Shazz @shaheendunsmore.bsky.social I'm not here to play cards.
J. W. Weld @jwweld.bsky.social Writing dark fantasy that keeps you on the edge of your seat and up until 3AM. Get my free prequel: https://www.jwweld.com/slice
Seรกn Martin @paracelsus1966.bsky.social Writer, maker of films. Weird, gothic, mediaeval, uncanny. Edinburgh.
Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social literary agent @kiagency.bsky.social **closed to unsolicited queries** ex Grimdark Magazine, ex medievalist. queer. she/they (header is a Rovina Cai illustration from Spear)
Dan Moren @dmoren.com Author, podcaster, inexplicably a two-time Jeopardy! champion. I have the death sentence in 12 systems. He/him.
https://dmoren.com
VER @ drawing comics @verface.bsky.social they / them | illustrator & comic artist
๐ฑ artistver.carrd.co | ๐ฅช www.patreon.com/verface | โ๏ธ https://ko-fi.com/verface/shop
Mark Nixon @mostlymarknixon.bsky.social โ๏ธ Northern chap dwelling by a graveyard
๐ชCreator: SHADOWS AT THE DOOR & BECKโS END
๐ง Writer | Director | Producer
Bi, He/Him.
Janine Pipe @janinepipe28.bsky.social Ex cop now writer, director, wife, mom
Event Horizon: The Making of the Classic Film from Titan Sept 2026
Owner of Delta Charlie Productions
Lover of action and Disney!
John Sollitto @johnsollitto.bsky.social He/Him, Black Library, Wild Hare Comics, Games QA.
I think an awful lot about worlds that don't exist.
www.johnsollitto.com
Philippa Cowderoy @flippac.org Executively dysfunctional, yet occasionally effectful programmer. Crazy trans dyke. Electronic music nerd. Autistic af. Plays lots of games in all the spare time that's no use for anything else.
(she/her)
Maya Gouliard | Fantasy Author @mayagouliard.bsky.social #author #fantasyauthor #books #mother #feminist #booksky #crochet #quilting
Amy โจ @littlebooklight.bsky.social @littlebooklight on all socials!
Marketing Manager at The Broken Binding Publishing!
Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social Opti-mystic writer & futurist; father of two. Author with Richard Rohr of 'The Divine Dance.' Co-founder, Wild Goose Festival . Curator, TheSpeakeasy.info Read my stuff @ MikeMorrell.org/BonusChapter
Michael Ireland @mickallister.bsky.social Director of The Secret of St Kilda and Hugo-winning Podcast Editor for Strange Horizons
Editor - https://thewritesong.co.uk
https://thesecretofstkilda.carrd.co/
strangehorizons.bsky.social
Claire Waller / Ellie Graves/ Claire Lunn @clairesnonsense.bsky.social UK Author, but youโd never know because Iโm spectacularly bad about telling anyone about my books. MANEATER out now. Podcast: Museum of the Missing
๐ https://linktr.ee/claithulhu?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=5cec404b-90bb-4a2d-b19c-85c695f21391
Fiona Campbell-Howes @fortrenn.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Glasgow, researching the early medieval Moray Firthlands in Scotland. Live in Penryn, Cornwall. FSAScot. Posts about early medieval Scottish history and archaeology. Blog: https://fortrenn.ghost.io
E.N. Auslender @enauslender.bsky.social Research Fellow at University of Stirling. Published writer of sci-fi with stories in Clarkesworld, Neon Magazine, and others. Faffer extraordinaire.
Alex Blott @alexblott.com โ๏ธ Writing Scripts | ๐ Making Comics | โ๏ธ Throwing Pottery
https://linktr.ee/a_exb_ott
He/Him
Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social Writer, editor, artist, folklorist. Winner of ten World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award (for The Wood Wife), the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFWA Solstice Award. Wanderer of the deep, dark forest of story in language and paint.
Dartmoor, Devon, UK
Jay โLorehunterโ Kirkman @theblacklibrarian.bsky.social I write about the Black Library for Warhammer Wordforge and Tabletop Battles.
