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EMPTY POCKETS • by Rachel Laverdiere

December 7, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I try not to make eye contact, squeeze into the crowded elevator. Fasten the last button on my trench coat to conceal my naked breasts. Poncho whimpers as I attach the leash to his collar, so I kiss his round… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories alcoholism, churches, dogs, mothers, Rachel Laverdiere

THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHER • by G.R. LeBlanc

June 7, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The rumble of a motor cut through the forest, disrupting the stillness of a cool June morning. Olen grumbled. That meant humans, and humans usually meant trouble. Over the last sixty years, their fascination with his kind’s existence had pushed… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Inspirational, Stories dogs, friendship, G.R. LeBlanc, Sasquatch

NEVER TALK TO STRANGERS • by Becky Jeeves

April 26, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We were told to look both ways when we crossed the street and never talk to strangers. And if a stranger asked you to get in a car with them, you must say no. I listened because I was a… Continue Reading →

Literary, Mystery / Suspense, Stories Becky Jeeves, dogs, mothers, strangers

SCANDALOUS LUSH • by Linda Saldaña

April 8, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Rhonda preferred to think of herself as a scandalous lush, which sounded more acceptable, more Dorothy Parkeresque, than what her last lover (hardly a heartthrob, but good company on at least two memorable occasions) had called her — which was… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories alcoholism, Christmas Eve, dogs, food servers, homelessness, Linda Saldaña, restaurants

A MAN’S DOG • by Dan Keeble

January 24, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Tom saw the smirk approaching. There was no way to avoid it. Worse still, it was spread across the face of Conor. If ever a snigger or sneer needed removing with the back of a hand, it would belong to… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Dan Keeble, dogs, lies, revenge

LUCKY • by Fiona Moore

November 7, 2021Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

If she went back over her logs she might be able to say when Oliver changed, from a hundred and two centimetres and brown hair and big knees, to a hundred and sixty-two centimetres and white hair and wobbly legs.… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aging, dogs, Fiona Moore, robots

ARTIST WANTED • by Esme Godfrey

September 2, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Could someone paint a picture of my dogs? The big white fluffy one is Marshmallow. My husband, Rob, picked her out, even though he never wanted a dog (you have to walk them, they eat their own puke). But, I… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories dogs, Esme Godfrey

REINCARNATIONS • by Nancy Graves Wahler

April 18, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sally limped into the shoe store with a hop-shuffle. A passerby had slid the store’s business card into her hand when her heel broke in a sewer grate. She wouldn’t go to her divorce proceedings on a broken shoe. The… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories divorce, dogs, Nancy Graves Wahler, pancakes, shoes

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

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