Black Market Fiction is a monthly digital magazine publishing serial stories you won't find anywhere else.
Launched in 2025 by Kristin McTiernan, Black Market Fiction delivers fiction and commentary. It's early Esquire meets pulp serialization, a complete reading experience around fiction and the cultural landscape it exists in. These are articles about authors and people worth writing about, with weekly stories about characters facing impossible choices and refusing to compromise when it counts.
Why "Black Market?" Two reasons: Our stories bypass traditional publishing gatekeepers, and every protagonist operates outside the system—characters who choose the harder path over compliance. Whether it's a psychological thriller, dystopian saga, or paranormal mystery, the through-line is rebellion.
For serious readers who love great storytelling but find themselves underwhelmed by most of what's out there, this is your magazine.
What You Get
Free Tier
- Editorials and commentary
- Book reviews and recommendations
- Shop access to a la carte issue purchases (monthly and print editions)
Contact – $5.99/month
- Four monthly content releases:
- Serial fiction episode
- News and cultural analysis
- Commentary on storytelling and craft
- Author updates from behind the scenes
- Monthly digital magazine compiling all content in premium PDF format
- Complete archive access to all finished serials
- Community comments and discussion
Insider – $11.99/month
- Everything in Contact
- Bi-Annual print magazine featuring a complete story arc
- Premium paper, professional design, collectible quality
Standalone Purchases
- Not ready to subscribe? You can purchase individual monthly digital issues for $5.99 and print issues for $25 each in the Shop
Why Subscribe?
Black Market Fiction exists for readers who know good fiction when they read it and want stories where characters face real dilemmas. For readers who want cultural commentary that challenges conventional thinking, not more recycled takes on the same topics.
You're willing to pay for work that respects your intelligence and rewards your attention—whether that's serialized fiction that refuses to compromise, investigative features that dig deeper than surface headlines, or reviews that tell you what a story actually does instead of just summarizing the plot.
This is why Black Market Fiction is dedicated to independent voices—to do storytelling right, delivered to you in a beautiful package.
If that sounds like something you'd value, pick your tier and start reading.
Join us!
Questions? Get in touch with us HERE.