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Recommended by Minna

The Sword & Pen

By Aaron Courts

Insights from a Retired Marine, Full-time student, Extra-time Dad, and Always-time Husband. Semper Fidelis!

Home|body

By SleepyHollow

introvert's outreach | midlife-climate crises | kitchen-sink creativity

The Tribe

By Finlay Beach

Author, Finlay Beach shares Managed Paranoia - Book One. The near-future is like today—only more thrilling!

Pulp Vitalist

By Frank Kidd

Where vintage meets vigor

I predict Frank Kidd's stuff will be on the big screen one day.

- Minna

From The Future

By Edward Rooster

Imagining the Future through the Past, by writing Lyrical Historical Essays and Science Fiction Novels

Bill Bradbury's fiction

Novels and short stories by Bill Bradbury.

Craig’s Cabinet of Meagre Offerings

By Craig Burgess

Iconoclastic fiction and essays about being on (and around) the internet.

Just read it.

- Minna

Scribbler -- The Golden Years

By Ben Woestenburg

Read my novellas, & novelettes; listen to my readings; read my SCRIBBLES, & my Serial novels. Sign up & have it delivered to your in-box. Join me on a journey of self-discovery through my fiction as I look toward the twilight of my years.

Indulging a Second Look

By DB

Revisits, reconsiderations, reflections, and thoughts on self and the world around you.

Soaring Twenties

By Thomas J Bevan

A collective of essayists, storytellers, poets, photographers, painters, filmmakers all creating and collaborating to make the internet human again.

An artists collective hosted by Thomas J Bevan, the conductor of a magnificent group. Come and join us!

- Minna

The Pulp Fictioneer

By Frank Theodat

Discovering the pulp writers of the 20s, 30s, and 40s era, sharing their wisdom on storytelling craft, and applying their instruction to my own fiction in real-time. Join me on my path to becoming a pulp writer.

Rob Henderson's Newsletter

Human nature, psychology, social class, luxury beliefs, and more.

He does the research so you don't have to.

- Minna

Samuraipunk

By Made in DNA

Samuraipunk, cyberpunk, mecha, weird and general scifi. Bi-monthly. Content reviews, creative (person) interviews, crowdfunding projects, original fiction, culture, pop culture, and more. Nothing high-brow. Also see NOTES for more frequent content.

Infinite Dominion

By Zack Grafman

Welcome to Infinite Dominion, a shared voyage into the future of the Kingdom of God. Optimism is obedience. Prepare the way in the desert. Infinite Dominion is decreed. Welcome to the future.

The Metta Verse

By David

Stories, poems, and essays. From curiosity, with love.

Echoes of NoNe

By Vanya

Bespoke explorations of literature and life.

Wunderkammer

By Autumn Widdoes

Finding a sense of wonder again through writing, art, literature, movies, theater and other curiosities.

The Commonplace

By Thomas J Bevan

Fiction and essays on the extraordinary nature of ordinary life.

Just Enough to Get Me in Trouble

By Lyle McKeany

Personal, vulnerable, and sometimes funny essays from a husband, father, and disability advocate, delivered whatever days he wants at exactly 8:08 am PT.

You'll want to return and read more.

- Minna

Luke Burgis Newsletter

Pursuing the mysterium tremendum et fascinans and writing at the intersection of philosophy, culture, art, technology, and religious wisdom.

Explains René Girard's theories for us so we can relate them to our lives.

- Minna

Clinsights

By Clintavo

Clint's Insights, or "Clinsights" about life.

Both Are True

By Alex Dobrenko

Absurd, honest comedy delivered twice a weekish through the vulnerable personal essays of Alex Dobrenko: tv actor+writer to some, father to o̶n̶e̶ two, and friend to all.

Strive to write like this.

- Minna