Send Us Your Fiction! - TiF #3 [CLOSED]

[Marco.D.Blanco]

Hello Erica! I would love if you feature my story.

I'm breaking ground here, as this is the very first tale in the setting of the world I'm penning

https://themagiclantern.substack.com/p/the-memoir-of-captain-enlizo-crask

Thank you, really appreciate your effort in putting these together.

[Marco.D.Blanco]

Perhaps it's worth pointing out that the artwork in this story is also done by myself. I am not always sure that is clear

[Charlie Morgan]

https://www.becomestorybound.com/p/bits-of-fun

Thank you 🙏

[Iris Shaw]

Little bit of horror, little bit of literary fiction, but mainly myth:

https://irisshaw.substack.com/p/galatea-pygmalion

[Val Stuart]

A flashback scene of Milly meeting her future ex-husband: https://whowillsaveher.substack.com/p/39 ... told through perspective of our mysterious narrator character.

[David Jace]

Hello, this week I published the second story in a series called Astro's Adventures, about an astronaut test dog (think the Soviet test dog Laika, but in the future) who is evolved by a plasma storm and must find his way home. If it isn't already apparent, this is light hearted science fiction.

https://www.davidjace.com/p/mettle-fish

[J. Martain]

Hi! I released a new chapter of my novel-in-progress on Monday...thanks for considering it! https://jmartain.substack.com/p/like-moonlight-on-water-chapter-16

"Like Moonlight on Water" is speculative women's fiction — a blend of paranormal and SF with a heavy shot of romantic tension. It's the sequel to "Daughters of Men" (also on Substack).

Thank you for what you've organized here! :)

[Jack Conlan]

Good morning! I wrote a piece of crime fiction that came out on Wednesday. Thank you for doing this! I know it’s a lot of work but it’s fun as both a writer and reader!

https://open.substack.com/pub/jackconlan/p/executive-man?r=3oefic&utm_medium=ios

[✨🌙CoolGirl🌙✨]

I wrote these for World Anvil Summer Camp and am really proud of them 😄

An ancient tome supposedly containing unholy material and rumoured to be in the possession of the strongest organization in Caelumen:

https://www.worldanvil.com/w/caelumen-coolg1319/a/tome-of-magic-and-spells-document

Must be worn by every angel as a sign of their faith lest they are seen as heretics:

https://www.worldanvil.com/w/caelumen-coolg1319/a/rosary-item

The strongest and most valuable metal in Oceanus Agrum and second most valuable in Caelumen:

https://www.worldanvil.com/w/caelumen-coolg1319/a/livaen-material

[Erica Drayton]

Thanks for sharing, but are these also on Substack? The Top in Fiction is just to highlight fiction stories shared on Substack.

[✨🌙CoolGirl🌙✨]

Ah okay. They are:

https://open.substack.com/pub/coolg1319/p/items-of-belief-rosaries?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=41wjes

https://open.substack.com/pub/coolg1319/p/mysterious-documents-tome-of-magic?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=41wjes

[✨🌙CoolGirl🌙✨]

And

https://open.substack.com/pub/coolg1319/p/important-materials-livaen?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=41wjes

[Bill Adler]

Do you know where dreams come from? Find out what happens to Gina Walters and her family when they discover the answer to that question in my short story, "Where Dreams Are Born."

https://billadler.substack.com/p/where-dreams-are-born

[Leah McCullough]

I will toss my reluctant hat in the ring.

Magical Realism short story.

https://open.substack.com/pub/creativemystic/p/freedom-is-a-four-letter-word?r=215lps&utm_medium=ios

[Mercedes de Santiago]

Hello, this is my story written for this Top in Fiction. It is a Fantasy story. I have written 31 chapters in Spanish and I am now translating them into English (9 chapters already).

https://algunashistorias.substack.com/p/a-side-story-from-the-origins-the

Thank you.

[M. Cosmos Newstrom]

New Shoes - A flash fiction piece set after the end of the world, as a man remembers his life while walking through a shoestore

https://mcosmosnewstrom.substack.com/p/new-shoes

[Isha Jain]

Gomti and Hari - The woman who stole money every night and her husband who earned it. Literary fiction.

https://theindianstory.substack.com/p/gomti

[Dungeon Mistress]

https://open.substack.com/pub/studyofthemistress/p/yavie-rus-adventures-a1d?r=43ls5x&utm_medium=ios

Here’s my contribution. It is part 3 in an ongoing story arc. ☺️

[Jenna B. Neece]

Dunno if you will feel this is a fit, but it’s my fantasy fiction podcast with original short story. Published the 21st.

https://open.substack.com/pub/magicalmanifestationspodcast/p/episode-2-a-dragon-named-hildagar?r=u1xdm&utm_medium=ios

[Tiffany Chu]

I just posted a short story I co-wrote with my late son. It's literary fiction:

https://tiffanychu.substack.com/p/the-world-dies-first-time-memory

Thank you!

