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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 1 Comment

“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 Leave a 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

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