diff --git a/docs/upgrades/packages-7.7.0/root_import_storymanager_storytopic.wgpkg b/docs/upgrades/packages-7.7.0/root_import_storymanager_storytopic.wgpkg
index 991bf8a45..03ddf7951 100644
Binary files a/docs/upgrades/packages-7.7.0/root_import_storymanager_storytopic.wgpkg and b/docs/upgrades/packages-7.7.0/root_import_storymanager_storytopic.wgpkg differ
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/StoryTopic.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/StoryTopic.pm
index 35cb20b23..035f30b7b 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/StoryTopic.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/StoryTopic.pm
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ sub viewTemplateVariables {
         ##Note, this could have saved from the loop above, but this looks more clean and encapsulated to me.
         my $topStory   = WebGUI::Asset->new($session, $topStoryData->{assetId}, $topStoryData->{className}, $topStoryData->{revisionDate});
         $var->{topStoryTitle}          = $topStory->getTitle;
+        $var->{topStorySubtitle}       = $topStory->get('subtitle');
         $var->{topStoryUrl}            = $session->url->append($self->getUrl, 'func=viewStory;assetId='.$topStoryData->{assetId}),
         $var->{topStoryCreationDate}   = $topStory->get('creationDate');
         ##TODO: Photo variables
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_StoryTopic.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_StoryTopic.pm
index e5418a4b0..dc1e7bf0b 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_StoryTopic.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_StoryTopic.pm
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ our $HELP = {
               ],
             },
             { name => 'topStoryTitle' },
+            { name => 'topStorySubtitle' },
             { name => 'topStoryUrl' },
             { name => 'topStoryCreationDate' },
         ],
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_StoryTopic.pm b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_StoryTopic.pm
index 574e24037..de29aa089 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_StoryTopic.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_StoryTopic.pm
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ our $I18N = {
         lastUpdated => 0,
     },
 
+    'topStorySubtitle' => {
+        message => q|The subtitle of the top story.|,
+        context => q|Template variable.|,
+        lastUpdated => 0,
+    },
+
     'topStoryCreationDate' => {
         message => q|The epoch date when the top story was created, or submitted, to its Story Archive.|,
         context => q|Template variable.|,
diff --git a/t/Asset/Wobject/StoryTopic.t b/t/Asset/Wobject/StoryTopic.t
index d7e3c093e..342c97ddc 100644
--- a/t/Asset/Wobject/StoryTopic.t
+++ b/t/Asset/Wobject/StoryTopic.t
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ my $session         = WebGUI::Test->session;
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Tests
 
-my $tests = 10;
+my $tests = 11;
 plan tests => 1 + $tests;
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ STORY: foreach my $name (@characters) {
     $creationDateSth->execute([$now, $namedStory->getId]);
 }
 
+$storyHandler->{bogs}->update({subtitle => 'drinking his food through a straw'});
+
 my $topic;
 
 SKIP: {
@@ -116,7 +118,8 @@ cmp_deeply(
 ok(
     ! exists $templateVars->{topStoryTitle}
  && ! exists $templateVars->{topStoryUrl}
- && ! exists $templateVars->{topStoryCreationDate},
+ && ! exists $templateVars->{topStoryCreationDate}
+ && ! exists $templateVars->{topStorySubtitle},
     'topStory variables not present unless in standalone mode'
 );
 ok(! $templateVars->{standAlone}, 'viewTemplateVars: not in standalone mode');
@@ -156,6 +159,11 @@ cmp_deeply(
 );
 
 is($templateVars->{topStoryTitle}, 'bogs', 'viewTemplateVars in standalone mode, title');
+is(
+    $templateVars->{topStorySubtitle},
+    'drinking his food through a straw',
+    'viewTemplateVars in standalone mode, subtitle'
+);
 is(
     $templateVars->{topStoryUrl},
     $session->url->append($topic->getUrl, 'func=viewStory;assetId='.$storyHandler->{'bogs'}->getId),