River River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social Where Poetry Moves. Two editors, publishing (at least) two exceptional poetry titles a year & the Plainwater Nonfiction Series. Poetry submissions open in May. Posts by editors @hanvanderhart.bsky.social and @amorak.bsky.social
www.riverriverbooks.org
JEERFROSENSTICK @jeffrosenstock.bsky.social Musician, Composer, Fool
Pantwin @pantwin.bsky.social Chicago. Music. Nerves.
sara matson (she/her) @saramatson.bsky.social poetry! cats! goats! host of Words // Friends online reading series 
Julián Martinez @martinezfjulian.bsky.social Son of Mexican and Cuban immigrants // debut book of fictions + novella from Future Tense Books, Spring 2027
Chicago forever.
One Fall Review @onefallreview.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to professional wrestling themed poetry.
www.onefallreview.com
Submit: https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/one-fall-review-0g27j
Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social Additional obscure Mario content for http://suppermariobroth.com.
Now on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/suppermariobroth
Vinegar Syndrome @vinsyn.bsky.social Preserving and protecting genre film.
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/
🐇
Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.social Director of motion pictures like Gremlins 1 & 2, The 'Burbs, The Howling, Small Soldiers, Innerspace and more.
Check out my side gig ➡ http://trailersfromhell.com (@trailersfromhell.bsky.social)
Official Site www.renfieldproductions.com
Arrow Video @arrowvideo.bsky.social Distributor of classic, world, cult, horror cinema on Blu-ray & UHD.
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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, FANGORIA
Exec Producer, HORROR NOIRE
Grieving Bond fan
Personal account; all opinions correct
Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
Tom from Weaklung @perefex.bsky.social ✶ Band guy, guitar n voice n shit
✶ Cat guy, Steve n Brian
✶ Chicago guy (wannabe), Brit by birth
✶ Bike guy (non-annoying)
https://linktr.ee/weaklung
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H Kapp-Klote @hkappklote.bsky.social I write about Chicago, labor, and organizing.
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Matthew Murrey @mytwords.bsky.social Poet (LITTLE JOY - Cornerstone Press, 2026 and BULLETPROOF - Jacar Press, 2019), retired school librarian, and Midwest transplant from Florida long, long ago. he/him/his
More at https://www.matthewmurrey.net/
#poetsonbluesky
good morning to every stupid thing that makes you feel alive @bridgetgordon.gay She/Fae | Poet | Girlfag | Sex Hair + Glitter | Moonlight Kintsugi | Truth + Beauty, Inseparably | Anaphora Slut | Soft, Like A Knife | Heart On My Fucking Sleeve | Incorrigible Flirt | Goddess of Small Comforts | You’re doing great sweetie 🏳️⚧️🌙✨💙
R @reneryanlevesque.bsky.social Prob posting writing and maybe woodworking projects. Poet if you make me choose. Maybe I’ll post my dog if I feel like it.
⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work ✏️ Animator 👨🏫 Lecturer 🕺 Dad ▶️ YouTuber 🎮 GameDev
https://www.youtube.com/@VideoGameAnimationStudy
https://danroot.work/
Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com Author, dad, professor, doodler, loafer
https://www.fulmerford.com
Annie who lives here @stellarine.bsky.social writer in chicago / co-host of @eati.games / fiction in @thecoloredlens.bsky.social / @play.date enjoyer / more at https://linktr.ee/stellarine / views expressed here are my own and not that of my employers
Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Please consider donating to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund —> https://www.pcrf.net
Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social Horror writer startled by most sounds. The Barre Incidents and Kill Radio (both genre-bendy Horror) available now thru Malarkey Books.
My website: https://www.laurenbolger.com/
Jewish / Free Palestine
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com climate scientist
posts 100% my own
🇨🇦 is my home
distinguished professor & chair, Texas Tech
chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy
board member, Smithsonian NMNH
advisor, Lawson Climate Inst UofT
alumna, UToronto and UIUC
author, Saving Us
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
vincent @vincentlalalau.bsky.social story and comic artist
vincentlaubiz@gmail.com
https://vincent-lau.com/
Sandra Marchetti @sandrapoetry.bsky.social Switch hitting witch. Cubs poet. Books at TAMU Press & Sundress Publications. Writing: Ecotone Magazine, Blackbird, Fansided. Former Poetry Ed at River Styx. George Mason MFA.
Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social Thief of Joy: A Comedy Special NOW ON YOUTUBE
Host of The Downside Podcast
If I have to post on another one of these things I’m gonna kms
🐛 Bug Heaven 🌌 @bugheaven.bsky.social formerly Omaha, currently Philadelphia emo band
linktr.ee/bugheaven
@emotionalvegan.bsky.social @emotionalvegan.bsky.social Nonbinary (she/he/they) | 30 | California 
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social Writer's writer's writer.
