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ABRACADABRA AND OTHER WISHFUL THINKING • by Kimberly Crow

May 19, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The song on the radio was from high school. She and her friend used to sing it as loud as possible when they drove to soccer practice. She would’ve turned it up, but she was in the backseat of her… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories Kimberly Crow, motherhood, parenting, wishes

TIE A RIBBON ON THE FAIRY TREE • by Rebecca Birch

January 15, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

If I ignore the door hanging half off its hinges and the swallow’s nest surveying the dust from beneath the exposed center beam, Nana’s cottage is little changed from fifteen years ago, when Dad left me here to “find my… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Literary, Stories alcoholism, death of a parent, grandparents, Rebecca Birch, wishes

IT IS DONE • by James Mapes

October 3, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I think I did everything right. My first wish was that the Genie would come back in a week. I know it sounds frivolous, but I felt certain that rushing a set of wishes would just get me monkey-pawed. I… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories James Mapes, jinn, wishes

AN IMPOSSIBLE WISH • by Ayana Womack

April 17, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

A loud ding echoes across my bedroom, indicating that my client has completed the proper steps to summon me. I float across ivory-white marble columns that are inlaid with sapphires, rubies, and emeralds. With a room full of treasures of… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Romance, Stories Ayana Womack, jinn, love, wishes

THE WISHING TREE • by Lucy Stone

January 27, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The wishing tree is a twisted thorn on the brow of Mill Hill, one of those trees that has been shaped by centuries of wind into a crouching, defensive posture. The local school girls — of which I suppose I… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Lucy Stone, wishes

SEQUESTERING AFFECTS EVERYONE • by Zack Conley

January 16, 2017Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

At the end of the day, Marcus had five good reasons to think the universe was out to get him. Everything started simple enough. He had left his job at the office, sipping a cup of coffee, and slowly made… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories wishes, Zack Conley

WISHING WELL • by Ken McGrath

August 29, 2016Every Day Fiction 13 Comments

Water flows endlessly over her feet. Stone eyes watch another coin flipped. It sparkles in the sunlight, splashes, sinks to the bottom. Nothing happens. She’s witnessed countless tokens given, every currency imaginable. Guineas, francs, nickels, shekels, pounds. Most tossed with… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal Ken McGrath, wishes

LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER • by Holly Geely

July 20, 2015Every Day Fiction 22 Comments

“Dad! Dad, wake up!” Robert had never regretted anything quite so much as he regretted this cabin excursion. His kids were at that age where everything was a production. Eleven-year-old Blythe was convinced she knew everything, and when eight-year-old Brayden… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal fishing, Holly Geely, parenting, wishes

THREE WISHES • by Cat Rambo

August 9, 2013Every Day Fiction 13 Comments

The second thing I asked my fairy godmother for was a cookie, the kind my mother used to make. At first she didn’t understand me. “I told you, I can’t do that sort of thing,” she said. And then, “Oh,… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Cat Rambo, fairy godmothers, wishes

WHY DO THEY LIE TO ME? • by Rohini Gupta

May 17, 2012Every Day Fiction 28 Comments

Why do they bother to lie to me? Don’t they know that I can see the truth? They come, they sit smiling at my table and they tell me stories which have no truth in them at all. I see… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Rohini Gupta, wishes

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