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AWESOME WOMAN • by Oonagh McBride

March 11, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I decided to get my sister drunk so I could steal her pocket watch. I chose a bar close to home where people were used to seeing her, and she wouldn’t attract too much unwelcome attention. “Bro,” said Olivia with… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories Oonagh McBride, siblings, superheroes

NOTES REGARDING THE CALAMITY JUKEBOX AT THE SUPER! HERO! RAGTIME CAFÉ • by Jude-Marie Green

November 2, 2018Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

We occupied the café, waiting, as always waiting, bathed in music constantly spinning from the Wurlitzer 1015, the Bubbler, the smells of bacon and coffee ever present. We waited on doom, on disaster, on mobilization to rescue the hapless. We… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories, Surreal cafés, Jude-Marie Green, superheroes

THE SUNRISE • by Gene Hart

April 9, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Smoke started coming out of the Corolla’s vents on the freeway and I was still in my costume. To make matters worse, I couldn’t fly. Since Mom kicked me out I had been living at the Sunrise Motel and spending… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Mystery / Suspense, Stories crime, financial hardship, Gene Hart, superheroes

SUBHERO • by Alison McBain

June 27, 2017Every Day Fiction 39 Comments

Even though it’s been a long time and I live in California now, I still see him on the news. My kids don’t know that it’s grandpa up there who’s a famous superhero, and I pray to God every day… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Alison McBain, superheroes

FUTURE: HERO • by Dustin Adams

January 2, 2017Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

Becoming a hero is easy. It’s a magical process that takes place with — or more likely without — your consent and you go from a regular guy with a regular insurance job to someone who will save the world… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Science Fiction, Stories Dustin Adams, journalism, superheroes

A MAN OF ACTION • by Liz Colter

August 16, 2016Every Day Fiction 13 Comments

The need to hunt my enemies defines my world. Pacing, I pass the front window. I count twenty police cars and a Special Forces wagon outside. Officers crouch behind their vehicles and barricades, afraid of me, yet I feel no… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Liz Colter, superheroes

CONFESSIONS OF A SUPERHERO • by Joel Hunt

August 31, 2015Every Day Fiction 69 Comments

This is about a woman. It always is with us, isn’t it? Clark Kent has Lois Lane, Peter Parker has Mary Jane Watson, even Bruce Wayne has that on-again off-again thing with Selina Kyle. It doesn’t matter where we are,… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Joel Hunt, superheroes

WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST • by Lynette Mejía

April 21, 2015Every Day Fiction 27 Comments

The building was a drab gray, accented here and there with streaks of black and green mildew which appeared to have eaten through the paint in a few places. Holly hedges grown high as the roofline ringed the outside, covering… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories elder care, fathers, Lynette Mejía, superheroes

WELL, THAT’S JUST SUPER • by Peter Wood

February 16, 2015Every Day Fiction 43 Comments

Larry looked up from endless raking and saw Joe, his neighbor, leap thirty feet, with a single bound, to the roof next door. Joe adjusted the satellite dish. With a mighty breath, Joe shot the leaves from the gutters onto… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Peter Wood, superheroes

COFFEE SHOP CRISIS • by Dale Ivan Smith

November 12, 2013Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

All I wanted was a day off and a date with Christopher at Tai’s Mokka Korner, no costume, no super powers, no so-called heroes wrecking things. Chris wanted things to be different. This girl was working on it. We were… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Dale Ivan Smith, superheroes

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