violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social The last literata. Pleasure is the law. L'art pour l'art. Not a dream, not an imaginary story. No crying until the end. Here comes tomorrow.
Jammed Transmissions @jammedtransmissions.com A positive, listener interactive Star Wars podcast since 2018 hosted by @cadbanesbounty.bsky.social http://JAMMEDTRANSMISSIONS.com //
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Andrea Hairston @andreahairston.bsky.social novelist, drama queen, biker babe, speculating and agitating http://andreahairston.com/
Choco Bash @transformartive.com Author of Would’ve Bit You, Wrath of Con, and Shifter School.
Founder of ShifterCon.
Con History Founder
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Jenniphred @oakborn.bsky.social A DM = **INSTANT BLOCK** unless there's a reason.
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Liberal Rocks @liberalrocks.bsky.social #PNW #liberal #twinmom #activist #progressive #neurodivergent
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Avid follower of Heather Cox Richardson
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
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Stargrace @stargrace.bsky.social Avid reader, knitter, gamer, sometimes artist, mother, wife, and many others. I wear more hats than I can count.
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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social Official Gov Description: Flight challenged colony of biracial nudists
Current Status: Tariff & Human Free. Sovereign; yet protected by Australia
SIGN to protect our Island’s Marine Reserve https://wwf.org.au/get-involved/an-antarctic-safe-haven/
FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social Posting facts. democrats.org
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Eff (they/them) @awfulhorrid.bsky.social I'm an IT tech at a library near Chicago. Another genderqueer, pansexual, polyamorous, kinky, Pagan, Linux geek trying to survive yet more Historically Significant times. 50+.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Achronal Art @achronalart.bsky.social Alessandra Kelley - I make art. TTRPGs. She/her. Cis. White as Wonder Bread with mayo. Sophipygian. Postmodern Pre-Raphaelite.
Black lives matter. Trans rights are human rights. I only repost images with ALT text. I won't knowingly repost AI.
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 “Beforecast”
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Fable Siegel, Lackadaisy Showrunner @fablepaint.bsky.social Dino wrangler, pigment pusher, pro cat herder. Director "Lackadaisy", Glitch.
38 They/he, trans-masc trash raptor. Los Angeles, CA
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Director Youtube.com/lackadaisycomic
Feed my ink addiction ko-fi.com/fablepaint
#art #lackadaisy #animals
Melanie Matheu, PhD @lilscience.bsky.social Scientist, Founder (2x), and Immunology expert. Excited about advances that blend tech, bio, and engineering. Don't fight biology, leverage it. No medical advice. Substack: https://substack.com/@lilscience
Dr. Zachary Rubin @rubinallergy.bsky.social Pediatrician
Allergist/Immunologist
Bow tie aficionado
Hula hoops!
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Anathema 🏳️🌈🏴☠️ @anathemaweatherwax.bsky.social Fandom, animals, science, leftism. OFMD, Star Trek, GO, WWDITS, Sherlock, etc. She/her lesbian always looking for new (platonic) friends.
@fuzzabunny.bsky.social @fuzzabunny.bsky.social 
Lars Tarkas @larstarkas.bsky.social Member of The Chicken Hut
"A Citizen" on Daily Kos.
Go Gophers!
Kilt wearing Democrat.
Star Trek, 1980s computers.
Irene Zielinski @spacejob.bsky.social TTRPG designer, creator of Scurvy Buggers, game developer and general henchman at Steve Jackson Games. Artist and drag performer. Occasionally on tiktok. spacejob.itch.io ⚢
Uncle Grayhawk (He/Him/FAFO) @unclegrayhawk.bsky.social RPG enthusiast, boardgamer, singer, storyteller, IT warrior ordained minister, beer lover, poet, writer, father, husband. Will fight for you or Gibbs-slap you as needed.
@moanl.bsky.social @moanl.bsky.social Gamer, podcaster, and neurodivergent woman. http://www.moanl.com #autistic #podcaster #bookfiend #singer
Bo'sun Katzer @bosunkatzer.bsky.social Bo'sun Katzer, The Beatboxing Bard, Cox'un of Her Majesty's Pinnace, Violinist Extraordinaire
Bill Bodden (he/him) @b1llz1lla.bsky.social Author, birdwatcher, baseball fan, gamer, steampunk, reader, incurable romantic, old enough to know better, and celebrates Hallowe'en year-round. I blog occasionally at billbodden.com. I don't follow back if you don't have a thumbnail and/or don't post.
