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FLIGHT • by Annabelle Smith

October 26, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Caesar Learns to Juggle Caesar is born in Kansas, 1932, where there is nothing and will never be anything. His future is limited to the dustbowl of the country, where he will die with a lungful of dirt and empty… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Annabelle Smith, circus, friendship, love, marriage, parenting

THE ETYMOLOGY OF BOOTSTRAPS • by J. V. Skuldt

April 14, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Because the once-upon-a-time boy made it here with wizened face and wise eyes, there’s no more uncertainty of the cold boxcar and each town rolling by, asking, Is this the one? Is this the one? Is this the one? Only… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories circus, J. V. Skuldt

CASTING STONES • by Sara Jackson

August 26, 2015Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

From a dim corner I laughed as I watched Ashlyn coax Dr. Jesmit into Graves’: a clever rabbit drawn into a den of foxes. Dr. Jesmit had clawed her way from a third tier slum to a first tier office… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories circus, elections, Sara Jackson

SPOT • by Walter Lawn

February 20, 2015Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

When Murray said, “Jump,” the big cats leapt through candy-striped rings. When he said, “Sit,” all three of them perched, snarling, on their stools. When he said, “Speak,” Rona the clown stuck her head through a paper drumhead with “Ars… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories circus, Walter Lawn

THE LION TAMER’S SOCK • by Amy Sisson

July 31, 2008Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

One bright morning Charles the lion tamer woke up inside the lion’s cage, which, all things considered, was not terribly unusual for him after a night of drinking with his fellow circus folk. But what was unusual, Charles noticed through… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal alcoholism, Amy Sisson, circus
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