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Fiction Monday – 282

December 16, 2025

Welcome to the two hundred and eighty second edition of Fiction Monday.

“As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.” —Margaret Deland
… More Fiction Monday – 282

Fiction Monday – 281

December 8, 2025

Welcome to the two hundred and seventy-eighth edition of Fiction Monday.

“Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.” —Leo Tolstoy … More Fiction Monday – 281

Fiction Monday – 280

December 1, 2025

Welcome to the two hundred and seventy-eighth edition of Fiction Monday.

“Permit yourself to change your mind when something is no longer working for you.” —Nedra Glover Tawwab … More Fiction Monday – 280

Stifle

December 1, 2025

It only stays quiet for a little while—
all the dreams,
all the quests,
once stifled
resurface yet again
with a vengeance.
… More Stifle

Fiction Monday – 279

November 25, 2025

Welcome to the two hundred and seventy-eighth edition of Fiction Monday.

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” —Alice Walker … More Fiction Monday – 279

Echoes of My Earliest Memory

November 21, 2025

My earliest memories are muddled
by the stories told and retold.

Is it the times I played with
my cousins — hiding and seeking,
chasing and being chased,
making houses, or simply
talking
and laughing? … More Echoes of My Earliest Memory

Fiction Monday – 278

November 18, 2025

Welcome to the two hundred and seventy-eighth edition of Fiction Monday.

“I am only one,
But still I am one,
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” —Edward Everett Hale … More Fiction Monday – 278