Stephanie Daich
OUTCAST -Fiction by Urmi Palchoudhury
I was about ten. I remember sitting in the classroom of my new school. The bright summer sun had escaped the half-closed wooden shutters...
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Stephanie Daich
- Jul 27
- 3 min
DEAR VETERAN -Fictional Tribute
Dear Veteran, Please forgive my selfish heart. We sat together at the airport, and I only observed you during my layover. I regret not...
Stephanie Daich
- May 8
- 8 min
FRESH START -Fiction by guest author Peter F. Crowley
Boston’s tall treehouses in the early December snow call to mind playing with building blocks as a kid. I’d stack them up high as I could...
Stephanie Daich
- Mar 19
- 6 min
I AM THE STAINED ONE -Fiction
How could one unopened envelope bring me this much anxiety? The penmanship alone makes my heart race to deadly speeds. It's like the...
Stephanie Daich
- Mar 17
- 4 min
THE JACKKNIFE -by guest author Terry White
Francis Volkoff’s brain registered the juddering shock of the diving board springing free from his body the instant his splayed fingers...
Stephanie Daich
- Mar 10
- 4 min
HOME -Flash Fiction by guest author Wiebo Grobler
The wind speaks to me. Pushing stray hair away from my face and whispering in my ears. Her scent fills my nose: wood smoke, pine needles,...
Stephanie Daich
- Mar 8
- 10 min
NOT WORTH LIVING -Fiction
I didn't know how Grandpa's birthday gift would shake the world. "I can't believe your great-great-great-great-great-great grandpa turns...
Stephanie Daich
- Feb 25
- 3 min
THE RACE -Fiction
Dad said we should support Mom, but I just wanted to stay in bed. Mom had trained for the race for six months. He dragged me to see her...
Stephanie Daich
- Feb 15
- 12 min
THE QUEEN HOARDER -Fiction
Do we hate those who are most like us? My authoritative boss, Angela, did. She despised those we served. I have never met a more...
Stephanie Daich
- Feb 9
- 6 min
Eight YEARS WITHOUT A HUG -Fiction
I didn’t do it. I know all convicts cry the exact words, but I speak truth. I am innocent, yet they stole my life and yanked it away....
Stephanie Daich
- Feb 3
- 7 min
BEST FRIEND BETRAYAL -Fiction
If you couldn't trust your best friend, then who could you trust? "We've been friends since third grade." Ted bragged whenever he...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 27
- 19 min
CROSSING THE BOARDER -Fiction
“We found the teen girl’s body floating down the river,” the feminine voice announced over the morning news. “We believe she was part of...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 26
- 4 min
MONKEY CITY -Fiction
Who was the ringleader that led the gang of monkeys? Those aggressive little beasts must have found inspiration from watching Planet of...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 24
- 15 min
MAJESTIC -Fiction
My father's illegal poaching started it. I knew I should condemn his act of capturing exotic animals and selling them on the black...
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