Author M. I. Verras @miverr.bsky.social Renowned author, singer, pianist, music composer.
If not me, then no one else. Soon, you will know my name.
THE HIDDEN FACE is the metaphysical mystery book that STUNNED even people who didn't like reading! Get it here:
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Allison Thurman @adotnon.bsky.social Writer of historical fantasy, foil fencer, costumer, maker of things. DC metro. My opinions are my own. She/her #amQuerying
linktr.ee/allisonthurman
Unnamed Footage Festival @unnamedfootage.bsky.social found footage horror / faux doc / POV / screenlife
unnamedfootagefestival.com
https://linktr.ee/unnamedfootagefestival
Amal El-Mohtar is at Worldcon @amalelmohtar.com Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
Cameron Howard @chpenforhire.bsky.social Weird fiction editor.
Publications include The Skull & Laurel / anti-AI special issue Thank You For Joining the Algorithm with Tenebrous Press, and The Tentaculum with the Drabblecast.
lillian @toomanymouths.bsky.social word crone
39, she/her, queer, anarchist, sleepy. trans flag goes here
i play bass in weaklung: https://weaklungband.bandcamp.com/
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Die Booth @diebooth.bsky.social 🦇Goth 📖 Author of the beautiful macabre 📖 Zines 🏳️🌈 #LGBTQIA+ he/him 🎶DJ #LastRitesChester 🖤 BE NICE TO EACH OTHER 🖤 #endgenocide #antigenerativeAI
Website: https://diebooth.wordpress.com Shop: https://ko-fi.com/diebooth (SHOP REOPENS 14th Sept)
Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social Hi! I’m the bestselling author of Elatsoe & A Snake Falls to Earth & Sheine Lende. I <3 lifting heavy weights, playing video games, & writing stories. Sry I don’t check DMs. She/her. Lipan Apache.
Melissa Ren @melisfluous.bsky.social SFF & literary | Chinese-Canadian
Tin House | senior editor @augursociety.bsky.social
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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
Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social Wild bird rehab + emu antics + the occasional yak
Mostly birds, but anything can happen (and usually does)
Art‑funded wildlife rescue • Building our region’s first wildlife hospital one weird day at a time.
Foxloft.com - Vultureconservancy.org
NIGHTLIGHT Podcast @nightlightpod.bsky.social Black horror fiction podcast. IGNYTE Best Fiction Podcast 2021. World Fantasy 2022. Short Story submissions open Feb 1, 2025.
Support: http://nightlightpod.com/support
Listen: https://nightlightpod.com/listen?sid=bsprofile
Afflicted: A Horror Thriller Audio Drama @afflictedaudio.bsky.social Afflicted is a hoodoo audio drama. New storylines each season. Next season: The Conjuring x True Blood.
Support: patreon.com/afflicted
Listen: https://afflictedaudio.com/listen?sid=bsprofile
Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social I like books, Bob's Burgers, and booze (and 👻). Equal parts steampunk, whimsy, horror, and curmudgeon. 
Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social Michigander. Horror writer. Three novellas, CURSE CORVUS, MELON HEAD MAYHEM (Shortwave Publishing), and REANIMATED REX out now. he/him
alexebenstein.com
Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social He/him. Writer of fantasy, horror & more. First published story out now in Slay and Slay Again! An Anthology of Queer Horror (Sliced Up Press). Queer all year. Chinese American. Autistic. Dolphin doodle by R.B. Lemberg.
Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social Artist
PRINTS! https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/ravenkult/
http://www.cotronis.com
https://linktr.ee/cotronis
Íde “of March” Hennessy @ideofmarch.bsky.social 📝Sci-fi/Horror Author. 🔮Opossummoner. 🎹Lyricist, Keys & Vocals in Control Voltage, as Vibra Steel. 💊Chronically illin’ in Humboldt County.🌲 🐈⬛Cat worshipper. 🚫Anti-genocide. 🚫Anti-AI. She/They.
