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Story Title: Centenary Day 85: Bailey and [ ]

Writer: Andrew Horan

Genre: Literary Fiction

Type: Flash Fiction

URL:https://centenary.substack.com/p/day-85-bailey-and

Bailey's telling of the valise and Eli's journal doesn't match what [ ] thinks she knows. Friday's 100-word story in Centenary, a serial novel unfolding at Living Well Towers.

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Story Title: Who Tends the Flames of Chaos

Writer: Robin George - Tales of the Godswood

Genre: Fantasy

Type: Serial - "Rundellfall"

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/robingeorge/p/who-tends-the-flames-of-chaos

Note: The chaos of the last three days continues as a lone crossbowman throws gasoline on an already raging fire. Iatr & Klem do their best to escape the authorities, only this time they're running from one of the kingdom's legendary Gale Knights - or as Iatr and Klem would describe it, "a magical cheater." And finally, there's a reason to be afraid of black cats in the dark. But you'll have to read to find out why.

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Story Title: 'A Time Traveller's Fable'

Writer: The Common Centrist

Genre: Superhero

Type: Serial

URL: https://substack.com/home/post/p-149732167?r=2wu590&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Dystopian tale about the survivors of a war between superhumans and humans trying to time travel to undo the end of the world...

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Story Titie: Last of the Etela, Chapter 2

Writer: Tom Schecter

Genre: Epic Fantasy

Type: Serial

URL: https://shieldbreakersaga.substack.com/p/the-last-of-the-etela-chapter-2

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Title: Kundalini one to three

Writer: Evelyn Brunswick

Genre: Lit fic

Type: Poetry

URL: https://inadifferentplace.substack.com/p/kundalini-one-to-three?r=2s9hod

Note: I think I'm going to stick with the 'lit fic' genre for my poetry, even if it is a bit offbeat in that regard. Can't think of another genre or sub-genre for it, anyhow. I don't think, idk, 'Plathian' with a hint of Dylan Thomas, could be construed as a genre.

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Title: Shadows in the spotlight - E2 Brid on the Skids

Writer: Mona Walsh

Genre: Mystery

Type: Serial


URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/monawalsh/p/brid-on-the-move?r=4gpfb2&utm_medium=ios


Note: Hi, I’m starting out on Substack, serialising my first novel, a whodunnit style mystery, and I’d really appreciate any feed back from this incredibly community.

Story info: set in coastal town in England in 1995.

Brid O’Malley’s life finally starts to come together when she moves in with her best friend and the reclusive Diana Hunter.

But when strange events unfold, Brid, a rookie reporter, finds herself teaming up with Diana to investigate. As secrets surface and danger draws near, can the unlikely duo solve the mystery before it’s too late.

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Story title: The Sunset Glowed A Blinding Red

Writer: Safa H

Genre: flash-fic

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/inkblotwriting/p/the-sunset-glowed-a-blinding-red?r=4at1ty&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Note: they always follow the fire...

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Story title: The Countess

Writer: Jack Conlan

Genre: Crime fiction

Type: Short story

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/jackconlan/p/the-countess?r=3oefic&utm_medium=ios

Note: Revenge and banking.

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Story Title: The Pentagram

Writer: Paige Garland

Genre: Horror

Type: Flash Fiction

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/paigegarland/p/story-the-pentagram?r=2kavwf&utm_medium=ios

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Story Title: I Tried to Ignore Him: Stricken with Misanthropy
Writer: Irshaad
Genre: Literary Fiction
Type: Flash Fiction
URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/unfinishedspeedwriting/p/i-tried-to-ignore-him?r=2qufyf&utm_medium=ios
Note: This was written against a timer so it’s reasonably brief - written quickly, and quick to read. I put the genre as Literary Fiction although it could as well be classified as a bizarrely humorous character study. Either way, I hope you find it interesting and enjoyable to read. Thank you.

