HorrorJoy Podcast @horrorjoypod.bsky.social We are a podcast discussing all-things horror and the joy they bring, trying not to be too nerdy along the way. Hosted by @bhonishi.bsky.social and @jeffgstoyanoff.bsky.social. https://redcircle.com/shows/97996083-5fe9-41d5-824e-f069a412ed76
Stephanie Willing @swillingsays.bsky.social Author of West of the Sea. Rep'd by Allie Levick at Writers House. Audiobook Narrator and Voice Actor. Mom. SCBWI, SFWA, SAG/Aftra. Bisexual, she/her. Cat lover and accidental bird watcher because my husband announces every bird he sees out our window.
Summer Scares @summerscares.bsky.social A reading program designed to introduce new horror authors to readers & to help librarians with horror RA. Titles include adult, YA, & MG. Time to get scared!
Sara Hudson @saraphudson.bsky.social Passionate about family, children, books, equity. Views expressed are my own, no surprise to anyone who knows me! (She/Her)
Bookseller and creator of supplemental materials for picture books and middle grade.
Owl Hollow Press @owlhollowpress.bsky.social Book Publisher. World-altering stories, real and imagined.
Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social Aussie writer in SoCal. Kidlit, romcoms w/ Harper, Pan Mac, S&S (plus a secret TV thing).
Aka Kit Holliday, Hazel Graves, Heather Spellman. Avowed AI hater.
Open to work. She/her. Work stuff: jrasheed@ultraliterary.com
https://linktr.ee/stephcampisi
John Hendrix @johnhendrix.bsky.social Professional Drawer (not furniture). Author / Illustrator of 'The Mythmakers' • 'The Faithful Spy’ & others. Professor of Art at WashU, Chair MFA Illus. & Visual Culture
Jessica Hughes @realjessicahughes.bsky.social I watch lots of TV and read lots of books. Big fan of horror and Bravo shows.
It's possible we all died in 2016 and this is Purgatory.
Frankenstein's Podcast @frankenpodcast.bsky.social A creature-feature podcast about monsters and why we love them. Hosted by Joe Praska and Kalid Hussein.
Cassandra Ramos-Gomez @writercass.bsky.social Author of LOST ON DOLL ISLAND and DON'T WAKE UP
(She/her/ella)
b. 1985
🔗: https://bit.ly/LostOnDollIsland
🔗: Linktr.ee/WriterCass
🔗: https://writercass.my.canva.site/
FREE PALESTINE
Darren Croucher @darrenwriter.bsky.social Horror writer. Essay about my horror origin story in POISONED SOUP FOR THE MACABRE, DEPRAVED, AND INSANE: NOSTALGIC TERRORS from Brigids Gate Press. Former bookseller. Contributor to various Barnes & Noble blogs.
Jessica M. @jessicamace.bsky.social she/her
caretaker of Valentina and the love of Laird Barron's life. also quite immodest
Matthew Jackson @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social One time I sat in the Munster Koach. Horror Books Guy at Bloody Disgusting. Pop Culture Raconteur and Critic at Pop Heist. Host of @scaresshapedus.bsky.social. Austin Film Critics member. 🍅-approved. Always Writing and counting the days until Christmas.
Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com Writer, scientist, bug. she/her. #yeg. 🇨🇦 🇬🇾 Winner of a Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award! Rep: Michael Curry 📚🪲 Tips for cat treats! https://ko-fi.com/premee
The Scares That Shaped Us @scaresshapedus.bsky.social A podcast from @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social about horror writers and the stories that made them. New episodes every Wednesday!
Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social Horror writer. Author of DEPRAVED, 68 KILL, etc. Story "Every Dog Has Its Day" in THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: New Tales of Stephen King's THE STAND. New novel MONSTROUS coming from Flame Tree Press in Sept. 2026
https://www.bryansmithauthor.com/
Bill Lawrence @vdoozer.bsky.social I write stuff and brag about my kids a lot
Meghan Leigh Paulk @paulkwrites.bsky.social Niche Internet Micro Celebrity. Canonically 27. Famous at Starbucks. Published by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, @shotgunhoney.com, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and Punk Noir. Rep: @cbuccibookman.bsky.social
G @therealg.bsky.social Husband, Father, CPA, 80s Hip Hop & R&B Fan, Retro Game Nerd, Nerd Book Reader (Dark Tower Junkie), Hater Of Running (but do it anyway)
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Daniel Fugate @df2506.bsky.social Advocate for people with disabilities in Illinois. I also review books at https://roland19.wordpress.com/. My e-mail address is df2506(at)yahoo(dot)com. Love video games too and use to review them
Alan Lastufka @alandistro.bsky.social Editor of OBSOLESCENCE. Award-winning author of FACE THE NIGHT. Founder of small press Shortwave Publishing. HWA Active Member. SFWA Full Member.
