Stefan Angelina McElvain @stefanangelinam.bsky.social Stefan Angelina McElvain writes adult erotic action-adventure novels, blending #fantasy, the #paranormal, #scifi, with #romance.
Anything can happen.
Expect the unexpected.
Phantasmograph Books @phantasmograph.bsky.social Phantasmograph Books and Stories is a new small press publisher of anthologies and novellas in the tradition of pulp science fiction and fantasy.
Publisher: Bryan Young @swankmotron.com
Http://www.phantasmograph.com
Tom Joudrey @tomjoudrey.bsky.social Writer. Journalist. Culture + Film critic.🏳️🌈🎬
RICH @bearycarey.bsky.social Scottish 🏴. Fun & Friendly. Huge Teddy Swims fan. Admirer of the Stoltman Brothers. Interested in farming, trains, the railway, gaming, football, theme parks, rugby, horror, current affairs. 🏳️🌈
Struan 🏴🏳️🌈🇪🇸💙 @struanmcmartin.bsky.social I love Independent Cats, Independent Minds, an Independent Scotland and my Spanish husband, Salva, who saved me for sure.
Granada is home. 🇪🇦🏴
FRANK'S FILM REVIEW @franksfilmreview.bsky.social Frank Gaimari, a writer from the Pacific Northwest, has captivated audiences worldwide with his novels, movie reviews, and screenplays.
www.FranksFilmReview.com
@frankgaimari.bsky.social
www.FrankGaimari.com
Patrick McGahon @paadzer.bsky.social Irish gay guy in the East of England 🏳️🌈
In my fifties
EastEnders & Bargain Hunt fan
RIP mum 💔 2022
Worked at Cambridge University & NHS
Awful at responding to DMs
Sober a few years
Not looking for hookups or onlyfans subscriptions
JoJoKC 💙🏳️🌈 | Queertauqua @jpe1974.bsky.social Senior Recruiter @ Tallgrass Freight | Apple geek | LEGO reseller | Politics, history & culture | Proud husband of Queertauqua’s creator—bringing overlooked queer history out of the archives and onto the stage. 🏳️🌈 queertauqua.org
Paul Sandars🏴 @paulsandars.bsky.social Born in England, but would much rather be a Celt. I only seek Celtic followers.Lives in Neath Port Talbot. Survivor of a brain haemorrhage. Plaid Cymru,was Labour cllr.
I shall always love my late partner Nikki Thomson and our late daughter Eilidh Thomson.
Liam Kirkaldy @liamkirkaldy.bsky.social Comms and freelance journalism. Bylines in the FT, Guardian, the Times, Big Issue, the Herald, Scotsman etc. Still trying to convince the people of Nigeria to forgive Dundee United.
Fairlight Books @fairlightbooks.bsky.social We’re an independent publishing house dedicated to standout storytelling, from inventive literary novels to page-turning book club favourites.
Looking for a tea-break read? Browse our short story platform: www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/our-short-stories
Lochinver Bookshop @lochinverbookshop.bsky.social Independent Scottish Highland Bookshop.
Logan @doppelgangster98.bsky.social Hi I’m 27 lol. 😅
Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot Scottish elections and polling data. Not my polls. OG 'Britain Elects but Scottish'. PR fan account. Trans rights are human rights.
Donate; http://liberapay.com/ballotboxscot
Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social Hello I used to Tweet but now I only tweet
Extremely Gay, extremely Scottish, mostly angry queerposting, no Yanks in the replies (Nice Americans welcome)
Sarah @cqedinburgh.bsky.social Cross-border wanderer, Lancastrian. ‘Eurovision Guru’ (LiverpoolLive Radio).
Location: Somewhere in Europe
Intersectionality Lab - European Research Center @il.npo.one We are an European Research Center dedicated to Gender and Intersectionality
Know more at il.npo.one
Peter Arnott @peterarnott.bsky.social A playwright without a theatre is just a poet with a split personality. For permissions etc, Brennan Artists. https://www.brennanartists.com/
GSFLS | Global Summit 2026 @lgbtqstudies.bsky.social Official account of the 11th Global Summit on Feminist & LGBTQ+ Studies
Uniting global scholars and leaders in gender studies, feminism, sexuality, and social justice.
