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POETRY
unintended victims - 8/29/25 [Free Verse]
Bruce Dobbins of Tidal Locked Hermitage
MICRO/FLASH FICTION
Strangers When We Meet - 8/24/25 [Literary Fiction]
Scott MacLeod of Son of Ugly
The Stray - 8/29/25 [Horror]
J. Kyle Turner of A Fictionalized Account
SHORT STORY
Denise - 8/29/25 [Horror]
Judith Ashcraft of Judith Ashcraft
Rooted - 8/25/25 [Literary Fiction]
Sandolore Sykes of In the Inversion Field
Bird's Eye View - 8/29/25 [Fantasy]
Gerard DiLeo of The FRICTION SECTION
SHORT SERIAL
Secret of the Shatter Veil [Part 1/3] - 8/27/25 [Fantasy]
BamBoncher of BamBoncher’s Substack
SERIAL
Awake [Captain's Away!, Chapter Thirty-Nine] - 8/27/25 [Science Fiction]
Joe Mahoney of Donavan Street Press
NEW VOICES
(Put together with assistance from Anne-Marie Hubert)
Hunter's Moon [Ch. 12] - 8/25/25 [Fantasy]
The Autumn Star of The Autumn Star [Serial]
SomaLink - 8/26/25 [Science Fiction]
Gary Mucklow of G.S.Mucklow's Substack [Short Story]
Mangled - 8/26/25 [Speculative Fiction]
Barbara Jaye Wilson of Barbara Jaye Wilson [Micro/Flash Fiction]
The Cold That Walks [Lochwood: The Quiet Hunger, Ch. 1] - 8/29/25 [Horror]
The Bathrobe Guy 👘 of The Fractal Lounge [Serial]
Beyond the Mourning Tide #05 - 8/26/25 [Literary Fiction]
DW Davis of Beach Stsory Writing, Coffee Roasting, Dog Dad [Short Serial]
Bad Girl - 8/29/25 [Horror]
Hylia of On Sharp Teeth and Nightmares [Short Story]
Front and Center - 8/29/25 [Comedy]
Shoni of Journey to Kyron [Short Story]
The Mountain Home [Harbinger: The Legend of the Seven Brothers, Ch. 1] - 8/25/25 [Fantasy]
Xeroforhire of Apocalyptiverse [Serial]
At the Edge of the World - 8/29/25 [Historical Fiction]
Walt Shuler of Blackspire [Short Story]
Crushing It - 8/25/25 [Romance]
Brittany Kwentua of I’ve Got Stories to Tell [Short Story]
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TiF Around Town…
This is the last email where you’ll see SERIALS featured. I’d like to draw your attention to a BRAND NEW PAGE dedicated entirely to serialized fiction!
THE WALL OF SERIALS ← CLICK ME!!!
This page is organized in TWO parts:
PART ONE - What’s New?
All active serials (that are both listed on The Wall and have submitted their latest post in the Friday weekly submission form) with new Chapters/Episodes will appear in this section at the top of the page. We are currently listing up to 10 different active Serials in this section on a first come first shown basis.
PART TWO - The Wall
All active serials that release Chapters/Episodes on a regular basis are listed on The Wall. We’ve organized them by Day of the Week and Other (ex. Every OTHER Monday). Each serial is displayed with a card that flips to reveal important information as well as a convenient link to that serial’s Index page where you can catch up or subscribe.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Because of the creation of The Wall of Serials we will no longer include the Category “SERIAL” and while it is still included in the FORM for those wishing to be seen on this new page, you will no longer see serials in these emails. However, we will make mention of The Wall each week and include an update on how many newly added serials are on the wall as well as in the What’s New? section.
Interested in having your serial appear on The Wall? Visit the page to find the submissions form.
All events listed below can also be found on our Calendar of Events page.
Inanimate Objects [A TiF Disruption Event] - Monday, September 15th to Wednesday, October 15th - The next TiF Press writing event is happening and if you see what’s happening with the Eye See You event, then you’ll want to get in on this one! As per usual you can opt to enter the contest or just write a story to participate in the event which is happening on Friday, October 31st for Halloween. More information such as word count length, theme, and submissions link as well as judges and sponsors will be announced on September 15th!
TiF Press News
EYE SEE YOU ANTHOLOGY UPDATE
Contracts were distributed and signed. The next phase is allowing the participants in the anthology an opportunity to make any changes they wish to their story over the next couple of months. I can reveal that the release date we are aiming to hit for publication is February 13th, 2026 with pre-orders available by the time of the TiF Summit 2026 in mid-January.
- Erica Drayton, Editor-in-Chief 😈
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