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THE COPPER COIN CAPER • by James Blakey

January 4, 2021Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Detective Wendy Murtaugh walked through the door of the West Side Coin Shop. “Thank goodness you’re here!” exclaimed shop owner Carlton Clark. “My most valuable coin, a 1943 copper penny, is missing. I found a ransom note in its place.”… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Mystery / Suspense, Stories collectors, detectives, James Blakey, theft

IDENTITY THEFT • by Shoshauna Shy

October 4, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

If Kevin stole the lipstick, if he slipped the tube tagged Fuschia Shock into the front pocket of his jeans, poked it between the denim slits nonchalantly enough as if it were possible to pretend his brain was unaware of… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories LGBTQ, mothers, Shoshauna Shy, theft

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

A TRAPPED THIEF • by Mike McArthur

February 4, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Stealing requires finesse, timing, and attention to detail. I was trying to figure out which attribute I lacked as police sirens wailed in the background. “Next time, we steal something lighter!” my wife said. It was an example of her… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories Charon, immortality, Mike McArthur, theft

A FINAL GIFT • by Kevin Tasker

January 4, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Will steered the dresser across the lawn to the curb where his BMW was waiting. He opened the back door and sighed. Despite its decade-old rust, the Beamer was still a car designed to carry laughing women, not pieces of… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories addiction, Kevin Tasker, mothers, theft

OUR LADY OF SORROWS • by Austin Ross

August 17, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Before I met you, Luke, I’d known nothing but flight — staying just long enough until the bills began to pile up. Not that that changed. When I arrived in Memphis, I didn’t even have a stroller for James, just… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Austin Ross, churches, letters, theft

EYES • by Scott Sinclair

May 16, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The first stab was dead center between the eyes. The scissors were plunged all the way to the pivot joint then dragged downward slowly, deliberately so. Incision after incision followed. He held the handle so tightly his hand began to… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories art, Scott Sinclair, theft

FISHERS • by Stephen Kyo Kaczmarek

January 31, 2018Every Day Fiction 13 Comments

The dinner parties pour in, sun-kissed faces aglow. They’re loud and happy, many drunk, some high, but all famished. Restaurant staff charge into action like crew to battle stations. Throughout this chaos, I wait. Nearby yacht fleets rest in their… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories LGBTQ, Stephen Kyo Kaczmarek, theft, unrequited love

RING OF TRUTH • by Nancy Brewka-Clark

January 4, 2018Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

“Are you serious?” Amanda hoped the scorn in her voice would disguise her excitement. “I’ve never heard of La Rana.” David laughed. “The Suedos family isn’t exactly into tourism. The last time anybody dropped in on them it was probably… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Nancy Brewka-Clark, theft

(UN)FAIR WARNING • by Brian Borrough

August 4, 2017Every Day Fiction 24 Comments

When Benny first spied the new bicycle in the kitchen, the surprise so blindsided him, even on his birthday, that he thought it was a cruel joke. He’d grown to expect his dreams to stay out of reach, yet there… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bicycles, Brian Borrough, lies, theft

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