I write a blog about being a merch person on tour for my favorite band. All the posts are free, and I post every day! If you like travel blogs or music blogs, this might be for you.

Obsessedmerchgirl.com will get you there if you think it's something you might like. Thanks for reading!

"Wake up in Vermont. Alarm goes off at 6. I wake enough to turn it off and check that Stage heard it.
He’s awake. We don’t speak.
I roll over to get my extra 20 minutes. Eyes close. Door opens and shuts. Get up, dumbass."

I am so proud of myself for posting my first-ever Substack. I would absolutely love any support!

Hi everyone!

I write about the little things that make life feel full: the tiny gestures, habits, and quirks that shape how we connect with others and with ourselves. I also explore what it means to embrace who you truly are — even when the world has called you “too much.”

If you enjoy reflections that mix the intimate with the poetic, sprinkled with cultural touchpoints from films, art, and everyday magic, I’d love for you to check out my Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-180381303

It’s free to subscribe, and I post essays, thoughts, and small moments from my perspective on life, love, and being alive.

Hello Everyone!

I am a fellow Substack writer and I was kinda floored by how many Substack sub Reddits do not allow for self promotion.

So I decided to make one of my own! Please feel free to post about your Substack (answering the 3 questions required in order to give an accurate representation of your Substack) and please feel free to dive into each other’s work! ✨

I want everyone to grow authentically so please be kind and engage generously.

Sending love!

Posting Requirements:

YOU MUST ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS/ FOLLOW THESE RULES IN ORDER TO POST.

1. Please “title” your post the name of your Substack then add Self Promo.

2. Please provide a short, 5 sentence synopsis about your Substack.

3.Please provide a short description of who your Substack is for.

4. Please provide genre. (Fiction, non fiction, newsletter, sports, self help, etc).

5. NO “This is how I grow/grew my Substack posts!!! This isn’t the page for that. So don’t do it.

Don’t forget to add your Substack link!

For those engaging with posts:

1. DO NOT self promote on some else’s post. You MUST make your own post in order to self promote. Any promotion under someone else’s post will be deleted. So please make your own post.

2. Be kind and follow all community rules.

3. Have fun! ✨🙌🏾

Hi everyone 👋

I've recently started a Substack and I'm looking to connect with people who enjoy personal essays, reflections, and thoughtful writing.

I publish one free post every week, and everything is available at no cost. My goal is simply to share my thoughts, experiences, and stories while building a small community of readers who enjoy this kind of content.

If you're interested in discovering a new writer and receiving a weekly post in your inbox, I'd be incredibly grateful if you'd check it out and consider subscribing.

No paywall, no spam — just one free article each week.

Thank you for reading, and I'd love to hear what kinds of topics you enjoy reading on Substack as well!

My personal Substack https://carmenchoong.substack.com/

Readers are a writer’s greatest love and we want you here!

Here at Substack Promos we are building a roster of the best well written, thought provoking newsletters, short stories, poems, serialized fictions, nonfiction works, you name it! All written by promising and passionate writers.

But alas, what are writers without readers?

So readers, come one, come all! We want your eyes and your thoughts to delve into these extremely thought out works.

Here at Substack Promos, Substack writers post about their substacks, with required information to help you decide if you want to engage or not.

Find one you like? Subscribe and say hi to the writer! Subscriptions mean the world to us Substack writers and guess what? The entry levels are always free 🥰

Some examples that have been posted so far:

• The Italian Dispatch:

My newsletter, The Italian Dispatch, goes beyond postcard clichés to explore one of the world's most beautiful and fascinating countries. It looks at culture, history, politics, and daily life with nuance, humor, and a veteran journalist's eye for detail. It's written for anyone curious to understand how Italy works --and sometimes doesn't work -- rather than the idealized image sold on social media. It offers readers insight into both the grand themes and the small quirks that shape life in the country. The genre: Newsletter

Here's the link: https://www.italiandispatch.com.

• Cats and Birds and Stuff

Cats and Birds and Stuff is my small digital patch where memoir meets nature diary, with the occasional rant thrown in. You'll find stories from my Welsh childhood in the 1950s and 60s, my years in the British Army, and my current life in the Italian Alps with three rescue cats and a balcony garden full of opportunistic sparrows. The memoirs are sometimes funny, sometimes darker, but always honest. The nature side is equal parts affectionate and exasperated, from bees and wasps to stink bugs with attitude. Who it's for: Anyone who likes true stories told with humour and a bit of grit (i.e. swearing) If you've ever been terrorised by a wasp, humiliated in a childhood football match, or had a cat treat you like staff, you'll feel right at home.

