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THE GOODWILL GHOST • by Sophia Sanchez

January 11, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It doesn’t really matter how I died. It was stupid. I ate some hazelnut frosting at a birthday party for my coworker. Anaphylactic. Very tragic. Boom dead. What matters, though, is the stuff I left behind. After my funeral, all… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories ghosts, Sophia Sanchez, thrift store

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

RED-EYED REINDEER • by Beth-Marie Miller-Bicknell

December 24, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The year Will and I played our best light prank ever was also the year we got caught. We’d been doing it since we were ten: switching out strings of Christmas lights for different colors, changing the positions of yard… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Beth-Marie Miller-Bicknell, Christmas, practical jokes, reindeer

THE ZOOM BIRTHDAY PARTY • by Peggy Gerber

December 14, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Max launched himself out of bed and raced into his parents’ bedroom bellowing, “Get up, get up already, today is my birthday!” The commotion continued as Max bounced around the apartment like a jackrabbit singing, “I’m five, I’m five, I’m… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Inspirational, Stories birthdays, COVID-19, parenting, parties, Peggy Gerber, quarantine

THE CALL • by Keith Snyder

December 7, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Just an empty hallway. He closed the door. It had been aggravating timing, too. Rinsing the dish soap off, drying his hands, yelling “Hold on!” tripping over the clutter, yanking the door because it stuck. Another knock came. Yank! “Okay—”… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories Keith Snyder, parenting, quests

ROMANCING THE BIRD • by Zoë Däe

November 26, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Like I’m supposed to, I show up on the High Holidays and go to grad school and graciously accepted the 18th-birthday nose job from my dad who cares way more than I do that I be available and palatable for… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories American Thanksgiving, being Jewish, family, Zoë Däe

THE INTERVENTION • by Trista Wilson

November 9, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“We’re only here because we love you.” I come home from the grocery store to find my living room filled with family and friends. It smells like cake. But it’s not my birthday. “Sit down.” I would rather stand. In… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories poetry, Trista Wilson, writers

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED • by Stewart Gisser

November 2, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

People’s obsession with goals, mission statements, work objectives. I never got it. Me, I followed the path of least resistance. I went to the first college that took me and accepted the first job offer. At the office, I did… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories dogs, lottery tickets, Stewart Gisser

LESSONS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL • by James Anthony Mehrle, Jr.

November 1, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

In the Eighth Grade at a Catholic School in Columbus, Ohio as I neared the age of fourteen, I had a couple things going for me. One, I knew a lot of stuff, primarily anything that had nothing to do… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories elections, James Anthony Mehrle, Jr., school

WHEN LUCY RICARDO HIT DR. SEUSS’ CAR • by Maureen Mancini Amaturo

October 26, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

They planned to pick up their contribution to the Halloween party on the way. So, Jean and Maryann — dressed as Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz, not without some argument on who would be Ethel — stopped at the mall.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories car accidents, Dr. Seuss, Halloween, I Love Lucy, Maureen Mancini Amaturo

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