Top in Fiction Week #10
Week of Sep 7 - Sep 13 | TiF Ambassador Edition | Vol. 1 Iss. 10
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POETRY
Ophelia - 9/8/24
Daniel W. Davison of Lamp Post in the Marsh
The venal huts that cling to holy mounts
and line the worn steps of a sacred way
are not as jarring as the hurt expressed
in the face of a friend whom we betray.
From Silence to the Abyss - 9/10/24
Rolando Andrade of Outside the therapy room
MICRO/FLASH FICTION
Wake Up, Dead Man - 9/9/24
Daniel OâDonnell of Danâs Deliberations
The Seven Deadly Sins - 9/9/24
Chris J. Franklin of Tales of the Zeitgeist
Life After Death - 9/8/24
Michael Serrur of The 60-Second Story
SHORT STORY
The Orphan and the Golden Trail - 9/7/24
Bridget Riley of Naptime Novelist
Mother Knows Best - 9/8/24
Scoot of Gibberish
âTwo crows alighted upon powerlines above the streets, cawing ruefully at Charlesâ passing figure. He turned a corner, putting the crows at his back. The street cut a desolate line across the city, revealing the fields beyondâwhere a massive grey dome stretched up, the number â03â painted in faded, weathered lettering on itâs side.â
Mirror, Mirror - 9/13/24
Cameron Scott of VERSE
lemons - 9/12/24
Will Boucher of Heavy is the Headset
âAnyway, this morning, one of those U-Hauls with a faded illustration of a salamander pulled in the old girlâs spot, so it looks like Iâll be getting some new neighbors đ«... Question: does this mean Iâll have to get the n00bs some âwelcome to the neighborhoodâ gift? Itâs been so long since Iâve had new neighbors...do people still do that? The whole welcome gift thing? or is that cringe now?â
Clean Up - 9/8/24
Phoebe of Words, I live by
âOne of the guys was pretty good at card tricks. Though he'd never admit to being into magic now that he was in the popular crowd. A memory of him wearing a cape and a top hat with a fake white bunny rabbit popped into my head.â
Walls - 9/13/24
Tiffany Chu of Notes from the Town Hermit
âI smile. But the walls wonât let me see your beautiful hair and soft eyes. I picture them in my mind instead so I donât forget. Black curls in the night but with streaks of purple in twilight, and those stray hairs near the part always sticking up.â
Experimental Error - 9/11/24
Karl Gallagher of Karl K. Gallagherâs Stories
SERIAL
War and Butter [Episode 6] - 9/10/24
Bear Savo of River Zombies
The Ghost Diaries [Episode 1] - 9/13/24
John Coon of Strange New Worlds
The Hanahaki Club - 9/8/24
PJ of Life at 23.5 Degrees
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Lord Der Arzte - Gentleman Detective [Chapter 16] - 9/7/24
V Kelly-Sibley of Pandoraâs Box of Infinite Stories [Serial]
Terns in Hong Kong Harbour - 9/7/24
Marian L Thorpe of History and Imagination [Poetry]
Hobo Joe - 9/7/24
Fisherman Tales of Fisherman Tales [Short Story]
Burble - A Good Boy - 9/8/24
Orin Might of Stories by Orin [Short Story]
Sea and Land Have a Chat - 9/10/24
Logan Darrow of Beyond the Emerald City [Short Story]
9.9.2024 - 9/9/24
X. P. Callahan of Diary Poems [Poetry]
Thank you to Erica and the whole TiF community for letting me join in the fun this week! As an editor for my dayjob I do an awful lot of reading, so I donât always get an excuse to sit down and enjoy all of the amazing stuff on Substack. This was a breath of fresh air! It was such a blast reading through all of the entries and some fiction from the wider Substack world, and I would have loved to highlight every single one. For my personal rubric as a reader, I picked pieces that hit a resonant spot for me, whether through creativity or humor or poetic vibrancy. But regardless, I hope that you ALL continue to share your workâitâs always worth putting yourself out there! You never know who will take notice!
As for me, over at Talebones Iâm taking a hiatus to work on some behind-the-scenes projects, like finally bringing my first print anthology of short stories into the world. The very idea that I get to do something like that is a dream come true, and Iâm thrilled to make it happen. Substack really is magic, huh? :)
Have a fantastic week, everyone. Keep writing, keep sharing, keep telling your stories. The world needs âem, now more than ever!
â S.E. Reid of Talebones đ
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