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April Fools’ Day

THE JOKE’S ON YOU • by Joshua Walker – The Last Bard

April 2, 2026Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Fredrick didn’t ask for this. He didn’t ask for any of this. But when he stumbled upon the strangely empty room, tucked away in a corner of the house he didn’t know he’d been living in for years, he knew… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal April Fools' Day, haunted houses, Joshua Walker – The Last Bard

FOWL PLAY • by Jennifer Peaslee

April 1, 2026Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It was meant to be an April Fool’s Day prank: put a goose in Carl’s old work truck and watch him deal with the problem. We figured Carl would enter his truck, get bit by an angry goose, and come… Continue Reading →

Horror, Literary, Stories April Fools' Day, car accidents, co-workers, death, Jennifer Peaslee, pranks

APRIL FOOL’S IN OUTER SPACE • by Amelia Brown

April 1, 2020Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

There’s a spaceship, a jumpsuit, and a moose. Well, really, there’s just the jumpsuit and the moose. They just happen to be on the spaceship. Oh, and there’s me. Trying to get to the jumpsuit. Being blocked by the moose.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories Amelia Brown, April Fools' Day, spaceships

APRIL FOOL • by Paul A. Freeman

April 1, 2013Every Day Fiction 26 Comments

April hated her name with a vengeance, and the reason was simple. On the first day of her namesake month — the month of her birth as it so happened — she was inevitably the target of every wannabe prankster’s… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories April Fools' Day, office life, Paul A. Freeman, practical jokes, revenge

ALF POLORI • by Oscar Windsor-Smith

April 1, 2012Every Day Fiction 14 Comments

Their 4:30 appointment thumbs its figurative nose at Trevor Urqhart from the computer screen, blowing metaphorical raspberries. He double-checks the date and sighs. Is this the best they can do on their final opportunity to insult him? Allegedly it is… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories April Fools' Day, Oscar Windsor-Smith
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