Father of five. Hockey Dad. Son of New England but Kentucky resident. 50. Ave Dominus Nox. Leafs. Yanks. Celtic. And most of all, #FuckCancer
Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social Posting Science Fiction, Fantasy, Geekery, bookshop life, occasional cats.
Expert Bookseller at Waterstones Ipswich and/or Bury Arc.
(Views mine, not representative of Waterstones)
FitchersLane @fitcherslane.bsky.social Queer Scottish #writer currently editing alt fantasy WIP | fantasy & folklore fiend | she/her | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | #amediting #amwriting co-admin of @WestScotWriting
Char @alphachar.bsky.social making Sparrow Warfare with @martinpi ~ writing games ~ teaching writing & yoga ~ 'when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro' ~ alphachar.com
A. J. Hodges @secondworldedits.bsky.social Author + developmental & line editor | Writes: horror, fantasy & queer romance ๐ Published by Asymptote Journal & Foofaraw. he/they | PhD Social Anthropology | Academic DE: https://www.thenarrativecraft.com | Fiction: https://www.andyjhodges.com
David T List @davidtlist.bsky.social Writer of Turesia Untamed, a gritty fantasy epic.
book 1 - Violence & Vigilance - is available now in paperback, ebook, & audio.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C542GC78
book 2 - THT - is in progress
Tom Bookbeard @tombookbeard.bsky.social Dad, TTRPG nerd, author who writes about sky pirates and contributing blogger at fanfiaddict.com. Beards.
Fraser Denholm @fraserdenholm.bsky.social Scottish Writer/Director
Quarterfinalist 2021 @goldenscriptnet, @screencrafting
Semi-finalist @FilmarkethubTV Pilot 2021
Currently doing an MLitt in Creative Writing at Strathclyde Uni.
www.fraserdenholm.com
M H Ayinde ๐ A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social She/Her. Blerd. Sunday Times bestselling author. Nommo, Ignyte, British Fantasy & Locus Award Finalist.
A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! (Orbit UK/Saga)
https://linktr.ee/mhayinde
Jonathan D. Beer @jonathandbeer.bsky.social Sci-fi writer. Freelance author for Black Library. He/him. All views are my own.
Pick up my latest novel, TOMB WORLD, out now!
Zuzi Pope @zuzipope.bsky.social She/her | Fantasy writer | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐จ๐ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Co-host of Edinburgh Literary Salon
Elliot Goldner @elliotgoldner.bsky.social Crude noise-maker
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social TV Writer: Dinosaurs, Buffy, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, The OC, Gilmore Girls, Once Upon a Time, Jessica Jones, Foundation, Artful Dodger, Fallout...
Dr Richard Hussey | Is Querying @richardhusseybooks.bsky.social Writer of fantasy books. He/Him/His
"You build a novel the same way you do a pyramid. One word, one stone at a time, underneath a full moon when the fingers bleed." - Kate Braverman
Banner image by Sindre N. Aalberg on Unsplash.
Carl Ellis @carlc75.bsky.social Welsh Author and BFS member. Talk to me about embodied fiction at the grinding boundary of the Meso/Neolithic.
Cailean Steed @caileansteed.bsky.social Pronounced โKaylinโ | #TheMirrorHalls coming 2026 in ๐ฌ๐ง ๐บ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ท ๐ช๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ธ๐ช |
#Home๐๏ธ out now from Bloomsbury Raven | Writer, teacher & dog owner | Agent Oli Munson AM Heath | They/them | Host @balancingthebooks.bsky.social | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social Science fiction and fantasy indie author, HEMA fencer, and collector of hobbies. AKA R Max Tillsley. My latest releases include the portal fantasy Wayfarerโs Rift and the picture book My First Zombie.
https://tillsley.com/store
James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social Surrounded by yowling, nebulous forms. Writer: Green Wing, Piglets, first novel Pagans, available in paperback: https://www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/james-alistair-henry/2928377365622
Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social Three storeys of books to discover in the heart of Glasgow ๐ with a charming cafe and exciting programme of events.- V @vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social
Sam K Horton @samkhorton.bsky.social Author based on Eythin Island, GORSE out now from @Solarisbooks
Founder, Granite and Glitter. He/him repโd by John Baker & Julie Gourinchas at Bell Lomax Moreton
www.graniteandglitter.com
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
Ivor K. Hill @ivorkhillauthor.bsky.social Writing stormy stories at night by candlelight. My eyes hurt. Author of The First Scars, longlisted for the SPFBO 2025 fantasy award.
