Scott Wilson @scottwilsonkc.bsky.social Editor, writer. Views mine. I know who needs to hear this. Kansas City, Missouri
CRIT @handle.invalid independent writing class in brooklyn
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Tony Tulathimutte @tonytula.com author n founder @crit.works
Zan @nettiezan.bsky.social Artist, animist, ritual creator, writer, pulmonaut, trance fanatic, 🏳️⚧️ they/she/he/ze/per/co
wayward cloud @wayward-cloud.bsky.social Landscape photographer, fiction writer, dishwasher-sampling musician, gamer, book fan, cinephile, and hiking homo with far too many hobbies.
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Sarp Sozdinler @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social Writer, Designer • Words: Kenyon Review, Electric Literature, Masters Review, Fractured, Los Angeles Review, HAD, Hobart, X-R-A-Y, Maudlin House • Rep'd by Mina Hamedi / Janklow & Nesbit • Editor at The Bulb Region
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Pioneer Valley Writers Workshop @pvww.bsky.social Literary arts organization based in Western MA (and virtually), founded by writer @joybaglio.bsky.social! We host writing workshops, craft classes, readings, & events with authors of all genres!
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Matt Kuhlman @mattkuhlman.bsky.social Artist, independent contractor (painting), and soon to be gallery owner in milwaukee
micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social ✾ unholy idiot | film writer @chicagoreader.com ☻ mcaporale@chicagoreader.com ❁ signal: juggaloreporter.69 ✾ https://linktr.ee/juggaloreporter
Rémi Forte @rmfrt.com Poetic Program, Typographic System
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Jeramey Jannene @jeramey.urbanmilwaukee.com President and co-founder of @urbanmilwaukee.com. Covering City Hall and all things city of Milwaukee. jeramey@urbanmilwaukee.com
Allyson @cryinginthepark.bsky.social 
Joy Deva Baglio @joybaglio.bsky.social Speculative Writer: Fiction in One Story, Ploughshares, Tin House, Apex, etc. Yaddo Fellow. Founder of Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop. Rep'ed by Peter Steinberg. Novel in progress. Bagpiper.
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Cindy House @cindyhouse.bsky.social Author of Mother Noise
Ryan Collopy @ryancollopy.bsky.social Average local man. Resident of Milwaukee. Lover of the Brewers, Bucks, Corporate Finance and some Phish.
‘A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man’ - Jebediah Springfield
Todd Temkin @toddtemkin.bsky.social Poet, author, Patagonian alpaca farmer. A Wisconsin boy living in Chile between Valparaiso & Futaleufú. New book coming in 2027! All llamas, alpacas & Icelandic horses are Green Bay Packers fans. No DMs. No porn. No crypto.
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social 
Beth Kanter @beekaekae.bsky.social Writer, teacher, workshop leader.
Hand holder
Words in: X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Emerge Literary Journal, Unbroken, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Cease, Cows and others.
Pushcart nominee.
www.bethkanter.com
Books: No Access DC & Great Food Finds DC…
Abigail Finch @itmebugail.bsky.social argumentative antithetical dream girl // she/her
Rosecliff Literary @roseclifflit.bsky.social DC-based literary agency | where stories find their path | founder @jessicaberg.bsky.social
Xavier S. @42ruefontaine.bsky.social Unreadable fiction
#postmodern #experimental #constraints #indexing #bartlebyan #ghostwriting
CALYX Press @calyxpress.bsky.social Independent Publisher of Art and Literature by Women+ Since 1976
Open for general submissions! calyxpress.org
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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Publishes 6-sentence stories 2nd Thursday every month. No more than 400 words. Submissions always open. Never a fee.
Editor, Jeff Harvey (@jhhwriter.bsky.social)
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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social Independent publisher of nonconformist literature.
lindsey peters berg @lindspetersberg.bsky.social old soul in teen's clothing
lindseypetersberg.com
David Strack @strackoverflow.bsky.social senior engineer @ github. enthused about home automation, live music and sports. based in milwaukee
Zachary Kocanda @zacharykocanda.bsky.social Illinois’s favorite son. Malarker retweeter.
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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social Classics professor, writer, and translator (of Horace, Ovid, and Catullus, with more Ovid on the way). she/her stephaniemccarter.com
Bobby Miller @bobbymillertime.com Voice Director at Rockstar Games LA | Filmmaker (The Cleanse, TUB, Critters Attack!) | Author (Situation Nowhere) | http://BobbyMillerTime.com
Justin Perkins - Mystery Room Mastering @mysteryroommastering.com Audio Mastering Engineer from Milwaukee / Madison, Wisconsin
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Matt Wild @bymattwild.bsky.social Co-founder/editor https://milwaukeerecord.com
Michael Pappas @pappasmdz.bsky.social Accidental lawyer. Author of "The Solace of Autumn," arriving on January 14, 2025. Find me on most socials under the handle @pappasmdz.
