MFW Curran @mfwcurran.bsky.social Authentic UK-based Horror, SF, Fantasy author of the Secret War series and the Isles of Sheffield series. Writing since 2006, understanding HUMAN behaviours since 2022. Challenges META, X, FIFA, #AIslop, Musk, Trump and stupidity. www.realmfwcurran.com
khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social An Ignyte and Shirley Jackson award-winning magazine and podcast of speculative fiction by immigrant and diaspora authors & artists. Issue 6.2 is out now!
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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social Author, environmentalist & egalitarian, rep Julie Crisp. Novels published by Orbit & SRL. Pre-order THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF LOVE now! www.heather-child.co.uk
Theo @theopriestley.net Founder of Cocktails and Chaos.
Transmedia Architect, Narrative Designer, Screenwriter.
Horror, sci-fi and fantasy fiction author.
Designer of TTRPGs.
Chair of an environmental charity.
IGDA Mentor.
Too many tattoos, not enough cats.
Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social An award winning #audiodrama and #audiofiction production company making podcasts and radio programmes featuring the work of writers, dramatists and poets https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories
The Sauúti Collective @sauutiverse.bsky.social The Sauúti Collective is an Afro-centric universe rooted in African mythologies, languages, & cultures.
Buffer @buffer.com The social media management platform for scheduling, publishing & analytics across every major network. Plan your content calendar in one place. This account is managed by real humans. 💙
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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author of novels, children’s books, poetry and essays. This account is managed by her estate.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social Alex Cochran (he/him) is the alias of the less-spellable Alex Weinle. Wrote The Pollutant Speaks. Editor of Byron. Lapsed scientist.
https://mybook.to/thepollutantspeaks
Big Finish Insider @bigfinish.bsky.social For the 💙 of stories.
Frasier Armitage (is on hiatus) @frasierarmitage.bsky.social SFF writer
Part-time robot. Full-time nerd
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Come meet me in-person at the Spotlight Indie Event in Shrewsbury on May 23rd
Alasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.com Award-winning voice actor and journalist. Narrative designer. Pop culture consigliere. Podcaster. Writes The Full Lid. ‘Fantastic Frontal Everything'-Matt Wallace. On the board of the Cool Wives Club. Joy and spite.
https://carrd.alasdairstuart.com
Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social Award-winning author. Writes science fiction as Gareth L Powell and horror and mystery as GL Powell. Reads voraciously. Repped by Lucienne Diver.
🔗 Mystery and Horror - https://www.glpowell.com
🔗 Science Fiction - https://www.garethlpowell.com
Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social Does political sociology @DerbyUni | Blogger | Author: THE PARTY'S OVER: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONSERVATIVES FROM THATCHER TO SUNAK | Bylines @Tribune & @Jacobin | Bits of SF too | Writes things: http://averypublicsociologist.blogspot.co.uk
Nick Wells @nickwells451.bsky.social Musician. Artist. Writer. World citizen. Publisher Flame Tree. Writes/records as Jake Jackson.
Rachel Handley 🏳️🌈 @rachelahandley.com Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool.
SFF Author. Poet. 🦉
Possible Worlds and Other Stories (2022)
They/Them.
rachelahandley.com
Steven Savile @stevensavile.bsky.social Novelist, game designer, and fugitive… currently writes as Nick Curran. Written for Warhammer, Torchwood, Stargate, Doctor Who, Slaine, Solomon Kane and more. People’s Book Prize finalist, Scribe Award Winner.
Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social Interested in Linguistic Landscape, Ethnography, Foriegn Language Teacher Identity, Academic Publishing, Walking as a Methodology, and lots more!
Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social Head of Collections and Principal Curator at The Science Museum, London | Storyteller | PhD | Sometime Lecturer, Interviewer, Writer | He/Him | Views mine | https://linktr.ee/glynmorgan
Jenni Hamilton @thisandthatbit.bsky.social Fan girl, crafter, librarian. She/her. 
Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social I work at the University of Toronto (but speak only for myself). I love the heck out of my two kids and my wife. In between, I write. He/him
Mark Bailey @mfbailey.bsky.social Reader of crime and SFFH fiction. Follower of Cricket (England & Warwickshire).
