Subscriber Writing Roundup
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Happy June, bookworms!
It’s the first Monday of the month which means it’s time for our monthly Subscriber Writing Roundup!
But, before we get stuck into links, last week we featured two great pieces here on BTMU:
Shirley Day’s heartwarming essay on the Magician’s Nephew
Julie Gabrielli’s brilliant short story, “Mr Jenson”
We’re also recommending three more brilliant substacks this week:
lindsey lamar’s Lindsey Writes Books — Curated to feel like you went on a wellness retreat with a mystery author. Included in your getaway: bite-sized reflections, illusive manors, refreshing free thinking, and an occasional murder.
Kameron Sanzo’s Electrotonic Letters — Delivering semi-regular letters and tidbits on the history of energy, from nineteenth-century thermodynamics to contemporary work culture and chronic illness.
Rolando Andrade’s Outside the therapy room — Rolando gives you accessible knowledge about complicated people, living in a small planet. Writes essays about emotions, thoughts and behaviors that make the World move, and short posts called "Inspirational Words".
Now onto the subscriber writing. What follows are 23 links to great pieces of writing from BTMU subscribers. From science fiction stories to whimsical poetry, from mind-bending explorations of art to the book of the century, there’s something for everyone.
Dive in!
An astronaut floats away from his ship. By Adam Nathan.
Zork (the) Hun is taking a penetrating look at the faces of our future.
Jerry comes to grips before Taking That Step. By James Ron.
Kevin LaTorre interviews game wardens and deer poachers; they're quite alike:
A strange relationship dynamics develops between a mother-and her son's girlfriend, at least in a mother's mind. By Chen Rafaeli.
Sheila Dembowski attempts to sum up the beautiful, exhausting, emotional and extraordinary experience known as motherhood...
A coffee snob (Justin S. Bailey) reflects on his time in Italy and the small yet profound ways travel changes us in 'The Subtle Ways Travel Changes Our Habits: A Brief Reminiscence on Italy from the Perspective of a Coffee Snob.'
In this whimsical poem, “There's a Bit of the Fool About Us,” Fig explores the many facets of foolishness and laments the consequences of that universal trait.
Hermann J. Diehl asks whether you value your wealth over your health and then tells us what that has to do with Red Lobster going out of business.
Konstantin Asimonov warmly writes about the movie 'Brazil' and offers an unexpected connection.
Rolando Andrade from Outside the Therapy Room, share a collection of the posts he writes dedicated to his loved ones
An overlooked factor in understanding the war between Hamas and Israel: What happens when we die. By Robin Reardon.
In this short essay Terry Freedman attempts to imagine what Hamlet would look like if it had been written by Luke Rhinehart ("The Dice Man").
Questions raised on pattern identification provide some interesting answers about our deeper selves…. By gillian jones.
Natalie McGlocklin names her book of the century in defense of her favorite plotline
Mikhail Skoptsov criticizes the discourses surrounding the Digital VFX of 'Furiosa' by debunking the widely held myth that its predecessor 'Mad Max Fury Road' has 90 percent practical FX.
June Girvin visits a strange little house and discovers an eighteenth century feminist.
A hike in the Black Forest on the trail of Hurricane Lothar reveals how disaster can be turned into a restoration story. By Zoe Carada.
Vanya Bagaev writes about naked Truth, art, recurring symbols, and proximate points on the historical helix.
Rebecca continues her journey in the Healingvrse using transcranial magnetic stimulation to heal pain (the first seven session laid bare).
A solo nomad inhabits her loneliness with help from The Bard - and a glass of Ginger's Revenge. By Anne Pellicciotto.
In which Julie Gabrielli and Thoreau consider our primal relationship with shelter, from the practical to the transcendent.
Amelia Schmidt revisits some of her early favorite WWII YA novels, and asks for recs for more:
That’s all folks!
Thanks for including me! It's the first time I'm submitting, glad to be in such a great company.
oh wow!
thank you for including me, for giving so many great links (already started on them), and not that it is interesting, but just to illustrate my own stupidity-it's only now that I've realized it can be any piece of writing..a poem, an essay...all this time, I thought somehow it has to be fiction..