Charlotte @madcatcjr.bsky.social Cat lover, watches AEW wrestling, plays boardgames and creates Call of Cthulhu tabletop scenarios for Gary Con.
Zeta Jane @zetamakesthings.bsky.social Haiya! I'm Zeta, a seamstress, fashion historian, and cosplayer! I'm also a huge fan of Batman, Star Trek, and a handful of other fandoms. Come say hi!
26 | Lesbian | Chicago
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Wendy Lord @wendylord.bsky.social I am a GAMER!
Jason @technomage13.bsky.social 
Micaiah Johnson @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social Author. Scholar. Enthusiast of ancient robots and overweight rodents. The Space Between Worlds and Those Beyond the Wall available now. The Unhaunting out this Fall. Yes, a Dr. No, not that kind.
Hieronymus Botch @pentag0nal.bsky.social The opposite of woke is willful ignorance. Gen X, mostly TTRPGs and politics. BLM. Sex work is work. TERFs are trash. Fetuses aren’t people. Fascism is bad, actually. Leguminati. He/him.
Phil Lord @philiplord.bsky.social Filmmaker of films and televisions
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
Signal: muellershewrote.23
Podcast: https://the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/
kvpeckwriter @kvpeckwriter.bsky.social “The Memories Between Us” is a contemporary time travel romance set in NYC. Available now from your favorite bookseller.
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Debbie Ginsberg @debgpi.bsky.social I've been an academic law librarian for how many decades? I also have cats, teenagers, a lot of RPG dice, and more than enough yarn to last until 2030.
@suegrau.bsky.social @suegrau.bsky.social 
@scarlettpays.bsky.social @scarlettpays.bsky.social 
Tara Green @tara-green.bsky.social ACAB BLM
fat, queer, they/them, ethical non-monogamy, kinky switch, legally blind spoonie, feminist, board and card gamer geek, pagan, religion nerd, chaotic-good, bibliophile (especially sf/f, horror, and nonfiction), cat Goddess, Jim Henson fan, crafter
@caroltownsend.bsky.social @caroltownsend.bsky.social 
Knutmeg @knutmeg.bsky.social Coffee. Books. All Cats. Small dogs. Crochet. TransParent. Women’s Rights. Trans Rights. Human Rights. Affordable Housing. Learning to unlearn. Not Sane.. most of the time. Coffee. Spicy Books. Dark Books. Fantasy Books. Books that help escape from reality
@ablaeske.bsky.social @ablaeske.bsky.social 
ElisaC @utterbiscuitry.bsky.social I write, knit, and get up to all sorts of nerdery.
Sometimes I cook weird things.
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Helen Montgomery @helenmontgomery.bsky.social Social Worker, Convention Runner, Hockey Fan. Former Midwesterner now in Seattle. Kalamazoo College grad, Loyola University Chicago MSW grad. 
Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com Maker, builder, artist, gamer, and all around raconteur.
Alt text for profile pic: me, a fat white person with short silver hair and big turquoise framed glasses.
@staceylynnstrait.bsky.social @staceylynnstrait.bsky.social 
TieDyeEric @tiedyeeric.bsky.social I play strings and things alongside Lizzie Crowe in CheshireMoon.net. I play a lot of Filk on my podcast FilkCast.com. I play a lot of synths with my band Shifting City.
tiedyeeric.com
David Abzug @wicced.bsky.social Professor of Game Design, Game Designer, Board Gamer, Role Playing Gamer, Video Gamer. I'm starting to think i might like games.
Joelle Ruth @optymystyc1.bsky.social 
Rob of Wonder @robofwonder.bsky.social Artist, Story Teller, Games Master, Writer, Director, Actor, Father, Husband, Scottish, American, Friend, Advocate, Student, Bard, Daily Mental Health Survivor, Geek, Browncoat, Trekkie/Trekker, Therian, Renegade, Dear, Kara'Kung, Traveler and Producer.
Dr Mike Rennie @oppsychologist.bsky.social Operational Psychologist, evil scientist, veteran, academic, emergency planner, musician, and somebody who should write more than he currently is.
Lorin @delazan.bsky.social 
DaWaterRat/Nancy @dawaterrat.bsky.social Writer, Maker, Gamer (TTRPG mostly), Cat lover. She/Her - and if having my pronouns here bothers you, kiss off.
James Silverstein @necropolisauthor.bsky.social I'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs...
