Sage Tyrtle ๐จ๐ฆ @sagetyrtle.bsky.social Award-winning storyteller, writer, workshop facilitator. Taught 150+ workshops including Second City, Smokelong Quarterly, Clarion West. Stories published in Barrelhouse, Baltimore Review, Apex, Fractured Lit etc. www.tyrtle.com. #HumanMade
Company of Wolves @companyofwolves.org Scotland's leading laboratory theatre company
Performance / Training / Community
The Bacchae 2026 Tour - On Sale: https://companyofwolves.org/projects/the-bacchae
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Lorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social Author, biologist, cat herder | BFA & SoA winner, Clarke Award, BSFA, Kavya & Saltire Awards finalist | THE SALT ORACLE out now https://geni.us/saltorac | rep Julie Gourinchas | she/her ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
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Brent C. Lambert @brentclambert.bsky.social Writer. Black SFF always! Hugo Award Winner. One of the co-hosts for Just Keep Writing.
he/him http://brentclambert.com
lassify @lassify.bsky.social Spy x Family fanfic author from Scotland. Real author in my head. 
Elijah J. Mears @elijah.mea.rs sci-fi & fantasy writer โข former classicist โข transit nerd โข gay married to @beryl.rubacky.dev โข ๐ณ๏ธโ๐โก๏ธ โข he/him
๐ โRaleigh, NC
๐ www.elijahjmears.com
Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social Talented ruin. Riverboat floozy.
Queer Black writer in Glasgow, Scotland.
Crawford Award winning collection Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic out from Neon Hemlock Press now. https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-and-response
Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press A small independent publisher specialising in Speculative Fiction, based in the South East of England, established in 2011.
Posts here will be by Peter, Editorial Director and general factotum.
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Jason Croot @jasoncroot.bsky.social Bradfordian actor, filmmaker, and author of the Bradford Back in the Day Memories series ๐ Bradford, Eh? & ๐ Bradford, Ye What?
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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/
Dr Hannah Stevens @drhannahstevens.bsky.social Writer | Publisher | Editor | Director Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com | Queer ๐ | Scotland/Taiwan | She/Her.
hannahstevenswriter.com
books.windandbones.com
Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk Glasgow based writer with credits across film, TV, audio drama, and theatre. www.grace-knight.co.uk. Current project for Choice of Games:https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/magic-at-the-masthead-by-grace-knight-wip-thread-60k-word-demo/178096
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Glasgow Eastercon 2027 @eastercon2027.org The 2027 Eastercon in Glasgow
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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social Social Historian | Glasgow dweller | Humanist | Writes about sex, religion, queer lives, oral histories, moral panics. And public history in a newspaper.
Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com Independent publisher. Scotland, Taiwan & elsewhere. Directed by Hannah Stevens & Will Buckingham.
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
New Nottingham Journal @nottinghamjournal.bsky.social An annual print literary journal featuring short fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction from around the world.
Laurence J. R. Nix @ljrnix.bsky.social Writer of things that blend the absurd with the down-to-earth.
Writing status: querying fun witchy book instead of fun cowboy book, lots of good WIPs coming along slowly...
You can also find me on instragram @ljrnix
shree. @thewisteriaview.bsky.social she/her. queer, neurodivergent, and desi writer. loves to ramble.
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
Adam Connor Lewis @adamconnorlewis.bsky.social Hebridean author and VO artist.
Endlessly optimistic about Red Sox playoff chances, Ferrari race strategy, and my own writing ability.
Thekla K @theklaken.bsky.social Writer, broadsword fencer, cat dad. Fan of weird history | he/him| ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | Scotland | #amWriting #amQuerying
The Wedale Bookshop @wedale-bookshop.bsky.social #ScottishBorders independent #bookshop near #Galashiels and #Lauder, #Scotland. Open in historic Stow, Thur 1330-1900 and Fri-Sun 10-12.30, 1-4.30.โจ
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The Neil Breen @theneilbreen.bsky.social Feature film: Producer, Director, Writer
Andrew Tucker Leavis @andrewtuckerleavis.bsky.social EIC + founder - New Nottingham Journal
Words in Radio Times, Under the Radar, Nottingham Post
๐ณ๏ธโ๐Mandy Olivieri, Writer~ Josephine is out!๐๐ @mandyolivieri.bsky.social Indie author. Potter. Accidental cat lesbian & new chicken mom. Sweary-ish. Army Vet. I write stories about women falling in love. Not all my characters are heroes.