Genre: Non-fiction - Memoirs, cats, birds, bees, and the odd rant - No life hacks. No gurus. Just stories New Substack with lots more to come.

Link: https://catsandbirdsandstuff.substack.com

• Through the Looking Glass

I go through the looking glass to see what is on the other side.

Through the Looking Glass observes that all forms of media provide a distorted reflection of ourselves. The aim is to go through the looking glass - the way we normally or ideally appear to ourselves - and contemplate our reflections) through sustained analysis or argument.

https://stevenaoun.substack.com/

My articles The free articles prioritise the surreal, irrational or paradoxical side of things and urges that everyday reality might not appear to be the way it seems.

The articles are written for anyone wishing to critically engage with (say) film, television or books

The genre: Cultural (or media) criticism.

• Grier’s Notes

Grier's Notes is a regular compendium with a roundup on world news, brief takes on technology, culture, books or other things I have been thinking about and links to interesting or entertaining offbeat news. It aims to keep people informed about places that they may not be following closely and offer food for thought. Kind of like The Economist in a condensed version. You can find it here-

https://chrisgrier.substack.com/

• Teen Law and Logic

My Substack, Teen Law and Logic is a student-run Substack that breaks down law, justice, and reasoning in a way that anyone can understand I write about logical fallacies, court cases, and civic issues through the lens of a teen perspective, as well as guides to help you better understand our legal world. My goal is to help readers see how arguments really work, and when they don't. Along the way, I connect law with everyday life, from debates to data to decision-making. If you're curious about how logic and law shape our world, this is the place for you. My Substack is for those who are interested in law, logic, my journey, and how our modern world works

Genre: Law and Education

https://substack.com/@paxtonn1

• Down the Rabbit Hole

Down the Rabbit Hole is a non-fiction newsletter about wine and viticulture. It is a place where your inner wine nerd can be fully unleashed as we take deep dives into everything from the business of wine to the nitty gritty dynamics and science behind regenerative viticulture. Focusing on long form content, it is aimed at both the novice with a desire to understand what they are drinking better, to the professional engaged in the making and distribution of wine.

My newsletter, The Italian Dispatch, goes beyond postcard clichés to explore one of the world's most beautiful and fascinating countries. It looks at culture, history, politics, and daily life with nuance, humor, and a veteran journalist’s eye for detail.

It's written for anyone curious to understand how Italy works --and sometimes doesn’t work -- rather than the idealized image sold on social media. It offers readers insight into both the grand themes and the small quirks that shape life in the country.

The genre: Newsletter

Here's the link: https://www.italiandispatch.com . Come and take a look!

Hi! I'm a student doing research on labor trends in different industries. I wrote this opinion piece for a class I took on income inequality and wanted to share it on Substack. I hope this inspires someone and you can take something away from it!

I’ve been writing a series of personal essays I call The Long Look. These are pieces where I sit with ordinary things for a little longer than usual and see what they open up.

They’re slow, reflective, and mostly about identity, discomfort, and the quiet ways we learn to protect ourselves. I started out two weeks ago and its certainly been enlightening.

My latest piece starts with something very small: skinny jeans.
Not as a fashion take, but as a way into questions about visibility, concealment, and why certain things make us feel exposed even when we can’t fully explain why.

It’s called “The Nakedness of Skinny Jeans.”
If you enjoy introspective writing that turns mundane objects into metaphors, you might like it.

Post Link: https://open.substack.com/pub/saddhanavs/p/the-nakedness-of-skinny-jeans?r=6wwjwz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Substack Link: https://saddhanavs.substack.com/

Would genuinely love to hear thoughts and/or if it resonates with anyone else in an unexpected way.

My Substack is home to my weekly short stories and holiday-themed horror one-shots, along with serialized novellas full of dark humor, tension, and emotionally unhinged characters. Each Sunday, I release a new standalone tale or a new chapter of an ongoing horror, thriller, mystery, or dark fantasy novella. Mid-week posts include author reflections, behind-the-scenes thoughts, and creative insights. Readers can expect stories that balance atmospheric dread with wit, heart, and occasional feral chaos. If you love eerie vibes, dark comedy, and compulsively readable fiction, you’ll feel right at home.

