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GRACE • by Michael Downing

January 8, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The sand felt warm, the way it usually was on Saturday afternoons in Seaside Heights; face down on the beach under a hot July sun that burned my back and shoulders while Jenny was getting cheese fries and Cokes from… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories beaches, Iraq, Michael Downing, war

LOUIE IN IRAQ • by Harriet Rohmer

August 10, 2017Every Day Fiction 27 Comments

As much as he had never signed up for this duty, as much as his bosses said it didn’t exist, Louie figured he was stuck with it now. The thunder of planes taking off and landing a few meters away,… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories Harriet Rohmer, Iraq

WHEN JOHNNY WAS YOUNG • by Jonathan Wanner

August 8, 2017Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

When Johnny was ten he stole his father’s screwdrivers and hammered them into trees so he could climb them. He took the powder out of his dad’s bullets for the bombs he made to strap onto chickens. He got his… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, Iraq, Jonathan Wanner, small town, war
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