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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

THE OLD ABORIGINE • by Brian S. Lee

June 4, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Protesters waved placards outside the museum, where civilization had memorialized ancient barbarism. Others might march against climate change or corrupt politicians; these, disgusted by the indignities inflicted for so long on the indigenous, demanded that the aborigine’s bones should not… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Australia, Brian S. Lee, museums, prehistoric people

KARMA • by Walter Lacey

May 28, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sometimes there’s a moment so quiet right after the exhaled breath when there is no breath, and an interval between two lives is suddenly bridged. My name is William, Wendell or Wallace. I’m not sure which. At this moment, it… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories, Surreal death, siblings, Walter Lacey

MIRACLES CAN BE EXHAUSTING • by Karen Peacock

May 8, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Papa’s walking around the garden with his eyes closed again.” Elyse thanks Marianne and hurries outside. “Lazare! You must keep your eyes open. It’s the only way your seeing will get better.” “There’s so much to look at. Sometimes I… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories blindness, Karen Peacock

NAGASAKI • by Karen Peacock

April 30, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

…and it should have been Kokura, but it was overcast, though it was cloudy here, too, but not cloudy enough, so by the time I returned home from business, it was all gone, everything, and like so many others, I… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Japan, Karen Peacock, memories, nuclear weapons, war, World War II

THE CAPTAIN • by Andrei Șișman

April 16, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The man who was shot in the head goes to church on Sunday mornings. His name is George Marcovici, but to his friends and family, he is the captain. George is a neighborhood legend in Antim, Bucharest, with his soft… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories Andrei Șișman, Romania, World War II

A MINER’S SPIRIT • by Angelica R. Jackson

April 1, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

You can’t know darkness until you’re trapped deep in a mine, on the wrong side of the tangle of rock and timbers blocking you in with your crew. After the thunderous wave of dust and panic settled, half a dozen… Continue Reading →

Historical, Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories Angelica R. Jackson, dogs, miners

THE DAWN OF DON JUAN • by Harman Burgess

March 30, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

They took him to a monastery to escape the noose, a sunless cathedral far from his family. Inside, the monks stripped him of his cloak, his rings, and anything that might have signified his membership of the aristocracy. They shaved… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Don Juan, Harman Burgess, monastic life, persecution, Tirso de Molina

STAIN • by Wilson R. M. Taylor

March 21, 2021Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Texon, Texas was in southwestern Reagan County 319 miles east of El Paso. Oliver made the drive in about seven hours in his 1929 Model A pickup, stopping once to refuel. He was early for his interview, so he parked… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories job interviews, small town, Texas, Wilson R. M. Taylor

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