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https://shieldbreakersaga.substack.com/p/the-last-of-the-etela-chapter-1?r=3bt5ex

Title: Last of the Etela, Chapter 1

Author: Tom Schecter

Genre: fantasy

Type: Serial

Note: Kareva has an impossible decision to make on his first evening in charge of his tribe.

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What about a comic script or a completed comic short?

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Hmm, I don’t see why not! That’s just another form of storytelling! By all means recommend it!

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Title: The Ribbon

Writer: Ginger Bea

Genre: Thriller

Type: Short Story

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/gingerreadswrite/p/the-ribbon?r=4878oa&utm_medium=ios

Note: What drives our fascination with the forbidden? Why do we so often ignore warnings in pursuit of the unknown, only to regret it when it’s too late?

This haunting tale delves into the delicate balance between curiosity and consequence—proving that some mysteries are better left unsolved.

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Story title: Quibble, chapter 26: Road

Writer: Joshua Lavender (Singular Dream)

Genre: Science fiction

Type: Serial

URL: https://singulardream.substack.com/p/quibble-chapter-26

Note: QUIBBLE is a novel about far-future transhumanism set in the aftermath of a technological singularity. Previously in the story, Quibble destroyed an orb of Unity — an uncanny, unprecedented feat which suggests she might be an excelsior, a rare sort of One who has the powers of Zeros and a few others, uniquely hers. She was lured into doing this by the lady of kindness Vega, who was once her foster mother. Now, she learns the terrible fate of Citation, another excelsior Vega fostered, and gets a stern warning about her future from the lady of control Rasalased.

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Story Title: Beatitude


Writer: Handbuzzer Studio Exposes . . . MS Ricketts’ Stash


Genre: Comedy


Type: Serial


URL: https://markscottricketts.substack.com/p/beatitude-7

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Story Title: Eggitude Probing

Writer: A.P. Murphy

Genre: Speculative

Type: Short Serial (2 parts)

URL: https://thestrangenesskit.substack.com/p/eggitude-probing-part-1-of-2

https://thestrangenesskit.substack.com/p/eggitude-probing-part-2finale

Note: It's about the tragic situation we all face of laying an egg and having to cope with the guilt of dragging a soul out from the soul ocean into a nasty icky corporeal existence. And revenge. And AI startups. And esoteric arcana.

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Title: The Supply Officer, Part 2/2

Writer: Ken Wolfson

Genre: Science Fiction

Type: Mini Serial

URL: https://kenwolfson.substack.com/p/the-supply-officer-part-22?r=2f2488

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Story Title: "Gentle Men"

Writer: David Perlmutter

Genre: Fantasy

Type: Short Story

URL: https://davidperlmutter.substack.com/p/gentle-men

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Story Title: Blorphin Zibble Wobblebin

Writer: Irshaad

Genre: Humor

Type: Flash Fiction

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/unfinishedspeedwriting/p/blorphin-zibble-wobblebin?r=2qufyf&utm_medium=ios

Note: Short and silly bit of humor spun out from a truly ridiculous seed sentence.

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Story Title: The Tisdale House: A Halloween Story

Writer: Richard Bryant

Genre: Gothic

Type: Short Story

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/richardlbryant/p/the-tisdale-house?r=2qufyf&utm_medium=ios

Note: A nicely framed atmospheric story I read on Substack - short, to the point, and a nice moment at the end.

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Story Title: Dry Bread ain't Greasy

Writer: Remi K. Chevalier

Genre: Drama, Neo-western

Type: Serial

URL: https://drybread.substack.com/p/i-bunny-ears-bunny-ears

Note: Tension escalates between four ex-convicts inside a women-only reintegration program with wild horses in the Canadian prairies. The intellectual disability of the younger one threatens the participants' chance at a steady future that they would secure if they complete the program's last task: crossing the country on horseback. Early on their journey, this dysfunctional quartet will be forced to work together when they're framed for a murder they didn't commit and set their mind on finding the real felons before they're sent back to prison.

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Story Title: Wildcatter

Writer: Karl K. Gallagher's Stories

Genre: Hard Science Fiction

Type: Short Story

URL: https://gallagherstories.substack.com/p/wildcatter

Note: This is on the long side for short stories (8k words).

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Story Title: The Adventures of Seeker and the Serpents

Writer: @augustwritesabook

Genre: Sci-Fi

Type: Serial

URL: https://augustwritesabook.substack.com/p/deja-vu-dinner

Note: Free forever and just launched this week! Planning to run Season 1 through January.

