Substacks recommended by StoryLife

Recommended by StoryLife - Michelle McAfee

Weekly Nature Journal

By Kristin Link

Weekly installment about field Sketching, nature, and art from Kristin Link

Kristin is a fantastic nature artist based in Alaska.

- StoryLife - Michelle McAfee

In the Flash

By Dina Litovsky

Adventures in the unseen world of photography.

the micro mashup.

By Amie Mcgraham

weekly 100-word microstories about islands and road trips and writing. sometimes food will be involved.

The micro mashup is a lovely, quick, thoughtful diversion in a day filled with tasks, news, and stuff. The writing is heartfelt, and contains so much in so few words.

- StoryLife - Michelle McAfee

Fog Chaser

By Matt

A new original instrumental song every month from a Pacific Northwest-based musician and composer, along with visuals, poetry, and more.

I have a collection of Fog Chaser music that I write to. I look forward to this newsletter every month.

- StoryLife - Michelle McAfee

Mark Elliott - Words From The Hollow

What started as three-minute songs in Nashville publishing houses thirty-three years ago has given way to longer thoughts: essays, poems, short stories, and books.

Mark is a wonderful singer-songwriter, but dips into longer prose and poetry in this newsletter with a literary bent from Cub Creek Tennessee.

- StoryLife - Michelle McAfee

Your Local Epidemiologist

By Katelyn Jetelina

Providing a direct line of public health science to you

No-nonsense, incredibly valuable information, statistics, and research to keep us current on all things contagious.

- StoryLife - Michelle McAfee

Steady

By Dan Rather

Dan Rather's steady take on a complex and chaotic world.

Dan Rather and his team do more than report the news. Dan's perspective and masterful way with words delivers heartfelt and sometimes hard looks at current events. A MUST read in the inbox.

- StoryLife - Michelle McAfee

Jim's Shorts

By Jim Latham

short fiction delivered Wednesdays

Jim's stories are interesting, so well written, and tell so much with so few words. He's a wonderful writer with fantastic stories.

- StoryLife - Michelle McAfee

The Lunar Dispatch

By Will Dowd

Arriving on the night of the full moon, this monthly newsletter brings you the latest news and musings on our nearest celestial neighbor.

Will's writing is fresh, potent, and thoughtful, and The Lunar Dispatch regularly tugs my heartstrings and wakes up my brain wires.

- StoryLife - Michelle McAfee

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Heather Cox Richardson's Letters are thoroughly researched, impeccably written, and consistently shed light on the current events of our time through the lens of history. It's an incredibly useful and powerful way to stay informed.

- StoryLife - Michelle McAfee