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COMMUNITY POST: ROOSTER • by Lynn Kozlowski

September 30, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

LTK: Did anybody lose a rooster? He was smack in the middle of our half-acre backyard at daybreak yesterday, crowing again and again in the classic manner. We are not early risers. From the web, he could be a Rhode… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories chickens, Lynn Kozlowski, neighbours, social media, technology

HOPELESSLY DEVOTED • by T.R. Frazier

August 15, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Emory ran the numbers and frowned: 20.1K Instagram followers, a 3.98 GPA, and zero boyfriends. How had she gone through four years of chemistry classes and emerged with only a handful of disastrous first dates? Picking up her glitter-encrusted phone,… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories dating, loneliness, social media, T.R. Frazier, unrequited love

DM • by Laura Anne Harris

April 18, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sitting outside a café in Paris, a latte and a breakfast tart sit delicate and pristine on Lindsay’s plate, patient for her to eat and sip. It’s quiet here for a tourist, and Lindsay feels at home. She’s killing time… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories divorce, Laura Anne Harris, Paris, social media, strangers

ALARMISTS • by Barton Paul Levenson

October 4, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The aliens came down and wanted to help. They gave away free technotricks to big firms like Westworld Petroleum, Royal Dutch Smell, and Coke Oil. The economy boomed and everybody was happy. The aliens just wanted one thing in return… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories aliens, Barton Paul Levenson, end of the world, scientists, social media

UNCLE DON GETS TWITTER • by Benjamin Brandenburg

April 17, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Don Hartford @UncleDoninIndiana · Sept 17 Today Kyle showed up at house w/mother. Lovely woman. Different than expected/pictured. Kyle been exaggerating? Possibly! Brought cake for birthday. How great to be surprised? Sometimes think seen all life can offer & feel… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, Benjamin Brandenburg, friendship, infertility, social media

THE TOAD PRINCE • by J. P. Roquard

January 13, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

There was once a #beautiful princess. Everyone loved her (or rather, everyone followed her) because she was #beyourself #makeup #realme #livelovelaugh #followback, and so much more to so many people. But more than anything, she was #cool. One day, the… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories fairytales, fame, J. P. Roquard, social media, The Frog Prince

HAROLD VERSUS THE TERROR • by Samuel Buckley

August 28, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He was disconnected, cut adrift, left alone, lost, all of this happening so quickly he was not even frightened at first. He heard the motors spooling up, rising to a shriek, and arcs of electricity erupted from the machine behind… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Science Fiction, Stories Samuel Buckley, social media, technology

REDISCOVERING HAPPINESS • by Jessica Marie Baumgartner

September 27, 2015Every Day Fiction 18 Comments

My memories of her are my earliest. She was the kind of mother you hear about in stories, ever patient. She made my father happy and he adored her. My sister and I were allowed to jump on the bed,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories family, Jessica Marie Baumgartner, social media

REMEMBERING THE DRAGON • by Aidan Doyle

September 16, 2015Every Day Fiction 36 Comments

Do you remember me? I was once a great adventurer, journeying to distant lands, exploring lost ruins and chronicling momentous events. Now I’m trapped in a decaying ruin. If I show any weakness, my fellow prisoners will try to take… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Aidan Doyle, elder care, social media

DARREN IS UPDATING HIS FACEBOOK STATUS • by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley

October 28, 2008Every Day Fiction 57 Comments

Beth pointed at the browser window. “I don’t know how he got there.” She shook her head, teeth mangling her bottom lip. She wasn’t sure what she wanted Dave to do about it but it felt good to tell someone,… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Facebook, social media, Sylvia Spruck Wrigley
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