The best Science Fiction newsletters

Pop-culture writer Maureen Ryan shares personal essays on television, covering characters, TV history, and her Battlestar Galactica book in progress. The newsletter offers reflective, reported criticism and recovered past work from a long-time TV critic.

A personal literary newsletter featuring close readings of science fiction short stories by writers such as Le Guin, Russ and Tiptree, alongside book reviews and occasional observations. Readers get discursive, spoiler-heavy criticism and updates on the author's published writing.

Radio Free Tomorrow is a serialized space opera set across the diaspora of human settlements, following a long-running chapter sequence in which a Jovian trade hub is attacked by unidentified armed boarders and political structures in other star systems strain under a mutual-aid treaty. It also includes occasional opinion pieces on the world, and readers get gripping narrative with careful worldbuilding around dates, politics and interstellar governance.

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.

Essays and updates exploring how people can live humanely amid rapid technological change, especially AI, with a mix of speculative scenarios, historical analogies and fine art. It also covers news and interviews around the author's dystopian novel The Last Upheaval.

Worldbuilding notes for the Eldraeverse, a far-future setting about a space-faring elven civilization, covering colonies, ships, slang and culture. Issues mix lore write-ups, glossary entries and illustrations, including crossover shardverse versions of canon material.

Sketching Details is a weekly-style collection of genre criticism covering horror, science fiction and fantasy, with a #31Days series reviewing films, novels and games. Readers get analytical reviews that explain setup, style and pacing while weighing what works and what does not.

Serialized erotic science fiction following a queer cast through Europa University: Admissions, with themes of kink and polyamory set from Jupiter-lit streets to subsurface ocean depths. Each issue pairs chapter excerpts or teasers with author updates on the publishing schedule and recommendations for similar adult fiction.

American Abyss is a serialized oral-history fiction set in the fictional Palmyra Exclusion Zone, delivered as found documents such as public-health notices, audio transcripts and sales pamphlets. Each issue adds a fragment of a mystery involving a contagious sleep disorder, a corporation's hidden role and unexplained organisms.

FUKKT publishes dystopian speculative fiction presented as recovered cultural artifacts, including serialized stories, audio pieces and satirical in-world merchandise. Readers get atmospheric, darkly satirical short fiction about technology, perception, collapse and authoritarian social systems.

A serialized science fiction webnovel following Flechette, a young ARC pilot who inherits the encrypted personal drive of her dead partner Tang in a militarized future. Each issue mixes lyrical prose with terminal logs, archival fragments and political undercurrents.

Absurdist fiction serialised as short queer stories, mixing dry deadpan humour with dystopian and everyday scenarios. Readers get surreal, bruisingly funny takes on identity, belonging and bureaucracy.

Personal writing blog and newsletter by Seán Padraic Birnie, mixing reposted short fiction, reflections on illness, work and current events, and notes on his publications. Readers get literary short stories alongside candid, reflective essays on everyday life.

Endria Isa Richardson shares semi-regular personal reflections on reading, writing and life alongside recommendations of books and author news. Issues are discursive and stylised, mixing close readings of novels with digressions on fatigue, politics and pop culture.

A science-based newsletter that uses popular fiction, games and TV as entry points to explain the real science behind them, such as Gaia theory in SimEarth, quantum multiverse ideas in Star Trek, and speculative biology in Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach novels. Readers get accessible explanations grounded in interviews with scientists and the author's own expertise.

A daily flash fiction newsletter delivering 100-word short stories across genres such as sci-fi, fantasy, horror, comedy and thriller. The project ran for a full year and ended with a thank-you note promising more stories and films.

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.

A personal essay newsletter mixing reflective pieces on adaptation and change with long-form series such as an 'Atlas of Unfulfilled Warnings' on AI, robots and suspicion of machine-written text. Readers get short, thoughtful essays that connect science fiction and Warhammer lore to everyday life.

A reader-written blog-style newsletter where the author posts short, personal book reviews as they finish reading, currently working through William Gibson's Bridge trilogy. Each issue gives a plot summary and a casual critical take on the novel's structure and characters.

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.

An author's Substack that serialises chapters of a humorous paranormal urban fantasy series set in Savannah, alongside occasional pieces on science fiction and C.S. Lewis. Readers get free fiction in weekly installments plus the author's panels and reviews tied to faith and fantasy.

A serialized science fiction blog publishing short fiction installments set in a shared space universe, each headed by a dated captain's log and following different characters across sectors. Readers get story chapters with dialogue-driven scenes, mystery and light humor.

Ann Cudworth Writes delivers an ongoing serialized speculative fiction story, The Tapestry, split into parts, along with other short fiction. Each issue continues a plot involving a monastery, temporal magic and characters trying to change fate.

Nicholas J. Collins shares literary fantasy fiction, such as serialized prologues, alongside posts on software development, indie web projects like the slowclap applause platform, and privacy-respecting design. Readers get a mix of creative writing and thoughtful product rationale from a developer-author.

A multi-author blog offering reviews and essays on films, games and literature, including cult cinema, vintage science fiction and genre movies. Posts mix critical analysis with personal, stylised voice and cultural context.

A quirky, whimsical serial that mixes deadpan astronomy trivia about the nebula M76 with a comic science-fiction plot about lost travellers and alien robots. Readers get playful, digressive prose rather than news or practical guidance.

A personal newsletter exploring how AI and technology are changing human relationships, grief, perception and fear, often through the lens of books, film and TV. Readers get reflective essays that tie science fiction examples to current AI products and debates.

