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A MINER’S SPIRIT • by Angelica R. Jackson

April 1, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

You can’t know darkness until you’re trapped deep in a mine, on the wrong side of the tangle of rock and timbers blocking you in with your crew. After the thunderous wave of dust and panic settled, half a dozen… Continue Reading →

Historical, Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories Angelica R. Jackson, dogs, miners

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED • by Stewart Gisser

November 2, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

People’s obsession with goals, mission statements, work objectives. I never got it. Me, I followed the path of least resistance. I went to the first college that took me and accepted the first job offer. At the office, I did… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories dogs, lottery tickets, Stewart Gisser

ON MOVING ON • by Ted Lietz

September 15, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I pull dresses and pants, jackets and blouses from the closet and stuff them into plastic trash bags. Given the pandemic, I couldn’t find a charity to take Pearl’s clothes even though, for all the COVID patients she treated, she… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories COVID-19, death of a spouse, dogs, funeral rites, suicide, Ted Lietz

GOING VEGAN • by Bridget Norquist

August 19, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Honey, I’m going vegan. That’s right, I’m turning over a new leaf. (Even my puns are plant-based, now.) You cringe. “Are you sure that’s a good idea? Especially now?” Don’t worry, you don’t have to “go” with me. And why… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Bridget Norquist, death of a pet, dogs, veganism

NEW DOG, SAME OLD TRICKS • by James Kennedy

April 7, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

One Husky puppy wears a charcoal mask and has a tail like a question mark covered in frost. He patrols the yard’s perimeter barking at passing planes and searching for escape routes under the fence, every bit the wolf I… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories dogs, James Kennedy

THE PINES • by Madeline Gressman

January 4, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The fire had been burning for eight hours, but the earth was still not soft enough. Just as Harold predicted. It had been an unforgiving winter: sub-zero temperatures for months, ice storms, and buckets of snow. It had taken Harold… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories death of a spouse, dogs, love, Madeline Gressman, marriage

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FLUFFY?… • by Stephen Duffin

September 27, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

I confronted Mr Creepings on the stairs. “Have you seen my dog?” His thin lips twisted into a smile. “Did you lose your Pomeranian?” “She’s vanished,” I said. “I think she was killed…”  Mr Creepings scratched dirt from under his… Continue Reading →

Horror, Mystery / Suspense, Stories dogs, neighbours, Stephen Duffin

THE FARM • by Hannah Clark

September 20, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I took up smoking at fifteen, and quit at twenty, thirty-two, and, finally, again at forty-one. A week after that, I bought a dog from a guy living illegally in a run-down house over the interstate. I’d gone over there… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories dogs, farm life, Hannah Clark, terminal illness

STRAYS • by J L Wynne

September 13, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I first saw it on my way to work, shivering in a corner between my building and the next. It tracked me with big brown mournful eyes as I passed. I hesitated, but there was nothing I could do and… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Romance, Stories dogs, J L Wynne

FISHER • by Mike Weitz

April 16, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My dog caught a fish once. We were at a pond out by the ravine. I was on the bank looking for frogs and turtles, tip-toeing over the soft ground so as not to muddy my new tennis shoes. She… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories dogs, family, fish, Mike Weitz

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