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death of a spouse

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

HEARTBROKEN • by Michael Croban

October 13, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I want to swim in the ocean with her. But I can’t. She’s sitting in my lap scrolling through the images of her mother and me. The computer screen is a useless time machine that can’t change the past. The… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a spouse, environmentalists, marine life, Michael Croban, parenting, writers

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

LUNAR SEAS • by Myra King

September 7, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Alkina opens wide one eye against the cold steel of her late husband’s telescope and remembers on a clear night, less than three months ago, Mare Fecunditatis, appearing so close she would have sworn water lay there. That morning he’d… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Australia, death of a spouse, domestic violence, magical realism, Myra King, pregnancy

LIFETIME WARRANTY • by Elle Hurley

August 15, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Paul never liked the refrigerator. His husband had been the one who wanted stainless steel. “But fingerprints wipe right off this one,” he explained when Paul pointed to an eggshell model across the showroom. The refrigerator had drawers for everything… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a spouse, Elle Hurley, household appliances, LGBTQ

MOVING ON • by Meryl Schwartz Baer

May 19, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My paddle glides through tranquil waters, reflecting my image but obscuring what lies beneath. A fish jumps skyward then plunges into the swampy depths, startling me out of my trance. I look around. Everyone is still here, slinking through the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a spouse, Everglades, Florida, kayaking, Meryl Schwartz Baer, siblings

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