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Vinny Reads's avatar

Nico is the only new voice to me, and to see him listed in this company is an instant-follow. Thanks for the mention and for sharing this, Clancy.

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

glad you found him. good stuff

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nico durán's avatar

THANK YOU! always love checking your weeklies

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Gary Mucklow's avatar

Thank you so much for the kind mention, Clancy. Your words about FicStack as a “mythic search engine” tuned to the soul of the work moved me. That’s exactly the kind of resonance we hope to cultivate.

Just to say, FicStack isn’t here to compete with anyone. It’s one thread in a much larger tapestry of literary curation, and we’re deeply inspired by the many voices and efforts shaping this space. We’re building with the hope of complementing and amplifying what others are already doing, especially those who lead with care, curiosity, and poetic intent. And, of course, our aim is to bring more readers to the creators of great Substack fiction.

Grateful to be part of this evolving conversation.

Gary

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

good luck gary cant wait to see what comes of the project!

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nico durán's avatar

so so honored to be among these wonderful writers. thanks for the highlight Clancy!! absolute GOAT of all time

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

hahah i'm no GOAT that's for sure. but you deserve it. someday you have a chance to be GOAT yourself

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Andy Futuro's avatar

Doing god's work here.

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

i mean, i am a god, you said it. thanks andy

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Ben Sims's avatar

Your generosity to the up-and-coming is wonderful

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

it's the only way to be in my opinion imagine I did this and featured sherman alexie (he's great but cmon)

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Elizabeth Lamont's avatar

Clancy, how kind of you to mention me! It means a great deal. And you are always turning me onto such good fiction here, writers and stories that I would have missed without your introductions. You are a lesson in literary civics. None of us has to spread the good word. We can all be assholes. But you were kind amd receptive from the minute I arrived here. So I can only conclude that you are indeed a psyop. Or I am. 🤣🤍

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

i've made my mistakes (like recently, lol) but i'm not a psyop. i'm just a dude. glad to be pointing readers your way and help you discover because he bring greatness to everyone here with your interactions. keep doing you.

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Kelly Courtez's avatar

Hi. I've just stumbled into your writing and already I can see you're legit. Am blown away by your recommendations. I don't have time to read them right now but of the ones I've seen, just, wow! So glad you're here. Can't wait to read them. Thanks

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

glad to help kelly. check out some of my stories too!

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Kelly Courtez's avatar

Oh yeah 😂 you need to talk about your writing more in these posts too, otherwise I'd have no idea you write aswell lol..sorry

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S.K.Rocky's avatar

Wow :) What a noble thing you’re doing — truly inspiring!

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Nick Winney's avatar

Thanks for all the work and the great leads Clancy. can't argue with any of that... somehow Brock vanished from my feed and this made me sad. need to sniff him out with more bloodhound urgency.

all the call outs are 💪 💪 💪

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

thanks Nick glad you think so! Brock is so worth reading.

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