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THE BALLAD OF RUFUS AND LOLA • Simon Nadel

December 6, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Rufus stops at the clearing in the woods every day hoping Lola will come down again, just like that one miraculous morning when she suddenly appeared among the towering bamboo stalks and he fell in love for the very first… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories dogs, Simon Nadel

THE DOG SITTER • by Jay Tyler

March 26, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Alice May greeted her friends on the porch of Castle Rock, a sprawling Virginia estate. Zoe, the taller of the two, held a pizza box, and Anna clutched a paper bag that clinked when the girls unloaded onto the kitchen… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories dogs, Jay Tyler, serial killers

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

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