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SUNDAE MORNING • by R.S. Nelson

January 19, 2025Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The sun shone bright in the small southern California town’s blue sky. The fall wine festival was in full swing. A local band plucked their guitar strings and happy couples strolled by, holding wine glasses. Families walked together, enjoying their… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a parent, death of a spouse, food, parenting, R.S. Nelson

SNACKS • by Aaron Polson

June 20, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Mrs. Jane Kotwitz eyed the lesson plan with curious disapproval. Typed neatly with plenty of white margin for notes, the plan for third hour simply read, “Paxton — reading. He takes the lone seat by the windows.” Mrs. Kotwitz’s eyes… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Aaron Polson, food, teachers

TEN YOGURTS AND YOU • by Laura Foulger

June 18, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

I could picture it clearly. I’d hear her squeaky-trainer footsteps on the landing. She’d put her head round my bedroom door. She’d widen her eyes at me — her version of a smile, an ‘I’m-glad-to-see-you, let-me-take-you-in’ sort of gesture. She’d… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cemeteries, death, dieting, food, Laura Foulger, memories

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

WHERE MULBERRIES FALL • by Odile Mori

January 18, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

In summer, the soles of Eva’s feet were permanently stained crimson from playing barefoot under the huge mulberry tree that to her ten-year-old eyes seemed to take up a full half of her backyard. Every day she ran outside, squashing… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories fathers, food, marriage, mothers, Odile Mori, pies

SHELF LIFE • by David Desiderio

January 16, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Pickle Spear waited anxiously for the next burst of light to fall upon Cream Cheese resting quietly on the top shelf. Situated on the door between Sweet Relish and Mayonnaise he had little room to maneuver for a better view.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories David Desiderio, food

FLUFFY FAKE OUT • by Tracy Binius

October 24, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

You don’t think about bad news right away when you see that golden spongy log in cellophane by your dinner plate. You don’t question the oddity or take any special note of the fact that we don’t eat Twinkies for… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories childhood, food, moving, Tracy Binius

RENATO (45 STEPS) • by Annie B. Shapero

January 25, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Renato would have followed me a thousand miles back to my apartment. At least that’s how it felt in the beginning. The truth is that there were only 45 steps between my apartment and the wine bar around the corner… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Annie B. Shapero, food

ROMANCE WITH SARDINES • by Robert D. Beech

January 5, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

She walks quickly down the aisle of the train, looking for an open compartment. Her heavy fur coat marks her as out of place in the second-class wagon. Once, she would have travelled in the first class section with the… Continue Reading →

Historical, Romance, Stories Bolsheviks, food, Robert D. Beech, royalty, Russia, trains

WISH I WASN’T HERE • by Kitt Harris

December 27, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Spectators gathered beneath the multi-coloured bunting flapping overhead for the village’s Annual Chilli Eating Contest. A single long table dominated the green, the judges’ gazebo placed at its centre, pegged into the grass to stop it blowing over like last… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories competition, debt, food, gambling, Kitt Harris

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