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death of a spouse

HURRICANES TAKE EVERYTHING • by Prarthana J A

April 19, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Tegan and Raul. They kissed a lot. They were that kind of couple. The ones that lonely house wives fantasize about while they scrub piles of dirty dishes over their kitchen sinks. They talked a lot, joked a lot too,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a spouse, love, marriage, Prarthana J A

WE TOOK HER OUT • by Valmic Shridhar Mukund

April 6, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

She was already dead, the doctors told us. Had been dead for quite some time. There was nothing to do about it now, nothing to do but what had to be done. It wasn’t sinful, they said. We were just… Continue Reading →

Horror, Science Fiction, Stories death of a spouse, Valmic Shridhar Mukund

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

JAZZY, JACQUES BARZUN AND BASEBALL • by Ted Lietz

December 29, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Jazzy had first learned English by reading and her vocabulary could sound strange to my American ears. Words like suitor, betrothal, nuptials. But when Jazzy meant love, that was the word she used. As in her final message, just before… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories 9/11, baseball, death of a spouse, immigration, prejudice, racism, sports, Ted Lietz

WEEPING WIDOW • by Tim Boiteau

December 9, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Excuse me, sir. Is this your shoe?” The woman was dressed in a loose hibiscus-orange gown, sitting on a stone bench, beneath a matching orange umbrella. I hadn’t seen her at first when turning the corner in the path, but… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories death of a spouse, Thailand, Tim Boiteau

AMONG THE LEAVINGS • by William R. Stoddart

February 23, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Morning — it’s coffee and medication before thieving time from the new day. Albert shakes pills in his left hand like dice and looks out of the kitchen window to a yellow carpet of ginkgo leaves rimed with the first… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a spouse, poetry, William R. Stoddart

ON MOVING ON • by Ted Lietz

September 15, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I pull dresses and pants, jackets and blouses from the closet and stuff them into plastic trash bags. Given the pandemic, I couldn’t find a charity to take Pearl’s clothes even though, for all the COVID patients she treated, she… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories COVID-19, death of a spouse, dogs, funeral rites, suicide, Ted Lietz

LAST MIRACLE FOR AN IRONMAN • by Stephen Kyo Kaczmarek

May 5, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The actual crash — the impact and not the spectacular explosion of sight and sound that follows — is nearly imperceptible. The Volvo soars, the cabin rotates, and my body wants to travel, even as the car, meeting pavement, does… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories car accidents, death of a spouse, Stephen Kyo Kaczmarek, writers

HUMAN CONTACT DURING QUARANTINE • by Katie Venit

April 23, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I. Instead of casseroles, the CDC caseworker brought the new widow a cardboard box of food. Canned corn. Dried beans. Prunes. A preprinted label declared this box appropriate for the widow’s age and weight. “It’s not usually quite enough,” the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a spouse, Katie Venit

THE PINES • by Madeline Gressman

January 4, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The fire had been burning for eight hours, but the earth was still not soft enough. Just as Harold predicted. It had been an unforgiving winter: sub-zero temperatures for months, ice storms, and buckets of snow. It had taken Harold… Continue Reading →

Literary, Romance, Stories death of a spouse, dogs, love, Madeline Gressman, marriage

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