CONvergenceLive! @convergencelive.bsky.social CONvergence panels, cosplays, fun stuff and events live-skeeted! For more information on #CVG2026 visit http://cvgcon.org or follow
@CONvergenceCon.bsky.social
Bridget Landry @bridgetinspace.bsky.social Forcibly retired rocket scientist, dancer, costumer, knitter, liberal. Looking for a job, currently.
CVG Guests of Honor @cvgguests.bsky.social Information from the Guests of Honor department at @convergencecon.bsky.social! Come here to find out where the Guests of Honor are appearing during the convention, and to find out what they do outside of the con! #CVG2026
Your friend CJ @xturtle.bsky.social 
Prof @wertle.bsky.social I've been a Game Designer for 18 years! Also I self-published a fantasy novel, write MHA fanfiction, cosplay, and make bat plushies!
https://wertle.carrd.co/
Twin Cities Geek @twincitiesgeek.com Minnesota's geek culture magazine: by MN geeks, for MN geeks. @ us your questions for the MN hive mind!
Web: twincitiesgeek.com
Write or edit for us: twincitiesgeek.com/write
Connect: twincitiesgeek.com/groups
Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social Comedian, author, photographer, Internet pioneer (Gopher, RFC1436), MMORPG pioneer (GāmBit MultiSystems).
Website https://albatross.org
Banner image is my wife's art at https://joygrant.art
Steve Manfred @stevemanfred.bsky.social Dr Who fan. Amateur baseball scorekeeper. Testing Scientist. 
C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social Lvl 50 Writer of Wrongs. SINISTER 1 & 2. DOCTOR STRANGE. THE BLACK PHONE 1 & 2. THE GORGE. V/H/S/85. SEA OF RUST. DAY ZERO. WE ARE WHERE THE NIGHTMARES GO. Six books, seven movies. Podcaster with JUNKFOOD CINEMA. Frogman. Tio do Churrasco. Misfit toy.
Uncle Mikey (WDØOM) @belmikey.bsky.social Your Uncle Mikey. Everybody's Uncle Mikey.
(Except that guy over there; he's a nazi).
Amateur Radio callsign: WDØOM.
Old Nerd with Many Opinions.
https://www.radiofreetomorrow.org
https://youtube.com/@wd0omhamradio
#hamradio
Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social Writer, Comedian, TV’s Frank
Brian Keene @briankeene.bsky.social Bestselling, award winning writer, editor, film producer, podcaster, and showrunner. Board of Directors for Scares That Care charity.
Allen Tipper (akerasi) @classicgam.ing Mister FPGA guru. Shmupper. Occasional streamer. Science Fiction book nerd. Geek of many trades.
Octocon @octocon.bsky.social The National Irish Science Fiction Convention,
3rd & 4th October, 2026. Sci Fi, Fantasy & Horror. https://octocon.com
JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social Writer & director of new horror film, Dead Media. Coming soon to a theater, streamer & physical media near you. A frozen pizza + a martini = a gourmet meal (he/him)
Tim is not in at the moment @petsnakereggie.bsky.social Writer, Comedian, Musician, and Podcaster. I like cats.
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet. 
Muskrat 8647 @muskratjohn.bsky.social Bespoke cartoonist. Currently working on games (mostly for Steve Jackson games) and books (fiction, non-fiction, kidlit…the usual).
Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social Author: WebMage and Fallen Blade series, School for Sidekicks, Numismancer, Dragon Diaries, Morning Arrived, etc. Also local elected—I might be the FORMER head of a small government in a purple state, but don’t tell anyone.
Jonathan Maberry @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social NY Times bestseller, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, editor & comic book writer for IDW, Dark Horse,Marvel. Creator of V-Wars (Netflix). Editor of Weird Tales.
Lee Brontide @leebrontide.bsky.social Author of Secondhand Origin Stories and Names in Their Blood (out now!) Occasional animator. Any pronouns.
Alice Collins @vampaly.bsky.social Alice-Shaped Person since the late 1900s. I'm a transgender horror historian, film composer, writer, producer, video editor, and archivist.🏳️🌈🏳️ She/Her/They https://linktr.ee/vampaly
Matthew Sardo @matthewsardo.bsky.social Founder of Monkeys Fighting Robots and the Indie Comics Creator Con. Still trying to write the perfect comic book review.
Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social Queen of Lasers, Mother of Storms, & NYT/USAToday bestselling author of Fairyland, Space Opera, Deathless, & many more. Any/All
Art: http://patreon.com/catvalente
Politics: http://catvalente.substack.com
TipJar: https://venmo.com/u/cat-valente
Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com Rare Book #Librarian, #editor, bereaved parent of Caitlin. 12x Hugo Award winner. bi/pan/queer. Head @illinoisrbml.bsky.social; Verity podcast; ex-Uncanny Mag. #aerialist. My opinions. she/her. #DoctorWho New book: https://alastore.ala.org/infiniteloop
Michael at Dragon’s Roost Press @dragonsroost.bsky.social Writer, editor, and publisher of dark speculative fiction. Owner of Dragon’s Roost Press. https://thedragonsroost.biz
Nate Anderson 🏳️🌈 @xander6981.bsky.social Lover of all sorts of movies. I occasionally write about them too at NatesReelWorld.Blogspot.com. Check it out. Pronouns: He/Him
Michael Damian Thomas @michaeldthomas.bsky.social 10-time Hugo & World Fantasy Award-winning @uncannymagazine.bsky.social Publisher/Editor, & It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton podcast Content Editor. Former caregiver to my late daughter, Caitlin.
They/Them, he/him
Married to @kirstyislathomas.bsky.social
Theo Lorenz (theonicole) @theotrix.bsky.social Cat wrangler, creative gremlin, professional house snooper, tired. They/he 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Michael Merriam @mmerriam.bsky.social Blind. Author. Performer. Playwright. Screenwriter. Posts about artist life, disability, cute animals, and living in Minneapolis, MN. He/Him. #SFWA
Robert Meyer Burnett @rmburnett.bsky.social Imagination Connoisseur. Viceroy of Verisimilitude. Writer, Producer, Editor, Director, Pundit, Bon Vivant. The Burnettwork on YouTube. Living childhood dreams, making some happen. Forever listening to the stories of others, and learning from them.
Jessi @belindabird.bsky.social Anime fan, knitter/crocheter, sometime-artist, occasional writer, and mom. She/her.
Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
Paul and Storm @paulandstorm.bsky.social Two guys, lotsa songs, and a cruise (http://jococruise.com). 3 seasons of "MST3k", plus Despicable Me 2 (long story). P=Paul, S=Storm in posts. Both he/him.
Bonnie Burton ✍️ @bonniegrrl.bsky.social 👧🏻 WRITER: Books, Comics, TV, Games, Crafts, News & Podcasts. Clients: Lucasfilm, Disney, Microsoft, Penguin Random House, Hunt A Killer Games, CBS, NBC
👩🏻💻 https://linktr.ee/bonnieburton
Jackie Kashian @jackiekashian.bsky.social 🎤Touring Stand-Up Comedian
📀 New Special/Album Alter-Kashian soon
📺See me on Comics Unleashed After Midnight, HBO, NPR, Conan, Corden, & more!
🎤Podcasts — Dork Forest🌳 Jackie & Laurie Show🎧
Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social Award winning science fiction author. Cat furniture. Horse patsy. Almost certainly two ornimegalonyxes in a trenchcoat.
🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈
https://buttondown.email/matociquala
THE FOLDED SKY https://books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ
ANGEL MAKER https://books2read.com/u/3kzy2W
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social CNN editor for climate and weather. Columnist at Star Tribune. Sometimes news at Science Friday. Nieman Fellow '15.
Previously: Science journalist with FiveThirtyEight, NYT Magazine, BoingBoing, mental_floss, and etc.
My views are not my employer's.
Maria D’Souza @mariadsouza.bsky.social Writer, nap enthusiast, puppet-wrangler, caretaker of the grumpiest little dog in the world. I like pie. I also co-host the @enterprisesplaining podcast. (She/Her)
Abyssal Box | Studio Cubed @abyssalbox.bsky.social The official account for Abyssal Box and the transitional residual of Studio Cubed. It's a work in progress. My personal account is @fishay.bsky.social if you think me as a person is neat.
John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social Co-author & illustrator of THE INVISIBLE PARADE, w/ Leigh Bardugo (2025). 2026 Pura Belpré Honor Book Winner. 4x Hugo Award Winner. 6x Locus Award Winner. Inkpot Award Winner. Cover Artist. International Man of Lotería. He/him.
linktr.ee/johnpicacio
Geeks Without God @geekswithoutgod.bsky.social Geeks Without God is a podcast that takes comedy, atheism, and geek stuff and smashes them together into one ball of conversational fun! New episodes every other Tuesday at geekswithoutgod.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
Emma Newman @emmanewman.bsky.social SFF author (Planetfall sequence, Split Worlds series, The Vengeance), audiobook narrator, podcaster, tea drinker. Loves LARP, dressmaking and nerdery. Co-host of the Starship Alexandria podcast. www.linktr.ee/emma_newman
Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social 48, fantasy writer, author of THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA. Ex-firefighter, veteran MechWarrior. Minnesotan transplanted to Massachusetts. Gizmonic Institute (1989-92). Instructor at Viable Paradise.
