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MURMURINGS • by Vipul Lunia

January 10, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sarika lay unconscious in the driver seat. Clad in her blue silk saree complemented by a green blouse, a pearl necklace, and a Titan watch, she had been driving to the orphanage to adopt a baby brother for me. I… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories adoption, birds, car accidents, theft, Vipul Lunia

PANCAKES FOR A PRIMATE • by John Weagly

June 17, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“You know this isn’t a real holiday, right?” Klepto Bayley Klepac asked. “I know it’s not a real holiday,” I said, “But I like to celebrate it, so I do.” Bayley gave me a confused look, paid her breakfast check,… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Mystery / Suspense, Stories crime, John Weagly, National Gorilla Suit Day, restaurants, theft

IN THE WRONG HANDS • by Santosh Kalwar

July 10, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Nobody believes you. Why would they? You stand in court. The jury, their faces shining in the artificial light, stare at you, inspect you, look for the slightest twitch, sigh, or exhale to show that you’re guilty. To show that… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories courtrooms, crime, Santosh Kalwar, theft

MISS SPENT • by Adele Evershed

December 15, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

(content note: absence of a baby and obliquely implied rape of a character who might be a minor) I didn’t set out to lead a life of crime, but then again, I didn’t set out to do a lot of… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Adele Evershed, theft

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 LGBTQIA+, 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

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