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DUST THOU ART • by Mary Byrne

October 22, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Today, Ash Wednesday, has been declared No Smoking Day to help those giving up for Lent. There is no Mass in our little hamlet because the local priest looks after seventeen parishes. At reception I check in as a visitor… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Ash Wednesday, cigarettes, elder care, hospitals, Mary Byrne

THE DANCE • by Konstantina Sozou-Kyrkou

October 17, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Martha, the nurse wakes me up at the crack of dawn. She helps me to the bathroom. She’s holding the IV and I’m dragging the two cheese sticks I’ve got for legs. Every step feels like it’s going to be… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories hospitals, Konstantina Sozou-Kyrkou

CANDIDATE • by Kevin Tasker

October 6, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Shelby agreed to the surgery only after the two biggest narcissists in her life, Dr. Schrodinger and Dr. Elks, advised that her weight had reached an apocalyptic level. In truth, she had always been obese — unrepentantly feasting — or… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal eating disorders, hospitals, Kevin Tasker

GOALPOSTS • by T.Y. Euliano

May 15, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Why do we have to rotate on Labor and Delivery?” I say. “It has nothing to do with neurosurgery.” “Oh for God’s sake,” Sheila says. “Maybe you’ll get lucky and some poor pregnant woman will have a brain tumor, just… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories babies, doctors, hospitals, T.Y. Euliano

HOSPITAL ENCOUNTER • by Steve Goldfinger

August 20, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Didn’t want to be here but knew I had to be. Ovarian cancer. Stuart, who had been my doc forever, it seemed, convinced me to get the kind of care I needed by going to a big medical center. He… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories doctors, hospitals, Steve Goldfinger, technology

SMEARED MEMORY • by C.R. Beideman

April 26, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

A hospital, I think. The adjustable bed. The linen coarse like construction paper. The florescent light reflecting off linoleum in the hallway. The over burnished sheen of an old floor that gets the chemicals every night, chemicals that release memory.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories C.R. Beideman, hospitals

BEEP, WHEEZE. • by Desiree Wilkins

June 23, 2017Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

Elle saw out the window a balloon floating past and up. It was shiny blue, with some characters that she couldn’t make out. Three floors below, on the sidewalk, a small girl in a loose hospital gown watched it get… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Desiree Wilkins, fear of heights, hospitals, siblings

A DAUGHTER’S WAITING • by Reena Thomas

June 18, 2017Every Day Fiction 13 Comments

Her father was still there. She watched as the wrinkled white sheets slowly rose with each breath — a movement so slight it seemed not to justify the word. Sometimes, she would place her head on his chest just to… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories death of a parent, Father's Day, fathers, hospitals, Reena Thomas

THE PAINTINGS OF SIZWE • by Liz Tsikkos

June 6, 2017Every Day Fiction 29 Comments

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Literary, Stories art, cancer, hospitals, Liz Tsikkos, nurses

DANCING IN THE VOID • by Kip Hanson

April 21, 2017Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

Three days before Christmas, Mary slipped in the shower and cracked her head on the soap dish. I found her half an hour later. The water was long cold and her skin had turned purplish, like an overripe plum. Her… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, hospitals, Kip Hanson, marriage, terminal illness

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