Celebrating Writers A-M, April 2025
First half of the list and fourth one for 2025
Descriptions now added where possible for these writers.
Dive in, dear readers! So much to enjoy.
The A thru M List in alphabetical order (fiction, non-fiction and a designer or two for your micropatronage):
New lists will now be posted on or near the first of each month in 2025. I will update them during that time. When each new month list is posted, I will delete the previous month’s post just to be sure you have the latest info.
dhw=definitely human written (might be using AI-generated images, though) — Please let me know if you wish to be designated as “dhw.”
I am also highlighting people who don’t use AI for other aspects of their posts (images, grammar checkers, etc.) as “100% human created, no AI.” Please visit them and say “Thanks for keeping it real!”
– Victorian Vignettes – Exploring eerie elegance of Gaslamp Horror in Victorian era. (dhw) – Spirit Animals – Fantasy (dhw) – quite useless – deep thoughts on art, desire, and superficiality (dhw) – Writing - In Real Life – Biweekly newsletter about writer life – Book of Time – H.’s Discount Writing Outlet – Crockerfeller Tales – Scoop Magilla creator, Kraken Lore editor (dhw) – Captain Kekistan (dhw) – Unsettled Mind – Horror – The Trading Post – Imperfect Lines – Musings, and working on debut novel – Adam Writes (dhw) – Inspired by True Events with Adam Rockwell – Offbeat essays, wild fiction, published triweekly (dhw) – On The Storytelling Animal (dhw) – Adrian's Newsletter – Educational narratives – Wayward (seen on ) – The Pantheon Chronicles – Epic fantasy series – Bugaboo Writing – Mystical tales, musings on wanderings – Agent of Weird: Exploring The Write Fantastic – Mostly Harmless Ideas – Non-fiction – Screen Views (non-fiction), The Xen'in Universe (fiction) (dhw)– creative non-fiction (100% human created, no AI)
– The Giggler – Humorous adventures and shenanigans – A. Hellene Author – Adventure fiction, some is all ages, other isn't – Tales from the Defrag – Writer, photographer, narrator – A Million Stars, A Million Wishes – Essays about life – Bella & The Beast – A Room Full of Books & Pencils (dhw) – Historical Fiction Stack – Historical fiction & fantasy (dhw) – Jared’s Substack – Thoughts, research, contemplations – Althea’s Substack – Monsters & Mystics – Fantasy, paranormal romance (dhw) – Westerns, neo-westerns, horror, book/movie reviews, essays – Mirth as Medicine (dhw) – Matte & Shiny Objects (dhw) – Ancient Archer's Substack (new subbie!) – Attempts to Tell the Truth (dhw) – Your Grandma's Substack (dhw) – TV’s Moral Philosophy (non-fiction), I Am The Bucket (comic book in progress) – Centenary: 100-Word Stories from Living Well Towers (dhw) – Writing, horror & writing horror – Andrew’s Fiction Writing Substack (dhw) – A.P. Ward’s Literary Fiction – Short fiction, poetry– Word Associations (100% human created, no AI)
Andrew Robert Colom –
(a new genre to explore) – The Asheville Hustle – Andy Futuro – Cyberpunk, horror, dirtbag literature (dhw) – The Irrational Sage – Step-by-Step Worldbuilding – Resources for fantasy writers, gamers – Writing & Selling Stories with Angelique Fawns – Short stories – Microseasons – Finding my inner Panda (dhw) – Annette’s Wanderings (seen on ) – Resolution & Independence – Annie Hendrix Writes – Poetry, music, fiction, non-fiction (dhw) – Keyboard Philosophy (dhw) – Multi-genre author AR DeClerck – EvangelosSciFi (dhw) – Arthur Macabe's Entarum – Scifi, horror, fantasy, strange – Arthur’s Substack– Pretty Evil Fiction– Tales of Grit and Sin (100% human created, no AI)
