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EASY AS ABC • by Scott MacLeod

January 27, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He doesn’t know his letters. That’s what Ricky thought when he looked down at the refrigerator magnets. “CAT”. Only the A was an upside-down V. Little Ricky sat next to his handiwork grinning broadly. The wife was supposed to be… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Mystery / Suspense, Stories organized crime, parenting, police, Scott MacLeod

THANK HEAVEN FOR LITTLE GIRLS • by Ed Kratz

December 8, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

So, our adopted daughter Tabitha has been kidnapped, and my husband Frank and I are waiting for the call. At least we think she’s been kidnapped. Her Gucci bag, her women’s size Christian Louboutin shoes, and a favorite large diamond… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories abduction, Ed Kratz, parenting, vampires

SPECK: A BUNGLED EXPLANATION OF HOW YOU CAME TO BE • by Yance Wyatt

November 27, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

After a week at vacation bible school and another at science camp, you come home asking where life really began. In a snake-infested garden or the petri dish of the sea? Never one to take a hard line with an… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories parenting, Yance Wyatt

TWICK OR TWEAT • by Paul A. Freeman

October 31, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I have some advice for all you struggling parents out there, and even those who aren’t struggling. No matter what, love your kids, even if they’re ungrateful little monsters. Yeah, yeah, I know. It goes without saying. Well, sometimes you… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories candy, Halloween, parenting, Paul A. Freeman

FORGETTING • by Henry McFarland

September 13, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Tom hardly noticed the old man. Nothing was unusual about someone sitting by the side of the bike path and enjoying the bright sunshine of the late spring day. But the man raised his head and called out, “Is this… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories aging, Henry McFarland, memory loss, parenting

KITE • by Fiona Murray

September 12, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When my son was small we went on a glorious beach holiday. The weather was perfect, the sands golden and the water a shimmering blue. Everything was just the right temperature. Things were so good we bought a kite on… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal beaches, Fiona Murray, parenting

BRIGHT FUTURE • by Dave Walsh

March 23, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Can I ask you a question?” his little voice echoed through the darkened corridor while they inched their way forward. “What is it, buddy?” the man asked the boy, more afraid of his inability to answer the boy’s questions than… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Dave Walsh, parenting, sacrifice

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

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