TiF Weekly #52

Week of December 20 - December 26 | Vol. 2 Iss. 52

Dec 29, 2025

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SHORT STORY

The Auto-Rickshaw Incident - 12/23/25 [Literary Fiction]
Irshaad of Frantic Writing

Sleepneedle - 12/22/25 [Horror]
Aurelian Ashmore of Cicada Cult

Leftovers - 12/26/25 [Literary Fiction]
Feasts and Fables of Just Write, Right

The Pale Ones - 12/20/25 [Speculative Fiction]
Maryellen Brady 💗📚 of Magical Musings with MeBrady

Silent Day - 12/26/25 [Science Fiction]
M. Cosmos Newstrom of Radio Cosmos

Bad Gazelle - 12/22/25 [Comedy]
Nick Buchheit of Nick After Normal

Opening - 12/22/25 [Romance]
Garen Marie of Only Child Originals

A Tale of Two Spirits - 12/22/25 [Fantasy]
Jeannine Lawall of Life in the Slow Lane

Timeless - 12/22/25 [Horror]
Hylia Corvidae of On Sharp Teeth and Nightmares

What Water Wants - 12/22/25 [Climate Fiction]
Julie Gabrielli of Homecoming

NEW VOICES

The Food Chain - 12/22/25 [Literary Fiction]
Rodney Jefferson Jr. of Feohtan Productions

The Memory of Iron - 12/26/25 [Mystery]
James Head of James Head

Spiked - 12/25/25 [Horror]
Ricardo A. Martagón of In Search of Lost Time

December 23: It's a Wonderful Life - 12/23/25 [Horror]
Norm DePlume of Norm DePlume

Away - 12/22/25 [Speculative Fiction]
Louis Urbanowski of UrbWrites

Winter's Bloom - 12/22/25 [Fantasy]
Anne McClard of On the Shelf

Blitzen’s Revival - 12/20/25 [Literary Fiction]
John Overman of Daily Delirium

Footprints in the Snow - 12/22/25 [Literary Fiction]
Zachary Clark of Foolish Words

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)

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Top in Fiction News

With this weekly issue we’ve officially wrapped-up 2025. I want nothing more than to share “the numbers” with you on how we did but I’m holding on to them till the Annual Recap of 2025 on January 15th. I hope to see you then. But, before that, we will wrap-up December on Wednesday January 7th with our 12th Monthly Recap of 2025.

There’s a lot of things happening in 2026 but let’s take these last few days to enjoy what we’ve accomplished. Spend some time looking back and reflecting. It may not have been the best for all of us. Some of us may have had to deal with more than we anticipated. I know it was like that for me. Not to mention capping off the last 3 weeks of the year being sick! But that doesn’t mean we can’t look forward to a new year. Enter a space of reset.

On December 31st there will be a VERY important email being sent. It will discuss our plans for turning on PAID SUBSCRIPTIONS here at Top in Fiction. It will answer why, what you can expect, and how we intend on using any funds we receive due to this very important change.

With our Weekly Issue #1 I’m going to start having a “Question of the Week” to ask all of you and I hope you’ll join me in using them as a point of reflection, fun, and a time to sit and answer them. They will be open for everyone to answer.

Till then, have a Happy New Year!

And just because I can, here is an example:

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What are your New Years Eve Plans? Do you go to friends/family to watch the ball drop and drink some bubbly? Stay home and watch it on tv? Eat certain food?

I’ll share my answer in the comments and you should too!