Author of the Case Files of the Undead series, lover of hard-boiled detective fiction, part-time wizard and GM of many TTRPGs. Cat dad to the world's greatest kitty boi (Langston Mews!)
Greg Nagler @gregnagler.bsky.social Dad, Gamer, Veteran, and some other junk...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Felicia Herman @fgherman.bsky.social SF fan, whisky drinker, troublemaker
Alex Kammer @alexkammer.bsky.social Lawyer by day, gamer, collector, and game designer by night. I am the Director of Gamehole Con, the premier tabletop gaming convention in the upper Midwest. Finally, I am not a lich, yet. 
mittens @mittensmorgul.com I write big people books. I might have comma issues. Averse to using my inside voice. I like pie.
Tasting History with Max Miller @tastinghistory.bsky.social 
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
The Right Pissed Off Mark A. Schmidt @aravine.bsky.social Hubby, Dad, Grampa, cook/homemaker, writer (not author), gamer, inactive gamemaster, SF&F fan, eclectic, ADHD, curmudgeon, honorary cat, technically but not effectively retired, poly, cancer survivor, he/him. NNITO. Not to scale. YMMV. YNCFT. Fnord.
Worldbuilding for Masochists @worldbuildcast.bsky.social 6x Hugo Award Finalist podcast about fantasy worldbuilding, hosted by nerds who love to overcomplicate things: Marshall Ryan Maresca, Cass Morris, and Natania Barron
worldbuildingformasochists.podbean.com
Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social Hi! I’m the bestselling author of Elatsoe & A Snake Falls to Earth & Sheine Lende. I <3 lifting heavy weights, playing video games, & writing stories. Sry I don’t check DMs. She/her. Lipan Apache.
Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social Award-winning Writer. Freelance Editor. Introvert with an Attitude. Nominal head of a multi-species household. Olam Chesed Yibaneh, but Han shot first.
New Book: UNCANNY LIES coming 2026
and yes, it's Laura Anne, please and thank you.
Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning and USA Today best-selling author, narrator, and professional puppeteer. Also has a talking cat. Latest title: Apprehension.
Valerie Valdes @valerievaldes.bsky.social aka Lia Amador. Sci-fi, fantasy, and romance writer. MtG story scribe. Co-editor of Escape Pod. Variety game streamer. VPXX/16.
Suyi @suyidavies.com Author. He/him. Barely here.
Latest: SEASON OF THE SERPENT + LOST ARK DREAMING (Ignyte winner; Nebula finalist). https://suyidavies.com/links
David Mack @davidmack.pro NY Times bestselling f/sf author, veteran Star Trek writer (including STAR TREK: KHAN), papa to a cat clowder. Politics-free feed: @davidmack.com
Agent: @LucienneDiver.bsky.social Knight Agency. Member WGA & SFWA.
official site: davidmack.pro | he/him
Nome @nome.bsky.social Please don't use unroller bots on my threads.
ADHD, TTRPGs, Queer Shit, Nerd Shit, History, Animals. Will yell about Star Trek on demand.
Queer, Disabled, He/Him
🐦@NomeDaBarbarian
💰 https://ko-fi.com/nomedabarbarian
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Stina Leicht @stinaleicht.bsky.social SFF #author PERSEPHONE STATION, LOKI'S RING she/they🏳️⚧️ Feminist queer ADHD PTSD Dyslexic. Agent: Hannah Bowman Publisher: Saga Press
New SF/Space Opera coming soon: HELIX FALLS
Catieosaurus @catieosaurus.bsky.social 'BOOK PREORDERS NOW OPEN!
https://www.catieosaurus.com/links
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Host of Sorry I Missed This Podcast
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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS, April 2026. "Hugo award winner Huang stuns in this philosophical sci-fi exploration of linguistics and lost civilizations" - PW (⭐) "Fast paced and sharp" - LJ (⭐)
Not here very much. Mailing list: slhuang.com
Mur Lafferty @mightymur.bsky.social Author, podcaster, editor.
Digger, listener, runner.
INFINITE ARCHIVE is out July ‘25!
She/her
Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com Author of THE SLEEPLESS (2022), ESCAPE VELOCITY (2024), DEAD NOTE (2025), and THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED (2025) • NYC via MNL • he/him 🏳️🌈
linktr.ee/victormanibo
Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social Writer, ice skater, gin drinker. She/her 🏳️🌈. THE LAST BINDING trilogy, SWORDCROSSED, CINDER HOUSE out now. BODIES OF MAGIC out September 2026.
