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DORA THE SWEEPER, DREAMER, DANCER • by Ruby Zehnder

April 1, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Sephra, I’m off to my weekly human meet ’n greet. While I’m gone, do the cleaning thing,” Ada said as the gravi-lift elevated the profoundly obese woman from her bed and whisked her out the door to her awaiting electric… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories domestic service, robots, Ruby Zehnder

CAPE TOWN, 1991 • by Rosemary Harp

May 3, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

(trigger warning for sexual assault involving children/minors) The ceiling is white, the walls are white, the curtains are white. They swell and recede in unison like lungs. On the breeze, Mina can smell frangipani and chlorine. She is pinned to… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Capetown, child abuse, domestic service, lice, Rosemary Harp

BURIED • by Noah Dobin-Bernstein

February 11, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

For eleven years, Alma scrubbed the Perkins’ granite counters and the two glass showers. She dusted the endless rows of book spines, each still straight even as her own spine began to bow. This kitchen taught her the mysterious English… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories domestic service, housekeepers, Noah Dobin-Bernstein
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