Fiction Friends, Issue #5 (Mar 21–28, 2022)

Promote your fiction on Medium here!

Hi, everyone! We’re back with the fifth edition of Fiction Friends, the publication all about connecting fiction writers with readers on Medium.

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

CleverandWtf shared a dark fantasy short story about mermaids; C. Chou listed a flash fiction about crime and psychological trauma; Ali posted a dystopian short story about language and government control; Steve Fendt listed a five-part short series involving wood-carving and bereavement; Larissa Capella shared a flash fiction based on Brazilian folklore; David Perlmutter posted a humorous sci-fi/fantasy short about superheroes; and Mel E. Furnish listed a dark horror/epic fantasy short story.

Thanks to everyone for sharing their stories! 👏 If you’d like to read more about any of these, you can find last week’s comment thread here:

Now, for this week’s issue! As always, claps and follows are appreciated. 💞

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. ancient castle, werewolves, office drama, whimsical, childhood friends, political intrigue, betrayal, secret recipe, ice skating, surreal humor, 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.

If you’re interested in getting a Medium membership and you’d like to support her work, consider signing up with her referral link at no extra cost to you. ♥