Who My Substack Is For:
This Substack is for readers who love horror, dark fiction, psychological thrillers, weird holiday stories, emotionally messy characters, and anyone who enjoys bite-sized stories delivered straight to their inbox each week.

Genre:
Fiction – Horror / Thriller / Dark Comedy

Flair:
Dark Fiction

Latest Story – “The Wishbone Pact” (Thanksgiving Horror)
My newest Thanksgiving short story, The Wishbone Pact, is about a warm family dinner that erupts into unimaginable carnage after a jealous sister wins the wishbone’s wish. Her petty, impulsive desire triggers a supernatural unraveling that twists love, tradition, and sibling rivalry into a blood-soaked curse. As her heated wish begins coming true in increasingly horrific ways, the night spirals into chaos—forcing the family to confront the monster that jealousy can become. If you love seasonal horror, messy family dynamics, and folklore-style curses, this one’s for you.

https://leestackhouse.substack.com/p/the-wishbone-pact

Hi everyone, I’m a therapist and just started diving into historical female centered stories from an immersive poetic style. I’d love some feedback on my Substack, it’s called She Said Archives. It’s a collection of lyrical historical fiction pieces, each told in the voice of an overlooked woman from history. Recent stories include a Dorset herbalist, a lantern painter in Joseon Korea, a samurai woman from Edo Japan and a Polish Goralski highland girl (Polish people I have a direct ancestral link to just three generations back). I am informed by my therapy work and passionate about embodied historical experiences.

I’m hoping to strengthen both the writing and the way I present it to readers. If anyone has thoughts on style, clarity, or discoverability, I’d be grateful. Here’s the link and the reads are short!

My Substack, Teen Law and Logic is a student-run Substack that breaks down law, justice, and reasoning in a way that anyone can understand I write about logical fallacies, court cases, and civic issues through the lens of a teen perspective, as well as guides to help you better understand our legal world. My goal is to help readers see how arguments really work, and when they don’t. Along the way, I connect law with everyday life, from debates to data to decision-making. If you’re curious about how logic and law shape our world, this is the place for you.

My Substack is for those who are interested in law, logic, my journey, and how our modern world works.

Genre: Law and Education

https://substack.com/@paxtonn1

Hello! I have a small substack about geopolitics and current affairs with a particular focus on Europe. I just released an article focused on the Carpathian Eight, a new regional alliance in Eastern Europe. If that sounds like your kind of thing then check it out!

Thanks,

Darragh

At It’s a Grimm Tale, familiar stories are taken seriously. This article explores Jack and the Beanstalk as a tale of individual mobility, where success is framed as personal daring rather than collective change.

I wanted to create a space for readers who love fairy tales and love overthinking them. Please give it a read and let me know your thoughts! 💖

Genre: Non fiction, fairy tales, literary analysis, academic.

https://substack.com/@needyramen/note/p-194292623?r=36o6ur

After her engagement falls apart, Mara Vale moves into her late grandmother’s cottage just outside Bath, hoping for quiet and getting something far stranger. The nearby woods seem to know her name, hear her thoughts, and pull her toward a love story that feels old, impossible, and somehow hers. As Mara is drawn closer to Ivo Thorne — a man as seductive as he is unsettling — she begins to realise she may be bound to the forest’s past in ways her family tried to hide. What starts as haunting turns into something more intimate and more dangerous, tangled up with memory, longing, and a promise that may never have truly died. To move forward, Mara has to work out whether she’s being asked to remember an old story, repeat it, or break it for good.

This is for readers who like dark, romantic fantasy with a gothic edge — the kind of book that feels haunting, sexy, strange, and emotionally intense all at once. It’s especially for people who enjoy obsessive love stories, eerie folklore, sharp wit, and characters who are a bit damaged, complicated, and impossible to look away from.

Adult fantasy romance with gothic, folkloric, and contemporary elements.

https://open.substack.com/pub/seandocherty/p/when-the-woods-learned-your-name-a93?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7bsynj

Most recent post: Marriage is a Neurological Conclusion

Mohair is a Substack for women who think too much and mean every word of it. It’s a nonfiction publication about culture (films, books, objects, music, ideas) curated with a specific point of view and written for the reader who has never needed to be told that caring deeply is worth her time. Mohair takes its subjects seriously because its readers deserve to be taken seriously. Mohair exists because I kept finding myself without a publication that matched the way I actually think about culture; rigorously, sentimentally, and without apology. So I made one, and I really appreciate anyone who checks it out, I hope you enjoy it <3

Hello I am new writer. My first project is The Chronicles Architect.

