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MURMURATIONS • by Andrea Rinard

June 2, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Mom’s ashes are in the urn on the table, and I smile with my lips at people who hold pieces of her. I am greedy for every fragment, but hugs are extortion. “She never got to be a grandmother,” one… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories adoption, Andrea Rinard, infertility, motherhood, mothers

INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY • by Gretchen Bartels-Ray

September 19, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When I was almost five, my Aunt Evelyn discovered that my birthday falls on International Talk like a Pirate Day. “ARRRRRRH,” Aunt Ev brandished a hooked hand and waited until I looked up from my cupcake. “This be the tale… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories adoption, Gretchen Bartels-Ray, parenting, sacrifice, Talk Like A Pirate Day

APPLE • by Nicholas Anthony

October 11, 2017Every Day Fiction 39 Comments

I saw her for the second time in six years at a record store south of Old Town, near the Jazz, Blues and Standards section, leafing past Glen Miller and Thelonius Monk. She was dressed in beige and had her… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories adoption, Nicholas Anthony

BLOOD AND WATER • by Lydia S Gray

May 22, 2012Every Day Fiction 28 Comments

I found my sister in the hotel pool, floating just beneath the surface. It was supposed to be our last family holiday before she left for university and she had hoped for a holiday romance. A stranger pumped her chest… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories adoption, death, Lydia S Gray, siblings
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