Rachael King @rachaelking70.bsky.social Writer of novels & other stuff from NZ. MG novel The Grimmelings and YA Song of the Saltings (“Horse girl folk horror”) out in Aus, NZ, UK & Nth America. Secrets at Red Rocks TV adaptation out NZ, Aus & US. https://www.rachael-king.com Band Pic: J Ganley
Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social Author of queer adult fantasy, professional computer wrangler, cheese devourer
They / them Repped @RebeccaPodos
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social Freelance kidlit illustrator, repped by the Bright Agency. 🚫NO AI
www.maikeplenzke.com
The Doylestown Bookshop @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social Bucks County‘s largest independent Bookshop. Supporting the community and it’s Authors for over 28 years.
Rob Hart @robwhart.bsky.social USA TODAY bestselling author of books like ASSASSINS ANONYMOUS, THE PARADOX HOTEL, and THE WAREHOUSE. https://linktr.ee/robwhart
Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social That murder lady. Fantasy & horror books at https://authordiannagunn.com Creator of @WeeknightWriters.bsky.social Buy a murder or support my work at https://ko-fi.com/diannagunn She/her
William Boyle @wmboyle4.bsky.social Writer. New novel, SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET, out now from Soho Crime. https://linktr.ee/wmboyle4
@brianmatthews2407.bsky.social @brianmatthews2407.bsky.social 
CJ Leede @ceejthemoment.bsky.social Americana Psycho❤️🔥🏜️🐺🏔️🪐🖖🏻
USA Today bestselling author of MAEVE FLY, AMERICAN RAPTURE, & HEADLIGHTS
Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social Eisner Award winning EiC ComicsBeat.com and KComicsBeat.com. NYC. https://linktr.ee/Comixace
John Evans @roninmercllc.bsky.social Award Winning #Horrorwriter and #author of Midnight Falls, out now from Rowan Prose Publishing, available at all major retailers.
http://books2read.com/u/mZpM0R
Tobias Halson Vampire Hunter series coming 2025
#WritingCommunity #HorrorCommunity
daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social your daily dose of bunnies ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡
Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social NYT & Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Smoke & Bone series and Strange the Dreamer duology. Inventor of gods, eater of mangoes, killer of darlings, mother of yetis, keeper of ghosts. Portland, OR.
Angel Luis Colón @angelluiscolon.com he/him | Award Winning 🇵🇷 Writer of🪳INFESTED🪳, MINECRAFT: HOUSE OF HORRORS, and the upcoming POP! | Rep'd by JM Darga at Aevitas Creative | https://angelluiscolon.com/
I’m Horrified! @imhorrifiedpod.bsky.social A weekly podcast covering all things horrifying, from artificial intelligence to women’s pants. Send topics to imhorrifiedpodcast@gmail.com 💌
Jamie Pacton @jamiepacton.bsky.social Bestselling Author💗💜💙
🍓HOMEGROWN MAGIC (2025)
🧚♀️THE HYACINTH LABYRINTH (2026)
🏎FURIOUS
🧚🏼THE ABSINTHE UNDERGROUND
✨THE VERMILION EMPORIUM
www.jamiepacton.com
UnderratedSKPod @underratedskpod.bsky.social This one-woman podcast celebrates Stephen King’s stories and explores why Mr. King is the greatest fiction writer alive!
Patreon.com/dansewithkimc
UnderratedSK@gmail.com
Alexander James @drunkscribe.bsky.social Writer of THE WOODKIN (CamCat). Amateur jello enthusiast. PNW Moss Creature. Plant Witch. Probably camping right now. He/him, please.
Jacqueline West @jacquelinewest.bsky.social Author (MG/YA: THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE, LAST THINGS, LONG LOST, etc.). Poet. Parent. Cemetery wanderer. Usually covered with ink and dog hair. HWA, SFPA. www.jacquelinewest.com
Sheila M Averbuch @sheilamaverbuch.bsky.social Children's #author of middlegrade thriller FRIEND ME (Scholastic Press). Studied history & literature at Harvard. From US & Ireland. Living in Scotland. NEW BOOK: PITCH YOUR BOOK - write the letter that hooks an agent on your novel bit.ly/SMApitchorder
Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social Author of MADE FOR YOU, out now, THE NEW YEAR'S PARTY (Nov 2025) and BEACH BODIES (PRH UK, summer 2025)/ A KILLER GETAWAY (Sourcebooks) under pen name Sienna Sharpe.
