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FLIGHT • by Annabelle Smith

October 26, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Caesar Learns to Juggle Caesar is born in Kansas, 1932, where there is nothing and will never be anything. His future is limited to the dustbowl of the country, where he will die with a lungful of dirt and empty… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Annabelle Smith, circus, friendship, love, marriage, parenting

TWO NEIGHBOURS • by Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos

August 5, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Mary is woken by her two little boys. They are already fighting in their bedroom. She can hear objects crashing, bodies tumbling, chaos coming. *** When Julia wakes up, she takes the sheets and the thin summer blankets to shake… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories beaches, Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos, mothers, parenting, summer

HEAVY WEATHER • by Steph Sundermann-Zinger

June 8, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

On the day my mother died I woke to rain, a rhythmic tick-tick-ticking against the windows, the first real downpour we’d had in months. I roused Oliver, crouching beside his tiny bed and tugging at the blankets, the blunt comma… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a parent, grocery stores, missing child, parenting, rain, Steph Sundermann-Zinger

ABRACADABRA AND OTHER WISHFUL THINKING • by Kimberly Crow

May 19, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The song on the radio was from high school. She and her friend used to sing it as loud as possible when they drove to soccer practice. She would’ve turned it up, but she was in the backseat of her… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories Kimberly Crow, motherhood, parenting, wishes

PLAYTIME • by Rachel Allen

May 8, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I swish the curtains open, and the sunlight nearly blinds me. Typical — on the day it matters, it pours with rain, but on the day after it matters, it’s bright and sunny. Just my luck. I shuffle towards the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories motherhood, parenting, Rachel Allen

LIVING IN THE COUNTRY • by Chris Bruce

February 22, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

How a moose got into the cabin, I do not know. We’d been down to Rosa’s café for a hot bowl of chili verde on a cool night, and I could’ve sworn I closed the door on our way out.… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories cabins, Chris Bruce, family, moose, parenting

A FEATHER’S EYE • by Kim Bundy

January 4, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The people in charge seat me under some bright lights and put my painting on an easel. I meet Sebastian, an art expert, and my heart starts knocking. I’m thrilled to be chosen, to have something so special. That is,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories art, intolerance, Kim Bundy, LGBTQ, parenting

FATHER OF MINE • by Jason Schreurs

December 11, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He barely remembers “Uncle” Willie leaving, just a blur of the man’s back. He’s just shy of two years old and that man who walks out the door is never truly his father. He’s a distant “uncle” his mom protects… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bipolar disorder, depression, fathers, Jason Schreurs, mental health, parenting

PERFECT SON • by Cheryl Powell

November 10, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The Mother marched her son past the kettles and toasters. “I’m returning him,” she told the sales assistant. “This child is not suitable.” The boy fidgeted with the buttons on his school blazer, lip trembling. “Stop fiddling, Jeremy!” The Mother… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Cheryl Powell, children, genetic engineering, parenting, technology

AMERICAN PIE • by Michael Snyder

September 11, 2021Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Sunday, 9/9 The date had been circled on my calendar for months. The night before my flight from Nashville to NYC I used a red ballpoint to circle the word Tuesday and the number eleven. And then again and again… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories 9/11, infidelity, Michael Snyder, parenting

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