Douglas Hackle @douglashackle.bsky.social Author of Zoltergeist the Poltergeist, TERROR MANNEQUIN, The Ballad of TERROR TINY TIM, Clown Tear Junkies, and other bizarre books.
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Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social Horror author and disgraced paranormal investigator. Author of Wildcat Thicket, Never Leaving, and Apartment 239, and the Haunted Holidays kids books!
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Jennifer ๐๐งโฃ๏ธ @jdawson001.bsky.social โฟ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐American SFF author, poet, editor, & book reviewer living in England. She/her. The Poetry Society & The British Fantasy Society. Old OWW member.
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Fermented Fiction @fermentedfiction.bsky.social A podcast exploration of genre fiction through the lens of literature and film. This is also a fancy way of saying: drinking great beer and talking about our favorite books, movies, and shows with incredible artists and creators.
Wendy Woudstra @publishersarchive.com ๐จ๐ฆ Writer, coder, and owner of PublishersArchive.com & SmarterWriter.com. Currently writing cozy mysteries and urban speculative fiction (with a cryptid/mythological twist). Web: https://wendywoudstra.com
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DAR @darbooks.com Author/Writer/Dreamer - DA RASMUSSEN
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Martin Fischer @archiveofunread.bsky.social I write short stories that explore the space between memory and myth: quiet, eerie and unsettling fiction that lingers in the mind like fog after nightfall.
The Archive of the Unread:
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Richard Gadz, horror writer @frankenwriter.bsky.social Award-winning author, ace neurodivergent and keen amateur idiot. Lives in Bristol but spends most of his time in a world of his own.
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Mark Bowman @bowdog.bsky.social I've read my last free article.
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Madison Hankins @madisonhankins.bsky.social Creative Writer of all genres.
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My word children have appeared in NonBinary Review, Drift & Dribble Miscellany, Bright Flash Literary Review, and Zoetic Pressโs Alphanumeric podcast.
Luna Asli Kolcu ๐ @lunaaslikolcu.bsky.social Fantasy โข Quiet Horror โข Spec Fiction
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The Rootbound Bride trilogy live now.
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A small village near Barcelona.
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The Gotham Guillotine @gothamguillotine.bsky.social โญ New York's Sharpest Socialist Literary Magazine! โญ
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Robert Stahl @robertstahl.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ฑ๐ช Dallas-based horror author of Show Me Where It Hurts by JournalStone. Interests: comic books, coffee, dogs.
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International Gothic Association @igagoths.bsky.social The International Gothic Association is a large family of academic researchers, students, artists and writers with a shared interest in all things Gothic. www.globalgoth.org
Brandon Getz @brandongetz.bsky.social weird fiction & sci-fi writer // LARS BREAXFACE: WEREWOLF IN SPACE (novel) // STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE (stories) // he/him // Pittsburgh
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Tina LeCount Myers @tinalecountmyers.bsky.social Writer, surfer, gluestick artist. Author of The Legacy of the Heavens trilogy (The Song of All, Dreams of the Dark Sky, Breath of Gods). Night Shade Books. She/Her. Childless Cat Lady.
Frances K Wolfe @deskoffrances.bsky.social Word junkie
Perfect God = Lexa Gates @mx-j.bsky.social https://shop.capitolmusic.com/collections/lexa-gates
@ladyperseus.bsky.social @ladyperseus.bsky.social 
Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social Thea O'Ryan is a Canadian writer with a love for all things horror. She went on a road trip to the Bruce Peninsula in 2014 and has not been seen since.
She is, however, still frequently heard.
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Brittney Nickerson @brittneynickerson.bsky.social www.brittneynickerson.com
Narrative Archaeologist, researcher, and writer currently exploring the world one step and one story at a time. Pronouns: she/her.
Ian MacClayn @ianmacclayn.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/ianmacclayn
Writer. Debut novel THE HOLLOW OF EVENING out Feb 9 2027 with Dundurn Press/Rare Machines
Dark Talk @dark-talk.uk The official BlueSky account for the Dark Talk podcast.
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Flippy @flippyspoon.bsky.social They/them
Matthew King @matthewkingart.bsky.social Artist & Author of Don't get Blood in my House books2read.com/matthewking
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Dr. Shylah Addante @jedishywalker.bsky.social TV & Narrative Screenwriter | Story Architect Exploring Pop Culture, Identity & Media Systems
Grad of UCLA TFT Writing for Television Drama Professional Program.
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Global Majority Press @globalmajoritypres.bsky.social Small indie lit press run by and for PoGM
Empowering marginalized creatives to tell their own stories
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bio.site/globalmajoritypress- L Lee Wei-I @leeweii.bsky.social Mostly SpecFic short story writer. Yet another guitarist. Aging judoka. Apostate physician.
