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SIN PALABRAS • by Mike Pemberton

December 10, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Isabella rises at first light, as always. Fifty years in the same house. Seventy years with the same man, now passed. Nine children. Four boys, four girls, living. One boy dead. Drowned. Or was it a fire? “Aye,” she whispers,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, death of a child, family, memory loss, Mike Pemberton, Thanksgiving

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

“IS THIS THE TRAIN TO CANARSIE?” • by David Ghitelman

January 8, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Before Norman went to college, he’d never been out of the Bronx, and even during his undergraduate years he rarely ventured south of the City College campus. It was an uncle, his mother’s older brother, who found him the lead. … Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories David Ghitelman, elder care, memory loss

THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME • by George Allan Bradley

August 6, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Arthur Norris went back to the shed to fetch gasoline for the mower. In the twilight the straight tracks of newly shaved grass looked like different shades of ribbons spilled from the spool. “Arthur!” he heard her calling. She was… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aging, George Allan Bradley, Mars, memory loss, parenting, space colonization

DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY • by Benjamin Friedman

December 12, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

For their 60th “diamond” anniversary, Martine booked an old-fashioned gondola ride down Broadway, starting Uptown. Doctor Alcuna had warned her not to get her hopes too high for the occasion, that the Memantine™ and Donepezil™ still showed no sign of… Continue Reading →

Romance, Science Fiction, Stories Benjamin A. Friedman, climate change, flooding, memory loss, wedding anniversaries

BIGGER LIES ARE COMING • by Ted Lietz

April 20, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

From across the street, Phil watched the wind blow Stanley’s few downy, white hairs horizontal. It yanked open his union-logoed jacket and flapped the sides like the wings of a flightless bird. Stanley’s son — Bobby? Billy? Barry? Something like… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories dementia, friendship, memory loss, Ted Lietz

A RIVER LAMENTATION • by Kai Hudson

October 25, 2017Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

The bridge to my mother erodes in word-shaped chunks: broken sentences and hesitant pauses. Frustration traces the downward curve of Ma-Ma’s mouth, a bow with no arrows left to fire. “Na ge,” she says. Brittle fingers tug at her hair,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Kai Hudson, language, memory loss, mothers

THE QUEEN’S ROSES • by Connor Murnion

September 29, 2017Every Day Fiction 6 Comments

The Prince rushed in, closed the glass door behind him, and stomped his boots. Snow melted into his black jacket and gray hair. He breathed the warm air of the greenhouse in great mouthfuls. It tasted sweet and earthy, but… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Connor Murnion, memory loss, royalty

AUTUMN • by Michael Salander

January 26, 2017Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

Doris is in her seventies, something she always thought could only happen to old people. She is becoming increasingly forgetful and is beginning to worry about it. Her main problem seems to be in recalling names. Today, the view from… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, autumn, memory loss, Michael Salander

2 AM AT A MOTEL IN THE CITY • by Cory Cone

July 8, 2016Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

The yellowed lampshade on the bedside table goes bright, goes dim. It buzzes, threatens death before settling into a weak, cool glow. Rory says, “I remember when we were eighteen.” She stares at the ceiling, recalling. “We ran through the… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Cory Cone, memory loss, spiders

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