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Story Title: Good Fences

Writer: Kerry Sutherland

Genre: Horror

Type: Microfiction/Flash Fiction

URL: https://thinkingincapitals.substack.com/p/good-fences

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Title: Detroit Morning

Writer: Thomas Foydel

Genre: Literary Fiction

Type: Short Story

Url: https://falsechoices.substack.com/p/detroit-morning

Note: I must admit that the main action is true. Enjoy!

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Title: Where God Once Lay

Writer: Keith Loser

Genre: Horror

Type: Short Story

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/losersflashfiction/p/anthology-short-where-god-once-lay?r=3517l8&utm_medium=ios

Note: 2nd of 5 stories in Anthology of Hidden Places

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Title: Epirus

Writer: Oscar Ruto

Genre: Literally fiction

Type: Short story

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/oscarruto/p/epirus?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=1of53q&utm_medium=ios

Note: What is the first thing you hear when you land in a war zone? You’re the villain.

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Story Title: What's a Dragon?

Writer: Dragon Writer Luc

Genre: Fantasy

Type: Serial

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/dragonwriterluc/p/whats-a-dragon-chapter-14

Note: Reconnaissance takes many different forms.

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Story Title: My First Kisment Christmas

Writer: Allie Bock

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Type: Serial

URL:https://alliebock.substack.com/p/the-beginning-of-a-love-story

Note: This is a feel good love story set in Texas about a cowboy getting a second chance at love with his high school sweetheart. This is the first chapter of my new story. It comes out on every Sunday.

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Story Title: Pretoria, 1976 - Stupid resting

Writer: Sue Meredith Mann—On the Road to Jericho

Genre: Literary Fiction

Type: Serial

URL: https://ontheroadtojericho.substack.com/p/pretoria-1976-stupid-resting-f91

Note: In the stillness of the afternoon, Eleanor creates her own magical realm. While another toils.

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Story Title: Domestication

Writer: Jimmy Gardner

Genre: Horror

Type: Short Fiction

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/cleanchaos/p/domesticated?r=287ik&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Note: Hi! This is the first issue in my October series of horror shorts. For cat lovers. Kinda.

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Story Title: It Takes Two

Writer: Scott MacLeod/Son of Ugly

Genre: Noir

Type: Flash Fiction

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/sonofugly/p/it-takes-two?r=2sz29p&utm_medium=ios

Note: Crime flash with a witch!

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Story Title: UNFILTERED

Writer: Harsh Munjal

Genre: Comedy

Type: Short Story

URL: https://harshmunjal.substack.com/p/unfiltered-canine-commentary?r=axagv

Note: I usually don't write comedy, but here it is.

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Story Title: Roko’s Lathe™

Writer: M.P. Fitzgerald, Graphomania

Genre: Sci-Fi

Type: Short Story

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/mpfitzgerald/p/rokos-lathe?r=3u6fp1&utm_medium=ios

Note: A darkly humorous cyberpunk story picking fun at tech bro keynote speeches by the author of “A Happy Bureaucracy”.

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Story Title: Shattered Dreams: Meet the Teen Uprooted from the Wilds

Writer: @cbmason

Genre: YA Dystopian

Type: Short Story

URL: https://cbmason.substack.com/p/shattered-dreams-meet-teen-uprooted-from-wilds

Note: A character profile of the protagonist for the FORGED Series, Tessa Wright, shown through a narrative that includes poetry written by the character.

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Story Title: Inspiration: The Sudden Urge to Bury Yourself Alive When Something Embarassing Happens

Writer: Jess Mae

Genre: Romance

Type: Micro Fiction

URL: https://substack.com/home/post/p-149858665

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Story Title: Arbiter's Mantle

Writer: Walker Kuykendall of Scattered Lore

Genre: Fantasy

Type: Short Story

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/walkerkuykendall/p/arbiters-mantle?r=2owfln&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Story Title: Child of Light [Ch 4: Beware the Darkness]

Writer: Diana Hannay of Fickle and Whimsey

Genre: Fantasy

Type: Serial

URL: https://fickleandwhimsy.substack.com/p/child-of-light-chapter-4

Note: Child of Light was previously featured in the Oct monthly recap (thank you again! ♡) but I just wanted to share that Chapter 4 is live! In chapter 4 a quiet day at the bookstore turns dark, leaving Elswyth with unanswered questions and a creeping sense of unease.

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Title: Waiting

Writer: @feastsandfables (Just Write, Right)

Genre: Art-Inspired Fiction

Type: Short Story

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/justwriteright/p/waiting-145?r=56lr6&utm_medium=ios

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