Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social You can do a lot with a bad hand. We're bringing you the best horror, dark fantasy, & crime fiction. Owned & operated by Bram Stoker Award and Shirley Jackson Award winner Doug Murano.
Olivia Portlander 🐙🧡🍋🐊🦋☂️ @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social Photos are all mine. 🧡 Portland 🧡 Books, bikes, photos, dogs, donuts, but that's not my whole personality. I don't fix typos. I'm careless that way. Resist! Persist! Insist!
Jennifer Brozek @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social Wordslinger & Optimist! Hugo/Bram Stoker/BFA nominated author, editor, and media tie-in writer. Winner of multiple Scribe awards. Beloved of the Husband, collector of many antique occult books. Rep: Cherry Weiner. http://www.jenniferbrozek.com
sara “THE RED SACRAMENT” hinkley @boneysoups.bsky.social books: THE RED SACRAMENT, my debut novel, is out now!
Also costume design: ACD/shopper on The Off Weeks, Law and Order: SVU, Law and Order: Organized Crime, Monsterland & more!
USA 829 IATSE, lit rep Isabel Kaufman. she/her
donoteat @donoteat.bsky.social i'm back bitches
podcasting @wtyppod.bsky.social
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
Raymonde Chira @thesaltylibrarian.bsky.social Also known as Joni by some of you
She/her, they/them
Writer/artist/librarian
WeWillReplaceYou
Skywind Kitsune @skywindkitsune.bsky.social Lvl 40 Internet Fox, CNC Machinist by Day, Game Developer by night.
Currently Working on Tanks 9000
I used to draw furries:
https://furaffinity.net/user/skywind.kitsune
Hardspace: Shipbreaker @shipbreakergame.bsky.social Live out the daily life of a space salvager, set within an immersive, realistic science-fiction universe. Now available on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S.
Buy it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1161580/Hardspace_Shipbreaker/
Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author. Medical Historian. Breast Cancer Survivor.
Next book: SLEUTH-HOUND, a whirlwind tour of Victorian forensics from the perspective of the man who loaned a voice to Baker St.’s famous resident: Sherlock Holmes. Out October 20.
Angry Scooter @angryscooter77.bsky.social 32/ Atomic enthusiast,
Train manager against will
All of my views and posting are my own
Kate Dollarhyde @katedollarhyde.bsky.social Narrative lead @ Obsidian Entertainment, writer, occasional photographer
katedollarhyde.com
Annie Bellet @anniebellet.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling fantasy author, artist, nerd, and armchair medievalist. She/her.
www.anniebellet.com
Katie (she/they) @imagine0enigami.bsky.social Pacific Northwest. Essentially a premature grandma who bakes, knits obsessively, and occasionally remembers to care for the flowers in my yard.
Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social Sci fi and Fantasy Author. Holocaust and Genocide Historian. Host of the Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast @lionsledbydonkeys.bsky.social
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Isabel Burke @isabelburke.bsky.social ✧ she/her ✧
✧ comic artist ✧ illustrator ✧
✧ rep’d by Sheyla Knigge at High Line Literary Collective ✧
Well There's Your Problem Podcast @wtyppod.bsky.social podcast about engineering going not good with @donoteat.bsky.social and @liamfromwtyp.bsky.social and @postoctobrist.bsky.social
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPxHg4192hLDpTI2w7F9rPg
Kyle Banks @kylewbanks.com Makes games, occasional YouTuber, BAFTA Breakthrough 2025.
