “Maybe if you wiggled a bit,” he suggested. “Like this?” “Ah, here let me–” He shoved harder. “Ow!” she howled, her lardonous… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Kay Patterson, shoes, vanity
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