TOP 25 FICTION NEWSLETTERS ON SUBSTACK
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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.
How three friends came together to write a romance novel
Exclusive fiction too out-there for prime time, by the author of Fight Club. Writing lessons. Lurid back story.
Stories, poems, thoughts & more stories: the Alphabet Soup in my mind just keeps simmering.
Rebecca Makkai's Substack: mostly writing and books! but also Zillow, true crime, etymology, food, general inanity
Elle Griffin writes The Elysian, a weekly newsletter thinking through a better future and utopian fiction bringing it to life. She is currently studying 2000+ years of utopian thought and is exploring how we can better capitalism, democracy, and the systems that support humanity through essays, fiction, and discourse.
Daily, Original Fiction in relatively short bursts of wisdom, charm, laughter, folly. Every single day. Read one a day or save them for your weekend.
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
Deconstruction in the Form of a Cat God
For December’s free-to-read story, LaShawn Wanak opens with talking cats; then the tale only grows more wondrous — and we can think of nothing better. ~ Julian and Fran, December 3, 2023 Deconstruction in the Form of a Cat God by LaShawn M. Wanak The day my faith broke, I stole my neighbor’s cat, Tootsie, and drove to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Beth Brower Scribbles Away is a thrice monthly publication consisting of: The Bookshelf (a free newsletter), The St. Crispian's Gazette (scenes, letters, and short stories from St. Crispian's), and Beth Brower's Selected Journals.
Fiction and essays on the extraordinary nature of ordinary life.
An ocean of stories from Salman Rushdie: I'll be talking about stories I’ve read or seen, true stories, tall stories, stories about me, and some I just made up.
Welcome to my Sea of Stories
“A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.” – Jean-Luc Godard, film director Here is one of the stories my father liked to tell his friends: “Salman was born on June 19th, 1947, and exactly eight weeks later to the day, the British ran away.” Ha ha, right? I guess it was funny the first time I heard it, less funny the one hundred and first time. But it always went down well with his audiences. It was his favorite joke.
The Seventh Wave. Episode 48.
Episode 48 The four men in black wearing sodden balaclavas are out in the open, closing in. ANNA and FRANCIS are on the terrace of the house, holding guns. FIRST MAN (shouting) Come down, Anna, Nobody gonna hurt you. And the other individual we don’t require.
New writing by Philip Best, publisher at Amphetamine Sulphate
Monthly Flash Fiction Craft Articles & Prompts by Writer & Teacher, Kathy Fish
fiction craft, publishing demystification, weird books
No, Most Books Don't Sell Only a Dozen Copies
A little post on why publishing statistics are so confusing
Remembering Gabe Hudson
A few days ago I heard the sad and shocking news that Gabe Hudson had passed away at the young age of 52. If you pay attention to literary social media, you’ve probably seen the news too. He is being mourned widely and deeply. Gabe was a sharp writer and a big-hearted literary booster. Whenever I saw him, he was always overflowing with energy and ideas. He’s going to be sorely missed. His memorial service
Humor pieces, short stories, updates on my novels and other writing, plus other fun stuff.
I have written over twenty books, including seventeen novels, and won the Booker Prize for fiction. Words are my faith, novels my passion, great novelists my paragons of truth. You might think I should get out more. You are right.
GET LOST ALONG WITH ME
The best is yet to be
EVERYMAN, I WILL GO WITH THEE AND BE THY GUIDE
Streetwalking is all very well, but what if the streets are full of people who get their news from ‘influencers’ who’ve never read a book? You can tell who they are as you pass them - the too, too easily influenced, their eyes blooded with borrowed rage, their faces blank with the know-nothingness of the bookless.
A novelist's no-bullshit, non-fluffy guide to writing fiction and memoir. Weekly essays about current affairs and life in general. Comment and debate.
Art & AI technology to transform the way that people experience the world.
A Serialization Experiment
I make ^%$# up in my head and transfer it into yours. Offering you deep-dives, funny stories, exclusive excerpts from unpublished books, and sometimes a live chicken, all from a New York Times and USA Today bestselling romantic comedy author.
it's the illiad, only much, much worse.
Playing and working with words: finding your own way to fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and writing for young people
fiction, non-fiction, essays, novel excerpts, art criticism, movie reviews, hotel & restaurant reviews, buddhism, interviews, psychoneuroimmunology, sports and more
a novelist writing tall-tales, essays & music from Paris
A little Substack for big fiction
Seeking connection in a scattered world.
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