📚 STILL ALIVE (2024), longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award. https://eveninghousebooks.com/product/still-alive/
Mr. Toon | VT @thedarkcartoon.bsky.social The vintage Toon and pinup man!. (comms open)
thedarkcartoon1@gmail.com
https://thedarkcartoon.carrd.co
@petsymmetry.bsky.social @petsymmetry.bsky.social pet sym is for the people
petsymmetry.rocks
Fresh Finds Podcast @freshfindspod.bsky.social Discovering new music with good people. 🎧🍏 | FreshFindsPod@gmail.com for music submissions | Audio Engineer | Songwriter | Hater of Microsoft Teams | #OnePride 🏈 #LGRW 🏒🥅 | 313 via 906
Paul Robalino @paulrobalino.bsky.social Comedy person
✨Gully Boys✨ @gullyboysband.bsky.social Boy Band from Minneapolis, MN // General Inquires casey@lessermatters.com // // Icon by Juliet Farmer
@javajordan.bsky.social @javajordan.bsky.social Chasing creativity is therapeutic.
One Piece fan. 🏴☠️
Arsenal fan. ⚽️
Specialty Barista in Chicago. ☕️
Currently working on a novel a decade + in the making. ✍️
Cascade Riot @cascaderiot.bsky.social Detroit, MI rock band.
https://linktr.ee/cascaderiot
cascaderiotbooking@gmail.com
Edgewater Chamber @edgewaterchamber.bsky.social Chicago, IL
Supporting, promoting, and connecting the Edgewater business community since 1984
Pretty Pleased @prettypleased.bsky.social Chicago heavy indie emo (?) // LP2 “Classic Rock” streaming on all platforms!
linktr.ee/prettypleased
KRISTY @5atthedoor.bsky.social DIY OR DIE
#podcastsky #podsky #diysky
https://open.spotify.com/show/1GjXaiHROmy7Ek3QS83jmy?si=b7704c62fb964f86
Griefeater @griefeaterisaband.bsky.social Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Pro Immigrant, Anti Jerry Reinsdorf
Fuck ICE
linktr.ee/griefeater
@traceadilla.bsky.social @traceadilla.bsky.social 
brian david gilbert @briamgilbert.bsky.social hello
Half Gringa @halfgringa.com musician, Chicagoan, sole employee of Teleférico Records
www.halfgringa.com
Communication Madison @communication608.bsky.social Communication is a sober, all-ages arts and music nonprofit based in Madison, Wisconsin.
https://communicationmadison.com
Pedro the Lion @pedrothelion.bsky.social Music project by David Bazan since 1995. Please subscribe to our Substack. It's free to sign up. We'll send news, tour dates and other fun stuff directly to your email inbox. https://davidbazan.substack.com
Dave Bazan @davebazan.bsky.social Pedro the Lion / Headphones / Overseas
https://davidbazan.substack.com/
keep dreaming
Dan Black of Landland @danblack.bsky.social I work at Landland, making drawings and printing things. We also make records for our friends and their good music.
Emma McCall @emmamccall.bsky.social chicago
…I’m around….
🎸🎛️
https://linktr.ee/EmmaMcCall
Sami @puppyproblems.bsky.social Yep I’m sami I am in a band called puppy problems and I’m a freelance illustrator. I book shows and like to have fun in boston Massachusetts.
Owen Ashworth @advancebase.bsky.social Formerly the dude from Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, currently the dude from Advance Base
Chicago, Illinois
https://linktr.ee/advancebase
molly @mollsbrodz.bsky.social i make stained glass
www.glassbrodz.com
chicago
SpaceGhost @spaceghosttattoo.bsky.social Chicago tattoo artist
SpaceGhostTattoo on most socials
Janine @janinewasz.bsky.social 
@mwaszkowski.bsky.social @mwaszkowski.bsky.social 
Dennis William Grimes @dwgrimes.bsky.social 
Rivers & Roads Cafe @riversandroadscafe.bsky.social 📍Edgewater, Chicago
⏰Open Daily 7:30am-4pm
☕️Coffee, 🍪Treats, & 🥯Eats
🏞️You deserve adventure
Chat Pile @chatpileband.bsky.social OKC sludge.
