Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com Pulitzer Prize winner & NYT bestselling writer (books, TV, film). Angel Down, Whalefall, Creepshow, The Shape of Water, The Living Dead, Rotters, The Autumnal, 21 more, visit the site or just trust me.
DanielKraus.com
Sean Foy @ybseanfoy.bsky.social Author of psychological mayhem. Filmmaker of fantastical short films. Girl dad. I shot the Rally Monkey. Debut novel, The Grotesque, out now. https://amzn.to/4guFZNO
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@SeanFoyMakesMovies
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/ybseanfoy
elizabeth gordon โง @emily-isliterate.bsky.social โ๐ผ Aspiring Author, Chronic Yapper
๐ RevPit โ26 Shortlist
๐ MA Political Science
๐๏ธRepโd by Madison Potter @ Olswanger Literary
Annabeth @annabethwrites.bsky.social โจ Romantasy writer & biscuit aficionado
๐Rep: Lauren Gardner - Bell Lomax Moreton
๐ Smoochpit 2025 Mentee
โ๏ธ Ireland
Looking to build my writing community!
Hanna Patrick is Querying @hannapatrick.bsky.social ๐ 2025-2026 smoochpit mentee
Writer, reader, lawyer
Currently querying: Covenant of the Damned, a 119k adult romantic fantasy
@hannapatrickauthor on IG
Hannah Greer @hannahgreer.bsky.social SFF writer with works in PseudoPod, MetaStellar, Radon Journal, and more. First reader for Fusion Fragment
Mary @mary-nyc.bsky.social Writer of all kinds of romance ๐ฉท
Serial hobbyist (anyone need a loom?)๐งถ
2025 SmoochPit Mentee ๐
IG: @mary_writes_nyc
@jaredchenwynn.bsky.social @jaredchenwynn.bsky.social 
@authorskgreen.bsky.social @authorskgreen.bsky.social 
Rylan โจis writingโจ๐ @rytinghorror.bsky.social Writer of whimsy and monsters ๐โจ
She/her
Cat mom ๐๐โโฌ Poker gf โฅ๏ธ๐
Seeker and giver of kind words ๐๐ค๐ฉถ
Please ๐ซDMs ๐
#WritingCommunity
Rylan.rafferty.org
@tserina716.bsky.social @tserina716.bsky.social 
( โก ) ( ๐ miraculous witch of fate ) @basicbaka.bsky.social ( lily ) I { cis she/they } I { autistic & adhd } { ๐ adults only } { ่
ๅฅณๅญ } I ( time keeps ticking ) I { author } I { โโโ } I { rep'd by: } | elder millennial
Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social Writer She/Her
Speculative YA Intersectional Feminist Horror
โญ๏ธWinner Best Submission Award SCBWI MayFest 2025 & WriteHive 2025
โญ๏ธBig 5 Editor requests
Meet the new Urban LegendโThe East River Wraith
Featuring Rage, Revenge, Reclaiming Power, oh & Romance
Jaimee Choi ๐ช๐ @jaimeechoi.bsky.social Writer & civil rights activist & sympathetic villain & gardener & yes, I want to see your dog
G.M. Nair - Author Ordinaire @gmnair.bsky.social Rocket Scientist, Jokey Boi, Author of DUCKETT & DYER: DICKS FOR HIRE, Worst #SPSFC 1 Finalist
Opinions are like assholes
https://linktr.ee/gmnair
Ashleigh UpChurch @myquirkywriting.swifties.social 
Dera Luce @deraluce.bsky.social Nigerian-American interdisciplinary storyteller who calls Berlin home
@amwriting24.bsky.social @amwriting24.bsky.social 
๐ซChristi R. Suzanne ๐ง @christirsuzanne.bsky.social Writer and crochet addict.
Nominated for Best Small Fictions.
Stories in Invisible City, Harpur Palate, and Variant Literature.
Christi-r-Suzanne.com
https://linktr.ee/christi.r.suzanne
Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social Speculative fiction writer
Critics rave "deeply upsetting" and "what happened to you??"
Harriet Ward @harrietward.bsky.social writer, world traveler, some assorted other things.
28 | She/Her | Taipei
All photos taken by me.
B. van Bodegom ๐is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social Author of horror, sci-fi, dark fantasy & more. #Dis father of four. Gamer. ๐ณ๐ฑ Forever DM.
DAD BODIES, a co(s)mic horror novel.
Writing MARK OF THE JESTER, a dark fantasy novel.
Born in the 80's.
