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EXCISIONS • by Sumitra Singam

February 13, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Why didn’t you tell me?” Nathan asks. He sounds hurt. My foot traces figures of eight in the water. We are sitting on the jetty leading out to the lake. It’s still warm. There’s a pair of spotted ducks gliding… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, infidelity, Sumitra Singam

WHEN WILL IT END? • by James Hannan

January 19, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

As I walk the boundary of my property after dusk, I don’t trust my eyes. I’m trying to make sense of various shapes around me. Shadows lurking behind trees are like people hiding from me. Bushes, jutting out from the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Australia, cancer, death of a spouse, empty nest, James Hannan

GLUTEN GIRL • by Nicholas A. White

February 26, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

For years Teresa ate pasta twice a week, on Tuesdays and Sundays, and it had become, she believed, a necessary part of life. She found refuge in a warm bowl of bucatini or farfalle, even after the most hectic days… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, food, motherhood, Nicholas A. White, parenting, superheroes

FIRST RAIN • by Sree Sen Bhasin

July 15, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We hadn’t spoken since we returned from the hospital. Ma and I lay side by side on our backs on a narrow bed in the guest room of my sister’s house. There was no place to even hold hands in… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, mothers, Sree Sen Bhasin

HAVENLESS • by Emily Marcason-Tolmie

April 29, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My younger brother Ben and I sit shoulder to shoulder on the worn leather couch in our family room. “I promise you both Dad is going to fight this,” my mother quietly says. Her eyes meet mine, and I see… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, death of a parent, Emily Marcason-Tolmie

A-OKAY • by Josh Hilton

November 19, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I waited for her outside the coffee shop. You know that one on Broadway and 5th? It has that crooked sign with the flickering lights that usually spell “Coff Shop”. She always got a kick out of that. She said… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, Josh Hilton

JIMMY’S HAIKU • by Jakob Westpfahl

November 17, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

On our first day back from Summer Break, my best friend Jimmy fell out of his chair clutching his knee, screaming. I laughed, believing this to be an out-of-place practical joke I was usually in on. Jimmy kept saying his… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, high school, Jakob Westpfahl, memories, poetry, teachers

ANGELS SING • by Ron Tanner

August 22, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Shortly after she turned 70, Celeste discovered that she was suddenly, remarkably, no longer allergic to cats. “This happens,” her allergist said without resentment or skepticism. “We can’t explain it. Probably has some relation to a change in hormones.” Her… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, cats, divorce, LGBTQ, Ron Tanner, transgender

PUDDLEJUMPING TO EXUMA • by J.P. Grasser

February 16, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My marriage? James meant well. Means well. It’s just that, when you get handed a stage four diagnosis, everyone loses their shit, and James was no exception. *** In the interest of exculpatory whatever, here are the basics. It was… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Bahamas, birds, cancer, J.P. Grasser

FINDING PEACE • by Lynn Nicholas

August 26, 2017Every Day Fiction 25 Comments

The washboard dirt road bumps me farther into the acreage of the desert nursery. Thickets of scrub oak form a sound barrier, dimming the roar of traffic from the highway. My breathing slows as my anger dissipates, but my face… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories cancer, Lynn Nicholas

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