Literary Agent at Storm Literary.
Tenacious.
Moniza Hossain @monizahossain.bsky.social Writes books for kids, repped by Triada US
RITU IN THE SUN (Random House Children’s, 2026)
STREET PUPPY, MASJID CAT (Little Bee Books, 2025)
THE FEAR FACTORY (Holiday House, 2026)
monizahossain.com
Sara Schonfeld @saraschon.bsky.social Editor at HarperCollins - Author with ABLA
D.W. Smith, Author @dmsliteraryj.bsky.social Published author. Supporter of the #WritingCommunity. Writing is the greatest expression of who I am! Mayor of #QueryIsland! I invite you all on the journey with me!
https://www.dmsliteraryjourneys.com/
✨Nikki Savoy | Thriller Author✨ @nikkisavoy.bsky.social Nikki Savoy dreams of joy and justice and writes about Black women—what we protect, what we carry, and what it costs.
Some dreams are built on stolen things
https://linktr.ee/NikkiSavoy
SpookyMiddleGrade @spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social We are a group of middle grade authors sharing a love of spooky stories all year round. Offering FREE virtual visits for grades 3-8 🎃#SpookyMG
https://linktr.ee/spookymg
Ig: https://www.instagram.com/spookymiddlegrade/
Nada Shawish Dutka @nadawrites.bsky.social #kidlit author rep’d by https://bsky.app/profile/pterlip.bsky.social, https://bsky.app/profile/andreabrownlit.bsky.social. COOKIES AND CRESCENTS (Abrams): https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/cookies-and-crescents_9781419773327/
Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social Reader! BookPosse Member! Indie Book Crawl! Friday Night Raffle! Retired Reading Specialist!
C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social Lvl 51 Writer of Wrongs. SINISTER 1 & 2. DOCTOR STRANGE. THE BLACK PHONE 1 & 2. THE GORGE. V/H/S/85. SEA OF RUST. DAY ZERO. WE ARE WHERE THE NIGHTMARES GO. Six books, seven movies. Podcaster with JUNKFOOD CINEMA. Frogman. Tio do Churrasco. Misfit toy.
C.J. Dotson @cj-dotson.bsky.social Generally cheerful, scaredy-cat horror-lover & horror author. THE CUT and THESE FAMILIAR WALLS are available now!
https://read.macmillan.com/lp/these-familiar-walls-9781250336583/
rep: Chris Bucci
member HWA | #PitchWars 2020
bi, she/her
Josh Adams @joshadams.bsky.social Pulitzer Prize winning comic artist/AD with Business Insider. Doing my own thing now. Son of the late Neal Adams. Way cool.
Booking: josh@whatwouldjoshdo.com
Website: www.whatwouldjoshdo.com
Brigids Gate Press @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social Micro Indie Mom & Pop Press.
www.brigidsgatepress.com
@sharonreader2.bsky.social @sharonreader2.bsky.social I was sharonreader on Twitter. OG KHive. Lifelong Liberal. Reviewer Children’s and YA Lit. Industry Big Mouth (hoping that’s a compliment)
Corpse Bride @nelly-kelly.bsky.social Devourer of books and horror films
Writer of horror with a splash of comedy
Current WIP - Love Island X Cabin Fever
🏝🩸😷
Linda Stanek @lindastanek.bsky.social #Kidlit author of 7 books plus comic book series; winner of Children's Choice Book Award; Choose to Read Ohio award; TX, DE, & PA reading lists; NSTA recom. read + more. Seeking rep. for MG fiction and NF. Also, #crazycatlady
Erica Davis @dorkwitch.xyz https://www.dorkwitch.xyz/
Author // illustrator // podcaster // self-certified Schrute Historian // she/her
Linda Epstein @lindaepstein.bsky.social Author, agent, smartass
Sam Rebelein @rebelsam94.bsky.social A spoOoky writer😱dog dad🐕Rep’d by Claire Harris, PS Literary🥂HWA NY🌻Hudson Valley critter🍁Stoker Nom’d🩸THE POORLY MADE AND OTHER THINGS🩸GALL😶🌫️WAY’S GOSPEL 🐷🦇
Adam Scott @dalek82.bsky.social Kindness is Punk Rock. 80's kid at heart. Nerd. Comics. Gaymer. Jonathan Bailey Fanboy. Critical Role Fan. Animal Lover. Manitoba Boy living in Alberta. Winnipeg Jets Fan. Love Tudor History. Dancing Through Life. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🇺🇦 *Gay Nerds Starter Pack on My Page*
Fae fatale @faefataledrag.bsky.social transmasc drag artist who loves women and horror 💖 uk based, 18+
Joel Eisenberg @joeleisenberg.bsky.social Award-winning writer of The Chronicles of Ara novels. Author and screenwriter. Producer of film and television. WGA member. PEN America member. Words are my weapons and I wear my passion on my sleeve. Lit rep: Scott Kaufman at Buchwald.