Rep: V Ruiz (D4EO)
J Mildรกnoff @joannaobviously.bsky.social SFF Author. Balkan gremlin ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ | ๐๐๐ she/her | swear-a-lot โข | short stories in The Selkie, Inner Worlds, and The Moss Puppy Mag | https://linktr.ee/jmildanoff
Art is HUMAN!!!
Safiya Bint Saleh @safiyabintsaleh.bsky.social TO IMMORTALIZE LOVE in the ENTER HERE anthology (OUT NOW!) ยท writing books that could be called thinkpieces ยท designer, artist, and certified cat enthusiast ยท we are not free till we are all free ๐ ยท safiyabintsaleh.com
Rebecca Wilcox @rebeccawilcox.bsky.social SFFH illustrator/writer, SAHP. Coffee, cats, & fountain pens. Brown Ajah. RevPit 2020, HiveMentor 2022. SLF Diverse Writers/Worlds finalist 2024. She/her. Hard of hearing. Not straight. No AI, ever. Never ever. https://linktr.ee/rebeccawilcox
Jacqui Culler @cullerpictures.bsky.social #RevPit โ24 Winner | Writer (Fantasy) | Graphic Designer | she/her | IG: @cullerpictures
Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com Viet-Canadian writer, multidisciplinary artist, general goblin on Treaty 1 territory. Queer, neurodivergent, she/they. SCBWI. https://tiffbartel.com
Rep: Katie Blagden @ The Ampersand Agency
Lauren Merry Vale (they/she) @pixielauren.bsky.social queer & genderqueer ๐ Associate Professor ๐ creative writer ๐ backpacker ๐ knitter, spinner, sewist ๐งต leftist โญ I teach LGBTQ Studies! ๐ fuck AI forever, read a real book ๐ rural Ohio, USA ๐
susan @sshwrites.bsky.social wannabe wordsmith
Brian McAuley @brianmcwriter.bsky.social WGA Screenwriter. HWA Author.
๐๏ธโ๏ธ CURSE OF THE REAPER
๐ฒ๐จ CANDY CAIN KILLS
๐๐ช CANDY CAIN KILLS AGAIN
๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ฉธ BREATHE IN, BLEED OUT (9/2/25)
Kristin Temple ๐ @kristintemple.bsky.social Associate EdiTOR at Tor Nightfire. Chaotic neutral, horror fan, cat mom, and "little bisexual gremlin". Opinions my own. she/her. ๐๐๐
๐ Hailey Piper ๐ @haileypiperfights.bsky.social Make horror gay AF, Stoker Award winner
out now: NO GODS FOR DROWNING
Sept 15: THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END THE WAY WE WANT
she/her; rep: Lane Heymont
haileypiper.com
Ali Z @alizagame.bsky.social Novelist & Cookie Addict
She/Her
Rep: James McGowan at Bookends
allison e. crisostomo @aecwrites.bsky.social filipino american writer, teacher, cyclist, photographer, flutist, cat wrangler
anti-ai
SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF CONFIT available NOW https://books2read.com/sweetdreamsaremadeofconfit
๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ต๐ญ
https://linktr.ee/aecrisostomo
Lindsay Allison @lindsayallisonbks.bsky.social ๐ฉต writer of stories in which people fall in love with the life theyโve had all along
๐ฉท library enthusiast
๐ Rep: Natalie Sun | HG Literary
๐ Follow along on Substack and IG @lindsayallisonbooks
Katey Grant @kgrantwrites.bsky.social (she/her) I write romcoms about women with good intentions and noble ideas, who inevitably screw up before saving the day and getting the guy.
REP: Kiya Evans at Paper Literary
Reading and writing in Vancouver ๐จ๐ฆ
Follow me on Instagram @kgrantwrites
Dana Ripley @danaripleywrites.bsky.social She/Her. Perpetual gremlin. Former roller derby skater. Author of heartfelt, unhinged, and hilarious contemporary romance.
AI can GTFO.
Insta: @danaripleywrites
AO3: junkyardjeditrash
Dr. Hillary Steinberg @drhillary.bsky.social Sociologist at the US Census, PhD in Sociology from CU Boulder. Childhood/youth, health, disability. Writer of speculative fiction.
