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THE TIPPER’S CURSE • by Victor Bondar

August 8, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The mushrooms are poisonous, but locals eat them, says the Gastronome Guide to Ireland.  I’m not a foodie. I plucked this guide from a free magazine stand at the Ballybunion bus station, and now I’m curious.  “Have you tried inkcap… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories alcohol, hotels, mushrooms, paramedics, tourists, Victor Bondar

LEVERAGE • by Sandra Davies Baker

August 23, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’m not sure who noticed it first, but we couldn’t stop laughing once we saw it. Even more amusing was the fact that only the Brits and the Australians seemed to get the joke. Hilariously, the Americans amongst the group… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories, Surreal Northern Lights, Norway, Sandra Davies Baker, tourists

A FINE DUSTING OF WHITE POWDER • by Jacob Austin

January 16, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

1. We live in a summer resort town. In the winter, no one is around but us and the workers at the flour mill. For our exercise, we jog laps in the drained lazy river at the water park. Sometimes,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Jacob Austin, tourists

THE OLDEST PROFESSION • by Patience Mackarness

August 9, 2016Every Day Fiction 10 Comments

In the brothel, a tourist with a Newcastle accent asked if the beds had been curtained, or was everything done in public? Was voyeurism all part of the fun for the lusty residents of old Pompeii? Most of the visitors… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories Hadrian's Wall, Patience Mackarness, Pompeii, tourists

FIRST WORLD SOLUTIONS • by Benjamin A. Friedman

September 18, 2015Every Day Fiction 26 Comments

Lydia chose Thailand because that’s where her four closest friends from Barnard told her she simply must.  “The jungle! The spices! The color! The culture!” Their time in Bangkok and its surrounding villages was all they could even talk about after… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories art, Benjamin A. Friedman, elephants, Thailand, tourists
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