Strange Wilds Press - BOREAL is here! @strangewildspress.bsky.social Tiny Maine Horror Press. BOREAL - Feb. 25th | Vulpine Curse - Apr. 30th |EIC @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social. Website: www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/strange-wilds-press
Order BOREAL: https://books2read.com/u/470Rq8
Jonathan Lees @jonathanlees.bsky.social Writer of horrors
Debut novella, AUGUST, out Oct. 1, 2026 from Lethe Press
feat. in: Still Floating, The Rack Vol. 2Long Division, Other Terrors, & The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors +
✒️📚🏳️🌈☠️🩸
Director, Video: ex-Complex & Tidal
www.documentiaprojects.com
Laura Keohane (she/her) @laurakeohane.bsky.social Kidlit writer and reader
Debut MG Novel Spring 2026
WIP Irish Mythology MG
PMEP student taking a break from dentistry
Jennifer Smith Weber @allthingsjennifer.bsky.social she/her | Blogger | Collector of Chronic Illnesses | Community Connector & Nonprofit Do-Gooder | Empath | Sustainable Living | Quinquagenarian
"With fear for our democracy, I #dissent.”
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
https://allthingsjennifer.com/
Brenda Miller--Out on Sub! @meowdemeow.bsky.social Rep by @michelle4laughs.bsky.social
'23 Las Musas Books
Hermana
'20 LatinxinPub mentee
I write MG, PBs, poetry, & much more.
#MGPies
SCBWI
EFAFreelancers
WriteGirl volunteer
#Queer
she/her, cats + dogs
Abby Vail @abbyvail.bsky.social Horror author- middle grade through adult
Bassist 🤘🏼
WRITHE 2025 Sobelo Books
BAD MANOR 2027 Sley House Publishing
abbyvailauthor.com
Lorien Lawrence @lorienlawrence.bsky.social Middle grade author of the Fright Watch series and the forthcoming Many Hauntings of the Manning Family. 👻 Repped by Kathleen Rushall at ABLA.
ELA teacher. 🍎
Forever reading. 📚
Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social #kidlit #middlegrade author!
rep: Jennifer Wills of the Seymour Agency
www.erinpettibooks.com
Laura Parnum @lauraparnum.bsky.social Author, copyeditor, occasional magician. PERIL AT PRICE MANOR (HarperCollins 2023) and THE HAUNTING OF BELLINGTON COTTAGE (HarperCollins, July 2025). www.LauraParnum.com
linktr.ee/lauraparnum
Deke (Dikla) Moulton @dekemoulton.bsky.social kidlit author
Up next: THEY CARVED US TO BE PERFECT summer 27
DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR MONSTER🥈STBA honor book
BENJI ZEB IS A RAVENOUS WEREWOLF
Shakirah Bourne @shakirahwrites.bsky.social 🇧🇧 Author. Up next: HERE LIES A GHOST (March 3rd 2026, Scholastic), BEWARE THE HEARTMAN, NIGHTMARE ISLAND, JOSEPHINE AGAINST THE SEA, ALLIES
www.shakirahbourne.com
Alder (Ash) Van Otterloo @aldervanotterloo.bsky.social Author, Lammy nominee, WA Book Award finalist, CBC Notable Social Studies Award. trans, autistic, queer, semi-feral 🦷THE BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING ELSE, CATTYWAMPUS
rep: @sknigge.bsky.social
E Train Talks Books @etraintalks.bsky.social E Train Talks is a 501©(3) literacy nonprofit. Founded by Ethan, a 15-year-old award-winning literacy advocate, podcaster & Giving Tuesday Leader. E Train Talks Literacy Initiative is turning pages & changing lives, one story at a time! etraintalks.org
Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Bestselling author and illustrator. Creator of the Deephaven Mystery series, the ESTRANGED duology, THE PALE QUEEN, THE LEGEND OF BRIGHTBLADE, and more.
Linktr.ee/ethanmaldridge
Greg Pincus @gregpincus.bsky.social Writer. Likes to rhyme, though not when writing movies or novels. But you should see my shopping lists! Has never bought an orange. #kidlitchat cohost for 14+ years on ex-Twitter (and now here on Tuesday nights at 9 PM EST!). Still bats and throws righty.