Berlin, Germany, 24–25 Sept 2026.
https://genderandfeminist.com/
Polis Loizou 🐺 @polisloizou.bsky.social Writer, performer, storyteller, both bi and curious • A GOOD YEAR (Fairlight Moderns) 📚 • East Med to East Mids 🇨🇾🇬🇧 (he/him)
http://linktr.ee/polisloizou
Magnus Watt @magnuswatt.bsky.social Urban fantasy author from the Scottish Highlands, now in Boro
Soon Enough: A Thin Places Novel and
Stories about folklore, belonging, and things that live in the dark
https://mybook.to/soon
https://mybook.to/Otherside
https://mybook.to/thinplaceswinter
Michael Ironheart @michaelironheart.bsky.social I am a self published indie author who has released 2 books, with a 3rd on the way
22 years old/college student/AuDHD
Lisa Oliver | Author, Editor, Entrepreneur, World Traveler @itslisaoliver.bsky.social 📚Author • Book Editor • Hustler • Wanderer
📝 I love words and languages
🙏 Believer #TGBTG
🤍 Spread love and positivity!
Nev @alphukit.bsky.social Outdoors and all things nature type of guy.
I love camping, hiking, foraging and travelling anywhere, anytime.
Vicky Grut @vickygrut.bsky.social Writer. Short story collection 'Live Show, Drink Included' shortlisted for 2019 Edge Hill Awards. Pushcart nominated, 2023. Work in Masters Review XIII in 2025 and Best British Short Stories 2026. www.vickygrut.com
Jo Lloyd but jolly 🌍🐎 @jolloyds.bsky.social Writer
The Earth Thy Great Exchequer Ready Lies (UK)
Something Wonderful (US)
Winner BBC National Short Story Award #bbcnssa
O Henry
Stories in Zoetrope, Southern Review, Ploughshares, BBSS, &&
She/her
Ally
Hugh W. Roberts 🏴 🏳️🌈 @hughsviewsandnews.com Dyslexic blogger, writer, author, keen photographer and time-traveller.
Dog Dad to two Welsh Cardigan Corgis.
Blog: https://hughsviewsandnews.com/
Located: Swansea, Wales.
Two short story and flash fiction collections - Glimpses and More Glimpses.
Orkneyology @orkneyology.bsky.social Orcadian-American creative partners, storytelling, writing and publishing in the Orkney Islands: Orkneyology.com
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A free blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social
Find it at Writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com
Stirling Pride @stirlingpride.bsky.social Community Organisation Who Brought Stirling's First Ever Pride To The City in 2024.
Moving Forward To Make It An Annual Event!
Len Pennie @lenniesaurus.bsky.social Aspiring poet, growing problem. My books POYUMS, and POYUMS ANNAW are available to order now. https://buythebook.online/poyums-annaw
🏴💙
The Reading Room in Melrose @melrose-bookshop.bsky.social A small independent bookshop in the historic Borders town of Melrose, Roxburghshire, focusing on Scottish writing and the best new books around. Sister bookshop of @wedale-bookshop.bsky.social in Stow, Selkirkshire. Welcome!
Paul Moore @greenbookmarker.bsky.social Socialist, moderate, Green Party
Rachael Revesz @rachaelrevesz.bsky.social Journalist behind Audible Original podcast 'Coatbridge: The Disappearance of Moira Anderson'. Trustee of Transform Scotland. 
Zack Wardi 🇵🇸 @mild.wardi.pink A mild alt for @wardi.pink
Mostly politics and engaging with activism.
Queer Palestinian on the unceded Haldimand Tract, Turtle Island 🍁
Duncan Campbell @duncanc.bsky.social Investigative Journalist, Computer Forensic Expert, 🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ equality campaigner 🏳️🌈 Also http://tech.lgbt/@duncaned Слава Україні!
Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social 'Our Big Day' LGBTQ+ award-winning picturebook published 2022. Currently subbing agents w/ a gay novel for adults. Husband, dog lover, cat misser, biscuit eater, previously @gutterbookshop ... he/him 🇮🇪 linktr.ee/bobjohnstonbooks
Brendan McKenico @mckenico.bsky.social Photography, books, old TV, film, Golden Retriever/Russian Blue, LGBTQ+, cooking, Doctor Who…
Far From The Madding Crowd Bookshop @ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social Far From The Madding Crowd: an award winning indie bookshop with a bit on the side! Open 9:30-5 Mon-Sat, 12-4 Sun.
