Octocon @octocon.bsky.social The National Irish Science Fiction Convention,
3rd & 4th October, 2026. Sci Fi, Fantasy & Horror. https://octocon.com
Rue Sparks (They/Them) @ruesparks.bsky.social Author, artist, advocate, aficionado of alliteration. Also see: antagonist (allegedly)
Just a queer, disabled, neurospicy punk trying to survive the dumpster fire.
https://www.ruesparks.com/links
📚 🚀💫🌈🏳️⚧️
🚫 Generative AI
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social Novelist, cartoonist, author of END OF THE WORLD HOUSE, INVITATION TO A BONFIRE, and THE DAUGHTERS
adriennecelt.com
loveamongthelampreys.com
Aimee Kuzenski wants you to read SEEDS OF INHERITANCE @aimeekuzenski.bsky.social Speculative fiction writer, audiobook narrator, singer, martial artist, badass, queer af
Latest novel: SEEDS OF INHERITANCE, semi-finalist in SPFBO X
Subscribe to my newsletter: https://buttondown.email/akuzenski
Aimee Picchi @aimeepicchi.bsky.social Associate managing editor at CBS News’ CBS MoneyWatch, covering business and money. My other hat: science fiction and fantasy short stories. Nebula Award finalist. Opinions are my own.
Email: aimee.picchi@viacomcbs.com
Signal: aimeepicchi.59
Alicia Hilton @aliciahilton.bsky.social Author, editor, attorney, professor, actor, former FBI Agent. Member HWA, SFWA, SFPA, Codex. Website is https://aliciahilton.com/writing/
Amanda McNeil (she/her) @mcneilauthor.bsky.social ✨ Sober author, reader & maker
🧶 Joy & hope via crafts + stories
📚 Paranormal romance, sci-fi & fantasy
🏳️🌈 Queer 💕 Married
⬇️ Podcast & books
linktr.ee/opinionsofawolf
Amelia Gorman @gormanghast.bsky.social 
Amy Grech @amygrech.bsky.social NYC-based prolific crime/horror author/poet. Active HWA Member. Alien Buddha Press published my poetry chapbook, A Shadow of Your Former Self. 2x Pushcart Prize nominee. SEO is my bread and butter. 🔪🩸
☕️ https://ko-fi.com/amygrech
💻 crimsonscreams.com
Angela Sylvaine @angelasylvaine.bsky.social Horror & thriller author & reader. HWA. Cheerful goth. Bi. She/her. No AI!
Bram Stoker Award nominee
Horror comedy FROST BITE & COLD SNAP
Collection THE DEAD SPOT
Mall slasher CHOPPING SPREE
https://linktr.ee/angelasylvaine
Angela Yuriko Smith @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social Two-time Bram Stoker Award–winning author. Former HWA president. Publisher of Space and Time. Publishing consultant helping writers build sustainable creative careers rooted in art, not arson. Writes Authortunities on Substack.
Anna Burke @annaburkeauthor.bsky.social Author. Forest creature. Recent release: In the Roses of Pieria.
Anna Kashina @annakashina.bsky.social Fantasy author and scientist
Anne Marie Lutz @colormage.bsky.social Author of fantasy novels and short stories. #NoAI
AM / Anne M Scott @amscottwrites.bsky.social Author of the Folding Space Universe (AM Scott) and exciting military romantic suspense (Anne M Scott.) Veteran, volunteer, happily married, dog mom; loves outdoor adventures, especially near her Montana home.
Barbara Krasnoff @barb.bsky.social Former reviews editor at The Verge, Computerworld, and other pubs; current science fiction writer (although I write mostly fantasy).
Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam @bonniejostuffle.bsky.social Nebula finalist w/90+ pubs. ND for mobile game. "Glorious Fiends" novella & "Where You Linger" short story collection. She/her.
