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IBPIR @ibpir.bsky.social International Bureau of Paranormal Investigation & Research. Since 1998 we have investigated various cases and over the years we have expanded into numerous areas.
#paranormal #ufology #cryptozoology #missingpersons #coldcases
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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social Author, Elgin & Rhysling award-nominated poet, and reader.
Member BFS
https://stephanieellis.org/
Stuart Conover @stuartconover.com Author, Blogger, Husband, Father, Editor of HorrorTree.com. 
Shelley the Editor @editorshelley.bsky.social I am a technical editor by day and a freelance editor by night. I have 20 plus years of experience and you can find me at shelleyseditingservice.weebly.com for more information.
H. Perry Horton @hperryhorton.bsky.social New Novel Available Now:
DON'T LET THE DARKNESS EAT YOU UP
https://www.amazon.com/DONT-LET-DARKNESS-EAT-YOU/dp/B0FVT8VWKS
Books: https://shorturl.at/AuKlV
Caelum @familyfolklore.bsky.social Love to hear about any families folklore, traditions, superstitions, cultures, which in turn help create a sense of place. With so much human movement these days, community cultures are important.
Lee Matthew Goldberg @leematthewgoldberg.bsky.social Author of 16 📚 including ANCESTOR, MENTOR and the GREAT GIMMELMANS.
Lit Rep: Josh Getzler @ HG Literary
Screenwriter and publisher of Fringe Press.
Native New Yorker. LeeMatthewGoldberg.com
Shane D. Keene @mothfrenzy.bsky.social Elgin and Dwarf Stars nominated poet, musician, rock and roll maniac, podcaster, filterless pisser-offer. Producer and host of the Ink Heist podcast with co-host Rich Duncan. Coauthor of THE BALLAD OF MASON GOREY with Stephanie Ellis.
#PUNX4EVER
Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social 🌲🧚👻 Writer of strange & unusual tales. Ghosts, folklore & history from Wiltshire and beyond. Earth & nature lover. 👻🧚🌲 ☕ www.weird-wiltshire.co.uk
Darkenryde Publishing @darkenryde.bsky.social uoıʇɔıℲ ʞɹɐᗡ
Projects from @calvindemmer.bsky.social
How Haunted? Podcast @howhauntedpod.bsky.social I'm Rob. A Geordie ghost hunter, author, and the host of the How Haunted? podcast 👻
www.how-haunted.com
https://how-haunted.dashery.com
Willow Nichols-Capra 🤎 @novellamenagerie.bsky.social Writer | Salem, MA | BIPOC & 🏳️🌈 | NEHW | WIHAMA | HWA | 1816 and Boston Writers of Color Award Winner
Assist. Editor: Drabblecast | Moonday Mag |
Blood+Honey, Horrific Scribes, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Gavagai, etc 🔽
https://linktr.ee/WillowNicholsCapra
Angry Gable Press @angrygablepress.bsky.social a publisher of niche speculative fiction and poetry
angrygablepress.com
This Exquisite Topology available now!
https://a.co/d/4b4OElO
Katabatic Circus
@katabaticcircus.bsky.social
DarkHolmePublishing @darkholmepub.bsky.social 🔪 Indie Horror & Dark Fiction Publisher
👁️🗨️ Anthologies · Magazines · Micro-Horror
🔦 New darkness delivered every month
💀 Your next horror obsession starts here ⬇️
https://www.hopp.bio/darkholmepublishing
The Local Mythstorian @elilewislycett.bsky.social Eli Lewis-Lycett is an independent folklorist and history writer from Cheshire - described by the BBC as “one of the definitive voices on Cheshire and Staffordshire folklore."
Visit thelocalmythstorian.com
Dreamship Books @dreamshipbooks.bsky.social www.dreamshipbooks.co.uk
The Apprentice's Notebook new horror series coming soon!
Publisher of Amazon Best Selling Salvation City Chronicles, The Casters Exiled and more.
NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social Amy
𖦹 Folklorist & Writer 𖦹
Ghostlore ● Witchcraft ● Devil Folklore
Rooted in Shropshire History & Lore 💀
Writer of 'The Best Of Men' -A Shropshire folk horror 🦇
Lissa Sharpe Author @lissasharpeauthor.bsky.social Author, professor, mom, book nerd, lover of all things Jane Austen-y romance and Mike Flanagan-y horror, and some stuff in the middle. Indie-published author and cofounder of Bayou Wolf Press/ Bayou Rose Press. She/her.
Goddess 👑 @goddess.bsky.social The OG Goddess
Love Dominating
Greedy Goddess ♡
Throne.com/oggoddess
Tammy Komoff @tammykomoff.bsky.social Horror/Fantasy writer. Mom of two semi-feral girls and a pack of mutts.
