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| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 56 | Founded | 9 months ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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What comes after FicStack?
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FicStack is closed, but the problem it was trying to solve is still here. Before I think too far ahead, I’d like to hear from the readers, writers, and curators it was built for.
When I wrote that FicStac...
FicStack is closing
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I’ve been sitting with this longer than I should have. Partly because I kept hoping something would shift, and partly because I didn’t quite know how to write it. Which is a strange position for a writer t...
FicStack: Behind the Story #8
Tell us a little bit about yourself! Where are you from? What do you do for fun? What might people be surprised to learn about you?
I am originally from Baltimore, Maryland. I live in the Pacific Northwest now, on a mountain surrounded by...
FicStack: Behind the Story #7
Tell us a little bit about yourself! Where are you from? What do you do for fun? What might people be surprised to learn about you?
I’m from a third tier city called Cincinnati, famous for being the birthplace of America’s fastest presiden...
FicStack: Behind the Story #6
Tell us about yourself! Where are you from? What do you do for fun? What might people be surprised to learn about you?
I am Chris, and I am a short story author and screenwriter from Cincinnati, Ohio. I’ve been self publishing short horror...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
I write stories that ask what it means to be human in a world of dreaming machines and fractured memory. Expect symbolism, tension, and the occasional cat critique. This Substack is my creative lab, where fiction meets philosophy and fur.
I'm a Ghanaian storyteller and this is Good Company
I write stories that reach the soul and stay there a little longer. \ud83d\udcec Midnight Letters — fiction & essays
Kia ora, I’m Wendy. I write fiction about midlife mayhem, strange intuition, messy families, and the quiet weirdness tucked into everyday life. Sass & Sage is part story lab, part rage journal, and part soft place to land when the world gets loud.
Playful, melancholy, raucous, and dark. Half critter, half Zarathustra, but lots of people in-between.
Author of dark fantasy, dark academia, and gothic tales. I craft decadent cities, decayed minds, and moral collapse. On Substack, I share short fiction, evolving works, and essays at the intersection of media, philosophy and the written word.
(she/her) \ud83c\udfc5Award-winning SFFH Author | Acquiring Editor @fiyahlitmag | First Reader @othersidespec | MWC '26 | Pre-order DARK STAR \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffe\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffe
40-something bog witch. No clue what I'm doing 100% of the time. I write things. Juggling anxiety, depression, & perimenopause is fun!
Debut novel To Make Him Disappear is now out! I am a thriller writer working on my third novel. If you subscribe to my Substack, you can expect short stories and writing updates.
⁺‧₊˚ ཐི⋆♱ Speculative Gothic Writer • English Literature Student • Word Witch • 28 Years Old • WIP: Project Vampire Western ♱⋆ཋྀ ˚₊‧⁺
The Author Wars \ud83c\udff3️\ud83c\udf08
If you've ever felt like something's off, you're not alone. This is a space for philosophical speculative fiction and reflections where we question, explore and make sense of the world together.
2026 VCCS poet laureate | VPCC 2026 I Dream Poetry Laureate | Published in Give Us This Day by Drek, Death, and Doom | Cosmic Horror Author and Poet Located in Williamsburg, VA
I write UFiction. Uncomfortable Fiction, which turns the mirror around. You come for a story about AI, religion, or violence. You stay because it marked you. Because you realized it was always about YOU. Come for the story. Stay for the scar.
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