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PENGUINS CAN’T FLY • by Ashley Malkin

October 23, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I was eleven years old when I learned that penguins, in fact, are incapable of flight. It may seem like a mundane — even embarrassing — revelation, but to me, it changed the course of my life. Five years prior… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Ashley Malkin, books, children, imagination, penguins

MAGIC PIZZA ROLLS • by Brendon Arnold

November 18, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

A sudden blanket of sunlight nearly dragged the exhausted companions to their knees. The grips of the Endless Forest now out of reach behind them, the three proceeded west. A steady, refreshing breeze kept their spirits up, though they could… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Brendon Arnold, friendship, imagination, quests

THE LADDER • by David Macpherson

March 11, 2018Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

The ladder, patches of bright orange demarcating safety, stands fully extended but abandoned on a creosote-laden telephone pole, mid-block, in a trendy retail area. I pause my empty walk, grateful to see something like me. Others, on their own walks,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories David Macpherson, imagination

TREEHOUSE • by Cheyenne Brown

September 16, 2017Every Day Fiction 34 Comments

My friend Tyler told me he hated Darren, the ten-year-old boy in our neighborhood with a cape. Hated that he brandished a sword made from the cardboard pole of paper towels. Hated that his sheath was a deep fanny pack… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Cheyenne Brown, friendship, growing up, imagination

THE THINGS THEY CANNOT SEE • by JT Gill

August 6, 2017Every Day Fiction 19 Comments

For Mom and Dad. Thank you for reading to me. A Hundred Easy Lessons, and these have shaped me most. On my fifth birthday, Mom gave me an imagination. It was made up of dusty pages from old books, broadsword… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories employment, friendship, imagination, JT Gill

THE IMAGINATIVE TOUCH • by Bruce Costello

July 29, 2017Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

Moose’s snoring is quieter than a mass shooting in a shopping mall, but not by much. Tiny shakes him. “For goodness sake, I can’t sleep.” Moose rolls towards Tiny, kisses him on the shoulder and slides a hand down his… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories Bruce Costello, domestic violence, imagination, LGBTQ

NO WORDS • by Charles Payseur

April 7, 2014Every Day Fiction 8 Comments

Sometimes when I’m standing behind the counter of Value Video, my eyes glued on the screen of one of the televisions suspended over the store, the mute faces talking on and on, I think about what I’d say if an… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Charles Payseur, imagination, working in retail

FIRE IN THE HEART • by Samantha Memi

February 11, 2011Every Day Fiction 37 Comments

The woman leapt from the top of the burning building. The flames reddened the faces of the watching crowd. The heat pushed them back. The woman hit the ground. The crowd oooooed. If only I’d been a firewoman, I thought,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories firefighters, imagination, loneliness, Samantha Memi
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