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DEADHEADING THE ROSES • by Chris Dreyfus

March 25, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Louise arrived late for her second homecare client of the day. At fifty-nine, she might be on the cusp of elderly herself. The beginning of spring marked her fifth year of employment with in-home care. She hadn’t missed teaching art… Continue Reading →

Stories Chris Dreyfus, elder care, memory loss, puzzles

FINAL VISIT • by Amanda Barusch

December 7, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Your father loves you. He just doesn’t know how to show it.” The screen door slammed and Dad’s boots pounded down the stairs. Mom said he wasn’t himself since the war. I never met “himself” but I learned to take… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Amanda Barusch, elder care, fathers, veterans

TUCKED AWAY • by Jan Allen

October 5, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“The realtor says your house will be listed tomorrow.” Mom ignores me. We both sit, enthralled by the blank TV screen, in the living room of her apartment. She moved to the independent-living section of this old-folks village six months… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories elder care, infidelity, Jan Allen, mothers

A FINE DAY FOR A DRIVE • by Robert D. Beech

June 3, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Willy woke up early that morning. It was going to be a big day. He looked around the room for his uniform, but couldn’t find it, so he put on the same clothes he had worn yesterday. It didn’t matter,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bus drivers, dementia, elder care, Robert D. Beech

OLD ADDIE • by Donia Strand

May 23, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Honey, come in, come in. Set yourself down in that old rocker to the side of my bed. It’s good to see a young face around here. Help yourself to a cookie out of that tin if you’re hungry. So… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Horror, Stories aging, Donia Strand, elder care, magic

THE PASSING OF DAYS • by John Mullen

August 12, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Juanita eases the old woman into the rocker, its tiny nails tightly securing the branches and twigs that form its construction. The slats of the chairback shape the old woman’s spine, sitting her as straight as she’d been, so many… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories elder care, John Mullen, memories, memory loss, parenting

LAST CALL • by T. F. Turner

May 3, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Grandma’s cell phone was full of dead people when I found it. I suppose that’s the way things work out over time, though. I’ve got one in my phone now too, although it wasn’t always like that. It started two… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cigarettes, death, elder care, T. F. Turner

“IS THIS THE TRAIN TO CANARSIE?” • by David Ghitelman

January 8, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Before Norman went to college, he’d never been out of the Bronx, and even during his undergraduate years he rarely ventured south of the City College campus. It was an uncle, his mother’s older brother, who found him the lead. … Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories David Ghitelman, elder care, memory loss

HALF BAKED • by Cindy Mundahl

November 4, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Everybody has a backstory. I know because I dole them out for a living. I borrow pieces of lives from people I know and combine them with kernels from my mind to make characters for my stories. My current story,… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Cindy Mundahl, elder care, writers

DUST THOU ART • by Mary Byrne

October 22, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Today, Ash Wednesday, has been declared No Smoking Day to help those giving up for Lent. There is no Mass in our little hamlet because the local priest looks after seventeen parishes. At reception I check in as a visitor… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Ash Wednesday, cigarettes, elder care, hospitals, Mary Byrne

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