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BILLY AND JOEY TOLD YA • by Marco Etheridge

November 7, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Joey’s brave, I’m smart, and we’re leapfrogging pumpkins at midnight. Worse, a monster with a pitchfork is chasing us. We saw the bodies. He can’t let us get away.  Hurdling a pumpkin patch, you need a good flashlight. My piece… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Mystery / Suspense, Stories children, Marco Etheridge, neighbours, serial killers

GREEN-EYED • by Samantha Palmer

July 18, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My neighbour Julie stands in her doorway encased in a dressing gown. It’s pink and quilted but she’s tall and makes it look glamourous, it shows a hint of calf, a nipped in waist. She kisses her husband Tom goodbye.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories neighbours, Samantha Palmer

TREENEMIES • by Jane Brown

June 13, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Neighbour, Your tree grew too much. Blocks my view of the ocean. I will come tomorrow to cut the top off. Neighbour from Number 32 *** Hello Neighbour, Thank-you kindly for your note. How lovely to hear from you for… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories Jane Brown, neighbours

IN MY OPINION, I’M NOT LONELY • by Artie Kuyper

June 19, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I never knew the neighbors. I couldn’t see their faces, hear their voices, or say their names. But they were there. The lights in the windows would turn on every morning and turn off every night. They looked like the… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories, Surreal Artie Kuyper, neighbours

VERTICAL BLIND • by Carl Robinette

March 28, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Orange light beamed across my eyes through a gap in the vertical blinds where my cat had yanked out one of the vinyl strips weeks or months earlier. I was coaxed awake in the otherwise dark room by the familiar… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Carl Robinette, courage, murder, neighbours, police

THE CRANE GIRL • by Patrick Cobbs

March 9, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The girl on the corner has made paper cranes for as long as anyone can remember. Last month, one of them came to life. Now live cranes are everywhere. Walking our crowded street, pecking at litter for scraps of value.… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal homelessness, miracles, neighbours, Patrick Cobbs, transformation

SUNSHINE PIE • by Natascha Graham

January 29, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“It’s left foot forward and two steps back.” Cecily looks at her feet. She’s six and a half — seven next Wednesday. Leo says you have to know your left from your right by the time you’re seven or you’ll… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories children, hair loss, Natascha Graham, neighbours, pies

BEESWAX • by Gavin Boyter

September 27, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Captain Montgomery Ffitch (retired) finished pouring pine needles into the bee smoker and switched off the television. He’d been disheartened to hear the lockdown was due to end. Bojo and his government cronies were itching to open the country up… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories bees, Gavin Boyter, introverts, lockdown, neighbours, writers

CHANGES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD • by Eva Silverfine

October 26, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Leslie surreptitiously looked out her window at the new neighbor across the street. Given his age she guessed he was recently divorced. But then, given the full furnishings he was unloading, perhaps a widower downsizing. So young. A shame. She… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal disappearances, Eva Silverfine, neighbours

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FLUFFY?… • by Stephen Duffin

September 27, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

I confronted Mr Creepings on the stairs. “Have you seen my dog?” His thin lips twisted into a smile. “Did you lose your Pomeranian?” “She’s vanished,” I said. “I think she was killed…”  Mr Creepings scratched dirt from under his… Continue Reading →

Horror, Mystery / Suspense, Stories dogs, neighbours, Stephen Duffin

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