L. G. Merrick @lgmerrick.bsky.social A mind full of scorpions, a gut full of golden oreos. I write horror, mainly, even when I try not to.
Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-novel-festival-contests/
Sasha @typeofcrayon.bsky.social ๐ Book lover | Deep thinker | Forever curious
Finding wisdom in stories and life
Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social Come to Worldcon (the World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention) in Brisbane, Australia in 2028! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ฏ ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ง ๐ป๐บ ๐ณ๐จ ๐น๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ฒ
aussiecon.org
instagram.com/Aussiecon5
Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social Environmental justice hermit
beer, bikes, bread, fungi, foraging
THE PALADIN IN THE FOREST OF THORNS, collection, The Fabulist Editions 2027
THE JAGUAR MASK, novel, Stelliform Press 2024
NIGHT ROLL, novella, Stelliform Press 2020
he/him
Mary Meade @marymeade.bsky.social Novel Beginnings Longlist. Aspiring horror novelist. Senior Managing Editor @greenamerica.org She/her.
Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social https://www.katherinesouza.art/
Storyteller (illustration, writing, + game design)
Making quests for Elder Scrolls Online
All opinions are my own
(she/her)
Follow me as I trudge through my upcoming fantasy artbook!
Daily Free Film Festivals @freefilmfestivals.bsky.social Watch Daily FREE Film Festivals on www.wildsound.ca at 8pm EST. No repeats. Best of NEW films from around the world today.
www.wildsound.ca/browse
Symbiosky @symbiosky.bsky.social Make Decisions Through Conviction,
Fund Public Good like Journalism, Academic Content, Education
https://www.symbiosky.com/
Andra Maves @andramaves.bsky.social fantasy & sci-fi author ~ narrative dev
@spacefaerer
Holiday World @myholidayworld.bsky.social ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ HOLIDAY, ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐!
โค๏ธ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐! #holidays365
๐ #myholidayworld #holidaychannel
๐ป #pawlidays365 pet & animal holidays
๐ญ #holidaylicious food & drink holidays
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Matty Bow @mattywrites.bsky.social Giving the writer life another shot, while also running a house where everyone is on the spectrum. These are our stories.
Matthew Broberg-Moffitt (any/all) @colortastetexture.bsky.social COLOR TASTE TEXTURE is a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide, written by an Autistic classically trained chef (published by Avery/Penguin Random House). Available now!
@mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social alt account
Julie ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @linear-bean.bsky.social Julie, she/her. Historical fencer, transit enthusiast, writer, bike enjoyer.
Justin Ocelot @justinocelot.bsky.social I'm a speculative fiction writer focusing on short stories. More info at justinocelot.com.
Joel C. Scoberg @joel-c-scoberg.bsky.social I write stories about space, magic and myth | Writers of the Future winner | Jim Baen Award finalist | BSFA Award nominee | scientistโs husband | frazzled father of three | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | he/him | ๐ซ AI | For website, newsletter etc. https://linktr.ee/joelcscoberg- S Supremo @supremoa.bsky.social
Lucy A. Snyder @lucyasnyder.bsky.social SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER (Tor Nightfire, Titan). 5 Bram Stoker Awards. Shirley Jackson finalist. Work in Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Asimov's, Pseudopod, etc. Clarion grad. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
www.lucysnyder.com
Rep: @jord4nhill.bsky.social
Cats, aquariums and terrariums
Chris Campbell @chriscampbell.bsky.social Words in FIYAH, Asimovโs, Escape Pod, and more. VP2023 CW2024. Turns out I am 0% goblin-proof but very optimistic. clundycampbell.com. Editor of NewYearNewYou.
Dave @davejeeping.bsky.social ๐
WriteStats @writestats.bsky.social Data-Driven Insights for Writers and Publishers.
https://writestats.com/
Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social Locus Magazine: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. The Guide to the World's Imagination.
https://locusmag.com
linktr.ee/locusmagazine
Jeonghan Chae @mareung21.bsky.social ๋
ธ๋ฌดํ/๋ฌธ์ฌ์ธ/์ด์ฌ๋ช
/์กฐ๊ตญ/์ฉํ์ธ/Republic of Korea/a schizophrenic patient/์์ดํํฌ/์นด๋ผ/Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do/Born in Cheongju, graduated from Bongjeong Elementary School, Bongmyeong Middle School, and Unho High School. Suffered severe school violence.
