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BEESWAX • by Gavin Boyter

September 27, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Captain Montgomery Ffitch (retired) finished pouring pine needles into the bee smoker and switched off the television. He’d been disheartened to hear the lockdown was due to end. Bojo and his government cronies were itching to open the country up… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories bees, Gavin Boyter, introverts, lockdown, neighbours, writers

AN APPLE A DAY • by S. Benjamin Elko Jr.

November 25, 2017Every Day Fiction 3 Comments

Dillon grimaced as he gazed around his mini-fridge for the fifth time tonight; three Pop Cola cans, an old box of beef Lo Mein from Zhang’s corner stand, and a carton of Quik Fruit. Absentmindedly, he picked at the hives… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories bees, genetically modified food, hunger, S. Benjamin Elko Jr.

OH BEE CITY • by Michele Baron

August 19, 2017Every Day Fiction 50 Comments

It’s summer again. Bikini season. I try to lose weight, really. I exercise, drink water, cut calories. I try to emulate slender people, slender species — to learn, and become something greater, well, thinner, but greater than myself in the… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories bees, dieting, Honey Bee Day, Michele Baron

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

FATHER FRANCIS AND HIS MECHANICAL BEES • by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks

October 8, 2012Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

Francis was penning a letter to his monastery brothers back home when his bees malfunctioned. He stood from a bolted-down table and chair in a corner of the dirigible as tiny black bots emerged from their hives to buzz around… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories airships, bees, Jennifer Campbell-Hicks, steampunk

PROGRAMMING BUGS • by Gary Pattinson

May 25, 2011Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

Gil hit the reset button and crossed his fingers. The bumblebee gyrated to the near-frantic music, arcing graceful curves and patterns inside the glass enclosure. Abruptly, the bee braked to a hover, and plummeted to the enclosure floor. After a… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories bees, computer programming, entertainment industry, Gary Pattinson
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