Don Redwood @donredwood.bsky.social Speculator
Any pronouns
Len Pennie @lenniesaurus.bsky.social Aspiring poet, growing problem. My books POYUMS, and POYUMS ANNAW are available to order now. https://buythebook.online/poyums-annaw
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Simon Wolfe @sgwolfeauthor.bsky.social Simon Wolfe | Independent Sci-Fi Romance Author. Writer of Galactic Seductions & Ariana Takes Command. ๐ Claim a FREE space-opera short story here: simonwolfeindependentauthor.eo.page/s5h1m
Satellite 9 @satellitecons.bsky.social Glasgow's bi-annual(ish) series of science fiction conventions.
Satellite 9 will be held on 22nd โ 24th May 2026, Clayton Hotel, Glasgow https://nine.satellitex.org.uk/
Tess Irondale Narration @tessirondale.com Audiobook narrator since 2013. Hundreds of books. Repped by TGMD LA. SAG-AFTRA. Live narrating daily on Discord.
https://linktr.ee/tessirondale | www.tessirondale.com
Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com Engineer. SFF Writer. Triple Nebula Award winner. Viแปt (Kinh)/French. Asian auntie. Weird. She/They. Queer. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Loves tea. Profile:
@yendraws
@readatmidnight
Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social Kentucky-based author, writer of the fantastic and delectable. Host of Bar Cart Bookshelf. COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES (Fall '24). Freelance publicist. He/him ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Inquiries: elias.eells1@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/eliaseells
Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social Science fiction. Fantasy. The universe. And related subjects.
https://beacons.ai/reactormag
Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com Expert Waterstones bookseller with a very big beard
Books read: 88/100
๐ The Wax Child
๐บ Lanterns
https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.com
https://www.ephemeral.co.uk
John Bierce @johnbierce.bsky.social Fantasy novelist, author of Mage Errant, The Wrack, and More Gods Than Stars. Science and history nerd, some flavor or other of leftist/Marxist/anarchist, can burp the alphabet.
johnbierce.com
Writeopolis @writeopolis.bsky.social Skeets for RJ Barker, Kit Power, Scott K Andrews and Stewart Hotston. Discord hangout. Sign up for the Patreon for extra fun. https://www.patreon.com/writeopolispodcast
Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social Books, video games, anime, and me! NO AI!!
https://thebookwyrmshoard8.wordpress.com/
https://www.goodreads.com/thebookwyrmshoard25
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https://ko-fi.com/thebookwyrmshoard
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Lawrence Watt-Evans @wattevans.bsky.social Fantasy novelist & other stuff
David Lewis @daviddaviddavid.com Horror Writer, Book Lover, Reader for Electric Literatureโs The Commuter and Onetime Backup Dancer for Parisian Drag Queens. He/him
www.daviddaviddavid.com
Raf แโฬคแแท @rtorrubia.com Writer/poet/optimist. Rep'd by @bigjcowen. THE SHIPWRIGHT AND THE SHROUDWEAVER OUT NOW from Gollancz. Acad. work with Bloomsbury Politics. They/them.
https://linktr.ee/RafaelTorrubia
Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social Investigating the Iron Age and Roman period in SW Britain. Bournemouth University #HillfortsWednesday Posts (mostly) by Miles Russell
Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social UNIXy Guy. He/him. Prone to shouting "PUPPY" in public.
I frequently (almost every day, in fact) give away Kindle genre books using #KindleBookGiveaway hashtag, and wrote a feed named "Kindle Book Giveaway" -- but remember bsky has hashtags now!
@gavingsmith.bsky.social @gavingsmith.bsky.social 
Danny Robins @dannyrobins.bsky.social #UncannyAutumn is nearly hereโฆ๐ป๐๐ธ Tickets are on sale NOW at uncannylive.com for the online screening of the Uncanny Live tour on the 25 September!