@bapulojohn230.bsky.social @bapulojohn230.bsky.social 
Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com Author of THE SLEEPLESS (2022), ESCAPE VELOCITY (2024), DEAD NOTE (2025), and THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED (2025) โข NYC via MNL โข he/him ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
linktr.ee/victormanibo
Audrey Zhou @audreyzhou.bsky.social SFFH writer | she/her | Shirley Jackson Award Finalist | Brave New Weird, Best Weird Fiction | Clarion 2025 | short fiction in Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, Lightspeed, etc
https://audreyzhouwrites.com/
JP Spalding - SciFi ๐ช๐ Writer @jpspalding.com Scifi author seeking representation~
Writing a book about the perils of propaganda in orbit around a blackhole.
Stories in Schlock! Magazine and Club Chixculub.
First reader for RadonJournal
Buy my novella about birds. Mybook.to/BTBW
JpSpalding.com
Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social Writer, editor, just this guy. Occasional stories: https://www.unreality.net/writings. I also publish the quarterly zine Kaleidotrope. (He/him.) ๐ท
TRSakib @leaf-and-life.bsky.social Silent progress ๐คซโก๏ธ๐ is the loudest answer ๐ฅ to the world ๐.
๐ณ Nature-inspired โ calm, green, and quiet
๐ป Web developer, mindful builder
๐ Learning trading with patience
Richard H Moon @rmoonhill.bsky.social Movies, writing, curling, physics, not necessarily in that order.
Book about Ancient Egyptian Adventure (and the undead!) TO CONQUER DEATH is out now!
https://richardmoonbooks.com/
He/Him
https://linktr.ee/rmoonwrites
Pauline Barmby @pbarmby.bsky.social LLM-free science: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2767-0090, fiction: https://www.galacticwords.com. Words in Yearโs Best Cdn F&SF, Utopia SF, Analog, OnSpec, MNRAS, ApJ, etc. Knitter, curler, sometime runner. ๐จ๐ฆ & minor planet 281067. She/her.
G. D. Angier @g-d-angier.bsky.social SF & Horror writer from Germany, dog lover, ferret tamer, (she/her) ๐ณ๏ธโ๐, linksgrรผn versifft, Clarkesworld, Dark Matter Mag
->๐โโ๏ธโโก๏ธMetropolCon 2026!
Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social Writer of books, drinker of tears! Carnegie nominated, Locus and Nebula shortlisted. LONG LIVE EVIL, a portal fantasy in which the villains unionise, is my #1 Sunday Times & USA Today bestselling adult fantasy debut. She/her
Melissa Rea Author ๐๐๐ @melrea.bsky.social Four novels written. Fun novels about strong women with a pinch of magic. https:// @iquitcigs.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social Team Site StL Mo ๐ญ
Nicholas Jack Marino {Nick} @nickjackmarino.bsky.social ATTORNEY OHIO (1981)-NEW YORK (2003)-MUSIC ARTIST (1970)-ARTIST-COMPOSER-BMI & HFA PUBLISHER-Over 300 Published Songs at BMI & at Apple-Pandora-Amazon-Spotify-YouTube Music-Others http://NIcholasJackMarino.com -NickJackMarino@gmail.com -Text 330 620-8163
Cameron McCrorie (Meat Popsicle) @mccroriebooks.bsky.social Scottish Science Fiction, Fantasy and Comic Book Author (At least, one day I will be ๐๐)
#fuckai
https://camccroriebooks.wordpress.com/
Jennifer ๐๐งโฃ๏ธ @jdawson001.bsky.social โฟ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐American SFF author, poet, editor, & book reviewer living in England. She/her. The Poetry Society & The British Fantasy Society. Old OWW member.
Online at: WorldsOfMayhem.com
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/dawson001
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ rights = human rights.
Kiera Lesley @kieralesley.bsky.social SFFH writer, reader, tea drinker. Aurealis award winner. AHWA. Codex. Words in: Nightmare, Andromeda Spaceways, Factor Four etc.
Naarm/Melbourne
KieraLesley.com
Gideon Marcus (he/him) @gideonmarcus.bsky.social San Diego-based professor, space historian, and science fiction author. I go to a lot of protests these days.
https://gideonmarcus.com
Like science fiction and time travel? Go here:
https://galacticjourney.bsky.social/
Nora Shear @norashear.bsky.social Author of consent-centric paranormal romance/horromance.
NB, Bi, CPTSD, ADHD, & more ;)
My novel NO DREAM LIKE FOREVER is out on Amazon/Kobo/Itch!
No AI, ever. More at https://norashear.com/
Avatar is my cat Nubs, a gold and brown tabby cat w/green eyes.
