Randall Drum @rdrumwrites.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, and former standup comic. You know, an indoor kid.
Sarah Hans @sarahhans.bsky.social Writer, reader, on several spectrums
Gary Braunbeck @garybraunbeck.bsky.social Writer, Editor, 7-time Bram Stoker Award Recipient, World Fantasy Award Nominee, Le Grand Prix de L’Imaginaire nominee, Pushcart Prize nominee, Safely Medicated (more or less).
Kealan Patrick Burke @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social Irish guy stranded in Ohio. Bram Stoker Award-winning writer of books, graphic novels, and screenplays. THE WIDOWS OF WINDING GALE out now.
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Dana McSwain @danamcswain.bsky.social Author
Essayist
2025 Pushcart Prize Nominee
Bear Witch Project
Jarod K. Anderson @jarodkanderson.bsky.social Fiction. Poetry. Nonfiction.
Memoir: Something in the Woods Loves You - Timber Press Sept 2024
New Fantasy Novel: Strange Animals - Ballantine Books Feb 2026
Poetry: The Haunted Forest Trilogy
Podcast: The Cryptonaturalist
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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social Weird writer living beside a cemetery with two good dogs and a roomba. Author of Take This to Space and The Unmothers. Coming in 2027: Children of the Wrong Heaven. she/her
Two Dollar Radio @twodollarradio.bsky.social Independent publisher based in Ohio, bringing you ‘Books Too Loud To Ignore’ since 2005.
📚 imprint of Seven Stories Press
🦄 bookstore/cafe HQ: Two Dollar Radio Headquarters
carter keane @carterkeane.bsky.social horror author, anarchist worm, gardening for the community, dog training for fun, a knife cosplaying as a person | MORSEL April 2026 Tor Nightfire | she/they
Rep: @grahamophones.bsky.social
Header: @babeandoak.bsky.social
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Sam Flynn - Preorder DWELLER IN DARKNESS! @samflynnwrites.bsky.social A godforsaken author (He/Him). DWELLER IN DARKNESS out 9/22 via Timber Ghost Press. Preorder: https://www.timberghostpress.com/dweller-landing.html#/
Website: https://sam-flynn.com
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Amanda M. Lyons @amandamlyons.bsky.social Author, reader, reviewer, mom.
Demi-Bi. non-conforming
She/Her
CPTSD and Nuerospicy
Author of Night is Falling, the Shades of Midnight series, the Other Dangers series, and several short stories.
Website: http://amandamlyons.weebly.com/
JD Blackrose @jdblackrose.bsky.social Fantasy, Comedy and Romantasy author. The Summoner’s Mark Series, The Devil’s Been Busy, The Soul Wars, and A Wrinkle & Crime about a murder solving zombie cosmetologist. Website: www.slipperywords.com or find me as JD Blackrose on Amazon & Goodreads.
Sean Seebach @seanseebach.bsky.social Author Links https://linktr.ee/seanseebachauthor
jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social Writer of novels and stories. Lives in Ohio. 
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Kyle Winkler @bleakhousing.bsky.social Predominant necromancer. Sad books.
The Substitute Teacher (Avon A/HarperCollins Fall 2027)
The Ship of Death (Avon A/HarperCollins, Fall 2026)
Enter the Peerless
Grasshands
Tone-Bone
The Nothing That Is
Rep: Naomi Eisenbeiss (InkWell)
Kaira Clarke @kairaclarke.bsky.social ✨She/Her/They🏳️🌈Horror/Fantasy/SciFi Author✨Lover of books, cats, video games, Buffy and Cafe du Monde. She/Her/They.✨Author’s Guild member.✨
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
E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com THE LORD OF THE WOOD (Hanover Square Press 2026). THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS (Mira 2025). BLM. Queer. AuDHD. Disabled. Anti-LLM. They/she. Rep: Keir Alekseii, ALA. pfp from maddel_art Picrew.
elizmanderson.com
Mike Rusetsky @beatnikjuice.bsky.social Speculative scribbler & flan enjoyer. My sci-fi/comedy novella MAX DEMONS SLAYED, LLC is out now from Black Hare Press https://books2read.com/Max-Demons-Rusetsky mikerusetsky.com
Matt Betts @mattbettsauthor.bsky.social Columbus, Ohio-based science fiction/horror author and poet. Writer of mashup novels and poetry for people who hate poetry.
Manta Press, Ltd. @mantapress.bsky.social Independent publisher of speculative fiction by independent minded authors.