Sara @sarareads.bsky.social She/her. Books enjoyer & (very) occasional reviewer. Blogger at The Fantasy Inn. May yell about ⛸️ and 🩰. 🇲🇦 & 🇫🇷
Seriesbooklover @seriesbooklover.bsky.social Book blogger, enjoys running, tv and cake. seriesbooklover.wordpress.com
Chris Gravell @chrisg43.bsky.social Retired, reads a lot, doesn't dust, vague lefty. Bikes, e-bikes, cargo bikes, disability rights, trans rights, Palestine, etc.
Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com Scottish fantasy author of Carpet Diem as well as The Eidyn Saga from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. The Damned King OUT NOW. He/Him. Rep by @canonizer.bsky.social
Founder of bookmatch.co.uk
Iridescence - The 2026 Eastercon @easterconuk.bsky.social Iridescence 2026 is the UK's next Eastercon, the UK's longest running sci-fi convention. At the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, 3-6 April 2026.
https://eastercon2026.org/
Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com Writer, scientist, bug. she/her. #yeg. 🇨🇦 🇬🇾 Winner of a Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award! Rep: Michael Curry 📚🪲 Tips for cat treats! https://ko-fi.com/premee
Gareth Worthington @garethworthington.bsky.social Scientist. Writer. Muay Thai Fighter.
Stephen Oram @stephenoram.bsky.social Writing near-future fiction. Working & speaking on #AppliedSciFi & #SciComm.
"We Are Not Anonymous" - latest novel
"Brain Fruit" - latest novella
NUDGE THE FUTURE: it's ours and it's up for grabs...
https://linktr.ee/stephen_oram
Kit Gonzo @kitgonzo.bsky.social Author. 3 x British Fantasy Award finalist. Podcaster. Blogger. Anti Fascist. Rebel Scum. Hexproof. He/Him. Views my own. https://www.patreon.com/kitpower https://mybook.to/KPMD 🏳️⚧️
Anna ZenKen Stephens @annasmithwrites.bsky.social AN HONESTY OF THIEVES, Mar 27. Godblind, Songs of the Drowned trilogies, Black Library, Marvel.
Dungeon Master.
Magic & Mayhem Author Academy & The Write Advice.
Rep @harryillingworth.bsky.social
Zen, Shotokan, antifa, no AI in art, #WorkingClass.
She/They
James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social British Fantasy Award-Winning author 🏳️🌈
The Ben Garston Novels. The Dark magazine.
"Mother of Night" March 2027 from Evil Twin (Zando Books)
Web: https://james-bennett.org/
'Inventive and vivid'
Publishers Weekly
🚫 AI
Val Nolan @vallescurarule.bsky.social Co-author of Spec Fic for Newbies 1, 2, 3; author of Neil Jordan: Works for the Page; Sturgeon/BSFA/BFA finalist; Locus Rec List; articles in Irish Uni Review, symplokē, Science Fiction Studies, Irish Studies Review, JGNC; fiction in many venues... He/Him
Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social #Logician, #Onomast, #Medievalist, #AcademicMama, #Author, #Immigrant, founder of SFFReviews.com and @EllipsisImprint. Co-president of @ducu. Own views. Robot.
Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social Writing, reading, musicking and pondering.
Fix your hearts or die.
Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🌓 @chronicleflask.katday.com Science & Fiction editor/writer. Krawalloger. Chemistry PhD ⚛️ Co-Editor at PseudoPod 🦑 Writer: The Crash Course Organic Chemistry & various DK science books 🧪 Short fiction ✒️ thefictionphial.wordpress.com
Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social Writer of sff + comics.
Rearranging words for a living since 2013.
he/him
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Also found at andrewknighton.com
Simon Bisson @sbisson.com 👨💻 Used to write code, now writes words about code 📘 Azure AI Services At Scale🦎O'Reilly 💻 Beats: enterprise, dev, cloud 🙋♂️ Vrai Jerri, bird photos, SFF writer, reader, ally, he/him/they 🐈⬛ calico floofs 📧 simon@sandm.co.uk 🌍 sbisson.com
JJ Hill @jjhill.bsky.social Writer, lover of all things sci fi. Also posts about sports, music, and the joys of parenting. Loves Jesus
Dr Kate Thagrinus 🏴 @katelaity.eurosky.social Professional Dilettante • Arcane Artist • Fulbrighter • Uberskiver • x💀SLAC Medievalist • Tarotist • Owl-Blasted Surrealist | she/her |Dundee & Hudson| https://linktr.ee/katelaity
Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social Blogger, critic, 2017 and 2025 best fan writer Hugo winner.
