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ENTANGLEMENTS • by Marion J. May

February 8, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It was late August, and I was still too young to attend school. I remember walking with my mother on the hillside path near our home at Dark Byte, along the rugged Labrador coastline. We were on our way for… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories, Surreal death of a parent, early 1900s, Labrador, Marion J. May, small town

ROMANCE WITH SARDINES • by Robert D. Beech

January 5, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

She walks quickly down the aisle of the train, looking for an open compartment. Her heavy fur coat marks her as out of place in the second-class wagon. Once, she would have travelled in the first class section with the… Continue Reading →

Historical, Romance, Stories Bolsheviks, food, Robert D. Beech, royalty, Russia, trains

MEMORIES OF ARCHIE • by Martin Hadfield

December 14, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

On the hundredth anniversary of the end of the war, the local newspaper read “Statue Unveiled of Local War Hero Archie Sutherland”. At the unveiling ceremony a draped cloth was lowered to reveal a tall, handsome soldier standing tall atop… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories fathers, Martin Hadfield, statues, war, World War I

THE TRUTH WAITS • by Elizabeth Lyvers

November 11, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The day of the funeral, it fails to rain. It would be easier to bear if the sky wept with us. Instead, sunlight and warmth touch every corner of our mountains, flicker on every tree leaf, fill each breeze. A… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories Elizabeth Lyvers, fathers, funeral rites, grief, Remembrance Day, Vietnam War

AFTER EVERY STORY HAS BEEN TOLD • by Thomas R. Long

August 27, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“I’m giving up writing,” the man declared as he slid his empty mug towards the bartender. “Sure, giving up writing.  Maybe do something that will let you pay your bar tab instead,” the stout man behind the counter quipped. “Very… Continue Reading →

Historical, Humour / Satire, Stories bars, Don Quixote, Thomas R. Long

BOUNDARIES • by DB Cox

August 17, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It’s like a jungle in the clouds and there’s this fog — like rain, except it’s not raining. Everything is wet and tangled, and the angles of vision are slightly distorted. Walking point, I can hear sounds that come from… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories, Surreal DB Cox, PTSD, veterans, Vietnam War

DEADLINE LOOMING • by Arthur Chappell

August 9, 2021Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

“Leo, take a break for God’s sake. You’ve been writing since dawn and it’s almost ten o’clock at night now. Please eat something and come to bed.” “Sophia, I know you mean well but don’t distract me now. I have… Continue Reading →

Historical, Humour / Satire, Stories Arthur Chappell, Leo Tolstoy, writers

SPEEDING TOWARDS A TRANQUIL SEA • by Jean Synodinos

July 29, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The party was on that patio, but I wasn’t. Long-legged women in gauzy beachwear, sure-footed men in Bermuda shorts, these mothers and fathers had hauled their kids to the Cape for summer but now wanted nothing to do with us.… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories Jean Synodinos, moon landing, vacation

AD ASTRA • by Mira Jiang

July 11, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Five. The harness digs into his shoulder. Mission control keeps a stream of chatter in his ear, but Gagarin can hardly hear them over his pounding heart. The rocket shudders around him. Four. Humanity has always been entranced by the… Continue Reading →

Historical, Science Fiction, Stories Mira Jiang, space, spaceships, Yuri Gagarin

THE BETTER PART OF VALOR • by Tad Tuleja

June 29, 2021Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

He had been cut this bad once before. In the Central Highlands, a punji stick had jabbed him below the knee. It had gone in less than an inch, but the feces that the VC had smeared on it had… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories bars, fighting, Marines, Tad Tuleja, veterans, Vietnam War

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