Paul C. Jones @paulcjones.bsky.social Professor of 19th-Century American Literature | Ohio University
Author of Poe, Queerness, and the End of Time
Stephanie Sanders-Jacob @sandersjacob.bsky.social horror author 🦇 ‘80s paperbacks + furbys • COWBOY COVEN 🐎🤠 HEARSEPOWER 🛞🔥 DROPSHIPPED 📦✨ PYRAMIDIA 🩸🫖 SINGING ALL THE WAY UP 🛸 she/they
jonathanamitchell.bsky.social @jonathanamitchell.bsky.social Loves reading and writing weird horror stories.
Grindhouse Press @grindhousepress.bsky.social We're a small press specializing in horror, extreme horror, transgressive fiction, sleaze, and exploitation. Sign up for the newsletter on our website: www.grindhousepress.com 
@mbrown9.bsky.social @mbrown9.bsky.social Author of suspense novels COVET and JIGSAW MAN; journalist; film critic
www.marvincbrown.com
DM Guay @dmguay.bsky.social Author of monster comedies, including the 24/7 Demon Mart series, Christmas Creeps from the Deep. Godzilla's No. 1 Fan. DMGUAY.COM. Member: SFWA, HWA.
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
Lily Mayne @authorlilymayne.bsky.social queer monster and fantasy romance author. she/her. 34. pan. NSFW | 18+ only. anti genAI - SUPPORT REAL CREATIVES.
i like gaunt monster men with sharp teeth and long hair
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Sain-7 @sain-7.bsky.social Pfp/banner: @GroovyTaxi ✨from twitter
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☆ I draw silly things
☆ she/her
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, Queen Demon, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
Jenny Kiefer @jennykiefer.com Horror writer and owner of Butcher Cabin Books in Louisville, Kentucky. Author of THIS WRETCHED VALLEY & CRAFTING FOR SINNERS (Oct 25). Bram Stoker Nominee.
Fuck fascists & AI
KID ♦️🔞 COMM CLOSED @kidwma.bsky.social 🇰🇷 3D Animator | Previs, Postvis Artist
Opinions are my own.
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RobasArel @robasarel.bsky.social https://hipolink.net/robasarel
Elijah J. Mears @elijah.mea.rs sci-fi & fantasy writer • former classicist • transit nerd • gay married to @beryl.rubacky.dev • 🏳️🌈✡️ • he/him
📍 Raleigh, NC
🌐 www.elijahjmears.com
Emily Ruth Verona @emilyrverona.bsky.social (she/her) Fiction. Poetry. Essays. Author of the novel MIDNIGHT ON BEACON STREET from Harper Perennial & the novella SHIVA from Dark Matter INK.
https://www.emilyruthverona.com/
Jack LaRoche 🐺 @coyotespeaks.bsky.social Listen to "Raising Hell" on CursedMedia.Net
Just looking for hope wherever I can and wondering what the fuck. QAA Co-Host
https://jacklaroche.com
jacklaroche.19 on Signal
@authorstephbecker.bsky.social @authorstephbecker.bsky.social 
OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social OTHERSIDE is a quarterly magazine of speculative fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers and artists. 🪐🗡️🌈
https://patreon.com/othersidespec · https://othersidespec.com
The ARC Party @thearcparty.com Your first look at upcoming books!
Hear authors talk about their upcoming releases, and plan your TBR! Find out how to pre-order, and when authors are doing signed orders! Learn about book events and tours!
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Brian J. Cummings @brianjcummings.bsky.social Author of occult fantasy rooted in supernatural horror. Metal musician. Reluctant psychic. Host of the fiction/paranormal podcast, Dark Concepts.
Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social Gothic novelist. Ghost-filled non-fiction. Actress. Goth. Narrator. Playwright. NYC Ghost Tour Guide. RAVENFIELD HALL (2/27, Hachette) A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN, AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC (USA Today Bestseller, Kensington), STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL (Tor)
Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social Horror Author. 4x Bram Stoker Award Winner. Lambda Literary Award Winner. Potato Chip Connoisseur.
R. Ruhl 🌙 @writingruhls.bsky.social Querying a horror novel!
MFA in Writing Popular Fiction. HWA member. STEM background. History, astronomy, & Renaissance fair fan. Friend of a fussy dachshund. I'm a cane user and my work focuses on disability rep.
https://linktr.ee/writingruhls
Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social phd in gender studies - writer of books (Summer Sons, Feed Them Silence, The Woods All Black, and anthology Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity)- he/him
Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com Queer SFFH (and romance) fiction writer | Graduate of Taos Toolbox & Mary Robinette Kowal's Short Story Cohort | Codexian | patreon.com/rathmercury
they/them
Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social Editor in Chief & Publisher, Whisper House Press.
