Substacks recommended by Carolyn McBride 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

Recommended by Carolyn McBride 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

Bros Krynn’s Newsletter

By The Brothers Krynn

Made From What's Not Real

By David Perlmutter

The writings and musings of Canadian historian and speculative fiction writer David Perlmutter

David has a wild and creative imagination & he's a good person. Go check out his work!

- Carolyn McBride 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

Talebones ✨

By S.E. Reid

Home of the Ferris Island Tales! Short and serialized fiction from S.E. Reid: speculative stories with a spiritual, supernatural, or uncanny twist.

Jokien with Tolkien

By JRR Jokien

Jokien with Tolkien delivers regular laughs and lore from J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings." Upgrade to a paid subscription to join the Extended Edition, a community of Tolkien lovers going even deeper into the wonders of Middle-earth together!

From jest to insight to the simple beauty of his words, Josh always entertains!

- Carolyn McBride 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

Worlds of Kummer Wolfe

By CB "Kummer Wolfe" Ash

Hi! I’m CB “Kummer Wolfe” Ash. Here on “Worlds of Kummer Wolfe”, I write fantasy adventure, alternate history, dark fantasy all with a dash of science fantasy thrown in for fun! Interested in my books? Head on over to The Book Vault on the newsletter!

Kummer offers an escape with their imaginative and immersive worlds & stories. Perfect for when you want to get away, but stay in your PJ's!

- Carolyn McBride 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

Magic & Ink

By Stace Dumoski

Magic & Ink helps fantasy writers keep wonder on the page while building stories and worlds that actually work.

You need to read this for the inspiration, for the beauty and the knowledge. You'll feel better for reading it. Trust me.

- Carolyn McBride 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

It's about time

By Stefan Kamola

a series of reflections on calendars, clocks, astronomy, astrology, and in general how we engage with the passage of time.

The Library

By J. M. Elliott

Check out all the best indie books published right here on Substack

Cozy Quill Tales

By Tamsin G.

Cozy Quill Tales is where whimsy meets wonder, and magic hides in the folds of ordinary days. Here you’ll find cozy fantasy, adventures, silliness, and meaningful tales that invite you to slow down, laugh, or simply be entertained.

Step-by-Step Worldbuilding

By Angeline Trevena

Overwhelmed by fantasy worldbuilding? I give writers and gamers the tools to go beyond just 'cool ideas' and build deeper, smarter, story-ready worlds.

detect magic

By Dan

fantasy stories written with a touch of magic

Terrifically imaginative fiction!

- Carolyn McBride 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

themiddlepage

By Kelly

Kelly @themiddlepage Tolkien academia, thoughts on fantasy and medieval stories

This is THE newsletter & read-along to consume if you enjoy fantasy and its roots!

- Carolyn McBride 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

Chris Riddell

I am an author, illustrator and political cartoonist.

Norse Mythology & Germanic Lore

By J.G. Harker

A source-driven approach to examining Norse mythology and more broadly ancient Germanic religion and culture

Writing from Ithilien

By Robin

Tolkien scholarship (conferences, publishing, bibliographies!); addicted to discursive footnotes and exploring the fuzzy boundaries between analysis and reader response; childless cat lady (go Queen Berúthiel, and queer feminist, autist, atheist.

Insights and new ways of looking at Professor Tolkien's works.

- Carolyn McBride 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

Change The World With Words

By Karen Banes

Your writing can change the world. Find your voice, write with impact, and build a body of work you’re proud of.

It's informative, it's chill and I enjoy the overall vibe. You will too!

- Carolyn McBride 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

Skyforge News

By Haly

Skyforge is where writers learn the deep architecture of their worlds—the pressures and invisible forces that shape every story long before a character appears. This is upstream craft: structural, mythic, and uncompromising. Welcome to the forge.

Rediscovered Realms

By J.Q. Graziano

The weekly (3,000+ subscriber) Fantasy newsletter that reconnects you with heroic fantasy worlds of your favorite books, epic games, unearthed magazines, forgotten gamebooks, movies and enchanting art - old school & new. 👑

Always enjoyable fantasy content for readers, gamers and even the casual fantasy fan. DO NOT MISS

- Carolyn McBride 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

Worldbuilding Magazine

Updates on latest magazine issues.

Frances DeLisle: Tales from the Aether

Serialized fiction and short stories from a steampunk universe

THE FICTION DEALER

By The Fiction Dealer

Psst... wanna read a story?

An Enchanted Life

Recommended by Carolyn McBride 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