“Why won’t you tell me why you’re here? Why you’re no longer a man?” Ekaterina whispered from her perch on the wall of the elephant enclosure, her matted, blond hair occasionally getting tangled in her emphatic gestures. What does it… Continue Reading
The aliens served us twice. The first time I read up on in law school. A solid iridium disk the size of a manhole-cover fell from the sky, embedding itself deep in the great Ziggurat of Ur in southern Iraq.… Continue Reading
Elliot Kane lived in a harmless fantasy world — or so he thought. “Guten morgen!” he said to his wife, leaping out of bed the day before the anniversary of D-Day. “Good morning,” Mrs Kane replied in English. She refused… Continue Reading
Scipio’s siege on our city will end today. We are all in agreement, even as Roman ballista balls and crossbow bolts continue to smash the last of the thatched roofs of our houses, to pound Numantia into dust. No more… Continue Reading
Of course, he didn’t want to linger in the tunnel, but Alice needed to know what was under all that green. Alice called it “verdigris,” as if it were cryptic, as if a genie might burst forth from the leak.… Continue Reading
Snap. Baby ducks following their mother across the road and into a pond. Snap. Pigs rooting for potatoes in a fallow field. Snap. A cow chewing cud while nursing her calf. Another shot of a typical scene on Gramps’ farm.… Continue Reading
Listen to “Drawn to the Glow” by K.C. Ball, read by Folly Blaine: [display_podcast] K.C. Ball lives in Seattle, Washington. Her short stories have appeared here at Every Day Fiction, as well as various online and print publications, including Analog,… Continue Reading
The four of them arrived yesterday and stayed up late drinking and talking. I lay on my bed and listened from my room above the inn’s kitchen. I couldn’t make out what they said, only an unbroken stream of conversation… Continue Reading
Martha took the seat next to the man sitting by himself in the front of the movie theater. “You are crying,” she said to him. The man looked at her surprised, confused that someone, other than the action star on… Continue Reading
editorial by Camille Gooderham Campbell From the Editors We’re already into June, closing out the first half of the year — hard to believe time has flown so fast. The end of the school year approaches, and camping and barbeques… Continue Reading