Check out our Linktree for contact info and other important stuff.
https://linktr.ee/chatpileband
Ryan @theyoungryan.bsky.social Just a guy in too many bands.
dear forbidden, vocabularies and gnatcatcher
Ben Grigg @bengrigg.bsky.social Acoustical Engineer at Shure / Babe Report / VP of Secondary Affairs at Exploding in Sound Records / Microphone Nerd / Cat Fancier / Chicago
REZN @rezzzn.bsky.social 'Cycles in the Infinite Dream' out July 24 on Sargent House
https://found.ee/rezn-citid
Jane Askew @janeaskew.bsky.social Chicago-based audio engineer
presstones @presstones.bsky.social i work in audio and arcades and own too many delay pedals
Greg Obis @guypidgeotto.bsky.social Chicago Mastering Service | Stuck
https://linktr.ee/gregobis
the Jesus Lizard @thejesuslizard.bsky.social This is the band's official Bluesky page. Welcome
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thejesuslizard
Electronic Audio Experiments @eaezone.bsky.social Audio electronics (mostly pedals)
Mostly random thoughts from John
eae.zone/linkinbio
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social 
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Pile @pile.bsky.social A band represented by one person making posts.
equipment @equipment.bsky.social signed to Brain Synth, started the label @kleptophase.bsky.social // booking: pat@savethecattouring.com
linktr.ee/equipmentband
Mikaela Jane @mikaeladraws.bsky.social Chicago Sky. Drawing. Dumb thoughts
hello@mikaela-jane.com
Mikaela-Jane.com
free range @freerangesongs.bsky.social sofia // chicago
marcus nuccio aka baloney ramone @noochiez.bsky.social marcus drums // ratboys, pet symmetry, what gives, wrong numbers etc
marcusnuccio.com
Sooper Records @sooperrecords.bsky.social Chicago indie label. Est. 2016. Artist owned. www.bio.to/sooper
Seth Engel @sethengel.org record+mix+master / drum / Chicago, IL
for booking inquiries, saying hi, etc - sethengel.musicguy at gmail
🪩 @nick-levine.com music
TUNNEL OF REVERB @tunnelofreverb.bsky.social record producer // pedal demos 🌱
Wynn Wilder • Chicago Tattoo Artist @cashonlytattoos.bsky.social Chicago tattoo artist
Sober • Queer
(he/they/she)
Books • cashonlytattoos.com
lizzzzz @bigbadbug.bsky.social social worker, music maker, gender fucker, etc.
bre @inkedbybre.bsky.social chicago fine line tattoos
owner studio gioia tattoo | 📍ravenswood ave
✨ books open
request an appt at: https://form.jotform.com/240635392640051
Evan Riley @goosefather.bsky.social audio engineer based out of chicago, il.
🐦⬛🌿🔊🎸
jammryn @jammryn.bsky.social chicago hand poke artist
permanent art for your impermanent skin :)
fill out form to book/books aways open
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSei2Y-d4SU9erLN-BOn_-XakOi-LdrTMAKAVnrSfPdozwMDFA/viewform
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Dan Devine @yourmandevine.bsky.social I bomb atomically. Senior NBA writer, Yahoo Sports. Co-host, THE BIG NUMBER. Member, WGA East. He/him.
Kevin Devine @kevinpdevine.bsky.social music, ephemera
kevindevine.net
Patreon.com/kevindevine
@routinefuss.bsky.social @routinefuss.bsky.social Guitar band
https://linktr.ee/routinefuss
WOLFSKULLJACK @wolfskulljack.bsky.social Artist, she/her, possibly a werewolf. Clients include Metallica,Smashing Pumpkins, Magic!The Gathering, Boom!, Anchorage Brewing and more
Volunteer at Wolf Watch UK, a wolf sanctuary
https://wolfskulljack.com/
HUMAN MADE ART
JIM ALLFORD @jimallford.bsky.social Worked A & R in the music business. Now I write MUSIC REVIEWS for STEEL NOTES MAGAZINE. Always looking for Independent artists and bands to write music reviews for....all genres are welcome. Please feel free to contact me. Check out the website. 
The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social Online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Featuring 300+ essays — ✍️ submissions welcome. We also have a mighty fine prints shop.
https://publicdomainreview.org
Amy Barnes @amygcb.bsky.social Child Craft: bellepointpress.bsky.social | Associate Editor: @fracturedlit.bsky.social | Co-editor: @gonelawn.bsky.social |
Vic Michaelis @vicmmic.bsky.social actor + improviser + sorry about the birds
Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com Comedian and Actor who writes TV Shows, Video Games, and TV Shows about Video Games. | Host of Um, Actually and Nobody Asked on Dropout TV
www.ifycomedy.com
Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social 🧢 CEO: Dropout
🎤 Host: Game Changer, Make Some Noise
🌸 he / him
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
Get the paper delivered to your door: membership.theonion.com
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Lily Du @lilydu.bsky.social comedian. angel.
Host of "Dirty Laundry" on dropout.tv
Siobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social Bitch 😎 lover 😽 child 👼 mother 🦾 sinner 👹 saint 🎅 sometimes feel ashamed 🧚♂️
Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social TV & standup & improv & podcasts, hardly any movies
paulftompkins.com/live
Make Some Noise @makesomenoise.dropout.tv A game show where talented contestants compete to bring to life silly prompts. Hosted by Sam Reich.
makesomenoise.dropout.tv