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AN OLD WARRIOR’S FINAL COUNTDOWN • by Kat Otis

October 20, 2015Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

Ten spiraling stone steps led down to the dungeon.  I dashed down them, the flames of the wall sconces wavering with the wind of my passage.  Although I still held my sword at the ready, I found no one left… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories dragons, Kat Otis, knights, parenting, sacrifice

ATONEMENT • by Kimberly Caldwell

August 30, 2015Every Day Fiction 50 Comments

My breath fogged the window as we passed Ogden Street. There was no First Street, but after the overpass, there’d be a Second and a Third. I’d ridden this loop many times over the years. It usually bore fruit. The… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Kimberly Caldwell, sacrifice, storytellers, terrorists

PASTORALE No. 3: THE LONGBOAT BURIAL • by Gerald Warfield

August 13, 2014Every Day Fiction 26 Comments

Frieda reached down and grasped another stalk of white yarrow.  She broke the stem and, with a sidelong glance at Erik, placed it with the others in the wicker basket. “You don’t have to pretend,” she said. “I know why… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Gerald Warfield, LGBTQ, love, sacrifice

THESE WORDS THROUGH TIME • by Von Rupert

April 21, 2014Every Day Fiction 58 Comments

Dear Sorah, Be brave and be strong. You have not been forgotten. Memorize these words like you memorized The Fifty Chronicles of Humanity in primary school. Recite them each time you lose your way. They traveled great distances and changed… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories prison, royalty, sacrifice, time travel, Von Rupert

THE BASEBALL GODS • by James Aquilone

June 26, 2013Every Day Fiction 9 Comments

Al Whitaker thought he handled last night’s catastrophes pretty well. He only punched his office wall. It hurt like bloody hell when he broke his hand, but he didn’t need his hand to do this job. He needed Boyd Salazar… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories baseball, deities, James Aquilone, sacrifice, sports

THE SPINNERS • by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks

July 22, 2012Every Day Fiction 29 Comments

The Spinners resided in a ghost town with no name under big prairie skies. Grasses had reclaimed a strip of dirt that used to be a street, and weeds pushed through the porches of an old jail and an abandoned… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Jennifer Campbell-Hicks, sacrifice

THE FOREST INSIDE THE CASTLE • by Jason S. Ridler

December 6, 2011Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

“You are weakening, my king,” Gero’s plain, strong face said while servants fitted an old campaign uniform on to Oskar’s frail back. “And weakness will spread through the kingdom, as it has always done in the past. When the fire… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Jason S. Ridler, royalty, sacrifice

LONG NIGHT OF THE WITCH • by R.F. Marazas

March 3, 2010Every Day Fiction 18 Comments

Charles refused to go. Calliope insisted. Since waking this morning, he understood it had something to do with the witch thing. He sensed Calliope bolting upright in their bed, heard her astonished whisper. “Of course, the Winter Solstice! Return of… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal blindness, R.F. Marazas, sacrifice, Winter Solstice, witches

THE BREACH • by Gay Degani

March 13, 2008Every Day Fiction 42 Comments

The sudden hammering on the door jolts him awake. He doesn’t know for sure if it’s dawn or dusk. His upended sofa, his queen-sized mattress and box spring, his mother’s hutch block the loft’s only row of windows. “Dan! It’s… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Gay Degani, sacrifice

INVINCIBLE • by Steve Goble

February 21, 2008Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

Swords clashed, shields broke, bodies fell… and over it all an unholy screech pummeled warriors like a battering ram. Ulf stumbled as yet another undead thing rose from the mud and clutched his ankle. Ulf’s axe swept downward, lopped through… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories battle, sacrifice, Steve Goble

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