Award-Winning Writer & Screenwriter.
Educator since ‘08.
Trained ethicist.
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Nicole M. Wolverton (she/her/hers) @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social Professionally unsettling | Philly-area writer of (mostly) horror & thrillers | MEAT SWEATS * MARCH 2027 | horror academic | scent-obsessed | nicolewolverton.com
Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social Scott Edelman is a Stoker Award-nominated writer and Hugo Award-nominated editor of science fiction, fantasy & horror, as well as the host of the Hugo Award-nominated Eating the Fantastic podcast! (He/Him)
Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social Books. Comic books. YA/middlegrade books. Film/TV. Podcasts. You can visit me at www.claymcleodchapman.com
Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now! Coming Sept 22 in US) @almakatsu.bsky.social NYT bestselling novelist. Former intelligence professional, tech futurist.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social SFWA promotes, advances, and supports science fiction and fantasy storytelling by educating, promoting, and empowering its creators and the larger community. This account is for informational purposes.
Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award–winning author | MFA, PhD English(c) | SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME, Sept 29 | Rep-Lane Heymont | cynthiapelayo.com
Kristy Park Kulski @garnetonwinter.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award winning editor & author ❀ CRACKS coming spring '27 ❀ SILK & SINEW ❀ feminist, historian, veteran, Korean-Polish-et-al hapa, HI born ❀ (she/her) ❀
Rep: @laneheymont.bsky.social @danaiwrites.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/garnetonwinter
Saga Press Books @sagapressbooks.bsky.social The science fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative fiction imprint of @SimonandSchuster 
David Corse @itsmedavidcorse.bsky.social Hey, weirdos. I'm David, a dark fantasy and horror author from the Midwest. I write stories that will hit you in the feels and make you say WTF.
OUT NOW: CERULEAN SKY
OUT NOW: Split Scream Volume 6
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VOIDCON @voidcon.bsky.social VOIDCON is a dark covenant, a consortium of shadowy artists and creators across all media. Watch this space.
www.voidcon.wordpress.com
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Bylines @TheGuardian.com, @advocate.com, @xtramagazine.com
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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com Dark SFF illustration & WP dev. Author, querying rn. Dark art feed curator. Likes robots a normal amount. I repost LOTs. No N/F/T, No A/I.
🖼️: AimeeCozza.com
Next 🤖: TheGoneMachine.com
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Alt 4 reposts!
Archive of Our Own (AO3) @archiveofourown.org
A non-profit, non-commercial archive for transformative fanworks; created by and for fans. A project of the Organization for Transformative Works: @transformativeworks.org
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social Gray-ace & aegosexual lesbian. Coffee addict. Dog, lizard, tarantula, fish, & bunny mom. #Actuallyautistic.
Writer of monsters. Survivor of worse. Finding healing through stories.
Author of dark romance, horrormance, & romantasy. 🔞
www.harperlcarnes.com
FOPPLE 💀 @fopple.bsky.social me draw
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🦴 hillbilly hell / 1994
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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social “AROMANTIC FRANKENSTEIN” MA Thesis & WIP.
She/they. Ace horror writer. 🦑🌈🖤
✨Loves film, folklore, fantasy.
Published in 140+ venues.
Reader @whaleroadreview 🐳
#HorrorWritersChat 👻
worrydollsandfloatinglights.wordpress.com
Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social Weird/Horror Fiction Author & Editor Gevera Bert Piedmont (she/her)
Neurodivergent Cyborg Swamp Witch
Fictionary Certified StoryCoach Developmental Editor
Member: HWA-NE. NEHW. CAPA.
~HORROR TEACHES US TO FIGHT MONSTERS~
https://linktr.ee/bybertabird
Bailie @bailierosenlund.bsky.social she/her |🏳️🌈 | Illustration / Comics / Design
Canadian
GLAAD award Comic artist : Marvel, DC, Darkhorse, IDW |🚫AI |
Star Trek Holoween ll this October!
Open for Freelance!
Rep’d by Moe Ferrara @ Triada
Portfolio: http://www.bailierosenlund.com
Nico Silver | Nik Sylvan @anagramforink.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Writer of queer urban fantasy, epic romantic fantasy, and UF romance as Nico Silver. Illustrator, bookbinder, printer, printmaker, folklorist as Nik Sylvan. They/them.🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Winton Kidd🔞 @wintonkidd.com 🔞 Midwestern erotic artist.36 he/him.
BLM. Trans Rights = Human Rights.
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How to support my work!💖⤵️
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Links to my books + Other socials: linktr.ee/1mpavidus
Narratess @narratess.com Talks about books and runs indie book sales.