Eric Zawadzki @ericxyz.bsky.social Calgary based comic book artist and co-creator of ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS at Image Comics. Also known for the comic HEART ATTACK (adapted into a TV show in Japan!) from Skybound and HOUSE OF EL from DC comics. Co-host of inkXscribes.
http://www.ericxyz.com
Matthew Ebel @matthewebel.com Piano. Geek. Rock. www.matthewebel.com
Amy Berg @amyberg.bsky.social Writes scripts. Pets dogs. That’s about it.
Wesley Chu @wesleychu.bsky.social #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Prophecy, The Lives of Tao, and more!
Nicole Dubuc @nicoledubuc.bsky.social Screenwriter, actor, and unrepentant punster. WGA award winner, Clio award winner, eight-time Emmy nominee. Showrunner. Views are my own.
Thaoworra @thaoworra.bsky.social Lao American poet and traveler
Cam Banks 🇳🇿 ❌👑 @rustysellsword.com Award-winning Gen X Tabletop RPG Designer—Rusty Sellsword Design Ltd. He/him. Tangata Tiriti. 💜🩶🤍 Opinions mine.
🔺Now for Wrath! 🔺Now for Ruin!
🔺And the Red Dawn!
https://linktr.ee/rustysellsword
Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social Author, historian, streamer, YouTuber, writer.
Mark Oshiro @markdoesstuff.bsky.social #1 NYT Bestselling Author of YA and MG | Rep'd by Jordan Hill and Trinica Sampson-Vera | Latinx | They/Them | Profile image by @dariusvoncel
Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social Writer, game designer, social scientist, activist. More than the sum of the parts I've played.
Bisexual/Two Spirit, Multi-racial Native American.
Pronouns: he/him/his or they/them/theirs
@jimkakalios.bsky.social @jimkakalios.bsky.social Your Friendly Neighborhood Physics Professor. Condensed Matter Experimentalist and author of THE PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES, THE AMAZING STORY OF QUANTUM MECHANICS and THE PHYSICS OF EVERYDAY THINGS.
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social World’s greatest author
Elsa Sjunneson, Order of the Bat @snarkbat.bsky.social Deafblind author of Being Seen, Sword of the White Horse.
Lead Reporter on The Helen Keller Exorcism. New book out 10/6, DEAR BLIND LADY is AITA for disability. Preorder now
Evva Karr @evvakarr.bsky.social Founder @heyglitch co-creating the #FutureOfPlay ☄Backing gamedevs at Moonrise Fund, Galaxy Grants 🎨 Talks design & data 🛠️ @MeliosXX mechanic
beacons.ai/evvamakes
Bri Should Be Writing @brichibisky.bsky.social She/her | magnifiqueNOIR | Crunchyroll Senior Features Editor | Children's Book Council 2025 Favorites Winner | FANTASY PIN WORLD | ESSENTIAL MANGA GUIDE | Gamer Girls Retro Rhythms Coauthor | Repped by Janna @ Janna Co.
Website: brishouldbewriting.com
Maurice Broaddus @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social Writer, librarian, practice adult, forever mentor...
𝕊𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕒 ℝ𝕖𝕚 ☠️🍊 @thesamantharei.bsky.social 45 || fashion designer || Project Runway Season 16 || mom || geek || Cinemattire || she/her || MPLS || Juki Ambassador || whim-prone || survival is insufficient
https://www.samantharei.com/links
Nick Knacks @velcroking.bsky.social (he/him) Professional shit-talker, comedian, IT professional, and recovering street performer. "Award-winning."
FakeCVG @fakecvg.bsky.social 🥽 Parody to the Max at #CVG2026! Parody with a side of sincerity. TOTALLY NOT AFFILIATED WITH CONVERGENCE 🥽
she/they
Molly Gee @voolala.bsky.social (she/her) Card game producer, comedian, and all-around weirdo. I read a lot (mostly horror, always fiction), I swear a lot, I cook and bake a lot. Big fan of bikinis, biking, and sunshine. Antifascist. ACAB. Generative AI is for cowards. @mollydala on IG.
Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social You know... the weird one.
Stephanie Cranford @stephcranford.bsky.social Writer, attorney, musician, #LongCovid. 🌈🎶🏒⚖️🖋️ Very possible I'm yelling about hockey. Also @steph.cranford & @stuffysstuffies on IG. she/her
Historical lesbian romance novella "A Gift of Honor" out from Dragonblade Press: https://a.co/d/9uiEDhz
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
Vajenna @vajenna.bsky.social Well my mom thinks I'm funny, she/her 🏳️🌈