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Community, Change, and Sharing

🦋 Marie A. Rebelle
Teaser Tales
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2 min readJan 2, 2025

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At the end of every even month, almost always on the 26th, I share a newsletter on Serial Stories. The name of the magazine already reveals what it’s about: stories with chapters.

About two months ago, someone asked me whether they could share a serial where each chapter is exactly 100 words — a drabble.

I thought about it for a moment and concluded: why not?

The submission guidelines said the publication accepted stories with a minimum of five chapters, starting at 750 words per chapter. I changed those guidelines to allow a minimum of three chapters, starting at 100 words. This opens the door to more stories, a trend I hope happens from 2025 onward.

But, I started this writing by mentioning the bi-monthly newsletter.

Why I share a newsletter

A newsletter is my way of giving back to the writers who support the magazine by sharing their stories, one chapter a week. I highlight their stories and show statistics from the magazine. Sadly, Medium has severely simplified the statistics on magazines, and I cannot share as much as I did in earlier newsletters.

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Teaser Tales
Teaser Tales

Published in Teaser Tales

Tiny tales of flash fiction or nonfiction — containing an embed to another short story, book or list. If you would like to contribute a teaser, or sharing post, please read the guidelines & contact me via comments or email posy.churchgate@gmail.com

🦋 Marie A. Rebelle
🦋 Marie A. Rebelle

Written by 🦋 Marie A. Rebelle

🦋 Writer of raw, open, honest fact & fiction - always about life. | Owner: Serial Stories & The Patient's Voice | Editor: Tantalizing Tales 🦋

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