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FIRST COMMUNION • by Thomas Baldwin

May 16, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

In my defense, Mom shouldn’t have kept the Communion elements in the rumpus room. In her defense, the room wasn’t used much. As an only child, it’s hard to make a rumpus, especially when being the minister’s daughter renders you… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories alcohol, gambling, LGBTQ, priests, teenagers, Thomas Baldwin

THE ISSUE WITH INTIMACY • by Kathryn Ward

February 3, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When I was sixteen it was my fantasy to get beaten up. I was sure that a blinding fist to the eye and a broken nose would trigger a release in me, in the same way I imagined jumping off… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories high school, Kathryn Ward, LGBTQ, teenagers

UNDER MY SKIN • by Joely Opie-Harris

January 2, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

(content warning: rape) I close my eyes and the quiet, black space around me is filled with you. Do you think of me too? I wonder if you do. Wonder if that night is still carved into your wrists, wriggling… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories alcohol, Joely Opie-Harris, rape, teenagers

THE 8’46” MILE • by John Mara

February 28, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

A lifetime ago, I smoked a Washington High School record, running the mile in 4 minutes and 23 seconds.  Now, at fifty-eight, I want to run the mile again, albeit in twice that time — to prove my angina is… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, John Mara, running, teenagers

HE • by Kyle Ross

February 25, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He stares at his nude self in the bathroom mirror. He runs his fingers from his neck down his chest and over his breasts. They’re gentle, fragile, moving across his skin as if one wrong touch and he would break.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories dreams, family, Kyle Ross, LGBTQ, teenagers, transgender

IT’S JP • by Raymond Sloan

September 6, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“But Da, I don’t wanna this week.” “Ye have to. It’s Sunday.” “I don’t feel well.” “Don’t be daft. Yer goin, John Paul. Ye need to be there.’’ “It’s J… P,” I snapped back. John Paul is for the Pope… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories churches, fathers, Raymond Sloan, teenagers, theft

THE LAST SATURDAY OF THE SUMMER • by AJ Skelly

September 5, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Come on, Teagan Jane. Let’s go.” Jarrett pulled me to my feet. “Where are we going?” It was the last Saturday night of the summer. Senior year started next week. “Let’s just go. I can’t be still anymore.” I let… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories AJ Skelly, friendship, stars, teenagers

SEPTEMBER • by Ilse Eskelsen

September 4, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Guinevere!” my mother said. My waking eyes saw everything as slow, disparate images on a just-light background; she was a flash of red athletic wear and a sudden weight on the end of my bed, a frenzied face and a… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a parent, Ilse Eskelsen, mothers, teenagers

ANOTHER PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAE • by Adele Evershed

July 29, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

As Sian enters the café, she hears ABBA’s “Take A Chance On Me” playing softly. She pats her plastic purse, a superstitious tic to reassure herself she deserves to be there. It’s only since moving to the Valleys with her… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories Adele Evershed, racism, teenagers, Wales

ESCAPE • by Wayne Scheer

July 26, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The hum of the television, the chatter on cellphones, the unrelenting bass beat of the music made Alex uneasy. His eyesight was going, his hips ached, but his hearing remained fine. One of the little jokes God plays on old… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, love, marriage, teenagers, Wayne Scheer

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