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TEA TIME IN SALEM • by Tamar Anolic

July 16, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Midwife Sarah Yorke walked along the dirt path next to the cornfield. Her long skirt and petticoat swished around her ankles as she moved, and her feet kicked up dust on the dry path. She clutched her Bible, and its… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories infant death, Salem witch trials, Tamar Anolic

BEFORE THE BOMB • by E C Hayles

August 13, 2017Every Day Fiction 14 Comments

She hauled him from the olive-green painted wooden cot. Her back ached but it had become a pain she learned to live with. One palm held his nappied bottom and the other cupped his tiny head, which was cold to… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories E C Hayles, infant death

WHAT GREATER FEAR • by J.C. Towler

September 1, 2015Every Day Fiction 35 Comments

Stars emerged beyond darkening skies over the Shenandoah forest. Though we’d just arrived at the campsite, Alex and Kevin insisted we build a fire straightaways. Fire assuaged ancient fears of tooth and claw buried in the lizard-brain and their grandfather’s… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories camping, infant death, J.C. Towler, storytellers

ME AND THE MOUSER • by Sarah Hilary

November 18, 2008Every Day Fiction 39 Comments

The cat is squalling again, the thin sound just human enough to trigger my maternal alarm. I’m halfway out of bed before I remember there’s no crying child in the next room; no one here but me and the mouser.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cats, grief, infant death, Sarah Hilary
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