Farewell North available on Steam, Switch, Xbox and PS5 👇♥️
https://farewell-north.com/links
StimuWrite by Eve, now on patreon! @handle.invalid A free writing app for people who are neurodivergent, addicted to social media notifications, or need extra stimulation & feedback. Created by @eveharms.com
Download: https://thatclowngoddess.itch.io/stimuwrite
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StimuWrite
Justin C. Key @justinkey.bsky.social Author, Doctor, Husband, Father, Friend
Xeni Flowers | Horse Destroyer @xeniflowers.com ⋄ Hands, Hair, Horses, Horror ⋄
Body Horror & Fantasy Artist
(ZEE-nee) [they/them]
Portfolio, links & contact: www.xeniflowers.com
♿ 🏳️⚧️ noAI no minors
#Art #Horror #DarkArt #BG3
cryling.art 🌘💜 Comms Open @cryling.bsky.social 🎨 LINKS: https://linktr.ee/cryling.art
Character Designer & Illustrator
Karissa 🌸 28| she/her | Black Biracial Bald Woman 👩🏼🦲
⚠️ Looking for work! COMMS OPEN!✨
Some ADULT 🔞
NO AI ,NFT, Theft, harassment,etc.🚫
Demi/Pan 🖤💜🤍.🩷💛🩵
The bookish karissabubble📖🌸
K | Science Nature & Art (and weirdness) @ksciencearts.bsky.social Artist | MCD Biologist | Nature | Be Kind to Eachother | Definitely Not a Werewolf |
*Angry Scientist Noises*
90s/00s kid
(Cover by me)
Support me on Kofi:
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social Naturalist, writer, artist, and educator with a Ph.D. in Ecology. I make interpretive signs, illustrations, murals, and books. Sometimes, I chase polar bears and belugas. #scicomm #sciart http://www.discoversecondnature.ca
Gee @ working on comms @top-banana.bsky.social No AI 🎇She/they 🎇 Silly lil hermit 💖💛💙 UK
Nervous Freelance Artist & part time art tutor!
🍀 vgen.co/topbanana
📧 topbanana .art@ gmail .com
🍀 available for work And seeking rep!
🍀 TTRPGs, FF, Soulsborne
📂 https://topbananajam.carrd.co/
#geearttag
Nicole aka Nimasprout @nimasprout.bsky.social (she/her)
Artist | BG paint/design | Visdev/concept art
STORE: nimasprout.shop
PORTFOLIO: www.nimasprout.com
WHOLESALE: https://nimasprout.faire.com
KOFI (art journal + tips): https://ko-fi.com/nimasprout
✴️Posts mainly plants, pet crew and art✴️
Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social Comic artist, novel writer, performer, crafter, queer icon, cheese expert, creator and destroyer of worlds. Agent: D Ellis Wilson at Looking Glass Lit. Trans neutral. They/them.
rosalarian.com ro@rosalarian.com
Arula Ratnakar @arula-ratnakar.bsky.social Computational Neuroscience PhD student at Boston University (advisors Cynthia Bradham & Gabe Ocker). Mathematically modeling embryonic neurodevelopment. I also write trippy scifi & mathfiction.
Ignyte Award Finalist 2025
6 stories in Clarkesworld
august ⛓️🍬🍒 @sapphomancer.bsky.social scapegracers is my fault
Holyfirethem @holyfirethem.bsky.social Benet. They/Them causing May/Hem. Bisexual Chaos Sorcerer. Kitbasher & Monster Painter. Disorganized DM. Horror Fiend. Occult Dabbler. Streaming all of the above.
Brush for hire, commissions open!
linktr.ee/Holyfirethem
Margaret Owen @what-eats-owls.bsky.social doodler, demi, NYT, USA Today & Sunday Times bestselling author of LITTLE THIEVES, THE MERCIFUL CROW, & more ✨ She/her. Rep: Victoria Marini
The House of Pod @kavehmd.bsky.social Humor adjacent medical podcast, hosted by me, Kaveh: Large mammal, musician & GI doc. Putting the fun back in Mfunedicine. Listen here: http://goo.gl/Uc0MpB.
Or don’t, I’m not the boss of you.
Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/hopmerch/
Annalise @annalisejensen.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 29 , Australian, she/her. freelance illustrator.
prev clients include Dimension 20 and Critical Role 💚
Fairydoll comic💜
https://fairydoll.thecomicseries.com/
Princess Weekes @princesmweekes.bsky.social (she/her) pop culture nerd, mtg player, lover of cats. Zutara and enemies to lovers academic
Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social NYT & USA Today-bestseller, Stoker Award Winner, writer of horror, fantasy, YA, MG, romance, and Star Wars. Cowriter of the Tales of Pell. Also comics. Olympic lifter. She/her. aka Lila Bowen & Isla Jewell.