I'm not really here--or anywhere! Email me instead bonnie.stufflebeam@gmail.com
Brenda W. Clough @brendaclough.bsky.social I write fantasy, science fiction, and historical novels. 
Brey Willows/Ally McGuire sapphic romantasy/romance writer @breywillows.bsky.social Award winning sapphic speculative fiction writer who loves creating wlw worlds for all of us to play in.
Brianna Malotke @briannamalotke.bsky.social 🩷Romance Author (Tori Fields)
🪦Horror Poet
🖤Pole Dancer
🌈Safe Space
📚Never ending tbr
B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave @bzelkovich.bsky.social A real piece of work (in progress). She/they. Water(bottle)gate '25, Viable Paradise '24, words in Wyldblood, Dread Mondays, Life Beyond Us, Folk Horror Short Stories (Beyond & Within), & more. Taco Bell Tattoo Haver. Fuck AI forever & ever.
bzelkovich.com
Caitlin Marceau (she/they) @caitlinmarceau.bsky.social (She/they, Bi) 🖤 Out Now: IT BUBBLES UNDER THE SKIN 🫧 Coming Soon: ALL ROADS LEAD US HOME 🏠💔 LOOSE ENDS 💀
📚 https://linktr.ee/caitlinmarceau
Carina Bissett @carinabissett.bsky.social 
Carmen Baca @chicanacb.bsky.social Internationally published author of award-winning phantasmagorical & magical tales of the southwest. Wife, mother, former educator, cat nurturer.
Carol Gyzander @carolgyzander.bsky.social Stoker-nominated author, and editor of horror, weird fiction, science fiction - she/her
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
linktr.ee/cassrmorris
Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social They/she. My cats' names are Bruce, Clark, & BabyBear. Nebula award winning F&SF writer/editor/teacher. Snark at your own risk. Located in South Bend, IN. Sometimes I swear. linktr.ee/catrambo
Cerece Rennie Murphy @cerecermurphy.bsky.social Hi There! I’m a mother of two, an award-winning sci-fi, fantasy, and children’s book author, and the founder of Virtuous Con, an online platform that celebrates the excellence of BIPOC creators in speculative fiction. Happy to be here 💜
C. E. McGill @cemcgill.bsky.social Author of OUR HIDEOUS PROGENY, out now! Lover of books, cats, and all things queer & historical.✨🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (They/them)
Christina Farley @christinafarley.bsky.social I write books full of magic, adventure, & romance.
🐉 The Gilded series
🏰 Princess & the Page
💫 The Dreamscape series
💙 The Immortal Bound series
ChristinaFarley.com
C. M. Alongi @cmalongi.bsky.social Sci-fi/fantasy author & content creator
Creator of CaFae Latte
Cheer Choice Award Nominee
MN Book Award Nominee
https://linktr.ee/cmalongi
Christine Taylor-Butler @ctaylorbutler.bsky.social Author, servant of cats, Visiting MIT Scholar
Cindy O’Quinn @cindyoquinn.bsky.social All things horror💀HWA Bram Stoker Award winning author. Elgin, Rhysling, & Dwarf Star nominated poet. Living haunted.🔥
C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social World Fantasy Award-winning author of SAINT DEATH’S DAUGHTER & BONE SWANS. Audiobook narrator. Bandcamp: Brimstone Rhine. Repped by RHA Literary. https://linktr.ee/csecooney
C.D. Britt @authorcdbritt.bsky.social Author of Dark Fantasy and Mythic tales. Becoming the weird, witchy nerd I was always meant to be.
