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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

THE MEMORY IS THE ENEMY • by Sue Sabia

May 26, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Ivan uses the L.A. Daily News as a placemat because his wife – rest her soul – once told him it is easier to throw out a stained newspaper than to wash a stained placemat.  He prefers the obituary section;… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, funeral rites, Sue Sabia, veterans

FUNERAL PICS • by M. Schmidt

May 18, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Ms. Alice FoyBerkshire OH 45044 Dear Ms. Foy, I’m writing in reply to the multiple obscene comments you’ve left on our company’s Testimonials page as well as the scorched-earth social media campaign that you’ve undertaken against us in the weeks… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories customer service, funeral rites, letters, M. Schmidt

FEARS LIKE KAFKA • by Chris Vander Kaay

May 13, 2017Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

The podium is uneven on the grassy outdoors, and Anthony feels it wobble slightly as he rests his notepad and palms atop it. The hum of the wind lilts as he clears his throat and loosens his black tie just… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Chris Vander Kaay, family, funeral rites, writers

A FUNERAL IN WINTER • by Cyndeth K. Allison

February 1, 2017Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

It was a big hole, deep, long, narrow. The dirt that had come out of it mounded some distance away, nearly black against the equal mounds of snow plowed from the roadway. He stood at its edge, just outside the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Cyndeth K. Allison, death of a spouse, funeral rites

FINGERPRINTS • by Jason M. Harley

August 30, 2016Every Day Fiction 38 Comments

It was sudden. And that’s what had made it so hard. One moment they were driving down a cozy, country highway and enjoying the quiet companionship that only comes with years. And the next, the car was in the ditch… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories car accidents, death, funeral rites, ghosts, Jason M. Harley, LGBTQ

DUTY, HONOR, AND COUNTRY • by Kelly Castillo

August 16, 2015Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

There’s lots of green, and it’s very bright, and that seems wrong. My head feels like a beehive, and there’s a slight hum, from crying or maybe gritting my teeth. There are lots of words, most of them heartfelt but they… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories family, funeral rites, Kelly Castillo

FOUR-ONE-ONE • by Ted Lietz

February 4, 2012Every Day Fiction 24 Comments

The hat I want to wear — the black one with the little veil — is in the basement. Four-year-old Alice follows me down. She wears a new black jumper and patent-leather shoes. I remind her that we have to… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, funeral rites, grandchildren, Ted Lietz

SECULAR RITE • by Oonah V Joslin

June 5, 2011Every Day Fiction 25 Comments

The old captain turned the urn in weathered hands. Two witnesses stood by. I was one of them; a friend of the captain, a fellow fisherman in the past, though I did not know the deceased well. He twisted the… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories funeral rites, Oonah V Joslin
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