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WHEN I WEAR ALLIGATOR BLOOD • by Marcella Haddad

March 5, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The residents who still have their wits with them stare at me. Bruce is wearing what he thinks is a polite smile. “Could you repeat that, Anne?” He raises his clipboard as if to say, I didn’t write that down… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories elder care, Marcella Haddad

THE LAST DANCE • by Joel Gordonson

August 23, 2017Every Day Fiction 8 Comments

The old man looked around and frowned. He despised the place. “Give it some time, Max. I’m sure you’ll like it better when you get settled in,” the staff nurse said with a rehearsed professional smile. “Not possible,” he growled.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories elder care, Joel Gordonson

SMOKE, LINIMENT, AND ROSE PERFUME • by KB Sluss

May 9, 2017Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

My grandmother kept a satchel in her room. It sat by the door collecting dust. Inside she had packed a change of undergarments, a nightgown, several pairs of knee-high socks, a cotton blouse, a plain skirt with an elastic waistband,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal elder care, grandparents, K.B. Sluss

TOURISM • by Tree Riesener

April 19, 2017Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

They got this sign hanging in the social room, cute, with a picture of a beat-up but well-loved children’s teddy bear. Says on it, “Everybody loves fat old wrinkled teddy bears.” We’re supposed to think of us, cause a lot… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, elder care, Tree Riesener

NAUGHTY HANDS • by Dan Keeble

January 25, 2017Every Day Fiction 5 Comments

As Dave lowered his head, she swiped her hand across his face. Fingernails scored his skin, and he felt blood on his cheek. Her face showed no emotion. Her eyes, deep in the dark shadows of her sallow complexion, were… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, Dan Keeble, elder care, euthanasia, marriage

CRAFT DAY • by Brenda Anderson

December 7, 2016Every Day Fiction 21 Comments

Deirdre flexed her arthritic fingers. Today they’d have to do exercises to move their hands. She wheeled up to the door and shut it. Craft Day could stay outside. A moment later, Gerlinde knocked and walked in. Tall, square-jawed, fine… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories aging, Brenda Anderson, elder care, magic, memories

LOOKING FOR NANNA • by Gerald Warfield

October 18, 2015Every Day Fiction 32 Comments

When I got home from the quarry that night, Nanna had wandered off again. I could see the cottage from a ways down the path. She’d left the door open. It started before Christmas, her forgetting stuff, but she could… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories elder care, Gerald Warfield, LGBTQ

REMEMBERING THE DRAGON • by Aidan Doyle

September 16, 2015Every Day Fiction 36 Comments

Do you remember me? I was once a great adventurer, journeying to distant lands, exploring lost ruins and chronicling momentous events. Now I’m trapped in a decaying ruin. If I show any weakness, my fellow prisoners will try to take… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Aidan Doyle, elder care, social media

A CIGARETTE FOR LESTER • by Christopher Owen

June 21, 2015Every Day Fiction 30 Comments

An old man named Lester lived at the same nursing home as my grandfather back in the late 1970s.  I still cringe when I think of that place.  The smell of stale urine dominated the bleak institution like a horrid,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Christopher Owen, cigarettes, elder care

WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST • by Lynette Mejía

April 21, 2015Every Day Fiction 27 Comments

The building was a drab gray, accented here and there with streaks of black and green mildew which appeared to have eaten through the paint in a few places. Holly hedges grown high as the roofline ringed the outside, covering… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories elder care, fathers, Lynette Mejía, superheroes

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