Authorcdbritt.com/links
Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social Muñeca – queer gothic historical fiction – out 6/2/26: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211/muneca-by-cynthia-gomez/
2024 Ignyte nominee for "Lips Like Sugar." Member HWA. Rep @LaurenBajek.
cynthiasaysboo.wordpress.com
Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award–winning author | MFA, PhD English(c) | IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND, June 9 | SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME, Sept 29 | Rep-Lane Heymont | cynthiapelayo.com
Dani Finn 🐙 🏳️⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social They/them 🏳️⚧️ 🔞
Author of fantasy, sci-fi, & horror romance ✍️ 🐉 🚀 🧟♀️ 💞
Smutfluencer ❤️🔥
Reader of queer books 📚 🏳️🌈
DISPOSABLE MAGIC, a cephalopod fantasy romance 🐙
THE GILDED VEIL: Pro wrestling meets classical theater 🤼♀️ 🎭
🔗 https://linktr.ee/danifinn
Dani Hoots (she/her) @danihootsauthor.bsky.social 📝YA SciFi Fantasy LGBTQA+ author of over two dozen novels🏳️🌈
🌱Contract writer for the American Botanical Council🌿
🎨Art (Painting & Drawing Major)
📜Classics Minor (Ancient Greek)
Deborah Wilde Author @deborahwilde.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Urban Fantasy Author
Smart (ass) heroines.
Epic Magic.
Red-hot romance.
💙📚DeborahWildeBooks.com
Denise Crittendon @crittendon.bsky.social Avis writer, reader and promoter of peace. Author of Afrofuturist sci-fi fantasy, Where it Rains in Color.
D.L. Howard @dlhowardwrites.bsky.social Slinger of Awesome Words. Creator of Magical Worlds. Author of Diverse Fantasy.
www.dlhowardwrites.com
Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social Writer of things.
devan-barlow.itch.io
Patreon: www.patreon.com/cw/DevanBarlow
devanbarlow.com
she/her
2025 Hugo Poetry Nominee
books, dogs, fairy tales, theatre, tea, coffee, sea monsters, crafts
icon:@liuet.bsky.social
Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social That murder lady. Fantasy & horror books at https://authordiannagunn.com Creator of @WeeknightWriters.bsky.social Buy a murder or support my work at https://ko-fi.com/diannagunn She/her
Dianne K. Salerni @diannesalerni.bsky.social Author of Middle Grade books, THE TONTINE CAPER, THE EIGHTH DAY, JADIE IN FIVE DIMENSIONS, ELEANOR, ALICE & THE ROOSEVELT GHOSTS, THE CARREFOUR CURSE. Rep'd by Sara Crowe Literary. https://diannesalerni.com/ She/her
SB Divya @sbdivya.bsky.social author | editor | engineer
(she/any)
📚 science fiction & fantasy
🧠 board member of Ansyme
🎙️ former editor at Escape Pod
💻 machine learning & DSP
🦼 Long COVID / MECFS
sbdivya.com
Ef Deal🪐📚 author @efdeal.bsky.social Author, editor, video editing. Find me at efdeal.net
#Steampunk lovers, meet the Twins of Bellesfées:
One's a scientific genius, one's sometimes a wolf, but both make 1842 France a mad adventure with ghosts, vampires, mad scientists, and a bit of romance.
Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social ON PARENTAL LEAVE, ONLY SOMEWHAT HERE FOR A BIT. Nebula-winning and Hugo/Sturgeon-nominated writer. Bagel the Dog's emotional support human. Dadjoke teller. Sentence-fragment lover. Disabled w #MECFS She/her effieseiberg.com/stories
Elaine Burnes 🏳️🌈 @elaineburnes.bsky.social I (she/her) write stories about women who are bold, flawed, and love other women. SF: Endurance, Tenacity, and Resolution (Captain Randall series), Wishbone, and A Perfect Life and Other Stories. SFWA member. No AI. More at https://elaineburnes.com/
Elin Olausson @elinolausson.bsky.social Writer | GROWTH (Dark Ink Books), SHADOW PATHS (Tales From Between), SILVER (Bookea), BRUKET (Ravenheart), DALENS DÖTTRAR (Polaris) | Psychological horror, fantasy, historical fiction | 🇸🇪 | www.elinolausson.com
Elisa A. Bonnin @eabwrites.bsky.social Scientist and author of YA fantasy. Next release: LOVELY DARK AND DEEP from Fierce Reads in Winter 2025. Agents: Natalie Lakosil and Antoinette Van Sluytman. She/her eabonnin.com
E.M. Anderson | THE LORD OF THE WOOD is out now! @elizmanderson.com THE LORD OF THE WOOD (Hanover Square Press 2026). THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS (Mira 2025). BLM. Queer. AuDHD. Disabled. Anti-LLM. They/she. Rep: Keir Alekseii, ALA. pfp from maddel_art Picrew.
