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POETRY
Celestial Realms - 5/5/25 [Free Verse]
Rolando Andrade of Outside the therapy room
MICRO/FLASH FICTION
The Rats Of Pryor - 5/7/25 [Fantasy]
A. C. Sanders of Ink & Poesy Publishing
Boats Against The Current - 5/4/25 [Mystery]
Scott MacLeod of Son of Ugly
To Marry A Gemcaster - 5/9/25 [Romance]
Leeron Heywood of Writing from Weird
I FOUND - 5/3/25 [Romance]
Sharron Bassano of LEAVES
SHORT STORY
Special Project: Grind - 5/5/25 [Horror]
Ken Flyingheart of Echoes from the Wall
I Let the Devil In - 5/8/25 [Horror]
Saint-Lazare of Saint-Lazare, Writer
At a crossroads - 5/8/25 [Literary Fiction]
A.P. Murphy of The Strangeness Kit
The Hero That Never Was - 5/9/25 [Fantasy]
Sean Nordquist of The Pirate’s Library
The Overpass - 5/4/25 [Literary Fiction]
Orin Might of Stories by Orin
SERIAL
Oracle, Episode II: The Burnt Offering - 5/4/25 [Literary Fiction]
Brock Eldon of Null Point
HONORABLE MENTIONS
The Door - 5/9/25 [Speculative Fiction]
Bill Ferguson 🇨🇦 of Observations in Time [Micro/Flash Fiction]
The New Recruit - 5/7/25 [Speculative Fiction]
Virginia Neely of 2-Bite Stories [Micro/Flash Fiction]
Magick in Theory and Praxis - 5/9/25 [Fantasy]
Ashley T.K. of Ashley T.K. [Serial]
The Flag, 2007 - 5/7/25 [Literary Fiction]
Kara Westerman (she/her) of Kara Westerman's Suitable Vessel for Magic [Note]
The Last Confession of Penelope Foote - 5/7/25 [Historical Fiction]
S.E. Reid of Talebones [Short Story]
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TiF Around Town…
Special thanks to Keith Long who stepped in and took over making the selection for TiF this week as an Ambassador at the 11th hour! It was extra special because this weekend happened to be my wedding anniversary on Saturday and then Mother’s Day on Sunday. Nice to have a bit of a break.
If you would like to volunteer your time to take over TiF weekly selections, feel free to slip into my DM’s on Substack and let’s discuss a week that works for you and the logistics of what it would involve. It’s fairly painless as anyone who’s done it before can attest to!
Now, onto some news worth noting:
TiF Voices - This is a new aspect of Top in Fiction for fiction writers. Record yourself reading a piece of fiction (published or unpublished) and send in the MP3. We’ll share it in this email as often as we receive them. I hope that fiction writers will take this as an opportunity to reach their audience in a new way and test the waters with reading their work, especially for those who’ve never done it before. I know how difficult it can be to use all the tools that Substack has to offer, namely the Live feature. Not everyone feels comfortable going on camera. Consider this a way for you to still read your work and share it to a wide audience without the added pressures of being on camera. [This is the NEW NAME for TiF Sociable]
TiF Presents… - Friday, June 13th, the only, Friday the 13th happening this year, is right around the corner and Top in Fiction would love to collaborate with writers of HORROR! If you write horror or would like to dabble in writing horror, please do join us! The theme is Eye See You and this will be both a contest and an event wrapped into one! All who wish to participate should write then share their story on their own Substack on Friday, June 13th. More information coming June 1st.
Pre-Order these amazing releases:
Blood in the Yolk by Various Artists [5/13/25]
Lamb: A novel in Snapshots by Mr. Troy Ford [6/3/25]
The Ring: A Muldoon Mystery by Hanna Delaney [6/6/25]
And find other amazing releases by fiction writers HERE
— Erica Drayton, Editor-in-Chief 😈
Update on paying for TiF Rebrand:
If you are able to donate towards raising the bar on paying for this rebrand, please consider a one-time donation today:
REMINDER:
Weekly Medallions are NO LONGER GIVEN. The link below will take you to the previous weeks folders if you are looking for yours, from Week #1 - Week #18.
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Thanks to Keith Long for making the selections and to Erica D for running the old show!
Very happy to be among this week's picks! Ta-ta TiF team!
Oh my god, thank you, I'm so honored 😭