Edward McKeown @edwriter.bsky.social Science-fiction and Fantasy writer and editor. Known for the Maauro Chronicles and the Fenaday/Rainhell cycle. Writes the urban fantasy series Knight in Charlotte and editor of the Sha'Daa anthology series.
Tony Travis @tonytravis.com Tony is an award-winning author, SFWA member, and lives with his dachshund poodle. He writes in the general style of the 1960's with a few modern touches. He is a fan of Star Trek, Battlestar, and Dune.
"Our search for truth is why we are alive."
Mark Coakley @markcoakley.bsky.social * romance-horror novel, Murder Bugs: A Love Story
* history of psychedelic therapy, Shroom Boom: Canada's Psychedelic Pioneers
* journalism on law and cyber
Now writing truecrime book 3, after Hidden Harvest and Tip & Trade
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miwwdu sitsom (they/them) @miwwdu-sitsom.bsky.social Autistic aroace Canadian leftist who loves math, physics, writing, drawing and D&D, with a strong desire to help make the world a better place however I can.
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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/
Caroline Anna Bock @cabockwrites.bsky.social ✍️Writer. The Other Beautiful People, a novel, (Regal House Publishing), publication date: June 2, 2026.
📚Co-President/editor with the Washington Writers’ Publishing House
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Erik D. Weiss @erikdweis.bsky.social Author of award-winning novel Signs on a Page. Fiction author with a background in history, literature, and music. Author of Tean and Chivalry, the Prisoner of Chillon and Scattered Short Stories.
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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
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Prof Emily @professoremily.bsky.social English teacher, writer, lover of cats & dogs, unpacking all my religious trauma on you from here in good ol Texas. 🥲
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social Author of Chaos Walking, Monster Calls, More Than this, Burn, Different For Boys. Won a couple Carnegies and an Olivier. Four wins away from an EGOT.
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William Hussey @whusseyauthor.bsky.social Award-winning author of the SCOTT JERICHO thrillers (KILLING JERICHO; JERICHO’S DEAD; BURYING JERICHO) and YA novels, including THE BOY I LOVE, BROKEN HEARTS AND ZOMBIE PARTS, and THE OUTRAGE among others
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Scott William Carter @scottwilliamcarter.com My first novel was hailed by PW as an "impressive debut" and won an Oregon Book Award. Since then, I've published over 30 books, including the popular Garrison Gage mysteries. Also the cartoonist behind www.runofthehouse.net. | www.scottwilliamcarter.com.
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Carly Razzell @carlyrazzellauthor.bsky.social Novel writer 🌈, Shortlisted for the Nature Writing Prize for Working Class Writers 2025, Northern Female Voices participant 2024, Longlisted for A Writing Chance (Substack strand) New Writing North 2024 😍🎭 Londoner in Manchester 🐝☔ RNA Member
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Carmen Wiigwaas Craig @carmunist.bsky.social Learning and teaching my language—Nishnaabemwin. Jijaak ndoodem. Consultant at Oodenaw.com. Award-winning short fiction author and poet. Developmental editor at DarlingAxe.com. Kidlit, YA, hist fic, women's lit. She/they
Philip Baldwin @philipcbaldwin.bsky.social LGBTQIA+/HIV author, presenter, speaker, writer and activist (he/him/his). Gay Times column. General Synod Member. Trans inclusive.
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mamelby @mamelby.bsky.social Autist atheist author.
Bitter bigender bisexual.
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Simon Doyle 🌈 @handle.invalid Irish. Author. Socially anxious introvert. Lover of cheese. 🌈 No DMs.
