Amy de la Force, Author @amydelaforce.bsky.social
A KISS OF HAMMER & FLAME 📘 Out now!
A CROWN OF BLOOD & MAGICK 📕 15 Sep 2026
(Canelo, DK, Penguin Random House)
Whimsigoth #SpecFic writer. She / her 🇦🇺 🏳️🌈 🇬🇧
SL: Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize 2024
Rep: PFD London
https://linktr.ee/amydelaforce
superforest @superforest.org superforest.org
Small Scottish Studio designing games and books.
First book 'Little Bird' now on Amazon and Kobo:
https://amzn.eu/d/0iInbDUG
Working on an idle space western game too.
And the second book of The Life and Death of Sibyl Wylt!
sarah l. hawthorn (A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING '26) @slhawthorn.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling Haligonian SFFH author / She/They / A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING 🌊 (Poisoned Pen Press) / Maritime Cryptid / Hazel stan 🐈 / Rep: Larissa Melo Pienkowski @ Azantian Literary Agency
Emma Lowther @emrolow.bsky.social 📚 Author rep'd by Rachel Neely at Mushens Entertainment
Alessandra Ranelli @alessandraranelli.bsky.social Crime Writer. American in Vienna. Woman in the Red Dress.
Debut MURDER AT THE HOTEL ORIENT is out 2/26.
Rep: Harry Illingworth/DHH 🏳️🌈
Helena Lancaster @helenalwrites.bsky.social ♓️🐲🇺🇸 38, Writer (Fantasy, Poetry, & More), Goth, Historian, Nerd (lover of SciFi/Fantasy, Comics, etc), Cat Lady, Music Lover, Feminist, Free Spirit, Spread love not hate, 🔵 in red state, love is love, Ally of 🏳️🌈, she/her
http://helenalwrites.wordpress.com
Taylor Epperson @bytaylorepperson.bsky.social romance + fantasy author
if not writing, probably chasing my kids
rep: Emily Forney at BookEnds Literary Agency
Tzeyi Koay || Fantasy Author @tzeyikoay.bsky.social 🔊 Zee-Kway • Author of A CURSE CARVED IN INK (Coming Jan '27 with S&S) • Rep'd by Naomi Davis of BookEnds Literary 📖🌒🎋
Jennifer Bray @jenniferbray.bsky.social Political Editor, Sunday Times Ireland. Debut novel The Lies Between Us out NOW with Penguin Sandycove 📚
https://linktr.ee/TheLiesBetweenUs
celine 🩷💜💙 @writewithcel.bsky.social little court jester 🌈 • queer & diverse reader • author HOLD ME LIKE A GRUDGE • they/she • rep: brent taylor at triada us
http://bio.site/celineong
Sheena Boekweg @sheenaboekweg.bsky.social Author of A SISTERHOOD of SECRET AMBITIONS and GLITCH KINGDOM. School Librarian and full of hope.
Rep:Jessica Sinsheimer Context Literary
Cassidy Ellis Salter @cesalter.com Author of gothic YA fantasy These Shattered Spires (2026) 🏳️🌈they/them
Morgan J. Watchorn @morganjwatchorn.bsky.social Author of FIRE TO THE STARS (spring 2026, Knopf/Penguin Random House)
Rep: Josh Adams @ Adams Literary
Florence Chien 🗡️ REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (07.07.26) @florencechien.com ✒️ Fantasy & Historical Fiction Author
🗡️ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (7/7/26 Rising Action)
🍂 HOLLOW WHISPERS OF THE WIND (Ch 1 in Uncharted Mag)
🌊 @smallpitch.org 💫 Rep: @maraalyse.bsky.social
📍 Toronto, CA • She/Her
🌐 https://florencechien.com
raghad ☀️🍊 @raghadjibril.bsky.social writer, medic
she/elle/هي
Portia Elan @portiaelan.bsky.social words & stories, etc
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
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Tamara Cole @tamaracole.bsky.social Author of WE KILL THE FLAME (2025 HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books) | Travel Influencer | Screenwriter | UCLA Grad | Rep: Natalie Lakosil at LGLM
https://linktr.ee/tamaracole
Isabela Livino @isabelalivino.bsky.social Author
Rep: WME
www.isabelalivino.com
Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social Associate Agent at FinePrint
rep: Penelope Burns at Gelfman Schneider
D M Murray @dommurray.bsky.social Author, Environmentalist, Arsehole. 