annika barranti klein @noirbettie.bsky.social writer 🌙 rhymes with monica
friend of pippi 💖💜💙
stories: annikaobscura.com
letters: buttondown.email/annikaobscura
Malda Marlys 🍉 @aardwyrm.bsky.social sentient curio cabinet. writes fantastika, spouts dog nonsense. slush reader for giganotosaurus. the bird's name is rambo. hwa, codexian, ey/em
https://maldamarlys.com/
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/aardwyrm
Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social Editor @Mira Books (views are my own). Staff Writer @Night Tide. Notes & Queries Editor @JPRS. Rep'd by Danai Christopolou and Lane Heymont. Writing about romance in horror movies: Love Never Dies (Beacon Press): September 29, 2026. editrixemma.com
Tree and Stone Magazine @treeandstonemag.bsky.social #TransLivesMatter Speculative/Literary/CNF/Visual Art magazine. #SFF #Art #Photography. EIC: Kevin M. Casin.
Emily Hoffman @mothmanbelievesinu.bsky.social Actor, writer, and ‘cryptid enthusiast’ as per TMZ. Ambassador for Liminal Earth. (She/They) 🩷💜💙
Crab Tales Magazine @crabtalesmagazine.bsky.social A SFF flash fiction magazine about crabs.
Art submissions: OPEN.
Fiction submissions: CLOSED.
🦀
EIC @rachelhandley.bsky.social
Submit: crabtalesmagazine.com
Support: https://ko-fi.com/crabtalesmagazine
Dublin
Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social Inner Worlds was a quarterly digital zine of speculative stories about our inner lives. We published ten issues between 2023 and 2026, all of which are available to read for free at
https://inner-worlds.ghost.io/
LoveShortFiction @loveshortfiction.bsky.social Do you love short fiction?
Coming soon: loveshortfiction.com, building another way to connect readers and short fic.
(profile header: Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash
user icon: Photo by Raphael Schaller on Unsplash)
(Not a magazine, no "AI" content)
Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social Writer of (mostly) horror. Also trans, queer, polyam, and Jewish. theodorehill.weebly.com for contact info, publication credits, and super strange testimonials. Co-Editor @dielaughingmag.bsky.social / Wario of @cassandradaucus.bsky.social
Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social SFF writer. | #PitchWars '18. | Words in Pseudopod, Escape Pod, Radon Journal | Where to find me: https://linktr.ee/alexis.ames. | Member SFWA and Codex.
Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social They/she. My cats' names are Bruce, Clark, & BabyBear. Nebula award winning F&SF writer/editor/teacher. Snark at your own risk. Located in South Bend, IN. Sometimes I swear. linktr.ee/catrambo
Jon Olfert @jonolfert.bsky.social PSE, polling, GR, policy by day.
Stories in Analog, Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Year's Best Canadian F&SF.
🦣 SEERS IN A BROKEN SEASON 🦣 https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/old-moon-publishing/seers-in-a-broken-season-a-stone-and-sorcery-novella
Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social Professional daydreamer. Locus & World Fantasy Award finalist. Stories in Apex, Analog, Clarkesworld. 📖 Rep’d by Rebecca Eskildsen at Writers House.
Read my work: hannahyang.com/stories
Subscribe: hannahyang.com/newsletter
Cutthroat Queens Podcast @cutthroathorror.bsky.social A podcast dedicated to openly and honestly discussing the indie horror writing+ community. Hosts Brett Mitchell Kent, Chelsea Pumpkins, and Elton Skelter chat with authors, editors, artists, publishers, and more!
https://linktr.ee/cutthroathorror
Wrong Publishing @wrongpublishing.bsky.social detestable lit + art
wrongpublishing.com/read
Gordon B. White @gordonbwhite.bsky.social Horror/weird fiction writer. Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award nominee. Best Horror, Clarion West, dog dad, critically acclaimed (not in that order). He/him. 
Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social Writer/Editor/Awesome (he/him); patrickbarb.com
Rep: Pam Gruber at High Line Literary Collective
Fifi Pottier @fifipottier.bsky.social She/Her, Writer, SaaS tech, #FBPE, tormented by Tapio, often confused, kindness matters
Also- don’t trust atoms, they make everything up!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0931ZT8SP
Pedro Iniguez @pedroiniguez.bsky.social Bram Stoker, Elgin, and Dwarf Stars Award-winning Horror/SF writer. Rhysling finalist, Pushcart nominee.