Follow for books, short stories & random things I find interesting.
Work in LCRW, Uncharted, Abyss & Apex
Member of HWA, Codex, SFWA
Eugie Award Finalist
tammykomoff.com
#writer
Scarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social A trilogy of books about the dark pop culture of the 1970s and 1980s, from public information films to nuclear war!
Buy the books: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Patreon: bit.ly/3Rfo1Xz
Contact: ste1bro@hotmail.co.uk
Nicolettew 🐈⬛🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🐝 @shadowsbetween.bsky.social Queer writer of dark creepy MM fiction - both original and fanfic. Pagan, union activist, fangirl, lover of history, horror, Supernatural, and Strictly Come Dancing. Favourite time of the year - Samhain!
Embrace the weird!
Photo by Nick Fewings
Catriona Ward @catrionaward.bsky.social USA Today bestselling author of LOOKING GLASS SOUND 🪞💀🪞, THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, SUNDIAL & more Rep @jennysavill1 & @RStrausAgency Film/TV @mldean_& @unitedtalent
Sarah Ward @sarahwardcrime.bsky.social Crime writer and storyteller. Also Rhiannon Ward. 🏴 13th book, Grave Intent, out in June with Canelo. It’s books, churches, genealogy, knitting & cats.
Sophie Draper @sophiedraper.bsky.social Lab technician @ UC Berkeley | Evolution, museums, herps !!
Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social Small press devoted to #FolkHorror, #folklore, #magic and the #occult in Britain. World Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Awards finalist. Founder/editor: @mjpcuervo.com
🌍 Now shipping worldwide from
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AJ West Author @ajwestauthor.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling novelist: THE BETRAYAL OF THOMAS TRUE #AlwaysTogether 🦚 📚 Broadcaster 🏳️🌈 Homosexual
Linktr.ee/ajwest
Peter Laws @revpeterlaws.bsky.social Host of ‘Into The Fog with Peter Laws’ (YouTube), Author, Fortean Times Columnist, Audio Podcast: Creepy Cove Community Church, Guy from www.patreon.com/peterlaws
Nadia Bulkin @nadiabulkin.bsky.social Horror writer (SHE SAID DESTROY, RED SKIES IN THE MORNING, ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY). Co-editor of WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST LEAVE.
📍 DC, raised in Jakarta/Nebraska, she/her ♠️💜
https://linktr.ee/nadiabulkin
Angela Yuriko Smith @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social Angela Yuriko Smith is a two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author, editor, educator and publisher. She leads Space & Time and founded Authortunities to help writers create meaningful work and shape what comes next. The world is a work in progress.
Anita Frank @anitafrank.bsky.social Author repped by David H Headley
The Good Liars - Sunday Times Bestseller
The Return - SL RNA Historical Novel Award
The Lost Ones - SL Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award & HWA Debut Crown
Amanda Mason @amandajanemason.bsky.social Writer. THE WAYWARD GIRLS (2019) THE HIDING PLACE (2021) THE DARK (October 2026)
The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social Thoughtful punk and spooky rock. Haunting voices and even more haunting stories.
First single Kicking The Machine lands 25 Sept. Pre-save full EP: https://release.landr.com/991048908321
Camilla Bruce @camillabruce.bsky.social Norwegian writer of the dark and lovely.
Latest offering: At the Bottom of the Garden. 🐦⬛
CJ Cooke @cjcookebooks.bsky.social Author of THE BOOK OF WITCHING, THE LIGHTHOUSE WITCHES, and others.
Katie Lumsden @katiejlumsden.bsky.social Booktuber (Books and Things). Historical fiction author. Freelance editor. Reader. Part-time Victorian.
✍️The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall
📚Hosts #victober #janeaustenjuly
She/her
Peter Ray Allison ➡️ Edge-Lit @peterallison.net Husband, father, writer, podcaster and vampire.
🧛♀️ Co-founder of @MythicEchoes.bsky.social
🎲 Editor for @geekpride.bsky.social
✍️ Articles in BBC, Guardian, Independent and others
🎙️Occasionally on BBC Radio
🧬 They/them
📌 Derby, UK
🔗 www.peterallison.net
Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social He/him. World Fantasy Award, Shirley Jackson Award and British Fantasy Awards winner (twice). Collection COME SING FOR THE HARROWING out now.
Benjamin Langley @benjaminlangley.bsky.social A writer of quiet horror with creeping dread - and alternative historical horror with the Guy Fawkes: Demon Hunter series. When I'm not doing that, I make lino prints and puzzle books.
