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JESSIE • by William F Ward

August 23, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We scrabble over river rocks and gray pocked stones in the dry creek bed. I pick up a pine branch and throw it. Jessie races off, scoops it up and prances back. She pauses a yard from me, just out… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories coyotes, death of a pet, dogs, hiking, William F Ward

HELLO AGAIN • by K. Barrett

August 22, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

She kept coming back as a dog. Her eyes would open, her tail would wag, and she’d immediately think— Again? She returned as big dogs, small ones, fancy and mutt-like ones. Each time, each incarnation, she came back like a… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Romance, Stories, Surreal dogs, K. Barrett, love, reincarnation

WARMTH • by Kristine Gill

May 3, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

On the morning Bill Somers put his dog down, I was not on my porch. Most mornings I sit with tea in hand watching as the sun crests Bolduc Hill and the cool night air takes on a warm, heavy… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a pet, dogs, Kristine Gill, neighbours, tea

OSCAR • by Sarah Dwyer

March 18, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The wailing, high-pitched sound that burst from the security arch as he stepped through it was so frightening that Oscar, ruler of crystalline worlds, froze. He raised his hands to cover his ears; the female guard who had beckoned him… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories airport security, airports, assistance animals, autism, dogs, Sarah Dwyer

THE M’DALLION • by Jeff Switt

January 17, 2018Every Day Fiction 33 Comments

The damn wind, it never stops. Nor the heat. A dust devil skips across the parking lot as a lone boy wanders around the back of the café, between the cars — some parked, others abandoned — calling for his… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories dogs, Jeff Switt, St. Christopher

THE BROTHERS GRIMALDI • by Jesse McLean

December 12, 2017Every Day Fiction 14 Comments

That winter day my brother and I stomped through the snow for sandwiches was notable for several reasons, but for me it’s when I started to look over my shoulder, a tic I carried with me throughout my life. At… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories dogs, food, Jesse McLean, siblings

A CLOUDLESS DAY • by Lena Silver

November 5, 2017Every Day Fiction 9 Comments

At first, Gina thought the day was cloudless, but, leashing Tilda and stepping outside, she saw the entire sky was one diffuse, glaring white cloud. She fished around in her tote bag for sunglasses. Poor Tilda, blind and incontinent, barked… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories divorce, dogs, Lena Silver

BADER • by John L Malone

October 23, 2017Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

Although it is wet and windy, Bader drives along the highway, window wound down, head poking into the gust, tongue lolling out, soaking it all in. It is one of the disadvantages of being a dog in his previous life.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories, Surreal dogs, John L Malone, reincarnation

SOMETHING NOT RIGHT • by Travis L. Jones

September 30, 2017Every Day Fiction 35 Comments

Asleep. Running. Chasing bushy-tail-nut-thing. It runs up leafy-tall-thing. STAY OUT OF PACK-PLACE! STAY AWAY! STAY AWAY! Much fun to chase bushy-tails. Wait… Something Not Right. Must go back to Awake-Place now. *** Awake. Something Not Right. Stand, sniff, listen. Don’t… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories dogs, Travis L. Jones

GOLDEN MORNING • by Dan Metzger

September 8, 2017Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

Butter sweats. Little force beyond gravity is needed to slice a pat. The knife the two men use seems to fall only through air. A bead of perspiration, its source his brow, follows the trail of its predecessor and veers… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Dan Metzger, dogs

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