Julia Bianco @julia-a-bianco.bsky.social Writer of BROKEN COVEN, out 2026 (St. Martin’s- US). Be excellent to each other.
Bar Fridman-Tell @barfridmantell.bsky.social Writer, coffee enthusiast & librarian-in-training.
Honeysuckle (Bloomsbury US, S&S Canada & Tor Nightfire UK) coming Spring 2026.
https://linktr.ee/barfridmantell
Juliet Izon @julietizon.bsky.social Lifestyle journalist and author in NYC. My debut novel ARPEGGIO comes out from Hachette/Union Square & Co. in spring ‘26!
http://julietizon.com
Sam Beckbessinger @sambeckbessinger.bsky.social Novelist, creative writing lecturer & aspiring bog witch. FEMME FERAL (my perimenopausal werewolf novel) is out April 2026 🐺
www.sambeckbessinger.com
She/her 🏳️🌈🇿🇦🇬🇧
Carrie Classon @carrieclasson.bsky.social Carrie Classon is a nationally syndicated columnist, writer, and performer who champions the idea that it is never too late to reinvent oneself in unexpected and fulfilling ways. Her debut novel, Loon Point, will be released by Lake Union in February 2026.
Tiffany Crum @tiffanycrum.bsky.social Author of This Story Might Save Your Life (March 2026, Flatiron: Pine & Cedar Books)
Zara Marielle - she/her @zaramarielle.bsky.social Author of empowering fantasy for adults. Smashing the patriarchy and hugging floofy dogs. 💙 🇫🇷 🌉🏳️🌈
THE CAFÉ OF INFINITE DOORS out April 28.
Rep’d by Kim Carson Bodie
https://linktr.ee/zaramarielle
Samantha Chong @samjamtimtam.bsky.social ✍️ Malaysian fiction writer
💻 freelance social media strategist/newsletter person
🧠 lover of puns
🍴avid food maker/eater
🐅 YA fantasy PRODIGAL TIGER (Putnam Children's) > March 17, 2026.
rep: Larissa Melo Pienkowski
https://linktr.ee/samjamtimtam
Kate | KS Shay @ksshaywrites.bsky.social MAEVE AND THE OTHER MARSH | Fall '26 @erewhonbooks.bsky.social
Writer and lover of the strange, creepy, and magical | rep'd by @benglishhh.bsky.social
ksshaywrites.com/links
Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social author 🏳️🌈 | race & regency scholar | fiction editor @mentmagazine.bsky.social | lillyluwrites.com | rep: @palindrometodd.bsky.social | she/they
Craig Russell @cmrussell.uk Writes optimistic, apocalyptic, humanistic sci-fi.
NEVER EVEN - A Short Paradox Tale - out now!
http://cmrussell.uk/links
P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social 2x Nebula finalist. Aurora, and World Fantasy-finalist. Chilean-Canadian writer. Winner Short Works Prize. SFWA, CSFFA, ALCiFF Chile. Odyssey ’02. Codex. Stories in Apex, Fantasy, Lightspeed, and others. Linktree: http://linktr.ee/pacornell
Tesia Tsai @tesiatsai.bsky.social Author of DEATHLY FATES (Wednesday Books, Winter 2026)
Rep: Laura Crockett
https://linktr.ee/tesia.tsai
Shell @shellbryson.com Writes sci-fi stories in Edinburgh. Founder of Edinburgh SFF writing community: https://edinburghsff.com - Software engineer by day. Personal site: https://shellbryson.com
David (W) Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social Multi-genre writer
Spies: @headlinebooks.bsky.social
Spaceships: @solarisbooks.bsky.social
McDermid Award , Bloody Scotland Debut Prize 2025 winner, McIlvanney Prize 2026 longlist
Rep: @harryillingworth.bsky.social
More: https://www.davidgoodman.net/
Benedict Anning @benedictanning.bsky.social Horror/SF writer, occasional artist, general creative chump. Creature of the abyss and cat dad.🐈
⚛️⚰️ATOMIC COFFIN⚛️⚰️
- out now in UK! (Transworld/PRH)
- Oct 6 in US/CAN (Saga Press/S&S)
Rep: @jjbker.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/benedictanning
Lady Kraken @cjhenderson.bsky.social Scottish fantasy writer. She/her. Books, cats, more books. SFF, language, history, Twin Peaks, BSG, Star Trek. Co-founder @edinburghsff.com; member @gsfwc. Latest story is in Gallus anthology.
Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social Scottish SFFH Author | Shirley Jackson Award & BFA Finalist | Latest: LIMELIGHT, Shortwave, DARK CRESCENT, Luna Press | Words in Apex, Analog, Weird Tales, & more | Rep: Michael Mungiello InkWell, Film/TV: Sean Berard https://linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
Annabel Campbell @annabelcwrites.bsky.social (she/her) SFF writer based in Lanark, Scotland. Her first novel, THE OUTCAST MAGE, combines a coming-of-age narrative with thrilling magic and found family. Out now from Orbit UK/US in hardback, paperback, ebook and audiobook.
Omar Kooheji 🍉 @ohmz.bsky.social Neurodivergent (ADHD), I pretend to be an SFF writer, but I wish I had more time to write. I like boardgames, and video games, and tech stuff former SWE.
Scotland, but originally from the “Middle East”.
He/Him
CL Hellisen | Preorder The Shape of Monsters @clhellisen.com Writer, artist, occasional table. Cast Long Shadows (Luna Press) The Shape of Monsters (Audible, TorUK) A Million Points of Light (Audible)
Preorder The Shape of Monsters - https://geni.us/TheShapeofMonster
They/them
clhellisen.com
Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing.
🖊️ 2026 Festival 5-7 June, in Edinburgh & online. Tickets on Sale 1 March 2026
www.cymerafestival.co.uk
Shoreline of Infinity @shoreinf.bsky.social Science fiction doings - magazine, publications, events and other odds and sods. Based in Scotland, open to the Universe.
https://www.shorelineofinfinity.com
Also SF Caledonia www.sfcaledonia.scot
Also home to SF Caledonia: https://www.sfcaledonia.scot
Gus Harris-Reid (EngineMasters trilogy out now!) @gusharrisreid.bsky.social Chartered Mechanical Engineer (CEng MIMechE), Author, Nerd, Libra, He/Him, Sailing the Starless Sea 🐝🗝️🗡️
https://www.gusharrisreid.com/
sunyi @sunyidean.com ~Reader, writer, occasional thinker // multi-award-losing author // rep: Harry Illingworth @harryillingworth.bsky.social
Gideon (he/him) writing as Gregory Lawrence @gideongregory.bsky.social #ActuallyAutistic German translator/writer/conlanger, student of Medical Humanities
https://linktr.ee/gregory.lawrence
Debut novelette "Malice in Chains" available here: http://shorturl.at/mrAO4
Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social She/Her. Bi/Omni. Yorkshire lass. Reader of books. Writer of books. Lover of happy metal
Lorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social Author, biologist, cat herder | BFA & SoA winner, Clarke Award, BSFA, Kavya & Saltire Awards finalist | THE SALT ORACLE out now https://geni.us/saltorac | rep Julie Gourinchas | she/her 🏴
http://linktr.ee/raine_clouds
Tristan Gray @eidyngray.scot 🏳️🌈 author and activist in 🏴
Software engineer, TTRPG GM, and author of dark fantasy books
(he/they)
💜💗💙
https://tgraywrites.carrd.co/
E.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes / Not em faulds @emfaulds.com Award-winning Scottish science fiction & fantasy writer. Podcastle, Strange Horizons, Shoreline of Infinity, ParSec, Best of British SF. More: emfaulds.com NEW HANDLE, bethkesh will still work.
#scruffyGarden
Runs @bibliotta.bsky.social
Julie Leong @julieleong.bsky.social USA Today, Sunday Times, and Indie Bestselling Author of THE TELLER OF SMALL FORTUNES, out now // chinese-malaysian american // repped by Paul Lucas // she/her
https://linktr.ee/julieleongbooks
MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com Sapphic Scottish specfic duo E&M. Fungi fanatics, lurcher lovers, gin guzzlers.
The Needfire NOW OUT out with Solaris Books!
PREORDER The Haunting of Avis Lovelock TODAY!
Repped by John Baker @ PFD.
https://www.mkhardywrites.com/links/
Steven R. Smith @blacksmith3989.bsky.social Writer, Chaotic Neutral DM and indie Game Dev.
𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co 🇬🇧/🇵🇭 Speculative fiction writer and Creative Director at @unseenhistories.com – rep'd by @jjbker.bsky.social.
jordanacosta.co
Mairi @mairi-white.bsky.social Writer (unpublished) of SFF. 40+ Panromantic Asexual. She/Her
Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social SFF author, triple Hugo award winner (and three times Locus award too), over a million books sold.
Mostly on Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop
Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
Nicholas Binge @bingewriting.bsky.social Bestselling author.
