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9/11

THE LAST TIME I SAW GARY WINSLOW • by Carla Lancken

September 11, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We were good for a while till the shaking and the noise. The noise was deafening. My coffee cup turned over and the file cabinet dipped to the floor, spilling its contents like one of our hungover brokers. I grabbed… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories 9/11, Carla Lancken

JAZZY, JACQUES BARZUN AND BASEBALL • by Ted Lietz

December 29, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Jazzy had first learned English by reading and her vocabulary could sound strange to my American ears. Words like suitor, betrothal, nuptials. But when Jazzy meant love, that was the word she used. As in her final message, just before… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories 9/11, baseball, death of a spouse, immigration, prejudice, racism, sports, Ted Lietz

NOTES FROM THE ATTIC • by Stephen Kosnar

September 29, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Trust me, you don’t rent an apartment over an Indian Restaurant because you love Indian food. You do it because of a lack of available rentals and to escape the dorms with their alcohol-drenched theme parties and communal bathrooms. Naitee… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories 9/11, college / university students, Stephen Kosnar, unrequited love

AMERICAN PIE • by Michael Snyder

September 11, 2021Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Sunday, 9/9 The date had been circled on my calendar for months. The night before my flight from Nashville to NYC I used a red ballpoint to circle the word Tuesday and the number eleven. And then again and again… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories 9/11, infidelity, Michael Snyder, parenting

TUMBLING INTO OBLIVION • by Bill Wilkinson

September 11, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“They look like little dolls of yarn,” Paul said. We were gathered along the length of the office windows staring down at the man we named Charlie. “The arms are up in the air, angled out like a ‘Y,’” Paul… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories 9/11, Bill Wilkinson, office life

WHEN PALM TREES MET ORACLE DATABASES • by Loren Seldner

September 11, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’ve had my share of peculiar teachers; Professor Gonzalez who strapped a biper to a cord and ran like crazy through the classroom to exemplify what the Doppler Effect was; Mrs. Corujo who intentionally bumped her head in the wall… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories 9/11, college / university students, Loren Seldner

DADS • by Walter Lawn

August 24, 2014Every Day Fiction 30 Comments

“Hey, I think we broke something,” he said, shaking me awake. Ann’s dad always looks like the snapshot she’d had of him, taken on the Burma Road: bare-chested, center-parted hair, broad smile, burly. The clock said 2:45. Ann’s side of… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal 9/11, ghosts, Walter Lawn, war, World War II

THE LAST TIME • by Jason Stout

March 5, 2009Every Day Fiction 38 Comments

The last survivor of 9/11 died today. She had walked out of the South Tower after the first plane hit the North Tower. She made her way to her tiny apartment and stayed for three days without opening the door… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories 9/11, Jason Stout
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