Audrey Zhou @audreyzhou.bsky.social SFFH writer | she/her | Shirley Jackson Award Finalist | Brave New Weird, Best Weird Fiction | Clarion 2025 | short fiction in Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, Lightspeed, etc
https://audreyzhouwrites.com/
Rivqa Rafael @rivqa.bsky.social I used to be a writer like you, then I took a psychology PhD to the knee
Queer, neurodivergent, antizionist Jewish psychologist and lapsed writer/editor on unceded Gadigal/Wangal land. Views my own. Pronouns: she/her/king. https://linktr.ee/rivqarafael
emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social Doctor of food, writer of stories
Sometime award nominee, occasional winner
Capitalism seditionist
In my ai;dr era
Ex Partum, out now: https://emmaburnett.carrd.co
Casey Aimer @caseyaimer.bsky.social Nebula-nominated poet repped by Tasneem Motala – Debut scifi poetry collection on sub – Elder emo, SFWA Poetry Committee & SFPA – Radon Journal EIC – Publishing MPS & Poetry MFA – Poems in Penumbric, Trollbreath, and many more. CaseyAimer.com
Liz 📚🎲 @somekindofstardust.bsky.social I love reading, musicals, Dungeons & Dragons, and writing short stories and poetry. I’m also a halsey fan and listen to audio dramas like Malevolent, The Magnus Archives, and Wolf 359.
erdbeerscherge @erdbeerscherge.bsky.social #ruinsOfCalaworm 🇩🇪🌈
Turn-based Dungeon Crawler after 90s german cult #roguelike "Die Gemäuer von #Kalawaum".
Soundtrack: @composertom.bsky.social
Key Art: @edjiearts.bsky.social
GET IT ON ITCH.IO --> https://erdbeerscherge.itch.io/ruins-of-calaworm
Rémi Verschelde @akien.bsky.social @godotengine.org project maintainer & @w4games.com co-founder (he/him).
Free and #opensource software advocate. #indiedev and #Linux gaming. Frenchman in Copenhagen.
Also on: @akien@mastodon.gamedev.place.
Erin K. Dancer (she/her) @ekdancer.bsky.social Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy author, artist and reader | 🌈 Queer AuDHD Nerdmother | Earth Scientist | Software Developer | 🐉 TTRPG enthusiast and DM of entirely too many games (colonialism and capitalism are always the BBEGs!)
Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social Come to Worldcon (the World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention) in Brisbane, Australia in 2028! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 🇵🇬 🇫🇯 🇼🇸 🇸🇧 🇻🇺 🇳🇨 🇹🇴 🇨🇰 🇫🇲
aussiecon.org
instagram.com/Aussiecon5
Adriana Kantcheva @adrianakantcheva.com Writer of SFF with a pinch of idealism, an inclusive feminist touch, and the occasional sapphic romance. Bi. SFWA | Codex | Milford. Words in PodCastle, Escape Pod.
adrianakantcheva.com
join.adrianakantcheva.com (newsletter)
Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social Australian game designer and former research chemist. One half of Postmark Games. Expect science and game based posts! He/him.
Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MatthewDunstan
Octavi Navarro @octavinavarro.bsky.social Pixel artist and ½ of @whiteblanketgames.bsky.social.
Developer of horror adventure games: Midnight Scenes, The Supper.
Artist on #ThimbleweedPark 1 & 2.
Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social Brazilian living in Tokyo. Editor of the CRPG Book, a free book on the history of Computer Role-Playing Games: https://crpgbook.wordpress.com/
C. L. Kagmi @clkagmi.bsky.social She/her. Futurist inspired by Asimov, Butler, and Clarke. Continually figuring out how to re-forecast the future. Thinks fiction should expand your mind and writes weird, intense plotlines featuring moral dilemmas and character transformations accordingly.
