The best Fantasy newsletters

A weekly newsletter publishing one original science fiction or fantasy short story per issue, with a brief editors' note introducing each author. Readers get fiction from established genre writers such as James Morrow, E.C. Myers, Emma Osborne and Mur Lafferty.

A weekly newsletter revisiting classic and contemporary fantasy through archival interviews, art showcases, and fantasy news roundups. Readers get illustrated deep dives into authors, artists, gamebooks, and old-school fantasy culture.

hothead is a speculative fiction and gaming magazine that mixes long-form features, reportage and interviews on subjects like medieval armored combat, LAN party culture and tabletop wargaming. Its issues read as reported, personal essays with a distinct voice.

Dream Theory Media publishes serialized and standalone speculative fiction, including short stories and installments of ongoing series, and is branching into print and eBook novellas. Readers get original narrative fiction plus news about the publisher's upcoming releases.

A personal newsletter by Andrew Liptak covering science fiction, reading, and the future, with recurring monthly book roundups and news items about sci-fi adaptations and publishing. Readers get curated picks of new books and context on franchises and crowdfunding projects.

Austin Walker's newsletter mixes personal updates with criticism of indie games, such as his thoughts on the Umurangi Generation makers' Penguin Colony. It also tracks the Kickstarter and design process behind his tabletop RPG Realis.

A serialised fantasy-mystery webfiction site featuring The Case Files of Sheridan Bell and Fractured Magic, with recent chapters following a private detective in the city of Tamarley. Readers get ongoing story chapters with occasional author notes about the release schedule.

Lucas Schiavini writes a personal newsletter about reclaiming a less performative, more analog relationship with the internet, including his Analog Reader project that bundles feeds into a fixed-length printed-style digest. Issues also include thoughtful, candid book reviews of sci-fi and fantasy titles such as Dune and Dunsany.

Wannabe Press is a weekly serialized portal fantasy novel, currently in its Time chapters, following Lizzie as she returns home to protect a child from demons and confronts her prophesied destiny. Readers get episodic adventure set in a mythological underworld, written for fans of rebellious, pop-culture-savvy fiction.

A Tolkien fan newsletter mixing humor and lore from The Lord of the Rings with personal updates, giveaways and Middle-earth news. Readers get light-hearted fandom content and an optional paid community called the Extended Edition.

Dax Murray's newsletter announces new releases from the author's sapphic fantasy catalogue, including the urban fantasy novella A Bargain More Fair Than Love or War, and shares curated recommendations of sapphic books written by human authors. Readers get release news, early access, and monthly book lists with a strong push to buy.

A fantasy and sci-fi author's newsletter promoting her novels and book tours, with excerpts that are mostly blurbs, launch links and reviews. Readers get updates on new releases and sword-and-sorcery queer fantasy previews.