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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social lit horror author
Winner of the 2025 NYC Midnight Short Story Contest and 2025 NYC Midnight Scary Story Challenge
HWA/SFWA
https://www.nycmidnight.com/stories/when-dragons-do-laundry
โฎ โฎ โฎ โฎ โฎ @probablysleep1ng.bsky.social 
Willow Poudan @willpound.bsky.social Experienced investor in many businesses and start-ups with a bias in Digital Financial Assets market.
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Miller Burns @miller-burns.bsky.social Dipping my toes into writing, hoping to fall in.
VampFreaks @vampfreaks.com Vampire Freaks forum is a community for freaks and outcasts to be themselves, support each other and be weirdos together. https://vampfreaks.com/
JK Scot @jakey-scot.bsky.social I still owe strangers now long dead for food theyโve shared & words theyโve said.
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Alien Buddha Press @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social Alien Buddha Press has been publishing emerging writers and artists since 2017. Open for submissions at abuddhapress@yahoo.com
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Burial Books @burialbooks.bsky.social Burial Books is an indie horror publisher run by a human named Steve. We publish horror books and weird stories from time to time.
TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social #Scientist, #advocate, and #educator in the field of #climatechange. #Author of uplifting #climatefiction novel "A New Faith." Read or download the novel for free at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
#booksky #books #sciencefiction #solarpunk #hopepunk
Pedro Blaezer @pedroblaezer.bsky.social Braving the Art World
https://pedroblaezer.artstation.com/
APROSEXIA LIT @aprosexia.org |:| A poetry journal of divergent, challenged, and challenging minds. Biannual. |:| aprosexia.org
To you barmey-froths; frppet-wits; shatter brains; flutter-pates; insomniac, night-wildered scribblersโunveil your words!
Founding editor :: ยท R L ยท powell
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Appreciably cracked intellectual; champion of all things curious & kind. ยก]! rl-powell.com
Director & Founding Editor-in-Chief .~.. APROSEXIA LIT PUBLICATIONS. :|: aprosexia.org
Quite mad.
Alice St. Stirling @alice-stirling.bsky.social Hysterical magic realist. Bisexual. Pittsburgh. Submissions reader for Fusion Fragment. Work in Lady Churchillโs Rosebud Wristlet, Thirteen Podcast, and UP Magazine, forthcoming from Menhera 2020.
Substack: https://alicestirling.substack.com/
Brian J. Cummings @brianjcummings.bsky.social Author of occult fantasy rooted in supernatural horror. Metal musician. Reluctant psychic. Host of the fiction/paranormal podcast, Dark Concepts.
Dana M Evans @danamevans13.bsky.social Doctor, author, professor, geek. Mostly here to talk writing and geeking out over SF/F anime/manga, comic books, you get the idea. You can find my fan works under the name Cornerofmadness
floot the gender woo gerbil ๐ต๐ธ @flootzavut.bsky.social https://flootzavut.carrd.co/
aka Sarah ze/zer, fae/faer
Art @flootdraws.bsky.social eng fr ru heb white bi disabled genderqueer
sarahcbydesign in the Other Placeโข
Cindy Ana ๐ณ๐ฟ @kakapowhakatoi.bsky.social Would rather write than talk. Sometimes I donโt read skeets properly, especially pre-coffee. Rฤmere is my favourite day. Work can be found in Broken Spine Arts, takahฤ, Voicemail Poems
Special mention in Given Words 2025
Scream Kings Podcast @screamkings.bsky.social Occult expert Max George, literature expert Nathaniel Darkish, & author and ER doctor N.J. Gallegos talk movies, books, folklore, occult, & interview horror pros. Check us out at screamkingspodcast.com or wherever you listen to podcasts!
BunBun @dittymoko.bsky.social Animal Caretaker, reader, writer, weirdo.
Floriography ๐ธ๐ผ
She/Her ๐ฉท๐๐
TT, SG: dittymoko
IG: subtleasneonlights
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
N.J. Gallegos is Dr. Spooky (she/her) @drspookyer.bsky.social I like big cats. ER doc. Horror author. Artist. Cohost of The Scream Kings Podcast. Member of HWA. Pro-choice. BLM. I voted for her. Star Wars & BravoTV fanatic. She/her. ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Personal site: https://njgallegos.com
Podcast: https://www.screamkingspodcast.com
Sigmanphi @sigmanphi.bsky.social celebratingdays.com
https://www.instagram.com/sigmanphi
https://www.tiktok.com/@joelweldensmith?_t=8rPE5NFfzTS&_r=1
Galen Gower - Writer @galengower.com I write stories. Some weird, some funny, all poorly, like a child armed with nonsense words and heavily sugared coffee.
Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com Salon Sinister is dedicated to documenting the 2SLGBTQIA+ experience through horror.
Got poetry, art, op-eds, or short stories with a genre spin? If selected, publication is free and comes with editing help if needed.
salonsinister.com
JohnnyMulla93 @johnnymulla93.bsky.social Horror and Dog Lover. Avid reader aspiring writer and filmmaker and casual gamer. Trying to improve myself one day at a time 
Eugรฉnie Szwalek @eugenieszw.bsky.social Sometimes I write weird stuff. 
William Meikle @williammeikle.com Wee sweary Scottish writer, living in Canada, with 30+ novels and 300+ short stories in genre presses over the past 30+ years. Mostly at williammeikle.com ... mostly.
Chiqui! ๐ comms waitlist @chiquicreates.bsky.social ๐ฉท๐๐! Bookish, horror, & ffxiv & arcane fan art. OPEN for commissions!
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Brooke @bpwrites.bsky.social #Author with an ever-growing writing & reading list. @brookepercy1 where *a certain letter* doesnโt mark the spot.
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com Paying speculative fiction #OpenCall s, #writing advice, #AuthorInterviews, #BookReview s, and more since 2011! By: @stuartconover.comโฌ
https://horrortree.com
https://linkie.bio/horrortree
The Man From Rio @themanfromrio.bsky.social 
Nils Visser @nilsvisser.bsky.social Author, care worker, somewhen poet, somewhen archer. D&D. Gen X, ('e, 'im & oi). Writes about the Flying Dutchman, Smugglepunk, Brighton & Sussex folklore, and occasional non-fiction for magazines. Perpetually broke, no quick buck to be made here. No AI.
@moth-2-flame.bsky.social @moth-2-flame.bsky.social 
Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social Writer, Christ follower, cryptid enthusiast, zaftig SAHM to four. She/they.
www.madmerrymeg.com
Megan @meganreneedoyle.bsky.social writer, editor, lover of horror and mystery stories
Martin Shannon, Your Favorite Martin @martinshannon.bsky.social Rare book author of over 50 works you've never heard of who produces word processor-to-shelf, artisanal, organic, non-GMO horrific stories. Drafted, edited, and produced by free range humans. Hard to find, harder to put down.
https://martin-shannon.com/
BuddhaFL โธ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @buddhafl.bsky.social 57 y.o. gay Buddhist.
Chen @chenarts00.bsky.social concept artist and illustrator from Sweden
my art station: https://www.artstation.com/chenarts
cara: https://cara.app/chenarts00
Andrew Made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social Black Bisexual Horror/Weird Fiction writer | Voodoonauts Fellow 2024 | Alpha Workshop Instructor | Editor @SalonSinister.com | Writing in Ghoulish Tales (2026), Afropunk, and The Black Youth Project | *NO AI* | Insomniac | Mirror ghost | they/he ๐
Malcolm Timperley @malcolmtimperley.bsky.social Scotland-based writer and teller of unsettling tales (horror & comedy, the two closest genres), heritage railway signaller, photographer, recovering psychiatrist, international man of mystery. Bio available on request (Terms & Conditions apply).
Violet Azimuth @violetazimuth.bsky.social "I've had so many names. Old names that only the wind and the trees can pronounce." ~ Fauno ๐ฟ๐๐ฟ
Haunting your retinas ๐๏ธ๐๏ธโจ
I welcome all who have kindness.
Connor Heumiller (he/him) @connorwriteshorror.bsky.social Author of queer horror that gives voice to the voiceless and then turns those voices into screams of terror.
Find all my books and other socials here: https://linktr.ee/connorwriteshorror
No AI. Ever.
B.H. Findley @bhfindley.bsky.social Writer. Professor. They/she/any ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ rep: @ajvanbelle at Booker Albert Literary Agency
Siren @sirensmaw.bsky.social ๐FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE๐
Just your local alligator who really likes FFXIV and does art sometimes.
queer latine ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ est. 1995 | ๐18+ MDNI | any pronouns
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Anders Lazaret @anderslazaret.bsky.social Currently AD at Big Budi Games.
Usually senior concept artist with a soft spot for fine art and compulsive sketchbook filling. Punslinger.
No nft. No ai.
alex james @alxjms.bsky.social Writer, former librarian, oldster. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Darren Kerr @xdkerr.bsky.social Associate Professor and Head of School of Creative and Cultural Arts at Bath Spa University, UK. Co-director of screeningsex.com. Series Editor for EUP's Screening Sex book series. And a quiet author of short fiction inc NoSleep Podcast. Personal acc.
Aaron @theymaybegnomes.bsky.social He/Him