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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

SENSES • by Desiree Wilkins

September 25, 2015Every Day Fiction 30 Comments

She’d rather it was a tumor. Rachel drove her hands deep into the cool meat. When she squeezed her hands tight, she felt the soft thickness work through and surround her fingers. She set one hand free and cracked an… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories academia, Desiree Wilkins, infidelity, menopause, unwanted pregnancy

FAITH • by Frances Howard-Snyder

June 17, 2015Every Day Fiction 34 Comments

Miriam examined the canvas from different angles. Perfect? Almost perfect? What would her old teacher think? Half an hour later, she nodded to acquaintances as she crossed the banquet hall. Then, seeing Tostermann at a distant table, she changed direction.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories academia, art, Frances Howard-Snyder

FIRE WATER • by Jared Golub

May 9, 2015Every Day Fiction 14 Comments

Dr. Perkins was halfway through a small hotdog wrapped in cheese and bacon when the question came up. “So, what do you do?” The woman had jet black hair tied up in a bun, indicative of the pseudo-Chinese fashion the… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories academia, Jared Golub

IN THE CHOCOLATE SALOON • by Jan Alexander

April 1, 2015Every Day Fiction 32 Comments

Le Saloon de Chocolate. It’s a little shop in the empty-calorie heartland suburb where I grew up. Clearly the owners never learned proper French, though they have a space in the upscale mall, the one with more pretensions than the… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories academia, gifts, Jan Alexander

FACING THE MUSIC • by Peter Wood

November 14, 2014Every Day Fiction 114 Comments

Carrying the water-stained box of wineglasses he had found under a stack of Bach Bimonthly in the basement, Simon stepped into the cramped galley kitchen of the decaying townhouse N.C. State University provided him and his wife, Tara. He’d hoped for… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories academia, aging, Peter Wood

A WASTE OF TIME • by Peter Wood

January 5, 2014Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

Professor Cornwall stepped into N.C. State University’s basement physics department lab and stared at Garcia, the discoverer of time travel. Hunched over his work station, the boy genius fiddled with a mobile phone. The faint sound of Day Tripper leaked… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories academia, Peter Wood, time travel

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