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Story Title: Pumpkin Patch

Writer: John Coon

Genre: Horror

Type: Flash Fiction

URL: https://newworlds.substack.com/p/pumpkin-patch

Note: A real estate developer gets more than he bargained for when a mysterious shop turns up in the mixed-use development where a pumpkin patch once stood.

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Story Title: Do you believe?

Writer: Wes Mann

Genre: Literary Fiction

Type: Flash Fiction

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/wesmann/p/do-you-believe?r=1spoth&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Note: A woman encounters a man with a wooden box. What does she want? What's in the box?

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Story Title: Ghoulfriend

Writer: David Perlmutter

Genre: Horror

Type: Short Story

https://davidperlmutter.substack.com/p/ghoulfriend

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Story Title: Patchworld Nova

Writer: Jude Mire

Genre: Science Fiction

Type: Serial

URL: https://substack.com/home/post/p-150726290

Note: I've had the pleasure of reading an ARC of this novel in full, but the chapters are serializing here on Substack before publishing wide and I think today's chapter would be a great contender for top fiction this week!

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Story title: Fangs

Writer: Oscar Ruto of Oscar Ruto Chemelil

Genre: Literary Fiction

Type: Short Story

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/oscarruto/p/fangs?r=1of53q&utm_medium=ios

Note: Is this who you are? I can hear through your mask.

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So for THROWBACK THURSDAY, I put up my Novella THE BASHFUL COURTESAN, only this time I posted it with links to the chapters. Wayyy easier for everybody!

And then there's my STORIES, AFTER EIGHT with FREEDOM HOUSE. I put it down as Lit-fic because I didn't know where else to put it. It could be considered "historical," but I have a hard time thinking that something that happened in my own lifetime, is now considered "historical." When did I get THAT old?

STORY: THE BASHFL COURTESAN

BEN WOESTENBURG

LITERARY FICTION

SERIAL

https://benwoestenburg.substack.com/p/throwback-thursdays?r=254e8w

STORY: FREEDOM HOUSE

BEN WOESTENBURG

LITERARY FICTION

SERIAL

https://benwoestenburg.substack.com/p/freedom-house-d17?r=254e8w

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Story: Friday, As It Always Has Been

Writer: Adam Dalby

Genre: vignette

Type: flash fiction

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/ajdalby/p/friday-as-it-always-has-been?r=2f0b2r&utm_medium=ios

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Story Title: Another Love Story

Writer: Rostislava Pankova-Karadjova

Genre: Literary Fiction

Type: Flash Fiction

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/rostislava/p/another-love-story?r=zcxsb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Note: Every post of The Stories Music Tell Me is illustrated with embedded audio. This one is inspired by the cool Norwegian Espen Berg Trio, and their Scoddefall.

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Story Title: SCreen Time: How to Summon A Friend

Writer: S.L. Stallings

Genre: Horror

Type: Short Story

URL: https://merakiwriting.substack.com/p/screen-time

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Title: from Ganges to Hudson

Writer: buku sarkar

Genre: long short story

https://open.substack.com/pub/bukus/p/from-ganges-to-hudson?r=9brcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Notes: this story was recently published in the Sewanee Review

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Story Title: Who Heard the Sound

Writer: Keith Loser - Loser’s Fiction

Genre: Horror

Type: Short Story

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/losersflashfiction/p/anthology-short-who-heard-the-sound?r=3517l8&utm_medium=ios

Notes: this is the fourth part of a five part anthology.

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Title: Leelanau Election

Author: Thomas Foydel

Genre: Literary Fiction

Type: Short Story

URL: https://falsechoices.substack.com/p/leelanau-election

Note: With the election fast upon us, I thought I would take the opportunity to share a story that holds a good lesson for us all!

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Title: Missouri, Wild and Wonderful

Author: Thomas Foydel

Genre: Literary Fiction

Type: Short Story

URL: https://falsechoices.substack.com/p/missouri-wild-and-wonderful

Note: This explains why there are more than 8 billion of us

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Story Title: Synthetic Thoughts

Writer: Steven Vickers

Genre: Sci-fi

Type: Poetry (Haiku)

URL: https://scvickers.substack.com/p/sci-fi-haiku-b7f?r=3qcfmg

Note: Join me for sci-fi/fantasy microfiction, haiku, and snippets from longer works.

