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Tim Boiteau

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

HYPERCRYSTAL • by Tim Boiteau

May 23, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Silver tobacco fields streak by under a cloudless night sky. The road stretches on ahead, flat and straight. Hot air whistles in through the cracked window. My eyes flit between the rearview mirror, the speedometer, the road. Only a few… Continue Reading →

Horror, Science Fiction, Stories aliens, Tim Boiteau

PARENTAL SUPERVISION ADVISED • by Tim Boiteau

January 23, 2018Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

As Brian struggles with the condom, there’s a creaking outside the cabin. His hands freeze. He and Natalie lock eyes, their breath smoking. They listen for several seconds — wind scattering leaves across the wraparound porch, branches shivering. Brian slides… Continue Reading →

Horror, Science Fiction, Stories cabins, e'gui, forests, Tim Boiteau

THE ROBBED • by Tim Boiteau

August 27, 2015Every Day Fiction 37 Comments

You can’t find your keys in the morning, so your wife drives you to work. At dinner, it seems, the salt is lacking, but when you attempt to add some more, the shaker is bare. The only consolation at the… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Tim Boiteau

PERFECT PET CO. • by Tim W. Boiteau

May 17, 2013Every Day Fiction 8 Comments

“Honey,” my wife shouts from the living room. “Call the mechanic. Professor Bigglesworth messed the carpet.” After taking a few moments to process what she has said, I enter the living room and find Professor Bigglesworth frozen to her favorite… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories cats, Tim Boiteau
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