Julianne @authorjulianne.bsky.social ๐ Writer โข Reader โข Singer โข Dreamer
๐ 2025 SmoochPit Mentee
๐ฌ โWhy canโt you write something less depressing for a change?โ - my mom
Allen Kline โ๏ธIS QUERYINGโ๏ธ @allenkline.bsky.social Marketing Editor โ Writer โ Book Lover
Send me all your queer botanical-horror book recs ๐ฟ
Currently querying: YA psychological horror #BADTHINGS ๐ฌ
Currently editing: YA eco horror #TheBoyWhoSwallowedtheForest ๐โ๐ซ
#YA #SPECULATIVE #PSYCHOLOGICAL #HORROR
Author Idalita Wright Raso @idalitawrightraso.bsky.social Author Idalita Wright Raso is a freelance writer and actress. Author of the Eye of Saturn vampire series: Between Heaven and Saturn Book Two and The Daughters of Saturn Book One
Visit: https://www.idalitawrightraso.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@idalitaraso
Lane Heymont @laneheymont.bsky.social Literary agent, connoisseur of horror, serious non-fiction, and caffeine. Founder of The Tobias Literary Agent. Opinions are my own. (He/Him)
Damian is โจ๏ธdraftingโจ๏ธ @damian-santos.bsky.social 32 | Latine ๐จ๐ฑ | ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธTrans | He/Him/El |Adult fantasy writer | FREE PALESTINE๐ต๐ธ
Lucy Hatherley @lucyhatherley.bsky.social 30 | UK | Identical Twin | Script Supervisor/Assistant: 28 YEARS LATER/THE BONE TEMPLE, MY LADY JANE, THE MARVELS (imdb.me/lucyhatherley) | Writer | She/Her ๐ค๐๐ฌ
Angie is โจqueryingโจ @angie3tomatoes.bsky.social Mom | Wife | Writer of Love Stories | Goat Wrangler | Crochet Master | Beverage Hoarder
โThe Heart of a Warriorโ in Flametreeโs Aphrodite anthology
โจangie3tomatoesโจ on โฐ๐ธ@
Querying An Ordinary Name
Smoochpit โ25 Mentee
She/her
@owe-writes.bsky.social @owe-writes.bsky.social 
๐ฑ El(iza)beth ๐ฌ๏ธ K ๐ฅ T ๐ @arachnereid.bsky.social author of a hopeful post collapse #CliFi #hopepunk novel journey through the tarot
COMING OCTOBER 20, 2026
~๐permaculture ๐๏ธ meditation ๐ฎโจmagic ๐ community โ๐ฒwilderness๐ณ~
PDX
We are in this together, friends๐
Iza K. T.
https://linktr.ee/arachnereid
Clover Callahan @clovercallahan.bsky.social ๐จ๐ฆ Romance Author
Allison Stalberg @stalbergwrites.bsky.social Repped by Nina Richnerโ๏ธ
SFF Writer ๐
Gamer ๐ฎ
Asexual ๐ ๐ค ๐ค
Anxious Creature ๐ฆ
Unitarian Universalist ๐ฏ
Crystal Lorons @crystallorons.bsky.social This ATL ๐ is here in 2026
Freelance Journalist
Ghostwriter for ๐ & ๐ถ
#RevPit '22 Winner
#SCBWI
Disabled #LupusWarrior
Model
Wife
#CatMom
#GamerGirl
#AmWriting & #AmQuerying #KidLit #ChickLit
She/Her
www.CrystalSmallsWright.com
https://x.com/CrystalLorons
trang โ writer @trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social โ๏ธ rep: Elizabeth Pratt at Trellis Literary
๐๏ธ CONDUCT OF MAGES (adult fantasy)
๐ฆ wip: [PROJECT PIGEON]
๐ 2025 Smoochpit Mentee
Ree Augustine-MG Author @reeaugustine.bsky.social HANGABOUT: FAR FROM HOME, Aug. 2023
Orange Blossom Publishing
No boxes.
Eastern PA www.reeaugustine.com
Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social Cat sitter. Gothic lit and theology. Romance studies. Byron studies. Runs 'Romancing the Gothic'. Writes queer little stories.
David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence
Ashley Taylor @ashtaylorwrites.bsky.social Enthusiastic storyteller, incurable dreamer, patiently impatient mum, autistic, proud kiwi โ๏ธ๐ญ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ โพ๏ธ๐ณ๐ฟ #amquerying 
@drjay1966.bsky.social @drjay1966.bsky.social 
Cassie is drafting/(finally) editing ๐๐๏ธ @cassjackson-22.bsky.social 23 | CA native in the Midwest
YA/NA contemporary/dystopian/historical fiction
author, poet, lover of sports and nature
@/cassjackson_22 on ig
krista is writing like a maniac โฆ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social she's a 10 but she's a writer, reader, gemini, and a procrastinator โฆ sensitive bisexual black girl currently writing her first novel โฆ cr: the shining by stephen king
Bre Sabin @breiswriting.bsky.social Writing love stories with a dash of magic
๐ rep: Lauren Khan at FinePrint Lit
๐ 2025 SmoochPit mentee
Alyse likes to โจ๏ธdraftโจ @itinerantginger.bsky.social I teach and write queer romance.
