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FIRE ESCAPE • by Tom Roth

April 18, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

There were nights I climbed out on the fire escape and listened to the voices above. I should’ve been doing my homework, because I’d be stuck in the sixth grade for another year, but Dad had just left for work… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories children, eavesdropping, Tom Roth

INNOCENCE • by Yvonne Eliot

November 7, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Shelly loved Mama’s garden. It didn’t have as many pretty flowers as Gramma’s, but it also didn’t have so many thorns. Shelly hated thorns. Their vindictive little spikes would scrape her arms and legs whenever she tried to explore, patterning… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories children, domestic violence, insects, Yvonne Eliot

THE RED PARK BENCH • BY J. L. Barnes

January 25, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

No matter how many years pile on, I’ll always remember that little girl perched, super-still, on that pristine, red park bench. I must’ve been around her age, seven or eight — maybe, young enough to wonder how a person could… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories candy, children, J. L. Barnes, parks

BILLY AND JOEY TOLD YA • by Marco Etheridge

November 7, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Joey’s brave, I’m smart, and we’re leapfrogging pumpkins at midnight. Worse, a monster with a pitchfork is chasing us. We saw the bodies. He can’t let us get away.  Hurdling a pumpkin patch, you need a good flashlight. My piece… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Mystery / Suspense, Stories children, Marco Etheridge, neighbours, serial killers

GOOD GIRL • by Gustavo Bondoni

August 31, 2022Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

I was a good girl today. Really good. Probably better than any eleven-year-old you’ll ever see. It started in the morning when I got out of bed without my mom even having to wake me up. It’s not hard, I… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories bad behaviour, children, good behaviour, Gustavo Bondoni, mirrors, murder

CANDY FOR DINNER • by T.L. Tomljanovic

August 30, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It smells funny in here like Gran and Gramp’s basement. My nose tickles, but I hold in my sneeze. I’m as silent as a church mouse, just like Mom told me. We’re playing a game. She told me to run… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories children, hiding, mothers, running away, T.L. Tomljanovic, violence

A FRIEND • by Veronica Barnsley

July 14, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

There’s a hum of wasps in the air as we run past the picnic area with its cracking benches and scrappy bark to the outdoor gym. The equipment is glossy and painted in calming colours, silver and grasshopper green. I… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories aging, children, exercise, friendship, Veronica Barnsley

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

GROWING BOYS • by Emma Korolik

February 7, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Gus (4’ 2”), Aidan (4’ even), and Sawyer (4’ 1¾”) spit into their palms, shook hands, and called the meeting of the Sycamore Street Clubhouse (No Girls Allowed!) to order. All three boys took a seat in the garden shed… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories children, clubs, Emma Korolik, medication

THE RED HELMET • by Mishkat Bhattacharya

January 7, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The red helmet was missing. They looked for it inside the barn next to the playground, in the gym store, and all over the small building that housed their classrooms. But it had simply disappeared. This was an inconvenience, because… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal bullying, children, disappearances, Mishkat Bhattacharya

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