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Peasant Magazine @peasantmagazine.bsky.social A fantasy & historical fiction literary magazine for lovers of short stories by indie authors. Learn more at: http://fiction.charlesmoffat.com/peasantmagazine/
LGBTQ Books & Persons @svukic.bsky.social LGBTQ+ People: who we are, through books.
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Fiona Mossman @fionamossman.bsky.social she/her
๐ Writer | Librarian
๐ Edinburgh | Burntisland | Cairngorms
Gleefully geeky. Writes SFF/literary speculative short stories, among other word-things. Loves books, mountains, my cat Mishka & more. ๐๐๐
Find me at https://www.fionamossman.com
Bristol Short Story Prize @bristolshortstory.bsky.social The Bristol Short Story Prize is an international writing competition hosted by the Department of English at the University of Bristol.
https://bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk- E Ecotopian @ecotopian.bsky.social
John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social NBPF Beat Poet Laureate
Founding editor, Crisis Chronicles Press
Past Vice President, Ohio Poetry Association
Hillbuckeye. Skeptic. Creative. Better woke than asleep.
https://linktr.ee/johnburroughs ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social Daily #ShareGoodNewsToo
Novelist (SF & fantasy), historian (UChicago Renaissance, censorship, radical thought), composer (filk, Norse myth), disability (chronic pain), manga/anime (Tezuka), pics #SomethingBeautiful Blog exurbe.com Podcast โBeforecastโ
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Blinky Social @blinky.social A short video client for Bluesky
From the creator(s) of @flashes.blue
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C.L. McCartney @chrismccartney.bsky.social (he/him) Writes things and edits things. Mostly SFF, mostly queer. Managing Director and Co-Founder of @BonaBooks.bsky.social
Queer, nerd, lefty. Views my own.
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.
Omar Kooheji ๐ @ohmz.bsky.social Neurodivergent (ADHD), I pretend to be an SFF writer, but I wish I had more time to write. I like boardgames, and video games, and tech stuff former SWE.
Scotland, but originally from the โMiddle Eastโ.
He/Him
Richard Mosses @neuraldin.bsky.social I'm a writer, mainly Fantasy and Horror and somewhere in between.
@oli58.bsky.social @oli58.bsky.social 
Chris @chriswcowie.bsky.social Homosexual accountant. Scotland.
Gamer, reader, runner, baker.
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion
Hillary Star @hillarystar.bsky.social โข nyc
โข best time selling author โข Nobel peace prize winner โข dog mom โข Grammy award winner โขentrepreneur โข midnight snack enthusiast โข leader of the free world โข
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Taylor Green @taylorgreensky.bsky.social Joined Bluesky November 2024. Curator, Author 12 Books/Shallow Seas mybook.to/IgCB7G
Poetry From The Soul t.co/grtFXel9wB Close Your Eyes Wonder Why https://a.co/d/i0OqcDW
Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social Writer: Rosewater, Murders of Molly Southbourne, Far from the Light of Heaven, Making Wolf, Jackdaw and others.
Arthur C. Clarke and BSFA award winner, Hugo finalist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Etc.
Reading worm.
Opinions mine.
He/him
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
Flashes App ๐ฉ๏ธ @flashes.blue A photo viewing client for u from the creator of @skeetsapp.com & @bluescreen.blue
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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.
Alex Blanchard (they/them) @maczander.bsky.social English by birth, Glaswegian by choice.
Data Analyst, runner. Play touch rugby, magic the gathering, trumpet, video games, and TTRPGs.
All views unfortunately my own.
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Ben Andrews Author @benandrewsauthor.bsky.social LGBTQ+ Indie Author๐ณ๏ธโ๐
TV Watcher ๐บ
Cat Owner๐โโฌ๏ธ
Currently in ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social British Fantasy Award-Winning author ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
The Ben Garston Novels. The Dark magazine.
"Mother of Night" March 2027 from Evil Twin (Zando Books)
Web: https://james-bennett.org/
'Inventive and vivid'
Publishers Weekly
๐ซ AI
Editor Lindsey Middlemiss @lindseymiddlemiss.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐Editor, Proofreader, and Sensitivity Reader for indie authors. Mostly LGBTQIA+ books, often Romance or Mystery
https://lindseymiddlemiss.square.site
Rachel Handley ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @rachelahandley.com Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool.
