Dirtbags Through the Ages

Regular dispatches and gossip about people from olde times, for fans of history’s messy bitches.

A geeky, cheeky, thrice-weekly digest of London's history.

the only substack that is about weird medieval guys :)

Books & book-adjacent topics, taking the long view, the writing life, and related resources. Posts every 4-6 days.

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Rebecca Makkai's Substack: mostly writing and books! but also Zillow, true crime, etymology, food, general inanity

Pop culture discussion, book and movie recommendations, and miscellany from a young crone

A quarterly newsletter reflecting on the changing seasons and celestial circumstances, including meditations on folklore and the history of magic, giveaway announcements, book recommendations, and updates on upcoming novels.

Just having some fun telling tales of witchy occult pagan history, plus inventive writing prompts, and artful, moody photography from Jose de los Reyes. Authored by Lindsay Merbaum, queer feminist horror writer and founder of Pick Your Potions.

Writing, art, and more from John Paul Brammer.

CRAFT TALK is a weekly newsletter about writing, creativity and productivity from author Jami Attenberg. This is also the home of #1000wordsofsummer, where, once a year, we write 1000 words a day together for two weeks straight. (In 2024 it begins 6/1!)

A newsletter about rejiggered classics, transmasculine underpinnings of the plucky heroine, and the failure-limits of graciousness, from table manners to family estrangement.