A Substack run under Joyce Carol Oates's name, edited by Robert Douglas Friedman, featuring essays, reprinted stories, interviews and writing-life reflections. Issues in the sample include a promotional interview about a debut mystery novel, a reprinted noir essay and a reprinted short story.

A personal blog and newsletter where the writer reviews books about books, from Penguin design histories to mystery-fiction reference guides and slim collecting essays. It also covers the craft of bookmaking and building a small home library.

A fan-run rewatch newsletter that works through Veronica Mars episode by episode, with synopses, detailed discussion and occasional interviews with fellow fans. Readers get close reading of plot, characters and show history, framed by the writer's enthusiastic, personal voice.

A reader-reviewer named Brighton Nelson posts ranked and critical reviews of books, mostly fantasy and YA-adjacent novels by authors such as R.F. Kuang, Xiran Jay Zhao and Marissa Meyer. Each issue gives a personal, opinionated take on a single book, weighing its strengths and missed opportunities.