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FOUND IN THE FLOOD • by Nina Miller

November 16, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Before daybreak, the rising tide breached the top steps as Manjula opened the basement door. Murky brown water lapped gently amongst schools of Legos and drowned Barbies. Her screams woke the household, whose night had been disturbed by the ravaging… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories flooding, marriage, mothers, Nina Miller, photographs, spiders

DADDY LONG-LEGS • by Vina Nguyen

January 29, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

After my kids had gone off to school that morning, I killed a spider in the kitchen. It had appeared unexpectedly on the counter and crawled in the lithe, stealthy way I despised. And feared. My breathing staggered as I… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories domestic violence, spiders, Vina Nguyen

2 AM AT A MOTEL IN THE CITY • by Cory Cone

July 8, 2016Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

The yellowed lampshade on the bedside table goes bright, goes dim. It buzzes, threatens death before settling into a weak, cool glow. Rory says, “I remember when we were eighteen.” She stares at the ceiling, recalling. “We ran through the… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Cory Cone, memory loss, spiders

GINORMOUS • by Benjamin Langley

March 16, 2015Every Day Fiction 53 Comments

When a shrill scream shocks me from sleep, I work on auto-pilot. Possibilities run through my head and with them the implications. If Kara’s fallen out of bed, her mum will analyse every bruise and bump when I take her… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Benjamin Langley, parenting, spiders

THE WIDOW’S TALE • by J. Chris Lawrence

October 28, 2011Every Day Fiction 43 Comments

Ours was a curious love. He would come every day, spending his time working on what I heard him call his “Classic Chevy”; a gargantuan beast of rust and steel, he spoke to it like a female. And I was… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories cars, J. Chris Lawrence, spiders
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