"Provocative and surprisingly tender." — The New York Times
Next book: EXHUMATION — out October 2026.
Rep: Greyhound Lit (UK) + UTA (US + film/tv)
www.nicholasbinge.com
also: @nickbrucker.bsky.social
Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social Est. 1986, GSFWC is a critique workshop for writers of fantastical literature based in Scotland.
Official website, anthologies and more: https://linktr.ee/gsfwc
Ian Green @ianthegreen.bsky.social SFF author; EXTREMOPHILE & THE ROTSTORM trilogy out now with HoZ books/Ad Astra; PhD in epigenetics; ᛉᚷᛏᚫ; www.ianthegreen.com; https://geni.us/extremophile
Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social Words and music. Glasgow, Scotland
he/him https://linktr.ee/neilwilliamson
LATEST 📚 Hand-Me-Downs (short story collection) https://bit.ly/4fhuSt9
🎶Extinction Event (album) http://bit.ly/4w4EKMC
NEXT 📚 ???
Genoveva Dimova @gen-dimova.bsky.social Author of FOUL DAYS and MONSTROUS NIGHTS 🧙♀️ and the forthcoming THE TRAVELLING MUSEUM OF WITCHCRAFT 🏛️ Archaeologist ⛏ Immigrant 🇧🇬🏴 (She/her)
Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social Scottish fantasy author. Archaeology & history fiend. The Maleficent Seven and The Last Shield out now from Angry Robot Books, represented by Ed Wilson at Johnson & Alcock. www.cameronjohnston.net
Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social Scottish writer/editor. Queer AF. Terrible workaholic.
PhD student in Creative Writing. Cinema Worms podcast co-host. She/they
Repped: @lzats.bsky.social (literary) Kim Yau at Echo Lake (film/TV)
Wife: @pegasusunder.bsky.social
www.lindzmcleod.co.uk
t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social a peaceful place | BFA short story finalist | Best of British Sci-Fi '21 | she/her | they/them is fine too | account is a placeholder as don't do socials |
Shona Kinsella @shonak.bsky.social Scottish fantasy and horror author. Chair of the British Fantasy Society. Avid Reader. Vaguely gothic. She/her www.shonakinsella.com
Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social Award Winning Small Press. SFF in Fiction and Academia. Est. 2015. Member of Publishing Scotland. https://www.lunapresspublishing.com
Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social Neuroscientist turned science fiction & fantasy #writer. Stories in Analog, Escape Pod, Cast of Wonders, Utopia SF, Radon. BSFA & BFS member. Based in Edinburgh. verabrook.com. she/her
Coastal Kate @gabbrogirl.bsky.social Author, sea spirit, lover of wild places 
peter remote morrison @remotecore.bsky.social Haverin: 40 years of GSFWC. October 2026.
Editors: Milton, Morrison & Valentine
He/Him. GSFWC. WGB. Glasgow.
(banner by Jenni Coutts)
https://linktr.ee/remotecore
Jak Koke @jakkoke.com Author and editor of speculative fiction. Awards & Noms: Endeavor, PW Best of Year, Ippy, Ben Franklin, Foreword, Origins. Science advocate and hope peddler. See https://jakkoke.com/ .
Bent Nürnberg @skjolnir.bsky.social Senior Unreal Engineer for UI/UX at @rawpowergames.bsky.social
Ex @duneawakening.com
I. R. Fox @irfoxwriter.bsky.social Writer 📖✨
Museum lover, environmentalist, empath, ATINY
London, UK 🇬🇧
https://irfox.co.uk
Gabriella Margarita @bygmargarita.bsky.social Aspiring SciFi novelist & avid reader. American in Scotland. Otherwise known as Bri.
Elian J Morgan 🌙🌿 @elianjmorgan.bsky.social Writer of SFF with 🌈yearning🌈 | PRINCEWEAVER 🌿👑 April 2026 (Canelo, DK, PRH). 🍂 PRINCEBREAKER (2027), BOOK III (2028) | Rep'd by @jjbker.bsky.social | Here be dragons.
Fiona Leslie @bibliofi.bsky.social Author of SFF.
On sub: A ghost filled Urban Fantasy based in Edinburgh.
WIP: A Christmas movie goes horribly wrong - paranormal horror meets RomCom
Rep: Judith Murray - Greene and Heaton
PhD in evolutionary genomics/ bioinformatics
SJ Groenewegen @sjgroenewegen.co.uk SFF author, trans-inclusive feminist, gay, non-binary, autistic. BEM.