An archive documenting the history of Doctor Who, with entries on individual novels covering their commissioning, authorship, editorial background and plot. Issues combine production history with quotes and some critical commentary on the Virgin New Adventures range.

A newsletter of personal movie and TV reviews that focus on strong female characters, covering both new releases and throwback favorites. Each issue offers a single in-depth review with plot context, character analysis and the author's personal take.

Planet M is a storytelling studio that shares updates on its science fiction audio, its game EOS10: Anomaly, and its first documentary, Section 14, about the forced removal of Black and Latino families from Palm Springs. Issues mix production news and fundraising appeals with in-universe fiction, serialized as transmissions from the EOS10 station.

A personal site publishing serialized science fiction fiction, with chapters of an ongoing story called Legion Candidate, alongside media analysis and opinion pieces. Readers get character-driven space-opera prose with a gritty, profane voice.

Psychic Drool is a personal blog-style newsletter of long, conversational essays on science fiction novels and horror films, such as Midsommar, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and Roadside Picnic. Readers get the writer's close readings, theories about endings and arguments about how adaptations miss what made the originals special.

Nat Eliason's newsletter mixes announcements for his sci-fi novella The Birth of Paradise with longer personal essays on fiction craft, storytelling structure, and the writing process. Readers get updates on his books alongside thoughtful breakdowns of why stories like Frozen work or fail.

A weekly serialized science fiction thriller about AI manipulation, a political takeover and cryptocurrency hype, told through recurring characters such as a tea house owner, podcasters and a policy analyst. Each episode continues the story with recaps of earlier parts, and the author states that all technology is fictional and not investment advice.

Nearly Far is a personal blog where an economist with two decades of experience and five years of teaching critiques how introductory economics shapes thinking about trade, morals, jobs and AI. It also explores machine consciousness, AGI and speculative fiction about artificial minds.

A personal blog of musings on old-school and new-school roleplaying games, exploring how a reader's own pop-culture influences shape play. Recent posts cover Appendix N, old MMOs as OSR inspiration, and the author's hyperfixation on Classic Traveller.

A serialized Spanish-language novel by John Freddy Vega, published chapter by chapter, set in a post-nuclear world of geopolitical intrigue and tech-driven schemes. Readers get fast-paced fiction following the protagonist F through conspiracies involving China, the US and covert operations.

Ryan Williamson's newsletter mixes announcements and reader reviews for his speculative fiction novels, such as The Stygian Blades and Doors to the Stars, with occasional essays on writing craft. Readers get news about new releases along with thoughtful analysis of story structure.

Essays that connect current news, such as AI-faked evidence, niobium mining and Amazon blocking AI shopping agents, to science fiction, theology and conspiracy-tinged speculation. Readers get narrative-driven commentary on technology, simulation theory and faith, plus some business strategy musings.

A personal newsletter from author Ryan Southwick covering his science fiction writing progress, book releases in The Z-Tech Chronicles series, and side projects like solar-monitoring apps and watch faces. Each issue pairs household and career updates with a short feature essay on genre topics such as unintentional prophecy in science fiction or an interview with a character about AI.

A personal book review newsletter covering fantasy, sci-fi, horror and historical fiction. Each issue gives a spoiler-free premise and the reviewer's subjective take, with comparisons to other books, shows and films.

A serialized fiction newsletter following Oscar, a man who buys an experimental AI companion named Amber, with episodes delivered in seasons plus weekly author updates. Readers get story episodes, behind-the-scenes notes on the photography, video and production, and calls for feedback on upcoming storylines.

A personal newsletter from Tristan Mazurek, the Part Time Sasquatch, mixing philosophical essays on dignity and authoritarianism with prose fragments and science-fiction worldbuilding about xenobiology and human colonization across the Orion Arm. Readers get earnest political reflection alongside an evolving speculative fiction project.

A newsletter from the Wardrome space strategy game that publishes lore chapters about its factions, announcements of original soundtrack tracks, and updates on the browser game's relaunch. Readers get in-universe science fiction storytelling alongside promotional links to play the game.

A personal site where the author shares projects: an AI-assisted short video set in Iain M. Banks' Culture with detailed production notes, a home CO2 graph, and a tool for searching iMessage history. The writing is brief and project-focused, with links to fuller write-ups elsewhere.

A monthly personal newsletter from author Nathan Lee Green covering his travels, family outings, writing progress, and reflections on publishing and books. It reads as a casual, diary-like account with occasional observations on self-publishing and his own novels.

Personal updates from speculative fiction writer Katharine (Kate) Tyndall, covering new short stories, a workshop in Berlin, a gallery collaboration, and must-read recognitions in Locus and Reactor. Readers get news about her publications and events rather than in-depth essays.

A weekly serialized science fiction story published chapter by chapter, currently in a storyline called The Escape. It also shares worldbuilding extras, such as the rank structure and duties aboard the fictional ASTRA ship.

Joseph W. Pitha shares serialized science fiction chapters and candid updates on his decision to publish his manuscripts on Royal Road and Tumblr rather than chase marketing. Readers get new installments of his space stories along with an honest look at a hobbyist author's approach to publishing.

A Melbourne science fiction and horror writer's personal newsletter covering his writing career, book releases, and reflections on technology and internet culture. Readers get updates on his speaking and small press work, plus essays on digital life and why he has stepped back from writing about AI.