Substacks recommended by Phillip Slater

Recommended by Phillip Slater

A sensitive over-thinker trying to figure himself out in real time. Writing, podcasts, nonsense.

A mad but sobering world of vegetables surviving the Anthropocene. Find out whether you are a wilting lettuce or more of an emotionally bruised tomato.

maddie rune

fiction, poetry, and personal reflections steeped in southern americana tenderness

Ashes & Alchemy

By Priya

For those who exist too much & feel too deeply. It’s where poetry & commentary collide to expose the ache and raw emotional truth of being human.

Rea’s Substack

By Rea de Miranda

I write about life and the storms we survive.

A inspiring place to be.

- Phillip Slater

Benthall Adventures — A Slow Travel Journal

By Kelly

A life designed by seasons: slow travel, reinvention, and the art of belonging.

Between Facts and Dreams

By Gabriela B.

Stories told in prose and verse

Unfettered Treacle

By Hieronymus Hawkes

Unfettered - adjective - released from physical or mental bonds; unrestrained Treacle - noun - contrived or unrestrained sentimentality Despite the name, mostly stuff about writing, the journey, the process and the whimsy, or lack there of, it entails.

Marcus Musick

Weekly satire and humor posts twice a week. Free to read, $5/month if you’re into bad decisions and decent writing.

Joint Custody

By Candy Downs

Essays about life, love, and living with my exes.

Candy is cool and funny. She’s also a great writer. This is all you need to know. Get subscribing.

- Phillip Slater

Ruth O'Reilly

Brenda - A Voice that Wonders

✍️ A Voice That Wonders explores the edges—of travel, identity, politics, and memory. Poetic, punchy, sometimes angry, always true.

#MyLifeAsMarsha

Aspiring writing at night, health policy and economics bod by day

Adhiyana Buddhism

By Nia Quinn🌿

The union of compassion and wisdom

The Train to Titsville

By Kate Dalby

Celebrate life's absurdities here in Titsville. Subscription is free until I win the Nobel Prize for Literature, after which you're all dead to me.

Cyn the Bougie Hippie

Existential spirals from the altar or the sobering up after party. 🖤

Writing {unfiltered} by Lynn J. Broderick

Memoir-driven stories & unfiltered reflections on life’s most ordinary, beautiful & ridiculous moments. All served with a twist of humor.

Snark Floats

By Jenifer Jorgenson

Snark Floats is what happens when a Gen X voice finally snaps. My fiction stabs, my essays prod, and my brain leaks gloriously into your eyeballs. It’s not always pretty, but it’s always real. And usually kinda fun.

Julia H

By Lia

Poetry for the Unquiet

By Cassian Delmare

Poems and stories that bend time, twist logic, and haunt softly. Cass Delmare writes for paradox-lovers and myth-breakers—blending surrealism, raw emotion, and lyrical precision into fiercely intimate, mind-bending experiments.

How to get your SHEET together

By Maggie Jon

Helpful tips to get your SHEET (Structure, Health, Environment, Emotions & Thoughts) together from an ADHD health coach. Warning: expect strange analogies, silly jokes and swearing.

Wildwood Writer

By Virginia

Welcome to the place where my bones speak first. This is my Substack, where I’ll be laying poems down like open wounds and strange prayers—some polished, some still bleeding. Purchase my poetry books through the link in bio.

FOR SALE: Baby Shoes. Good Shit!

By Jay Wilcox

Hello, all! I retrieve writing prompts from far-off lands where men fear to tread. My work has been featured in diverse locales, such as right here, in the substack you are currently looking at.

Triple Threat - Built On Consistency

By Fred Szkoda

Acting - Trading - Parenting — frameworks, stories, and tools to help you show up when most people quit.

Strung Out on Plenitudes

Acquired during a liminal period of provocative confusion, it is possible that this was all misreported.

gail smith reynolds

I am a writer and performer. I aspire to five minutes of stand-up. I play honky-tonk piano. I aspire to busk.

lamb to the slaughter

By em

blessed with a reckless stream of consciousness

Mindful Moments: Cultivating Inner Peace & Emotional Growth

By Grace Grossmann

Welcome to Mindful Moments, a weekly newsletter dedicated to the art of healing—where reflection and gratitude nurture emotional growth, cultivate inner stillness, and create space for mental clarity, courage, and confidence!

