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WALKING ON WATER • by Sree Sen Bhasin

September 7, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Bill died early Saturday morning. He wanted chicken tortilla soup for lunch. His fever was gone and his throat was just a little scratchy. We were advised home quarantine since his COVID symptoms were mild. He tested positive and I… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories, Surreal beaches, COVID, death of a spouse, ghosts, Sree Sen Bhasin

OVER EASY • by Emily Buckner

September 6, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Having been a server at Izzy’s Diner for nearly twenty years, Betty thought she had seen it all: from baby showers to drunken brawls in the parking lot. But most of her work days were the same. The smell of… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a grandparent, Emily Buckner, food, food servers, grief, restaurants

TINY BUBBLES • by Ron McDougall

September 5, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sand rides up my butt. If I sit still it doesn’t bother me too much; only when the car goes over a bump do I feel itchy. I drag my hands across my wet bathing suit, still sticky from the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Ron McDougall

WHEN PEACE FINALLY ARRIVED • by JS O’Keefe

September 4, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I told the officer that Jovanovic had been a union organizer before the war but nobody ever bothered him, not even once. Why’s that? “Good question,” nodded the officer and jotted down something in his notebook. “And what kind of… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories JS O'Keefe

THE TASTE OF THINGS • by Lynn Kristine Thorsen

September 3, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The Adventures of Junie and Chee Junie and Chee were sitting in the grass on the shady side of her house and admiring their ant farm when Junie told him the ants tasted salty. Chee’s immediate reaction was, “You ate… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories friendship, Lynne Kristine Thorsen, synesthesia

TELL ME ABOUT THE KEYS • by Hana S. Elysia

September 2, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I’ll tell you of only one. Jeweled, sparkling, found by a shepherd at the edge of a desert. Sand fell through his fingers as he picked it up, and he wiped the jewels clean with his white cotton tunic. Each… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories bedtime stories, Hana S. Elysia, storytellers

ONE CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE • by Susan Sabia

September 1, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

George watches Murial slurp pea soup. Murial’s wheelchair faces him from across the nursing home cafeteria filled with residents eating their lunch. Murial’s gray hair shines, but her brown eyes are vacant, and her thin lips hang open. The soup… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories birthdays, dementia, elder care, love, Susan Sabia

Happy 16th Birthday, EDF — a bit shaken but still here

September 1, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Today marks the beginning of EDF’s seventeenth year of publication. This year has been full of disruptions, and we’re still facing a move to a new web host sometime in the next week or so, but when the site was,… Continue Reading →

Site News EDF's Birthday

In Memoriam: Rosalie Kempthorne

September 1, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Dear friends of EDF, We have been grieving for and will forever miss editor Rosalie Kempthorne, who sadly passed away due to cancer in July. Rosalie was a critical part of EDF for many years, first as an author from… Continue Reading →

Site News In Memoriam, Rosalie Kempthorne

Back From Disaster…

August 14, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

After a catastrophic failure of our website host, we’re back! Unfortunately, the host had to restore the site from a January 2023 backup — it will take some time to repost the stories published between then and now but that’s… Continue Reading →

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