The Why & the Why Not

Substacknewsletter · by Nick Winney · English

Horror, Sci-Fi, Noir, Humour, Confessions and experiments in style, framing & themes within the short story ouvre. Giving even just one person something to enjoy makes my day and keeps my engine ticking. Also food and cats will apear.

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Observed frequency
Every two weeks
From 5 posts indexed in the last 90 days
Last post
Oct 19, 2026
25 days ago
Likely audience
Speculative fiction writers
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The Why & the Why Not is a Substack newsletter by Nick Winney covering Speculative Fiction, Dystopian Literature and Anthology Publishing. NewsletterFIT indexed 5 posts from it in the last 90 days, most recently on Oct 19, 2026.

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