Kelsea Yu @anovelescape.bsky.social Shirley Jackon Award-nominated author:
🍃BOUND FEET (CGM)
🎮IT'S ONLY A GAME (Bloomsbury)
🎭DEMON SONG (Titan)
🌊STORMRAVEN (Gallery/Titan, March 2027)
🖤stories/essays in Clarkesworld, Apex, Nightmare, PseudoPod +
she/her
www.kelseayu.com
Chris Bannor @chrisbannor.bsky.social LGBTQIA+ Science Fiction & Fantasy Writer. Book Hoarder. Binge TV Watcher.
linktr.ee/chrisbannor
Dhiyanah @bydhiyanah.bsky.social (they/them) Artist. Writer.
✊🏽🍉 • No a/i
💚 Folio: https://bydhiyanah.carrd.co/
🌸 Bookings: https://forms.gle/xbdSuuQRwwfAMEmP6
🎨 Prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/bydhiyanah/
🍯 Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/bydhiyanah
Juniper Dev @juniperdev.bsky.social I make yt videos about games & game dev
📽️ https://www.youtube.com/@JuniperDev
✉️ juniperdev@rightclick.gg
Vimi | Wishlist "Muscle Bluff Prison"! @vimividivici.bsky.social Wishlist Muscle Bluff Prison:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4327070/Muscle_Bluff_Prison/
🖌 Artist, Writer, Game Designer | he/him
Laurie @lauriewrites.bsky.social They/Them 🌈
Autistic writer of kidlit and short fiction
Repped by @joycekay.bsky.social
Display picture by @crownedsaeraphim.bsky.social
Banner by @tine5.bsky.social
Gareth Hanrahan @mytholder.bsky.social He/Him. Novel THE DUNGEON BOOK out August '26. Currently writing: Black Iron 4, The Dreadful Heir, Terraforming Mars rpg, Metadungeon!, Tunnels & Trolls, too much tbh
Geoff McGhee @geoffmcghee.bsky.social Infographics, data journalism, GIS/cartography, teaching and cornball humor. NYCer in the PNW. www.geoffmcghee.com
Kyle Aisteach @badwriter.bsky.social Speculative fiction writer, occasional editor, and part-time educator. All opinions my own, unless they're someone else's.
Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social An arboreal, poly, gender non-participant mapmaker.
• Portfolio & tutorials: somethingaboutmaps.com.
• Prints: https://somethingaboutmaps.com/Storefront
• You can support my art & teaching at http://patreon.com/pinakographos. 
Chris Baker @chrisbaker1337.bsky.social Writer and editor in the Bay Area. Codex & SFWA. https://linktr.ee/popculturalprecursors
Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com Author of SFFH · French & American · THE COLOR OF TIME out now at @shirakipress.com · Rep: @ajvanbelle.bsky.social · 📍 California
🌐 millieabecassis.com/link-in-bio
🌊 @smallpitch.org Founder
🏆 @specawards.bsky.social Co-Founder
Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social Sci-fi/fantasy author. Published: Eye to the Telescope, Ganymedes, Hiraeth, RAEHorrors.
BMus classical double bass. Compositions published with UMMP.
Professional cultural organizer. Active community volunteer.
He/him.
jess::codes @jesscodes.bsky.social Hobbyist game dev currently working on Plant Tales 🌱
Sometimes I upload vids to YouTube
Wishlist on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3693970/Plant_Tales/
Dungeons & Dragons @dndbeyond.com The World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game.
https://www.dungeonsanddragons.com/
InkFoundry @inkfoundry.bsky.social InkFoundry is a speculative fiction aggregator developed to connect stories, authors, and readers.
www.inkfoundry.net
K.G. Anderson @kganderson.bsky.social Seattle-based SF author, humor columnist, cat-herder, practitioner of uncommon sense. SFWA, Codex, Viable Paradise, Taos Toolbox, Two Hour Transport, B Cubed Press. Author of Patti 209. kgsea.substack.com
Jennifer 📚🎧❣️ @jdawson001.bsky.social ♿️🏳️🌈American SFF author, poet, editor, & book reviewer living in England. She/her. The Poetry Society & The British Fantasy Society. Old OWW member.
