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YOUR BROTHER’S PHONE • by Roberta Kay

May 1, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

You carry his phone in your pocket. Its weight, the closest you have now to holding his hand. Taking it out, you glance through his pictures, read his texts. The phone is still alive. To shut it down would be… Continue Reading →

Stories death, Roberta Kay, siblings, smartphones, suicide

ANNA IS GONE • by Heather Haigh

February 17, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

They tried not to notice my voice was too loud at the funeral. I’m the quiet one.My skirt was too short. I’m the modest one. They admonished me quietly when I got detention but I saw the panic in their… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, friendship, grief, Heather Haigh

BREAKING BALL • by Michael Snyder

January 9, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

There’s this ball, pink-seamed and spinning fast, its coordinates locked on the northern perimeter of my left eye socket. All the proof I need that God hates me. No surprise, as my earthly father was never that fond of me… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories baseball, death, fathers, grief, siblings, sports

HOW TO RAISE THE DEAD • by Jeff Gard

December 30, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

In Bensonville, nobody wants to raise the dead anymore, so they leave them on the porch with the rest of the recyclables. Sometimes, the dead are wrapped in quilts or given a few crackers and a bit of water while… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories death, Jeff Gard, memories, waste collectors

OUR HOUSE ON THE CLIFF • by Lindsey Baker Bower

November 27, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Our house on the cliff had damp walls that huddled over us as we slept. Ma and Mary shared the bed in the loft while the rest of us kids slept below on pallets we kept behind the stove during… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal cousins, death, Lindsey Baker Bower, terminal illness

GRIEVING • by Susan Sabia

October 9, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The smell of death isn’t death; it’s food. The smell wafts from the kitchen, permeates the hallway, living room, and dining room of the old colonial. It travels up the stairs in whiffs of almost tangible threads into the two… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, family, food, funeral rites, Susan Sabia

McGILLIGAN’S • by Justin Klose

August 26, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

There was the completely avoidable car accident that resulted in the death of our friend Jonah, then there was the funeral, followed by the reception at his mom’s townhouse where everyone kept crying and Jonah’s attractive sister Leah went around… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories bars, car accidents, death, Justin Klose

KARMA • by Walter Lacey

May 28, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sometimes there’s a moment so quiet right after the exhaled breath when there is no breath, and an interval between two lives is suddenly bridged. My name is William, Wendell or Wallace. I’m not sure which. At this moment, it… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories, Surreal death, siblings, Walter Lacey

COTERIE • by Jacob Pérez

April 21, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Doin’ it myself,” Chris said, lighting a cigarette and inhaling. These are going to kill you. “Yeah?” he said, trying to pay attention to his task over the sound of distant voices. “So can drinking sodas.” Chris looked at his… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories cigarettes, death, Jacob Pérez, psychiatric disorders, psychosis

BORN TO LIVE • by Jeremy Runion

March 4, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When I was young my brother left for the war. He died several months after in action. He was a hero by all standards. Incredibly jealous was I, but I was born wrong and would forever be denied. A year… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal brothers, death, Jeremy Runion, police, soldiers

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