Substacks recommended by Craig Terlson Talks Story

Recommended by Craig Terlson Talks Story

Horror and thriller short stories and excerpts

I'm going to talk about writing. Occasionally I'm going to post something fictional. The objective here is self-improvement which will hopefully benefit you, the reader.

BRENT BUTT on Substack

By Brent Butt on Substack

Award-winning comedian, bestselling author, and International Emmy nominee Brent Butt regularly drains his brain into this newsletter. Cartoons...videos...stories...project news... It's a good time!

5 Big Ideas by Jen Hitze

5 Boundless, Inspiring, Genuine (BIG) ideas in about five minutes, shared weekly.

The Roll Top Desk

By Martine Proctor

Book news, stuff about writing and story samples

Martine is a fantastic writer and storyteller - she publishes a lot of crime and literary fiction. Watch for her debut novel next year.

- Craig Terlson Talks Story

First Draft

By Jennifer Savran Kelly

brief meditations from a fiction writer on craft, publishing, and chocolate

Von Doviak Confidential

By Scott Von Doviak

crime fiction and associated nonsense

The Book of Zevelation

By Zev Good

"If it comes up, it comes out."

Mourning Pages

By Penny Zang

Mourning Pages is a newsletter about writing in the midst of grief. Joy and loss, academia, motherhood, publishing—all mixed together to show how writing and creativity can fit into anyone's life.

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

Chuck Palahniuk's Plot Spoiler

Exclusive fiction too out-there for prime time, by the author of Fight Club. Writing lessons. Lurid back story.

The Microdose

An independent journalism newsletter supported by the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics

I am fascinated by all the current research going on with psychedelics. This interest started with the writing of my novel, Fall in One Day.

- Craig Terlson Talks Story