Online at: WorldsOfMayhem.com
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/dawson001
🏳️⚧️ rights = human rights.
Will Greatwich @gnipahellir.bsky.social Fantasy writer from down under.
HOUSE OF THE RAIN KING now available: https://books2read.com/houseoftherainking
Reviews of vintage SFF: http://paperback-picnic.ghost.io.
H. Robert Barland @hrobertbarland.bsky.social Speculative fiction author, educator and serial hobbyist.
Currently revising my first novel. Again.
Helen Marshall @manuscriptgal.bsky.social Award-winning Writer, Associate Professor. Author of The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl who Loved Death, Gifts for the One Who Comes After, The Migration and The Gold Leaf Executions.
Andrew Kolb @kolbisneat.bsky.social Illustrating and keepin’ it clean. He/Him. I make books, games, and other stuff. Neverland, Oz, and Wonderland: A Fantasy Role-Playing Setting are out now!
kolbisneat.com
Bec Baker @becbaker.bsky.social 🩷books & reading🩷poetry-expressing what the heart feels, what the eyes see, what the ears hear through words🩷bringing ppl & community together🩷giving bouquets of sunshine☀️pockets of happiness😁&smiles & confetti of love raining down 2 those in need of some
Helen Stubbs @hkstubbs.bsky.social Profile pic is 'pretending to trad climb'.
Writer & climber on the Aussie Gold Coast. She, her, they.
Staerstone, fantasy adventure novel, is out now.
https://books2read.com/staerstone
https://helenstubbs.wordpress.com
David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social Mild mannered editor by day, wild eyed writer by night. Fablecroft. Clan Destine Press. Moonstone. Black Coat Press. Harper Collins. Marvel. SFWA. HWA. IAMTW. Not here for an echo chamber: follows≠endorsement.
Brad Preslar @bradpreslar.com SFF Writer, stay at home DILF, kayaker of whitewater, and biker of mountains. Codex, SFWA.
At Importantsht.com I write life lessons for my son, (he’s seven), for him to read when he’s 18. You can read them before he learns how.
Evergreen Lee @evergreenlee.bsky.social writer, cat spoiler, unicorn searcher
Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social Author. henrylien.com
Stephanie Lorée @stephanieloree.bsky.social Fantasy author, freelance editor, game writer, dog mom, super-nerd. Codex, IAMTW, SFWA. Pushcart Nom, WotF Finalist. she/her
www.StephanieLoree.com
Lisbeth Campbell @lisbethcampbell.bsky.social Writer. THE VANISHED QUEEN (Saga Press). Baseball fan and hobbyist photographer. Codex, SFWA. She/her.
Obsidian @obsidian.md The free and flexible app for your private thoughts. For help and deeper discussions, join our community: http://obsidian.md/community
Liz @lizgrzyb.bsky.social Traveller, bellydancer, librarian, champagne-lover, reader, sewist, frequent flyer, D&D-er, costume-maker, silk-dyer, teacher, clay-enthusiast and gardener. Yes, I have a lot of hobbies.
Wendy Waring @wendywaring.bsky.social writer, editor, prof, traductrice
Queer ecofiction novel forthcoming @Stelliform.press: The Hunger of Those Who Built It
🌹 grew up in the Hammer, raising rabble world-wide 🌹
she | they | dr 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🇦🇺 🇫🇷
Queen's | UofT | ISTI | Clarion
Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social Freelance editor/writer. Former editor at Polygon, Verge, The Dissolve, A.V. Club. Next Picture Show podcaster. My wheelhouse is full of weird stuff. She/her.
Letterboxd.com/tasharobinson
Goodreads.com/user/show/10244904-tasha-robinson
Nextpictureshow.net
Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com Makes the most normal videos on YouTube.