– Mindset & Soul – B Stings – Poetry, prose – Writing After Dark (dhw) – Rain and Sunshine – Ageless storyteller – The Grand Page – Pen of Ben – Catch & Release – SCRIBBLER - A PORTAL TO FICTION (dhw) – A Very Narrow Bridge (seen on The Library) – Bethany's Substack for Writers and Readers – Non-fiction – Writer Fully Alive – Everywhere and Nowhere: Explore Fantastic Worlds (dhw, with help from faerie ancestors) – Blackthorn Witch – Reina’s Substack (dhw) – An Ordinary Disaster (dhw) – The Writer's Journey – 5:20 Pacific – The Write Books (dhw) – The Wander Notebook – beginning writer – Boyd the Humanoid – Comics (reading, writing, drawing, talking about) – Writing on a Whim – My Head is Unraveling – Horror writer, book reviewer – Business for Nerds – Sci-fi/fantasy (in progress) – Telegrams from Bloodstream City– Meet Me at Xenia (seen on ) (100% human created, no AI)
– The World from a Chef’s Perspective – A short story a day – Naptime Novelist – Love and Other Fictions – It's the Devil – College professor, Am Lit PhD, pulp reader, horror lover, writer– Horror Weekly (100% human created, no AI)
– VILE SELF PORTRAITS (100% human created writing, images, & audio, no AI)
C. Lee McKenzie –
(dhw)– Cadence's Substack – Wishbone Poetry – Dreams In the Void (dhw) – Otherdaddy– C.P. Night’s Myriadu (seen on ) – Sci-fi/fantasy (100% human created, no AI)
– Minuteman’s Monitor – There Might Be Cupcakes Podcast – SwampWitch (dhw) – Caroline’s Newsletter (dhw) – The Legend of Leanna Page (dhw) – Charles’ Substack – Castles in the Sky (dhw) – Meridians Podcast – History, science, culture – The World of Yesterday (dhw) – Charlotte Dune’s Lagoon – (((LIFE UPDATES))) Chasey – Chip MacLeod’s Substack – Fantasy, sci-fi, game writer – Chris’s Substack– Lit Smithery (100% human created, no AI)
– Fantasy (seen on ) – Toasted Fiction with Chris Patrick – Sci-fi, mystery, thriller – Chris from Monster Complex – Living Culture – The Hard Yards – Love stories, posts on writing – Story Voyager – Past the Dragon – The State of the Arts – Commentary on Arts, Entertainment, Culture, Society – BoldBrush, Clinsights (dhw) – KILL THE LION (dhw) – Quandary Magazine, Cole’s Chapters – Colin’s Dark Stories (dhw) – Colin's Chronicles (dhw) – Always the Horizon (dhw) – Cornelia's Substack – Romance, ghostwriter, developmental editor– Tales of the Zeitgeist – Contemporary fiction, humor, horror, sci-fi (100% human created, no AI)
– Craig’s Cabinet of Meagre Offerings, The Wednesday Audio (dhw) – Cyndi’s Dark Fiction (seen on ) – From the Source (seen on ) – Missing Verses – Steam Stack – Wood and Water Fiction – detect magic (dhw) – Indulging a Second Look (dhw) – DAPPER ZMEY – Daniel's Substack – Short fiction – And the Quest for Pop Culture (dhw) – Lamp Post in the Marsh – Speculative fiction – Writers Of The Lost Art – Fiction, poetry – reluctant sleuth – Murder mysteries set in small towns in Canada – The Positive Vibe – Horror/sci-fi writer/reader, eternal optimist – David B. Corder – Rediscover - Reconnect - Re-emerge – Stories of Many Kinds (dhw) – How to Write for a Living – Made From What’s Not Real – Superhero, anthropomorphic, fantasy; some SF, horror, mystery, other (dhw) – The Artifact – David's Substack – Sci-fi, horror, non-fiction – No Cause for Merriment – Non-fiction – Declan’s