Short Fiction Daily

Today on the blog, I am talking about 'Emergency' by Denis Johnson. This is perhaps the most critically acclaimed story in Jesus...

My new year's resolution was to write more but I decided to wait a month before writing. I started in February instead of January. To...

Today I am talking about 'How' by Lorrie Moore. This is the second story in Moore's collection 'Self-Help' that I will ...

Lorrie Moore's 'How to Become a Writer' is narrated in the second person by a character named Francine. The story is told in th...

Anthony Doerr is a writer of short stories and novels. Given his tremendous talent as a writer, it is surprising that Doerr is not more wel...

And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved ...

I have read many of George Saunders' stories over the past few years. It's surprising that I have yet to write about 'Sea Oak...