Website: benjaminlangley.co.uk
Store: www.etsy.com/shop/LinocutHorror
Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social Author: Jekyll & Hyde, Sherlock Holmes, Hope Island, Snakeskins. https://linktr.ee/timjmajor
Verity Holloway @verityholloway.bsky.social Strange fiction, weird history. Lost member of the PRB. Marfan syndrome. Will-o’-the-wisp. Victorians, folklore, bad medicine. THE OTHERS OF EDENWELL and CHEER THE SICK out now. Non-fiction in @helleborezine.bsky.social. 🦇🖋️🇬🇮
Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social Author of horror, crime, & sci-fi. Professor of History. Great Pyrenees obsessed. Italian movie completist. Anti-A.I.
My books: https://linktr.ee/CoyHallBooks
luna rey hall @lunareyhall.com i write queer and spooky stuff 🍉
NO MATTER THE DIAGNOSIS out now
minneapolis
lunareyhall.com
#whereisBellaRiley
Marie O’Regan @marieoregan.bsky.social Writer, editor of anthologies, managing editor of Absinthe Books, PS Publishing’s novella imprint. Married to @paulkane.bsky.social Fuelled by tea.
Represented by @megdavis.bsky.social of https://ki-agency.co.uk/
marieoregan.net
Andrew David Barker @adbarker.bsky.social Emerging polymath, or just restless soul. Screenwriter. Novelist. Filmmaker. Songwriter.
Dan Howarth @danhowarth20.bsky.social British Fantasy Award Nominated Horror Author
Author of Last Night of Freedom, Territory, & Dark Missives.
Proud part of Motives Unknown: New Northern Crime from Dead Ink Books.
www.danhowarthwriter.com
https://linktr.ee/danhowarth
@ccadams.bsky.social @ccadams.bsky.social 
Alice Vernon @alicevernon10.bsky.social Lecturer in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University. NIGHT TERRORS (Icon 2022). GHOSTED (Bloomsbury Sigma 2025). Writes about ghosts, the paranormal and spooky sleep. Represented by Donald Winchester at Watson, Little.
Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social Stoker Award-nominated horror author.
rep: Oli Munson
she/they, bi, polyam, vegan, a bit witchy, very crafty
Trans rights are human rights
End the genocide in Gaza 🍉
Posting from Greenwich, London
www.allywilkes.com
Alex Davis @alexdavis1981.bsky.social Lecturer, workshopper and creative writing events organiser - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis-events-17318878423
Dr Icy Sedgwick @icysedgwick.bsky.social Host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast/blog. Researcher & writer for hire. Gothic author. Crafter. PhD in haunted house films.
FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social #FolkloreThursday is a hashtag day for sharing folklore facts, and a website filled with articles! Founded by @deedeechainey.bsky.social & @willowwinsham.bsky.social. 
The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social Official account of The Folklore Podcast. 2 million downloads worldwide. Created by folklorist and author Mark Norman. Find us online at http://www.thefolklorepodcast.com
Film/TV rep: Past Preservers Author for various publishers
Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social We're an indie press specialising in queer horror, crime & dark fiction, run by TC Parker & Shauna Mc Eleney
(Skeets by TC/N, occasionally SME)
We like intersectional feminism. A lot
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇮🇪
No GenAI. No DMs (we can't see them)
www.nefariousbatpress.com
JaneyM @janeymwriter.bsky.social Writer, journalist and coffee lover. 
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
First Ten Pages Programme: https://british-fantasy-society.vercel.app/welcome
Megan Taylor @meganjstaylor.bsky.social Author of dark novels and short stories
Sarah Elliott @sarahelliottwriter.bsky.social ✍🏾Wordwitch extraordinaire
✨Enchanting the mind, one word at a time
🪄Conjuring supernatural stories, blogs, articles and more.
Talk to me about Buffy, Tarot or cats! 😀
Team Spike. Team Damon. Team Jacob.
WillowWinsham @willowwinsham.bsky.social Author and historian, specialising in witchcraft, folklore and cats. Co-founder of #FolkloreThursday
The Story of Witches - Out Now
https://bit.ly/3PNy8yC
willowwinsham.com
Lauren (LJ) McMenemy @laurenwrites.bsky.social 👻Writes the dark stuff
📣Online content ed @ British Fantasy Society
🤘Founder/mentor/coach/author promo, Society of Ink Slingers
🔮Events curator, Writing the Occult
🔪Former editor, TWF @ HorrorTree.com
👩💻Day job: Content & community
🇦🇺in🇬🇧
🤓Curious/exhausted
Horror Tree @horrortree.com Paying speculative fiction #OpenCall s, #writing advice, #AuthorInterviews, #BookReview s, and more since 2011! By: @stuartconover.com
https://horrortree.com
https://linkie.bio/horrortree
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