Skip to content
HeyJared

The Fictional

Writer. Thinker. Linguist. Teacher. I write fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, thriller, and erotica. I write poetry, short stories, flash and serialized fiction and novels. I write because there are stories to be told, and I want to know how they end, too.

Newsletter · By SJStone · Official site

Indexed issues, last 90 days
16
Latest publication
Sep 28, 2026
Audience
Checking…
Earliest in this view
Aug 13, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    Ashes to Dust (opens the original)

    Excerpt

    Read excerpt

    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1920" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KHW-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F98fc3a83-cffa-4aad-94c3-52f0f6e522ed_1080x1920.p

  2. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    The River | Chapter 29 (opens the original)

    Excerpt

    Read excerpt

    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="581" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UWpB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7dec5f15-38fc-4501-b8db-7f6d6b5ca1bd_1986x792.png"

  3. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    Gulliver's Travels: The Broligarchy (opens the original)

    Excerpt

    Read excerpt

    Previously in Gulliver’s Travels: The Broligarchy:Samantha Gulliver washes ashore in Gigaland, a technostate where algorithms determine human worth, surveillance is sold as safety, and influence is everything. Disguised as a top influencer, Sam becomes the glitch in a system determined to shape her into something it can control. But what happens when a machine built to predict everyone encounters someone it can’t predict? Welcome to the future — filtere

  4. Issue · Sep 19, 2026

    The River | Chapter 28 (opens the original)

    Excerpt

    Read excerpt

    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1402" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gO-P!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306dbf9c-92be-4ce8-ace5-48ac7bab03eb_1122x1402.p

  5. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    Falling Snow | Excerpt from Chapter 12 (opens the original)

    Excerpt

    Read excerpt

    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="750" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tALN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F75918e66-a4ed-4200-a46b-27cbca67f078_491x750.jpeg"

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Audience

No verified audience measurement yet.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about The Fictional