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HARVEST • Petra Meindl-Andrews

March 4, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The lithe woman in a flowery muslin dress attacks her Olympia typewriter on her timeworn desk. Near an open window, a Fendt tractor rattles. The engine’s tack tack tack travels into the county office on a hot breeze. Dark eyes… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, farming, Petra Meindl-Andrews, seasons

YOU GOT THE TINSEL • Scott MacLeod

December 24, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Marky was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. Now wait a minute. There is plenty of doubt. That is just not true. Also, bald-faced plagiarism. Mark Ganner scolded himself for such maudlin and self-centered musings.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories A Christmas Carol, aging, musicians, Scott MacLeod

THE ANOINTING OF LAWTON RANCH • Mackenzie Sanders

December 11, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The cattle lay in pyramid stacks like hay. It was a wonder at his age that he could drive the tractor, let alone configure the skulls, and she supposed that’s why she let him do it. West of the Lawton… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, estrangement, Mackenzie Sanders, marriage

MEMORY TREE • by Anastasia Jill

April 19, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Isla paints her nails, one finger at a time, each a vibrant petal of pink, coral, or peach. It’s a contrast to her skin, the color of a dull stem. Her veins, blue surface roots sprouting on her arms, pallid… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, Anastasia Jill, death of a parent, dementia, mothers, trees

WINTER STOCK • by Martha J Allard

March 8, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

At the Health and Human Services office, we stand in a long, narrow hallway waiting for our chance to make our cases, get our food stamps straightened out or turn in paperwork to keep them. We are strangers, but the… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories, Surreal aging, Baba Yaga, financial hardship, Martha J Allard

PAINTED SKIN • by Wanying Zhang

March 7, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My body is decomposing. It starts to peel away like an onion losing its skin, only to reveal a shriveled core beneath. I must not let him witness this transformation. Since I assumed the role of Madame Wang, I have… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories, Surreal aging, beauty, infidelity, siblings, Wanying Zhang

SUNSET • by Gordon Pinckheard

March 5, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He cried when he was born. Mom had said so. But don’t all newborns cry? Leaving warmth and safety for the cold, bright world? He cried in his cot before going to sleep. Yeah, Mom had told him that, too.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, death, family, Gordon Pinckheard

THE BEST SEASON IS THE ONE YOU ARE IN • by Laura Carnes Williams

December 25, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When Zeynep was just a tiny thing, wobbling around like a just-born calf, she liked all the seasons in equal measure — the cherry blossoms, the dense summer canopies, leaf piles, the conifers strung in lights. The world was surprising… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories aging, family, Laura Carnes Williams, seasons

FORGETTING • by Henry McFarland

September 13, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Tom hardly noticed the old man. Nothing was unusual about someone sitting by the side of the bike path and enjoying the bright sunshine of the late spring day. But the man raised his head and called out, “Is this… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories aging, Henry McFarland, memory loss, parenting

SECONDTIME • by David A. Gray

January 24, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“It’s time to be young again.” Tyrone masked his nervousness with a laugh. “Are you sure we’ll remember each other?” Candice asked again. “How could I forget the love of my life?” Tyrone replied, as he did every time. A… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aging, biotechnology, David A. Gray

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