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WECHSELBALG • by Jennifer Peaslee

October 31, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Every night as a child, Hannah’s Oma had tucked her into bed with tales of changelings that switched with children if parents weren’t vigilant. Hannah still knew the rules to find a Wechselbalg: they can’t touch iron, can’t eat eggshells,… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories babysitting, changelings, grandparents, Jennifer Peaslee, superstition

AN AUTUMN DAY IN THE PARK • by Läilä Örken

April 5, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My grandmother’s house was full of clocks.  They were never wound properly, their haphazard ticking all over the place — a cacophony of irregular mechanical heartbeats — so at any given moment one of them was busy striking or chiming,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a grandparent, grandparents, Läilä Örken

PROPAGATE OR DIE • by Richard Lawrence Bennett

March 10, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Tell us, Grandma, please!” the girls said. “Oh, well, it’s not like you have it now, with your beautiful DNA bracelets and your fabulous Russian dances…” “No, Grandma, we’re not yet twenty-one!” Jessica said. “We’re only children.” “Oh, yes,” Grandma… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories grandparents, Richard Lawrence Bennett

MY GRANDMOTHER’S VOICE • by C. Mariel

August 28, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My grandmother’s voice sounded like static, the scratchy noise you hear as you are tuning into an AM radio station. Her awkwardly unique way of communicating was virtually unintelligible to most anyone outside our family circle. When I was around… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories C. Mariel, grandparents, memories

TIE A RIBBON ON THE FAIRY TREE • by Rebecca Birch

January 15, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

If I ignore the door hanging half off its hinges and the swallow’s nest surveying the dust from beneath the exposed center beam, Nana’s cottage is little changed from fifteen years ago, when Dad left me here to “find my… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Literary, Stories alcoholism, death of a parent, grandparents, Rebecca Birch, wishes

THE CHOCOLATE TEST • by Jane Brown

October 18, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Katie’s fingers shook as she opened the chocolate box and offered the selection to Phil. It’d been a while since she’d used this test, reserved only for third dates. The final compatibility check. After a string of bad hook-ups, her… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories advice, chocolate, dating, grandparents, Jane Brown

GRANDPA’S PRAYER • by Richard M. O’Donnell, Sr.

February 15, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Join hands for prayers,” said Grandma Mercy. Little Thomas cringed. He hated saying prayers before meals, especially in public. Worse, the server had put the steaming pepperoni pizza with extra cheese right under his nose. How could anyone pray with… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories churches, grandparents, pizza, Richard M. O'Donnell

BIG YARD DAYS • by Jennifer Schomburg Kanke

January 22, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sissy had grown tired of going up and down the hill. Tired of looking at the green of the Appalachians. Tired of looking at Mr. Dixon across the street on his riding mower with his oh so flat and lovely… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories chores, family, grandparents, Jennifer Schomburg Kanke, pandemic

PIRATES! • by John Robert DeVore

August 20, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“This used to be a pirate’s cove, you know.” The water lapped against the side of the boat as the old man lifted the oars out of the water, resting his arms. The boy looked up from the golden wrapped… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories chocolate, grandparents, John Robert DeVore, pirates

NONA AND CHICKEN OF THE SEA • by Matthew Powell, O.P.

August 17, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“You not can to eat Chicken a Sea tuna fish in a Friday,” I heard Nona say to my mother in the kitchen. Nona is the Italian word for grandmother. My Nona lived on the other side of our double… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Catholicism, food, grandparents, Matthew Powell

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