elizmanderson.com
Sylvia Woodham (writer) @sylviawoodham.bsky.social Global Publishing Startup: Three Dragons Press, Managing Editor @wclanthology.bsky.social
Fiction writer. Stories come to me as dreams. Comment on creatives and culture.
https://sylviawoodham.wixsite.com/home/projects-2
Elizabeth Schechter @easchechter.bsky.social Romance Writer. Mom. Unscrewer of the inscrutable.
President of The Lord Ruthven Assembly
www.elizabethschechterwrites.com/
Ellen Birkett Morris @ellenbirkettmorris.bsky.social Author of Beware the Tall Grass: A Novel, winner of the Donald L. Jordan Prize selected by Lan Samantha Chang, Lost Girls: Short Stories, poetry chapbooks Abide and Surrender. https://www.ellenbirkettmorris.com, https://linktr.ee/ellenbirkettmorris
emily c. skaftun (she/her) @eskaftun.bsky.social Writer, editor, graphic designer. Irony enthusiast, amateur taxidermist, roller girl. Short story collection LIVING FOREVER & OTHER TERRIBLE IDEAS. Get postcard stories @ www.patreon.com/skaftun.
Emmi Itäranta @emmielina.bsky.social Author who writes in Finnish and English. Arthur C. Clarke & Philip K. Dick Award nominee, Otherwise Award honor listed, Premio Salerno Libro d'Europa finalist. She/her. 💫🌍
http://www.emmiitaranta.com
Lydia Prime @lydiaprime.bsky.social Autistic horror author, editor, publisher and professional lurker...
Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social Your friendly nemesis. BFA & Shirley Jackson Award Winner. BSFA, Hugo, Ignyte, Locus, Nebula, WFA finalist. Reactor.com, Uncanny, Strange Horizons, & more. ClarionWest '19. She/Her. Rep: Jessica Friedman @SterlingLordLit
Author E.M. Lacey @authoremlacey.bsky.social I brew fiction with a dash of caffeine. I write/read: dark fantasy, dystopian, horror and speculative tales filled with diverse characters. Posting about books and other authors.
Fiona Moore (Management Lessons from The Lord of the Rings) @drfionamoore.bsky.social BSFA Award winning SFF author represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency. Anthropologist who wandered into a business school. Author of Management Lessons from Game of Thrones (2022).
https://drfionamoore.com
https://www.fiona-moore.com
Gabby Gilliam @gabbygilliam.bsky.social poet, educator, mom
Gillian Daniels - Pre-Order “JENNY WILL EAT YOU NOW” 9/29 @gillianlynndaniels.bsky.social Debut: JENNY WILL EAT YOU NOW (Sept 2026). Writer, artist, cat person since I was born, fan of horror and romance fiction. Rep: Jenna Satterthwaite at Storm Literary Agency. She/her.
