Z.K.A. (she/her) @pegasusunder.bsky.social MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (Amistad, Aug '27)
THESE HOLLOW BODIES (Neon Hemlock, Nov '26)
writer & psychiatrist M.D. (she/her)
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Adele Gallogly @adelegallogly.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Flash fiction writer | 2025 Highly Commended Bridport Prize & Finalist New Millennium Writings | Published in FlashFlood, Paragraph Planet, 50-Word Stories, Flash the Court, Writers’ Hour, MacQueen’s Quinterly, and elsewhere.
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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social #Flashfiction writer and #collage artist. Stories in Gooseberry Pie, Fictive Dream, Gone Lawn, The Disappointed Housewife, 100 Word Story & others. Based in Brighton, UK
www.anikacarpenter.com
an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social Fiction writer. Queer in his bones (menacing), not always safe for work. Nerd trash who reads too many (but not enough) comics. White settler Canadian living on lək̓ʷəŋən territory (Victoria BC). He/they
Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social Writer of fiction. Heart that you call home. Movie stuff. Music junk. Mental Health. Still chasing the highs of discovering AOL and finding the lows of everything since.
M.M. Kaufman @mmkaufman.bsky.social Meet me at the car wash. Writer. Managing editor at Rejection Letters. Latest words at X-R-A-Y, trampset, Okay Donkey, Identity Theory, Farewell Transmission, JAKE.
Short Story Shoutout @short-story-shout.bsky.social Hey, writer. Are you reading enough short stories to know what literary magazines are looking for? SHORT STORY SHOUTOUT can help. Follow to get introduced to the best online fiction weekly for the low, low cost of nothing. https://freilly2020.substack.com/
Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social Gardener. Hardiness zone 7b/8a. For more go to www.chanceofrain.com
Sarah Lynn Knowles @sarahspy.com Fiction writer, Storychord.com founding editor, Tin House Winter '24 & One Story Summer '23 alum || eavesdropper, signal booster, she/her, Massachusetts || https://sarahlynnknowles.com
abi @lumperslump.bsky.social 🪷🌳🦝🦩🐓🦃🐈⬛🫏🐎🐦🌳🌾
The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social The VILLAGE 🏘 is a place where the world 🌍 feels a tiny bit smaller. Founded by SMOKELONG for the Global Flash Community
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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social Baltimore-based indie bookstore. Currently online until we get a new space for the bookstore. Generally won't DM people, unless maybe you're a publisher and we need info to stock your books.
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Katie @ktonbsky.bsky.social She/her, Poet, Writer, Co-founder & EIC of Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social
Host of On Fire Reading Series in DC: https://onfirereadingseries.neocities.org
https://www.katherineschmidt.com
Stephanie Feldman @sbfeldman.bsky.social Speculative fiction. IN SUMMER SHE TURNS CRUEL (2028). THE NIGHT PARADE (Oct 2026). SATURNALIA. THE ANGEL OF LOSSES. WHO WILL SPEAK FOR AMERICA? @buriedcreek.bsky.social. Philly-ish.
Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social Writer & editor in NYC. Fiction in Variant Lit., hex, Moon City Review, MoonPark Review, Gone Lawn, HAD & others. Soon in Citron Review. Runner, movie lover, beginner violinist. Co-ed. -ette @ettereview.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/noramaynard
Anthony Garrett @anthonygarrett.bsky.social novelist, editor @atmosphericquarterly.com
K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com writer. she/her 🌈🦇 heart's delight: Bmore, bats, & tattoos; Clarion & Tin House '18⚡️ kcmeadbrewer.com
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Sophie Stern @sophiestern.bsky.social Your favorite Kansas City romance author ❤️
Host of Write Something Weird
Spooky fiction maven ✍️
Liz Thornberry @lizthornberry.bsky.social I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel
Alan Beard @alanbeard.bsky.social Short Story/Flash writer. Third collection Afternoon Drinking out now from Floodgate Press, UK. Previous collections: Taking Doreen out of the Sky (Picador, 1999); You Don’t Have to Say (Tindal Street Press, 2010).
Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social Writer | editor | teacher | joyful Ninja Turtle | chronically ill
Words: Craft Literary, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, Wigleaf Top 50
Website: https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/
Craft newsletter: https://prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/
The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to prose, poetry, comics, essays, humor, hybrid, and everything in-between.
www.bulbregion.com
Y2K Quarterly @y2kq.com Literary chaos in 1999 words or less.
