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THE DISAPPEARING MAN • by Jeremy A. Wall

May 12, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I was six years old the first time I saw a man disappear. My parents were arguing in the kitchen that morning. I pretended not to hear it. A little later my father came into my room wearing a suit.… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories ceremonies, fathers, Jeremy A. Wall, sacrifice

A LONELY SPACE • by Heather Rose

March 1, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’ll always remember the way his car smelled, like stale Pall Malls and Vicks VapoRub. It was memories of court-ordered, every-other-weekend visits, chicken fingers and ice cream for dinner from the Dairy Queen, and peanut butter cups baked into the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cars, death of a parent, divorce, fathers, Heather Rose, memories

ELLA • by S.E. Gilbey

February 28, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Ella was a loud and opinionated child — but also careful and caring and never cruel. “You’re such a difficult girl,” her mother would wail. “Why can’t you be more like your sisters? They do as they’re told.” But while… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories fathers, mothers, royalty, S.E. Gilbey, teachers

BREAKING BALL • by Michael Snyder

January 9, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

There’s this ball, pink-seamed and spinning fast, its coordinates locked on the northern perimeter of my left eye socket. All the proof I need that God hates me. No surprise, as my earthly father was never that fond of me… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories baseball, death, fathers, grief, siblings, sports

PINNED UP • by Devon Trevarrow Flaherty

December 16, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The man did not speak. He beckoned me to follow him with a hand sheathed in a greasy, surgical glove. I had never seen an auto mechanic wearing latex gloves so I asked him, “Is that the thing, nowadays?” I… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cars, Devon Trevarrow Flaherty, fathers, mechanics

MEMORIES OF ARCHIE • by Martin Hadfield

December 14, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

On the hundredth anniversary of the end of the war, the local newspaper read “Statue Unveiled of Local War Hero Archie Sutherland”. At the unveiling ceremony a draped cloth was lowered to reveal a tall, handsome soldier standing tall atop… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories fathers, Martin Hadfield, statues, war, World War I

FATHER OF MINE • by Jason Schreurs

December 11, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He barely remembers “Uncle” Willie leaving, just a blur of the man’s back. He’s just shy of two years old and that man who walks out the door is never truly his father. He’s a distant “uncle” his mom protects… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bipolar disorder, depression, fathers, Jason Schreurs, mental health, parenting

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

THE ROD SERLING SCHOOL OF WRITING • by Jonathan Worlde

December 6, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I opened the door to greet the sales representative from the Rod Serling School of Writing. Mr. Gregg stood awkwardly on the stoop. He attempted a smile but his expression indicated he’d rather be somewhere else. He was a tall,… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories, Surreal con artists, education, fathers, Jonathan Worlde, salespeople, writers

THE TRUTH WAITS • by Elizabeth Lyvers

November 11, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The day of the funeral, it fails to rain. It would be easier to bear if the sky wept with us. Instead, sunlight and warmth touch every corner of our mountains, flicker on every tree leaf, fill each breeze. A… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories Elizabeth Lyvers, fathers, funeral rites, grief, Remembrance Day, Vietnam War

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