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LEAVING THE MINE • by Joe Stout

May 21, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Bob Wanstead walked around the black engine, pausing for a moment to pat one of the big driver wheels, something he’d done before every trip since he started on the line forty-four years before. It left a film of coal… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories coal mines, Joe Stout, trains

THE CANARY • by Mario Aliberto III

February 21, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Every day after morning chores, after kissing his mother goodbye, after leaving his little brother and sister to sleep comfortably and dream a little longer, Felix swallows a cold dipper of water from the well and trudges the long miles… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories birds, coal mines, family, Mario Aliberto III, miners
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