• Welcome
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Help us
  • About the Staff
  • Community
    • Privacy Agreement
  • Friends & Supporters
    • Our Patreon Page
  • Contact us
Every Day Fiction
bite-sized stories for a busy world

Menu Close
  • Home
  • Submit a story
  • Top Stories
  • Archives Index

death of a parent

A LONELY SPACE • by Heather Rose

March 1, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’ll always remember the way his car smelled, like stale Pall Malls and Vicks VapoRub. It was memories of court-ordered, every-other-weekend visits, chicken fingers and ice cream for dinner from the Dairy Queen, and peanut butter cups baked into the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cars, death of a parent, divorce, fathers, Heather Rose, memories

ENTANGLEMENTS • by Marion J. May

February 8, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It was late August, and I was still too young to attend school. I remember walking with my mother on the hillside path near our home at Dark Byte, along the rugged Labrador coastline. We were on our way for… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories, Surreal death of a parent, early 1900s, Labrador, Marion J. May, small town

THE CALIBER OF HOPE • by Michael Pikna

January 18, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I work a mixture of peat and shredded leaves into the hole, then arrange the bulbs pointy end up before blanketing them with a few inches of dirt. Planting crocuses is supposed to keep me from offing myself in the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories child abuse, death of a parent, Michael Pikna, sex workers, siblings

TIE A RIBBON ON THE FAIRY TREE • by Rebecca Birch

January 15, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

If I ignore the door hanging half off its hinges and the swallow’s nest surveying the dust from beneath the exposed center beam, Nana’s cottage is little changed from fifteen years ago, when Dad left me here to “find my… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Literary, Stories alcoholism, death of a parent, grandparents, Rebecca Birch, wishes

GREEN BEANS • by Dawn Muenchrath

January 14, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I found it on the counter by the microwave, under a stack of yellowing envelopes. It was sticking to the bottom of the pile and I would have missed it altogether when I picked them up had it not leapt… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Dawn Muenchrath, death of a parent, grief

I CAN LIFT ANY HEAVY BOX • by Dale Alexander

December 31, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

In my memory, my dad and I stand in the detached garage of that old farmhouse, the faded green one at the end of the long lane that runs past Woods Camp and the football field. The door is open,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cigarettes, Dale Alexander, death of a parent

FOR A GOOD YEAR • by Ari Stemple

October 26, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“You didn’t have to come with me, Sam. I’m okay.” Sam handed me the challah I’d made the day before, wrapped in a cloth. He’d always scared me a little bit, tall and athletic and proud. He looked like the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Ari Stemple, being Catholic, being Jewish, death of a parent, fathers, LGBTQ, Rosh Hashanah

THIS IS WHAT ALWAYS HAPPENS • by Erica Evelyn Simmonds

July 24, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Every time we get together we cook too much, and then we eat too much. Even though our parents did their best to try and teach us proper table manners, we hunch our backs, put our elbows on the table… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories cooking, death of a parent, Erica Evelyn Simmonds, family, food, siblings

SILENCE IN SNOWFALL • by Sydney Beal

May 27, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Bridget grew up hearing legends of the stone angel that guarded the graveyard, but she’d never needed her help until now. Draped in a flowing robe with wings outstretched in a righteous fury, her gaze dared passersby to disturb her… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal angels, cemeteries, death of a parent, Sydney Beal

LENNY OAKLEY’S NEW SHIRT • by Noah Lloyd

February 6, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Mikey sits in the backseat of his father’s T-Bird, smoking a joint. His mohawk, the near-white color of lime sorbet, glows orange briefly in the dark. Earlier today Mikey shoved an older boy up against a locker so hard that… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cars, death of a parent, fathers, Noah Lloyd, suicide

Post navigation

← Older Articles
  SUBSCRIBE BY EMAIL

Recent Posts

  • GEORGE • by SJ Bryars
  • PAPERWORK • by Pamela Love
  • ABRACADABRA AND OTHER WISHFUL THINKING • by Kimberly Crow
  • FIRST COMMUNION • by Thomas Baldwin
  • ART SCHOOL, 1982 • by Sophia Holme

Categories

  • Fantasy
  • Historical
  • Horror
  • Humour / Satire
  • Inspirational
  • Interviews
  • Literary
  • Looking Through Our Archives
  • Mystery / Suspense
  • Podcasts
  • Romance
  • Science Fiction
  • Site News
  • Stories
  • Surreal
  • Table of Contents

Archives

© 2022 Every Day Fiction. All rights reserved.
Fashionista by aThemes