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ONLY GRAY • by Isaac Boekelheide

January 20, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

On the last day of fall, I confronted my shadow. The sun, dying beneath the silvery clouds, stretched its long arms across my face, and my shadow walked beside me. I scuffed my sneakers along the sidewalk, knocking loose pebbles… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal Isaac Boekelheide, shadow entities, winter, Winter Solstice

THE DROWNED GARDEN • by Sophie Greenwood

January 4, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My first day alive, four days before my last, was cold and bright. The Woman had made me sometime in the morning when the air was damp and the garden was quiet. Before she gave me my eyes, I could… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories climate change, snow, snowmen, Sophie Greenwood, winter

THE WEIGHT OF EXPECTANCY • by Stephanie King

April 10, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Pipes banged and hissed as I heard the last of my heat fading away. The wood furnace was losing pressure fast and I knew soon there would not be enough water in the pipes to circulate heat, plunging the house… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories power outage, pregnancy, prison, Stephanie King, winter

THE KITCHEN WINDOW • by Ernest Hadley

December 7, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sometimes in the winter, I come here when the tide is just turning to start its inexorable march to the ice-lined shore, and the sand crunches underfoot and the wind stings my face, and I watch as the water glides… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, Ernest Hadley, winter

ICE • by Dave Alcock

December 7, 2017Every Day Fiction 8 Comments

“So have you met anyone yet?” For a moment Pete looked uneasy. “No,” he said. “But I don’t really want to. I’m happy as I am. Emma and I still go on holiday together. I still get to see the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cars, Dave Alcock, divorce, winter

THE POOR GIRL • by Edd Rose

December 1, 2017Every Day Fiction 13 Comments

I used to see the Poor Girl on the way to school. She had curly blonde hair, liked to skip, and didn’t have a coat. I think that’s how I found out she was poor; I asked my mother why… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Edd Rose, financial hardship, winter

MAYBE IN A TORNADO • by Mary Lucille Hays

February 25, 2017Every Day Fiction 9 Comments

Ruth always wore just her robe out to the chicken coop no matter how cold it was. She would only be out for a minute, but this bitter morning the wind chilled her metal scoop even before she got to… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories farm life, Mary Lucille Hays, winter

IN SHORT SUPPLY • by Michael P. Boettcher Jr.

January 9, 2017Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

John Templeton was enjoying the smell of his brewing coffee. That aroma, as well as that of baking cookies reminded him of his grandmother’s house. He had spent portions of his childhood living with his grandmother. She would finish half… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories coffee, Michael P. Boettcher Jr., winter

IN AN AUTUMNAL GROVE • by Philipp Léon Mattes

December 13, 2016Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

On one of the highest branches of a birch, a leaf was ready for its final journey. Days ago, it had already empurpled itself completely. In its stunning bright colour, it glowed in the crimson sunrays of evening. The leaf… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Étaín Echraide, Midir, Philipp Léon Mattes, summer, winter

DECEMBER AT NINETEEN • by Daryn Orr

December 8, 2016Every Day Fiction 22 Comments

We’re nineteen and you can’t sing your favorite song right. He says “she” and, for some reason, you keep singing “me” and laughing about it afterwards. We’re nineteen and you’re laughing out the window of my Jeep at your own… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories car accidents, Daryn Orr, death, lost love, winter

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