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LUCKY • by Fiona Moore

November 7, 2021Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

If she went back over her logs she might be able to say when Oliver changed, from a hundred and two centimetres and brown hair and big knees, to a hundred and sixty-two centimetres and white hair and wobbly legs.… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aging, dogs, Fiona Moore, robots

THE BEACH • by Sarah Murray

August 31, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

They did not ask her, they told her. Be ready tomorrow, light clothing; layers, they said. Bel wasn’t sure they even told her where they were going. Bobby came in, looked at her and backed out. “Mum,” she heard him… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, beaches, grandchildren, Sarah Murray

OLD ADDIE • by Donia Strand

May 23, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Honey, come in, come in. Set yourself down in that old rocker to the side of my bed. It’s good to see a young face around here. Help yourself to a cookie out of that tin if you’re hungry. So… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Horror, Stories aging, Donia Strand, elder care, magic

BOX • by Keev Kennedy

May 13, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Grandpa, tell us the story!” Myles demanded. “Yeah! The story!” Emma added. Charlie Grafton sat with his grandkids in his empty second-storey bedroom. He eyed the younglings through thick glasses. “What story?” From the base of the ladder out in… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories aging, grandchildren, Keev Kennedy, memory loss

UNCLE DON GETS TWITTER • by Benjamin Brandenburg

April 17, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Don Hartford @UncleDoninIndiana · Sept 17 Today Kyle showed up at house w/mother. Lovely woman. Different than expected/pictured. Kyle been exaggerating? Possibly! Brought cake for birthday. How great to be surprised? Sometimes think seen all life can offer & feel… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, Benjamin Brandenburg, friendship, infertility, social media

INNOCENT • by C. L. Killgore

March 16, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Innocent? Ha! If actions speak louder than words, she was loud and proud. Finally! Her children teased her about being a pushover, but not this time. This time she’d gotten it right. She was sure of it. Well, she’d been… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, C. L. Killgore, memory loss, police

WOBBLY MAN • by Jim Brennan

March 7, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Mort Slavin rushed through the kitchen when he saw someone stumble outside his house. In his haste, he ran full force into the dining room table, doubled over trying to catch his breath, and by the time he got to… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories aging, Jim Brennan, physical disability, running, violent crime, widowers

THE 8’46” MILE • by John Mara

February 28, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

A lifetime ago, I smoked a Washington High School record, running the mile in 4 minutes and 23 seconds.  Now, at fifty-eight, I want to run the mile again, albeit in twice that time — to prove my angina is… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, John Mara, running, teenagers

SIN PALABRAS • by Mike Pemberton

December 10, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Isabella rises at first light, as always. Fifty years in the same house. Seventy years with the same man, now passed. Nine children. Four boys, four girls, living. One boy dead. Drowned. Or was it a fire? “Aye,” she whispers,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, death of a child, family, memory loss, Mike Pemberton, Thanksgiving

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

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