HeyJaredIndie Lit Journal
Indie Lit Journal publishes emerging indie writers in short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. A sister publication to Indie Lit Lounge.
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- Sep 27, 2026
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Volume 3 — September 2026 (opens the original)
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Volume 3 of Indie Lit Journal is here. It’s our quarterly home for fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction from independent writers who deserve to be read.Forty-three pages, eleven writers, and a few ghosts. Read it right here.Indie Lit Journal Vol 310.4MB ∙ PDF file<a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://indielitjournal.substack.com/api/v1/file/6a4fb47c-0aba-4946-
A small update from Indie Lit Journal (opens the original)
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Hey everyone,Just a quick note to let you know that Volume 3 is coming, just a little later than planned.I’ve been unwell recently and rather than rush the issue out and do a disservice to the incredible work our contributors have submitted, we’ve made the decision to push the release to the end of next week.Thank you for your patience and your continued support. We can’t wait to share what we’ve been putting together. Volume 3 is shaping up to be our best issue yet and it’s worth the wait.— Dak
Indie Lit Journal — Poetry Feature (opens the original)
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This week we’re sharing “Beams of Despair” by Katie Napier, featured in Volume 2 of Indie Lit Journal. The light lengthens Day in, Day out. The returning tide of the sun Linging more And more Each day. the moon gets lazierSleeping in for longer And longer (Why can’t I?)Under the cover of the moonThe beast within can be released.But when the moon sleeps in Claws siege my core Climbing up And up To splurge its evil inside
Indie Lit Journal — Poetry Feature (opens the original)
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This week we’re sharing “Mugdock Country Park” by Eilis Adair, featured in Volume 2 of Indie Lit Journal. Summers day and swelteringOur friends bustled into the backOf your old Skoda city goThat you loved enoughTo get tattooed on your leg. ItTrundles down the motorwayWe are dogs out the windowTongues lolling in the windHair cut short by your handsIn a bathroom sink barbers Where you told meTime and time againThat you did not know what you were doingLopsided on one si
Indie Lit Journal — Poetry Feature (opens the original)
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