Substack Books

Books written by my favorite Substackers

Jan 04, 2026

If any author tagged would like to make a correction to what I have here, please let me know!

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From my already-read list!

Asteria Geisterblum - Everyone Vanishes Eventually: Collection of short stories with quiet magic that sit with you long after finishing (warning: some of them are VERY sad)

LM Sypher - The Serpent’s Rise: Middle grade / YA urban fantasy where mesoamerican mythology is real and thirteen year old Jorden finds himself in the middle of a magical power struggle in the middle of Los Angeles

Luna Asli Kolcu - The Hospitality: Horror novella about house guests no one can remember once they’ve left.

Dylan Bosworth - Fruiting Bodies: Horror novella set in a religious camp for teenagers. None of the counselors make it out alive..

Stephen Duffy - Fragile Steps: Revenge sci-fi thriller about a young girl who is hit by a car and loses feeling in her legs.

Pablo Báez - To the Moon, Darkly: Collection of slightly disturbing short literary fiction with a common thread.

Ian Patterson - Transference, Transcendence, Transition: Dystopian scifi that gives me Red Rising, Hunger Games, and Man in the High Castle vibes. Transition is a stand alone novella prequel - you don’t need to read the rest of the series to jump right in!

Strung Out on Plenitudes (Bobby Goldner) - Strung Out on Plenitudes: Literary fiction that explores grief with humor

S.E. Reid - Imp: Horror/thriller novella where a writer attends an artist retreat in the PNW mountains and finds only one other guest…

I.L. Williams - The Goodest Boy: Collection of short stories about the best doggos

Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator - The Narrator’s Collection: Collection of her best short stories, of course featuring our favorite void demon

Novaheart - The Crown of Ashes and Blood I and II: YA scifi set in a world where lizard people rule and humans are their slaves

Bill Cusano (Nonprofit Author) - The Old Cranberry Ladies Garden Club book 1: A two hundred years old murder mystery, scheming geriatrics, and ghosts! What more could you want?

Four Tulips - Fantastic Mischief (featuring a story by Sean Nordquist): Collection of short stories with a fantastical element.

Gabriel O. Maestas - The Healing Pool - Mother and daughter roadtrip up the mountains of New Mexico

Matt DiGeronimo - Actualization - Nonfiction on the power of self actualization