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James Zahardis

BLEEDING IN BEN-DAY SPACE • by James Zahardis

June 30, 2017Every Day Fiction 23 Comments

One-Eye Jack clutches a dagger; the white highlight at its tip forms a menacing star in the night sky. His fedora has breached the top of his panel, and his solitary irisless eye gazes upward at Darla. Her monotone yellow… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories antiheroes, comic books, James Zahardis

THE KNIGHTS FROM OLDEN MEDIEVAL DAYS • by James Zahardis

February 1, 2015Every Day Fiction 18 Comments

Shadows danced in the light of smoldering fires. A sooty girl stood up from behind a heap of cinderblocks and tiptoed to a patch of dandelions growing amid the rubble. She skimmed the palm of one hand across the flowers;… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories James Zahardis, knights, zombies

COLANDERS AND THE KALLIKANTZAROI • by James Zahardis

December 7, 2014Every Day Fiction 68 Comments

A heron perched in a mangrove tree glanced at the old pickup. Its tires crushed the shells lining the driveway leading to the back of a coral-pink house. An unshaven man in shorts and a sleeveless River Monsters tee-shirt hopped… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories fishing, grandparents, James Zahardis, Kallikantzaroi

THE BASILISK OF SAINT JÖHNSSBURY’S CATHEDRAL • by James Zahardis

March 8, 2014Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

The hum of the glider’s engine was barely audible over the braying of a colicky mule tied to a post outside Saint Jöhnssbury’s Cathedral. The craft’s pilot and passenger was a tall, taunt man, attired in late-19th century stylized fashion,… Continue Reading →

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