Rebecca Mae @rebeccamaewrites.bsky.social Writer โ๏ธ Reader ๐ Tutor ๐ Cat Mama x 3 ๐ Bona Fide Martian ๐ฝ
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M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk Scottish-based author of The Druid's Bindings. With Midnight Tide Publishing. Also a queer hippy, bird whisperer, academic, GM, and full-time nerd. Find me online: http://mvixen.co.uk/
Elian J Morgan ๐๐ฟ @elianjmorgan.bsky.social Writer of SFF with ๐yearning๐ | PRINCEWEAVER ๐ฟ๐ April 2026 (Canelo, DK, PRH). ๐ PRINCEBREAKER (2027), BOOK III (2028) | Rep'd by @jjbker.bsky.social | Here be dragons.
I. R. Fox @irfoxwriter.bsky.social Writer ๐โจ
Museum lover, environmentalist, empath, ATINY
London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง
https://irfox.co.uk
Bent Nรผrnberg @skjolnir.bsky.social Senior Unreal Engineer for UI/UX at @rawpowergames.bsky.social
Ex @duneawakening.com
Jak Koke @jakkoke.com Author and editor of speculative fiction. Awards & Noms: Endeavor, PW Best of Year, Ippy, Ben Franklin, Foreword, Origins. Science advocate and hope peddler. See https://jakkoke.com/ .
Mairi @mairi-white.bsky.social Writer (unpublished) of SFF. 40+ Panromantic Asexual. She/Her
Steven R. Smith @blacksmith3989.bsky.social Writer, Chaotic Neutral DM and indie Game Dev.
EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social Writer of stories, dreamer of dreams, parent of child, and so on...
I like shiny things ๐
@em.h.writes.things on Instagram ๐ฆ
Annie Summerlee @anniesummerlee.bsky.social author of THE BOOK OF BLOOD AND ROSES (PMJ & Del Rey, 2026)๐ she/her. rep: Kiya Evans @ Paper
Gideon (he/him) writing as Gregory Lawrence @gideongregory.bsky.social #ActuallyAutistic German translator/writer/conlanger, student of Medical Humanities
https://linktr.ee/gregory.lawrence
Debut novelette "Malice in Chains" available here: http://shorturl.at/mrAO4
Benedict Anning @benedictanning.bsky.social Horror/SF writer, occasional artist, general creative chump. Creature of the abyss and cat dad.๐
โ๏ธโฐ๏ธATOMIC COFFINโ๏ธโฐ๏ธ
- out now in UK! (Transworld/PRH)
- Oct 6 in US/CAN (Saga Press/S&S)
Rep: @jjbker.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/benedictanning
Marc Collins @malkydel.bsky.social The MalkavianDelirium. Biomedical Scientist, Author. Warhammer Hobbyist.
Fandom in Man's Own Image.
All thoughts/views my own.
He/Him. #Scottishgreens
Kristin Pratt @prattkristin.bsky.social UNC c/o 2007. Am a great reader and take pleasure in many things (books, Disney Parks, film/TV, sports). Opinions are my own. She/her.
Ian Segal, MPH, MA โ๐ป @iansegal.bsky.social With haunting prose, Ian Segal forges dark fantasy on an anvil where betrayal blights reality.
โ๏ธ Fantasy Writer
๐ Inkwell of Bookish Roguery
๐ฌ Tulane DrPH in Progress
๐ Johns Hopkins & Emory Alumnus
๐งฌ Prevention Health Scientist
Donna Scott @wishusdonna.bsky.social Writer. Editor of Best of British Science Fiction and other things. Chief word wrangler at The Slab Press. Occasionally a comedian. www.donna-scott.co.uk
Sebastien de Castell @decastell.bsky.social I write swashbuckling fantasy novels such as Traitorโs Blade, Spellslinger, Play of Shadows and Malevolent Seven. My books have been translated into fifteen languages and are available in ebook, hardback, paperback and audiobook.
Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social Letterer - Image, Discworld, Black Mirror, Titan, Dark Horse, Mad Cave, Penguin, Harper Collins, Scholastic, Humanoids & more. ADHD-er.
