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Ted Lietz

JAZZY, JACQUES BARZUN AND BASEBALL • by Ted Lietz

December 29, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Jazzy had first learned English by reading and her vocabulary could sound strange to my American ears. Words like suitor, betrothal, nuptials. But when Jazzy meant love, that was the word she used. As in her final message, just before… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories 9/11, baseball, death of a spouse, immigration, prejudice, racism, sports, Ted Lietz

ON MOVING ON • by Ted Lietz

September 15, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I pull dresses and pants, jackets and blouses from the closet and stuff them into plastic trash bags. Given the pandemic, I couldn’t find a charity to take Pearl’s clothes even though, for all the COVID patients she treated, she… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories COVID-19, death of a spouse, dogs, funeral rites, suicide, Ted Lietz

THE ENGLISH-ONLY RULE • by Ted Lietz

July 14, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Hania grew up in a southwest Detroit neighborhood where most people understood English well enough to follow radio broadcasts of Joe Louis fights and fireside chats. But they were far more comfortable conversing in Polish. It was the language of… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories family, language, perinatal loss, pregnancy, Ted Lietz, World War II

FINAL THOUGHTS • by Ted Lietz

May 29, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

A nurse unplugs me from something. Aggie bites her lower lip. Our son and daughter and their spouses look ready to cry. Even my oh-so-world-weary teenaged grandson swallows hard. If I could, I’d whisper, “Rosebud.” Anything to lighten things up.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death, Ted Lietz

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

EPIPHANY • by Ted Lietz

January 6, 2017Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

The dirt-scratchers, sheep-watchers, camel-shit shovelers — how easily I awed them. I’d slowly pull on a cloak, blinding in its whiteness compared to their filthy rags. Brandish scrolls. Unfurl astrological charts. By the time I was done, they’d be elbowing… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Epiphany, Ted Lietz, the Magi

ECCE ROMO • by Ted Lietz

December 18, 2014Every Day Fiction 33 Comments

Romo always had considered his afternoon nap a luxury, a perk of retirement. But one day that nap was more an escape, a means to knit a suddenly raveled sleeve of care. A doctor had told Romo that he would… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, grandchildren, Ted Lietz, writers

HEMINGWAY WOULD UNDERSTAND • by Ted Lietz

July 6, 2012Every Day Fiction 27 Comments

When I was twelve, I often wished Uncle Pete were my father. My own dad treated me well and helped me in all sorts of important ways. But his tastes ran to hiking and rare stamps, while Uncle Pete hunted… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories choices, family, Ted Lietz

RAPTURED • by Ted Lietz

June 8, 2012Every Day Fiction 23 Comments

Here’s how shit-canning works at our shop. Near the end of the day one is summoned to a conference room to sign papers and abide ritual expressions of sympathy. Then, one must leave the building immediately. Shortly after close of… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories actors, being fired, office life, Ted Lietz

BROKEN HEARTS • by Ted Lietz

May 1, 2012Every Day Fiction 6 Comments

With surprisingly little difficulty, she’d managed to get a driver’s license, birth certificate and all sorts of other official documents. She’d also hacked the relevant databases, all of which now confirmed that she was Mesko, Melinda. Female. 5’4.” Eyes green.… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, Ted Lietz

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