Substacks recommended by Matt Bell | No Failure, Only Practice

Recommended by Matt Bell

Short Story, Long

By Aaron Burch

Longer short stories, published biweekly

Counter Craft

By Lincoln Michel

fiction craft, publishing demystification, weird books, other things

The March Xness Substack

By March Xness

My dudes, we're getting ready for the 2026 tournament.

A Word About...

By Benjamin Dreyer

Words. Words about words. Words about copyediting. The occasional cultural observation.

Stunning Sentences

By Nina Schuyler

Admiring, mooning over, loving, and learning to write stunning sentences

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