http://fictiondaily.org Good Stuff To Read In Places You Wouldn't Normally Look Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:40:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/110a87858b24797a9a8fdf0a8027d31a?s=96&d=http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://fictiondaily.org http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/08/short-227/ http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/08/short-227/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:40:59 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=2219 ]]> Fifteen years earlier, when I first emigrated to America, Mother had stood in much the same spot and cried hard, trembled like a spider web in a breeze.

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/08/short-227/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/08/long-223/ http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/08/long-223/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:35:58 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=2225 ]]> Maybe tomorrow when Heather tells me to restock the cans faster I will just pick one up, maybe a can of creamed corn, or maybe peaches, and smash it into her face.

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/08/long-223/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/08/genre-219/ http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/08/genre-219/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:30:13 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=2222 ]]> He found himself looking at six faces all staring back at him with the same tortured expression.

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/08/genre-219/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/07/short-226/ http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/07/short-226/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:40:20 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=2210 ]]> I nod, like the bobble-headed caricature I’ve become, and I ask her please may I use the bathroom.

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/07/short-226/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/07/long-222/ http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/07/long-222/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:35:02 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=2216 ]]> I AM THAT WEIRDO
CLARISSA ALESSANDRINI
DRESSED UP AS DEATH

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/07/long-222/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/07/genre-218/ http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/07/genre-218/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:30:13 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=2212 ]]> He reached out a thin, muscular arm, the tatters of his flesh still clinging wetly to it, almost no humanity left

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/07/genre-218/feed/ 1 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/06/short-225/ http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/06/short-225/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:40:23 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=2206 ]]> I’m reminded of the woman who asked to be put into a permanent coma because her dreams were just right, passionate, found, held, loved.

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/06/short-225/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/06/long-221/ http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/06/long-221/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:35:27 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=2203 ]]> “Anyway you need to be in the real world. The world moves forward.”

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/06/long-221/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/06/genre-217/ http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/06/genre-217/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:30:51 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=2200 ]]> Ten of those and your pretty little eyes would never open again.

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/06/genre-217/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/05/short-224/ http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/05/short-224/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:40:54 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=2192 ]]> Soon Jack’s cage will be big enough to hold us all.

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2010/09/05/short-224/feed/ 0 davidbacker