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THE HOLE • by Tom Javoroski

November 6, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Four ranks wide, thirty deep. He could feel the fear of every one of them. Feel it crawling up his back, pressing through the seams of his armor, working through every gasket and seal. It wouldn’t last long, a mayfly… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories soldiers, technology, teleportation, Tom Javoroski, war

BORN TO LIVE • by Jeremy Runion

March 4, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When I was young my brother left for the war. He died several months after in action. He was a hero by all standards. Incredibly jealous was I, but I was born wrong and would forever be denied. A year… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal brothers, death, Jeremy Runion, police, soldiers

LUCKY DIE • by David A. Gray

August 28, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The muscular barbarian surveyed the circle of bodies around him, and spat in the gore-soaked sand. “Is that the best you can do?” he roared at the distant figure atop the largest of the tombs that dotted the desert in… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal David A. Gray, dice, gaming, luck, soldiers

LOVE AND ROCKETS • by Steven Thomas Howell

February 20, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

INCOMING. INCOMING. INCOMING, said Giant Voice. PFC Tullis made himself small in the low-slung concrete bunker alongside the 105mm howitzer position on the eastern edge of the FOB and prayed Lord Jesus please get me out of this country alive.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories soldiers, Steven Thomas Howell, war

THE LIES BENEATH • by Jeff Hurt

September 11, 2015Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

A ringing phone on a desk in Washington DC prompted a call to Virginia and so on. If given a shape, the calls would have looked like the ace of diamonds turned on its side, the first guy’s phone at… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Jeff Hurt, soldiers

THE BEST OF PIES • by Derek McMillan

October 18, 2014Every Day Fiction 32 Comments

It was the best of pies. It was the worst of pies. I have to admit the pastry could not be faulted. I actually enjoyed it. Then as soon as I bit into the pie I found that it was… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories Derek McMillan, soldiers

THE CALL • by Teresa Davis

June 14, 2014Every Day Fiction 22 Comments

The phone rang at 2:21 a.m. I will never forget it. One doesn’t forget moments like that. I had grown accustomed to your calls coming at odd hours, but we talked just yesterday. Even in my slumber, I knew you… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories dogs, military spouses, soldiers, Teresa Davis

TOMMY, THROUGH A GLASS • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

May 27, 2013Every Day Fiction 7 Comments

More than forty years, now, and if I knew how to draw I could draw you every detail of the scene. Maybe it was that look he had about him of the young James Coburn, and his perfect timing. Must… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories memories, Sarah Crysl Akhtar, soldiers

ALL WE CAN DO • by Brian J. Hunt

September 22, 2011Every Day Fiction 18 Comments

I finish tightening the final clamp securing Sara to the rack, and step back. The light summer sundress clings lovingly to her figure just like I remembered, but all the holes and dirt smears take away from her attractiveness rather… Continue Reading →

Horror, Romance, Stories Brian J. Hunt, soldiers, zombies

FRANKLY • by Eric Del Carlo

September 22, 2009Every Day Fiction 14 Comments

Half of the hysterical locals were convinced we’d come to do a My Lai on their village; the rest just wanted our rations. Conditions were typically deplorable. Years in the unremitting shit of war will do that. Everybody in the company… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Eric Del Carlo, reanimation of cadaver parts, soldiers, war

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