Abbey's Road

By Abbey Wade

I’ll probably write about trauma a lot. But humor is my favorite coping mechanism and I’m a little psychic, so we’re all gonna be ok.

Easy Weezy

Aspiring psychologist using synesthesia to explore human connection across disciplines. Founder of Easy Rococo Community (X & Discord).🛠️Building BookQuest, a gamified reading companion that makes reading active. In crypto since 2021.

Beira's Bothy

By Anomie

A substack celebrating all things literary, be it articles, essays, fiction or poetry. Let it all out. Let’s grow together

Might be the best writer on here, certainly the best new writer. People with this much talent aren’t always that supportive of others. She is.

- Phillip Slater

The Queens Addiction

By The Queen’s Addiction

Bipolar, ADHD, Addict... How I'm starting over with these diagnoses at almost 40

Inspiring, courageous and authentic.

- Phillip Slater

Breanna Mariposa

Hey! 🤗 ✨ Welcome to My Existential Diary. I am a queer🌈, autistic, nerdy scientist (B.S. in Astrophysics) 🤓 who sees the world in poetry📖 🖋️ I write about mental health, processing generational trauma, and learning self-love.

My First Lemonade Stand

Weekly ideas, stories & tools to raise the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Zoe Mazah

Hi, I’m Zoe Mazah – a musician. Diary-like stories from the road and behind my music. Poetry weaves through my songwriting – music first, words second. Feel at home here.

Observations In Time

By Bill Ferguson 🇨🇦

"In the beginning there is an end as in the end there is a beginning." My writings are observations on the human condition. Things people say and do. Questions about life and motivations. Often with endings that invite you to think.

Lovesick

By Klara

Welcome to lov3sick! This is my newsletter where you’ll find my deepest thoughts and memories — you get to read my diary 💌

JCM

By Josh Cion

Dispatches from the multiverse of Josh Cion.

T.B.Talks

By Tony Burkinshaw

Hi there. I’m a retired Harley St. Hypnotherapist, (and ex Chartered Financial Planner, Trainer, Coach & oddly, Brewer). Join my daily dive inside my head as I follow an unexpected journey chasing Enlightenment, Philosophy, Meditation & other mind stuff.

Amanda Writes, Etc

By Amanda Izzo

A home for all of my literary publications, manic writings, and 2AM thoughts.

The Southern Copywriter blog

By The Southern Copywriter on Substack

A mix of Personal Essays, Articles, and blog posts.

Moe_Ben

Here, I poke at tired business clichés and share whatever fresh angles I stumble on. No groundbreaking theories, just overlooked ideas. Not a guru with a blueprint, more like a friend holding up a mirror.

Mina Howell

The manifestation of the whispers of the void. Uncover secret knowledge within; knowledge that should be forbidden.

Charlotte Henley Babb Writes

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.

A Crow At The Beach Is Like A Seagull At A Funeral

By G. K. Allum

What If Poetry Could Change the Way You See the World? This is a space for reflection, healing, and growth. EXCLUSIVE newsletter directly to your inbox. Every Wednesday you will receive a new poem.

Alex Cosgrove

Poetry and prose that blur boundaries. Alex Cosgrove writes with grit, emotion, and purpose—from a garage workshop to your soul.

Liz

The Light Within

By Laura Catanzano

Remember your inner light and find your always accessible peace within. Your thoughts do not define you, and I'm here to share my journey and my poetry with you as you remember who you are. I hope you find some light here.

Just Love - Connecting humans in an authentic, loving way

By Jennifer Ellen Parker

A daily journey to surviving life with the least amount of bumps, bruises, or breakups!

Give this one a go. You won’t be disappointed.

- Phillip Slater

Anne Marie Coleman

Writer. Photographer. Listener of what goes unsaid. Whispers Within is an unfolding archive—language shaped by silence, self-reflection, and intimate light. Come slowly. Stay if it resonates.

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