That's it, that's the bio
Makenna Rae @makennarae-writes.bsky.social personal essayist by day, fantasy writer by night
let's be internet friends
Substack: Lazy Girl Club @makennarae
SonnyZappa @sonnyzappa.bsky.social Aspiring writer currently drafting a YA Cyberpunk.
Italian, They/Them
grace @graceks13.bsky.social she/her ๐ฉท๐๐
Chase Grayson is Agented๐ @adropofmagick.bsky.social Fantasy writer. Comic lover. Titanic fanatic. Oscar Wilde obsessed. Forever emo. Happily Married. Rep: Josh Foreman at FinePrint Literary
Leo Kelley @leokelley.bsky.social Queer trans man writing fantastical stories.
2025 SmoochPit Mentee ๐
TJ Ohler @tjohler.bsky.social Editor | Emerson Alum | bookseller | #editor #horror #romance #thriller #YA #adult #mg #eviltwin #zando #slowburn
Miranda Nichole @mirandanwrites.bsky.social YA Contemporary Fantasy Writer, Nerd, and Crafty Person
Current WIPs:
Querying: Sprigs of Magic - Found family with magic and mystery
Editing: Sigils of Power - Magical conspiracies + college apps
Writing: Elements of Truth - More magic, but Appalachia
Ann Chow โจis draftingโจ @writerannchow.bsky.social I write stabby girls who make bad decisions | East-Asian YA romantasy | words in Uncharted & Black Fox Literary Magazine | she/her | ๐น๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ธ
Gaylestorming @gaylestorming.bsky.social Writer, reader, coffee drinkerโฆdark brews & dark chocolate. A cozy horror creative searching for my place in the universe. 19th Annual Writerโs Digest poetry award winner ๐
USAF Veteran
https://www.gaylestorming.com
Lauren Bajek @laurenbajek.bsky.social Literary agent at Liza Dawson Associates / open to queries / art, sewing, native plant gardening / another world is possible / she pronouns
Christi is querying ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ historical fantasy @christiplayford.bsky.social #amquerying author seeking rep for my PEAKY BLINDERS x AGATHA ALL ALONG 1920s gangster-witch fantasy with a F/F romantic supblot. ๐คโจ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ she/her โข ๐๐๐ bi โข ADHD โข 4w3 โข โ๏ธ gemini
Gianna Girone | Writer @giannagirone.bsky.social Connecticut fantasy writer fueled by chaos and whimsy
https://linktr.ee/giannagirone
Kristin Ostby @kristinostby.bsky.social Literary agent at Salky Literary Management. kristinostby.com
Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social Book editor | Fantasy, sci-fi, & horror | Writer | Gamer | Co-host of The Worldbuilder's Tavern podcast | #RevPit editor | Chronic illness mage | Bi | She/Her โฟ๐ aealexander.com
Adrienne Trinity Reina @adriennereina.bsky.social Fantasy author seeking representation. Dead gods, gothic vibes, and reversing traditional gender norms.
She/her/Mx
BLM/LGBT+
Athena Kane @athenakane.bsky.social ๐งก๐ค๐ฉท She/They. Writer of adult SFF and horror about unhinged lesbians. Dog person who has a cat. ๐ฑ
Cara Meldapes @carameldapesauthor.bsky.social Romantasy author currently querying.
TT @carameldapesauthor
IG @carameldapes
Part of the #ZAPWHAMPOW bookish community ๐ https://discord.gg/jmDF4vQbkE
Currently reading: A witch's guide to fake dating a demon, Sarah Hawley
Jadyn N. Marshall @jadynnmarshall.bsky.social Reader, writer, and happily human โบ๏ธ
Erstwhile professional book person @ PRH ๐ง, Macmillan ๐, & JGLM ๐
Fairly digital nomad & one-woman stock photo gallery (camera roll closing in on 255k ๐)
English professor in Tokyo ๐ฏ๐ต
Fulbright alumna ๐ฌ๐ท
๐๐๐ she/her
Charlie is juggling projects @cardaminecrone.bsky.social Charlie โข she/her โข writer โข feminist โข I like to write about country houses and terrible people
๐ฉท๐ค๐ฉทโข๐โพ๏ธโขโฎ๏ธ
Rajani Thindiath (Ruhj-ni) @rajanithindiath.bsky.social Storyteller/Editor (she/her)
Love: whimsy, kindness, rabbit holes, Discworld, life, the universe & everything ๐
#SFF #books ๐ช๐๐
https://rajanithindiath.wixsite.com/my-site-1
Arumi Writes @arumiwrites.bsky.social My NEW alt Bsky account, exclusively for writing & querying updates. ND #SFF writer, warden of tiny humans, lover of anime, sci-fi, otome games, fuzzy blankets & cocoa. #n7
C.S. Madsen @csmadsen.bsky.social I'm the #author of the #Mythicals universe, as well as a parent of two wonderful little kids. I drive a #Subaru #BRZ and love every second of it. Still trying to figure life out.