Also a cohort on MinnMax.
https://jacobgeller.com/
Kai🔸 @kaimuri.com 3D Artist & Educator | Passionate about Animation, Magic the Gathering, and Open-Source Creativity | lnk.bio/kaimuri
Blender Artists @blenderartists.org The central hub of the Blender Community - blenderartists.org
Liz 👻🍂🪦 @thewriteratlas.bsky.social visual designer | writer | she/they
DIVIDED: shelved political epic fantasy
BONES: shelved eco horror dark academic sff
BODIESwip: drafting tragicomic quest fantasy
more active on 📷: thewriteratlas | ace 🖤🤍💜
jason grinblat @jfg.land creative head at freehold games
co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹
he/him
Bri Castagnozzi @bcstag.com SFF writer, artist, and adjunct professor of English. Co-editor-in-chief of Solarpunk Magazine. Words in Clarkesworld, Bakunawa Press, and others. Codex member. 🇵🇭🏳️🌈
Read my webcomics: https://bcstag.com
Bramwell Williams @bramwilliams.co.uk A standard nerd and gamedev educator who keeps raving about Godot 4 (He/ Him)
🔗 http://linktr.ee/bramwellgames
Kenney @kenney.nl ✨ Creating public domain game assets for over 10 years!
www.kenney.nl
Goldie @cityloop.bsky.social it’s me
Ž.A. Mačkić @zamackic.bsky.social Sci-fi writer, this is my pen name. Ph.D. in Astrophysics (33 peer reviewed publications under my real name), AMFT, APCC. Total nerd. Neurodivergent. Lived in 4 countries, USA last at the moment.
(she/ona/oна/sie)
🐍 Abigail Kemske 🐍 @abigailkemske.bsky.social 👻 SFFH writer from MN
🌌 SFWA, Codex
🌿 sometimes moss
✏️ Work in Apex, The Dark, Flame Tree Press, Nature: Futures, The Saturday Evening Post, Adventitious, Gavagai, +
🚫 no gen AI 🚫
Story 🔗 https://gavagai.com/@abigailkemske/links 🌳 AbigailKemske.com
Languorous Lass (she / her) @languorouslass.bsky.social Running amuck 
ᴄ ꜱᴛᴜᴀʀᴛ ʜᴀʀᴅᴡɪᴄᴋ🛸 @cstuarthardwick.com @ᗩᑎᗩᒪOG_Sᖴ ᖇegular ⭐ ᗯriters of the ᖴuture & ᒍim ᗷaen ᗩward Winner ⭐ Quora Top ᗯriter ⭐ Southerner from South ᗪakota ⭐
A unique voice known for inventive, thought-provoking narrative, philosophical depth, and fun!
Be excellent to each other.
Jerel Dye @jereldye.bsky.social Illustrator, cartoonist, artist, and teacher based in the Boston area.
Website at: https://jerel-dye.squarespace.com/
Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social SF/F Writer | Aurora Award winner | World Fantasy & Locus Award finalist | Editor, Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction, SFWA Nebula Award Showcase anthologies | Ansible Press | Tesla: The Life & Times Podcast | Bonsai enthusiast | 🇨🇦+🇺🇦+🌳
@sggleeson.bsky.social @sggleeson.bsky.social 
M.L. Humphrey @mlhumphrey.bsky.social Lover of Newfies, Microsoft Excel, and Colorado. Link to some of my books: https://mlhumphrey.com/2024/09/15/all-the-many-pen-names/
Website: mlhumphrey.com
Free Excel Tips and Tricks ebook: https://books2read.com/exceltips
Will never email you.
Andy 'eBookwyrm' Angel @ebookwyrm.bsky.social Reviewer at The BlogCave
http://ebookwyrm.blogspot.com/?m=1
Lover of stories well told, coffee and single malts
Jamie M. Boyd @jamieboyd.bsky.social Writer. Mother. Recovering Journalist. Words in Strange Horizons, Heartlines Spec &more. SFWA. Codex. www.jamiemboyd.com
@kburfitt.bsky.social @kburfitt.bsky.social 
@tezahud.bsky.social @tezahud.bsky.social MS Science teacher & big nerd that runs the school D&D club. Dual citizen, from the US but living in Aus now. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally and woke AF.
Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social We marvel at the serenity of the forest, and crave the shroud of its silence.
The person behind Roadwarden and Windy Meadow. New game in the works.
Cath @cathbrennan.bsky.social Generally curious person. I read a lot and sometimes write.
C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social World Fantasy Award-winning author of SAINT DEATH’S DAUGHTER & BONE SWANS. Audiobook narrator. Bandcamp: Brimstone Rhine. Repped by RHA Literary. https://linktr.ee/csecooney
@hurlepat.bsky.social @hurlepat.bsky.social Writer. Managing Editor for Paizo. Seattleite. Member of SFWA, Codex, Dreamcrashers. Stories in Lightspeed, Factor Four, Galaxy's Edge. Repped by Jordy Albert of the Booker Albert agency. website: www.patrickhurleywrites.com. Views here are my own.
Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social Serving the video game industry through breaking news, insight on game industry trends, expert advice & resources, and more.
Press requests: news@gamedeveloper.com
Tips: tips@gamedeveloper.com
Debra Jess @debrajess.bsky.social A Connecticut Yankee transplanted to Central Florida, Debra Jess is the author of the Winterbourne Brotherhood, a gripping new wolf shifter series about escape, trust, and unexpected love. My Fugitive Wolf and My Renegade Wolf @ DebraJessBooks.com
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
SF Signal @sfsignal.bsky.social 3-time Hugo Award-winning SF/F/H blog.
🚀🚀Best Fanzine + 🚀Best Fancast = Awww yeah.
Mmm...bagels...
Kat Clay @katclay.com 🎲 ENNIE and ARPIA award-winning TTRPG author. Editor @chaosium.bsky.social. Short stories in Interzone, Aurealis, and Cosmic Horror Monthly. Game reviews on YouTube.
Hobbit in a leather jacket. 🇦🇺🐨 katclay.com
Devin Jeyathurai @devinjeyathurai.bsky.social Reader, writer, editor, teacher and PR professional
SF/F, horror, mystery, comics, tv, film, superhero fan
in Singapore 🇸🇬
linktr.ee/devinjeyathurai for socials and more
Lee Hallison @leeh70.bsky.social Flash fiction writer, gardener, cook, handywoman. Intermittent blogger at leehallison.com
SFWA, Codex, Rainforest Writers
Vintage seller: online vintage businesses at linkr.bio/tinksattic
Maxie Jane Frazier @maxiejanef.bsky.social Writer, flash fiction, educator, editor, reader. Gourmet meal provider to geriatric beloved animals. Mighty Mule Editing. Book at https://necessaryturbulence.com
Rina Palumbo @rinapalumbo.bsky.social Ph.D. (JHU, History); Italian-Canadian expatriate. Writer, Editor, avid reader.
Writing in Hopkins Review, Identity Theory, Ghost Parachute, et al.
https://rinapalumbowriter.com/
Miriah Hetherington @jmiriah.bsky.social Writer of Scifi & Fantasy, Reader, Mother, Wife, Progressive, Compulsive Recycler.
Just joined Bluesky and looking for folks I know IRL and creators I love on other platforms to follow. Miriah.net
Sarah Read @inkwellmonster.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the Bone Weaver's Orchard, Out of Water, Root Rot, The Atropine Tree. Librarian, stationery addict, and crafter. She/her. 🏳️🌈
Nick Volpe @nvolpe.bsky.social Wildlife photographer/filmmaker 📸🐍🪲🦋
https://www.patreon.com/c/nlwild
Ladon Gao @ladongao.bsky.social I translate (English-Chinese) & write stories, play & localise videogames | Researcher of interests | translations published on SF World 科幻世界, Works 作品, World Literature 世界文学 & 不存在科幻
Open to work via ladongaoqp@outlook.com
P.L. Stuart - Author of The DROWNED KINGDOM SAGA @plstuart-author.bsky.social www.plstuart.com Assistant Editor Before We Go Blog; Grimdark Magazine; YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@plstuartthedrownedkingdomsaga ; He/Him
Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social Posting about 110 stories in The Weird. 💀 #WeirdFictionChallenge.
