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A HAUNTED CAT • by Will Shadbolt

February 1, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My cat is haunted. I don’t mean that Marmalade is possessed, demonic, or evil (well, he does have an evil streak, but within the normal feline parameters). Rather, a ghost attached herself to him, the same way they often stick… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories cats, exorcism, ghosts, priests, Will Shadbolt

THE GOODWILL GHOST • by Sophia Sanchez

January 11, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It doesn’t really matter how I died. It was stupid. I ate some hazelnut frosting at a birthday party for my coworker. Anaphylactic. Very tragic. Boom dead. What matters, though, is the stuff I left behind. After my funeral, all… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories ghosts, Sophia Sanchez, thrift store

IT’S TOO COLD • by Sarah Jane Huntington

December 18, 2020Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

I don’t belong here, I hate this place. It’s too cold. I can’t find my way around and some days, everything looks the same. This place frightens me. There are things I don’t recognize, belongings, and they don’t belong to… Continue Reading →

Horror, Mystery / Suspense, Stories boating, drowning, ghosts, infidelity, Sarah Jane Huntington

BOO HOO, YOU BASTARDS • by Jedediah Smith

October 19, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Against the wishes of his family, a man married a ghost. He threw a great reception in a ballroom left pitch black. His new bride twirled and swirled upon the dance floor in her gown of spiderwebs, glowing slightly and… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories, Surreal ghosts, Jedediah Smith, weddings

THE TASK AT HAND • by Jack Phillips Lowe

April 24, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Todd Benway is out in his backyard, assembling the swing set he and his wife bought for their daughter Lexy’s birthday. Todd’s wife, Angela, is by the patio weeding her rose garden. They exchange a smile and a wave. Lexy,… Continue Reading →

Horror, Mystery / Suspense, Stories ghosts, Jack Phillips Lowe, murder

BRINGING THE CHILDREN HOME • by Amethyst Loscocco

May 7, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

This morning I scrubbed the apartment more thoroughly than was necessary considering I’d declined all visitors, both the well- and ill-wishing kind. I ignored the phone. The battery will be dead in a few hours and I’m considering letting it… Continue Reading →

Literary, Mystery / Suspense, Stories, Surreal Amethyst Loscocco, ghosts, grief

GHOSTED • by Amie Heasley

February 18, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My baby sister is marrying the ghost of a pirate. When it came to her imaginary friends, Anita always pushed the limits. Growing up she insisted our mother set a place at the table each night for her favorite, a… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories, Surreal Amie Heasley, ghosts, pirates, weddings

THE WAIT • by Lovelyn Bettison

January 16, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Andrea’s feet didn’t touch the floor. The chair creaked beneath her as she kicked her legs in time with the song in her head. Usually, she waited in places like this with her mother who would bring books for her… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories ghosts, Lovelyn Bettison

THE CURVE • by Patricia Ljutic

August 25, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My younger sister, Julie, sits on my bed cross-legged, watching me pack. Even though it’s only April my ten-year-old sister wears beige shorts, a pink T-shirt over a one-piece bathing suit. The purple pansies on the bathing suit can be… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories car accidents, foster care, ghosts, Patricia Ljutic

SELFIE • by Rollin T. Gentry

August 21, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’ll readily admit that I was drunk the first time I saw my wife’s ghost. My friends had taken me to O’Shaughnessy’s after Karen’s funeral, and yes, I was planning on getting solid, blackout drunk. What I wasn’t planning on,… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal alcohol, death of a spouse, ghosts, photographs, Rollin T. Gentry

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