The Mixed-Up Files @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social A group blog of middle-grade authors celebrating books for middle-grade readers. For anyone with a passion for children’s literature. Join us! https://fromthemixedupfiles.com/
Shana Roy @literarygrrrl.bsky.social Literally literary
Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social Creative Virtual Assistant & Author Assistant - www.marywyrd.com
All about the books. No GenAi.
Horror writer.
#AuthorAssistant
#HorrorWritersChat co-host
#TheShadowsThatWeCarry
#HauteHorrorCover
#BookPairing
#WriterTips
#BacklistSaturday
No DMs.
Katie L. Carroll @katielcarroll.com Award-winning author of books for kids, teens, and those who are young at heart
She/they
https://katielcarroll.com/
sara “THE RED SACRAMENT” hinkley @boneysoups.bsky.social books: THE RED SACRAMENT, my debut novel, is out now!
Also costume design: ACD/shopper on The Off Weeks, Law and Order: SVU, Law and Order: Organized Crime, Monsterland & more!
USA 829 IATSE, lit rep Isabel Kaufman. she/her
Barbara Kimmel | #KidLit @barbarakimmel.bsky.social Children's Book Author
#KidLit #Writer #Author #WritingCommunity #SCBWI
www.barbarakimmelwrites.com
🕎 Hanukkah Hippity-Hop (Kar-Ben)
👑 Purim Possibilities (PJ Publishing)
🦊 Rep'd by Eve Adler, Red Fox Literary
Cullen Bunn @cullenbunn.bsky.social NYT bestselling writer of horror and comics. THE SIXTH GUN. HARROW COUNTY. GHOSTLORE. DEADPOOL. MAGNETO. UNCANNY X-MEN. 
Kevin Savoie @kevinthewriter.bsky.social Just a writer kicking rocks around. 🌈 Querying a gay horror and writing another.
Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social I make movies. I watch movies. I love movies.
Aileen Weintraub @aileenweintraub.bsky.social Author of KNOCKED DOWN: A HIGH RISK MEMOIR. Health, Lifestyle, and Travel Journalist. Words in Wash Po, AARP, Oprah Daily, BBC. One half of witchesofpitches.com
Amber McBride @ambsmcbride.bsky.social 🥀Award Winning Author/Folklorist/ Hoodoo/ Poet/Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award winner, National Book Award finalist.🏳️🌈
🥀Cozy (Virginia) Country Living
Scared All The Time Podcast @scaredallthetime.bsky.social Named one of Esquire's Best Podcasts of 2024! Part of the Astonishing Legends Network.
Spotify: https://shorturl.at/hEjg4
Apple: https://shorturl.at/6yS9I
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ScaredAllTheTime
Penny Zang @pennyzang.bsky.social English prof + writer + Tori Amos fan. Debut novel, Doll Parts, forthcoming from Sourcebooks in 2025. Substack & more: http://linktr.ee/PennyZang
Brad Henderson @bradfhenderson.bsky.social Screenwriter | Film & Lost Film Historian | Acquisitions/Producer for @terror_vision (formerly Acquisitions/Prod @ Vinegar Syndrome) Producer of New York Ninja
Anthony Nerada @anthonynerada.bsky.social Author of SKATER BOY (Soho Teen) 🛹🏳️🌈
Writer in Residence ~ Surrey Libraries 📚
Vancouver, Canada (unceded lands of the Coast Salish Peoples)🍁
Claire Lordon - Illustrator, Designer, & Author @clairelordon.com 🇨🇦🇺🇸Bold, whimsical art for kids & (kids at 🧡)
📚Picture books, comics, & joyful storytelling
🎨Studio life & behind the scenes
✏️Agent @mccarthylit.com
🖤🩶🤍💜
www.clairelordon.com/links
Eric J. Guignard @ericjguignard.bsky.social Author. Editor. Anthologist. Swiss-American. Writing at Cemetery Dance, Sourcebooks, upcoming with HarperCollins. Publisher of @darkmoonbooks.bsky.social.
Peace, love, and skulls. #ericjguignard
http://www.ericjguignard.com
Dark Moon Books @darkmoonbooks.bsky.social A publisher of unusual and invigorating dark fiction. Helmed by Eric J. Guignard @ericjguignard.bsky.social, the Dark Moon rises!
http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/
john garrigan @jgarrigan.bsky.social librarian | dark summer book fest 2026 | spooktastic book fair 2024-2025 | lover of horror | he/him/his