Category: Family Story

Missing Pipes, Nuts and Screws by Adaora Ogunniyi

Posted on May 17, 2024May 18, 2024 by Every Writer

‘My toast is too dry; it’s scratching my lips, Daddy!’

The Soldier Who Loved Dogs

Posted on March 8, 2023December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

“I am not a warring man.” Igor watched the old man lead a German Shepherd through the rubble which Berlin had become.

BLACK HOLE by Alex Khansa

Posted on May 23, 2019May 6, 2024 by Every Writer

I pick up today’s paper. There’s a ring of light—bright and blurry—against a black backdrop. Headlines call it the first ever photo of a black hole.

The Rusted Swing Set by Sheila Good

Posted on April 15, 2019December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

The Rusted Swing Set by Sheila Good She folded the morning newspaper. Her old bones creaked as she stood leaning

Delivery by Denis Bell

Posted on March 1, 2019May 6, 2024 by Every Writer

“It came out positive.”

“You’re kidding!”

It would seem so. The news was surprising to Ruth because Sandra was old. Not Betty White old, but easily old enough to be Ruth’s mom.

“What did Jim say?”

Hanging by Beaton Galafa

Posted on June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 by Every Writer

It came one evening when everyone else was sleeping. It crawled in the dark outside, hissing along the night winds that were shaking leaves and branches of the big mango tree standing tall a few footsteps from our house.

Helping Me Up by Bruce Ransom

Posted on November 13, 2017May 6, 2024 by Every Writer

“Are you going to be my new daddy?” she asked directly.

“I don’t know,” he said, looking down at the flowery dress squirming beside him on the edge of the living room couch. “I like your mom, but to get married you have to really, really like each other.”