How to Find More Authors and Writers Online
Stimulate your writing senses with several more authors and writers who like myself are independently published.
Who is Publishing Online Now
Try independent authors’ own sites and Substack newsletters — many indie writers publish short horror often with magical‑realist agendas. Examples from recent search results:
Unsafe Spaces (Substack) — a Substack publishing short horror pieces and micro fiction
Nocturnal Narrator (Substack) — short/serialized dark fiction from an independent writer
E. V. Ortolan (Substack) — author Substack with original short horror stories
Patricia Flaherty Pagan — author site with eerie short tales that blend horror and magical‑realist elements
Jennifer James, Author — author website where the writer publishes short fiction in horror and magical realism
Look for Inspiration from Other Writers Like Yourself
Meet people who have shared literary interests or whom may become your greatest writing competition in the future. There are so many people who write for so many reasons. You are one of them!Gain Inspiration Online
Where to look next:
Search Substack for horror writers and preview free posts as many indie authors host short fiction there.
Visit uniquely creative author projects, such as Ruby Granger as Agatha Armitage at the Pluviophile Papers, for free stories and links to collections or illustrations by writers.
Check small independent presses, such as Tiny Worlds Publishing, and literary micro‑presses that publish single‑author collections and flash fiction.
Discover New Writing Techniques
You can read dark fantasy and horror by writers who also work in editing and content creation in a few reliable places:
Substack — independent dark-fantasy/horror writers publish serialized stories, essays, and newsletters there, such as Hushmarrow Press
Patreon — authors publish short fiction and subscriber-only pieces while supporting their creative work
Author websites and personal blogs — many writer–editors host their fiction directly on their own sites, for example, M. Dylan Blair
Professional/editor profiles and marketplaces — sites like Reedsy surface editors who also publish or link to their fiction, which is useful if you want a writer with explicit editing experience
Individual editor–author sites — established editor-writers like Marie O’Regan often list and sell their fiction and edited anthologies on their own sites
Even More Writers and Authors
Additional authors who publicly post progress updates and short excerpts from work-in-progress on their author blogs. Learn from a shared author and publisher site that posts regular writing updates and excerpts from epic novels. Or discover upcoming grimdark tales, which is a newer sub-genre of speculative fiction that focuses on dystopia and graphic violence with anti-heroic characters in a bleak landscape
Helen Lowe — novelist who publishes work-in-progress updates for her epic fantasy series on her site
Ruthie Clark — author who maintains an Updates page with writing progress notes, plus reading excerpts and reader bonuses
Emily M. DeArdo — an author whose blog explicitly discusses posting excerpts and regular writing updates
Andy Zach — a writer who uses a book progress widget and posts status updates along with short excerpts on his blog
Keep Writing!
I am actively editing my first epic novel titled “In Deep” that is basically the Black Panther origin story that was stolen by MARVEL Comics. I know. It is a long, drawn out saga, and I am also sharing my updated edits here on my writing blog. This will include audience first-hands of actual parts of the novel that will be going to NYC next autumn with a fresh copy!
Best of luck Writer,
Miranda