Poetry chapbook Pilgrimages 🏴 out now. Author in NewMyths.com, Lantern Magazine. Interviewer, blogger. Odyssey '16, Codex. He/him. 🇨🇦
📬 https://buttondown.com/MatthewRettino (free story)
Julian Mar @julianmar.bsky.social Reading, writing, and spell crafting.
#writer | bruja | Boricua 🇵🇷 | tamer of crows 🐦⬛ | photographer
Writing Science Fantasy and witches with knives
Langley Hyde @langleyhyde.bsky.social she/her: game writer/narrative designer for Romance Club; spec fic author; queer/bi & polyamorous & ND; mother; PNWer; gardener; Clarion; MFA; Codexian; SFWA.
OPINIONS MY OWN. I do not represent YSI. Please view YSI official channels for YSI news.
Bothersome Words @bothersomewords.bsky.social Editor, writing mentor and coach as Bothersome Words.
Agent at Large with Alex Adsett Literary. Spec fic, crime, romance. Sometimes open to queries.
TL;DR: Words. Cats. Occasional peeves.
https://linktr.ee/BothersomeWords
Lee Budar-Danoff @punahougirl84.bsky.social SAHM, sf/f writer, racing sailor, guitar player, crafter, former history teacher, VP17, Codexian, MtG EDH/PDH Mom, blue as the Pacific, homesick for Manoa
ErinLindiCairns @erincairns.bsky.social Writer, artist, caffeine addict and cat-person. Perpetually exhausted, occasionally well-dressed.
If I followed you, it's because I liked something you wrote
♠️Ace♠️
Inkfounder and tag wrangler at InkFoundry.net
Kathryn Hore @kathrynhore.bsky.social Archives & special collections. University Archivist @ Unimelb. Writer of spec fic and dark, twisting tales (rep: Melanie Ostell Literary). Here for books and writing, archives and history. she/her
Tim Chawaga @timchawaga.bsky.social Spec fic writer and lobbyist for Utz Party Mix. Stories in Interzone and Escape Pod, Clarion West '19, rep: Joshua Bilmes at JABberwocky, He/him 🇺🇦🇦🇷
SALVAGIA forthcoming from Diversion Books Aug 12!
https://linktr.ee/timchawaga
Keanu M. Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social Pursuing an M.Div. at Princeton Theological Seminary | Ph.D., History, University of Michigan (2026) | PC(USA) Inquirer | Modern Europe & Iran | Reformed systematic theology, Karl Barth, New Testament studies
🌐 www.keanuheydari.com
🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇷
Alex Adsett @alexadsett.bsky.social Australian literary agent, publishing consultant and avid reader. 
Archie @artemwriting.bsky.social UPenn. MBA. Books 📚 Writing ✍️ Art 🎨 Cooking & Gardening 🌱 Photos my own 📸 Married. From California ☀️ Got a Wacko Immune System 😅 Connecting here 🤗 https://substack.com/@archartem
Lucy A. Snyder @lucyasnyder.bsky.social SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER (Tor Nightfire, Titan). 5 Bram Stoker Awards. Shirley Jackson finalist. Work in Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Asimov's, Pseudopod, etc. Clarion grad. 🏳️🌈
www.lucysnyder.com
Rep: @jord4nhill.bsky.social
Cats, aquariums and terrariums
Matt Shean @mattsheanwrites.bsky.social SF&F author in IGMS, StarShipSofa, and Lazarus Risen. Odyssey 2016, Codex, BSFW. Molecular Bio PhD; Genetics Prof; STWing; Erdös-Bacon-Sabbath#: 9. I like pie, but tau > pi. he/him