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CHRISTMAS AT THE TOY FACTORY • by Jay Adair

December 21, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The toy factory was bustling. Christmas was but a few days away and there were countless orders to ship out. Ryan Stanopolous strolled through the sea of smiling faces. The holiday spirit was clearly alive and well in his workforce.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories factories, holiday parties, Jay Adair

MAN DOWN • by Sam Payne

December 18, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When someone popped a champagne cork at the Christmas party, Carl dived under the table. No one said a word. The dairy lot laughed nervously, the butchers raised their eyebrows and carried on with their conversations, and the dot.com drivers… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories holiday parties, one-night stands, Sam Payne, veterans

TOUCANS & REINDEER • by Chella Courington

December 12, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My mother would start unpacking the Christmas decorations on what we now call Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving when shoppers stampede stores.) The smell of leftover turkey still permeated our house as she filled the air with a regular… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cannabis, Chella Courington, Christmas Eve, holiday parties, mothers

THE WRONG IDEA • by Mary Benson

April 15, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Snow drips from the tattered scarf wrapped around his face as he stands silently eager, almost not breathing. I unlock the door and push, and it becomes real: I’m bringing the homeless man from the corner into my apartment. I’ve… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories holiday parties, homelessness, living alone, Mary Benson

FILLIES AND FELLAS • by Sean Jones

December 9, 2014Every Day Fiction 82 Comments

The dilemma — I knew even as a nine-year-old boy to be a “good problem” — was I’d unwrapped a blue plastic horse from Mrs. Golding during the fourth-grade classroom Christmas party and all the girls wanted horses, as girls… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories fourth grade, gifts, holiday parties, school, Sean Jones
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