Fiction Friends, Issue #3 (Mar 7–13, 2022)

Promote your fiction on Medium here!

Onward to third issue of Fiction Friends, the new publication designed to connect fiction writers with readers! 👏

In last week’s issue, we had seven story listings posted:

Larissa Capella listed a fantasy short story about freedom; David Perlmutter shared a fantasy/science fiction short story; CleverandWtf posted the first part of a fantasy series with magic and genies; Shanice Lawton shared a dystopian short story; Ali listed a suspenseful short story about a strange weather phenomenon; Alvin T. posted a horror/suspense, sci-fi/fantasy short story; and Lark Morrigan shared part one of a fantasy series about a writer.

Thanks to everyone for sharing their stories! If you haven’t already checked them out, here’s the link:

Also, a bit of publication news. Fiction Friends has started posting Fiction Friends Prompts, a new way for fiction writers to talk about fiction and their relationship with it, which will hopefully help more writers connect and find each other’s work. Check it out the first prompt!

And now for this week’s issue…

Here’s how Fiction Friends works

1. Choose a fiction story you have already published on Medium that you’d like to share, and then fill out the story form below. It doesn’t matter when or where the story was published. Make sure you include the link!
2. Post your filled-out form in the comments section, and then take a quick scroll through the comments yourself and see if there’s another story that catches your eye.

The form for sharing your story

Here you go!

Title: self-explanatory. 😉 Read time: this should be based on Medium’s calculation (e.g. 3 min). Genre(s): include all applicable fiction genres here. Type: is it a short story, flash fiction, multi-part short fiction, or web novel? Etc. Status: is the story complete or ongoing? Rating/CW: indicate age appropriateness and/or content warnings here. There’s no specific system or rules for this; just use your judgment! Tags: e.g. mermaid, time travel, tennis, stranded alone, gratitude, happy accident, kite flying, alone in a new city, revenge, salsa dancing, etc. These tags are intended to help describe the story and don’t have to match up with the story’s actual topic tags. Please limit tags to 10 or less. Link: be sure to include the link to your story!

This is optional, but you’re also welcome to finish your comment with a quick story description (“In a world…”), a short excerpt, or just a note giving people a little more info about the story.

Here’s a blank form, ready to copy and paste into the comments section:

Title: Read time: Genre(s): Type: Status: Rating/CW: Tags: Link:

A few ground rules

1. Only promote one story per edition of Fiction Friends. You can promote a different story in next week’s issue.
2. Don’t promote a single story more than once per month — we don’t want people to be reading about the exact same story every week!
3. Please only promote your own original fiction, and make sure your story complies with the Medium rules.

If you have questions about any of this, please feel free to leave me a note! 👍

E. Ardincaple is a fantasy and fairy tale writer. She is passionate about web fiction and is the creator of Fiction Friends, a publication for helping fiction writers connect with readers on Medium. When she’s not dreaming up a new story, you’ll find her lost in a painting, or a song, or a blue sky.

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