[Bill Hiatt]

Teaser for one of my novels (works as self-contained short fiction)

https://billhiatt.substack.com/p/comedy-or-tragedy?r=1fo54h

Part 3 of my novelization of the Epic of Gilgamesh

https://billhiatt.substack.com/p/evil-omens?r=1fo54h

[Terry A. Fries]

Chapter 17 and 18 of the serialized novel 3 Lives in Jury released July 25. Three lives entwined over 40 years, driven by jealousy, love and the afterlife.

https://open.substack.com/pub/terryfries/p/3-lives-in-jury-chapter-17?r=1uaih4&utm_medium=ios

https://open.substack.com/pub/terryfries/p/3-lives-in-jury-chapter-18?r=1uaih4&utm_medium=ios

[Terry A. Fries]

Short story as bonus material to the serialized novel 3 Lives in Jury. Released July 24. No paywall

My Stalker, My Friend.

https://open.substack.com/pub/tfries/p/my-stalker-my-friend?r=1uaih4&utm_medium=ios

[Ken W.]

Sam is the chief of security at the Coven, a retreat dedicated to healing women amidst a the corporate hellscape. This is her latest adventure.

https://kenwolfson.substack.com/p/love-and-poetry-and-forgiveness?r=2f2488

[Ben Woestenburg]

When I sit back and look at what I release during the course of a week, I tell myself it seems a little ridiculous. I also tell myself I need to scale back, but then Throwback Thursday seems like a good idea, I mean when I look at how many readers I had then, in comparison to how many I have now... And then SCI-FI Friday because I put up my STAR WARS story, and people liked it.🤷🏻‍♂️ And I'm not even including the Saturday release of my chapter for "Locksley", just so I can get it out and get PART TWO up.

For Sunday, on my STORIES, AFTER EIGHT, I put up my video "reading" of my newest Novella: THE TRUTH OF WHO WE ARE: https://open.substack.com/pub/benwoestenburg/p/the-truth-of-who-we-are-f7e?r=254e8w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

On Wednesday, I put up the full chapter 7 of my SERIAL NOVEL: THE SHIELD OF LOCKSLEY: https://open.substack.com/pub/benwoestenburg/p/the-shield-of-locksley-2b2?r=254e8w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

For Throwback Thursday, I put up older posts (with links):

https://open.substack.com/pub/benwoestenburg/p/in-days-of-vast-daring?r=254e8w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

And for SCI-FI Friday, I added to Chapter Five of my STAR WARS story: https://open.substack.com/pub/benwoestenburg/p/in-the-shadow-of-the-mandalore-bed?r=254e8w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

And now I have to get ready to do it all over again. A chapter tomorrow; a reading on Sunday; a chapter on Wednesday; Throwback Thursday; Sci-Fi Friday...

[Daniel O’Donnell]

Hi Erica, Put this in the comments on the restack so here it is again :-

https://open.substack.com/pub/danielodonnell/p/travelling-on?r=2bfxud&utm_medium=ios

Thanks very much 🙏

[Dragon Writer Luc]

Emilie may like education, but she does go outside sometimes: https://open.substack.com/pub/dragonwriterluc/p/whats-a-dragon-chapter-3

(Genre: middle grade fantasy)

This chapter was not in my first draft! I added it during the first revision. The person who then had to read it aloud (that is, me) sort of wished I had not. This one was challenging at the end.

[Scott MacLeod]

https://open.substack.com/pub/sonofugly/p/elephant-graveyard?r=2sz29p&utm_medium=ios

Flash Noir published July 21. By an old man about an old man.

[Ben Zalkind]

Thanks in advance for considering chapter 9 of my slightly surreal serial novel, "Only by the Grace of the Wind" (published July 22). Title: "Oysters Observing the Sun"

https://benzalkind.substack.com/p/chapter-9-oysters-observing-the-sun

[Stephen Duffy]

My first short horror, free to read. Like Hansel & Gretel but with heroin addicts!

https://open.substack.com/pub/shortshivers/p/mamas-boy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2tqike

[JP Maulgue]

Another short story from me, general fiction. published this morning.

https://jaunpierre.substack.com/p/the-fightback

[JP Maulgue]

Another short story from me, general fiction. published this morning.

https://jaunpierre.substack.com/p/the-fightback

[Colin Weston]

I have three pieces for consideration this week...

100 word 'horror'/childhood wrecker

https://substack.com/home/post/p-146946907

100 word dark political satire/commentary

https://substack.com/home/post/p-146988612

50 word 'comedy' based on Miguel S microdose prompt of 'Scam' (it was left as a reply so posting it here)

He burst into tears, terrified of the disfigurement he had just endured. How could he ever show his face again! Why were the people around him laughing?

He felt his face… wait… his nose was still there. Grandpa Joe had scammed him again! This was the worst sixth birthday ever!

[Chris Patrick]

Fifty Word Fiction published today

The Alternate (Science Fiction & Thriller)

https://open.substack.com/pub/toastedfiction/p/the-alternate?r=1gq5r9&utm_medium=ios

[Meg Oolders]

Throwing this twisted little gem into the ring this week. Published 7/23. Genre? Twilight Zone. 👽 https://open.substack.com/pub/stockfiction/p/the-thief?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=tftu6

[David Finlay]

Short story, published today (no paywall).

https://storiesofmanykinds.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-mrs-kafka