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
Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author
Dabbles in time travel and vampires, Star Wars and Star Trek, novels and comics. Former NHL guy. Friend of dogs.
Next: The Photonic Effect, Star Wars: Low Red Moon
Mikechenwriter on all socials.
Fonda Lee @fondalee.bsky.social NYT bestselling, World Fantasy Award-winning author of the Green Bone Saga & other books. The Last Contract of Isako out now! Next: Mark of the Warrior (Oct 2026) https://linktr.ee/fondalee
Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social Writer of books, short stories, comics, and other things. Friend to cats and sometimes people. She/her. https://www.kathowardbooks.com/ and https://epigraphtoepilogue.substack.com/
John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Novels: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (2024), WEARING THE LION (2025), THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS (2026). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him. https://linktr.ee/johnwiswell
Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social Science fiction & fantasy writer. World builder. Reader. Outrigger canoe paddler. I ❤️ my schnauzer. Hawaii. ✡️🕊️ She/her.
Where Should I Start With Your Novels, a guide:
https://imakeupworlds.com/where-should-i-start-with-your-novels/
Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social They pay brisk money for this crap?
MAKE ME BETTER and NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH on sale now
Hellraiser, Eat the Rich, Echo Wife, Spread Me @ your local bookstore and comic shop
C. L. Polk @clpolk.com I write stuff. I knit stuff. I cook stuff. Ask me about my weird little books. https://www.clpolk.com/
Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social NYT & USA Today-bestseller, Stoker Award Winner, writer of horror, fantasy, YA, MG, romance, and Star Wars. Cowriter of the Tales of Pell. Also comics. Olympic lifter. She/her. aka Lila Bowen & Isla Jewell.
Links: https://linktr.ee/delilahsdawson
Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social SFF writer, mortician, and monster about town. She/her.
Mike Underwood @mikerunderwood.bsky.social They/he. 3x Gold ENNIE winner. Trans & non-binary Midwest Princex.
Author (Genrenauts, etc). Hugo & Stabby-Award finalist.
Game designer (Daggerheart, Dungeons of Drakkenheim: Daggerheart, Candela Obscura, etc.)
patreon.com/michaelrunderwood
Anna ZenKen Stephens @annasmithwrites.bsky.social AN HONESTY OF THIEVES, Mar 27. Godblind, Songs of the Drowned trilogies, Black Library, Marvel.
Dungeon Master.
Magic & Mayhem Author Academy & The Write Advice.
Rep @harryillingworth.bsky.social
Zen, Shotokan, antifa, no AI in art, #WorkingClass.
She/They
Cat Sebastian @catswrites.bsky.social Writer of queer historical fiction. She/her. Newsletter: https://catsebastian.myflodesk.com/signup website: catsebastian.com
Brandon Crilly (Announcements Only) @brandoncrilly.bsky.social he/him. Canadian SFF author: CATALYST (2022), CASTOFF (2025). Games writer: The Expanse RPG, ICONS. Vice chair of Can*Con. 2500-year-old Time Lord and snake parent. Repped by @glassglassmadeof.bsky.social at DMLA.
linktr.ee/brandoncrilly
Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social Fantasy author, textile nerd, chicken herder, trespasser, that weird writing prof on the third floor. 
Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social THE EYE OF LEVIATHAN July 14th! Author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent. Also one half of M.A. Carrick. She/her.
Alexandra Rowland @alexandrarowland.bsky.social Author of 14+ fantasy books, including A TASTE OF GOLD AND IRON, YIELD UNDER GREAT PERSUASION, and RUNNING CLOSE TO THE WIND. They/them. Represented by Britt Siess.
Other socials: linktr.ee/alexandrarowland
Andrea Stewart @andreagstewart.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author of The Drowning Empire trilogy and The Hollow Covenant trilogy, thriller Someone Else’s Daughter (out Feb 2027), cat herder, silly hat enthusiast, coach at The Novelry
https://linktr.ee/andreagstewart
Aparna Verma @aparnaverma.bsky.social Author of The Ravence Trilogy. Stanford grad. Preorder THE BURNING QUEEN ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/AparnaVerma
Queen of Grimdark @annasmithspark.bsky.social Author of critically acclaimed grimdark epic fantasy, EMPIRES OF DUST, A WOMAN OF THE SWORD, A SWORD OF BRONZE AND ASHES. A SWORD OF GOLD AND RUIN out now.
Dyslxic, dyspraxic, ASD, PhD.