Welcome to Underground Bookshelf!

This website is dedicated to celebrating diversity in literature! If you like to read work by new writers, please visit Short Stories & Poems. To lcheck out book reviews and to learn about the history of exclusion in film, television, literature, and comic books, visit Essays. On the Resources page, you will find a vast array of articles to help you explore new books and new ways of reading as well as a few articles for the writers among us. All are welcome to participate in the monthly writing contests. Visit Writing Contests to find out this month's theme and to find out how to participate. Visit the Submissions page if you would like to submit your work to be featured on this platform. And if you are an indie, self-published, or up-and-coming author or poet, consider contacting me about being featured in one of the Author Q&A posts or for your book to be included in the Book Release Radar. Underground Bookshelf is on Patreon for those who would like to help me keep this project going. You're also welcome to subscribe to the monthly newsletter to receive regular updates. May you find your next favorite book or author! Happy reading!


"The Nightmare" (Chapter 6)

"The Nightmare" (horror) by Arushi Kashyap is a spooky tale of a dream gone wrong. It is told in eight parts, with each part whisking the reader into a new dreamscape. This is Chapter Six.

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Saving Hampton Grace by B.W. Alan

Some wounds bleed beneath the skin. Some desires burn in the dark. Hampton Grace has spent her life teetering on the edge of oblivion, drowning in shadows only she can see. In a world where failure feels inevitable, she hides behind ink and paper, pouring her torment into stories no one will ever read. Then there’s Walker—effortlessly charismatic, dangerously perceptive, and haunted in ways he refuses to admit.

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Free (& Low Cost) Resources for Writers: Writing Style

Being an author is a lot of work, especially when you don't have the backing of a "big five" publisher. This series of resources is meant to support indie, self-published, and up-and-coming authors, writers, and poets. Today's article includes resources designed to address writing style.

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Books that Center Homelessness for Adult Readers Part 4

We're rounding out our series centering themes of homelessness, poverty, and food insecurity in literature with books for adult readers. Information access is one small way to push back against cruelty and misinformation, both of which have been used in recent U.S. politics against unhoused communities. Below, you'll find resources for getting active in your community, accessing support for yourself or others, and books (both fiction and nonfiction) that highlight voices and experiences of unhoused folks or people struggling with poverty or food insecurity.

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Books that Center Homelessness for Adult Readers Part 2

We're rounding out our series centering themes of homelessness, poverty, and food insecurity in literature with books for adult readers. Information access is one small way to push back against cruelty and misinformation, both of which have been used in recent U.S. politics against unhoused communities. Below, you'll find resources for getting active in your community, accessing support for yourself or others, and books (both fiction and nonfiction) that highlight voices and experiences of unhoused folks or people struggling with poverty or food insecurity.

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Books that Center Homelessness for Adult Readers Part 1

We're rounding out our series centering themes of homelessness, poverty, and food insecurity in literature with books for adult readers. Information access is one small way to push back against cruelty and misinformation, both of which have been used in recent U.S. politics against unhoused communities. Below, you'll find resources for getting active in your community, accessing support for yourself or others, and books (both fiction and nonfiction) that highlight voices and experiences of unhoused folks or people struggling with poverty or food insecurity.

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