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L. E. Mullin's avatar

There's a lot of interesting stuff and serious writing on this list, so it's kind of a surprise to find myself here. Thanks, man.

David Michael Swindle πŸͺ¬πŸŒ€πŸŸ¦ πŸ¦‰πŸ¦‰πŸ¦‰'s avatar

You’re welcome. I really enjoy your strip. Keep it up!

L. E. Mullin's avatar

Thank you! I'll try.

Chris Yogerst's avatar

Thanks for including me! Now I need to explore the list!

James Bloodworth's avatar

Appreciate the mention David.

David Michael Swindle πŸͺ¬πŸŒ€πŸŸ¦ πŸ¦‰πŸ¦‰πŸ¦‰'s avatar

You’re welcome, James. I appreciate your great writing and moral clarity.

Ehud Neor's avatar

Thanks for the menu, David, and thanks for including me. You should do this now and then. Maybe become an official Substack Curator.

Damian Penny's avatar

Thanks so much! I see a few other Substack newsletters in this list I may have check out for myself.

David Michael Swindle πŸͺ¬πŸŒ€πŸŸ¦ πŸ¦‰πŸ¦‰πŸ¦‰'s avatar

You’re so welcome! Thanks for your perspective. I hope some of these inspire you.

The Orpanage HQ / Tara's avatar

Thank you for doing the heavy lifting. Excited to explore some of these!

David Michael Swindle πŸͺ¬πŸŒ€πŸŸ¦ πŸ¦‰πŸ¦‰πŸ¦‰'s avatar

You’re welcome. Do let me know if you find any you especially end up enjoying. Have any favorites of your own to recommend?

The Orpanage HQ / Tara's avatar

Also small podcasts like mine. I was hoping to find more on here....but I imagine they are coming....

The Orpanage HQ / Tara's avatar

No I haven't but I will check it out!! Just found you. Haha

David Michael Swindle πŸͺ¬πŸŒ€πŸŸ¦ πŸ¦‰πŸ¦‰πŸ¦‰'s avatar

Thank you for your interest. Let me know if you have any questions. Here is a recent piece summarizing a lot of the themes we explore: https://www.godofthedesert.org/p/psychedelic-zionism-evolving-11-more

The Orpanage HQ / Tara's avatar

For fiction I just found the substack below…and I really enjoy Mitch Horowitz and Virgin Monk Boy…and I am finding a lot of smaller substacks I am enjoying but are still building more content…but Im excited from what I have found so far…I write both essays and fiction and honestly I am having a hard time finding fiction I love on here…I know its here somewhere haha…but it requires digging…..

https://substack.com/@becalder?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=61xnmu

David Michael Swindle πŸͺ¬πŸŒ€πŸŸ¦ πŸ¦‰πŸ¦‰πŸ¦‰'s avatar

I have yet to find much fiction on here that has grabbed my attention too. So we’re starting to do more fiction at our other substacks. Over at Heroes of the Desert we’ve started a series of character sketches for characters we’re considering using in some group stories. https://heroesofthedesert.substack.com/

I liked that Virgin Monk Boy initially but then I started to feel like their writing was all AI-written. In general, I tend not to get into anonymous writers.

The Orpanage HQ / Tara's avatar

I get that. And I have the same feeling about anonymity…when I first started here I didn't really think about it and just called it The Orphanage HQ…but then I got a message saying β€œDear Orphanage…and I thought no no no…that's not what I meant to do haha. It's a learning curve…

Marco Visconti's avatar

Thank you!