Website - michaeldpappas.com
Jeremiah Johnson @jeremiahdjohns.bsky.social Founder @cnliberalism.org. Writing at Infinite Scroll. Carly Rae Jepsen stan. Send me the worst tweets on this site.
http://infinitescroll.us
Johnny from MALEDICTIS @maledictis.bsky.social I'm Johnny. I write songs and record talented musicians for a Milwaukee music project called MALEDICTIS
(https://maledictis.bandcamp.com).
Tell me about your passions, projects, and who your favorite Golden Girl is.
Kathy Anderson @kandersonwriter.bsky.social Short Story Writer. Novelist. Author of VAMOOSE:STORIES (Vine Leaves Press), THE NEW TOWN LIBRARIAN (NineStar Press), BULL AND OTHER STORIES (Autumn House Press). kathyandersonwriter.com
Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social Writer | editor | teacher | joyful Ninja Turtle | chronically ill
Words: Craft Literary, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, Wigleaf Top 50
Website: https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/
Craft newsletter: https://prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/
Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social Writer, teacher. Up next: PENITENT, a novel (2028, Doubleday); TYPO, nonfiction (2027, Bloomsbury). Out now: APPLESEED (2021, Mariner). REFUSE TO BE DONE (2022, Soho Press).
Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social Micro, flash, shorts, poetry
Fiction managing editor - Strange Horizons
SFF editor - Uncharted
SFWA, SFPA
MicroVerse Recommended Reading
Electric Sheep
https://mynachang.com
Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social Writer. Books: A THOUSAND WAYS TO DISAPPEAR (Cornerstone Press, 2028)/THE CLARITY OF HUNGER (Word West Press, 2021). Fiction instructor: Harvard Extension School. MacDowell Fellow ‘23. Email: fabulistpappas@gmail.com
www.cherylpappas.net
Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social PFP by Terijian
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Avitus B. Carle @avitusbcarle.bsky.social Writer of the weird and experimental flash. Words @FracturedLit, @Xraylitmag, @NecessaryFic, @TBQuarterly, and elsewhere.
Debut flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES, out now @MoonCityPress.
Read more at http://avitusbcarle.com
Robert Vaughan @rgvaughan.bsky.social Author of 6 books, newest is ASKEW. I am the EIC of Bending Genres, LLC. Work in Best Small Fictions 2016 and 2019. Norton's Exceptionally Short Fictions 2018. www.robert-vaughan.com. www.bendinggenres.com 
Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social Writer, dreamer, PhD student. Northern lass. Words at @nffr.bsky.social @theforge.bsky.social @fictiveDream.bsky.social @SoFloPoJo.bsky.social Winner @Bathflashaward.bsky.social Writing bot for @writershq.bsky.social
https://kathyhoyle.com
Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social I’M THE UNDERTOW (Central Avenue, 2026)
Rep’d by @clgslr.bsky.social at BSCM
EIC: @flashfrog.bsky.social
www.ericscottryon.com
Christopher Allen @christopherallen.bsky.social Publisher and EIC of SmokeLong Quarterly. 2023 Flash Fiction Judge Bridport Prize. #BestSmallFictions #FlashFictionAmerica. Nomad. Very much a back-office guy. He/him
Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social Award-winning storyteller, writer, workshop facilitator. Taught 150+ workshops including Second City, Smokelong Quarterly, Clarion West. Stories published in Barrelhouse, Baltimore Review, Apex, Fractured Lit etc. www.tyrtle.com. #HumanMade
Ruth Brandt @ruthabrandt.bsky.social Writer & creative writing tutor.
Words: Fly on the Wall Press, Bridport Prize 2018, Bristol Short Story, Litro, The Phare, Ellipsis Zine, Fictive Dream, Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology and other lovely folk ...
website: www.Ruth@ruthbrandt.co.uk
@ninaschuyler.bsky.social @ninaschuyler.bsky.social Author: IN THIS RAVISHING WORLD, AFTERWORD, THE TRANSLATOR, THE PAINTING; HOW TO WRITE STUNNING SENTENCES; Lover of lemons, dogs, snails.
