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Recommended by Steve Kelsey

Fantasy Stories, Comedy & Horror By Alucard

Join me on my writing journey, through epic, unique and sometimes eerie adventures. If you like things like, The Witcher, Disc World, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Good Omens, then this is the place for you!

SA’s Substack

By Sean Andrews

Slice of Life writer with an edge. A brain with too many hours churning away on the odometer.

Cynthia - Of Earth & Sky

By From Cynthia

Hi, I’m Cynthia, this is my journey weaving the personal, spiritual, and existential through poetry and art, reflections of my soul across the landscape of earth and sky.

A view from here

By Francis F

Modern love, dating, self-discovery, and life's in-between moments.

The Literary Salon with Thaddeus Thomas

From literary fantasy author, Thaddeus Thomas: discover fiction and improve your prose style. "I've finally found the deep dive, line-level craft essays I've been craving." -- Gemorabilia

Andy Futuro

This probably isn't for you, but if it is you're going to want to subscribe right away. Science fiction, horror, and dirtbag literature. Experimental EDM.

Andy is a scary cyborg from the future who writes like a cross between Gibson and Lovecraft. You may never hear from me again

- Steve Kelsey

European & Post-Globalism News and Views

By Hans Christensen

European current affairs and perspective on global issues. What got us here and where are we going? Includes access to the defining book on Post-Globalism (paid subscription), plus books in the works - great offer!

next BIG future

By contact@nextbigfuture.com

Nextbigfuture.com is the top-ranked Science News Blog. It explores various cutting-edge technologies and trends such as Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology.

Gravy for nerds. NBF is my daily dose of hope for the future.

- Steve Kelsey

Generative AI Publication

By Jim Monge

All the latest news and resources on generative AI space.

AroundSciFi | Read. Imagine. Discover.

By Michael B. Morgan

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. Philip K. Dick

A magazine of great Sci-Fi and related stacks.

- Steve Kelsey

This Itch of Writing with Emma Darwin

All about fiction and creative non-fiction: writing it, reading it, teaching it and occasionally hating it

Lots of great advice. Emma is a talented teacher.

- Steve Kelsey

Pegasus Research Substack

By Thomas Leckwold

Welcome. This is my space to provide my insight on political, military, international affairs, and economic issues mostly in the current new cycle focusing on multicausal issues and challenges.

Bread and Roses

By Portia

Musings about translation, my bread, and what I find interesting and no less vital, the roses.

Bijibilla’s Substack

By Bijibilla Rama Rao

EVERY DAY IS A CHANGE TO BE BETTER! EACH DAY PROVIDES ITS OWN GIFTS! WORK HARD IN SILENCE! LET YOUR SUCCESS BE YOUR NOISE!

My personal Substack

Two sci-fi novels in serial form (paid), plus thoughts on the climate crisis, AI, conspiracy theories, science, nature, writing, and more (free).

Larry Hogue’s ‘Glass Half Full’ is always worth making time for. Well worth a subscription or a follow.

- Steve Kelsey

Von’s Substack

Letter exchanges, articles, and fiction that take God and His Law seriously. I post on an eclectic variety of subjects. I LOVE comments, especially well argued negative ones.

Auraist: picking the best-written books

By Sean

Trusted by 40K+ readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK recent releases and prize shortlists, and publish in-depth articles by their authors on prose style. Plus the satirical series The Demon Inside David Lynch.

Excellent compilation magazine with great choices

- Steve Kelsey

Charles’s Substack

By Charles Nicol

My personal Substack

Wonderfully creepy tales of otherness.

- Steve Kelsey

Lunar Awards

By Winston Malone

Recognizing and sharing the best fantasy, horror, and science fiction on Substack. Periodically posting essays, interviews, and reviews.

The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins

The Poetry of Reality Page is hosted by world renowned evolutionary biologist and best-selling author, Professor Richard Dawkins, celebrated by intellectuals and scientists everywhere for his honest critique of religion and his push for critical thinking.

The Freedom Scale

By Christopher Cook

Human rights. Philosophical fury. The impermissibility of the state. A way out of the darkness. The world has gone insane—we already know that. Now…where do we go from here?

Before I Forget . .

By James Ron

My stories. Some I make up.

There is history here. Real human history reaching back to times that could be simpler and could be hard. This history is written from the heart with great skill and craftsmanship

- Steve Kelsey

A Writer's Diary

By Toby Litt

Writing wisdom, advice and encouragement for every day of the year.

Bros Krynn’s Newsletter

By The Brothers Krynn

DOOM FICTION

By William Pauley III

Psychedelic stories for adventurous readers. Proceed with caution.

Scary good stuff for dark nights

- Steve Kelsey

AI Supremacy

By Michael Spencer

News at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, technology and business including Op-Eds, research summaries, guest contributions and valuable info about A.I. startups.

Clement’s Newsletter

By Clement Charles

Words of Action

“My Dad awakened the morning of August 6, 1945, in a POW camp, in Japan. The camp was Rosha Ruki. It was twenty-five miles from the Japanese City of Hiroshima.” Clement deserves some of your time.

- Steve Kelsey

The Elysian

By Elle Griffin

Our systems are collapsing, let's design what comes next. Join our salon of utopian thinkers to reinvent governance, reimagine capitalism, and architect a better future.

Made From What's Not Real

By David Perlmutter

The writings and musings of Canadian historian and speculative fiction writer David Perlmutter

Who doesn't love a narrative like this "Ah, there we are! Attention, people of Earth! I, Cerberus, the world’s mightiest puppy, along with the rest of my colleagues in the International League of Girls With Guns (muscles, not firearms) request your undivided attention! (Pause). Okay, maybe that’s asking a lot of some of you, but…." David is an endlessly inventive writer and is well worth your time.

- Steve Kelsey

Unfolding the World

By J. Daniel Sawyer

Examining fundamental change during tumultuous times.

The Free Press

By Bari Weiss

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

On Repeat Records

By Kevin

A music newsletter & community. The place to find your new favorite record.

The Bulwark

The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture—supported by a community built on good-faith.