editorial by Camille Gooderham Campbell
From the Editors
With spring around the corner (or at least the Vernal Equinox), we should be seeing the last of the winter weather this month (and in general the last of our winter-themed stories too).
You may have noticed that we try to publish lighter stories on Mondays, to brighten up the hardest day of the week with a bit of humour. On Twitter, we’ve started using the hashtag #humourformonday — and that doesn’t have to be just for EDF. On Mondays, why not use the hashtag to share links to stories that will give everyone a laugh and a boost for the day? (As a side note, we’re using the international spelling, humour with a “u”, since we’re based in Canada and have readers all over the world.)
For Readers
We have a few familiar names on our list of stories this month, as usual, but overall we’re welcoming lots of new voices to Every Day Fiction.
Leading up to St. Patrick’s Day, we have “Patrick’s Passage” by Maribel C. Pagan on March 16th, then we’ll be featuring “A St. Patrick’s Day Story” by Wayne Scheer on March 17th.
For Writers
We are now taking stories intended for holidays and occasions in April, including April Fool’s Day, Passover, Easter, and more — submit them here (please remember that this submission queue is only for April-specific stories, and other submissions should be entered here instead). The deadline for April stories is March 27th.
Please note that authors who attempt to hack the star rating system to push their stories up the top ten lists will invariably be caught, and the extra hassle of having to remove those cheaters’ ratings (obviously) makes us unhappy and extremely prejudiced against working with those individuals again.
On a happier note, let’s move on to the stories we have for you this month…
March’s Table of Contents
Mar 1 | Eliot Hudson | Eachother |
Mar 2 | David R Gilbert | The Warmest Winter |
Mar 3 | Nathan J. Bezzina | His Voice Is Mine |
Mar 4 | Kevin Daniel Lonano | Shark’s Milk |
Mar 5 | Gary Cuba | Charity Ball |
Mar 6 | K.G. Anderson | My Job is Hell |
Mar 7 | Laura Rink | Blow My Cover |
Mar 8 | Kay Harrison | The Thin Red Line |
Mar 9 | Andrew Hart | Two Guys Walk Into a Room… |
Mar 10 | Holly Schofield | Alambre |
Mar 11 | Kate Glahn | Why We Hear Better When We Shut Our Eyes |
Mar 12 | Justin Hoo | A Package for Ms. B. |
Mar 13 | Evan Roberts | A Beast in Bed |
Mar 14 | Melissa Goode | Charvet, White, 16R |
Mar 15 | Richard Nunez | Heirloom |
Mar 16 | Maribel C. Pagan | Patrick’s Passage |
Mar 17 | Wayne Scheer | A St. Patrick’s Day Story |
Mar 18 | Vanessa Wang | The Peach Tree |
Mar 19 | Chris Antenen | The Bureau |
Mar 20 | Clint Lowe | Beyond the Words |
Mar 21 | Joy Kennedy-O’Neill | Chokecherry Creek |
Mar 22 | Michelle M. Denham | A Long Time Ago, Over Coffee |
Mar 23 | Kelly Castillo | It Kills Me Sometimes |
Mar 24 | Neil MacDonald | Coulrophobia |
Mar 25 | Martha Crisalli | Artifacts |
Mar 26 | Dennis Zaslona | Look at the Ants |
Mar 27 | Lee Hammerschmidt | All Crook’d Up |
Mar 28 | Christopher C.O. | Unreal Cuisine |
Mar 29 | Rachel Printy | Time With Billy |
Mar 30 | F. John Sharp | When the River Calls |
Mar 31 | Jay Lee Ellis | Three Drinks and an Explanation |