Blogs at wrongquestions.blogspot.com and www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
Review collection TRACK CHANGES available at briardenebooks.uk/shop/
Member of the 2026 Otherwise Award jury
E.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes / Not em faulds @emfaulds.com Award-winning Scottish science fiction & fantasy writer. Podcastle, Strange Horizons, Shoreline of Infinity, ParSec, Best of British SF. More: emfaulds.com NEW HANDLE, bethkesh will still work.
#scruffyGarden
Runs @bibliotta.bsky.social
Fiona Moore (Management Lessons from The Lord of the Rings) @drfionamoore.bsky.social BSFA Award winning SFF author represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency. Anthropologist who wandered into a business school. Author of Management Lessons from Game of Thrones (2022).
https://drfionamoore.com
https://www.fiona-moore.com
Dr Tiffani Angus @tiffaniangus.bsky.social Multi awards-shortlisted SFFH & non-fic author. Editor & typesetter. SPEC FIC FOR NEWBIES 3 now in the wild! https://linktr.ee/tiffaniangusauthor Leftie, feminist, ex academic, ally, anti-AI. she/her. Now 🇬🇧 was 🇺🇸
JL George @jlgeorge.bsky.social Author of THE WORD and various other things. She/they | hi/nhw. http://www.jl-george.com
http://www.parthianbooks.com/products/the-word
SJ Groenewegen @sjgroenewegen.co.uk SFF author, trans-inclusive feminist, gay, non-binary, autistic. BEM.
Website: https://www.sjgroenewegen.co.uk - includes links to all my publications.
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/sjgroenewegen - new posts so often on politics and/or writing.
Eugen Bacon @genni.bsky.social African Australian author, editor. Winner: Solstice, Ignyte British Fantasy, Locus Awards. Finalist Shirley Jackson, PK Dick, World Fantasy Award. Twice Otherwise honoree for exciting work in speculative fiction. eugenbacon.com
Rep: Bieke van Aggelen
Christina Dongowski @tinido.bsky.social Metaphysical Detective & Allegorical Research.
Header: eine Szene in einem ägyptischen Tempel. Apokryph.
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Patrick Charlton-O'Shea @aesonique.itch.io Author of #litrpg series The Age of Steam and Sorcery, snowboarder, coffee lover.
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Book One: Death Becomes Him out now!
Lisa @deargeekplace.bsky.social Scottish book nerd. Queer. She/her. Co-host of @wyrdandwonder.bsky.social and @scifimonth.bsky.social. Sometimes remembers to write stuff.
Ali Baker @alisonbaker01.bsky.social BA Primary lecturer at UEL. Children's fantasy literature researcher. Podcast host at Fantasy Book Swap. Trans rights are human rights.
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social Writes epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. She/her. All opinions absolutely my own. For more, see www.julietemckenna.com
Emily Inkpen @emilyinkpen.bsky.social Sci-fi and fantasy author, writer of The Dex Legacy BSFA Award-winning audio drama, Social Media Officer @BSFA, gamer, bi, proud epileptic and aspiring grown-up 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
What Mad Universe @what-mad-universe.bsky.social Reader, music producer, just glad to be here.
Emma (Em) Sterner-Radley @emmasternerradley.bsky.social Fantasy author. Lesbian. Cancer-survivor. Cat-owner. Married. Coffee addict. Swede living in the U.K. (Chester at the moment.) SNOWBLOODED - out now! @solarisbooks . Agent: Fabienne at Ki Agency. She/her.
Rick Danforth @rickandwrite.bsky.social SFF author from East Yorkshire, England. |
BSFA Award Winner |
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - British Masters Champion |
Co-Editor for Fission / Associate Editor for Escape Pod |
Codexian
Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social Womble of Liverpool. Enjoys geekery, bad jokes & may tempt a bit. pronouns - he/they/Womble Also Book Blogger/Tempter run fast, laugh hard, be kind - https://www.runalongtheshelves.net
British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social Latest news updates and reviews from the British Fantasy Society Community. Home to readers, writers, artists and gamers. Love SFFH? Come join us! www.britishfantasysociety.org
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