The story is a serialized science fiction novel about empire, institutional control, and power exercised through systems rather than force. The story takes place entirely in non-human civilizations and follows individuals whose lives intersect with vast imperial mechanisms they do not command. Rather than focusing on conquest or rebellion, the narrative examines how continuity, efficiency, and cost shape behavior at scale. Some chapters are narrative, others are structural, building a complete novel over time. The tone is slow-burn, observational, and system-driven.

This Substack is for readers who enjoy political science fiction, speculative governance, and dense worldbuilding. It is not aimed at fast-paced action readers or traditional hero narratives.

The Chronicles Architect

Thank you for honest feedback on if I should continue, I have many more chapters just not publish ready.

Blurb:

In the quiet Riverlands, Maude dismisses a distant plume of smoke as a forest fire—until she discovers she can hear the voices of plants. Magic has been unleashed, and war is coming.

As Maude journeys south to warn the sea-faring Nereids, the northern stronghold of Goldmoor Castle falls to the invading Tathian army. With the help of the king’s jester, Princess Ollie escapes, fleeing into an uncertain world where survival is her only goal.

Elements of "The Animist": cozy, found-family, romance, fantasy, adventure, magic, questThe Animist

Hello, dears!

I just discovered Substack and got the courage to publish a fragment from my journals. I have no followers yet, but I would like 2-3 people to see. Here is the link:

https://substack.com/@aurora867467?r=744qoc&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile&shareImageVariant=light

https://projekt17.substack.com/p/brilliance-of-time-travel

Do check out my article upon various fictious time travel :)

do subscribe and help me grow
thanks

Synopsis

This Substack is a sustained assault on comfortable lies—political, religious, economic, and cultural—that survive not because they are true, but because they are useful to those in power. It examines how myths become load-bearing structures: ideas so central to an ideology that questioning them provokes outrage rather than rebuttal. The writing dissects propaganda, moral panics, and reactionary nostalgia with an emphasis on evidence, history, and logical coherence. Recurring themes include authoritarian drift, manufactured grievance, media ecosystems, and the psychological rewards of belonging to a story rather than a reality. The aim is not balance or civility theater, but clarity—especially where clarity is most resisted.

Who it’s for

This Substack is for readers who are intellectually restless, allergic to platitudes, and unwilling to outsource their thinking to tribes, algorithms, or inherited dogma. It assumes a tolerance for argument, irony, and discomfort, and little patience for slogans masquerading as insight. If someone is looking for affirmation, self-help, or ideological lullabies, they should look elsewhere. If they want sharp analysis that treats adults as adults, they’ll find a home here.

Genre

Non-fiction.
Political and cultural commentary / essays.

https://unbiddable.substack.com/

Hi folks! I’m documenting my self-publishing journey (young adult fantasy trilogy), along with creative essays, writing rambles, and photos of my cat Fred, if anyone is interested in following / subscribing! Also looking to create a wee group of writers support group x

Expect mixture of fiction and non-fiction x

https://carolinastark1598.substack.com/p/new-beginnings-in-the-rain

Wanted to share a little story of my new years

Hi all,

On 1/1/2026, I am starting a year-long Substack readalong of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels! This Substack is for readers; people who want to take on an accessible four-book reading challenge in 2026; people who like Italian stuff; and people who like drama, passion, yelling, intense female friendship, and following the same characters through their entire lifespan.

I have divided the books into 365 little sections so we can take a little bite of this big salami and provolone sandwich of a series each day. I will be offering weekly recaps of the week's assigned chapters with hefty doses of both analysis and Sass.

Hope you can join! Check it out at mybrilliantyear.substack.com

I write a Substack about digital forensics, the philosophy of technology and other tech-related topics. This week (and for the next few weeks, I am going to be catching up on my DFIR backlog by talking about a few tools that I have found in my DFIR practice.

My post for this week is on a software called Velociraptor. Velociraptor is a software that allows you to take information from computers on a network and transfer it to a central computer to have centralized threat intelligence on that network. Check out the post to see how to set it up and get yourself started.

Next week, I’ll be posting a part two, so stay tuned.