Welcome to the first of its kind Top in Fiction open call for the best fiction!
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Fiction Accepted:
Only fiction shared between July 6th - July 12th on Substack!
This open call will be available: NOW until 9pm EST on Sunday, July 14th.
Self-promotion of your fiction is welcome!
Leave a link of the story in the comments.
Submit as many as you want, so long as they were written and shared during the window mentioned above.
Look for our email on Monday, July 15th where the Top In Fiction list will appear in your inbox! You never know what new gems you’ll discover. All we ask in return is that you share Top In Fiction to your email list and Restack the post on Monday in Substack Notes.
This is an awesome idea Erica and I think it will be a wonderful boost in visibility for fiction on the platform. I humbly submit my new serial "Departures" for next Monday's edition. The first episode drops on Tuesday, July 23rd. https://www.catchrelease.net/s/departures
You bring up something I hadn't considered which is closing comments on these posts after I stop taking suggestions. But, fear not dear friend! I have added you to the list for our 3rd issue. I will be doing these calls every Friday so normally you would have an opportunity to share this on the July 26th call for new fiction stories.
I might have missed the cut off, but I would like to share my literary short story, genre light sci fi set in a future dystopian America, about an autistic woman finding love and seeking freedom and community in a caste-based society
I'm sorry, Amy, but when I click the link I keep getting a message that says the post is Private and I cannot see it. Can you tell me the title of your story? Is it "A light at the End of the World"?
Yes! I am new to substack. Signed up a week ago. Let me see if I can fix the permissions. I don't have payments so everything should be accessible. One sec...
I'm really looking forward to the first installment of this and finding some new fiction to read.
I just published this week the first chapter of The Dying Fall -- a speculative dystopian novel about a music addict trying to survive in a society where music is classified as an illegal degenerative recreational drug.
"Just Like Home," the first installment of "North of Midnight," a serial from my Spell Weaver universe. Alexandra finds herself psychically drawn to the town of Santa Brigida, which seems perfectly peaceful and ordinary--until she gets a look beneath the surface.
This will be weekly. We will meet here on Fridays and share the amazing fiction we’ve written (or read) all weekend and then a Top in Fiction list will be sent on Mondays to peoples inbox that they can go read!
I got started posting my middle grade book as a serial this past Wednesday! I've already scheduled the next two chapters (which is why they're in the Index) but it's going to be once a week until it's done. That gives me time to do my checks, prep the voiceovers, and so on.
Okay, I'm going to send you a link to the first story I ever posted up here, because I put it up on THROWBACK THURSDAY. (I doubt if it qualifies because of its length.) It's called: THE AFRICAN SONGBOOK: A Tragedy In 5 Acts. https://benwoestenburg.substack.com/p/throwback-thursday?r=254e8w. Everything else I put up are segments of this, or sections of that...this is the only thing I posted in its entirety.
This was published on the 10th but I don't know if it counts because it's behind a paywall. The first few paragraphs can be read by anyone, though, and the 'Full list of chapters' link at the top is the first step to reaching chapter 1, which is free.
This is an awesome idea Erica and I think it will be a wonderful boost in visibility for fiction on the platform. I humbly submit my new serial "Departures" for next Monday's edition. The first episode drops on Tuesday, July 23rd. https://www.catchrelease.net/s/departures
You bring up something I hadn't considered which is closing comments on these posts after I stop taking suggestions. But, fear not dear friend! I have added you to the list for our 3rd issue. I will be doing these calls every Friday so normally you would have an opportunity to share this on the July 26th call for new fiction stories.
I might have missed the cut off, but I would like to share my literary short story, genre light sci fi set in a future dystopian America, about an autistic woman finding love and seeking freedom and community in a caste-based society
https://amyms.substack.com/publish/posts/detail/146566589?referrer=%2Fpublish%2Fposts
I'm sorry, Amy, but when I click the link I keep getting a message that says the post is Private and I cannot see it. Can you tell me the title of your story? Is it "A light at the End of the World"?
can you reach https://amyms.substack.com/p/a-light-at-the-end-of-the-world
Yes! I am new to substack. Signed up a week ago. Let me see if I can fix the permissions. I don't have payments so everything should be accessible. One sec...
I sent you something I put up on THROWBACK THURSDAY, and I'm sorry, it was probably not what you're looking for.
THIS is coming out today, STORIES, AFTER 8: https://open.substack.com/pub/benwoestenburg/p/the-truth-of-who-we-are-2ad?r=254e8w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Thank you, Ben, for your contributions. Stories shared between 7/13 - 7/19 will be cataloged for the 7/22 (Issue #2) 😏 I've marked you down...
I'm really looking forward to the first installment of this and finding some new fiction to read.
I just published this week the first chapter of The Dying Fall -- a speculative dystopian novel about a music addict trying to survive in a society where music is classified as an illegal degenerative recreational drug.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lifeat235degrees/p/the-dying-fall?r=1zmgej&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Thank you for doing this!