Writer - WOTW: Thunder Child out now!
He/Him.
AVI by Gabriele Barsotti
๐'s: https://linktr.ee/robjonesletters
Willi Roberts @willirobertsart.bsky.social Comic book artist๐โ๐๏ธ๐ฎโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ -Image comic-Top Cow productions - Blue Fox comics-Scout comics
Mike Carey @mikecarey.bsky.social Writer, lapsed Scouser, atheist, mild irritant, ageing like fine milk
WH Terrier @whterrier.bsky.social ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Early retired #cancer from SNHS
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ #ScottishIndependence ๐ป๐
X: @jacqimason
Gary Chud - comic writer @garychud.bsky.social Award-winning comic creator | Terry Pratchettโs Thief of Time | LEGO comics | Secret Agent Nessie | Co-founder One Shot Studios | Repโd by Molly at United Agents
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/garychudleigh/death-deserved?ref=5hyb26
Dr Chiara Bullen @chiarab.bsky.social โจ๐๏ธ THE INN AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT VENGEANCE IS OUT NOW ๐๏ธโจ
sometimes author, sometimes academic. always anxious.
glasgow.
rep: Jessica Mileo
contact me buy my books etc: https://linktr.ee/chiarabullen
World Fantasy 2025 @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social World Fantasy Convention, Brighton UK
Dates: Thursday 30th October - 2nd November 2025
Venue: Double Tree by Hilton Brighton Metropole
Website: https://worldfantasy2025.co.uk
#WorldFantasyConvention2025 #WorldFantasy25
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Joรฃo F. Silva @joaosilvawrites.bsky.social Portuguese in Scotland | Epic Fantasy Author | The Smokesmiths series | Read Ruins of Smoke for free: https://linktr.ee/joaofsilva
Oliver Thomas @oliver-thomas.bsky.social Irish author based in Glasgow, writing horror and fantasy fiction inspired by the history and mythology of places I have called home.
alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social NYT-bestselling fantasy author in charlottesville va
Christopher Allen (Acrozatarim) @acrozatarim.bsky.social TTRPG Designer & Writer (Chronicles of Darkness, Trinity Continuum, Solemn Vale, World of Darkness) & Black Library Author
Lee Murray @leemurraywriter.bsky.social ONZM. USA Today bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award winner, Shirley Jackson, and New Zealand Prime Minister's Award winner. Monster lover from Aotearoa. Represented by Becky LeJeune at Bond Literary.
L.R. Lam @lrlam.bsky.social USA Today and Sunday Times Bestselling writer of Dragonfall, Pantomime, Goldilocks, Seven Devils, False Hearts, etc. Writing coach at The Novelry. 
Dave Rudden @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social Storysmith. DOCTOR WHO. KNIGHTS OF THE BORROWED DARK. And CONN OF THE DEAD - coming soon!
@pcihenry.bsky.social @pcihenry.bsky.social Author, game designer (creator of Arcanis, World of Shattered Empires, Witch Hunter, the Invisible World, Rotted Capes, and Cthulhu: Forbidden Stars), Winner of the Origins Award, 1 Gold Ennie, voracious reader, history buff, Space nerd, and Hero Pulp Geek
Erin M. Evans @erinmevans.bsky.social Author of EMPIRE OF EXILES and RELICS OF RUIN (Orbit, out 4/24)| Brimstone Angels Saga | Dungeon Scrawlers DM and Concentration Check host | STXBP1 mom | co-host of Writing About Dragons and Shit | she/her
Clay Harmon @clayharmon2.bsky.social Fantasy man who dabbles in romance. Health & fitness person. Lover of caffeine and telling people fun facts I learned that day. Rep: Angeline Rodriguez of WME. He/him
Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social Assyriologist at Wolfson College (Oxford), writer plagued by self-doubt, lover of dead languages. I think we should all be doing what we can to save the planet.
My book ๐ https://lnk.to/BetweenTwoRivers
Gabriella Margarita @bygmargarita.bsky.social Aspiring SciFi novelist & avid reader. American in Scotland. Otherwise known as Bri.
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