🐾 Welcome to the Bear Cave! 🐾

Hi, I’m Bear Wiseman! I’m a modern fantasy hippy with a soft heart, a sharp pen, and a lifelong habit of challenging how society thinks about pretty much everything.

Here on Substack, you’ll find:

• ✨ Reflections on life and grief

• 📺 Media critiques with bite (and love)

• 🌿 Deep dives into nature, neurodivergence, and healing

• 🐉 Snippets from The Vitmar Chronicles, my ongoing fantasy series

Each first Tuesday of the month, I send out Monthly Mayhem, a chaotic, cozy roundup of everything I’ve posted recently alongside a quick catch-up on my health (mental and physical) and life.

🐻 About Bear 🐻

I was born in Canada in ‘86 and moved to Finland in ‘09 as an Au Pair. I started writing at 13 and never stopped. After a decade as an editor and media owner, I stepped away from music journalism in 2023 to finally go solo.

These days, I’m focused on writing everything under the sun, healing my mind and body, and publishing The Vitmar Chronicles—a modern fantasy series that’s lived in my bones since 2008.

📚 Want to know more?

You can find even more of my literary mania on my website, where I host even more creative writing, geek podcasts, artist interviews, and critical reviews.

Thanks for being here! This isn’t just a newsletter, it’s a signal flare in the fog. If it found you, I hope it brought a little warmth, weirdness, or wonder.

🖤 Some of My Best Articles 🖤

The Vitmar Chronicles, Volume I: An Ending & A Beginning (SAMPLE)

The Brilliant (and Brutal) Way ‘Don Jon’ Exposes Patriarchy's Grip on Sex, Relationships, and Intimacy

The Painful Truths About Grief in ‘My Sister’s Keeper’

The Broken Body Series — Part I — Part II — Part III

Bad Sitcom Romance: How and Why ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Completely Shit the Bed

‘The Rings of Power’: How to Spend a Billion Dollars on Absolutely Nothing