Y2K Themed Literary Magazine
EIC: @jetgirl.art
https://y2kq.com
Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social Brit/US writer of uncanny fiction. Best Small Fictions 2025. Over 40 stories in The Barcelona Review, LITRO, Southeast Review, The Forge, The Los Angeles Review and others. @nightjarpress Based in Eugene, Oregon (but grew up in UK). www.arthurmandal.com
Wizard Hazel @rudbeckiahirta.bsky.social he/him
Matt Lewis @neuroclef.bsky.social Science, Politics, Music
Baltimore, MD
David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence
modamo @modamo.xyz Kaleidoscopic
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Banner photo: a charcoal still life by my talented girlfriend 💜
Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social Publishing independently since 1929.
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Jessica Dawn @jessdawn.bsky.social Writer at night, animal day job, tired in between. Work in Short Story Long, HAD, Rejection Letters, Barren Magazine, Jake, and more. Assistant editor, Short Story Long. Tin House fall ‘25. Lots of dog photos. https://jessdawn.neocities.org/
₩;££ ₹ū§§ø @willrusso.bsky.social poet | Chicago | willrusso.com
chapbooks with @querenciapress.bsky.social & Anhinga Press, poetry editor @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social
Annie @anntieup.bsky.social she/her. queer femme reading books and gardening with native plants in baltimore, md. social safety net lover. views entirely my own and do not represent my employer.
Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social Debut essay collection PIECES OF THE NIGHT forthcoming (Cornerstone Press, 2027)
Recovering newspaperman
Promised to Holly
#SFGiants forever
Wants to be with you alone and talk about the weather
https://aarikdanielsen.com
Night Shades ⏾ @nightshadesmag.bsky.social 🛸 500 Word Speculative Stories. $0.15/word. nightshadesmag.com
@lagrangepoint.bsky.social @lagrangepoint.bsky.social 
Christian Gilman Whitney @cgwhitney.bsky.social Author of I HAVE NEVER FELT ALIVE (2025)
www.writtenbycgw.com
J.R. Andrews @jrobertandrews.bsky.social Wordsmith whose final boss is social media.
Find me in @shortwavebooks.bsky.social | @ergot.bsky.social | @bruisermag.com
Wherever good times are had :3
Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social A literary journal presenting four pieces in each issue, a sampling of the best writing out there. EICs: @fklein907.bsky.social and @ketchiklein.bsky.social
https://flight-literary.ghost.io/
Fantastic M. Fox @mrfox.bsky.social musician, animal aficionado, single dad, John Brown stan, good faith conversant, cishet white guy, Baltimore (best city)
Guitarist for maudlin of the Well
Guitar vids: #foxplaysguitar
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@nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social Poet and Writer 🌻Practicing physician 🌺 Work in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Pleiades, Poetry Is Currency, wildness and elsewhere 🌿END OF REVELS (Bottlecap Press, 2025)
nataliemarino.com
DW - (he/him/his) @dwbaltimore.bsky.social Late-Diagnosed Autistic 🎧 Cuban-American
Advocate for Linguistically Diverse and Neurodiverse Learners
English Language Development Teacher 🇨🇺 🇺🇸
SelfDeterminedBaltimore.org
Youtube.com/@BmoreUnmaskedAutisticEducator
Jackie "Wolf Mode 2" LeezartTime @leezarttime.bsky.social Number 1 Wolf Moder 2; Wolf Harder
Walt @waltimedes.bsky.social Aging punk from Baltimore (Essex) into board games, video games, music, and RPGs. He/Him (they is fine also)
Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social Writer/Educator/Acupuncturist in Washington State. Bread Loaf '23 alum. Pronounced WORD-a-man.
Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social Writer of dreamlike fiction | she/her | www.ivyivyivyivy.com 
Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social ClickHole contributor. Writer. Person. An actual human being. In DC. chrisscottwrites.com
Arlaina Tibensky @arlaina.bsky.social Parent, Writer, Ceramicist, Democracy Enthusiast. Words in One Story, Smokelong, Reckon Review, The Razor, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, etc. Pushcart noms, Best Small Fictions nom, Best of the Net nom. Nom nom nom. And Then Things Fall Apart, NYFA, etc.
Anna Reser @annareser.bsky.social steely-eyed missile man
american history guy
land of enchantment -> charm city
annareser.com
@nightshadesmag.bsky.social
Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social Writer of The Other Ones, Looney, Howard & Charles at the Factory, This Darkness Got to Give, more. Editor @ Barrelhouse, primary organizer of the Barrelhouse conference in DC in the Spring. Web @ PSU. Goofy gentleman. He/him. 
James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social between the forest and the city / editor, writer - for adults & children, incl. folktales & non-fiction (26/27) - Hachette: https://shorturl.at/xJBrT, HarperCollins: https://amzn.eu/d/0iEBWa29. PhD, Goldsmiths (2018).
