Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social Writer based in Franconian Forest, Germany
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To Drown in Dark Water from Undertow Publications
Dirt Upon My Skin from Black Shuck Books
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William Lamb @witticaltheory.bsky.social PhD researcher at University of Cambridge looking into Weird Ecologies in 70s British television. VERY open to any good gothic/nature/tv/ghost story suggestions
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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social Doing what I dreamed of since I was a kid.
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TV: The Changeling (EP), The Terror: Devil in Silver (Creator, Showrunner)
Comics: Destroyer, Eve, Sabretooth, Black Panther
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Seán Padraic Birnie @seanbirnie.bsky.social seanbirnie.com
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Kim Samek @kimsamek.bsky.social O. Henry Prize-winning author of debut story collection I AM THE GHOST HERE with Dial Press, out now. Pushcart Prize winner, Emmy nominated tv writer.
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Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social Writer. Alston Moor 1st September 2026. Dreams Before the Start of Time - Arthur C Clarke Award. A Calculated Life - finalist Philip K Dick Award. She/her. Books, birds, climate. Rep’d Sarah Such.
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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social Irish writer. Leonard and Hungry Paul, Panenka, Ghost Mountain. Richard Heart Julianne out in summer 2027
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Paul Watson @lazaruscorporation.co.uk Artist | Hastings, UK | He/him | Grand Council of #Hookland | https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/
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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social Writes, variously. Reviews Editor, Strange Horizons. Columns at Ancillary Review. Songs over at Bandcamp. Also see @savinglives.bsky.social.
Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social Extremely humble legend. Writer of JESUS CHRIST KINSKI, RARE SINGLES, CUDDY, THE OFFING, THE GALLOWS POLE (BBC/Shane Meadows), THE PERFECT GOLDEN CIRCLE etc. Books: https://bio.site/benjaminmyers
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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social Writer | UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES (2025) | Hugo, Nebula, Locus Winner | Philip K. Dick Special Citation, Finalist for other things | Best American SFF, Brave New Weird | Korean/Irish Dad o' 3. Rep: Michael Curry. thomashawrites.com
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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social Writer. Mr Agreeable in a previous life. Author of, among others, Fear Of Music: Why People Get Rothko But Don’t Get Stockhausen (Zero) and Different Times: A History Of British Comedy (Faber)
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Australia.
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The Dublin Review @thedublinreview.bsky.social Essays, memoir, reportage, short fiction.
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thedublinreview.com
Across The Pond Podcast @acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social A literary podcast hosted by Lori Feathers and Sam Jordison. Author interviews, publishing news and comment on classic and contemporary fiction.
Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social Celebrating books by artists, poets, writers, book designers and their publishers. The next fair will take place in 2027.
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Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social Publisher at Daunt Books; she/her 
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Erin E. Adams @iameeadams.bsky.social Storyteller of all things dark. Author of JACKAL and ONE OF YOU.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Alex West @alexwest.bsky.social Genre film critic and author. Co-host of the Faculty of Horror podcast. She/her.
Catherine Lacey @catherinelacey.bsky.social stoic chaos / books
Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social London-based independent publisher of fiction, poetry, anthologies & interdisciplinary projects, committed to championing the work of new voices in free-form contemporary literature.
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Uniformbooks @uniformbooks.bsky.social Edited and published by Colin Sackett.
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Elsewhere. A Journal of Place @elsewherejournal.bsky.social Elsewhere is a European journal of place dedicated to writing and visual art that explores the idea of place in all its forms.
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gorse journal @gorsejournal.bsky.social Art in words | Journal | Publisher (Gorse Editions) | New issues: gorse 12: Language; gorse 13: Taboo | Forthcoming: gorse 14: Form | Gorse Editions 3: New Green Fool by Alan Cunningham | Funded by Arts Council Ireland | http://gorse.ie
Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."
Wandering. Wondering. Freelance SFFH editor. Commissioning for The Broken Binding. Living in Edinburgh. Views my own and independent of my employers. Photos my own unless otherwise etc.
Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social Author: TACOMA; A KIND OF IN-BETWEEN; YEAR OF THE BUFFALO; STEPHEN KING'S THE BODY; BACKSWING
Editor: HAD; Short Story, Long (on Substack)
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social Molecular Biologist. Debunker of myths. Proud European. 🇩🇰🇪🇺🇬🇧
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Tamsin Wilson @tamsinwilson.bsky.social She paints, she draws, she rarely talks about herself in the third person. Stone botherer. Oil painter. Costume maker. No Gen AI. No DMs.
Weird Weald @weirdweald.bsky.social 𝕊𝕖𝕖𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 ● 𝔽𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔽𝕠𝕝𝕜𝕝𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕊𝕦𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕩
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alina pleskova @alinapleskova.bsky.social poet-in-residence of the astral realm / fog aficionado / Toska (Deep Vellum, 2023) / 🥨 Philly
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social We aim to provide a forum and resources for European-based researchers into the practice, criticism and transmission of short fiction in its diversity of forms and to facilitate collaboration in both critical and practice-led research.
