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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

ANGELS OF MERCY • by L. Mahayla Smith

February 3, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My helicopter crashed into blackness somewhere south of the Imjin River. My whole life didn’t pass before my eyes. Just the scene most worth remembering: Giselle and me strolling through Paris six years ago, November 1945. She wore a red… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories, Surreal Korean War, L. Mahayla Smith, war

THE GOODIES ALWAYS WIN • by Brecht De Poortere

January 12, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

That evening, my parents had a fight. It had been a particularly nasty fight about things I did not understand. We were having supper when the shouting began. Then Mom ran off in tears and Dad finished eating with us… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories Brecht De Poortere, Rwandan Civil War, Rwandan genocide, war

THE DESERTER • by Alec Binnie

May 13, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Second Lieutenant Edwin Elston led the remaining boys in his platoon to a small clearing within twenty yards of a concrete bunker along the northern edge of the Siegfried line. Elston didn’t need to order them to take any cover… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Alec Binnie, war, World War II

MARKED FOR DEATH • by Chris Cooper

April 10, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Harris knew his life was over as soon I tapped him on the shoulder. “I’ve got something to say to you.” “Why me? Why now? I’ve written all my letters, sent all my mail, said all my prayers.” “I don’t… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Chris Cooper, war

COKE BOTTLES OVER GOLAN • by Austin Treat

January 15, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“It was humid and stuffy inside the Magach tank that sat on the ridge of Golan Heights, where rocky hills separate Israel from Syria. Abraham sat beside me, cleaning dust off his specs with a piece of cloth; they were… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Austin Treat, Golan Heights, luck, war

TEETH • by Anna Karras

May 30, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The smoke from mortar fire mixed with fog hung low over the trenches. Heinrich trod the planks over the mud, hands wrapped in rags, rifle slung over one shoulder. Night was falling on the broken and burnt field between him… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Anna Karras, archaeology, war, World War I

THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE GUNNER • by Ananyo Bhattacharya

May 25, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

They would have said it was divine justice. For what we did. Sitting in an armchair far away, playing games, while their blood gushed onto the sand. But what happened to Kathy…. If that was karma, some god had tipped… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Ananyo Bhattacharya, dreams, nanotechnology, war

BREATH OF FIRE • by Ian Duncan

March 28, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Hikaru squats on his ankles in the mouth of the furnace. Moisture steams from his body. Sweat distills into salt stains on his shirt. A square of fabric is tied around his head and tucked into a roll in lieu… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories fathers, Ian Duncan, swords, war

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

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