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Matthew W. C. Dallas @matthewdallas.bsky.social Philosophy, University of Edinburgh.
Political Theory ยท critical legal geography ยท property theory.
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End Conservatism With Finality (he/they)
Trumpism is Treason
Centrists are Literal Traitors in Service of Conservatism and Thatโs Why Trump Won Twice
Andy Briggs @andybriggs42.bsky.social Writer, producer, director. Author of dozens of books and graphic novels, films and TV shows - writes crime as MG Cole and Sam Oman
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Worldbuilding for Masochists @worldbuildcast.bsky.social 6x Hugo Award Finalist podcast about fantasy worldbuilding, hosted by nerds who love to overcomplicate things: Marshall Ryan Maresca, Cass Morris, and Natania Barron
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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com Writer. Little dog owner. (Aspiring) Magnificent and Deeply Kind Weirdo. SFWA/ HWA/ Viable Paradise 2022. Portlander. Represented by Joshua Bilmes/JABberwocky. Debut novel THE LONG RED TOMORROW coming March 2, 2027! Preorder 6-37 copies today! He/Him.
CienciaFiccionarios @cificcionarios.bsky.social Comunidad de amantes de la #CienciaFicciรณn enfocada en la discusiรณn e intercambio de conocimiento sobre Literatura, Cine y tecnologรญa. #ScienceFiction.
Dani K @danikasper.me Here and queer ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Unfortunately work in tech
Dreaming about ecological civilization
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I study creatives.
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L.A. reject
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Character in the wrong movie
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SK @intemporaliter.bsky.social I read a lot. Sometimes I try to write. I crochet eldritch horrors. I've tried many crafts and art types and enthusiastically suck at most of them. Brit in the US. ยฟMature? Engineering student. Museum geek.
Doug Engstrom @dougengstrom.bsky.social (he/him) Author of CORPORATE GUNSLINGER and other SFF works. SFWA Member. Lover of cycling, travel, and photography. Iowan.
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Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social ๐ Hugo Award winner ๐ work in Yearโs Best Canadian, Small Wonders, Heartlines, Strange Horizons, Nature, and more ๐ช SFWA | Codex | she/her | linktr.ee/elismontgomery
let's leave it here @letsleaveithere.bsky.social copyleft
RainbowWar71 @rainbowwar71.bsky.social Just an ordinary guy born into a Colombian family. Into SF (not Sci Fi) since I could see Trek. In my early teens got heavily into literary SF. (he/him)
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A Moveable Feed @talentx.bsky.social Moveable Feed: sharp, biased dispatches from Trumpโs America and the AI future. ExโDC comms hack, still talking. Read + subscribe here โ https://buttondown.com/amoveablefeed
Angela Cleland / Cleland Smith @angelacleland.co.uk Poet | Novelist | Audiobook Narrator | She/her | ๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ธ
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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Poet Laureate of West Hollywood
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Silvia Caldararu๐ฟ @scaldararu.bsky.social Assistant professor in climate science at Trinity College Dublin. Posts about climate, how plants are affected by global change, diversity in science, academia, SF&F books, TTRPGs. She/her. https://plantecomodelling.org/
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Bree Reads Books @breereadsbooks.bsky.social Knitter. Book lover. Chicken lady. #booktubesff
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New Zealand (and regularly, Tonga)
Former nurse (ED, ICU), former(?) geek, music lover, emacs user, drummer.
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There is no reason to follow me back
"Promulgator of Insolence"
Ceo of Mel nation
Programmer, short story lover, reading obsessed, cinephile, obnoxious sci-fi opinion haver, usually wrong about things
Jessica Rose Sanford ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @jess6k.bsky.social Writer. Lugubrious malcontent. ๐Oakland, CA
Words in Nashville Review, Tulane Review, Ozone Park, jmww, Hot Metal Bridge, Alarmist, others.
Contributor @ Small Planet.
she/her
Space Cowboy Books @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social Indie bookstore in Joshua Tree specializing in SF, publisher, Simultaneous Times podcast, editor: Electronic Brain magazine, author. Jean-Paul L. Garnier
2023 Laureate Winner: Best Fanzine & Podcast. BSFA, Ignyte, & BFA finalist spacecowboybooks.com
Andreas Rohlfs @anro.bsky.social #Computer - auch beruflich. Sonst noch #Politik, #Literatur, #Jazz und andere #Musik.
Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com Author: Aven Cycle | Story Editor: Mythik Camps | Podcast Cohost: Worldbuilding for Masochists | novels, short fiction, & immersive xp | Shakespeare nerd, once & future educator, rhetorician, geek chic | she/her | Virginia, USA
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pixelpete @ LACON ๐ @pixelpete.bsky.social Twitch Indie/Charity Creator ($30K+)
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Rahul Bery @rahulbery.bsky.social I'm a translator from Spanish and Portuguese, have Englished writers including Michel Nieva, Vicente Luis Mora, J.H. Bortoluci. Maybe trying some other stuff too.
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Quinn Corvin @quinncorvin.com I like reading books and climbing rocks.
I am not the biggest fan of social media, but I'm experimenting with using it again.
