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Recommended by Gerard DiLeo

Along the Hudson

By Justin Deming

Original fiction delivered from my home along the Hudson River.

The Free Press

By Bari Weiss

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

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.

Art for my sake!

- Gerard DiLeo

Homo Vitruvius by A. Jay Adler

Memoir, poetry, fiction, drama, and essays on all things human: explorations into our reason for being in the world. Living through language and ideas from a professor of English and writer.

What's Denise Writing Now?

By Denise Shelton

Essays, poetry, and short stories by Smillew Award winning writer and editor, Denise Shelton. I write poetry The New Yorker wouldn’t dare publish.

Mother Horror Updates

By Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror)

My Life of HORROR

Son of Ugly

By Scott MacLeod

Weekly Flash Fiction heavy on Sports and Noir

THE FICTION DEALER

By The Fiction Dealer

Psst... wanna read a story?

The City Between Us

By Michael Arturo

Social commentary, satire, short fiction.

Resist Like A Mother

By Renee Niemann

Writing through fascism and fear, because parenting is political, silence is complicity, and our kids are watching. By Renee Niemann, author of The Handbook for the Recently Resisting.

Wild Lion*esses Pride by Jay

🏳️‍🌈 Exploring resilience, self-compassion, and the beauty of transformation. Writing on belonging, overcoming adversity, and the wisdom found in vulnerability and authenticity.

Defaulting to Grace

By Stephanie Loomis

The mystery of grace, the very nature of God poured out on people who are utterly selfish, requires more than acknowledgment. Grace is not cheap. Grace is not easy. Defaulting to Grace explores the nature of grace and other observations.

Author Kenny Penn

A publication of short stories, poems, recommended reads, and a place to learn about my novels.

Izzibella’s Substack

By Izzibella Beau

My personal Substack focusing on short chapters and stories

The FreeUp Freelancing Post

By Rachel Hernandez

Updates, news, and tips on freelancing at the FreeUp Marketplace and beyond

Strange Pilgrims

Real, surreal, & brutally beautiful writing ✦ Free submissions ✦ Pays $50-$200 ✦ Independent, ad-free, & reader-supported

Nathan Hatch

It’s good to have a functioning machine in times like these. It’s good to have a strong constitution when things start to change. I trust myself to persevere.

John D

Old white male still foolish after all this time

Andy Edge

My loves: Horror & Poetry & Life & Writing. You'll find a little of it all here.

His surname says it all.

- Gerard DiLeo

Hades United

By Fernando Contreras

Pop culture deconstructed and other stories.

Insightful articles on the arts and history, and multicultural content. Interesting and varied subjects spanning many disciplines.

- Gerard DiLeo

Prose & Poetry by Stevee

By Steve Elliott

Long story short: poetry and fiction.

Gibberish

By Scoot

Subscribe for Scoot's fiction. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Experiments, and Flash Fiction Friday.

Thomas Cargen

By T.H. Cargen

Just Driven to create, fulfilled by creating for others. Here, I use words and art to play with moments and perspectives.

Travels with Archibald

By David McCoy

Random musings inspired by the travels of a man and his taxidermic coyote.

Physician Interrupted

By Kernan Manion

Exploring the diverse challenges of physicianhood in a tumultuous and increasingly demanding healthcare world.

Go-Go-Girl

By Belinda Stapelberg

I write about people and experiences, learnings and observations. From life in Joburg, to a game farm and a beach cottage in South Africa - and travels beyond. At times funny, heart-crimping and thought-provoking. My friends call me the Go-Go-Girl.

Another world for the visiting. Highly recommended.

- Gerard DiLeo

The Bluebird Paradox

By Chris Sadhill

For those who feel too much in a world that feels too little. Stories, poems, and raw reflections from the edge. Come sit with the dark. Just maybe—you’ll find some light.

I know the work of the writer behind the Bluebird Paradox. His is great stuff. You'll see that immediately. Being impressed can be great fun!

- Gerard DiLeo