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Story Title: What's a Dragon? - Chapter 16

Writer: Dragon Writer Luc

Genre: Fantasy

Type: Serial

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/dragonwriterluc/p/whats-a-dragon-chapter-16

Note: If you thought moving enough heat to freeze air was safe, think again.

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Story Title: The Mermaid's Song

Writer: K.M. McKellar

Genre: Fantasy

Type: Short story

URL: https://karenmckellar.substack.com/p/the-mermaids-song

Note: A shorter version of this story was published many years ago in a chapbook (in case that disqualifies it), but I wasn't happy with it and rewrote it last week for Substack. It was posted here on the 20th. It's a fantasy short story inspired by two paintings by JW Waterhouse, a mysterious rock I once found on a beach, and Holst's Neptune from the Planet Suite.

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Story Title: Flash Fiction: Volume Four

Writer: Chris J. Franklin

Genre: Horror/Humour

Type: Micro/Flash Fiction

URL: https://chrisjfranklin.substack.com/p/flash-fiction-volume-four

Note: Hi everyone! This is a special edition of my Flash Fiction series, featuring five spooky little tales for Halloween. Have a great weekend... 😎

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Fashion Forward

Writer: Michael Serrur (@mserrur)

Genre: Dramatic Irony

Type: Micro/Flashfiction

URL: https://michaelserrurauthor.substack.com/p/fashion-forward

Note: A 60-second story poking fun at that future of fashion…because they so often poke fun at us!

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Writer: Janet Bess

Genre: YA Mystery

Type: Serial novel

Chapter 17 is out, and it ends on a bit of a cliffhanger. New chapter releases weekly.

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/janetbess/p/let-it-rock-d8a

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Story Title: Bacalaito

Writer: Scott MacLeod/Son of Ugly

Genre: Sports

Type: Flash Fiction

URL: https://open.substack.com/pub/sonofugly/p/bacalaito?r=2sz29p&utm_medium=ios

Note: Boy meets gloves. Boxing gloves.

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Story Title: My House

Writer: Ginger

Genre: Modern

Type: Poem

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

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Story Title: Leave my soup alone

Writer: Rolando Andrade from Outside The Therapy Room

Genre: Literary fiction

Type: Short Story

URL: https://rolandoandrade.substack.com/p/leave-my-soup-alone

Note: A Story about love and grief

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Story Title: Katydid and the King of the Flock

Writer: Diana Hannay of Fickle & Whimsy

Genre: Literary Fiction

Type: Short Story

URL: https://fickleandwhimsy.substack.com/p/katydid-and-the-king-of-the-flock

Note: Inspired by a real-life tale shared by my Grandmother. On summer visits to her grandparents’ farm, young Katy discovers that life in the barnyard comes with its own set of unexpected lessons.

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Story Title: Oh My Gosh

Writer: A.P. Murphy

Genre: Sci-fi

Type: Short Story

URL: https://thestrangenesskit.substack.com/p/oh-my-gosh

Note: Built around a video mashup made by me of the song by the artist Jamie xx "Gosh". The resulting video creates a cyberpunk-post-apocalyptic scenario.

Video included, so it's a sort of mini-AV installation, if you like

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Story Title: A tradition

Writer: Isha Jain

Genre: Romance/ Comedy

Type: Short Story

URL: https://theindianstory.substack.com/p/a-tradition

Note: A sweet account of a couple celebrating a tradition in new way.

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Writer: Zackary San Martin (Literary Ledger)

Genre: Literary Fiction

Type: Flash Fiction

URL: https://zackarys.substack.com/p/the-boat

Note: Set adrift on an endless sea, "The Boat" tells the story of a community living aboard a vast wooden vessel that has floated for generations.

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