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POETRY
The Quiet Moment - 5/26/25 [Free Verse]
Have it All - 5/29/25 [Free Verse]
MICRO/FLASH FICTION
Sunset - 5/30/25 [Literary Fiction]
SHORT STORY
A Sudden Appearance of Angels - 5/28/25 [Speculative Fiction]
The Porwia Incident - 5/30/25 [Science Fiction]
The Original Opening to Hiram Falls - 5/27/25 [Literary Fiction]
We, The Hollow Men - 5/30/25 [Science Fiction]
Smilodon - 5/26/25 [Speculative Fiction]
SHORT SERIAL
Shadows Under the Palms [Ch. 16] - 5/29/25 [Mystery]
SERIAL
Who by Fire [Ch. 40] - 5/29/25 [Literary Fiction]
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Strainséir Searbh - 5/25/25 [Free Verse]
Derek Patel's Last Entrance - 5/27/25 [Horror]
The Old Man [The Beacon, Ep. 39] - 5/29/25 [Fantasy]
Any Way But That [Thrain, Pt. 19] - 5/28/25 [Fantasy]
Backup Plan - 5/25/25 [Science Fiction]
The Send Us Your Fiction Database is a comprehensive list of all stories recommended each week! Use it to find even more fiction to read!
TiF Around Town…
First, I must give a special shout out and HUGE thanks to
for stepping into my shoes this weekend to select the featured stories. She spent the better part of her weekend reading through and picking the ones you see above. And she’s already expressed an excitement to do this again! Yay!If you are interested in stepping into my shoes for one weekend, it gives me a much needed break and brings you closer to the larger fiction community, just send me a DM and let’s make it happen!
On Friday, May 30th I had a really eye-opening and informative conversation with
about his Substack (name is now The Vermillion Border) My Substack Year to ask him all I needed to know about it. My hope is to start my own Bradbury Year soon. If you’re interested to learn more about it, how to potentially start your own, and find out about the 52 weeks worth of stories Layne will be releasing over the course of the next year, watch the VOD above!Now, onto some news worth noting:
The dedicated TiF Calendar page will also give you more events worth noting.
Monthly Recap #5 [May 2025] & Interview w/
on his release of Lamb.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. Read the Rules & Guidelines to learn more.
TiF State of the Union - Wednesday, July 2nd, is the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Actually, no one’s been waiting for this date more than me. I can finally reveal all the secrets I’ve been keeping since, believe it or not, LAST YEAR, and every single blue print idea I have. Let’s celebrate 52 weeks of Top in Fiction releases by looking at the factual and raw data. Then switch gears to making dreams come true. I’ll even share some of the ideas I tried this past year that just never got off the ground.
Pre-Order these amazing releases:
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
— , Editor-in-Chief 😈
Update on paying for TiF Rebrand:
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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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