Insta: @gillianlynndaniels
Website: gilliandaniels.site
Ginger Smith @gsmithauthor.bsky.social Author of space opera The Rush's Edge from Angry Robot Books. 🚀SFF toy collector and Twilight Zone super fan. 🖤🤍
Gloria Oliver @gloriaoliver.bsky.social Spec fic author and feline, canine, and book slave. I write YA, fantasy 👸, SF 🚀, historical mysteries 🕵️, urban fantasy 🔮, and more. For extra info, freebies, and sample chapters go to http://gloriaoliver.com
Hana Lee - MAGEBIKE COURIER duology @hanalee.bsky.social author of ROAD TO RUIN (@SagaSFF 5/14/24) & FLIGHT OF THE FALLEN (6/10/25) | words in Uncanny, Anomaly, Fantasy, etc | creator of http://thepublishingcalculator.com | linktr.ee/khanalee | 28 | she/they | repped by Paul Lucas
Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social Author of queer historic fantasy, amateur historian, Hugo finalist. I blog and podcast as The Lesbian Historic Motif Project, with resources and discussion about sapphic historical fiction.
For more info, see my website alpennia.com
Holley Cornetto @holleycornetto.bsky.social Professor. Librarian. Author THEY ARE CURSED LIKE YOU and WE HAUNT THESE WOODS. Active member HWA.
https://www.holleycornetto.com/
Holly Lyn Walrath @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social Writer. Poet. Editor. Nerd. Managing Editor Interstellar Flight Press. Author of NUMINOUS STONES, THE SMALLEST OF BONES, GLIMMERGLASS GIRL. She/They
Website: www.Hlwalrath.com
Ingrid Kallick @ikallick.bsky.social Kindness advocate, known to create images and text
Ioanna Papadopoulou @ioannapauthor.bsky.social Art Historian, Fantasy Author. Reader at Bourbon Penn. Debut Novel WINTER HARVEST OUT NOW!
J.R. Dawson @jrdawson.bsky.social She/They. The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World (Tor, 2025). The First Bright Thing (Tor, 2023). Nebula, Sturgeon, and Hugo finalist. Goldie award winner. ✡️🏳️🌈🍉Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jrdawsonwriter Rep: Stevie Finegan
Jacqueline West @jacquelinewest.bsky.social Author (MG/YA: THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE, LAST THINGS, LONG LOST, etc.). Poet. Parent. Cemetery wanderer. Usually covered with ink and dog hair. HWA, SFPA. www.jacquelinewest.com
J.S. Fields @galactoglucoman.bsky.social Intergalactic peddler of fiction and fungi. Intersex and not bashful about it (they/them) | Agent orphan | http://patreon.com/jsfields
Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social Author of Verushka (JournalStone), The Blood Trail (Red Bird Chapbooks) & stories in many places (Gamut, Bourbon Penn, Tales to Terrify, Wigleaf, hex, etc.)
janstinchcomb.com
JD Rivers | Otar 3 coming Oct. 15 @jd-rivers.com Writer. I like what I like. She/her/they/them. Scif-fi/fantasy/magical, sometimes romantic. Yes, they're gay. Find me: https://jdrivers.carrd.co/ | https://jd-rivers.com || BUY MY NOVELS: https://jdrivers.itch.io/
Jean Marie Ward @jeanmarieward.bsky.social Fiction, Nonfiction, and Everything In Between
Jenna Moquin @jennamoquin.bsky.social Author of Stalks, Eyeland, The Cemetery Spot, and other dark fiction. Subscribe to my FREE Substack: https://substack.com/@jennamoquin?utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page
Jennifer Brozek @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social Wordslinger & Optimist! Hugo/Bram Stoker/BFA nominated author, editor, and media tie-in writer. Winner of multiple Scribe awards. Beloved of the Husband, collector of many antique occult books. Rep: Cherry Weiner. http://www.jenniferbrozek.com
J E Hannaford @hannafordjenny.bsky.social Dragon Queen, Fantasy author, Ocean Spirit. #SPFBOX Finalist. GM, (D&D)
Selkies with a twist, or telepathic hounds. Choose your series! (No refunds for accidental dragons.)
https://linktr.ee/jehannaford
Jessica Cage @jcageauthor.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling Fantasy Author
Renewed WWE fan
Jessica Lewis @jessicalewisauthor.bsky.social Author of many genres and books!