John Clare @johnclare.bsky.social Entries from the journal that C19th English poet John Clare kept from Sep 1824 - Sep 1825, posted on the day of the year they were written.
Built by @adriantoll.bsky.social
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Also see @gilbertwhite.bsky.social
The Fiction Desk @thefictiondesk.com We’ve been publishing anthologies of new short fiction since 2010. Based in Scotland.
Pages of Hackney @pagesofhackney.bsky.social An independent bookshop on the Lower Clapton Road, East London 📚 Browse our shelves and order online for collection or nationwide delivery: https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/
Dead Ink Bookshop @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social An independent bookshop exclusively stocking independent publishers, based on Smithdown Road in Liverpool.
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Books on the Rise @booksontherise.bsky.social Bookshop, Record Shop, Art Gallery and Events Hub on Richmond Hill!
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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social Publisher | Bookshop | Museum | Library | Archive | Gallery | Event Space
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Village Books Dulwich @villagebooks.bsky.social Award-winning indie bookshop in Dulwich, London. We love books 📚and we love dogs too 🦮
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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social We are an independent bookshop in Clapham, by the Common. Hello!
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Ink @ 84 Bookshop @ink84books.bsky.social 📚 Indie bookshop and café bar in North London
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Beckenham Bookshop @beckenhambookshop.bsky.social The Beckenham Bookshop has been supplying books in South East London for over forty years to all discerning readers, casual readers and anyone else come to that!
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Newham Bookshop @newhambookshop.bsky.social Est in 1978, Newham Books is one of east London's leading independent bookshops. With an extensive events programme, check out some of the authors coming up.
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Burley Fisher Books @burleyfisher.bsky.social We sell books in Haggerston, London. New + used + antiquarian. Also zines, coffee, events + a riso press (not for sale, but come print with us)! www.burleyfisherbooks.com.
Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social The online store supporting independent bookshops 📚 Certified B Corp | Carbon Neutral Delivery 📚 5 star Trustpilot rating.
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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social Writer of novels and stories. Lives in Ohio. 
WTF Just Happened Today? by Matt Kiser @whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com A sane, once-a-day update helping normal people make sense of the news. Since 2017.
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Ben Aaronovitch @benaaronovitch.bsky.social Author of the Rivers of London Series
Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social Spy. Dammit! Ex-spy.
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Jenny Croft @jenniferlcroft.bsky.social writer | translator | friend | out now: THE EXTINCTION OF IRENA REY | HOMESICK | up next: NOTES ON POSTCARDS | croftwork.net | https://bookshop.org/lists/books-i-ve-translated-or-written
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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social The online literary magazine with short stories and comics from all around the world.
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Ronnie Turner @ronnieturner8702.bsky.social Author of Small Fires (27/02/25) + So Pretty. Waterstones Lead Bookseller. Wanderer. Nerd. Lover of words.
Niamh McAnally, The Writer On The Water @niamhmcanally.bsky.social Author, Keynote Speaker, Guest Entertainer Celebrity Cruise Ships, former TV Director
Lisa O @goldennotebook.bsky.social A glimpse inside my golden notebook… 🖋️Writer. Psychologist. Black belt.
REMAINS @remainsmagazine.bsky.social Magazine of new fiction edited by Andy Cox with art by Richard Wagner. Issue 5 out now. https://remains.uk
Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social Publisher: Wild Hunt Books.🦌 @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social
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Samuel M. Moss @perfidiousscript.bsky.social Novel: 'The Veldt Institute' (Double--Negative, 2025) https://asterismbooks.com/product/the-veldt-institute-samuel-m-moss
Pubs: Keep Planning, Always Crashing, StP, etc.
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The Creative Independent @thecreativeindependent.com A resource of emotional and practical guidance for creative people, published by @kickstarter.com
Mark Bowles @markabowles.bsky.social Writer. All My Precious Madness published by Galley Beggar 2024; Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist, Authors Club Prize Shortlist, James Tait Black Prize shortlist. How Do People Stay the Same published 2026, Galley Beggar.
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Simon Strantzas @strantzas.bsky.social Author of BURNT BLACK SUNS. Editor of AICKMAN'S HEIRS. Finalist for four Shirley Jackson Awards, two British Fantasy Awards, and the World Fantasy Award. Probably won’t follow you back.
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Review 31 @review31.bsky.social An online literary review. Est. 2011
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Mona Arshi @monaarshiwrites.bsky.social Poet-Novels-Essays.
Ortac Press @ortacpress.bsky.social Independent publisher of non-fiction and novels
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Emma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, Lego builder. I’m @emmakennedy from the Bird Place.
Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social Associate Prof @UoBrisEnglish 🏳️🌈 A FLAT PLACE (Hamish Hamilton/MHP 2023) HARD LANGUAGE (OUP 2022) 🐨 AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker 🐈⬛ rep: @mfredturner