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Recommended by Peter Johnson

my name is molly and I write fiction, essays, bad poetry, and maybe other things. come read the inner workings of someone who did not have a lot of friends in grade school.

Enfant Terrible

By Remy Bazerque

Spleens, sins, and dad-related exhaustings from an award-winning writer/director, currently avoiding work on a screenplay.

Intelligent comedy with just the right touch humility,

- Peter Johnson

The Feral Stack

By Summer Koester

Rewilding culture with humor & honesty + writing (witch)craft… from a cultural misfit dwelling at the intersection of arts & Alaskan wilderness

Simply put, one of the best sites I've come across. Intelligent, funny, and, more important, the woman can write.

- Peter Johnson

Pulp, Pipe, & Poetry

By Frank Theodat

The variety magazine to elevate your leisure hours. Fiction, verse, curation, opinion. Never the same, always quality.

THE NEIGHBORLY FLORIDA

By The Neighborly

The Neighborly Florida is a photojournalism and storytelling newsletter with an emphasis on human interest, arts and culture, nature, community interviews, and historical relevance. The Newsletter is FREE!

Good Humor

From the famous quote, “Arise good humor. Thou hast given me a joust of moral flavor.” Sir Wellington of Argyle, the discoverer of a heavy beef dish and a sock for golfers.

Philosoph-ease

By William Routhier

Big questions clearly discussed.

Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Buy my YA literary punk novel, THE CREW. Find me on Facebook. Author. Book editor. Thinker. Contrarian. Essays. Politics. Memoir. Book reviews. Fiction. No teams. No loyalties. Straight bourbon honesty.

Witty, authentic voice in these often inauthentic times.

- Peter Johnson

Rat Says

The silliest webcomic east of Eden

Just an intelligent minimalistic comic in three panels.

- Peter Johnson

Quiet Reading with Tara Penry

A weekly boost of confidence in humanity inspired by authors, stories, and language.

Intelligent and entertaining essays, which is hard to pull off.

- Peter Johnson

Poetic Outlaws

A place for the outlaws of poetry and the written word.

Sydney’s Newsletter

By Sydney Lea

short story re class consciousness

Just great poetry and common sense essay on literature and culture.

- Peter Johnson

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

Just about everything he writes is worth reading.

- Peter Johnson

Short Story

By palisatrium

Author Payout = $100 + 50% of subscription revenue. No Fee to Apply. Readers get one quality story a month and support artists with their contributions.

Great monthly contemporary short stories.

- Peter Johnson

One Word

By Taegan MacLean

Every word is a universe. Let's explore them together.

Brilliant idea and well executed.

- Peter Johnson

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

A terrific mix of all things young and old.

- Peter Johnson

Chuck Palahniuk's Plot Spoiler

Exclusive fiction too out-there for prime time, by the author of Fight Club. Writing lessons. Lurid back story.

Sherman Alexie

poems, short fiction, essays, opinion, audio, video

Always inventive and sometimes very funny. An authentic voice.

- Peter Johnson

Alphabet Soup

By Etgar Keret

Stories, poems, thoughts & more stories: the Alphabet Soup in my mind just keeps simmering.

He's a brilliant fiction and nonfiction writer. Always interesting and usually funny.

- Peter Johnson

Patti Smith

The reader is my notebook

What can I say?

- Peter Johnson

Meg Pokrass Microfiction Workshops

Meg's upcoming workshops posted here. Paid subscribers will be sent a curated micro story model/prompt per week with exercise, and can post their stories for the community to read (optional). Subscribers receive $10 off of all Meg's solo-taught workshops.

Great site for new and experienced writers who'd like some prompts. She's also a fine writer herself.

- Peter Johnson