The Haysom Review @thehaysomreview.bsky.social Book reviewer and aspiring literary editor. Reading Elizabeth Haysomโs essays. https://substack.com/@thehaysomreview
Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social Where the past meets the future, and the within meets the without, you will find me.
Writer of High Fantasy!
Genre aficionado and aspiring author. Fantasy, scifi, prog rock, ancient civilizations.
Nancy Foster ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ @drafoxter.bsky.social Spsfc volunteer judge Team Space Girls, Mexican-American dark fantasy author. Posteo fotos de tacos y garnachas. ๐คญ
nancyfosterauthor.carrd.co
M. A. Holland @maholland.bsky.social Reader/writer. Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia.
Probably misses his old glasses.
#drafting: THESE CURSES WE BEAR, YA Dark Fantasy/Fairy Tale
mrkhllnd80.wixsite.com/maholland
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Simone Nespolo @simonenespolo.bsky.social Friuli, Italy.
Award-Winning Writer with International Recognition
Astra inclinant non necessitant
Aurum nostrum non est Aurum vulgi
Courtney Applewhite @c-applewhite.bsky.social Death researcher ๐ | Currently in EPFL's Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience ๐ง | PhD Religious Studies | Here for death, bereavement, presences, & interdisciplinary work | Plus rugby ๐ and cats ๐โโฌ
Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net Author, architect, researcher, and developer from the Galactic South.
Published in Escape Pod, Nature Futures, Flash Fiction Online, LeVar Burton Reads, khลrรฉล, among others.
SFWA, Codex.
https://culagovski.net
Susan Park @susanfirghilpark.bsky.social writer, poet, nature lover and complete book geek living in the Pacific Northwest surrounded by forest, birds, squirrels, chipmunks and chickens. Member SCBWI.
The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social The VILLAGE ๐ is a place where the world ๐ feels a tiny bit smaller. Founded by SMOKELONG for the Global Flash Community
Follow 150+ flash publishers.
Read editor interviews.
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Kirsty @cursedtea.bsky.social Writer, artist, costume maker, LARPer and collector of interesting tea. Writes macabre stories and draws adorable comics. (she/her)
Nictitating Books @nictitatingbooks.bsky.social Editor and Owner
@spookysmt.bsky.social
NOW: No Strangers to Pain by SMT
๐ publisher of dark fictions ๐
|The Nowhere Complex|Elegies of Rotting Stars|We Are Here to Hurt Each Other|Reality But More Fun|The Clear Lake Killer 1974|
SmartPushti @smartpushti.bsky.social
https://smartpushti.com/
A decentralized platform for publishing, discussion, research, collaboration, and fund allocation in health and wellness.
@silicology.bsky.social
ROCKY LASTER๐ฑ๐ฆ @rockylaster.bsky.social Feral Alaskan Hoosier. 17% Sasquatch DNA. High Priestess of the Leguminati ๐ซ. Allegedly Afraid of๐ Mice. Watermelon Enthusiast ๐. Awesome Dad๐. Adoring Husband. Impossibly Humble. Susceptible to Flattery, ๐ฅ's, and Wizardry. Balding Vegan Earthling ๐
I am Buck Rogers @captbuckrogers25.bsky.social Physicist, knitter, fully embracing the 'Find Out' stage of life
Brooke Lanier @authorbelanier.bsky.social Author.
Cozy | Gothic | Queer
https://brookelanierbooks.com/
Ellis Nye @ellisnyeland.bsky.social SFF short story writer. Any pronouns. Submissions Coordinator and Co-Editor for Fiction at Reckoning Magazine. I'm ellisnyeland on all social media accounts.
Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social Writer of horror, weird, speculative and generally unhinged stories. Boy mom. #VP2023 Chaos gardener. A lot of opinions about food.
Jules Arbeaux (Updates) @julesarbeaux.bsky.social Author | Newest: CAGE OF STARLIGHT | cats, paints, plants, and stories of connection | rep: Maddy Belton | Bath Novel Award LL '22 | โ๏ธin Uncanny, Heartlines | https://julesarbeaux.com/
๐ Abigail Kemske ๐ @abigailkemske.bsky.social ๐ป SFFH writer from MN
๐ SFWA, Codex
๐ฟ sometimes moss
โ๏ธ Work in Apex, The Dark, Flame Tree Press, Nature: Futures, The Saturday Evening Post, Adventitious, Gavagai, +
๐ซ no gen AI ๐ซ
Story ๐ https://gavagai.com/@abigailkemske/links ๐ณ AbigailKemske.com
Matthew Broberg-Moffitt (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social Author, chef, freelance sensitivity reader. Autistic, enby. The Shire. Food Aversion cookbook COLOR TASTE TEXTURE is out now! (Avery / PRH)
Repโd by Sharon Belcastro at @belcastroagency.bsky.social
Ian C Peake @thesearedogyears.dog Writing the time-hopping, people/dog anthology nobody asked for. They're not *about* dogs, but they're not *not* about dogs. There's always a dog (exclusions apply). Free to read at thesearedogyears.dog. Dog pics from the Scottish hinterland too.
