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IN THE EMBERS • by Ben Werdmuller

August 6, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I see her in the twisted remains of the dermatologist’s office, surrounded by ash and steel. Smoke still hangs low in the air. The fire marshal gave the all-clear to return early in the morning, and now, as the sun… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Ben Werdmuller, fires, fortune cookies, friendship, memories

NAGASAKI • by Karen Peacock

April 30, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

…and it should have been Kokura, but it was overcast, though it was cloudy here, too, but not cloudy enough, so by the time I returned home from business, it was all gone, everything, and like so many others, I… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Japan, Karen Peacock, memories, nuclear weapons, war, World War II

THE ARTISAN ENRIAEL • by Kasey Ragan

August 31, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He loves bright, cold nights like this. I press my form tight against the shadows as a cloud of rank breath steams into the darkness. The watch-wyverns pause at the alley’s entrance and my heart drops, though I know they… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories art galleries, artists, elves, Kasey Ragan, memories, wyverns

THE PASSING OF DAYS • by John Mullen

August 12, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Juanita eases the old woman into the rocker, its tiny nails tightly securing the branches and twigs that form its construction. The slats of the chairback shape the old woman’s spine, sitting her as straight as she’d been, so many… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories elder care, John Mullen, memories, memory loss, parenting

ZAYDE • by Julie L. Whitehead

August 4, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I did not know my zayde was a writer until the day of my bat mitzvah in March 1989. Everyone was congratulating me on my bat mitzvah but also him on his newest book. For my bat mitzvah, he gave… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories grandparents, Julie L. Whitehead, memories, writers

A LIFETIME OF MEMORIES • by Laura Besley

July 16, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I have all my memories stored in jars, lined up in date order. One for each year; their sizes vary depending on how many memories I have for each year. When the girls were young, and Tim was still alive,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal Laura Besley, memories, siblings

A HAND • by Peggy Lee

January 2, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

A hand. That is what I remember. Its warmth on my skin. The soft skin hidden within the curve of my thigh. The place I like to fold my own hand at night. It’s cosy there. Warm. Comforting. It feels… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories child abuse, hypnotherapy, memories, Peggy Lee

JIMMY’S HAIKU • by Jakob Westpfahl

November 17, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

On our first day back from Summer Break, my best friend Jimmy fell out of his chair clutching his knee, screaming. I laughed, believing this to be an out-of-place practical joke I was usually in on. Jimmy kept saying his… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, high school, Jakob Westpfahl, memories, poetry, teachers

OUT OF BOYFRIEND EXPERIENCE • by Clare Diston

August 10, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Party, cigarette in hand, sequinned cocktail dress reflecting the strobe lights. A hand taps my shoulder but I do not turn. A voice — my own — whispers in my ear, and a hand extends over my shoulder to point… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories Clare Diston, memories

SHOULD’VE JUST STUCK WITH THE DAMN DORITOS • by Alex Z. Salinas

March 12, 2018Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

The strangest thing anyone’s ever told me was that I reminded them of a Ruffles sour cream and onion potato chip. That’s right, a Ruffles sour cream and onion potato chip. It happened my third year of college. A classmate… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories, Surreal Alex Z. Salinas, memories, relationship problems

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