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MICRO/FLASH FICTION

Valley Of The Damned - 5/22/25 [Horror]

Honeymoon - 5/22/25 [Literary Fiction]

SHORT STORY

handless/chain link - 5/18/25 [Horror]

The Portable Toilet and Henry Powell - 5/17/25 [Comedy]

Plight of the Maiden - 5/20/25 [Fantasy]

Objectionable Conduct - 5/22/25 [Literary Fiction]

Do Robot Arms Dream of Roasted Chicken? - 5/21/25 [Science Fiction]

Dyad - 5/23/25 [Speculative Fiction]

What’s Truly in a Name: Jeffery, not Jeff: Jeff or Jeffery at the End of the World - 5/17/25 [Science Fiction]

SERIAL

Flux Density [FLUX, Chapter 10] - 5/23/25 [Climate Fiction]

HONORABLE MENTIONS

That's My Bear! [ADRENOCHROME, Ch. 5] - 5/19/25 [Science Fiction]

The Parrot Show - 5/21/25 [Comedy]

The Last Sermon of Nathaniel Creed - 5/19/25 [Horror]

Let Me Know Your Thoughts - 5/23/25 [Science Fiction]

Of Law and Mercy [Ch. 10] - 5/21/25 [Fantasy]

TiF Around Town…

June is my birthday month and my son’s first of many graduations! Not to mention Summer, Summer, Summer Time! Confidentially, I hate the heat! But I digress…

Aside from Summer weather that may find many of us seeking outdoor activities either alone or in large crowds, TiF has some exciting things on the horizon as well.

First, be sure to watch the VOD where I got to interview

Next week I’ll be interviewing

Doing these interviews is probably the most exciting part about running TiF. It’s my excuse to spend time chatting with people I secretly admire and look up to in so many different ways and then I get to share my enthusiasm and their awesomeness with you. It’s a win/win in my book.

If you’ve got something happening with your own fiction or know of someone you think I should interview, let me know in the comments and I might just be brave enough to make that happen! It may not look like it, but interviewing scares the heck out of me! So much pressure!

Now, onto some news worth noting:

• Mr. Troy Ford Interview - Wednesday, June 4th, I have the honor of talking with Troy Ford about his latest release, 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. Submission information will be sent via email as a TiF Notification TOMORROW, May 27th!

• 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 TiF future plans and implementations.

• 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

—

Erica Drayton

, Editor-in-Chief 😈

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