THE BUILD-A-MONSTER WORKSHOP (Out Now!)
ECHOES AND EMBERS (Out Now!)
THE FIB (Out Now!)
Repped by Peter Steinberg, UTA
www.pedroiniguez.com
Brave Burattino 🪱 @braveburattino.bsky.social Wyatt 🌱 Trans artist 🏳️⚧️ I love drawing horror and fantasy | 28 | he/him
https://linktr.ee/BraveBurattino
The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com a journal of ends and beginnings
https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/
published by @psychopomp.com, tweets by @feliciafm.bsky.social and @seanmarkey.bsky.social
Elle Turpitt @elleturpitt.bsky.social Writer, reviewer, editor. Blog: elleturpitt.com / Editing: elleturpittediting.com / Runs Divination Hollow Reviews / Co-Host Esbat: A Bookish Podcast
Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com Trans Queerdo. He/Him. Shirley Jackson Award Winner. Nebula, Sturgeon, World Fantasy, and L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist. Wrote I NEVER LIKED YOU ANYWAY (Lethe Press), WHEN I WAS LOST (Trepidatio), and THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS (Lethe). No AI. Fuck ICE.
Ann LeBlanc @robotleblanc.bsky.social Writer, Editor, Woodworker. www.annleblanc.com
Stories in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Apparition Lit.
Ladz ❄️🖤🩸 ➡️ Matsuricon Artist Alley #7 @ladzwriting.bsky.social 🇵🇱 🔞
agender fucky dark fantasy & horror
cetacean needed
sad wanking connoisseur
upcoming release: THE GREAT AND THE GILDED Book 1: The Divine Right (2026)
https://ladzwriting.carrd.co
Lowen (he/any) @lofallow.bsky.social (thirty-one, queer) • cluster b storyteller • abuse survivor • horror enthusiast • backyard zoologist • occasionally vulgar • anti-ai • 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉🕊🌿🔞
https://linktr.ee/lofallow
Winter Holmes @winterholmesart.bsky.social they/them💫
sffh author and illustrator🎃
currently busy having long covid😷
contact: winterholmesart@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/winterholmesart
Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social Things are terrible
(we follow our contributors)
Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
Benjamin Larned 🍉 @rotbacchus.bsky.social A gay bog witch who writes fucked-up surreal fables. Shortlisted for Brave New Weird Vol. 4. Link to work below
he/they
ben.larned(at)gmail(dot)com
www.curiousafflictions.com
Ute Orgassa @uteorgassa.bsky.social Author, playwright, strange human being.
https://www.uteorgassa.com/
Member of https://www.penandpier.com
Melchor Elias S. C. ✒️ @senyorelias.bsky.social xe/he | 21 | comic writer and artist if you squint | email senyorelias@gmail.com for commissions |
mcasinportfolio.my.canva.site
https://www.artstation.com/melchoreliascasin
Red Writing Cat @redwritingcat.bsky.social Currently in a bog witch training program.
I write and do nerd labor for money.
Sasha Brown @sashabrown.bsky.social Sasha Brown is a Stoker-nominated writer whose stories have been called “Creative! But in a bad way.” He’s in lit mags like Passages North and Wigleaf, and in genre pubs like Bourbon Penn and Weird Horror. He’s online at sashabrownwriter.com.
Jampersand @jampersand.bsky.social Copy editor, bookworm, horror fiend. 📚
They/Them ⚧
Senior Copy Editor of Strange Horizons 🌌
www.jampersandeditingservices.com (on hiatus)
Writing as Beau Farrow 📝
Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social Writer/reader/speaker/music lover/book reviewer (NPR, Locus, etc)/freelancer/photographer/PhD. Words in many places. I want to do all the things, so invite me!
https://linktr.ee/gabinoiglesias
Ende Mac @endewriting.bsky.social 26 (he/they)
Slipstream writer
2023 work forthcoming in A Coup of Owls and If There's Anyone Left | 2024 work forthcoming in Fusion Fragment and F&SF
Miel MacRae @mielmacrae.bsky.social Speculative fiction writer of “weird bummer stories” | former child | generally unserious person | tá Gaelainn agam | words in/forthcoming Gamut, 34 Orchard, cake tops and headstones | https://mielmacrae.carrd.co
Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social Indie press in Canada. World Fantasy Award, Shirley Jackson Award, HWA Specialty Press Award, and British Fantasy Award-winner. Endearingly weird. (Posts by Michael Kelly)
https://undertowpublications.com/
Jolene Jones @isjoleneaghost.com Author. Infosec. Likely a heretic. Possibly a ghost. Pronouns: she / her.
