✒ Editor’s Note
Welcome back, Talestack Readers!
We’ve got a FULL issue, today!
So full, in fact, that I didn’t have space for our usual synopses to go with each entry—my goodness! What mysterious fiction fun awaits!
As always, please hype each other up in the comments. Go visit, explore, give virtual high-fives, and let your colleagues know that you’re with them.
Have a fantastic week, and happy writing!
S.E. Reid Editor of Talestack News
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📣 Announcements!
Finished Projects:
Alexa Tuttle over at The Giggler just posted the final chapter in her zany spy adventure comedy novel called Over The Top Secret.
Jacob Calta has just finished rolling out the sixth issue of the sprawling old-school sci-fi magazine 365 Infantry with the headlining drama The Iscariot Complex. Readers can learn all about the latest stories in The #6 Special, a handy guide to the new issue.
Joseph Wiess has concluded his serial fantasy novella, A Broken Woman’s True Desire.
New Projects:
Tyler Tarlton has just started his first solo fiction venture here on Substack called The Story Genie. Follow along for original speculative fiction and glimpses into the creative process!
Macey at Theories of Haunting will be running a collaboration for the month of October with Anna Veriani and Patricia J.L. 👻🧶🖊️, featuring spooky flash fiction just in time for Halloween.
Von has just started a new sci-fi dystopian project called Contract Marriage, which examines sex, marriage, and commitment through a science fiction lens. You can read the introduction here.
Ben Woestenburg has shared the first installment of The Dawn Patrol, a serial in his Short Stories After 8. This time, with a twist: Ben reads the story aloud on video, along with the printed tale!
Dr. Kathleen Waller is switching up her main newsletter, The Matterhorn, with a new serialized novel called A Hong Kong Story, starting in October. There will also be an accompanying podcast about the layers of stories and truth in fiction.
Mark Starlin has just started the third book of the Baron Britpop Blastfurnace series, called The Continuing Unexpected Adventures of Captain Peanut Butter, a new adventure set in the late 18th Century featuring action, adventure, romance, danger, and friendship. The entire series is free to read!
Stephen A. Davis is starting a new side-project today (which is also his birthday - Happy Birthday, Stephen!), called BLINK - An Oral History of the Harvest asking, “What if the Rapture happened in reverse?”
Michael P. Marpaung is launching a new project to promote his space opera novel, Inquisitor’s Promise, including a series of background and lore content. Read the first installment here!
Joseph Wiess has started a new fantasy project: The Reve’s Tale.
Ben Wakeman will be kicking off his second serial novel starting Tuesday, September 19th, called Harmony House.
📚 The Bookshelf
(Titles listed in order of release date.)
Written Tales has published Dawn Colclasure’s new chapbook called The House That Madness Built in both ebook and paperback formats. Find purchase information here! Release Date: 9/11/23
Joyce Reynolds-Ward’s new political space opera western, Federation Cowboy, is now available for purchase as an ebook through Amazon, Apple, B&N, Kobo, and Smashwords. Paperback coming soon! Release Date: 9/12/23
radicaledward’s space opera novel, Sleeping Giants, is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Release Date: 9/21/23
Ambrozya’s new horror short story collection, Body Parts, is now available for pre-order as an ebook through Amazon. Release Date: 10/1/23
📝 Submissions Bulletin
Written Tales is now accepting submissions to publish chapbooks for Substack authors with flash fiction, poetry, or a combination of both. Click here for more information.
Written Tales also runs a Weekly Challenge prompt for writers over at Written Tales.
radicaledward’s Flatline, a magazine for original cyberpunk and solarpunk, will open to submissions in January. Subscribe to keep up with any announcements.
❤ Shout-Outs
InnerVoices would like to shout out Bottled Embers - “She's pretty awesome, she's publishing a serial, she posts Tuesdays and Fridays. Perhaps you could check her out!”
Joseph Wiess would like to shout out The Man Behind the Screen
and his novella In the Giant’s Shadow - “It’s coming along wonderfully.”
🫱🏻🫲🏾 Connection Corner
Anna Veriani is currently looking for critique partners for an ongoing novella-length horror story, Narrow Road to Uncanny Valley, that she would ideally like to post serially in October - “I'm sending chapters to readers in chunks in exchange for short, prompt feedback. In exchange, I'm happy to beta read now or in the future for fiction works up to 100k words.” To get involved, check out this form that Anna created.
Thank you for reading!
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I love how much awesome fiction there is on Substack. I keep finding more and more! Thanks for giving me a shoutout. Although, I should note I am a 24/7/365 spooky flash fiction person. Halloween should be a year-long celebration! LOL 😉
So much to explore! Including a few l names I haven't seen before. 🌭
Thank you for posting about my serial. And for publishing Talestack News. 🤓