Joy Kennedy-O’Neill – Every Day Fiction

CHOKECHERRY CREEK • by Joy Kennedy-O’Neill

March 21, 2017Every Day Fiction 9 Comments

I was scratching under the stiff collar of my Sunday dress when Toby, our bulldog, growled. He raised his hackles and stared into our empty fireplace. That’s when the two round lights floated right out of the chimney. They spun… Continue Reading →

MERMAID SOUP • by Joy Kennedy-O’Neill

February 13, 2015Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

Come on in, honey, it’s almost ready. Cross my palms with silver, as the gypsies used to say. There’s a card reader over on the counter, right by the candles. No, over there… by the dried monkey heads. They bother… Continue Reading →