First, it’s been a crazy couple of weeks here at TiF. I’m working tirelessly to put together our first Annual Recap. There’s going to be 750+ stories to show for it in this recap and over 300 fiction writers shared to nearly 700 subscribers who will all have plenty of stories to choose from, written in 2024. It’s really quite a haul and I’m so glad to be a part of discovering all this amazing talent!
I want to point your attention to the Top in Fiction disruption that happened just this past weekend. It’s no secret that The Twilight Zone is my favorite show and the kind of stories I like to write, so when I saw that several writers within our very community where working behind-the-scenes to celebrate the 66th anniversary of The Twilight Zone’s debut, I was more than happy to use TiF as a vehicle to promote them all. 31 stories went LIVE on Sunday, November 24th. It will take a while to get through them all, but if the strange and macabre is your kind of genre to read, check them out HERE.
Lastly, in the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving. It’s a time to give thanks for family, friends, etc. So, I hope to ask a favor of you, regardless of if you celebrate the holiday or not. As we close out November and count down the days of December, if you at all feel a sense of gratitude for Top in Fiction and all that is has brought you as a writer and reader this year, please share us within your inner circle.
This level of sharing doesn’t just have to be here on Substack Notes but it can also be with your email list (if you have a newsletter) or on your social media (if you’re active at all). One of the reasons I wanted to purchase the TopinFiction.com domain was so that sharing TiF wouldn’t be tied to Substack or having to explain to outsiders looking for a place to find new fiction what exactly “Substack” is. Sure, the fiction is coming from Substack but TiF is much more than the sum of its parts. Plenty of us use Substack as the place where we park our fiction but not where it’s going to stay. I hope to make TiF emblematic of the idea that fiction is everywhere and can be accessible to everyone anywhere. So, before you take a look at this Monthly Recap, take a moment to share TiF in whatever capacity that you can, everywhere you are able. Thank you.
POETRY
**Weeping Willow - 10/28/24 [Free Verse]
Tommy Green of Tommy Green
MICRO/FLASH FICTION
Countdown - 10/30/24 [Folklore]
E.A. Colquitt of Exploring the Eyrie
The Rubbers - 11/15/24 [Humor]
Nicholas Pettigrew of The Annals of Los Perdedores
*Dark Windows - 11/4/24 [Speculative Fiction]
Daniel O’Donnell of Dan’s Deliberations
*The Email - 11/15/24 [Literary Fiction]
Rostislava Pankova-Karadjova of Airings
*What Would An Astronaut Do? - 10/28/24 [Science-Fiction]
It Could Be Miles of Penumbrology
SHORT STORY
bluebird - 11/3/24 [Horror]
Clancy Steadwell of Porn Name Pseudonym
**Tara - 11/8/24 [Mythology]
Cobol of Synopsys
**And So It Begins - 11/8/24 [Dystopian]
Feasts and Fables of Just Write, Right
Krampus - 11/16/24 [Horror]
Nancy’s Substack of Nancy’s Substack
*The First Death of Segitars Arpadi - 11/5/24 [Fantasy]
Eric Falden of Falden's Forge
*Deep Mink - 11/1/24 [Horror]
Sean Thomas McDonnell of Automatic Writer
SERIAL
**Hypnotic [Chapter 4] - 11/19/24
Chevanne Scordinsky of The FLARE
*The Last Hero of Astra [TAS, Ch. 1] - 11/8/24 [Science-Fiction]
L.L. Ford of The Trials of Astra
*First Branch of the Old Tree - 11/8/24 [Historical Horror]
Keith Long of Loser’s Fiction
*Cinder Hollow: Story 1 - 11/6/24 [Horror]
Stephen Duffy of Short Shivers
Read the Meet-Up Comments for Even More Stories!
Meet-Up #17 | Meet-Up #18 | Meet-Up #19 | Meet-Up #20
Thank you so much for featuring me on this!
From every tale you bring to view,
Your passion shines in all you do.
This list’s a treasure, plain to see—
Thanks for curating it so brilliantly.
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P.S. Great to see Ronnie (@ronniepk) on the list!
P.S.S. Good luck on your Annual recap :)