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PANCAKE • by India Kinaire

January 24, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Cobble. Stone. Cobble. Unmph! That’s a back. Snappy’s back. Oops. Another reason for her to send me away. “Sorry,” I begin to sing. “Careful,” Snappy snaps. Snappy’s eyes disappear behind her lids. “You don’t want to get disoriented here, Penelope.… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories India Kinaire, magic

THE TRUE NAME OF A STONE • by Andrey Pissantchev

October 8, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I moved my tongue, swallowed, and then silently mouthed a few of the odd syllables in the name. I blew air out, inflating my cheeks. I was about as ready as I would ever be. I looked at the stone.… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Andrey Pissantchev, magic, wizards

FAMILY CRYPTS AND LAST GIFTS • by Meadow Tyler

February 25, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The candy jar was crushing my brother’s hand. “When will he get here?” Todd whimpered. In the conflict of magical glass vs. college sophomore, the glass was winning. We sat in the corner of my bakery, the Snackdragon, and I… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories magic, Meadow Tyler, siblings

BITING BACK • by J. M. Sinclair

July 16, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“See anything you like?” the curse-broker asked, popping her head in through the door of the consultation room. Lauren looked up from the catalogue open across her lap. Last week, in those first moments of rage, the idea of supernatural… Continue Reading →

Horror, Humour / Satire, Stories curses, J. M. Sinclair, magic, Tooth Fairy

A NEW LEAF • by Frances Silversmith

March 29, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Marya stared at the whitish-yellow coffee beans in front of her, shoulders hunched. “Try again,” Dad snapped. Marya bit the inside of her lip. She was trying, but her coffee beans stayed stubbornly un-fermented. She’d never be a proper coffee… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories coffee, fathers, Frances Silversmith, magic, tea

CIRCLES • by Mary Rees

March 8, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Kelsey draws an invisible line on the kitchen floor, all the way around so that when she straightens, she stands in an imaginary circle. “There,” she says to Kyle, “That’s my line in the sand. Don’t cross it.” Kyle crosses… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories jealousy, magic, Mary Rees

RHYTHM • by Lindsey Duncan

August 9, 2017Every Day Fiction 19 Comments

Of the thousands rushing down Riwdin’s streets, I was the only one headed for the city center.  I pressed close to shuddering walls and waited for lulls to ease forward.  Necessity propelled me; I clung to patience. Dust from shattered… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories earthquakes, Lindsey Duncan, magic, sacrifice

ARTIST OF LOVE • by JT Gill

June 1, 2017Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

Papa comes home with a large white canvas and a brown paper bag filled with paints and brushes. He closes the cabin door behind him, shutting out the flurries, and shakes the snow from his hair. “Use these,” he says.… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories art, family, JT Gill, magic

BOLTS AND BONES • by Rosalie Kempthorne

May 5, 2017Every Day Fiction 10 Comments

They were coming in, and it was well too late to stop them. Always was, wasn’t it? They swung their metal arms like pendulums, battering indiscriminately the doors, walls, windows. They were dull colossi: fifty-foot-high and steel plated; age-faded logos… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Stories magic, Rosalie Kempthorne

CRAFT DAY • by Brenda Anderson

December 7, 2016Every Day Fiction 21 Comments

Deirdre flexed her arthritic fingers. Today they’d have to do exercises to move their hands. She wheeled up to the door and shut it. Craft Day could stay outside. A moment later, Gerlinde knocked and walked in. Tall, square-jawed, fine… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories aging, Brenda Anderson, elder care, magic, memories

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