📍 Linlithgow, Scotland
🔗 https://linktr.ee/fftmcbookshop
📧 info@maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com
alifeinbooks @alifeinbooks.bsky.social Mainly books but also travel and art, viewing rather than creating
I blog at http://alifeinbooks.co.uk and live in beautiful Bath, UK.
Daniel Crump @danielrcrump.bsky.social He/Him
Tottenham Hotspurs season ticket holder - Play for Charlton Invicta FC ⚽️
Proud and Out 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Peter Alexander @laughandaguise.bsky.social Falkirk fellah into jazz, cinema, theatre and bowls - lawn, not ceramic.
Nazaret Ranea @nazaretranea.bsky.social Poet. Scotland’s Next Generation Young Makar. My debut collection, Nettles, is out now! 🇪🇸🏴
nazaretranea.com | https://www.instagram.com/nazareterreese?igsh=MWdyNmNpNHcxcjVwNg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social Law Professor| Public Health, Environmental Justice, & Criminal Justice Advocate | Scholar | Family & Friend | Aspec | Proud Blerd | Plus Healthy Doses of Randomness | Views Are My Own
https://law.lclark.edu/live/profiles/16709-michele-okoh
Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social LGBTQ+ history dude (He/Him) 🌈 Research, Tours & Escape Rooms. Mermaid lover. Lifts heavy things for attention.
Michael Helquist @mhelquistwriter.bsky.social Activist, historian, author, "Marie Equi: Radical Politics & Outlaw Passions," Stonewall Honor Book for bio of 1900s lesbian doctor & activist., worked for CDC WHO, served as director of AIDSCOM.
#women'shistory, #LGBTQ, #AIDS #gayhistory #memoir #USAID
Lesley Riddoch @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social Journalist, Blossom, Thrive, Director http://nordichorizons.org, Columnist http://thenational.scot Podcast http://lesleyriddoch.com NEW Finland film screenings https://lesleyriddoch.com/events. Denmark & other films https://www.youtube.com/@Lesley_Riddoch
Jason M Thornberry @jason-m-thornberry.bsky.social THE FINISH LINE (Sand and Gravel Press) • Blood Type: Curry • Leeds United • Anti-AI
#LUFC
jmthornberry.wordpress.com
sandandgravelpress.com/store/the-finish-line-jason-thornberry
Charlotte Bank @charlottebank.bsky.social Art historian and curator. Acting professor of Islamic Art at LMU Munich. Current research project: Queering Islamic Art: Expressions of Gender Diversity and Critique of Sexual Normativity in Contemporary Art.
Co-director Art-Lab Berlin
Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social Opti-mystic writer & futurist; father of two. Author with Richard Rohr of 'The Divine Dance.' Co-founder, Wild Goose Festival . Curator, TheSpeakeasy.info Read my stuff @ MikeMorrell.org/BonusChapter
Adrien Bryter ~ Comic Book Writer @adrienbryter.bsky.social Comics Writer, Graphic Designer, Hyperfixations Enthusiast // Author of AVALON Rising (coming soon!) // 31 // W. Yorkshire // #amwriting #writingcommunity
Vanessa Anderson, MFA @nightowlfreelance.bsky.social Professional Character Therapist at ℕ𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕆ꖿ𝕝 𝔽𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 ⁀➴
Developmental Editing • Line Editing • Copyediting • Publishing Guidance 📚 ☕
Website: NightOwlFreelance.com, Est. 2010
Poetry Enthusiast @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social Poetry & nature enthusiast ~ reader ~ writer ~ traveller ~ photographer
Streetweeter @streetweeter.bsky.social Author of The Mall Men (May 2026) and Children’s Author of the Paper Dog Bob series, The Periodicals & Tales from the Toy Store.
tinyurl.com/3x2hwdzf
Astrid Aillume @aillume.bsky.social A detective. Astrid Aillume's New Case: A Billionaire's Mystery
Cracking a case is like salty liquorice.
Surprising at first,but ultimately addictive.
🏳️🌈🎨 📚 ✊Ruslan SHULGA @ruslanshulga.bsky.social Regard queer sur l’art, l’histoire & les corps. Perspective mondiale, focus sur l’Europe de l’Est & l’espace post-soviétique. Une voix contre l’oppression et pour la dignité LGBTQIA+.
