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TVOROG • by Katherine Gleason

November 25, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The hallway smelled of cabbage, yet Suzanne remained optimistic. Despite her heavy boots, she bounded up the stairs, clutching the slip of paper Yuri had inscribed with his address. Yuri and Irina had invited her, their first American friend, home.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories academia, food, Katherine Gleason, Russia

NERVOSI AUGUSTA • by Cheryl Comeau-Kirschner

September 9, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It always began and ended in the same way. May heralded the end of the college semester with heartfelt goodbyes, posted grades, and celebratory cocktails. June brought slumber with no alarms, lazy snacking, and beachy reading. But July tapped at… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories academia, back to school, Cheryl Comeau-Kirschner, summer

LOVE • by Lise Brody

August 26, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Getting married wearing nothing but whipped cream seemed like a terrible idea. So Gemma thought: why not? That is to say, she knew why not. But even so. Then too, what would Bryan wear? There would a terrible imbalance in… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories academia, crushes, Lise Brody, weddings

THE TEACHERS • by Kevin Tasker

April 21, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Hank sat listening to Oliver describe the car for the fifth time, trying to look engaged, though he couldn’t help the occasional glance past the young man into the kitchen where his pitcher of martinis was waiting. If he suggested… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories academia, Kevin Tasker

THE SUM OF IT ALL • by Jessica Woodward

December 17, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It was curious, Dr Harold felt, that he should have been working on his Fibonacci paper that December. As a rule, he tried not to notice workplace festive japes. The explanation he felt most comfortable giving himself was that it… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories academia, Advent calendars, Fibonacci, Jessica Woodward, mathematics

ANOTHER DAY AT THE JOB • by Wayne Scheer

January 28, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

As I was preparing for class, Lois Blaylock, a fellow member of the English department, burst into my office looking like she had just caught the dean in a compromising position with a chicken. She had been my mentor through… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories academia, LGBTQ, pregnancy, Wayne Scheer

THE REAL STORY OF THE FIRST CANADIAN THANKSGIVING • by Peter Wood

October 9, 2017Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

Professor Henri Dubois materialized behind a rock outcropping. Dizzy and disoriented, he fought the urge to throw up. His wrist tracker said October 9, 1578. A half hour until the auto retrieval yanked him back to Carlton University in 21st… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories academia, Canada, Canadian Thanksgiving, Peter Wood

WHERE ON EARTH? • by Jim Hawe

September 5, 2017Every Day Fiction 7 Comments

Across the face of every freshman streaming into the lecture hall on the fall semester’s first day was the same unspoken question: “Am I in the right class?” Professor Bill Meriwether had every intention of answering that question — just… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Mystery / Suspense, Stories academia, first day of school, Jim Hawe, murder

THE FLYKEEPER’S DAUGHTER • by Laura Alexandra Hunter

February 19, 2017Every Day Fiction 7 Comments

A fly buzzed around my head as I strode down the corridor leading from the chapter house to the quad. The sun shone though the Gothic windows patterning the concrete floor. My oxblood Doc Martens chose only the sunlit squares.… Continue Reading →

Stories academia, bees, Laura Alexandra Hunter, mothers

EPHEMERON • by E. M. Byrne

October 25, 2015Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Please don’t let the door bang, Prof.! Sorry, can’t talk. Or move. Slightest twitch and things will fall apart. Thank goodness you always seem to read my mind. Wanted so much to tell you all about it. This four-by-four-foot sheet… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories academia, E. M. Byrne, laboratories

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