Newsletter – O Substack de Denise – Devany’s Dalliances’ – Student, aspiring creative (visual arts, fiction) – Substack by DL White – Dominus Owen Markham – Donn’s WYKKYD AMBITIONS – Donna’s Substack – Poetry (book recently published in UK) – Novelist, essayist – Knowing Self Knowing Others – Non-fiction – Richard’s Substack – Writer, poet – Directed Fiction – The Dragon's Den (dhw) – Design Fiction Daily – Dungeon Mistress Chronicles (dabbles in AI for images) (dhw) – Between The Words – Poetry – Lotis Heroes Musings – Exploring the Eyrie (dhw) – It’s For A Story – Chronicles of the Tale-Keeper – Serial fantasy – Ether Nothings – Fiction writer, hunting for great reads – The Feathered Scribe – EA Mayes' Mysteriousities – Tenevyr – Dark fiction – Ether Dreams – Horror – Edmund Muller – From the Future (dhw) – Age of Aquarius (dhw) – A Guide to Unreality – Speculative fiction (story to be featured in upcoming anthology edited by ) (dhw) – The Literary Obsessive – Elijah’s Substack – Ellen’s Substack – Elliot Kessler | Indie Author – Sci-fi, fantasy – Avenue Oh – Burnt Tongue (dhw, uses AI images)– Artist, bookcover designer (not with AI)
– A Writing Diary by E.P. Woodhouse – The Elder of Vicksburg – Falden’s Forge – Your Friendly Neighborhood Abberation – All the Fanfare – The Wandering Wonderer (dhw) – The Midnight Blue Sea – just a guy– The Eye of the Storm – Romance, erotica, horror, gamelit (seen on The Library) (100% human created, no AI)
Esther –
– Return to Your Trees (dhw) – The Eternal Art – Crossbite – Poetry – Senchas Claideb – Pulp fiction, sword & sorcery fantasy, cosmic horror, historical fiction – In a Different Place – Poetry (seen on )Evie of the Feywild –
– Wet Panty Stories by Evolet (seen on ) – EvolGarlic Article Pelican Newsletter – Non-fiction – Going Narrative with Fabrina Glitchlace – Fantasy Book News – Felix's Fertile Feed (dhw) – Felix Chamber (dhw) – Fieldfare – Print & online magazine – Finlay Beach – In A Moment – Vampires & The Vapors – Non-fiction– Frank’s Shorts – Pulp Vitalist (dhw) – Pulp, Pipe, & Poetry, The Pulp Fictioneer (dhw) – Frederick Fullerton’s Meanderings – Raconteur, translator, amateur photographer – V.T.’s Substack – Making by The Law in Which We're Made – A Symposium of Fire – Poetry, things that shouldn't be forgotten – Gail’s News – Science fiction, YA (seen on ) – Pen Marks – Gareth Southwell – Sci-fi, philosophy, book reviews, publishing insights (dhw) – Garhom’s Substack – Gary’s Substack (seen on ) – Travel is Dangerous (dhw) – Gemma Tate- Books, Writing, and More – Ordinary Life and Other Fictions (dhw) – Artwork by G.N. Barnes – Fourth Castle on the Left– Tales at Twilight – Speculative stories with dark edge, humor (100% human created, no AI)
– The World According to Gillian Fletcher (seen on ) – Ginger’s Substack – The Elephant Island Chronicles – The Words Whispers (dhw) – SHE WHO STIRS THE STORM (dhw) – Grace’s Spook Show – The House of Rest – Literary Loud, Intuitive Waters – Author musings – Games of Awareness, You'll Never Walk Alone (dhw) – Editor, Disturb Ink Books | Co-Founder, Unsettling Reads – The Wyldwood – Fiction with sarcasm/satire (dhw) – H. R. Sinclair Newsletter – The Sudden Walk (dhw) – Literary/Speculative Fiction and non-fiction posts charting the journey towards getting formally published– The Distractionist (100% human created, no AI)
– A work of fiction (100% human created, no AI)