I have two serials I would like to share, though neither of these posts are the first chapter or part of their respective serials.
https://perrychalmers.substack.com/p/sword-and-saturday-post-2?r=7h2z7
https://perrychalmers.substack.com/p/demon-marked-new-chapter?r=7h2z7
I will put forward two pieces from this week I hope you, and others, will like of slightly different, albeit darker, tones:
https://iheartheirvoices.substack.com/p/parking-lot-confessions (150 word / Horror)
https://iheartheirvoices.substack.com/p/right-man-for-the-job (100 word / Suspense-ish)
"Just Like Home," the first installment of "North of Midnight," a serial from my Spell Weaver universe. Alexandra finds herself psychically drawn to the town of Santa Brigida, which seems perfectly peaceful and ordinary--until she gets a look beneath the surface.
https://billhiatt.substack.com/p/just-like-home?r=1fo54h
Join Lord Der Artze - Gentleman Detective, in his Satirical Fantasy hunt for his hidden nemesis, who is having great fun in terrifying the 'recovering from dragon attack' city of Bone Valley. https://open.substack.com/pub/pandorasinfinitestories/p/lord-der-arzte-gentleman-detective-e61?r=2d0ibi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Come visit the Palace of Night! Dark fiction and fairy tale all day long. This one is in the dark fiction category.
https://lizzimmers.substack.com/p/the-queens-tarot-the-hermit?r=1zdam3
Here's my first Harold and Sallie story. I've posted three or four. Have about 12 written, am posting one every other week
https://kimhayes.substack.com/p/harold-and-sallie
I shared a short horror story on Sunday called Drowning in Shadows: https://newworlds.substack.com/p/drowning-in-shadows
Is this going to be a weekly series? Monthly? This is exciting.
This will be weekly. We will meet here on Fridays and share the amazing fiction we’ve written (or read) all weekend and then a Top in Fiction list will be sent on Mondays to peoples inbox that they can go read!
Malayka has only just started, but her first chapter is delightfully interactive. I can’t wait to see where it goes next. It’s a gritty dystopia assassins. https://open.substack.com/pub/madebymalayka/p/the-valdis-recruit-chapter-one?r=1mk6at&utm_medium=ios Oh and Bridget Riley’s “Down in the Holler” is outstanding. It’s complete.
I’m going to share mine first then circle back to recommend someone else. First, it’s the 13th here but I think it’s the 12th where you are? So I am taking a risk and sharing the just published final chapter: https://open.substack.com/pub/projectstarfish/p/24-better-to-think-that-than-to-remember?r=1mk6at&utm_medium=ios There is an “All chapters” link to start at the beginning.
This is a great idea! Here’s the latest from the The Glaciermen, a thrilling supernatural horror serial:
https://xaviermacfarlane.substack.com/p/the-glaciermen-25-haze
https://open.substack.com/pub/terryfries?r=1uaih4&utm_medium=ios
Dakota Scout, heroine of the Jago trilogy:
https://jazzpunk101.substack.com/p/jago-2nd-extract
Billy Elliot meets Breaking Bad: Dealer No. 1
https://jazzpunk101.substack.com/p/dealer-no-1-an-extract-e99
Thank you for doing this, Erica! The latest chapter of my serialized crime novel was published July 7. The chapter is called Harbor Seals.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tdalton/p/harbor-seals?r=2nx65t&utm_medium=ios
Thank you so much for doing this! I’ll share 2 flash fictions.
A contemporary romance “Lost at sea”:
https://open.substack.com/pub/kathrineelaine/p/lost-at-sea?r=2rhgsy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
And a short lite horror tale “Unnamed wildflower”:
https://open.substack.com/pub/kathrineelaine/p/unnamed-wildflower?r=2rhgsy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
I got started posting my middle grade book as a serial this past Wednesday! I've already scheduled the next two chapters (which is why they're in the Index) but it's going to be once a week until it's done. That gives me time to do my checks, prep the voiceovers, and so on.
https://dragonwriterluc.substack.com/p/whats-a-dragon-chapter-1
I have a couple!!!
https://jennabneece.substack.com/p/bound-an-aurora-willow-nightingale-169?r=u1xdm
https://jennabneece.substack.com/p/niceville-paranormal-mystery-season-4ee?r=u1xdm
Okay, I'm going to send you a link to the first story I ever posted up here, because I put it up on THROWBACK THURSDAY. (I doubt if it qualifies because of its length.) It's called: THE AFRICAN SONGBOOK: A Tragedy In 5 Acts. https://benwoestenburg.substack.com/p/throwback-thursday?r=254e8w. Everything else I put up are segments of this, or sections of that...this is the only thing I posted in its entirety.
On July 8, I published the latest free instalment of "Only by the Grace of the Wind," a slightly surreal serial novel released every Monday morning.
Please feel free to check it out here: https://benzalkind.substack.com/p/chapter-7-by-the-axe
This was published on the 10th but I don't know if it counts because it's behind a paywall. The first few paragraphs can be read by anyone, though, and the 'Full list of chapters' link at the top is the first step to reaching chapter 1, which is free.
https://storiesofmanykinds.substack.com/p/the-second-queen-of-hirta-770