Substacks recommended by Alison Acheson

Recommended by Alison Acheson

A humor stack about utter balderdashery. From Robin Wilding, a flawsome Canadian absurdist who writes covered in Cheeto dust.

Desperate Writer: A Magazine for Creatives

By Rachel Rose

DESPERATE WRITER is a magazine for creatives about art, writing and culture. SHOCKY'S CORNER is for poetry; PEN & PAINT is for writers and artists, FOR THE RECORD is for essays, and LETTERS TO POTENTIAL FRIENDS is literature with a Brazilian twist.

A rich take on alternatives to an MFA--book clubs and more from the writing life--

- Alison Acheson

Ongoing - Curiosity in past, present & future

By Martin Hughes

Surrounded by C-words. A collection of curiosity, curation, community, contradictions, collages, and cups of tea.

This Isle is Full of Noises

By Matt Whiteley

Let's meet the mountains and see what they heard.

Wisdom.

- Alison Acheson

Born Without Borders

By Nolan Yuma

Building bridges across divides.

I'd Rather Be Writing

By Walter Rhein

My perspective is never given equal representation in the mainstream media. I believe character matters. I believe the experts. I believe in education. I believe women. Let me know if you have a story to tell. There's no AI content in my newsletter.

Magic Monday

By Zoë Landale

Feel-good stories about island living, gardening, food and writing with a splash of magic from a writer learning to live a sparkly life.

Beautiful writing from the Island, off the wild coast of British Columbia...

- Alison Acheson

Nikki's Current Work (Life) in Progress

By Nikki Tate

Author of 40 books and now an aspiring graphic memoirist. I'm exploring art, travel, and life through text and image and recording the journey here. Follow along as I learn to draw, go back to school, and write a graphic memoir about my artist father.

5AM StoryTalk

By Cole Haddon

A place to talk about stories in all their forms, the craft that goes into them, and the role art plays in our lives.

Cole's work--writing and sustaining the artist's life--is rich.

- Alison Acheson

Andrew Binks - Process, Prose, Poems, Pieces (and Poodles)

My Writing Life from without and within, above and below.

Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Thoughts on books, literature, philosophy, politics, culture, travel, life and death.

The Recovering Academic

By Joshua Doležal

Rebuilding a life and a writing practice after leaving academe.

Thoughtful posts. About the stream that is walking away. Some of us running... I am grateful for this.

- Alison Acheson

Sacred Foolishness

By Marilyn Flower

Sustained by grace, Healing with humor

Marilyn is amazing! I so appreciate her outlook, her Joy!

- Alison Acheson

Tall and Tiny Tales

By Steve Fendt

Stories of the Australian coast and bush. Illustrated episodes and podcast. Free to your inbox every Tuesday. Plus optional Friday Novella (requires paid subscription).

Steve is a real teller-of-stories. Enjoy!

- Alison Acheson

Read Write Repeat

By Ed Tankersley

Original short fiction, essays on the craft of writing, guided fiction study, book reviews, and ideas for shaking the words out of your head and onto the page. It's about writing and reading, by a writer and reader, for fellow writers and readers.

Short Story

By Palisatrium

Author Payout = $100 + 50% of subscription revenue. No Fee to Apply. Readers get one quality story a month and support artists with their contributions.

A 'Stack fiction market that is exponentially growing and sets a good bar for inspiration and work and words!

- Alison Acheson