– Dharma Bum Poetess (dhw) – Fragments and Pieces (dhw) – Gently Does It – Conversations with Critters (dhw) – The Slanted Shelf – Opinions on books, culture – Henya's Newsletter – Telling Their Tales – Medieval history, historical fiction – Red Dirt Rambler – Honeygloom (dhw) – Self Expression - Self Help – Three Hundred Tang Poems – The Word Dump – Fantasy (and humor) (dhw) – Dunmore Dispatch – Fantasy, speculative fiction (dhw) – Writing Until The Light Goes Out – Legends and Songs: The Newsletter of Ian Thomas Wilson – Pulp fantasy adventures (writer, illustrator) – Out of Ika’s Mind (dhw) – Ilmahn’s Substack – TOAP – Historical fiction – Poetry (with the possibility of a nice turn of phrase) (dhw) – Long Oddities– Novels, Comics and Webcomics (100% human created, no AI)
(seen on ) – Rediscovered Realms – Heroic fantasy writer – Magical Realism with Little Juedrop – YA fantasy series – Volt /and/ Fable – The Crime Enthusiast – Wayne's Gathering of Stories and Ponder – Creative Seasoning – 365 Infantry – Filmmaker, composer, fantastical writer – True stories, Love, fiction, comedy, horror, scripts, podcasts and poems – The Film Column – Film reviews – Resoldiers Retcon Repo – Wolf Tracks Substack – Author, recording artist – World Without End Lore– The Indian Story (100% human created, no AI)
– Grim Acres – Sci-fi, military fiction tales (dhw) – And Now, A Sonnet (dhw) – James's Substack – Sci-fi, science fantasy, fantasy (uses AI images) – Dark & Stormy (seen on ) – Just Write– Penny Wagers (100% human created, no AI)
James King –
(seen on ) – niottu by James Leth – Jane Sez… – Jane Dougherty's Bestiary – writer (novels, short stories) – Fiction & Fables (seen on ) – Jasini’s Tales and Ideas – The Armada Chronicles – Long-time writer (60+ yrs) – Jalan Jalan Journal – Animator, musician – Letters from the Wasteland – Weird action stories – Mostly Fiction – Thread– Chasing the Bright Side – Non-fiction, humorous fiction – Bent Eye – Fiction, poetry, photographs – Zuko’s Musings – Personal essays, non-fiction (dhw) – Magical Manifestations Productions (dhw)– Writing in BloodInk – Reader, writer (serials), reluctant accountant (new subbie) (100% human created, no AI)
– Bottled Embers (dhw) – JENOVIA'S WEB – Jerry’s Substack – All things spooky – Monster of the Week (dhw) – Jessica’s Substack (seen on ) – Humans Leading – Non-fiction – The Cat's Cradle: Stories & More – Writing Wrongs (dhw) – Jim Melvin’s Realms of Fantasy (dhw) – The Conservative Historian – writer of essays on life, book reviews – Jimmy Doom's Roulette Weal – Jo-Ann Carson's Substack – Harshbarger Mills by Joan Spilman – Jodie Beckford (dhw) – Joel's Creative Garden – Strange New Worlds – Sci-fi, horror, humor/satire (dhw) – The Modern Alchemist – Non-fiction (dhw) – Written Ward – Jon Cronshaw - fantasy and speculative fiction author – Substack von jonasT (in German) – Crann na beatha (dhw, uses AI images) – The Tidewater Papers – Science fiction (seen on @The Library) – Josh Tatter Has Thoughts – Singular Dream – Scifi – The Storyteller’s Corner – Joy’s Substack – Joyce's Place (dhw) – Dispatches from Bohemian Splendor (dhw) – Julie’s Substack – The Water Is So Wide – Serialized fiction (posts every other Friday) – Stay Grounded (dhw) – Cactus Flowers – Having Written with K.M. Bennett – K.M.'s Substack – Sci-fi, fantasy, "wonder" – A Writing Journey | Kaci Rigney – Writer, singer, poet – With Love From My Kitchen Table – Damsel in the Library (dhw) – Kait's Writing Lair – Kaleb’s