Instructor: Stanford Continuing Studies
website: ninaschuyler.com
Stunning Sentences: ninaschuyler.substack.com
Sarah Freligh @sfreligh.bsky.social Writer and swimmer and teacher. Books: OTHER EMERGENCIES; HEREAFTER; A BRIEF NATURAL HISTORY OF WOMEN; DEAR YOU; WE & SAD MATH. Best Microfiction 2018-21, 2025-26; Wigleaf 50; NEA poetry fellow; http://sarahfreligh.com. Mom to Wayne and Oscar.
Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social #Flashfiction writer and #collage artist. Stories in Gooseberry Pie, Fictive Dream, Gone Lawn, The Disappointed Housewife, 100 Word Story & others. Based in Brighton, UK
www.anikacarpenter.com
Finnian Burnett @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social Cat person, writer, presenter, Star Trek fan. THE PRICE OF COOKIES, REDSHIRTS SOMETIMES SURVIVE flash fiction collections. Queer AF. Definitely not cool. They/them/tired. #flashfiction finnburnett.com
Sarah L @fictionalsarah.substack.com Small in size. Big in hair. "Clearly deranged". Writing writey writer. Director of Writers' HQ.
Culture and climate change takes at https://fictionalsarah.substack.com
KM Elkes @kmelkes.bsky.social Author. Ginger. Potty mouth. #workingclasswriter Award-winning short fiction writer. Editing debut novel. Also writing tutor & editor.
http://linktr.ee/kmelkes
https://kmelkes.substack.com
Emily Devane @devaneemily.bsky.social Writer, teacher, editor, bookseller. Collector of oddities.
Words in various places, including Smokelong, Lost Balloon, Ellipsis, Best Microfiction & Ambit.
Jo Gatford @jmgatford.bsky.social Write-abouter | editor | scriptwriter | fiction all over the shop | Shakespeare nerd | writing thoughts & workshops @ The Joy of Fixion
https://www.jogatford.com
https://fixioning.substack.com
Audrey Niven @nivenaudrey.bsky.social EIC The Propelling Pencil, Creative Coach and business consultant. Exploring new forms in writing and visual art.
Stephanie Carty @stephaniecarty.bsky.social Fond of creativity, pyjamas and kindness.
Farhana Khalique @hanakhalique.bsky.social Writer, VO Artist, Teacher, & PhD candidate from London, UK
Subs Editor @ SmokeLong Quarterly
Words in Flash Fusion, Best Small Fictions, 100 Voices, Spread the Word, Arachne Press, Word Factory, & more
W: www.farhanakhalique.com
Tw & IG: @HanaKhalique
Mandira Pattnaik @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social Author of 8 published/forthcoming chapbooks, Wigleaf Top 50 (2023), Best Small Fictions (2021 & 2024), Best Micro Anthology (2024), The Rumpus, IHLR, McNeese Review, Emerson Review, Penn Review, 300+ publications, #amquerying
Jude Higgins @judehwriter2.bsky.social Founder Bath Flash Award, directs AdHocFiction + Flash Fiction Festival Flash collection Clearly Defined Clouds out now s/l Bridport x 4, s/l SmokeLong Mikey x2, Best Microfictions x2 Pushcart nominated
Ingrid Jendrzejewski @lunchontuesday.bsky.social I read a lot. I write a bit. I like coffee and other things.
www.ingridj.com
Leone Ross @leoneross.bsky.social Author. Writing coach.
Latest: THIS ONE SKY DAY/POPISHO. Pointillist. Joyfully maximalist. Jamaican/British 🇯🇲. Black, FYI.
Goldsmiths, Edge Hill, Ondjaate & Women’s Prize noms. Won Manchester Prize for Fiction.
Rep: Nicola Chang, DHA.
Sherrie Flick @sherrieflick.bsky.social Writer / Editor - I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED CONSEQUENCES: SHORT STORIES, Autumn House, 2025- HOMING - essay collection, Univ. of Nebraska Press, 2024 - Co-editor FLASH FICTION AMERICA, W. W. Norton, 2023 - Sr Editor SLQ 
megpokrass.bsky.social @megpokrass.bsky.social Dzanc Books Author. Best Microfiction Series Founder. Electric Lit, Flash Fiction America (Norton) Best Small Fictions 2023. Scotland
Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social Ploughshares | Best American Nonreq'd | Copper Nickel Editors' Prize | The Norton Reader | ElectricLit | Flash Fiction America | Swamp Pink | Wigleaf | Five Points (forthcoming) | The Art of Flash Fiction https://artofflashfiction.substack.com
s. e. smith @sesmith.lol that person with the peaches
national magazine award-winning culture critic & writer for hire
🌿 @theflytrapmedia.com cofounder
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✉️ sesmith at realsesmith.com
Christine Grimaldi (she/her) @yourombudsmom.bsky.social Writer: Lit Nonfic—publish or represent me!