Michelle Orsi @michelleorsi.bsky.social Poet. Poems in Ploughshares, The Southern Review, Five Points, swamp pink, The Florida Review & DIAGRAM.
First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize.bsky.social Writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. Entries close on the 31st of May. Judged by Sally Williamson (Transworld) and Hayley Steed (Janklow & Nesbit). Organised by the Literary Studio. Bloomsbury, London
firstnovel.co.uk
Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social Klein Librarian for Science Fiction & Fantasy @ UC Riverside. Yale Ph.D. SFWA. HWA. Work in F&SF, Lightspeed, & more! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐จ๐พ
www.phoenixalexanderauthor.com
InkFoundry @inkfoundry.bsky.social InkFoundry is a speculative fiction aggregator developed to connect stories, authors, and readers.
www.inkfoundry.net
Rachel A @rachiea.bsky.social Librarian by day, word scribbler at night. Find said words in Gavagai, GrendelPress, Plott Hound, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Apexโs Strange Locations, Malarkey, and elsewhere. Genre: Midwest weird. Codex.
Joy Deva Baglio @joybaglio.bsky.social Speculative Writer: Fiction in One Story, Ploughshares, Tin House, Apex, etc. Yaddo Fellow. Founder of Pioneer Valley Writersโ Workshop. Rep'ed by Peter Steinberg. Novel in progress. Bagpiper.
https://linktr.ee/joy.deva.baglio
https://www.joybaglio.com/
Filip Hajdar Drnovลกek Zorko @filiphdz.bsky.social writer. fiction in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed + others. associate editor at Escape Pod. repped by Joshua Bilmes. Clarion West '19. #1 lurantis fan. he-ish. filiphdz.com
Vast Chasm Magazine @vastchasmmag.bsky.social cultivating community and publishing bold work: flash, short fiction, cnf, poetry, and other nonconforming pieces
Crossroads: Folk Horror in the United States @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social Issue 2: The Devil Has the Best Tunes is due out in October. Online shop reopens late September.
Edited by @scaryasfolk.bsky.social and @theharvestmaid.bsky.social.
Shonna White @shonnathewhite.bsky.social Author, artist, gamer & GIANT GEEK (she/her) ๐จ๐ฆ
LOST INFERNAL - Now available: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HBLTY4TJ
Learn more at Lostinfernal.com
Tortured soul behind the writer's resource
@descriptionary.bsky.social | descriptionary.wordpress.com
Ravn J. Silver @ravn-j-silver.bsky.social Writer |she/her
๐ก๏ธSpeculative Fiction๐ช
Short stories, poetry, zines, collages
Words in Apex And Clarkesworld
Clarion Writing Workshop '26!
Never AI, obviously.
Constant Reader @stephenkingcast.bsky.social stephenkingcast.podbean.com
Catherine Buck @catherinebuck.bsky.social Stories in CRAFT Literary, Vestal Review, Bending Genres, more. ๐โโฌ Learned from Rutgers-Camden MFA '18, Tin House '22, and Lambda Literary '25. Fiction reader for Okay Donkey. catherinebuck.com
Matt Weber @mattweber.bsky.social Author: BRIMSTONE SLIPSTREAM, THE DANDELION KNIGHT, &c, all AI-free. He/him. Opinions are mine only. #BlackLivesMatter, #TransRightsAreHumanRights, nobodyโs free until everybodyโs free.
Links: https://linktr.ee/mattweberphd
Faith Allington @faithallington.bsky.social Author
๐ Genre-blending fiction
โ๏ธ Editorial at Flash Fiction Online & Haven Spec
๐ป Vaguely goth but also whimsical
๐ Tea drinker & fungi admirer
(she/her)
Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social Writer of skiffy hopepunk. Confident introvert. She/her
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
J.M. Phillippe @jmphillippe.bsky.social Novelist, social worker, and cat lady.
David Tomlin @badbreed.bsky.social I don't like Donald Trump, his administration, or the 'Uneducated MAGA cult followers' who voted for him and continues to support him...