Substack – The Lost Arbor – Karen's Substack – Karen's Substack – Worlds of FabianSpace – Karun's Substack – Story Notes – Weekly newsletter about writing – The Fantastic and Mundane Chronicles of a Fantasy Writer – Motley Stories – Encourages people to write their memoirs (dhw) – Notes from the Edge – Fantasy – Create Me Free – Non-fiction – Mommy’s Writing a Novel – Queen of Oversharing (dhw) – News Sidequest – Hayden Academy Collective (HAC) Studios: Backstage – Characters on Call (dhw) – Spirit Seeds – Historical fiction novel in progress – Tomorrow The World (dhw) – Echoes From the Well (dhw) – Vindicators (dhw) – Notes from the End of Time with Kenaz Filan – Cybersecurity, sci-fi novelist – Planet Hy Man and Beyond, Getting Through The Day With Comedy – Sci-fi comedy, contemporary comedy – Kevin Carver – Sci-fi, horror, fantasy (debut novel coming soon) – Psychophysical (dhw) – Tales from the Bazaar (dhw) – Essays, poetry – Tales From The Infinitum (dhw) – Kim Bock Books' Substack – Fantasy, YA Cozy Witchy – Cosmic Kudos (dhw) – Substack von King (in German) – Down the Rabbit Hole – Tap Water Sommelier (dhw) – Koshmarov’s Substack – Kristin's Tips and Musings (dhw) – Worlds of Kummer Wolfe ("Oh, by Crom is it human written…") – Time Stands Still – Mystery, steampunk, romance, historical fiction – The Trials of Astra – Fantasy – LucTalks – Lambert Cartoons – Humor (cartoons, text) (seen on ) – Lark's Letters – Glass Half Full – Laura R. Hepworth - Bookwyrms – Fantasy, a little sci-fi, some non-fiction (dhw) – Cobwebs and Candles – The Salty Witch – Health and wellness (dhw, actually supernaturally written) – Long Ago & Far Away– Autumn Lives Here (100% human created, no AI)
– Leah's Writing Journal – Fantasy novel coming soon– My Bradbury Year (100% human created, no AI)
– Fisherman Tales – Stories (some funny, some serious, some true) (dhw) – Station 101 – Halcyon Horror (dhw) – Leland Myrick’s Author Substack – Writer, illustrator (dhw) – Leona Marie Writes – Paper Knife – Shimmers of Being (dhw) – The 100k Novelist – Podcast of fictional stories, blog about author (dhw) – The Library of Celaeno (dhw) – Lilyput’s Substack – Grace & Space – Artistic Mystic Soul – Notes from a Poet – Mechanical Pulp – Short stories, poetry, SFF-leaning mostly, other genres; 2 books out, another coming, completed serial – Every Day is Halloween – The Palace of Night – The Lizzy Co Show (dhw) – Sessions with Dr. Botgore – Psychological horror/horror fiction (dhw) – The Wanderer – Sci-fi – Fiction for the Cosmically Disturbed – Kaos Kronicles – Fantasy, sci-fi stories and novels, 2 children's books – Luke Burgis Newsletter (dhw) – luke harold’s substack– The Môrdreigiau Chronicles – Historical romantasy (100% human created, no AI)
– Just Enough to Get Me in Trouble (dhw) – Poison Ivy House – Lynne Golodner’s Rebel Author Newsletter (seen on ) – Author of 10 bestsellers – Writer, swordsman, narrative designer– World of Warfield – Epic fantasy (100% human created, no AI)
– Graphomania with M.P. Fitzgerald – Darkly humorous sci-fi & horror (100% human created, no AI)
– Radio Cosmos (dhw) – Cosmographia (dhw) – The Midwest Creative – Macy Sees The World – Aryan Intergalactic – Literary fiction – SamuraiPunk– The Vaporous Realms (100% human created, no AI)
