Archive - Harlo Writes

Why I’m Leaving Substack (And Where to Find Me Instead)

Jul 17 • Harlo Malone

Everything Must Go

Jul 2 • Harlo Malone

June 2026

A Novel in Which Everyone Knows Except the Two People It's Happening To

Love, Eventually

Jun 28 • Harlo Malone

I Figured Out the Fern

The answer was a witch in the attic eating crackers. Obviously.

Jun 16 • Harlo Malone

The Story That Doesn’t Know What It Is

Colette & Valentyne

Jun 8 • Harlo Malone

Two Writers Walk Into a Substack

I am figuring it out and you get to watch

Jun 4 • Harlo Malone

May 2026

Building books, finding people

May 30 • Harlo Malone

It's Here. The Museum is Open.

The one where I actually did it

May 26 • Harlo Malone

I Drew My Own Cover and I'm Terrified to Show You

The one where I finally hit publish

May 22 • Harlo Malone

The Museum, The Mess, and Mel Tate

A newsletter about writing, not having it together, and the books that happen anyway

May 19 • Harlo Malone

Everything Is Out of My Hands Now and I Am Fine

Introducing a Mel Jones Mystery

May 13 • Harlo Malone

Several Stories in Various Stages of Undress

Last Knight, a neurodivergent vampire, and why editing is the part where the fun leaves the room

May 4 • Harlo Malone

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