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[FEATURED WRITERS: DOWNLOAD YOUR MEDALLION HERE]
POETRY
Hello Darkness, Old Friend - 7/29/24
John Coon of Macabre Monday
Embrace - 7/31/24
Tracy of Trial & Error
MICRO/FLASH FICTION
school day - 8/1/24
Will Boucher of Heavy is the Headset
It Cost Too Much - 7/28/24
Nick Buchheit of This Nick Writes
Under Hill and Over - 8/1/24
Stephen Alan Adams of Fourth Draft
SHORT STORY
Deagle - 7/29/24
Morgan Beatty of The Futureness
He Hath Lifted Up His Heel - 7/29/24
Travis Blake of Dracula’s Ghost
Unforgettable Night - 8/2/24
Vince Wetzel of Salted Wetzel with a side of mustard
The Death of the Author - 8/1/24
George Evans of Fourth Castle on the Left
Storytime: The Moon Fields - 7/29/24
William Pauley III of DOOM FICTION
Kalix - 7/31/24
Jennifer James of Adventure to a Quiet Place
SHORT SERIAL
The Faceless Man [Terrific, Part 4] - 7/28/24
Daniel Sherrier of And the Quest for Pop Culture
Nuclear Elves [Part 2] - 7/28/24
Sam Rake of Treats of Writing
SERIAL
Just Reverance [Guardians, Chapter 5] - 8/2/24
The Black Knight of Shadows and Space
What’s a Dragon? [Chapter 4] - 7/31/24
Dragon Writer Luc of The Dragon’s Den
HONORABLE MENTIONS
MICRO/FLASH FICTION
The Old General - 7/31/24
Daniel O’Donnell of Dan’s Deliberations
Dead Means Dead - 7/28/24
Ingrid Haring-Mendes of TOAP
SHORT STORY
Murder! - 7/27/24
David Perlmutter of Made from What’s Not Real
SHORT SERIAL
Don’t Tell (anyone) [Final Chapter] - 7/31/24
Ema Stonig of Avenue Oh
HONORABLE NOTES
I can’t believe it has been a full four weeks already since we decided to go on this journey together. In that time we’ve had over 75 different fiction writers on Substack featured on our Top in Fiction lists! That’s pretty amazing but I know there are more of you out there! So keep their names (and yours) coming!
Some of you may be missing the fact that “medallions” are available for recommended posts listed below (excluding Honorable Mentions/Notes). Wondering where to put them: Your Post, About Page, Welcome Email, Start Here Post, etc. Where are they found? Click the link below the PDF download!
When this started I had an idea to use Substack’s Chat feature for the weekly meet-ups (aka Friday Open Call emails). Here’s why:
Only subscribers can participate.
Chat won’t be viewable on the website, leaving it clean and only listing the weekly issues.
But there are some drawbacks as well:
I can’t schedule these. To send a Chat call for recommendations means I’ll have to remember to do it every Friday.
They are not viewable on the website. And while this is great on one hand, on the the other, I like being able to link back to the open call posts to see those stories that didn’t make it into the issue. Giving even more stories exposure.
Anyway, apologies for making this opening part so long but I wanted to explain why I’ve opted not to use the Chat feature (for now) and will continue to leave these Friday meet-ups as emails.
One thing I’ve learned thus far is that fiction, regardless of what algorithms might dictate, is thriving and important and worth highlighting. I only wish I could do more! Enjoy this week’s selections!
— Your Most Trusted Fiction Overlord 😈
We’ll be back next Monday for another amazing list of fiction stories worth reading! And if you enjoyed any of these stories, please consider sharing this post everywhere:
Erica, this is brilliant! Thank you for your efforts in putting this together.
Erica, this is such a great collection. Thanks for putting this together!