From the Editors
This is a big month for us — if you are in or near Vancouver, Canada on Saturday, May 21st 2011, please join us for a reading and signing event to celebrate the launch of our newest anthology, The Best of Every Day Fiction Three. The launch will take place at the extremely awesome Blackberry Books on lovely tourist-friendly Granville Island in the heart of the city.
For Readers
We have lots of stories about mothers and mothering throughout the month, and for Mother’s Day on May 8th we’ve selected “A Dance to End Our Final Day” by Beth Cato.
We also have some great humour pieces for you this month, including a hilarious lesson on how not to write from Randy Henderson — “The Most Epicly Awesomest Story! Ever!!” will be published on May 16th.
For Writers
We have a small staff change to announce: Joseph Kaufman, previously a slush reader, will be continuing his excellent work with us as an Editorial Assistant. You may be impressed to know that Joe has been reading an average of 33 stories a week for us.
May’s Table of Contents
| May 1 | Marissa Sertich | Leave Me with an Artichoke |
| May 2 | P.J. Monroe | Rembrandt’s E-mail |
| May 3 | Rich Matrunick | The Pale Farmer |
| May 4 | Stewart Baker | Memory Book |
| May 5 | JR Hume | His Mother’s Son |
| May 6 | Cecilia Ryan | Mum |
| May 7 | Ruth Schiffmann | Silent Witness |
| May 8 | Beth Cato | A Dance to End Our Final Day |
| May 9 | Amanda Capper | A Message |
| May 10 | Wanda Morrow-Clevenger | Riverside Redemption |
| May 11 | Samantha Memi | Tempting The Wicked |
| May 12 | Madeline Mora-Summonte | Evie |
| May 13 | Frances Gonzalez | Spindles |
| May 14 | Vanessa Weibler Paris | Tea with Tess |
| May 15 | Charles Kirby | RBIs |
| May 16 | Randy Henderson | The Most Epicly Awesomest Story! Ever!! |
| May 17 | Kevin Shamel | Riveted |
| May 18 | Leanna Timanus | Night Visitors |
| May 19 | Nick Lewandowski | Foreign Exchange Losses |
| May 20 | Axie Barclay | Kahlua |
| May 21 | A.I. Wright | Time Served |
| May 22 | L. A. Stein | Trout Lake |
| May 23 | James C.G. Shirk | And Then, She Wrote Me a Letter |
| May 24 | Barry Friesen | Hat Trick |
| May 25 | Gary Pattinson | Programming Bugs |
| May 26 | Kip | Margaret’s Daughter |
| May 27 | Douglas Campbell | Leaf |
| May 28 | L.E. Elder | First Time |
| May 29 | Wayne Scheer | Butterfly |
| May 30 | Nyki Blatchley | The Sat-Nav of Doom |
| May 31 | Aaron Polson | The Thing About a Haunting |
