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PAST REMAINS • by John Paul Rousseau

January 16, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Breath by breath, step by step, he wills his body toward the darkening skyline. Tired legs, weak legs, legs wet from trudging through the snow come to a gradual rest. Pine trees flitter in the wind, a biting wind that… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories camping, John Paul Rousseau

SEPARATION IS BALANCE • by Mark Jedrzejczyk

November 14, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Tyler turned six shortly before his mother read an article about the benefits of camping. She pressured her husband to borrow $300 from his parents to buy a faded 1968 PleasureMate 12-foot popup camper from a classified ad. The camper’s… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories camping, Mark Jedrzejczyk

LIFE LESSONS • by Judy Hull

February 18, 2017Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

She spoke sometimes like shaving cream. Her lips opened in an “O,” the words landing in a pungent spiral in his cupped hand, ready to be spread onto his face and then rinsed down the drain. “Why are we going?… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bears, camping, Judy Hull

WHAT GREATER FEAR • by J.C. Towler

September 1, 2015Every Day Fiction 35 Comments

Stars emerged beyond darkening skies over the Shenandoah forest. Though we’d just arrived at the campsite, Alex and Kevin insisted we build a fire straightaways. Fire assuaged ancient fears of tooth and claw buried in the lizard-brain and their grandfather’s… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories camping, infant death, J.C. Towler, storytellers

THE WHELP • by Christopher Owen

November 15, 2013Every Day Fiction 14 Comments

Hiking in the woods I found an abandoned baby animal so young I couldn’t fathom what sort of creature it was.  It looked a bit like a miniature cow in that way that a new, gangly pup might, but it… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories camping, Christopher Owen
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