Substacks recommended by A.M. Blackmere

Recommended by A.M. Blackmere

Marta ☾ Medieval Illustrator

By *Into The Dark Forest*

𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚝, 𝚗𝚘𝚟 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟼 ✶ 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 //𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝.𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜@𝚐𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕.𝚌𝚘𝚖

Horror Weekly

By Brian Schell

Weekly Newsletter of Horror Synopses and Reviews

G.S.Mucklow’s Substack

By Gary

My personal Substack

A Substack full of sharp short fiction, behind-the-scenes craft insights, and reflections that challenge how we think about identity, storytelling, and meaning.

- A.M. Blackmere

Sin and Shadow

By Eric McCormick

A twisted vale of venom and shadow, where metaphysics, dark spirituality, and the poison path meet under a Runelit sky. Come, and meet the shadows within.

Camillethespellpire

I write speculative fiction that blurs human and inhuman. Biopunk, dark fantasy, and urban horror focused on transformation, survival, and the beauty in darkness—where bio space ships roam, mermaids hunt, and monsters make the best family.

Write With AI

By Nicolas Cole

The leading paid newsletter for ChatGPT & Claude prompts, and how to turn AI platforms into your own personal Digital Writing Assistant.

Conor MacCormack

BA in History, seasonal Park Ranger. Reader and writer of history, spirituality, and fiction.

Simply an incredible writer who deserves your eyes on his work.

- A.M. Blackmere

Eliza’s Substack

By Eliza Small

Serialized horror, sci fi and more release weekly.

Grace’s Spook Show

By Grace Anderson-Author

Your go-to source for chilling tales and spine-tingling insights into the world of horror..Explore the eerie, the macabre, and the unsettling. Become a paid subscriber to support the publication and gain access to exclusive content

American Demon Comics

By Suzerain Dionna

Join in for gritty action packed comics on the supernatural and esoteric. Envy- A demon king turned human now confronting flesh, emotions, and mortality. (On-going)

Degrees of Monstrosity

By Lavinia Thompson

Mystery author. True crime blogger. This is the space in which I will discuss my writing life, mystery books, some true crime content, and much more. My true crime content focuses on female killers.

Indie Lit Lounge

Indie Lit Lounge is a welcoming, vibrant space where indie authors can be seen and heard, and readers can discover heartfelt stories that don’t always get the spotlight they deserve.

Lucía's Dystopia

By Lucía De La Cal

I'm a dystopian writer with an insatiable taste for hurting my readers 🩷🩵

Halcyon Horror

By Leigh Parrish

Thoughtful horror short stories that are often set in the past. No paywall currently.

The Atomic Voodoo Lounge | Speculative Noir Literary Podcast

By Maxwell Vagus

The Atomic Voodoo Lounge is the official podcast of New Stanton's surreal dive bar. Fall into the Terahertz Gap listening to speculative-noir stories, original music, interviews, and more broadcast from the shores of a dried-up prehistoric sea.

Into Ekhypso

By M.K. Moretti

Delve into the Planes of Equipoise: the paranormal fantasy realms all my stories are set in. Subscribe for FREE short stories, worldbuilding, and more! Join me and jump into Ekhypso.

J.M. Gooding

Dispatches from The Void.

Charles’s Substack

By Charles Nicol

My personal Substack

The Historical Novelist

By Gerardo Manzo

I’m here to retell history in my own voice, threading love, crime, and violence into a narrative that is entirely my own. Subscribe and be part of this historical journey

Excellent historical fiction!

- A.M. Blackmere

Macabre Monday

By Jeff Kinnard

Lunaediesophobia (Loo-Nay-Die-So-Fo-Bee-A) - an abnormal fear or hatred for Monday. Fear not, you found the antidote. The best of horror can be found here, celebrated by it's community. Recommendations, discussions, contests, and more await you..

To Hunt a Stranger

By Elias Baer

To Hunt a Stranger is a coming of age novel about an orphaned young boy's pursuit of happiness in the poorest region of the USA: the Deep South.

Wendy Cockcroft's Writings

I'm a no-nonsense unwoke horror, sci-fi, and fantasy-loving nerd. Come for the stories, stay for the fun. May contain nuts.

L.E. Mullin

By The Flight of The Condor: The Sunday Strips

Thoughts, reflections, and opinions on how to make comics. Also, home of The Flight of the Condor: The Sunday Strips.