William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social Middle and high school teacher librarian because reading is what?! Fundamental! 🌈📚 (he/him/his)
Wilson Koewing @wilsonkoewing.bsky.social notable, Best American Essays. distinguished, Best American Mystery and Suspense // books JADED, QUASI and ROLLING ON THE BOTTOM // editor of Bottle Rocket Literary Magazine
Funicular Magazine @funfunfunicular.bsky.social Short fiction • Flash • Poetry // Editor: @bellyofawhale.bsky.social
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Dan Weaver @supernaturalfeat.com A writer and artist and programmer and sweatshirt.
supernaturalfeat.com
Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social Nonfiction about weird fiction at Seize the Press, Strange Horizons, Interzone, Los Angeles Review of Books, Nightmare, and Ancillary Review of Books, where I am also an editor. Also jazz, metal, leftism. he/him
https://doomsdayer.wordpress.com/writings/
Joe Linscott @prosephlinscott.bsky.social Writer, fiction reader for @okaydonkey.bsky.social & @mudseasonreview.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/josephlinscott
Emily Miller @emily-f-miller.bsky.social Your favorite book person’s favorite book person.
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social @onyxaminedlife on Twitter. Chicago trans woman/entity/entities. She/her or they/them. A short story writer and all around pretentious person. Weird jokes, political rants, some positivity. Friendly!
Sam Hurd @samhurd.bsky.social Alaska-born Minnesota son, UW-Madison alum, middle school teacher, food, beer, books, dogs, nature & sports enjoyer, Baltimore resident/advocate.
Formerly FoxForceFlacco @bmoreorless.bsky.social Too much Baltimore sports for the leftists and too much leftism for the Baltimore sports fans
Anna Liz @anna-liz.bsky.social Poet person, public library worker, Makerspace stuff, Board Reading Room Cle, SEIU 1199 WV/KY/OH, play me Catan Universe @annaliz
Majda Gama @majda.bsky.social Debut poetry book “In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls” Wandering Aengus Book Award (April 2025). Two Sylvia’s chapbook prize winner for The Call of Paradise (‘23). Graybeal-Gowen prize. ‘24 Gregory Djanikian Scholar. https://www.majdagama.com
John K. Peck @johnkpeck.bsky.social Author, woodcarver, Musiker, printer, reader. Basser @amsteel.bsky.social. The Pale Globe forthcoming in 2027. Split Scream Vol. 7 from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social out now. Berlin/Brandenburg
www.johnkpeck.com
Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social Poetry collection New Famous Phrases @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social, UNESCO Bridges of Struga Award, Ilkley New Northern Poet, New Writing North North East Poet, BBC New Creative
https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/daniel-hinds-new-famous-phrases
Ocean Sachet Pearl Trench @tubegarden.bsky.social Baltimore and Philly, interested in insects, water, new music, math, wildflowers, etc 🇵🇸
Kate McIntyre @katemcintyre.bsky.social Writer, MAD PRAIRIE, Flannery O’Connor Award winner, PEN/Bingham Prize long list. Assistant prof @wpi. Co-editor @hexliterary.🌻 🌪 katemcintyrewriting.com
Bmoregabe @bmoregabe.bsky.social Baltimore, Maryland, Orioles, and Jewish stuff, opinions are mine and not anyone I’ve work(ed) for.
Angela Joynes @angelajoynes.bsky.social She/her Short Fiction writer, 🇨🇦 in TN. Pub in ILANOT REVIEW, WEST TRESTLE REVIEW, FICTIVE DREAM,SUSURRUS, SOUTH 85+. BA,MD, Certificate Creative ✍️, Nom Pushcart, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions
Robb, the wizard @robbthewizard.bsky.social Worshipper of thunderstorms, big fan of wizarding and storytelling. Let's high-five and see where it goes.
Current #wip: LotR and D&D-inspired cozy fantasy where two friends, mage and chef, go on an adventure!
https://robbcook.substack.com/
Normals Books & Records @normalsbooksbalto.bsky.social A 34 year old book & record store nestled in the heart of The People’s Republic of Waverly. From the obscure to the indispensable is our motto. Open 7 days a week.
