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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

FULL MOON ON A SATURDAY MORNING • by Frank Zubek

September 9, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“It never blinks.” Fred and John were playing chess. John glanced at Fred, and then at the security camera Fred was staring at. “The camera?” John asked, not hiding the slight irritation in his voice. Fred’s preoccupation with the newly… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories elder care, Frank Zubek, paranoia

THE PUZZLE ROOM • by Linda Saldaña

July 15, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The scene was starting to materialize — a dappled draft horse emerging from the shade of a covered bridge. Mildred loved the proud arch of his neck, the way the brass harness fittings glistened in the summer sun. She squinted… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories elder care, Linda Saldaña

DAUGHTER DANCE • by Chana Feinstein

January 18, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“They’re stealing my things, you know. Their faces are soft and smug. And they steal my things,” the old woman said. She rocked, remembering the nurses’ cool, rough hands. “You’ve seen them, Mother?” Elizabeth asked. “No, I didn’t see them,… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories Chana Feinstein, elder care, mothers

THE READER • by Pat Hart

June 6, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“I’m just saying, it seems fucked up to tell her, she doesn’t even know who he is anymore,” Jenny said. “It’s more fucked up not to tell her,” Susan said. The sisters were continuing the argument they’d been having via… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories domestic violence, elder care, mothers, Pat Hart, suicide

PAST LIVES • by Wayne Scheer

May 7, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Every afternoon, Oscar took his walk through the gardens of the Eastland Park Assisted Living Center. Despite dragging his right foot like a reluctant dance partner, he enjoyed watching the daffodils give way to the tulips, the pansies yield to… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories elder care, Wayne Scheer

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