isjoleneaghost.com
twist @twist.dog she/they
twistcmyk on twitter, tumblr, insta
my NSFW art is merged here & will be tagged, mind your content settings! 18+
contact@twist.dog
http://shop.twist.dog
http://ko-fi.com/twistcmyk
http://patreon.com/c/twistcmyk
READ LUNACY @ lunacy.twist.dog
The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social Making a horror game with @ectafoole and @fungalhalo
Artist and writer
Seeking representation
She/her
Jessi
Horror hottie.
My body is broken, but my spirit is strong!
I make a lot of art.
Born in 1987 will never die
Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com We put the "Ginger" in "Horror" 🔥
Book & movie reviews with a bite.
17 years strong. Still scared. Still reviewing.
👇 Dunk into our latest posts
https://gnofhorror.com/
jonny @misterbloat.bsky.social I read a bunch and edit Seize The Press Magazine.
Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social Weird things are happening. Sometimes I write. Usually about monsters, ghosts, magic, and whatnot. Book here: https://www.amazon.com/Those-We-Left-Behind-Sacrifices/dp/057896841X/
Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social Call me Gigi! (they/them) 🏳️⚧️ Best selling author of diverse LGBTQ+ romance books and episodic serials. I also publish dark romance and paranormal romance books as Jasper Hyde. 🔞ADULTS ONLY! https://tinyurl.com/ypee4v36
Slimey Simey | Thrannidas Aethern (Thrann) @charsierism.bsky.social FtM | 36 | Animator or something
Not actually a 7ft bbygrl irl :(
I'm @charsierism and maybe also another account from twt. 🤷 it's all in one on this app. My bad
Paula D. Ashe @pauladashe.bsky.social Award winning author of WE ARE HERE TO HURT EACH OTHER. Developmental editor. Hellraiser obsessive. Queen of Martyrs. She/her. 🏳️🌈 ✊🏽. Opinions = mine alone. Rep: Lane Heymont
https://linktr.ee/pauladashe
Brigids Gate Press @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social Micro Indie Mom & Pop Press.
www.brigidsgatepress.com
Kay Vaindal @kayv.bsky.social Baltimore | weird fiction writer 🏆 | scientist by day | find me at the bottom of the Chesapeake | find my stories at link below:
https://kayvaindal.com/
@aynjel.bsky.social @aynjel.bsky.social Writer, Gamer, RPer, Dangerbun, eldritch deep see creature. Exhausted 99.95% of the time. Chance of nsfw fic links and reposts > 0%. Not Necessarily Spoiler Free (FFXIV).
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
dori lumpkin 🩸 (they/them) @dorilumpkin.bsky.social Horror/Spec Writer • Queer • ANTENORA out now • Words: The Deeps, Demons & Death Drops, etc. • (they/them, 26)
Cat Voleur @catvoleur.bsky.social Author of Revenge Arc, and avid reader of upsetting fiction. Proud mother to all the rescue cats.
avi burton @aviburton.bsky.social they/he, general words enthusiast • stories in Fantasy Magazine, Escape Pod, & more • www.aviburton.com • free palestine
Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine Edited by Michael Damian Thomas. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026 Hugo & 2024 Locus Award Winner. uncannymagazine.com
julian @queerprophetic.bsky.social julian, they/it/nix. writer, enthusiast, genderfuck, wrestling enjoyer. monsters abound.
icon by cadavertrial. taste tester/first reader at mouthfeel fiction.
