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>>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

WHERE MINE WENT • by Kenneth Jakubas

September 23, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My future went missing at a minor league baseball game. Hurricanes vs. Growlers. It was the hottest day of the summer, and the heat bent the field, putting a mirage over everyone’s head. Then a man turned from the bleacher… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal aging, baseball, Kenneth Jakubas

LUCKY DIE • by David A. Gray

August 28, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The muscular barbarian surveyed the circle of bodies around him, and spat in the gore-soaked sand. “Is that the best you can do?” he roared at the distant figure atop the largest of the tombs that dotted the desert in… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal David A. Gray, dice, gaming, luck, soldiers

MEDICINE SHOW • by Joe Argentino

August 24, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Step right up, folks! Get one of my Patented Seeds of True Randomness before it’s too late! When the Appetites manifest, only those capable of true randomness will survive. Those of you relying on pseudo-random algorithms will be sniffed out… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories, Surreal Joe Argentino, salespeople

LEVERAGE • by Sandra Davies Baker

August 23, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’m not sure who noticed it first, but we couldn’t stop laughing once we saw it. Even more amusing was the fact that only the Brits and the Australians seemed to get the joke. Hilariously, the Americans amongst the group… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories, Surreal Northern Lights, Norway, Sandra Davies Baker, tourists

A TRIP TO THE PSEUDOPODIATRIST’S OFFICE • by Tim Boiteau

August 11, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Mr. Thompson, Dr. Wheeler will see you now.” I follow the nurse into the narrow hallway and through the rigmarole of bodily metrics. In the examination room, she asks me to remove my shirt. I comply, blushing, directing my vision… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories, Surreal doctors, Tim Boiteau

WOMB • by Renée Jessica Tan

August 7, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

On the dawn of my forty-third birthday, I woke up and went to the bathroom just like any other day. Before my butt hit the seat, even before my underwear made it past my thighs, my womb fell right out… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal birthdays, infertility, Renée Jessica Tan

A LIFETIME OF MEMORIES • by Laura Besley

July 16, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I have all my memories stored in jars, lined up in date order. One for each year; their sizes vary depending on how many memories I have for each year. When the girls were young, and Tim was still alive,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal Laura Besley, memories, siblings

LEMONS • by Tim Boiteau

July 13, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Epiphany: I need lemons. A tumble of lemons, a volcano of fresh explosive citrus, the obese mamas with that extraterrestrial shine, not those dinky rough-hide goblins lurking at the bottom of produce boxes. Fifty will do, I think. No, seventy;… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories, Surreal food, pregnancy, Tim Boiteau

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