Balรกzs Farkas @fbdbh.bsky.social Award-winning writer, designer, critic, translator
Collector of books & video games
Against fascism & generative AI
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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social Student. Writer. Nerd.
Marguerite Kenner @margueritekenner.bsky.social Dangerously Polite; Deadly Serious | Escape Artists Foundation publisher/Pres/CEO | Lawyer (views mine, not advice) | All things podcast | She/Her
ashlyme.bsky.social @monopolemining.net 
๐ @foxygood.bsky.social Where human dignity comes first.
Matthew Sangster @mjrsangster.bsky.social Professor of Romantic Studies, Fantasy and Cultural History at the University of Glasgow. President, @bars.bsky.social. New book: https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/literature/english-literature-1900-1945/introduction-fantasy.
Giulia Suzzi @gsuzzi.bsky.social Independent scholar working at the intersection of philosophy, literary studies, and speculative fiction. Preprints on PhilArchive. Essays on SF and the philosophy of mind.
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6388-4328
https://giuliasuzzi.github.io
OneDishwasher @onedishwasher.bsky.social Meteorologist. Maryland. Member of a Union. America's most fervent Preston North End supporter.
William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social Ludicrous Care Bear.
Bylines at Strange Horizons, The Georgia Review, Daily Science Fiction, and others.
Blog: https://williamshawwriter.wordpress.com/
Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social Author - Poet
Award-winning Pushcart & Best of Net nom. Writer & Poet- Nature Nomad, Science Scarab, Art Aesthete -Stories, Poems, CNF, Flash Fiction, Haiku, Published in Over 100+ Literary & Genre Journals & Anthologies
https://www.silicasun.wordpress.com
ideal poster @ideal-poster.bsky.social it's none of your business \\ taking pics on the east coast
@sarahwill0657.bsky.social @sarahwill0657.bsky.social 
meagan kane @spocksbrain.bsky.social writer, mpls enjoyer, & professional pulp apologist. stories published in pseudopod, baffling, adventitious, ffo. but captain, what would could they possibly want with spock's brain? List of work available/upcoming: https://mkanewrites.com/
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Dominic Dean @drdominicdean.bsky.social Researcher, teacher and author (Killing Children in British Fiction - SUNY Press, 2024).
I work on contemporary British fiction and film, children, Kazuo Ishiguro, migration, intergenerational conflict. All views my own.
David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social Canadian white male autistic writer. Author of America 'Toons In: A History of Television Animation and The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Also author of speculative fiction, superhero fiction and anthropomorphic ("furry") fiction.
Alex Shvartsman @alexshvartsman.bsky.social Bookwright & raconteur. Editor of the Unidentified Funny Objects annual anthology series. 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction winner. Cheesy humorist.
www.alexshvartsman.com
@Cross_theIine @cross-theline.bsky.social The Human race has a serious Control Freak problem
@Cross_theline and YOU are going to resolve that
I support the Iranian people ๐ฎ๐ท
#EndWar #EndTyranny #Cross_theline
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.
John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social Deputy editor: @the-breakdown.bsky.social
johnphilipmerrick@gmail.com / john.merrick@break-down.org
https://www.johnmerrick.co.uk/
The Quotidian Unreal @thequotidianunreal.bsky.social The Quotidian Unreal is a playful literary experiment.
many ruths @r-uthseugeneor.bsky.social "Re poster" Liberty&Justice4 All. Speak! Stop Injustice,cruelty,racism,killing planet! Ore+ Calif Outdoors sunset, stars.Unite! Resist! Kindness&Love=strength! Share! NO Fascists*Voter Power* plz No DM/ No WAR. Creative+Funny=live long.All life Matters!
Joel T. Patterson @joelpatt.bsky.social Calculus vigilante, union man, proud father. Public education is a pillar of democracy. "We are hope despite the times." -R.E.M.
John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social Co-author & illustrator of THE INVISIBLE PARADE, w/ Leigh Bardugo (2025). 2026 Pura Belprรฉ Honor Book Winner. 4x Hugo Award Winner. 6x Locus Award Winner. Inkpot Award Winner. Cover Artist. International Man of Loterรญa. He/him.
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Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social she/her | SFFH writer & poet. 16th century nerd. Mint chocolate connoisseur. Centaur enthusiast. | words in Gwyllion Magazine, Haven Spec Magazine, The NoSleep Podcast, & more | PR & Marketing Manager @solarisbooks.bsky.social | Views my own
Liz Levin @lizlevin.bsky.social writes weird tales. mostly fantasy. sometimes science fiction or accidental horror. also teaches.
words @ Flash Fiction Online, Gavagai, Dream Theory Media, Zooscape.
Owen Blacker @owen.blacker.me.uk Queer political geek; proud social justice warrior, proud trans ally. Queering Wikipedia as chair of @wmlgbt.org; trustee @fasttrackcymru.bsky.social. ex-ORG & mySociety. Dysgwr. My opinions, not my employerโs. he/him
t.me/owenblacker
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Nick Calamaro @nick-calamaro.bsky.social Gibraltarian ๐ฌ๐ฎ Leader at togethergibraltar.com ๐งก Trustee at Men in Need โ Project Manager and Hobbyist Game Developer ๐งโ๐ป