Links: https://linktr.ee/delilahsdawson
Ella Watts is recording PHANTOM PULSE (in LA)! @gejwatts.bsky.social "Queen of Audio Fiction"- The Guardian 📻 Creator of @camlannpod.bsky.social 🔥 Doctor Who: Redacted, Marvel Move, Zombies, Run! 🌟 Director, Producer, Writer, Queer 🏳️🌈 She/Her ❗No access to DMs ❗Profile by @rosenkranz.bsky.social
Jamie Daggers - Mini Painter/Game Designer @handle.invalid 🌈she/her
Award winning mini painter,
Twitch 2-5 pm EST W-F: http://daggers.tv
Game Designer, full-send artist, bug girl.
Business inquiries 💌: jmedaggers@gmail.com
Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social TV & standup & improv & podcasts, hardly any movies
paulftompkins.com/live
naomi @mimimaruuu.bsky.social Artist
mimimaruart.bigcartel.com 🖤 mimimaru.art@gmail.com
Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social Theatrical designer / director / storyteller. Astrophysics enthusiast. Recovering Artistic Director. I want to design all the plays. (Except Mamet & LaBute.) he/him
also: @andrewh@mastodon.social | was hungerf9 @ bird site.
https://andrewhungerford.com
please listen to my actual play podcast @el3phantbird.bsky.social professional embroiderer 🧵 actual play performer ✨ i like cosplaying mentally ill women that kill people 🌸 host on @storyplayerspod.bsky.social 🌱 she/they ✨ cosplay@elephant-bird.com
Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social new here, eager to talk about books!
📍Chicago, IL
@cor-aterna.bsky.social @cor-aterna.bsky.social 
Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social writer and dogsledder
Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social Virologist. PI working at but not speaking for USask. Co-EiC of Vaccine. 🇺🇸 in 🇨🇦. Emerging viruses, pathogenesis, zoonosis, host responses, dogs, football, off-color language, transcriptomic chaos. Opinions my own.
Johnny Compton @comptonwrites.bsky.social Horror author: The Spite House & Devils Kill Devils
Podcaster: Healthy Fears. /. Behind Your Face There is a Place
Jamethiel @jamethiel.bsky.social Also into cats. She/hers. Fannish, nerdy, into all sorts of fibre crafts.
Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social dire homosexual 🏳️🌈 - ONCE UPON A TOME [2022] 📚 - ISABELLA NAGG AND THE POT OF BASIL [2025] 🪴- THE DEVIL AND MRS GOOCH [2026] 😈 - One Page RPGS 🎲 - 🏠 Manchester, UK
https://linktr.ee/oliverdarkshire
Jelena @jelenawrites.bsky.social SFF & horror writer, art historian.
LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE (April 2026, Dark Matter Ink)
SFWA, Codex
https://jelenadunato.com/links/
Words in BCS, The Dark, The Deadlands
Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award–winning author | MFA, PhD English(c) | IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND, June 9 | SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME, Sept 29 | Rep-Lane Heymont | cynthiapelayo.com
Mónica Robles Corzo @monarobot.bsky.social Creature Designer and Concept Artist
www.monarobot.com
monarobot@icloud.com
Watch If You Dare @watchifyoudare.bsky.social A horror movie podcast hosted by a coward and a fanatic in which we dissect fears, phobias and social relevancy of horror movies across all ages and sub-genres and discuss just how scary they are for new watchers and how effective they are for veteran fans
oxboxer @oxboxer.bsky.social artist @ innersloth. https://oxboxer.carrd.co/
Krys Loh @pseudomachine.bsky.social producer @ Innersloth for Among Us Story: On Guard (they/them) 🌈
drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social author of Toothpaste For Dinner, Married To The Sea, @dasharez0ne.bsky.social etc.
podcast with @nataliedee.bsky.social: https://patreon.com/garbagebrainuniversity
join https://patreon.com/drewtoothpaste and i'll email you my comics every day
Sophie Rae Lichterman @whysophiewhy.bsky.social Dog Mom to Anderson & Truman, Head of Creative & Managing Executive Producer at Cool Zone Media. She/Her.
