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NECESSITIES • Jacquie Velasco

December 2, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I pick up a pink, glittery, ceramic bowl, and am reminded of my ex-boyfriend’s hatred of all things sparkling and feminine. If we were still together, purchasing this bowl would have been an act of rebellion. I assumed I would… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories break ups, cats, Jacquie Velasco, minimalism

BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE • by Charlie Jacobson

December 11, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. —King James Bible, 1611, Matthew, 5:15. Inasmuch as the recent events surrounding the Lady Arlene (if indeed, that… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories cats, Charlie Jacobson, firefighters, fires

TRIUMPH PENDING • by Lily Hunger

September 11, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

After years of battle, years of her mortal enemy escaping capture, vanishing without a trace, she is convinced that today is the day that she, Hunter-Supreme-Vanquisher-of-Enemies, will defeat the scarlet escape artist once and for all. Despite years of reconnaissance,… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories cats, Lily Hunger

PAWS OF EVIL! • by J.D. Harlock

January 23, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“No… No… Dr. Felinestein, stop that. Stop that right now. Naughty cat! Naughty cat! You will not flicker the transdimensional summoning obelisk. You will not flicker the transdimensional summoning obelisk and unleash the unyielding hordes of hell. Dr. Felinestein! Dr.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories cats, J.D. Harlock, mad scientists

RETRIBUTION • by Dart Humeston

July 29, 2022Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

General Abraham Dewey raised his furry chin, his feline nose catching the fragrances riding the soft Florida breeze. He scrunched up his nose and his eyes softened as he savored the moment. Dewey is my black and white tuxedo cat.… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal cats, Dart Humeston, death of a spouse

THE UNWANTED IDEA • by Sophia Netterfield

July 13, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The tapping of the old man’s fingers against his worn keyboard filled the small room. A tabby cat sat in the corner, drinking from one of a half-dozen partially drunken mugs of tea scattered across the wooden floor and desk.… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories cats, faeries, Sophia Netterfield, writers

THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT GETTING A CAT • by Dawn Maria Muenchrath

April 29, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The thing you need to understand is none of us liked him from the start. That’s why we weren’t too choked when we first heard about the breakup. It’s not that we didn’t care about my sister. Really, we were… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Romance, Stories breaking up, cats, Dawn Maria Muenchrath, siblings

LOST CATS • by Joseph S. Klapach

February 23, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I saw the sign on my morning walk. It was taped to a lamppost at the end of the block. It read: “Missing Cat. Her name is Princess. Please call. Big reward.” The sign listed a phone number below a… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories, Surreal cats, children, Joseph S. Klapach

EDGE OF LIFE • by Martha J Allard

February 5, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The fade began at the very edge of Nan’s life. Like an old photo, left in the sun. The colors of her peripheral vision began to wash out. She made a note to get her eyes checked. But her eyes… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal cats, ghosts, Martha J Allard

A HAUNTED CAT • by Will Shadbolt

February 1, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My cat is haunted. I don’t mean that Marmalade is possessed, demonic, or evil (well, he does have an evil streak, but within the normal feline parameters). Rather, a ghost attached herself to him, the same way they often stick… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories cats, exorcism, ghosts, priests, Will Shadbolt

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