Substacks recommended by vanechka

Recommended by vanechka

Immanent Dissolution

By Udith Dematagoda

Essays on Literature, Philosophy, and Contemporary Culture

Grand Hotel Abyss

By John Pistelli

literature & culture

THE ANNALS OF HAROLD

THE MOST RAUCOUS ENTERTAINING FREE AVANTGARDE NEWSLETTER IN THE WORLD.

Soaring Twenties

By Thomas J Bevan

A triweekly newsletter and monthly magazine run by a collective of creatives, collaborating to make the internet human again.

The best place on the internet. Period. Quality in the STSC is often so dense that it can cause you the same vertigo you get when being suddenly exposed to extremely fresh air.

- vanechka

Persona Non Propria

By Clancy Steadwell

Pseudonymous contemporary fiction. Bildungsromans, romance, humor and local color. Essays on themes relating to the fiction.

noticements

By Denise S. Robbins

Welcome to noticements, where I write about moments worth noticing. Topics include life, literature, music, and more. If you'd like to read more of my work, pick up my novel, "The Unmapping."

Alexander Orlov

I'm a writer, working on my first novel. Get in touch: alexanderorlovholmes@gmail.com

Vita Contemplativa

By Sam Jennings

Premonitions and reckonings. Orpheus and Eros. An antidote to positivity.

Secretorum

By Roger’s Bacon

happy the dumb beast, wretched the mortal

In the Inversion Field

By Sandolore Sykes in the Inversion Field

Suspended just high enough to let the earth do the moving for me. Fiction, Art, Culture, Life & Critters.

Apocrypha

By M. E. Rothwell

Writings of uncertain authenticity.

Requests of Literary Exile

By Hyun Woo Kim

Literature as an act of exile

DECENTRALIZED FICTION

By ARX-Han

The future of fiction is decentralized, pseudonymous, and riding the current of the /newwave/.

n e t h e r ~ s t r e e t ~ b l u e s

By Stefan Baciu

The oldest story: light versus dark.

Felix's Fertile Feed

By Felix Futzbucker

Cerebral ambrosia for hungry masses.

ANNIE HENDRIX

By Annie Hendrix

Fiction & poetry

Short stories once a month

By Ben Sims

Ben Sims's literary short stories and flash fiction, once a month, all for free.

Hyperidean Press

By Udith

A forum to share short stories and extracts from forthcoming work through Hyperidean Press

SUM FLUX

By Sandolore Sykes

Welcome to SUM FLUX, a repository of extraordinary prose.

Three Hundred Tang Poems

By Hyun Woo Kim

Chinese poems from the Tang Dynasty in your inbox, every Wednesday

It’s Just Jeanne

By Jeanne S

I make up stories that make my life seem more interesting. Or are they real? Doesn't matter, I'm just Jeanne. Oh yeah, I do art too.

Perhaps Yesterday

By Mahdi Meshkatee

Perhaps Yesterday is inspired by the profound yearning for the past and what could have been.

oldoldoldoldnew

By Philip Traylen

Extrications and ecstasies.

Cosmographia

By M. E. Rothwell

The deep roots of a turbulent world.

Alias April

By Chen Rafaeli

"Flights" is already taken -but I traveled a lot, and I continue to, including falling down the rabbit holes. Thoughts and rants about being on the go and staying put, whatever it means. PS scratch it I have no idea. Not yet.

Thomas J Bevan

Fiction.

American Samsara

By Brady Putzke

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

From The Future

By Edward Rooster

Imagining the Future through the Past, by writing Lyrical Historical Essays and Science Fiction Novels

I won't keep you

By Trilety Wade

a newsletter that is (usually) no more than 500 words

Ghost of Giraldus

You are being haunted by a ghost. He is a very annoying, 12th-century churchman, talking at you in French and Latin with a slight Welsh accent. The culture speaks to him with uncounted tongues in a dizzying polyphony, he relays what he can.

Babel Babble

By Oleg

Babel Babble is a publication dedicated to armchair linguistics, language acquisition, and overall language nerdery.

The Wanderer's Silent Fables

By gkgaius

You who yearns to explore the wide and wild world, welcome to my silent fables. Here, you'll find stories that brings forth joy to the soul, stories that'll make you sad, laugh, maybe cuss me out a little. Subscribe if this interests you.

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.

Indulging a Second Look

By Dane Benko

Experimental videos, short stories, and essays that tinker with those eldritch phantasms haunting the blind spots of your perception.

Necessary Monsters

By Robert Walrod

Uncovering Pokémon's mythic roots.

The Wednesday Audio

By Craig Burgess

A satirical and often maniacal look at internet hustle culture through the dark eyes of Wednesday evenings. If you’re looking for self-improvement, this isn’t it.

Craig is making the best podcast on the internet. Truly a crispy piece of craftsmanship. Listen to every episode and you won’t be the same anymore.

- vanechka

Tap Water Sommelier

By Konstantin Asimonov

A personal blog where I sometimes discuss obscure fiction and sometimes post my own fiction for you to discuss.

Notes On...

By Christopher Booth

Consideration of a life spent in overseas journalism, loving relationships and occasionally in psychiatric care.

SUM FLUX

Outlived the zine long enough to become something entirely different

Fictitious

By Oleg

A weekly newsletter dedicated to fiction of all shapes, creativity, language learning, linguistics, rhetoric and much more