Journalist: Abortions—help me fund them!
Co-founder: @theflytrapmedia.com
Podcast: @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social
Parent: 👧🏼 and 🐰
Mother: Fucker
Media: Don
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social Let's see... 39 years teaching journalism at NYU. A critic who tries to be useful. PressThink: the name of my subject and my site. My book: "What Are Journalists For?" (1999, Yale University Press)
Natalie Wallington @narwhallington.bsky.social Housing reporter + data nerd for @mlk50.com in Memphis 🏠
Call out your landlord: natalie.wallington@mlk50.com 👀
Previously Kansas City Star, Popular Science, Audubon Magazine, Baltimore Times 📝
nataliew.901 on Signal 🗣️
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com Executive editor, The Bulwark (thebulwark.com) /// Cofounder of The New Atlantis (thenewatlantis.com) and American Purpose (americanpurpose.com).
Millie Tran @millietran.com Journalist. Chief Digital Content Officer at the Council on Foreign Relations @cfr.org. Mostly thinking about the world and how people get news. There must be a better way.
Angela Watercutter @waterslicer.bsky.social Senior Editor, Special Projects @ WIRED
Signal: AngelaWatercutter.95
Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social Live in Chicago, write for Wired, got a great attitude
Send me tips: kate_knibbs@wired.com / Signal: kateknibbs.09
Jill Geisler @jillgeisler.bsky.social Professor of Practice - Journalism, Leadership and Ethics at Loyola University Chicago. Veteran journalist and newsroom leader. Author "Work Happy; What Great Bosses Know," and coach to leaders worldwide.
Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social Reporter: ProPublica. Author: Corrections in Ink. Priors: LA Times, Houston Chron, Marshall Project. Journalist, felon. (I promise I don't bite)
Mike Sweeney @courier12.bsky.social On my better days, I'm a writer. WGAw.
Peter Gould @petergould.bsky.social Writer: Breaking Bad, Too Big To Fail, Better Call Saul and now…. Disinherited!
Eric Tipton @magnificenthack.bsky.social He/him. Screenwriter, published author, pilot developer. IAG, Literate. Pen hoarder, office supply fetishist. Single space after a period is settled law. 
Andy Bobrow @andybobrow.bsky.social Writer, Malcolm in the Middle, Community, Last Man on Earth, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. You would expect this feed to be a little more polished.
Amos Posner @amosposner.bsky.social Writer, director, occasional actor, Badger, New Yorker.
John August @johnaugust.bsky.social Screenwriter, mostly. Also Highland and Scriptnotes.
Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff.bsky.social Reporter at ProPublica. Staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Author of CATCH THE DEVIL, to be released by Knopf on July 14. https://www.pamelacolloff.com/
Elizabeth Weil @lizweil.bsky.social “great story!”— Judith Butler.
Feature writer, @nymag (before that: “propublica, @nytmag). 
Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social I am a New Yorker staff writer and author of "H is for Hope," "Under a White Sky," and "The Sixth Extinction," and “Life on a Little-Known Planet." Learn more at elizabethkolbert.com.
Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social Never’s just the echo of forever
Rebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social Journalist, New York Magazine; author, Good & Mad, All the Single Ladies. Maine, New York, Philadelphia. I am on a book leave till fall 2025. I do have a substack. 
Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Our Way (coming in fall 2027). Lately: T, New York, etc. Past: EW, Grantland, younger. I am not Mark Hamill so I cannot "stick to acting."
Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War; THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series; C Street; THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social Pencil pusher
Lucy Sante @luxante.bsky.social writer, artist, enigma
Christopher Cox @cwhe.bsky.social Writer and editor, NYTM and NYM. Signal: christophercox.01
Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social I write narrative features about how systems affect people. Writing a book about how we teach literacy and what it means to be a good reader. Contributing writer, Bloomberg Businessweek. Author, Bad Company: https://bookshop.org/a/109816/9780063299351.
Joe Hagan @joehagantv.bsky.social Special Correspondent for VANITY FAIR. Author of the Jann Wenner bio that Jann Wenner doesn’t want you to read.
Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social Journalist at Mother Jones and elsewhere, author, writer of social media posts on micro-blogging sites. Tips to Amerlan@motherjones.com or on Signal, username annamerlan.30