Rep: Holly Root
Out now: 🏕️Hallie’s Rules for a Recovering Romantic💖
Coming soon: 💀This House is Not a Home🏡
Jessica Nettles @steampunkenglish.bsky.social Author of The Children of Menlo Park from Falstaff Books. Writer of Souther Gothic horror stories, nerd, RPG gamer, mom, sister, lover of cats, human-in-training.
www.jessicanettlesauthor.com
Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social Horror writer, Poetry Editor of Haven Spec, editor of Howls from the Scene of the Crime. Social worker, health researcher (under a slightly different name), health policy PhD student.
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
http://www.jessicapeter.net
JL George @jlgeorge.bsky.social Author of THE WORD and various other things. She/they | hi/nhw. http://www.jl-george.com
http://www.parthianbooks.com/products/the-word
Jessie Kwak 🦆 (🦈!) @kwakjessie.bsky.social Author of sci-fi shenanigans, ghostwriter of business books, organizer of the Author Alchemy Summit. She/her
Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com Author of SF/F romance featuring dangerous women & smitten men. SILVER & BLOOD is out now! Game geek. Introvert. She/her. Agent: Sarah Younger.
www.jessiemihalik.com
Joan Marie Verba @joanmarieverba.bsky.social She/her. Autistic author of science fiction and fantasy novels. Web developer. Website: http://joanmarieverba.com
Julia Huni, Author @juliahuni.com I write science fiction that’s easy on the science and heavy on the fun. My book series: Space Janitor, Tales of a Former Space Janitor, Krimson Empire, Colonial Explorer Corps, and Recycled World.
Julie E. Czerneda @julieczerneda.bsky.social SF/F author and editor. Biologist, Canadian, and friendly person. Optimism rules me. All you need to know about my books (including links) is at https://www.czerneda.com (with bonus silly photos.)
Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs @thisjulieday.bsky.social Prone to a ❤️ of ginger & greyhounds. Writer. Novella | Collection | Lambda, Locus, & Bram Stoker finalist | 40+ stories. Publisher & Editor Essential Dreams Press. Newsletter, books, & other things me at linktr.ee/thisjulieday. (she/her)
Kaaron Warren @kaaronwarren.bsky.social Reader, writer, podcaster at "Let the Cat In".
Shirley Jackson Award Winner.
Author of The Underhistory Slights Tide of Stone The Grief Hole
World Fantasy and Stokercon GOH
Karen Eisenbrey @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social She/her. Writer, reader, musician, band name aficionado.
Fantasy and Sci-Fi author. Deep River Rising, coming 11/11/2025
Into Truth, Justice, Rock & Roll.
https://kareneisenbreywriter.com/
Karen Heuler @karenheuler.bsky.social Writer of real & unreal stories in Asimov's, Conjunctions, F&F, Reactor.com. Last novel, The Splendid City, has Stan, the offensive man/cat; Eleanor, the novice witch who made a mistake; an outrageous president, and Texas secession. karenheuler@aol.com.
Karen Osborne @karenosborne.bsky.social Velocity girl. Honey badger. A/V hooligan. Nebula, Locus, Sturgeon finalist. Violin & theremin. Author: THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN from Erewhon ('27), ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY & ENGINES OF OBLIVION from Tor. Ad astra via caffeine. Rep: Dorian Maffei, KC&A
Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com I write novels, games and stories. Coming in 2026: MERCUTIO and THE SWORDMASTER. Writer at CHEO Foundation (my views are my own). Former journalist. From Manitoba, now in Ottawa. She/her. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️🌈
https://kateheartfield.com
Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social Writes, teaches, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles. ALTERATIONS @runningwildpress THE COLLECTIVE @writlargeprojects
https://linktr.ee/katemaruyama
Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social Grief horror author. 🏳️🌈 The Deadlands 2024 | Where The Soul Goes w/ Truborn Press. DICHOTOMY, coming March 2027 | EIC @strangewildspress.bsky.social. she/her
https://www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/links