https://www.coolzonemedia.com/
Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social she/her. Helsing books: STRANGE PRACTICE, DREADFUL COMPANY, GRAVE IMPORTANCE, BITTER WATERS; STRANGE NEW WORLD (2025) Orbit; THE HELIOS SYNDROME (Lethe); short fiction (Uncanny, PseudoPod, The Deadlands); editor; jeweler. Rep: https://x.com/Stephen_Barbara
Liam Flannery @liamflannery.bsky.social Sydney based Indie Game Developer (he/him)
Play Factory 95:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3987250/Factory_95/
Sign up for the Factory 95 mailing list:
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KJETLL // waitlist is open @kjetll.bsky.social — self-taught freelance illustrator
— working on the spec-fic comic 'Rhapsody of Tomorrow'
— based in Qazaqstan, she/her
COMMISSION INFO: kjetll.carrd.co
PATREON: patreon.com/kjetll
E.B. Hutchins @ebhutchins.bsky.social Contributing writer at Comicsbeat. Makes gay comics and anti-censorship advocate. (She/They)
Opinions are my own.
Matt 🏳️🌈 @mspencerdraws.bsky.social He/Him || 34 || Trans & Queer ||
Full-Time Freelance Illustrator
Open for Work
http://www.mspencerillustration.com/
mspencerillustration@gmail.com
Courtly Beasts Tarot wips at:
https://www.patreon.com/mspencerdraws
linktr.ee/mspencerdraws
Palaeo @palaeosinensis.com Unconventional wildlife art, pewter, & cardboard mask patterns. Any/all
I DO NOT TAKE COMMISSIONS. Beware scammers!
Site: PaleoPanthera.com
Merch: redbubble.com/people/paleopanthera
Prints: inprnt.com/gallery/palaeosinensis
Tips: ko-fi.com/palaeo
Kim Hu @kim-hu.com Freelance Concept Artist & Illustrator || Once in games, now everywhere ||🥤💀
portfolio: https://kim-hu.com
📩 hello@kim-hu.com
patreon blog: https://patreon.com/kimhu
art/work-only account: @elbowrocket.bsky.social
Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social Disabled writer of things. Bad at being on BlueSky. Debut horror novel AWAKENED out now with Angry Robot Books.
‘An impressive debut worth losing sleep over’ - New York Times
Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com Brief elaboration of a tube.
Daniel Carpenter @dancarpenter.bsky.social Commissioning editor at Titan Books. Debut collection HUNTING BY THE RIVER out now from Black Shuck Books.
https://linktr.ee/dancarpenter85
Horror Writers Association @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social Official Account of the Horror Writers Association. The oldest literary organization serving writers and publishing professionals around the world, dedicated to promoting dark literature and the interests of those who write it.
Kathleen @kathleenparham.bsky.social She/her. RN CCM. Kiddo wrangler extraordinaire. I like reading, writing, knitting, playing video games, and being angry pretty much all the time about the US health care system.
thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social Author, horror nerd, queer mom. She/her. ASK A QUEER CHICK (Plume, 2016), THE Z WORD (Quirk, 2024), THIS IS MY BODY (Quirk, 2025). https://www.lindsaykingmiller.com/
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
Sirens @sirensconference.org Speculative fiction gives us blueprints for worlds full of hope, joy, justice, and revolution for people of all genders. Join us March 18-22, 2026: sirensconference.org
Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net Author. Hugo, Astounding, and World Fantasy Award winner; Nebula, Clarke and Le Guin finalist. Rep: Kurestin Armada at Root Literary.
Out now: THE INCANDESCENT - https://tinyurl.com/theincandescent
Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social Icelandic writer.
The Night Guest // Dead Weight // Down Where Monsters Dwell coming in March 2027!
Mia Tsai is on hiatus @itsamia.bsky.social Author, editor, Dalcrozian, angry Asian. BITTER MEDICINE | THE MEMORY HUNTERS. Rep: Anne Tibbets. Hugo finalist and Hugoish winner. @concurrentseattle.bsky.social creator. From the North but I stay in the South.
Links: miatsai.carrd.co
ConCurrent Seattle @concurrentseattle.bsky.social A one-day SFFH event held on August 14, 2025, in Seattle, WA. Built and run by humans who may also be sparkle unicorns.
concurrentseattle.weebly.com
Witchy Fic Bindery ✨ @witchyficbindery.bsky.social 🍉 witchyficbindery & witchyficunbound on insta 🔭 Hannibal & HEU
Blue House Books @bluehousebooks.bsky.social Blue House Books is a small company with big dreams. As Kenosha's only full-service bookstore, we sell any and all books: fiction and nonfiction, from romance to politics.
yazikus @yazikus.bsky.social Questionable taste in winter hats, first-clapper, cheese enthusiast, lamprey stan. 
