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MICRO/FLASH FICTION
I AM TRYING TO TELL YOU A DREAM - 12/12/25 [Horror]
Ian Patterson of They Don’t All Have To Be Good
A Christmas Marvel - 12/7/25 [Comedy]
Scott MacLeod of Son of Ugly
SHORT STORY
The House on Dead Ebb Tide - 12/11/25 [Horror]
Chris Hicks of Disco Insomnium
Dollar Menu - 12/12/25 [Literary Fiction]
SPAM on Rye of SPAM on Rye
Earl Grey - 12/9/25 [Speculative Fiction]
Machine Poet of Machine Poet
Hiergeist - 12/12/25 [Horror]
Layne Mercer of The Vermilion Border
Daylight Business - 12/10/25
Jim Minns of Reality Dispatch
NEW VOICES
The Night of the Borrowed Shawls - 12/12/25 [Literary Fiction]
Abhishek Banerjee of The Banerjee Codex [Short Story]
Down on the farm: - 12/7/25 [Free Verse]
Seajade of SeaJade@baantalay [Poetry]
All The Good Days Are Gone - 12/11/25 [Free Verse]
A Writer’s Voice of A Writers Voice [Poetry]
Signs of Life - 12/10/25 [Romance]
Skid Marks of Ten Second Storytime [Short Story]
WALL OF SERIALS (New Section)
Making a comeback in 2026, Serials and Short Serials, will return to the Weekly Issues. However, don’t let that stop you from checking out our Wall of Serials where we have a dedicated page showing you the ACTIVE works: (updated regularly)
The TiF Library is a comprehensive list of all stories recommended each week!
Over 2,000 stories to search and choose from!
Use it to find even more fiction to read!
Top in Fiction News
Thank you all for your patience as I work through trying to send out these Weekly Issues while simultaneously sending other emails of great importance as well. I’m trying not to send you two emails on the same day.
I would like to send a special thank you to both Sandolore Sykes and Wendy Russell for stepping in this weekend and handling the selected stories! It was definitely much needed as my son got a 101+ fever and now the entire household is battling this illness. Send help!
Keeping this short as my time is quite limited and there is much happening behind the scenes. Please make note of the events below. I hope to see you all on Monday as we unwrap 24 stories together just before the holidays!
EVENTS UPDATE
All events listed below can also be found on our Calendar of Events page.
A TiF Secret Santa Plot-Swap (Monday, Dec 22): Exchange story ideas as gifts, and see how another writer brings yours to life. Mark your calendars for 10am EST!
TiF Summit 2026 (Jan 15 to Jan 19): A 5-day event jam-packed with the Annual Recap, State of the Union, 40+ Voices reading their fiction, and more!
TiF Press News
The below are all viewable over on our TiF Press Blog. Check it out today!
[Do you have a non-fiction blog that is related to writing fiction or the fiction industry and you’d like to post it on TiF Press? DM TiF Team and let’s chat about it.]
Keith Long’s ReviewStack
I’m sure you have all seen his work, reviewing fiction, on his Substack Notes, but did you know his reviews can also be found over on TiF Press? See them all here! I just love the images he creates to go along with each of them, too.
Bri Heron’s Bits of Book Marketing
Learn something new, tips and trips, for how to make marketing your work that much easier. Each read is short, sweet, and easily digestible. Why not get started here, today!
- Erica Drayton, Editor-in-Chief 😈
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I appreciate the inclusion in this week’s list! Time to lengthen my reading queue.
Thank you, it's an honor to be listed 🙏