SFF Author. Poet. ๐ฆ
Possible Worlds and Other Stories (2022)
They/Them.
rachelahandley.com
Mor4y @mor4y.bsky.social 
Cal @cal-and.bsky.social ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | ๐๏ธ | ๐พ
Michael Everson @evertype.bsky.social Linguist, publisher, typographer, medievalist, immigrant. Into Le Guin, Wonderland, Hobbits, Unicode, minority languages. ๐๐ป๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social Poet. Author of โThe Ambulance Boxโ and โThe North End of the Possibleโ. New book coming in 2026. | Priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church Diocese of Edinburgh and member of general synod | she/her ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ https://linktr.ee/amyjophilp
Stout Stoat @stoutstoat.co.uk International awards winning gamesbook publisher.
https://www.stoutstoat.co.uk
Michelle Morrell @vylotte.bsky.social Division Head - Exhibits, Seattle Worldcon 2025
I read, therefore, I am.
Michael @missbeaverhausen.bsky.social Glasgow
๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
IG: Michael____H
Holly R. Valakresch @hollyvalakresch.bsky.social Author & Screenwriter | I ๐ฉถ Arts & Sciences, Sculpting, Cartography, Cooking, Baking, Fashion, Fitness, Fairytales, & Historical Things.
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Emory ๐ฉถ @emory-f8.bsky.social I write dark Victorian fiction and specialize in the long 19th century.
She/Her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ช๐ธโก๏ธ (I'm always kind)
#writer #historian #Lesbian #sapphic #wlw #Hispanic #feminist #goth #vampires #jpop #bibliophile
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Lee Brophy | โ๏ธ Actor @leebrophy.bsky.social ๐ฌ Actor, comedian, and filmmaker
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Currently in Edinburgh | Lon/Dub
๐ญ Probably auditioning right now
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Shell @shellbryson.com Writes sci-fi stories in Edinburgh. Founder of Edinburgh SFF writing community: https://edinburghsff.com - Software engineer by day. Personal site: https://shellbryson.com
Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social Writer, editor, publisher. Science fiction and fantasy, also queer history. Welsh. May rant about rugby.
G. D. Penman @gdpenman.bsky.social Fantasy author. Internationally bestselling, critically acclaimed, so cool, so sexy etc.
https://www.gdpenman.com/
halfmagical @halfmagical.bsky.social Shares content about the great outdoors.
Loves old-growth trees and boreal forests.
Please drive carefully around cyclists! ๐ฒ
James Topham @jamestopham.bsky.social Screenwriter: @RidleyScottCG, @GaumontTV #BAFTA / @RocliffeForum Winner.
https://james-topham.com
Jamie J. Hagen @jamiejhagen.bsky.social Feminist lesbian asking queer questions about peace & security | Lecturer at Uni. of Manchester | Jamiejhagen.com | picturesofbirds.tumblr.com/
Queering Women, Peace and Security out now with Oxford University Press http://bit.ly/45NJMBJ
Valerie Estelle Frankel๐๐ฉโ๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐งท๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ฆ๐ญโก๏ธโ๏ธ๐ง๐ป๐ @valeriefrankel.bsky.social ๐จโ๐Professor, ๐author of 100 books on drwho๐ซstarwarsโจoutlander #sfwa๐ #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
Book Quote Daily @bookquotedaily.bsky.social Posting a quote a day thanks to Project Gutenberg's commitment to the creation and distribution of eBooks. With gratitude to Michael S. Hart and all those who make Project Gutenberg possible.
Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social Scottish writer/editor. Queer AF. Terrible workaholic.
PhD student in Creative Writing. Cinema Worms podcast co-host. She/they
Repped: @lzats.bsky.social (literary) Kim Yau at Echo Lake (film/TV)
Wife: @pegasusunder.bsky.social
www.lindzmcleod.co.uk
Mark O'Connell @markoconnell.bsky.social Writer. Author. Bond Fan.
CATCHING BULLETS - MEMOIRS OF A BOND FAN
WATCHING SKIES - STAR WARS SPIELBERG & US
BOND, QUEER BOND - THE FABULOUS OTHER HISTORY OF A SPY
Rep'd by Vivienne Clore
#JamesBond #WatchingSkies #BondQueerBond
www.markoconnell.co.uk
Matthew Fox @mattfoxwriter.bsky.social THE LOVELY DARK is nominated for the Kirkus Prize 2026 | Kirkus โ
| Financial Times Best Children's Books '23 | Barnes & Noble Children's Book Award Shortlist '24 | No AI |๐ฑ
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@gust3r.bsky.social @gust3r.bsky.social 
Am Fear Uaine ๐ @amfearuaine.bsky.social Spooky n booky. Folklore groupie. Scottish history / ethnology alumnus.