https://linktr.ee/CSMadsen
Char โจ๐ฑ๐น๐บ๐ฅ @charwritesstories.bsky.social Appalachian writer of the dreadful and dreamy ๐ฅ๐โจ
Lover of caves๐ฆ and very large dogs
Bee ๐ has a BOOK DEAL! @beemorris.bsky.social Author of all things dark, spicy & unhinged โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
KILL ME MAYBE ๐ช๐ (@penguinrandomhouse & @littlebrown)
Rep: Suzannah Ball & Caitlin Mahony at @WME ๐
Jean-Paul Blartre: Mall Cop @oldpappythomas.bsky.social "Tell myself I'm an artist but I'm really just a piece of shit". Writing: https://www.theravencroft.com | Data: https://farnsworth-institute.org/ | Pictures: https://www.instagram.com/thomas.of.ravens/
Emma Brand YA Author โ๏ธ ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ @emmalbwrites.bsky.social โ๏ธ Repโd Natalie Barracliffe - Sheil Land Assosciates
๐ Dial One For Revenge debut with Indie Novella ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธpassionate about Buffy The Vampire Slayer, all things cake,
mental health, BSL, LGBTQ+๐rights and spreading kindness โค๏ธ (she/her)
Hazel Budzinski - he/they @hazelbud.bsky.social 25 ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Cornish writer + artist โจ Working on cover art and writing a fantasy horror novel. Full of whimsy, not harbouring an evil god
Portfolio: https://hazelbud.carrd.co
Comms open ๐ฑ Looking for work!
โ๏ธ skazinbud@gmail.com
ljoehobbs @ljoehobbs.bsky.social Bookworm, Geek, Mom
Kiana Nguyen @kiananguyen.bsky.social Literary Agent at Donald Maass Literary Agency
Representing YA & Adult Fiction; Horror, SFF, Thriller, Romance, and WF
IG: knguyenbooks
www.kiananguyen.com
E. Victor May @evictormay.bsky.social Queer Writer, Artist, Lover of all things Horror, and a vampire? He/him butch. Do I need to say I'm a lesbian or is that obvious?
Working on my debut horror poetry prose book, They Prey on the Haunted (out SOON 2026)
https://linktr.ee/evictormay
Keir Alekseii @keiralekseii.bsky.social Literary Agent at Azantian Lit | Cat wrangler ๐โ | Trini demigyal | Intersectional feministโ | #ADHD | she/fae bi/pan ๐ | Opinions mine.
Emma Hayward @emmahayward.bsky.social ๐ SFF writer | ๐ฅ gothic romantasy | ๐ฟ plant enthusiast | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | ๐ฆ what would cain ballari do?
Shelly Romero @shellyromero.bsky.social Associate Agent | Azantian Literary Agency โข PW Star Watch Honoreeโข Bi Final Girl โข she/her ๐ญ๐ณ
Website: shellyromero.com
Links: https://linktr.ee/shellyromero
No AI โartโ or โwriting.โ
๐ซ Jim the Vampire ๐ซ @jimthevampire.bsky.social Definitely not a Vampire! Wannabe Sci-Fi writer, writing some rubbish called Statues Erode. It's got space in it! Progress: Rewrite 1. 50k words. Eeeep.
Joy is โจqueryingโจ @joyiswriting.bsky.social Queer fantasy & horror writer ๐ | lover of the weird & whimsical โจ | plant fanatic ๐ฑ | also unhealthily obsessed with Earl Grey tea
https://linktr.ee/joyiswriting
joe @darknweird.bsky.social #Writer #writing #amwriting #WritingCommunity #scifibooks #horrorbooks
writes horror, sci-fi, weird
most music, but mostly metal (black or death)
too weird to be AI
RevPit '25 shortlist
Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social Italian (she/her). Questioning ace.
I studied business for arts and culture. Classicist at heart