Rowan C. Blake @purplepirate123.bsky.social Clevelander. Would rather be on AO3 but NNNOOOO, ya'll had to go make 45 47. Everything the MAGAts Hate in a Female-Ish Human. Says the Fuck Word A Lot. Cat Rescuer. #Resist
jaen nighly butler @jnb.art IGDN groundbreaker award winning illustrator of the fantastic & the macabre!
marquise of shadows
trans as fuck
art, metal, & ttrpgs
// pronounced like "jane" //
🏳️⚧️ she/her
💼 https://jnb.art
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Ark🖋️🔥 COMMS OPEN @arkeresia.bsky.social 30+. she/her/they. character/portrait artist. game enjoyer. occasional hater. metal listener. bruce dickinson cheerleader. terminal yapper. ❤️
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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social opencoverbooks.com -
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NEXT EVENTS:
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lesbotron 3000 ⛓️❤️🔥 🔞 @fiishass.bsky.social fiiishass on twt • blondeulence on tumblr • mostly TOTK & BG3 • some sidlink • she/her • femme dyke • 26
https://ko-fi.com/fiishass
ConCurrent Seattle @concurrentseattle.bsky.social A one-day SFFH event held on August 14, 2025, in Seattle, WA. Built and run by humans who may also be sparkle unicorns.
concurrentseattle.weebly.com
Lanternfish Press @lfpbooks.bsky.social Purveyors of the rare and strange. Independent publishing in Philadelphia. Genre boundaries are so 20th century.
David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social Main site at https://prokopetz.net
Horror Writers Association @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social Official Account of the Horror Writers Association. The oldest literary organization serving writers and publishing professionals around the world, dedicated to promoting dark literature and the interests of those who write it.
Jonathan Fortin @jonathan-fortin.bsky.social Neurodivergent author of Dark Fantasy & Gothic Horror. Voice actor. https://www.jonathanfortin.com/links Check out LILITU here: http://getbook.at/Lilitu
Tycho - Artist, Author, Sushi Baron 🏳️⚧️He/Him @tychodorian.bsky.social Artist, award-winning author, and sushi baron.
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Tal🏳️⚧️ ⭐️he/they @artoftalya.bsky.social 31⭐️he/they⭐️Muslim⭐️
I am a Black Trans masc visual artist, poet, and believe in anarchy, prison abolition, a free Palestine, trans rights, that all Black Lives Matter
Based in Ohio
Old Moon Quarterly @oldmoonquarterly.bsky.social oldmoonpublishing.com
Old Moon Quarterly is an indie magazine of weird sword-and-sorcery in the vein of Clark Ashton Smith, Tanith Lee and Karl Edward Wagner. 
CJ & Cedar (he/they) 🌈📚🏳️⚧️🐕🦺 @candleoversunday.bsky.social Just a man and his dog on a quest to read every book in the world
Follow me on Pagebound if you want reading updates/full reviews!
K.T. is drafting! @ktangelowrites.bsky.social author of sad and spooky queer fiction
find me in Reverent: An Anthology of Divinity
currently writing: Tanhā, a folklore/fantasy novella!
ktangelo.carrd.co
FearZZan @fearzzan.bsky.social Video Game Developer by Day 🎮🕹....
Dungeon Master by night🎲
kallielef @kallielef.bsky.social Illustrator and lover of all things fantasy. 
zero @zerofinite.bsky.social 18+ | they/them | illustrator | coms closed
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Alana McLaughlin🏳️⚧️ @alanaferal.bsky.social The lady feral, hard femme, steel-town slayer, pittsburgh panther, malevolent shapeshifting witch, championship fist mistress, titles, titles, she/her🏳️⚧️
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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz ⚡ PR, copywriting, and design for Devolver Digital
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⚡ Author of Perfect Organism: A Celebration of Alien: Isolation
⚡ Glaswegian
📍 Yorkshire, UK
🔗 www.ultrabrilliant.xyz
Robin After Dark 🌶️🔞 @robinjomargaret.bsky.social NSFW!!! 🔞🔞🔞
Indie author of queer books
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇮🇹
xe/xem/xyr/xyrs/xemself
M.H. Law @itsmhlaw.bsky.social ✒️Author of Latcher
✨Maker of spooky things✨
🔮The witch behind the dark synth pop solo project, Melsie
🎤Front woman of Skullgorg.
https://phoenixcuriosities.com
JL George @jlgeorge.bsky.social Author of THE WORD and various other things. She/they | hi/nhw. http://www.jl-george.com
http://www.parthianbooks.com/products/the-word