TOP 25 FICTION NEWSLETTERS ON SUBSTACK
Top Fiction Substacks
A full list of the top 25 fiction newsletters on Substack. Includes full, original works of fiction in all formats from top authors along with general reviews and advice concerning the world of fictional stories.
Sub Club is the leading cause of well-published among writers. Active ingredients include: up to date submission calls from literary magazines (every week); details on top agents and open indie presses for book authors (every week); where to pitch your nonfiction and get paid for your essays (every week), and other insights, interviews, and opportunities for writers (you guessed it).
Beth Brower Scribbles Away is a twice monthly publication consisting of: The Bookshelf (a free newsletter) & The St. Crispian's Gazette (scenes, letters, and short stories from St. Crispian's).
A twice weekly newsletter chock-full of guidance and support from publishing industry insiders. Expect author interviews, guest blogs, giveaways, and more!
✨How You Fail by Not Trying; Why You Should Fake It Till You Make It; & Unconventional Writing Advice...✨
Also, CeCe has an awesome 4-day course coming up! And we have the perfect gift for the writers in your life.
✨The Evolution of Two Query Letters That Landed Agents; Moving On Rather Than Overhauling a Failed Project; & There are No 'Shoulds' in Writing✨
Plus, the last Shooting the Shit segment of the year is all about money, honey...
New writing workshops from experienced instructors every month. Forever.
Stories, poems, thoughts & more stories: the Alphabet Soup in my mind just keeps simmering.
Exclusive fiction too out-there for prime time, by the author of Fight Club. Writing lessons. Lurid back story.
Rebecca Makkai's Substack: mostly writing and books! but also Zillow, true crime, etymology, food, general inanity
a place for women who love delicate, rich love. heroes are swoon-worthy, and heroines put something on your heart.
Free monthly Flash Fiction Craft Articles & Prompts / Weekly Posts & Community Writing Events for paid subscribers from Writer & Teacher, Kathy Fish
All things thriller and mystery!
The 100 BEST Mysteries & Thrillers of 2025 (with Reviews of each book!)
(NOTE: Don’t forget that as TRBS transitions to Substack, we’re running a Founding Member promotion and offering giveaways to all paid subscribers, including an advance reader copy of Brad Thor’s Cold Zero. Still haven’t subscribed to our Substack? Read
Still Need a Christmas Gift for the Reader in Your Life? These Last-Minute Gifts Are Guaranteed to Thrill
With one week left until Christmas, don't wait any longer to shop for the reader in your life! Here's a list of recommendations to help you find the right gift!
The Author Stack sits at the intersection of craft and commerce, helping writers build more sustainable businesses that allow them to thrive while creating work that lights them up inside. We strive to give authors agency in a world that too often seems intent on stripping it away from them.
Short circuiting the Substack burnout cycle
It seems like writers have a six-month burn rate where they come in excited, start to build, grind, and burn out. How do we live better lives in the meat grinder of capitalism?
You are thinking Newtonian, and I need you to think quantum
Why some people stay stuck, why hard work alone isn’t enough to make progress, and how to harness good chaos .
The writing, essays and behind-the-scenes of New York Times bestselling author C.S. Pacat.
ROMANCE & FANTASY AUTHOR | WRITING & LIFESTYLE
Join me weekly for short seductions and publishing updates
Substack's biggest and brightest circus of single author short fiction from two-time Best of Detroit Best Author Nominee Jimmy Doom--
"One of this century's master storytellers"
An amazing science fiction/fantasy short story each week.
Tears Waiting to Be Diamonds: Part One
For our first story of the year, Sarah Rees Brennan brings us news from the Other Lands — ten years after the events of In Other Lands! We hope you will enjoy this free story. ~ Julian and Fran, January 8, 2023 Tears Waiting to Be Diamonds: Part One
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SMT 2025 Holiday Storyflod Part 1
As is our tradition, for this holiday season, we’ve selected a few favorite stories from the first half or so of our fourth year to share — unlocked — with readers far and wide.
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Admiring, mooning over, loving, and learning to write stunning sentences
A Pause: Deep Reading
The other day I was teaching style in writing and, as usual, a student said she was told not to write long sentences because readers can no longer follow a long sentence (did you follow that?).
The Long Immersive Sentence
"Stopping Distance," by David Means from the collection Two Nurses, Smoking
An exclusive creative writing community blending feminist thinking with writing craft (memoir, non-fiction and fiction) and personal essays. Hosted by a Sunday Times Bestselling and Orwell Prize longlisted author.
What Would A Woman Do To An Unconscious Man If She Thought No-One Would Find Out?
I’ve been thinking about this a lot over the course of the trial of Dominique Pelicot and his fellow accused: what would a woman do to an unconscious man if she thought no-one would find out?
Welcome To The 12 Days of Christmas Writing Advice 2025
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tchik tchak est la newsletter incontournable pour les passionnés d'écriture, scénaristes ou curieux des récits. Chaque semaine, découvrez des astuces pratiques, des analyses de tropes, et des outils pour affiner vos histoires. Que vous cherchiez à surmonter le syndrome de la page blanche ou à enrichir vos personnages, Tchik tchak est là pour vous inspirer.
Strange Pilgrims is a literary magazine founded by two lovers and practitioners of prose. We believe in narrative as pilgrimage — a journey through wild and wounded places into strangeness and transformation. We read to arrive somewhere we haven’t been before, to glimpse life through another’s eyes in an attempt to understand. The work we’re drawn to is surreal, philosophical, sincere, and unforgettable — stories and essays that get under your skin and reach the heart of the human condition.
Welcome to your new favorite writing community! Get It Write is a radically honest newsletter for writers from the New York Times bestselling author of five thrillers, including the Reese's Book Club pick We Were Never Here. Expect no-holds-barred author interviews, craft tips you haven't heard before, & insidery publishing intel from a NYT bestselling thriller author. (Public posts = book news & announcements...plus occasional literary satire). Join us!
Daily Blogs, Fiction, Music & Philosophical Musings.
Since 2007, I’ve been blogging at This Itch of Writing, thinking aloud and exploring how writing fiction and creative non-fiction works for real writers with real lives. With its renowned Tool Kit, the Itch is read, recommended and linked to by writers, authors, agents, editors, writing websites, universities, and publishing industry creative writing courses around the world.
Fiction writing exercises, craft essays, and reading recommendations from Matt Bell, author of APPLESEED and REFUSE TO BE DONE. Publishes monthly.
fiction craft, publishing demystification, weird books, other things
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