Jason M Thornberry @jason-m-thornberry.bsky.social THE FINISH LINE (Sand and Gravel Press) • Blood Type: Curry • Leeds United • Anti-AI
#LUFC
jmthornberry.wordpress.com
sandandgravelpress.com/store/the-finish-line-jason-thornberry
Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social The place for writers
SadAreaMan @sadareaman.bsky.social Looking to re-establish a bit of what I actually liked on the other site - connections to the good people of B’more/MD, as well as other interests - Packers, Orioles, birding, history, science, food (especially Chicago/Philly food)…
Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music out now from Repeater Books / shipley.al@gmail.com / https://repeaterbooks.com/product/tough-breaks-the-story-of-baltimore-club-music/ /
http://westernblot.bandcamp.com
sasha: mischief and monsters edition @trashphalt.beauty polyodious lesbian from the filthy midatlantic.
an aspiring virago with a goddamn heart of gold.
in my forties // not your shorty
sworn to @nighttimetea.bsky.social <3
cops, swerfs, terfs, and men (derogatory):
no thank you ☠️
Pat O @drrocktop.us Amicable citizen of Baltimore with good opinions.
Chris B. @baltoskyline.bsky.social Monumental City past, present, future | higher ed guy | full-time husband/dad | history nerd | railroad enthusiast
Ashland Poetry Press @ashlandpoetrypress.bsky.social Poetry Press, publishing books, broadsides, and other beautiful things, since 1969.
Find us at: ashlandpoetrypress.com
Director: Chuck Carlise
Broadside Contest opens Sept 1 : ashlandpoetrypress.submittable.com
Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social tiny poems & strange movies // 🚫🤖 // EIC at @pizamapress.bsky.social // chapbook soon with @gasherpress.bsky.social // writing prompt every Sunday via Substack (neonpajamas)
Hugh Behm-Steinberg @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social Writer
Cover @coverlit.bsky.social Publishes writing at cover.pub. Fiction edited by Ryan Shea (ryanshea.info). Poetry edited by Hanna Shea.
@oneiresthesia.bsky.social @oneiresthesia.bsky.social 2025 Oregon Literary Fellow @literary-arts.org
Assoc. Poetry Editor @thedodgemag.bsky.social
Poems & essays in Yale Review, The Journal, West Branch, Massachusetts Review, Missouri Review, Hayden's Ferry, etc
Dual Irish-American
Derrick @dmartincampbell.bsky.social Mantasy Writer, non-weird https://linktr.ee/derrickmartincampbell
Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social Author of BODIES IN BAGS, I AM IDRIS ELBA, and AMERICAN ANIMISM.
https://jameyg0.wixsite.com/jameygallagher
Community college writing teacher
I read and write: literary stuff, crime stuff, weird stuff
From NH, living in Baltimore.
Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social Writer. Books: A THOUSAND WAYS TO DISAPPEAR (Cornerstone Press, 2028)/THE CLARITY OF HUNGER (Word West Press, 2021). Fiction instructor: Harvard Extension School. MacDowell Fellow ‘23. Email: fabulistpappas@gmail.com
www.cherylpappas.net
Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social Retired English teacher, adjunct faculty/community college, columnist for www.ctnewsjunkie.com, media-literacy crusader, Baltimore native/New England transplant, lifelong Orioles fan, football coach, husband, dad, grandad, dog lover.
Ian MacClayn @ianmacclayn.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/ianmacclayn
Writer. Debut novel THE HOLLOW OF EVENING out Feb 9 2027 with Dundurn Press/Rare Machines
Hippo Potato @twicelost.bsky.social Foodie but not for food
https://chanchal-k.tumblr.com/
https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0H61K1SD5
Christina Tudor @christinaltudor.bsky.social Writer, vegan taco enthusiast, cat parent. Words in HAD, Flash Frog, Litro Magazine, Best Small Fictions 2024, and more. CALL MY BODY A CAUTIONARY TALE coming soon from Thirty West on October 23, 2026.
www.christinatudor.com
Alex glynne @alexglynne.bsky.social Writer he/him
https://linktr.ee/alexglynne
💚Charlotte Donlon @charlottedonlon.bsky.social > MFA in Creative Writing + Spiritual Director
> Books: The Great Belonging (‘20) & Spiritual Direction for Writers (‘26)
> Starter Packs:
Belonging Through Art: https://go.bsky.app/L4GyyG1
Poets + Poems: go.bsky.app/U5FDhAq
> https://charlottedonlon.com
Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey.
https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/
@stepchildofthesun.bsky.social @stepchildofthesun.bsky.social Wife, mom, lover of ttrpgs, movies/ shows, video games, and cute animals. I post about rpgs and politics mostly!
Sam @samanthasquared.bsky.social Still a connoisseur of high fives. Preference for accessible over pretty websites these days, ¿pero porque no los dos?
The Power of Chris Compels You @arrrggh12.bsky.social Recovering journalist and former Maconite living in Baltimore, working with young people and volunteers at a nonprofit. I like reading and writing, and I have a favorite cat.
Matt Yake @myake.bsky.social Object creator/entropy manager, Serious Grip & Electric, IATSE 487, Baltimore