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Grayson Bell 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @graysonbell.net Autistic and Queer Author (he/him). I write queer fiction and non-fiction. http://linktr.ee/GraysonBell
ADAM SILVERA @adamsilvera.bsky.social Tall for no reason + #1 New York Times bestselling author of THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END
Erik J. Brown @erikjbrown.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling and Internationally Banned Author of ALL THAT'S LEFT IN THE WORLD, THE ONLY LIGHT LEFT BURNING, LOSE YOU TO FIND ME, and more soon… (he/him)
Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social writer/poet/educator
https://substack.com/@seanjbates
https://linktr.ee/seanbateswrites
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Stone Canoe
Rising Phoenix Review
"What Saves Us"anthology ed. Martín Espada https://tinyurl.com/44yksnmp
QueenB ♿️🇮🇲 @msgobbag.bsky.social Tottenham Hotspur, darts, snooker, motorbike racing. Avid reader. Sci-fi geek. Animal lover. Wheelchair user.
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Ken Harvey @kenharvey.bsky.social Writer (Book of Casey Adair, University of Wisconsin Press), Bennington MFA, basset dad, Canadian & US citizen, LGBTQ+. Home is Toronto. Loves Madrid, film, theatre, literature, dogs, progressive politics, classic sitcoms. Visit kenharvey.net 🏳️🌈🇨🇦
Rob Weldon @robweldon.bsky.social Author, The Omnist series
—Magical Noir—horror comedy, dark humor
Consumia’s Spiritual Emporium
Mostly Human, Mostly Cat
The Omnist and the Cosmic Egg
The Patina of Dorothy Grant
Wide-Eyed Wyatt’s Liquid Nap
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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk A queer online book shop based in the UK, specialising in LGBTQ+ graphic novels, books, and manga. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📚✌🏻@proudgeekbookshop elsewhere.
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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social Author: Men at War - Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 on British masculinity, sexuality & the cultural memory of WWII on W&N Books/Orion. First 📖 Out of the Woods, 2019. Co-founder: The Quietus. My stuff: https://linktr.ee/luketurner ⚒️🏳️🌈
Simon James Green @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social Author & screenwriter. Boy Like Me, Finn Jones Was Here, Gay Club!, Heartbreak Boys, and more!
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Dr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social Astrophysicist, science writer for @iflscience.com, geek, immigrant, and also The Astroholic. Chair of @prideinstem.bsky.social | 📖 Invisible Rainbows out May 21 | He/him | opinions are my own
Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social Six books including Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel, and Station Eleven. St. John is just my middle name; the books go under M.
Mike Smith @blogshank.bsky.social Illustrator, author of The Hundred Decker Bus and others. Founded The Procrastination Society in 1988 (inaugural meeting date TBC)
Bona Books 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social Publishing radical queer specfic from London, UK. Founded: @trip.bsky.social, @robwillb.bsky.social, @chrismccartney.bsky.social.
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🛸I Want That Twink OBLITERATED! (2024)
🧱Wrath Month (2026)
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Kate Orman @kateorman.bsky.social http://kateorman.wordpress.com. she/her
Three Doctor Who novels available at Penguin Books: https://www.penguin.co.uk/search-results?q=kate+orman
Black Archives: The Pyramids of Mars https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/12-pyramids/
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Wintertea @wintertea.eurosky.social Not enough spoons and too old for all this
He/Him They/Them
Currently writing queer adult fiction
London Snow: Sci Fantasy about an android detective
Dog Trainer, Warframe nerd
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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social Multiple award-winning author of science fiction, horror and mystery. Also writes as G.L. Powell. JITTERBUG out now. Repped by Lucienne Diver.
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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social Writer of SFF in TV, books, comics, audio and games! (Doctor Who, I Walk With Monsters, Lychford.) Editor-in-Chief: Cosmic Lighthouse Comics. https://www.cosmiclighthouse.co.uk/ He/him. #comics #sciencefiction #doctorwho
Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social I write. On purpose. Novelist, screenwriter, game dev. Narrative Writer for VOID Interactive. Author of series Savage Rebellion and Sin du Jour. MG novels Bump, Nowhere Special, The Supervillain’s Guide to Being a Fat Kid.
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