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LOST GIRL • by Courtney Gagnon

May 10, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

There’s a moment when you’re swinging. When the swing is as high as it can go and you’re suspended in midair. If you lean back on your way up to that moment, you’ll find yourself surrounded by sky, suspended in… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal Courtney Gagnon, growing up, lost child, missing persons, Peter Pan

NOWHERE • by Rory Say

November 17, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He only sees her sometimes. Maybe once or twice a year, if that, and only then when he’s caught off guard. When, preoccupied with exhaustion or the grim necessities of survival, she slips his mind for a moment that allows… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories homelessness, lost child, missing persons, Rory Say

THE SEEK • by K.J. French

February 22, 2017Every Day Fiction 14 Comments

We had such an exciting day. Before the sun rose, my mother woke me up to help her look for my sister. We had been playing hide-and-go-seek before we were put to bed, but she must have been too excited… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories abduction, K.J. French, lost child

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE • by Rachael Kelly

January 18, 2016Every Day Fiction 26 Comments

“Please,” he says, and I hear the desperation in his voice before I turn around. “Please, can you help me? I’ve lost my granddaughter. Please, can you help…?” I remember the day that Alice disappeared in the supermarket; I remember… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories grandparents, lost child, parenting, Rachael Kelly

WINTER BLUE • by Oonah V Joslin

December 11, 2015Every Day Fiction 39 Comments

It was winter and a blue snow fell again covering the plains of this insignificant planet in a fine cobalt dusting of fresh, deep powder. Janey liked to kick it around exposing the light blue layer beneath the darker surface;… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories December Invitational, lost child, Oonah V Joslin, snow, space colonization

ALICE’S MONSTERS • by Helen Cattan-Prugl

August 23, 2015Every Day Fiction 30 Comments

When I close my eyes, I can still see her. Before I go to bed, Alice, my cute little sister, dances behind my eyelids. When I throw my head back with a shot of vodka, Alice’s gap-toothed smile cheers me… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories addiction, alcohol, drugs, Helen Cattan-Prugl, heroin, lost child

NEW SONG • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

April 15, 2014Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

“Stop screaming,” said Old Ma. “The baby is gone. Make another one when your milk dries up.” Suddenly I hated Old Ma. I wanted to smash her. But I was clever even in that moment. I stopped my hand and… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories lost child, Sarah Crysl Akhtar

GOODBYE GIRL • by Shane D. Rhinewald

April 12, 2012Every Day Fiction 18 Comments

Anna disappeared on her ninth birthday. She excused herself from her party with a polite goodbye, went up to her room, and never returned. For a time, no one noticed her absence amid the chaos of clowns, piñatas, and dozens… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal birthdays, lost child, magic, missing persons, Shane D. Rhinewald, wishes

THE LOST LITTLE GIRL • by Anthony J. Rapino

October 28, 2007Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

Cowering — the small girl blends with nighttime bark and organic shadow. Whimpers rise like bird calls. She could be a tree stump, hidden behind black-curtain hair and a long-sleeved shirt pulled over her knees. A heavy man walks past… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Anthony J. Rapino, lost child
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