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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

BOO HOO, YOU BASTARDS • by Jedediah Smith

October 19, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Against the wishes of his family, a man married a ghost. He threw a great reception in a ballroom left pitch black. His new bride twirled and swirled upon the dance floor in her gown of spiderwebs, glowing slightly and… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories, Surreal ghosts, Jedediah Smith, weddings

JULIE AND THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER • by Robert Runté

October 13, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Ms. Marken, the substitute teacher, was doing a math demonstration. Julie had finished the entire math unit two days before, so that was boring. Instead, Julie had taken out her Kindle and was ignoring the sub in the spirit of… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories dyslexia, language, mathematics, Robert Runté, school, teachers

>>ERROR PRINTER JAM • by Calen MacDonald

October 10, 2020Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

To: jkroger@IT.sandoroelec.comFrom: cdavis@sales.sandoroelec.comSubj: Urgent Printer Issue Dear Jeff, I’ve been trying to print my weekly report all day but every time I try to my computer reads >>ERROR PRINTER JAM. Mr. Boisey has been bugging me to get this report… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories, Surreal Calen MacDonald, office life

AN IMPROMPTU VOLCANO • by Kevin Brennan

October 5, 2020Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

We were alarmed at first, my wife and I, when the small volcano appeared in our backyard. It had sprouted up one night, like a mushroom. It was no taller than a standard Weber grill, I’d say, and about ten… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories, Surreal Kevin Brennan, volcanoes

AROMA BOREALIS • by B.J. Koenig

September 28, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“What’s your favorite color?” she asked. “Radio,” he said. “Three hundred gigahertz,” he added. Her eyes lit up against a gag-reel of emotions, before landing back on confusion. “That’s… not a color,” she goaded. And he knew she’d say that.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories B.J. Koenig

THE PLANE • by F.C. Shultz

September 24, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I was seven. That’s not right. I had just had the water balloon birthday party, so it was late summer of 1999. I was nine. The sun had started its dive into the cornfield-covered horizon and my stomach was full… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories aircraft, F.C. Shultz, summer

THE DEPARTMENT OF MORTALITY VICTIMS • by Cameron A. Tobias

September 21, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Impatient. That’s the first word most people use to describe me. My friends always tease me for how easily annoyed I get when waiting for our food at a restaurant. Well, they would tease me. When I was alive that… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories afterlife, Cameron A. Tobias

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