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JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE • by Chris Cottom

April 25, 2026Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It’s the day Annie on Stakeholder Pensions retires after fifty years, having started on her fifteenth birthday. It’s a day that promises creamy cakes and cringy speeches, with Annie no doubt waiting until five-thirty before walking out for the final… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Chris Cottom, corporate policy, megacorporations, office life, retirement

BLAME • by Frank Diamond

April 24, 2026Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I mean, look at me. Jake Dakota. I’m 57. Broke. Jobless. Divorced. For the second time! Kids won’t speak to me, their minds poisoned by the exes. No health insurance. A shitcan car.  Me! Voted most likely to succeed, but… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories blame, Frank Diamond, luck, taxes

BROKEN AND UNFIXED • by Allison Whittenberg

April 21, 2026Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

The preteen boys jiggled and swung on the platform, their bodies bumping against the guardrails. They don’t bother me. The ratatat-tat of the shatterproof glass by my seat window doesn’t bother me. A drunken man stumbles around, like a cripple,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Allison Whittenberg, public transit

THE CONTENTED COW • by Joshua Nash

April 20, 2026Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

Gertie weathered the donkeys’ endless braying — sharp and grating across the pasture: A HORSE’S PLOW WE WON’T ALLOW Their voices cracked hollow, like imaginary whips against which they rebelled. “Ignorant jackasses,” Gertie muttered. “The field’s been fallow for weeks.”… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories cats, cows, farm life, Joshua Nash, protesters

SHADES OF HEROES • by J.G.P. MacAdam

April 19, 2026Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

To so much as look at her, you knew: this girl was born to do one thing down here on God’s green earth and that one thing was to serve. Had that glimmer in her eyes, y’know? She’d go out-the-wire… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of an animal, dogs, J.G.P. MacAdam, military working dogs, soldiers

BREADCRUMBS • by Maire E. Brown

April 18, 2026Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

The car door thumps dully behind me, an underwater sound far from my ears. With shaking hands, I fish the manila envelope from my pocket and hold up the first photo from the pile. I’m seeing double as the signs… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Maire E. Brown, missing persons, murder, photographs, police

DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL • by Jill Potter

April 17, 2026Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

Jennifer sits at the kitchen table, the sun hitting her dark brown hair and highlighting the pretty red undertones. Her face is drawn and pale and she stares down at the table as though her life is over. I want… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories divorce, Jill Potter, parenting

THE WISH • by MG Allan

April 16, 2026Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

Buckley Harrison wished his baby sister had never been born. This was on his eighth birthday. Little Bella, a mere six months at the time, had ruined his party with her constant crying and screaming, and she then threw up… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories birthdays, MG Allan, perinatal loss, suicide, wishes

EXTRA GREEN • by George Morris

April 15, 2026Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

Two nearly identical men in dark suits and mirrored sunglasses showed up at my door. One was about 6 foot tall. The other was maybe 6’1″. “We’re here with the Treasury, Fraud Division,” said the taller one. “Come in —… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories George Morris, leprechauns, taxes

THE GARDENER’S GIFT • by Reece Howarth

April 14, 2026Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

A blinding blood red sun marked the break of dawn as it peered over distant crags, its warmth providing relief from the crisp air as they raced onwards. John had already journeyed to the Sacred Grounds before, though the vast… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories cults, Reece Howarth, sacrifice

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