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ONE TRUE FAN • by Clare Feliz Tan

January 27, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When Ella Marie first woke up one morning with a rechargeable desk fan for a head, she found it infuriating that nobody noticed the change. Her husband’s calm, breakfast-in-mouth greeting of “You look lovely as always, dear,” made her want… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories, Surreal Clare Feliz Tan, transformation

TEACUP MAN • by Chris Eno McMahon

February 1, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

There once lived a man smaller than a teacup. Convivial even with the scullery maids, yet having a gentleman’s bearing, he charmed all comers. He spoke French and Portuguese without an accent and was fluent in Dutch and Mandarin Chinese.… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal Chris Eno McMahon, transformation

TRUE LOVE’S KISS • by Paul Miller

May 3, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Lord Dalius burst through the heavy oak doors of his keep, gasping for breath. He’d had to run lest too many people see him in such a state. “That wretched hag!” he shouted into the emptiness. With a quivering breath… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories Beauty and the Beast, fairytales, magic, Paul Miller, transformation, witches

THE CRANE GIRL • by Patrick Cobbs

March 9, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The girl on the corner has made paper cranes for as long as anyone can remember. Last month, one of them came to life. Now live cranes are everywhere. Walking our crowded street, pecking at litter for scraps of value.… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal homelessness, miracles, neighbours, Patrick Cobbs, transformation

ALL OUR BODIES IN THE GLASS • by Rob Francis

April 14, 2017Every Day Fiction 13 Comments

The vitrifiers position me on the table, the striated steel cold against my skin. An acrid scent lingers in the tiled room, a vestige of a thousand other treatments. “You have had surgery.” Minister Krasell casts his eyes over my… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Rob Francis, sacrifice, transformation

PRIMORDIA • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

August 26, 2016Every Day Fiction 37 Comments

“Of all the fairy stories we tell our children,” said Arkady, “The Tale of the Greater Good is by far the most wicked.” “You sound like the fifth Karamazov brother.” Outside, the cold reduced everything to elemental purity. Traces of… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Chernobyl, Sarah Crysl Akhtar, transformation, werewolves

CANDLE, CARD AND MIRROR • by Stephen S. Power

July 27, 2016Every Day Fiction 13 Comments

The imperial mage let himself into the menagerie long after closing. Merdesac hurried to the bear enclosure and called through the wrought iron fence, “Prince Adrian. It’s time.” A large brown bear trundled over to him. Behind the mage, a… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories magic, royalty, siblings, Stephen S. Power, transformation, wizards

MY HUSBAND IS A FROG • by Chelsea Hanna Cohen

August 10, 2015Every Day Fiction 29 Comments

When we go to sleep, everything is normal. When I wake up, my husband is a frog. I know it’s him by his little froggy eyes, which look at me just the way my husband’s did. “Did” or “do”? Do… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Chelsea Hanna Cohen, frogs, marriage, transformation, witches

CHANGING IN THE PALE LIGHT • by Jack N. Waddell

June 10, 2013Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

Furious and cloaked in the silvery light, I change. With an itch that grows to a burn, coarse hairs push their way up through my skin like worms in a flooded graveyard.  I dare not scratch, for unbidden keratin oozes… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Jack N. Waddell, transformation

STRANGE TOOTH • by Cate Gardner

September 27, 2009Every Day Fiction 26 Comments

Bernard Dudinski was an idiot and there was no savant about it. He picked up the paperweight to examine the tooth encased within it at a closer angle. He was convinced it was his own. Bernard had a perfect smile — which… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal Cate Gardner, transformation
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