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BUTTERFLY BOY • by Sanjana Raghavan

April 22, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Butterfly Boy is watching TV in the trailer park house he shares with his ma, Jeannie. His castle is guarded by a moat of cigarette butts and beer bottles. His face is brown like hers, but the bandages covering his… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal death of a child, Sanjana Raghavan, television

THE SUPER INTERVIEW • by Jon Moray

February 3, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sandra bit at the inside of her bottom lip as the kicker trotted onto the field for a 47-yard field goal attempt that, if true, would win the Super Bowl. She was a sideline reporter for the TV network covering… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories gridiron football, Jon Moray, sports, Super Bowl, television

THE GAME IS ON • by L.H. Maxwell

October 30, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Ding-Dong! Ugh, I think to myself while walking, head cocked, to the front door. I lean back for one last glimpse of the television before reaching forward and turning the knob. “Trick or treat,” the children holler before the door… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories Halloween, L.H. Maxwell, parenting, television

AFTER THESE MESSAGES • by Brian Michael Riley

September 24, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“The only information I can give you about the episode,” said the rep, “is that its title is ‘My Dirty Little Secret’.” Helen stood paralyzed in her kitchen as the phone call’s initial excitement swerved into a loop de loop… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories Brian Michael Riley, family, television

A FAN • by Andrew King

March 17, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It’s a lot like it is on TV. I hoped it would be. Only, in real life, no one glows green. That happens from the night-vision cameras they use. The cameras make everyone look like phosphorescent, sea-foam demons. In real… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Mystery / Suspense, Stories Andrew King, entertainment industry, ghost hunters, television

WATCHING TELEVISION • by Wayne Scheer

November 20, 2017Every Day Fiction 9 Comments

They sat on the couch staring at the television, he in baggy pajama bottoms and a sweatshirt, she in a faded flannel nightgown and a pair of his black socks. “It’s getting chilly,” she said. “Uh-huh. You want me to… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Romance, Stories aging, marriage, television, Wayne Scheer

LIVE-FEED, KILL-FEED • by Ken McGrath

October 25, 2016Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

Static screams across the graveyard, a cascade of black and white snow that only a fool would consider beautiful. It is, even to my eyes, a television-screen blur, the feed coming through my optic-receiver lost for a moment in the… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories fame, Ken McGrath, television

THYZZYL, HOLD THE PAP • by Gerald William Parks

January 14, 2016Every Day Fiction 35 Comments

The Traveler’s name was Renapath, it was Wastool… once Schloopy. He had answered to all these names. Quick jumps among a legion of hosts clouded the memory, and few Travelers could recall clearly their origins, hampered as they were by… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, end of the world, entertainment, Gerald William Parks, television

HEATING UP • by Daniel Wilmoth

January 11, 2016Every Day Fiction 6 Comments

The young man leaned closer to Dave and said with quiet menace, “Are you ready, David? I don’t want you making any more… mistakes. Follow the script I approved.” “I’ll do my job,” Dave answered, leaning away and avoiding eye… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories Daniel Wilmoth, propaganda, television, weather

WE WON’T BE RIGHT BACK • by Davian Aw

November 5, 2012Camille Gooderham Campbell 14 Comments

“The migration of the future is migration to the future!” the advertising slogans cheerfully ran, assaulting people from bright and colourful holo-posters, blaring from radios and televisions, and finding a variety of innovative ways to annoy folks who just wanted… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Davian Aw, entertainment, television

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