Play this podcast now: [audio:http://www.everydayfiction.com/stories/wp-content/uploads/EDF028_Paintball.justice.by_.nicholas.ozment.mp3] Podcast EDF028: Paintball Justice written by Nicholas Ozment read by Adam Kerby “Paintball Justice” was originally published in EDF on March 30, 2009. Nicholas Ozment teaches English at Winona State University. His stories and poems… Continue Reading
So here I am, standing in line at the bank. It’s a long line, and I’m caught somewhere in the middle. I’ve been waiting too long to leave but not long enough to justify an outburst. There’s a lady at… Continue Reading
“A child is born,” intoned ten thousand voices. Sea winds scaled the gnarled cliffs, blasting the King’s frosty yellow hair into his expressionless face. Water beaded down his beaten iron plates like sweat. The salt spray reduced his eyes to… Continue Reading
She comes here at odd times of day, despite the conventional wisdom that you don’t visit the Santa Monica Pier near dark. Something about the creak of the timbers, the lap of the waves against the seawall, and the wind… Continue Reading
“What’s wrong with her?” “We don’t know.” Dr. Alejandro Benetti shook his head in frustration. Every time an economic opportunity convinced him to leave the capital, it was the same story. Small-town nurses were always extremely willing and helpful, but… Continue Reading
Maria Santiago Sandoval disappeared in the middle of the procession. One second she was standing right behind Juanito Crisanto, who was carrying a statue of the Sto. Niño, and she was gone the next, completely vanished into thin air. Juanito,… Continue Reading
David Young sat on the armrest as his father swung the big Buick through a series of turns on a deserted country road. The boy leaned into the curves and imagined he was the pilot. The expanse of the cockpit… Continue Reading
The taxi took a wrong turn and the bank machine I stopped at was out of money. I had a number of excuses as to why I was going to be late to the cocktail party, and while the cabbie… Continue Reading
Play this podcast now: [audio:http://www.everydayfiction.com/stories/wp-content/uploads/EDF027_Fading.by_.kaolin.imago_.fire_.mp3] Podcast EDF027: Fading written by Kaolin Imago Fire read by the author Kaolin Imago Fire “Fading ” was originally published in EDF on April 8, 2010. Kaolin Imago Fire is a conglomeration of ideas, side… Continue Reading
Stefan found the monkey hiding under a dumpster in the alley behind the Caleta Hotel. He was a scrawny Barbary Macaque with matted, clumpy hair. Lost and hungry. Stefan, himself a little lost and hungry in a different sense, lured him with a… Continue Reading