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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

FOR A GOOD YEAR • by Ari Stemple

October 26, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“You didn’t have to come with me, Sam. I’m okay.” Sam handed me the challah I’d made the day before, wrapped in a cloth. He’d always scared me a little bit, tall and athletic and proud. He looked like the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Ari Stemple, being Catholic, being Jewish, death of a parent, fathers, LGBTQ, Rosh Hashanah

I’M GETTING OFF THE BUS! • by Jane Brown

July 12, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Down McLaren, right on First. Argh, I know this friggin’ bus route off by heart. Haunt a bus, they said; it’ll be fun, they said. Sure, it’s fun for late-night-thrills but the monotony is going to make me lose it.… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories, Surreal alcohol, fathers, ghosts, Jane Brown, public transit

UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE • by Nick Bertelson

June 20, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Once a month my father came home with someone else’s luggage. He purchased them for five dollars from the Amtrak station, these unclaimed parcels left by wayward travelers. The station sold them as a way of making a little extra… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories fathers, Nick Bertelson

AVE • by Tara Williams

June 8, 2021Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

He sits down next to me at the picnic table, his back against the red-and-white checkered tabletop, his long legs extending out on the grass. He turns to me and smiles the friendly smile of a man who is comfortable… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories dementia, family, fathers, Tara Williams

LENNY OAKLEY’S NEW SHIRT • by Noah Lloyd

February 6, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Mikey sits in the backseat of his father’s T-Bird, smoking a joint. His mohawk, the near-white color of lime sorbet, glows orange briefly in the dark. Earlier today Mikey shoved an older boy up against a locker so hard that… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cars, death of a parent, fathers, Noah Lloyd, suicide

MUMMY AND THE STRENGTH OF SPIDERWEBS • by Sarah M Jasat

January 31, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

After the sun goes down, Mummy and I sit in the dark. I brush my hair, then my dolly’s, then mummy’s, slicing through the strands with my comb. When I hear Daddy’s key in the lock, I know it’s time… Continue Reading →

Horror, Literary, Stories fathers, mothers, Sarah M Jasat

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