A place for lovers of fantasy and science fiction to find short stories, serials, book reviews, analyses, discussions of the writing process, and inspiration.
Your robot's favorite writer. Bard of the machine age. Stories that will keep you up at night (since you're up already anyway). Tickets are free. The only price is your mind.
🕯️ Whispers in Static
The official magazine of The Writer’s Quill, where speculative fiction, myth-blooded fantasy, and psychological horror crackle to life. A space for voices once hushed — to rise and be heard.
Sylvienne Ethara
Author, screenwriter, and podcaster. I write myth-blooded fiction and dream walker prose, carving worlds where grief has teeth and prophecy refuses to die.
Host of The Writer’s Quill (78 countries). Ranked #1,042 in Fiction on Substack.
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I'm a 40-something with no clue what I want to do when I grow up--boss b*tch or bog witch? Juggling anxiety, depression, and perimenopause is fun. Join me for a front-row seat to my midlife existential crisis!
Two people who use sex as a weapon, love as leverage, and each other as collateral damage. A story about predation, manipulation, and whether damaged people can learn tenderness - or if some things are too broken to fix.
Horror, sci-fi, fantasy. A safe and welcome space to discuss writing and where I share all my reviews.Other bookish content including inspiring quotes, poetry, and other musings.
Author of cosmic horror & medieval dark fantasy. Weaver of interconnected worlds. Building a universe of hunger, memory, and poetic dread — one thread at a time.
A space for essays, literary criticism, and gothic tales, engaging with classic literature and writing craft through darkness, sensitivity, and close reading
Writers slip through the cracks between worlds, hitch rides on starships, and walk down candlelit alleyways. They wander into worlds, strange places, and forgotten kingdoms. The Wandering Quill is my way of sharing some of the places I’ve been.
A space for literary and speculative writing —intimate essays, soft hauntings, and stories shaped by feminine shadows, memory, and emotional depth.
Midnight thoughts, quiet ache, and the slow work of becoming.
I write fractured fairy tales, space opera, and steampunk stories, making art in watercolor, pencil media, and for illustrating my stories, AI art. I write for those of us outside the bell curve.
Welcome to Words She Keeps, your weekly source of unapologetic, soul-stirring short stories that center women's power & courage. Between 20-25% of all Substack proceeds are donated to organizations that support women.