Andreas Almén

I’m Andreas, I write adult gothic fantasy. My upcoming book series, The Ashen Sister Saga, is a tale of exile, shadow, and survival, where forbidden faiths clash, villages burn, and one hunted girl must decide if her curse is damnation or salvation

Mina Howell

The manifestation of the whispers of the void. Uncover secret knowledge within; knowledge that should be forbidden.

Desert Rain

By MC Draganowski

For ye readers, a newsletter containing a serialized novel and perhaps the occasional short story or poem if you're lucky.

Structured Peace

By Henry Alverson

Structure ends torment. Create peace.

M.S. Olney's Substack

Read new World's of Epic Adventure

Saint-Lazare, Writer

Multi-resurrected skeleton & maladaptive daydreamer in recovery. My writing: literary fiction that loves you with a knife, horror & dark fantasy stories that embrace you when you least expect it. Creator of the RPG Dewayne Hollow. They/them

Slice of Death

By KJ Harlow

Death's first apprentice is sent to live as a human on Earth for 365 days, awkwardness ensues.

Spencer’s Cult of Forbidden Horrors

By Spencer D.W.

Horror. The cosmic and Body kind and anything else I want to write about I guess.

Blessed are the Fires

By Jack Blessed

No grand plan — just words, whim, and whatever wanders in.

Colin’s Dark-Stories

By Colin Devonshire

Dark tales often feature Thailand, but not always.

Shadows and Space

By The Black Knight

I am a self-taught indie author who writes science fiction and fantasy. Old school storyteller, enjoyer and creator of heroic pulp. https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B079LCYPQG/allbooks

the Shrouded Grouse

By GrousyGirl

Writing and illustrating in the liminal spaces and moody places. Supernatural neo-gothic fiction. Zines. Musings on what it means to be haunted. Waiting to see a real ghost.

CyberComa’s Collection

musings from a weaver of words

The Writer's Journey

By Bradley Ramsey

The Writer's Journey chronicles the ongoing creative projects of author Bradley Ramsey, as well as his personal thoughts on the craft of writing, and exclusive short stories for subscribers.

lchristopher

cathexis.

Loser’s Fiction

By Keith Long

To love is to lose. To write fiction is to speak truth.

PD's Alternative Fiction

Weekly serialized fiction stories in the horror, scifi, and psychological thriller genres.

Zerennism: Weird Fiction and Essays

By Zerenner: Weird Fiction and Essays

Weird fiction and dark psychology with invented diction—expect the unexpected, from horror to dog walking poems.

I recommend Zerenner because reading their work reminds me why I subscribe in the first place: to be surprised, challenged, and entertained in equal measure.

- A.M. Blackmere

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

On Sharp Teeth and Nightmares

By Hylia Corvidae

A collection of dark fiction. Horror stories that range from tragic, to terrifying, to absolutely absurd. Let's spiral into the darkness together.

Welcome to the Otherworld

By Nikki Auberkett

The official home of Nikki Auberkett, an award-winning independent author whose work draws from mythology, folklore, and emotionally resonant storytelling. Here you’ll find exclusive series content alongside thoughtful insights in independent publishing.

Black Spyder Publishing by Dblkrose

By Dblkrose of BSP

Dark fantasy, Gothic horror, and sinful erotica spun straight from the Webs of Black Spyder Publishing—stories where shadow memory, soul-stealing magic, and forbidden desire are caught, cocooned, and eaten alive.

The Oddacity

By Krislyn Lyon

Sodom and Gomorrah like you've never heard it before! Get it here! https://krislynlyon.com/. My writing is fire 🔥. You're gonna love it!

The Travisphere

By Travis Knight

Welcome to the world of author Travis Knight. Take a look around and find something you'll like to read and review. Lots of great content coming at any moment so please make yourselves at home.

I’ve read a couple of Travis Knight’s chapters, and they hooked me right away—dark, unsettling, and thoroughly entertaining. Add to that his active presence here, and you’ve got a must-follow writer.

- A.M. Blackmere

Watson's House of Horrors

By John Watson

Welcome to Watson's House of Horrors, a place where the author almost certainly doesn't know what he is doing besides hopefully scaring you with his words.

Shackled Destiny

By Aiden Marquis

Serializing Shackled Destiny, a cinematic medieval epic fantasy for lovers of Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, or just your favorite D&D campaign.

Some good medieval epic fantasy!

- A.M. Blackmere

Mythology: Gods and Monsters

Bringing you the world of mythology and wonder every day.