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THE FARM • by Hannah Clark

September 20, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I took up smoking at fifteen, and quit at twenty, thirty-two, and, finally, again at forty-one. A week after that, I bought a dog from a guy living illegally in a run-down house over the interstate. I’d gone over there… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories dogs, farm life, Hannah Clark, terminal illness

BLACK FLAG AT THE DISPENSARY • by Paul Hansen

February 2, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I saw a man with a Black Flag tattoo at my dispensary. It was on his leg, nice and faded. I’ve got the same one on my wrist from when I turned eighteen – two decades ago, back when we… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cannabis, Paul Hansen, terminal illness

MILOVAN TADIC WAS HERE • by Rachel Browning

October 26, 2017Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

Thirty minutes past his mother’s scheduled appointment time, Milovan looks to the clock, pleads with it, says a prayer. He sees that it tilts to the left so that the “1” sits where the “12” should be. Or maybe his… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories America, citizenship, immigration, mothers, Rachel Browning, terminal illness

DANCING IN THE VOID • by Kip Hanson

April 21, 2017Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

Three days before Christmas, Mary slipped in the shower and cracked her head on the soap dish. I found her half an hour later. The water was long cold and her skin had turned purplish, like an overripe plum. Her… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cancer, hospitals, Kip Hanson, marriage, terminal illness

THE WARMEST WINTER • by David R Gilbert

March 2, 2017Every Day Fiction 8 Comments

The clock strikes five. I run a finger down the window pane through the condensation. Outside, the unseasonably warm winter winds bustle through the trees, and naked branches dance and sing in the last sad throes of death. They say… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, David R. Gilbert, family, terminal illness

IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH • by Gustavo Bondoni

August 18, 2016Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

“Our health plan doesn’t cover this.” “I know, but it’s the only hope you’ve got. The doctors are saying that it’s a serious case, that your liver will fail within weeks and that you’ll lose brain function with it. It’s… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aging, Gustavo Bondoni, hospitals, love, terminal illness

THE NESTING HABITS OF WRENS • by Christopher Owen

July 15, 2014Every Day Fiction 54 Comments

The wrens came in early March, building a nest of twigs within the ivy that grew in a twisted cascade from the old butter churn planter in Barbara’s sunroom. The old woman took to watching them, her face hovering scant… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories birds, Christopher Owen, marriage, terminal illness

IN HER EYES • by Lynn Vroman

June 28, 2013Every Day Fiction 35 Comments

The view from the seventh floor is impressive. Tiny ants crawl over each other heading home from work, picking up their kids at daycare, or meeting spouses for dinner, no doubt. So average and mundane they are — so ordinary.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories infidelity, Lynn Vroman, terminal illness
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