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WHEN PEACE FINALLY ARRIVED • by JS O’Keefe

September 4, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I told the officer that Jovanovic had been a union organizer before the war but nobody ever bothered him, not even once. Why’s that? “Good question,” nodded the officer and jotted down something in his notebook. “And what kind of… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories JS O'Keefe

THE TASTE OF THINGS • by Lynn Kristine Thorsen

September 3, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The Adventures of Junie and Chee Junie and Chee were sitting in the grass on the shady side of her house and admiring their ant farm when Junie told him the ants tasted salty. Chee’s immediate reaction was, “You ate… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories friendship, Lynne Kristine Thorsen, synesthesia

TELL ME ABOUT THE KEYS • by Hana S. Elysia

September 2, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’ll tell you of only one. Jeweled, sparkling, found by a shepherd at the edge of a desert. Sand fell through his fingers as he picked it up, and he wiped the jewels clean with his white cotton tunic. Each… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories bedtime stories, Hana S. Elysia, storytellers

ONE CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE • by Susan Sabia

September 1, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

George watches Murial slurp pea soup. Murial’s wheelchair faces him from across the nursing home cafeteria filled with residents eating their lunch. Murial’s gray hair shines, but her brown eyes are vacant, and her thin lips hang open. The soup… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories birthdays, dementia, elder care, love, Susan Sabia

PARTYING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW • by Lori Romero

January 27, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Linda smoothed out her party-planning list, and neatly checked off each completed item: menu prepared, detailed food and decoration list with timings for food preparation, tablecloths and napkins washed and ironed, hot and cold pre-dinner snacks made, weather forecast noted… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Lori Romero, parties

THE SHAMAN’S APPRENTICE • by Eddie Nicolas

January 26, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The shaman stood on the high mountain peak, wind screaming through his hair. Some, on the edge of such a precipice, would have been gripped with trepidation. Not the shaman. How do you scare someone who has no fear? He… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Eddie Nicolas

THE RED PARK BENCH • BY J. L. Barnes

January 25, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

No matter how many years pile on, I’ll always remember that little girl perched, super-still, on that pristine, red park bench. I must’ve been around her age, seven or eight — maybe, young enough to wonder how a person could… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories candy, children, J. L. Barnes, parks

SECONDTIME • by David A. Gray

January 24, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“It’s time to be young again.” Tyrone masked his nervousness with a laugh. “Are you sure we’ll remember each other?” Candice asked again. “How could I forget the love of my life?” Tyrone replied, as he did every time. A… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aging, biotechnology, David A. Gray

PAWS OF EVIL! • by J.D. Harlock

January 23, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“No… No… Dr. Felinestein, stop that. Stop that right now. Naughty cat! Naughty cat! You will not flicker the transdimensional summoning obelisk. You will not flicker the transdimensional summoning obelisk and unleash the unyielding hordes of hell. Dr. Felinestein! Dr.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories cats, J.D. Harlock, mad scientists

DATING IN THE DARK • by Kathryn Moores

January 22, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sitting in his kitchen, the home he had managed to cling onto, staring at an envelope, and wondering how accurately he could guess what the letter said without opening it, Dan settled on something close to “I’m not going to… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories dating, disappearances, friendship, Kathryn Moores, police

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