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THE STORYTELLER’S DAUGHTER • by Teresa Thomas

January 5, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Appa grew up in a little boat town in Kerala called Alleppey (pronounced al-ah-pee). He stayed on a little rice paddy farm and bought the essentials 6 months in advance from the boatmen who passed by. “When I was young,”… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories fathers, India, storytellers, Teresa Thomas, writers

COMPLICATED • by Rebecca Worick

December 24, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Itzhak poured another finger of bourbon for the tragic man sitting in front of him. The people who came into his bar on Christmas Eve were almost always tragic. Drunks who’d alienated their families, old men with nobody left, or… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories bars, Christmas Eve, Hanukkah, loneliness, Rebecca Worick

UNEXPECTED SNEAKERS • by Loren Davidson

December 1, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I was walking through downtown San Jose, passing the Convention Center, when I saw a man wearing a business suit, long overcoat, and bright red Converse sneakers. The suit looked like it fit him well, a bit rumpled in places,… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories, Surreal bars, Loren Davidson

FOUND IN THE FLOOD • by Nina Miller

November 16, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Before daybreak, the rising tide breached the top steps as Manjula opened the basement door. Murky brown water lapped gently amongst schools of Legos and drowned Barbies. Her screams woke the household, whose night had been disturbed by the ravaging… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories flooding, marriage, mothers, Nina Miller, photographs, spiders

TOOTHBRUSHES & COWBELLS • by Teja BenAmor

August 9, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He plucked his toothbrush from its perch, fixating for a moment on the black ceramic holder adhered to the tile wall just above the bathroom sink.  He counted the holes: one, two, three — the recurring ache crept into his… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Inspirational, Romance, Stories being single, dating, falling in love, Teja BenAmor

AN INSIGNIFICANT FUNERAL • by Jessica Andrewartha

July 19, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We had a little funeral today in secret. We didn’t tell the Brogdonians. No one was in the mood to explain why we had decided to hold this human ritual they barely understand now. For this. We didn’t tell the… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Science Fiction, Stories funeral rites, Jessica Andrewartha, spaceships

A FRIEND • by Veronica Barnsley

July 14, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

There’s a hum of wasps in the air as we run past the picnic area with its cracking benches and scrappy bark to the outdoor gym. The equipment is glossy and painted in calming colours, silver and grasshopper green. I… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories aging, children, exercise, friendship, Veronica Barnsley

TREENEMIES • by Jane Brown

June 13, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Neighbour, Your tree grew too much. Blocks my view of the ocean. I will come tomorrow to cut the top off. Neighbour from Number 32 *** Hello Neighbour, Thank-you kindly for your note. How lovely to hear from you for… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories Jane Brown, neighbours

THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHER • by G.R. LeBlanc

June 7, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The rumble of a motor cut through the forest, disrupting the stillness of a cool June morning. Olen grumbled. That meant humans, and humans usually meant trouble. Over the last sixty years, their fascination with his kind’s existence had pushed… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Inspirational, Stories dogs, friendship, G.R. LeBlanc, Sasquatch

PAPERWORK • by Pamela Love

May 21, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

As the rain fell outside, Peng’s hands danced with a piece of paper, folding, smoothing, and turning. Fascinated, Ms. Lewis watched as the fourth grader turned a square into a diamond, then a kite, and finally a crane. “I’ve always… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories Pamela Love, school, teachers

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