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DECOMMISSIONED • by C.L. Holland

November 11, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

From a distance the statue looks like a giant marine in full tac-armour, helmet on and faceplate engaged so you can’t tell gender. There’s a rifle, looks like a Xenon Mark Two, propped against one knee and they’re sat with… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories C.L. Holland, veterans, war

FINAL VISIT • by Amanda Barusch

December 7, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Your father loves you. He just doesn’t know how to show it.” The screen door slammed and Dad’s boots pounded down the stairs. Mom said he wasn’t himself since the war. I never met “himself” but I learned to take… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Amanda Barusch, elder care, fathers, veterans

BOUNDARIES • by DB Cox

August 17, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It’s like a jungle in the clouds and there’s this fog — like rain, except it’s not raining. Everything is wet and tangled, and the angles of vision are slightly distorted. Walking point, I can hear sounds that come from… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories, Surreal DB Cox, PTSD, veterans, Vietnam War

THE BETTER PART OF VALOR • by Tad Tuleja

June 29, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

He had been cut this bad once before. In the Central Highlands, a punji stick had jabbed him below the knee. It had gone in less than an inch, but the feces that the VC had smeared on it had… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories bars, fighting, Marines, Tad Tuleja, veterans, Vietnam War

HOME • by Tanner Cremeans

February 20, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

April 30th, 1972 I came home. It wasn’t the warm welcome that I had expected. What I expected was the abundance of romance and cheering that my father had told me about after he returned home from Germany at the… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Tanner Cremeans, veterans, Vietnam War, war

THE ERRANT STRAND • by Amanda Barusch

August 27, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sweat crept down his back as he stepped off the rumbling bus and stood at attention with the other recruits. He’d used a cheap comb to part his hair with what he thought was military precision — on the right,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Amanda Barusch, veterans

THE MEMORY IS THE ENEMY • by Sue Sabia

May 26, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Ivan uses the L.A. Daily News as a placemat because his wife – rest her soul – once told him it is easier to throw out a stained newspaper than to wash a stained placemat.  He prefers the obituary section;… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, funeral rites, Sue Sabia, veterans

MAN DOWN • by Sam Payne

December 18, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When someone popped a champagne cork at the Christmas party, Carl dived under the table. No one said a word. The dairy lot laughed nervously, the butchers raised their eyebrows and carried on with their conversations, and the dot.com drivers… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories holiday parties, one-night stands, Sam Payne, veterans

PAYING RESPECTS • by George Aitch

November 11, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The homeless man at the interchange is a veteran too and that makes me uncomfortable, especially today. His unkempt beard hangs past his collar and weaves with the fraying strands of his jacket. Headphones adjust themselves over ears, eyes glance… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Arlington National Cemetery, George Aitch, Remembrance Day, veterans, Veterans Day

INEVITABLE • by Margaret Madole

October 19, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Grace knew it was inevitable. The second her husband returned home from his deployment, his eyes tired and voice dull, it was clear it was only a matter of time. Joshua spoke then, but his words scarcely reached her. She… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Margaret Madole, PTSD, suicide, veterans

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