– Short, flash, experimental fiction – Ink & Inspiration: From Book Lover to Book Editor – Non-fiction (new subbie) – knightsofautumncrown – The Magic Lantern – TOO TALL TALES, more – Middle Grade Reading - 8-12+ yrs old – Raw, emotive poetry – Dream Big – Mother of 3 children and writing a novel (contemporary/women's fiction) (dhw)– Poetry (100% human created, no AI)
Marian L. Thorpe –
(dhw) – The Literary Ladies' Tearoom – Sapphic Pages – Sapphic psychological thrillers – Marisa’s Substack – How About This (dhw)Mark Jarrett – (100% human created, no AI)
– Mark Starlin Writes! – The Pen and Sword Journal – The Roll Top Desk – Mysteries, essays about writing (dhw)– Fantasy (100% human created, no AI)
– Wannabe Vampire – Women, Fiction and What Comes Next – Fiction – Luxamanastria – The Inciting Incident with Mata Haggis-Burridge (dhw) – Matrixbearer’s Substack – Doodle Bin – Matt's Substack – Blue Bird Fiction – Katt’s Arrow – Targeted Nightmares – The Rewrite Newsletter – Matthew R. Bowns – Fiction – Siddell – Authorstrator – Writing & drawing for YA audiences (dhw) – Surviving with Panache – Memoir (dhw) – Mythscape – High fantasy (mythical heroes, epic adventure) – Mil y una historias – Meredith’s Substack (seen on ) – Mystery, thriller (dhw) – The Night Writer – Thrillers (dhw) – AroundSciFi - Read - Imagine - Discover (dhw)– Writings And Reflections – Essays about writing (100% human created, no AI)
– Story Time with Michael Kingswood – Chiapas Missions – Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing – The Shrewd Artist by Michael Newberry – Michael Persin’s Thunderous Fantasies – The 60-Second Story – Suspenseful, ironic flash fiction & short stories – The Vigne Intervention – Existential technology writings – Life Crumbs (dhw) – Soft Contacts with the Wonders of the World: Travel Memoirs – THE FICTION DEALER – Does writing prompts – A Shadow of Yew (dhw) – Mike Schuhler’s No Strings Attached – Writer, storyteller, bookseller – Mike Schuster – Comedy, self-improvement, etc. – Midlife Man – Short stories – Writings of Milton Lane – Spread Love, Only Love – Contemporary romance, children's books– Attention Span Labs – Sci-fi (and some really rocking art by ArtAnon and his wife Shell Presto) (100% human created, no AI)
– Miri and the Muse – Steamy paranormal romance with fantasy/adventure – Poetry (dhw) – The Deer Run Hollow Files – the bean nighe's washing machine – Horror, high strangeness (mostly Scottish) – Millennial Monica (seen on ) – The Futureness (dhw)– On Behalf of the Void, The Evil Plot (serialized superhero satire) (100% human created, no AI)
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Keep writing! The readers are out there, anxiously waiting.
Please check out my author website. And thanks for reading.
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Thanks for reading. Please check out my four books (so far) from Wordwooze Publishing:
The Greeting Card Girl’s Christmas – a sweet romance novel for the holiday season.
Wind Down the Chimney and Other Eerie Tales – my first book of eerie short stories (ebook, paperback, audio).
The Stardust Alliance and More – my second book of eerie stories with a touch of Sci-Fi (ebook, paperback, audio).
The Wiccan Tales – a novel and a real Halloween treat.
(All human written. I even designed the covers.)
See them all here:
Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Apple Books | Kobo | Thalia (German) ebook & print | Smashwords | Angus & Robertson: | Mondadori (Italian) | Vivlio (French/English) | Fable
Why am I never on these lists?
As always, thanks for the mention. Much appreciated. - Jim