A humble proposal (or perhaps this is actually a question. Or hell, maybe this is even an offer of assistance/support):

Can we, (or maybe how can we go about) creating a sub-community dedicated to curating top notch fiction (short stories, flash fiction, genre fiction, etc) writing here on SteemIt?

There are millions of blog spaces out there on the Interwebs where top notch fiction writers are producing some excellent literature. I think it would be a smart move to create a space here in Steemit that values top notch fiction, a literary wing of SteemIt if you will. If SteemIt can create some space here for fiction writers, I think we can get more and more of these folks to post here exclusively making SteemIt a new, upcoming place to read the best fiction around. A specific sub group curating this type of content would be an excellent way to raise the fiction profile here and draw in more writing talent.

SteemIt Short Fiction...sounds pretty awesome to me. My humble thoughts on a Sunday afternoon :)

Love Curie, want to see it be the trick here on SteemIt that elevates the platform to the next level. The only thing that matters for the long term success of SteemIt is the quality of the content. You can package a turd 5 million different ways and it will still be a turd. You pay to have a turd upvoted all day long....it's still a turd. Quality content, Curie "gets it".