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Tim Boiteau

THREAD • by Tim Boiteau

January 11, 2022Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

I noticed a loose thread on the collar of her blouse — god, I can’t stand that — and I began to pull on it, couldn’t help myself, couldn’t not do it. “Leave it.” She slapped at my hand, but… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal compulsions, Tim Boiteau

WEEPING WIDOW • by Tim Boiteau

December 9, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Excuse me, sir. Is this your shoe?” The woman was dressed in a loose hibiscus-orange gown, sitting on a stone bench, beneath a matching orange umbrella. I hadn’t seen her at first when turning the corner in the path, but… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories death of a spouse, Thailand, Tim Boiteau

PINK UMBRELLA • by Tim Boiteau

October 22, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Rain thrashes against the window of Kay’s office. Her phone vibrates, clattering on the polished wood of the desk. Text from Brett. “Survive the rain?” The corner of her mouth twitches. She looks out towards the window, trying to remember… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories, Surreal car accidents, guilt, office life, rain, Tim Boiteau

DEADNAME • by Tim Boiteau

July 10, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Mike Westover is dead, but his name still has power. Michelle shuts her apartment door, locks it, and takes a deep breath in the quiet of the dark kitchen. She slips out of her heels and secures them in their… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories, Surreal deadnaming, LGBTQ, Tim Boiteau, transgender

BRAMBLEWOOD • by Tim Boiteau

October 15, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Listen, children, and hear the tale of Bramblewood and how it came to change seasons by the hours of the day. There was in the 2nd Century Edgar IV, the King of Pennsylvania, a vain and childless ruler who claimed… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Horror, Stories curses, royalty, Tim Boiteau, vanity

A TRIP TO THE PSEUDOPODIATRIST’S OFFICE • by Tim Boiteau

August 11, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Mr. Thompson, Dr. Wheeler will see you now.” I follow the nurse into the narrow hallway and through the rigmarole of bodily metrics. In the examination room, she asks me to remove my shirt. I comply, blushing, directing my vision… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories, Surreal doctors, Tim Boiteau

LEMONS • by Tim Boiteau

July 13, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Epiphany: I need lemons. A tumble of lemons, a volcano of fresh explosive citrus, the obese mamas with that extraterrestrial shine, not those dinky rough-hide goblins lurking at the bottom of produce boxes. Fifty will do, I think. No, seventy;… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories, Surreal food, pregnancy, Tim Boiteau

TIMESHARE • by Tim Boiteau

June 24, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We zig-zag along a crooked stone bridge towards the tavern. Mist blankets the water, which is riotous with koi, though it’s a clear day elsewhere — a hologrammic projection of the weather from hundreds of years ago. Our daughter, Ruyi,… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories, Surreal China, dementia, parenting, restaurants, Shanghai, Tim Boiteau

MARATHON GIRL • by Tim Boiteau

January 31, 2020Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Mile 1: Cold morning in the mountains, the trail cushioned and redolent with decaying leaves. My heart’s racing with anticipation, hands jittery — but feeling good. I’m doing this, doing this. Wish I could squeeze Brad’s hand, drink encouragement from… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories running, Tim Boiteau

THE KNOWING SKY • by Tim Boiteau

May 22, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

The cotton absorbs the tea’s bitterness, the paroxysmal pain. It engulfs him, fills him. The last time Wind had known such pleasure, there’d been a needle hanging out of his seeping, abscessed arm. Then he’d received the Knowing Sky’s cryptic… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories cults, Tim Boiteau

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