🌐 Facebook → facebook.com/RouslanChoulga
Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social I'm not a gender, I'm a physics paradox
Comics' answer to Kylie Minogue (according to Kieron Gillen)
bevismusson@gmail.com
bevismusson.bigcartel.com
bevismusson.pb.gallery
David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social PhD candidate at Lancaster University researching queer British response to queerphobia in Uganda, and notions of international queer solidarity. He/Him 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/davidmurph115
Parami @parami2u.bsky.social Buddhist, vegan(mainly)
Scottish Independence (it's gonna happen - hope it's in my lifetime). Football - Glasgow Celtic, LFC and Barça
I try to be kind but don't always manage
Love Glasgow
She/her
TJ Armand Media @tjarmandmedia.bsky.social Queer Culture 🌈 • Music 🎼 • Film & TV 🎥 • Theatre 🎭 • Literature 📖
Originals, playlists & more👉🏽 TJArmand.com
Helen Sedgwick @helensedgwick.bsky.social Author, editor, physicist. Books: The Comet Seekers, The Growing Season, The Burrowhead Mysteries trilogy. linktr.ee/HelenSedgwick 🏳️🌈
Jordan Michelle @jrdn-michelle.bsky.social Disabled lesbian. She/Her. Author of very steamy butch/femme romantasy. Sims geek and maker of weird art.
Check out https://jordan-michelle.com/ for links to books, social media, and more information about me!
Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com Independent Journalist focused on LGBTQIA+ rights; Human rights and EU enlargement. 🇪🇺🇬🇪
☕️ Support me: https://ko-fi.com/giorgininos
💼 Portfolio: https://muckrack.com/giorgininos
🕸️ Website: www.GiorgiNinos.com
Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social Green Party, Greens Organise Steering Committee, Democratic eco-socialist, Internationalist, intersectional class politics, NHS, Unison, Villa. Views my own. he/him.
Leo Greene (if you're nice) @leo-greene.bsky.social 🏳⚧🏴🇵🇸🏳🌈🏴
Cymryn, New Scot, erstwhile East Midlander and 'citizen of nowhere'
Answers every question with a story. Loves the sea
Gender? None of your beeswax
"Pronoun wanker"
Top 3 priorities are joy, creativity and connection. Chocolate is also important
Soma Ghosh @somaghosh.bsky.social “A 1000 women in one” - The Hay Festival. “A snake and a prostitute”- some guy. ‘A Guardian Best’ Podcaster, Writer, Performer, Filthy Tree Hugger. Words: Little White Lies, The Independent, The Irish Times, The Quietus etc- M ǝǝǝǝɥdɔɯ uıʌǝʞ ɹɯ @mrkevinmcpheeee.bsky.social Teacher - ASN Outreach / Film and Screen
City of Edinburgh Council
AI Teacher in Residence
Data Education in Schools /
Moray House School of Education
Stemovators Teacher for STEM Innovation
“You’re somewhat ok” commented an excellent young person
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social Writer, reader, gamer. Still mostly bogling to Aswad. https://wouldyouliketochangethedifficultysetting.wordpress.com/
Any pronouns.
No alt text? No follow, no matter how cool & interesting you are.
There will be swears.
Britain Elects @britainelects.com Britain's leading aggregator for polling, forecasts and election results. Run by @bwalker.uk. Est. 2013 with the late, great, Lily Jayne Summers.
CWPates @cwpates.com #Artist, #Painter and #Writer @ https://substack.com/@downthewoodedpath
https://www.cwpates.com/
#Hoarderofrarebirds, #permaculture
Please, no blind DMs
Deb Wing - print artist @debwing.bsky.social I’m a linocut artist living and working on the west coast of Scotland.
Open Studios in Cowal Sept
At Biscuit Factory, Newcastle Sept-Nov.
www.debwing.com
Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social ⋆Queer Southern Novelist 🌿
⋆WHITE TRASH WITCHCRAFT (HH Fall, 2027)
⋆Rep: @keiralekseii.bsky.social at Azantian
⋆✒️WTMP & 🩵 SmoochPit Mentor
https://linktr.ee/RowanBrightonBrown
Printmakers of Scotland @printersofscotland.bsky.social A collective of printmakers from across Scotland - working together to develop and share printmaking.
