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SIN PALABRAS • by Mike Pemberton

December 10, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Isabella rises at first light, as always. Fifty years in the same house. Seventy years with the same man, now passed. Nine children. Four boys, four girls, living. One boy dead. Drowned. Or was it a fire? “Aye,” she whispers,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, death of a child, family, memory loss, Mike Pemberton, Thanksgiving

WHERE MINE WENT • by Kenneth Jakubas

September 23, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My future went missing at a minor league baseball game. Hurricanes vs. Growlers. It was the hottest day of the summer, and the heat bent the field, putting a mirage over everyone’s head. Then a man turned from the bleacher… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal aging, baseball, Kenneth Jakubas

ESCAPE • by Wayne Scheer

July 26, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The hum of the television, the chatter on cellphones, the unrelenting bass beat of the music made Alex uneasy. His eyesight was going, his hips ached, but his hearing remained fine. One of the little jokes God plays on old… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, love, marriage, teenagers, Wayne Scheer

TO YOU — THE WOMAN ON THE RUN • by Carrie Esposito

July 19, 2020Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

I turn my sunken cheek onto the warm concrete and see you down the sidewalk in your fluorescent shorts and tank top, squinting at my fallen body and calculating your odds of getting back to your run. Maybe you are… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, Carrie Esposito

THE MEMORY IS THE ENEMY • by Sue Sabia

May 26, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Ivan uses the L.A. Daily News as a placemat because his wife – rest her soul – once told him it is easier to throw out a stained newspaper than to wash a stained placemat.  He prefers the obituary section;… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, funeral rites, Sue Sabia, veterans

DECAY • by Micah Klassen

December 4, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Evening sunlight leaks through curtains and blankets the floor in soft, gold light. It flows across Buddy’s fluffy blonde fur, granting him the warm summer naps he loves so much. Minutes pass and hints of purple and orange take the… Continue Reading →

Horror, Literary, Stories, Surreal aging, dementia, medication, Micah Klassen

LAST RITES OF THE MONSTER • by Nicholas Ozment

October 29, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

What was I expecting when I pulled into the driveway: a Victorian Gothic pile looming like the house behind the Bates Motel? It was a yellow ranch-style house with a tidy lawn. Nothing about its prosaic exterior suggested the Monster… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories actors, aging, journalism, movies, Nicholas Ozment, reputation

TUMBLING DOWN • by Manny Delgadillo

October 24, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Back in Auburndale Elementary, Ms. Ponte was my first-grade homeroom teacher. She was so elderly she had probably crossed the Red Sea with Moses. The problem with her was she was falling apart right before my eyes. If you’ve ever… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories, Surreal aging, Manny Delgadillo, school, teachers

SOFT BOYFRIEND $7.99 • by Phyllis Reilly

September 16, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Every morning, I turn on my laptop and check my emails. Very few of them are personal, mostly junk mail. I don’t bother opening them… just go down the list and delete them. But today one of them caught my… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories aging, dating, Phyllis Reilly, spam email

BLUE BLOOD MOON • by Dianne Sefcik

September 8, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Jim Oldman stood at the top of the world, watching the immense arc of the moon crest the horizon and rise into a sky that was indigo and would soon deepen to black. It was a special moon. A super… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, astronomy, death of a spouse, Dianne Sefcik, rape, small town

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