LaKenzo @lakenzo.bsky.social I make goofy stuff :P
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
Calvin Kasulke @kasulke.co surprisingly tall transsexual, author of Several People Are Typing, work in various comics, websites, etc.
Aardvark Book Club @aardvarkbookclub.bsky.social Book Box Shipping to USA & Canada 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Independent Small Business & Hint Freaks
https://aardvarkbookclub.com/
Tami Wicinas @tamiwicinas.bsky.social TamiArt | 2D Illustration and Ceramics
Bay Area
She/her
LINKS: https://linktr.ee/tamiwicinas
Keith Rosson @keithrosson.bsky.social Writer, arteest, blindish, kinda punk. Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. FEVER HOUSE, THE DEVIL BY NAME, COFFIN MOON, more. CRONE coming 9/26. Repped by Chad Luibl, Janklow & Nesbit. CLOSED FOR BLURBS, SORRY.
The Scares That Shaped Us @scaresshapedus.bsky.social A podcast from @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social about horror writers and the stories that made them. New episodes every Wednesday!
Andrea Stewart @andreagstewart.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author of The Drowning Empire trilogy and The Gods Below, cat herder, silly hat enthusiast, coach at The Novelry
https://linktr.ee/andreagstewart
Matthew Jackson @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social One time I sat in the Munster Koach. HWA Member. @scaresshapedus.bsky.social Host. Bylines at Pop Heist/AV Club/Fangoria/Bloody Disgusting/Dread Central/More. Austin Film Critics member. 🍅-approved.
New Deal Distillery & Bottle Shop @newdealdistillery.bsky.social Craft-distilling in PDX since 2004. Small-batch vodka, gin, whiskey, rum, brandy, liqueurs, and much more in the Bottle Shop. https://linkin.bio/newdealpdx
Main St. Books Monroe @mainstbooksmonroe.bsky.social A used and new bookstore in Monroe, Washington since 1995. Woman- and LGBTQIA-owned and operated. Store cat. 110 E. Main St. Monroe WA 98272 📚🌈😺 MainStBooksMonroe.com
CRYPTICON SEATTLE @crypticonseattle.bsky.social Crypticon Seattle The Largest Gathering Of Fans Of The Macabre in The PNW! 3 days of The Macabre, Monsters and Movies, Contests, Celebrity Guests, Panels & Parties. April 30th-May 2nd 2027 DoubleTree Hotel SeaTac, Washington #crypticonseattle
Virginia Black Writes @virginiablack.bsky.social Author: INCENDIANT (Bywater Books)! Sapphic spec/SF/romance/fanfic. Most music on 11. Michter Rye. GCLS. SFWA. She/Her/Sir. Three-time Goldie winner. Lambda Fellow (2024).
Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social Award-winning Writer. Freelance Editor. Introvert with an Attitude. Nominal head of a multi-species household. Olam Chesed Yibaneh, but Han shot first.
New Book: UNCANNY LIES coming 2026
and yes, it's Laura Anne, please and thank you.
Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social Readers' advisory librarian. Former Clarion West Writers Workshop board member. 2022 World Fantasy Award judge. Karaoke enthusiast.
we have elizabeth at home @spindlypete.bsky.social she/her. sorry about my face, an animal licked it
honored east portlander, oregon treasure quest ranger, OSU extension service master food preserver and master composter, mother of multiples, peasant
USDA zone 8b/9a
A. E. Lanier @aelanier.bsky.social I write stuff and I read stuff, not always in that order.
Some concerns about the way things are currently are going.
Middle school teacher | Texan in North Carolina | aroace af | Angela | she/hers
Carlie St. George @mygeekblasphemy.bsky.social Writer. NOC shift and sleep deprived. Shirley Jackson and British Fantasy Award Finalist. Blog and list of published works at mygeekblasphemy.com. Ace. She/her. Rep: Lucienne Diver.