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IMPERFECTION • by Rosanne Dingli

January 17, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Did I tell you about the geranium I grew from a cutting? I stole it from someone’s front garden as I raced for a bus one day. This huge unruly bush — which someone should have pruned — spilled over… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories gardening, Rosanne Dingli

CHERYL PRESSES THE BUTTON • by Marc J Guillotte

April 12, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“It’s ruined my garden,” Cheryl complained to her sister, Barbara, while replanting what she could salvage. “This was my only spot in full sun,” she said, the two of them bent on their knees in the shadow of the phallus.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Science Fiction, Stories bureaucracy, gardening, leaving a marriage, Marc J Guillotte

INVASIVES • by Moriah Geer-Hardwick

December 2, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Is that a Wyndham flower?” Milton stared with some concern at the strange, semi-translucent stalk, ghastly pale and no bigger around than his thumb. It clung precariously to the handle of an old shovel resting in the corner of the… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, gardening, Moriah Geer-Hardwick, plants, siblings

MARTHA’S GARDENS • by Jeff Switt

January 30, 2018Every Day Fiction 24 Comments

“I said it was aliens from space what took her.” Detective Southby looked away as if I had said something really stupid. He stuck his spiral notebook and pen in his coat pocket. The blackened circle of grass centered in… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, gardening, Jeff Switt, marriage

BROKEN HANDS • by Alyssa Jordan

May 25, 2017Every Day Fiction 14 Comments

The seven of us stood there with a dumbstruck look on each of our faces. As we watched, sticky with sweat and tacky popsicle juice, the dust cleared enough to reveal a shoddy white sign that read: “WELCOME TO HOG… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Alyssa Jordan, gardening, grief, pigs

STRANGE FRUIT • by Laura Alexandra Hunter

January 15, 2016Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

“You eat?” Carmel’s landlady was standing on her doorstep with two pieces of fruit unlike any she had ever seen before. “What is it?” Carmel asked speaking slowly and clearly. “You eat?” Evie repeated with a smile. “Yes.” Carmel took… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories gardening, gifts, Laura Alexandra Hunter

THE WIZARD OF ORDINARY THINGS • by Eliza Archer

October 19, 2014Every Day Fiction 38 Comments

I discovered his magic by accident. Tom didn’t like to show off. He was the sort of next-door neighbor you waved to when you both happened to arrive home at the same time. Nearing fifty, he spoke with eyes blue,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Eliza Archer, gardening

ONE PERFECT ROSE • by Lisa Finch

August 1, 2014Every Day Fiction 42 Comments

A mild breeze pushes at my back as I walk across my yard to Stephanie’s. She crouches in front of the wilted rose bush, studying its leaves. “How goes the gardening?” I ask, even though I can see for myself… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories domestic violence, gardening, Lisa Finch

GIUSEPPE’S BOUGHS • by Brandon Nolta

August 20, 2013Every Day Fiction 9 Comments

When the car emerged into Hell, the first thing Giuseppe Banca did was squint. Sunshine, strong and warm, shone from a pale yellow sky. Hell’s landscape was a rolling sea of grass and purple-tinged trees, stretching over slight rises and… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories afterlife, angels, Brandon Nolta, demons, gardening

PEST CONTROL • by Beth Cato

July 26, 2012Every Day Fiction 19 Comments

Gertrude froze, the morning dew soaking through her thin-soled slippers. Half-eaten pink petals littered her lawn. A full swath of her prize tulips had been chewed down to nubby stalks — the rest looked intact, for now. She could only… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories Beth Cato, gardening, unicorns, zombies
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