Tyler Battaglia, horror author - PRAY FOR HIM out now! @whosthistyler.bsky.social PRAY FOR HIM out now! | writing queer and disabled horror, horror romance, dark fantasy | see site for all publications and content warnings | tylerbattaglia.carrd.co/
Tanya Pell @tanyapell.bsky.social 💀Bram Stoker nominated author
😴 narcolepsy
🩷💜💙she/her
A DARKNESS RATHER BLACKER (Gallery ‘27)
THIS B JUST WON’T DIE! (Gallery ‘26)
HER WICKED ROOTS
CICADA
Rep’d by Marcy Posner
Melody E. McIntyre @melodyemcintyre.bsky.social Canadian writer of short, speculative fiction. Also a Legal Assistant, Martial Artist, Classicist, Pet owner, and Time-traveller. She/They.
https://linktr.ee/melodyemcintyre
Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com (he/him)
Horror Author
Member: IBPA and Authors Guild
isaacthorne.com
https://linktr.ee/isaacrthorne
books2read.com/isaacthorne
Leo Otherland @leootherland.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ Queer author, SFWA member, literal goblin, weaver of delightfully soul-shattering speculative fiction, introverted ball of anxiety.
Evolve to Crab 🦀 🏳️⚧️ @obscuricom.bsky.social I got out the bucket.
they/them transmasc
Henry Neilsen @henryneilsen.bsky.social Sci-fi and Speculative author and writer of essays about extremely nerdy stuff. Anti genAI, pro humanity. Lefty. Environmental designer by day.
Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com SF/F/H magazine, Ignyte & Locus Award winning Submission Grinder tool for writers, Long List Anthology. https://ko-fi.com/diabolicalplots
Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social Lifewriting Podcast - Exec Producer #HorrorNoire: A History of Black Horror, Writer: Twilight Zone. UCLA Lecturer. Vanity Fair. Author: American Book Award #BLM #blacksky She/Her - https://linktr.ee/tananarivedue
Agita Publishing (formerly From Beyond Press) @agitapublishing.bsky.social Small press specializing in horror, sci-fi, contemporary fantasy, zines, poetry, and reprints. Voted best small press by our EIC's mom. agitapublishing.com
Kelsea Yu @anovelescape.bsky.social Shirley Jackon Award-nominated author:
🍃BOUND FEET (CGM)
🎮IT'S ONLY A GAME (Bloomsbury)
🎭DEMON SONG (Titan)
🌊STORMRAVEN (Gallery/Titan, March 2027)
🖤stories/essays in Clarkesworld, Apex, Nightmare, PseudoPod +
she/her
www.kelseayu.com
Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social Stories for the futures we need | SFF and dream realism | Canadian, Indigenous & worldwide creators | Pub @kercoby COO @suntorya CPO @teresempierre
https://linktr.ee/augurmag
Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social Shortwave is an indie horror/sci-fi press. Our books are distributed worldwide by Simon & Schuster. Founded and run by @alandistro.bsky.social (active HWA member, full SFWA member).
Our full catalog: https://shortwavepublishing.com/
Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social Co-Owner of Night Worms. Bram Stoker Award winner of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered. New book: 2025
https://linktr.ee/sadiehartmann
Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social 🇨🇳🇨🇦 | she/her | Changle -> Toronto | Ignyte, Bram Stoker, Nebula Winner | Hugo, Astounding, Locus nominee | Odyssey ‘23 | BA,MSc | rep: UTA & Mushens Entertainment | A RIVER FROM THE SKY (Titan Books ‘26)
https://aijiang.carrd.co/
Zach Rosenberg @zachrosewriter.bsky.social Just another writer, author of Hungers as Old as this Land and The Long Shalom. Breaker of Lovecraft 
Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social Award-Winning Publisher of New Weird Horror + More, via Portland, OR & Transilvania, Romania.
@AlexWoodroe.com, Editor in Chief.
@MattBlairstone.bsky.social, Publisher.
SUPPORT INDIE. Hail the Tenebrous Cult🖤☠️
https://linktr.ee/TenebrousPress
the long-suffering taliesin neith @cadavertrial.bsky.social taliesin neith, 29, he/they. trans, disabled, neurodiv. horror bard and editor of mouthfeel fiction. published in places.
John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Novels: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (2024), WEARING THE LION (2025), THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS (2026). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him. https://linktr.ee/johnwiswell
Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com Cambridge, UK-based indie publisher of horror, gothic and supernatural fiction. EIC: Antonia Rachel Ward.
ghostorchidpress.com