Website: https://www.sjgroenewegen.co.uk - includes links to all my publications.
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/sjgroenewegen - new posts every so often on politics and/or writing.
K.L. Schroeder @klschroeder.bsky.social Science fiction + horror writer.
PhD microbiologist.
NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD out from Psychopomp 💀
🔭🔬 🇨🇦 🇸🇪
they/them
Edinburgh SFF @edinburghsff.com ESFF is an open writing community for Science Fiction and Fantasy writers in Scotland. Events, resources & support, writing sessions, critique + more.
Community website for writers:
https://EdinburghSFF.com
Loretta Chefchaouni @writerlyme.bsky.social YA Fantasy Author | THE LUSTROUS DARK (Peachtree Teen, May 19 '26) | A THOUSAND NIGHTS (Sept 8 '26)
Taylor Grothe @taylorlgrothe.bsky.social Horror(omantasy) author 👻 HOLLOW (Peachtree Teen, Sept 30, 2025), THESE DREAMING SPIRES (Titan, Sept 2, 2025), LETHAL KISS (TOR Nightfire, Fall ‘26), MBT (Peachtree Teen, Spring '27) | MFA ‘24 | BLM | 🍉 | Rep: Victoria Marini
Allie Nguyen (updates only) @alliewritesalot.bsky.social Author of BLOOD OF SILVER (S&S, 10 Nov 2026) 🌞🌙
I write stabby Viet girls 🇻🇳
Rep: @erniechiara.com
https://linktr.ee/alliewritesalot
Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social YA fantasy: A PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE and TO A DARKER SHORE / adult romcom: MY KIND OF TROUBLE / sadder but wiser / autistic / fat / 🌈 / 🇮🇹 / theater / (she/they) Repped by: Alex Land/Mad Woman Literary
https://linktr.ee/leanneschwartz
✨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
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social *THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social Former Dem staffer. UCI, King's College London, Johns Hopkins. | INFINITE SKY (Bloomsbury 2026) + more | Many bylines. | AAJA/SCBWI | Rep: Eric Smith/Becca Podos, Neighborhood Literary
kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social author • LOCAL HEAVENS (Oct 14) • rep’d by @ljrennert.bsky.social • she/her
Pre Order my book! https://kmfajardo.com/local-heavens/
links: https://linktr.ee/kmfajardo
Rachel Kitch @rachelkitch.bsky.social THE FOREST BLEEDS (10.13.26) • speculative horror author • designer • half thai and bi • rep’d by rose ferrao @ ps literary
rachelkitch.com
zoe | preorder The Coven Tendency 🖤 @zoehanamikuta.bsky.social author of GEARBREAKERS duology | OFF WITH THEIR HEADS | upcoming: THE COVEN TENDENCY (4.1.25/Hyperion) 🖤 rep: Laura Rennert/ABLA
preorder a lovesick necromancer horror book: zoehanamikuta.com
Alanna Bennett @alannabennett.bsky.social Screenwriter, culture writer, author. Novel THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER out in 2025. Find my work @ Netflix, Amazon, The CW, The Cut, NYT, & more.
Ria Gualano @riagualanowrites.bsky.social 🇨🇳🇮🇹
Cornell PhD Candidate | Disability Arts & VR |
Rom-com writer rep'd by Catherine Bradshaw at Writers House | SmoochPit alum
linktr.ee/riagualano
christine calella @christinecalella.bsky.social Author of YA fantasies THE FINAL CURSE OF OPHELIA CRAY & LIAR’S KINGDOM (Page Street ‘24 and ‘25) / and adult romcom THE AUSTEN AFFAIR (St. Martin’s Griffin ‘25) / Publicity @ Saga Press
Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social CHARLEY'S HONKY-TONK (2026).
I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU (2025).
they/them
Rep: James McGowan at BookEnds Literary
https://linktr.ee/BeatriceWinifredIker
Rachael A Edwards 🌙 @rachaelawrites.bsky.social A FATE UNWOVEN (Fall 2025 Peachtree Teen) | rep: John Baker | banner by Kalie Holford
Add my book on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/221594317
Christina Ferko @christinaferko.bsky.social -THE DARKNESS GREETED HER (out now!)
-FEED ME TO THE WATER (Feb. 2, 2027)
Rep'd by Cole Lanahan at The Seymour Agency.
Bi mess. Thyroid cancer survivor. ADHD girlie. Unfortunately gluten-free. She/Her
https://linktr.ee/christinaferko