FSA Scot. Bookshop guy.
Tha beagan Gร idhlig agam. Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg.
Eco-socialist #GreenYes ๐๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ช๐บ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Member @scottishgreens.org
Albannach. Eรฒrpach.
Scottish. European.
pdxrachreads @pdxrachreads.bsky.social ๐Bookworm | Lost in the world of words โจ
๐Fantasy๐งโโ๏ธ|๐นRomance๐|๐ญSci-Fi๐
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Current Reads
๐ The Last Time I Wore A Dress
๐ง Clean Air
๐ฑDissolution
Callum Baird @callumbaird.bsky.social ๐ฐ editor-in-chief, newsquest scotland
๐ธ elgin and the marbles: linktr.ee/elginandthemarbles
Emily Garside @emilygarside.bsky.social Writer & professional nerd putting the A in LGBTQIA+
PhD in representations of AIDS through theatre.
Much queer theatre and TV research.
Also, a lot of Hockey.
She/Her
Rob Parker @robparkerauthor.bsky.social Author, host, podcast hyena.
www.robparkerauthor.com
Ted Northodox @tednorthodox.bsky.social Sheffield, UK. Dreamer. Metalhead. General nuisance. Co-owner of Northodox Press. ๐ถI like big books and I cannot lie๐ถ
MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com Sapphic Scottish specfic duo E&M. Fungi fanatics, lurcher lovers, gin guzzlers.
The Needfire NOW OUT out with Solaris Books!
PREORDER The Haunting of Avis Lovelock TODAY!
Repped by John Baker @ PFD.
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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social Your favourite independent, genrefluid fiction publisher, bringing you the very best in SF, F & WTF!?
IG/X: @angryrobotbooks
Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social Leading independent publisher of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Crime, Pop Culture, Movie/TV tie-ins & much more ๐ Also, @hardcasecrime.bsky.social
Hana Carolina @hanacarolina.bsky.social Creative Writer & Academic Researcher | 30s | she/her | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ช๐บ | Reviewer @ Strange Horizons | Fiction Editor @ Divinations Magazine | Debut Novella with Spaceboy Books, THE INESCAPABLE MARCH (2025)
https://readspaceboy.com/portfolio/the-inescapable-march/
Marxist Monster Mayhem @calderwood.bsky.social He/him. Writer, teacher, radical left scum. New fiction in the Dalhousie Review issue 104.3. โIโll be around in the dark.โ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ต๐ธ
Mark Bandy - Comic Writer โ๏ธ๐ฝ @crimsonsleeper.bsky.social Founder of Crimson Sleeper Studios, an Indie Comic Publisher. Cane River Creole. He/Him/His โ๏ธ PSION: Issue 2 - OUT NOW!! โฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crimsonsleeper/psion-2-a-southern-gothic-thriller-48-pages-full-color
Will @willcouper.bsky.social Scottish. Writer of unwanted stories. Angry. Frustrated. Watches some films. Plays some games. Sometimes writes about both. Neither award-nominated nor award-winning. Writing enquiries: willcouperbooks@gmail.com
Shirin Illustration @shirinillustration.bsky.social Hello, I'm a creature concept artist + an animal and scientific illustrator with a biology background. I'm also a writer and an editor.
Check out my website! https://shirinillustration.neocities.org/
#creaturedesign #animalart #scientificillustration
M Nesce Drake @nesce.bsky.social SFF writer, fan, and dork - now published in Gallus: A Glasgow SF Writers' Circle anthology! (it's NESH-uh but I actually answer to Maggie) she/her. Disabled.
Support my work: https://buymeacoffee.com/mnescedrake
Hannah Tougher @htougher.bsky.social Occasionally I try to write short stories. Used to be useless at twitter and will now be useless at this...
Midnight train, not (yet) to Georgia @eastdundee.bsky.social Views are my own. Reposts are not endorsements etc. Nothing I say is advice of any kind. Dundee as in Scotland.
Portobello Literary @portyliterary.bsky.social A literary agency based in Edinburgh.
https://linktr.ee/portobelloliterary