Festival of Printmaking 14-16 Aug 2026 University of Stirling.
www.printmakersofscotland.com
PeatWorrier @peatworrier.bsky.social Prolixity from Dr Andrew Tickell. Law & Scottish politics. Senior lecturer in law at GCU Law, Jacobin scribbler, Sunday National columnist, and jaded flâneur.
Xx_Johnstone_xX @massiveattack420.bsky.social Physical media collector. Photographer. Gamer. Longboarder. Discgolfer. Eidetic memory. Blue dot in Texas. Fuck fascists.
https://ebay.io/m/voId6Z
Kirsty Strang-Roy @kirstystrangroy.bsky.social Writer | Participatory Arts Facilitator | Senior Bookseller
Repping Write Like a Grrrl in Glasgow
Happy to receive any and all speculative, eco, sad girls proofs and ARCs
creepy eco babe with a creepy eco manuscript
linktr.ee/kirstystrangroy
Morris Wolf @morriswolf.bsky.social PhD on photoreversible polymers at Macromolecular Engineering Lab of ETH Zurich, Composer, 🌈
Science, art and music
morriswolf.ch
Luke Kennard @lukekennard.bsky.social Novelist, poet, lecturer at University of Birmingham. Latest novel BLACK BAG out March 12th 2026.
https://linktr.ee/lukekennard
Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com Belfast writer. He/him. NUJ. I mostly moan about the media, politics & Arsenal. "Big beast transgender activist" [The Telegraph].
The Trans Agenda [on a break] reports on anti-trans media coverage in UK papers, subscribe here transagenda.info
Chris Andoe @chrisandoe.bsky.social Publisher of Out in STL, author of Delusions of Grandeur and House of Villadiva. Enraged gay progressive. I live in an old house haunted by active and opinionated ghosts.
Helen Fussell @helenfussell.bsky.social Love a good story. Work in comms.
Play & coach for Newcastle Roller Derby.
Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey.
https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/
Breakthrough Books @breakthroughbook.bsky.social An award-winning indie publisher putting creatives and readers first, with lovingly made, quality books… and a fair deal! E-shop now open on our website!
https://www.breakthroughbookcollective.com
https://linktr.ee/breakthroughbooks
Rachel Handley 🏳️🌈 @rachelahandley.com Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool.
SFF Author. Poet. 🦉
Possible Worlds and Other Stories (2022)
They/Them.
rachelahandley.com
Mirri Glasson-Darling @mirrigd.bsky.social Notable Best American Essays/Pushcart nom. work @Ploughshares @Colorado_Review @TheFLReview+ ♡Alaskan crab stays in shell on top of mountain, hurls stones at passersby.
https://www.mirriglasson-darling.com/
Nick Campbell @nickmcampbell.bsky.social Kids’ bookseller/picture book fan/sometime-writer/onetime-academic (topic: children’s folk horror lit) (he/him)
David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social Cardiff poet. Best of the Net nominee. Author of two poetry collections - 'Spectrum of Flight' published in 2020 & 'Dawn's Incision' in 2024. Co-Poetry Editor @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Roy Gill @roygill.bsky.social Writes audio drama and sometimes novels. Stories may involve a blue box. Likes books, dogs, tea and vinyl 🏳️🌈
https://roygill.wordpress.com
Lola Keeley @lolakeeley.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, professional lesbian. Edinburgh based, for my sins. Kitty mama to four fluffy idiots. #LFC fan and theatre nerd
Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Writer, historian, wants to make the world a better place
#TodayInQueerHistory
Hotties in Art out in Autumn
Co-writer and Co-Curator of @museumbums
For events and books check out:
https://linktr.ee/jackshoulder
Tristan Gray @eidyngray.scot 🏳️🌈 author and activist in 🏴
Software engineer, TTRPG GM, and author of dark fantasy books
(he/they)
💜💗💙
https://tgraywrites.carrd.co/
Jen Bites @jenbitespeople.bsky.social In Edinburgh. Director, playwright, librettist, acting coach & dramaturg. Possible revenant. Prone to biting. Site: www.jenmcgregor.com.
Joshua Blackwood @joshuablackwood.bsky.social Horror novelist and curator of ghosts and other specters. 🌲PNW🌲🏳️🌈 Tell your dog I said hi.