International Gothic Association @igagoths.bsky.social The International Gothic Association is a large family of academic researchers, students, artists and writers with a shared interest in all things Gothic. www.globalgoth.org
Mike Thorn @mikethorn.bsky.social Author (Shelter for the Damned, Darkest Hours, Peel Back and See). Co-host of https://bsky.app/profile/craftworkpod.bsky.social.
Library of Anglo-American Culture & History @libraryaac.bsky.social Library of Anglo-American Culture & History #FIDAAC
Resources for British, Irish, Australian, New Zealand, American & Canadian Studies
https://libaac.de/
https://libaac.de/legal-notice/
Mark Storey @multistorey.bsky.social Teaching American literature at the University of Warwick. Englishman in Wales. Trying this out.
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/people/markstorey/
Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social Associate professor of musicology at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen. Former saxophone player, always philosophy reader, currently popular music fan (and more). 
Strict Tempo @stricttempo.bandcamp.com Dark Alternative / Electronic Music
events // record label // video podcast
founded by Vox Sinistra
📍Los Angeles
https://linktr.ee/StrictTempo
River A @riodeoof.bsky.social 20s, she/he
Owner: The Distressed Setlist
Label Assistant: Produkt 42
Writer: ReGen Magazine
Colorado
Goth/punk/industrial
Michael J. Blouin @michaeljblouin.bsky.social 
UTM Music Group @utmmusicgroup.bsky.social Music publicist, artist services.
Danny De Maio (he/him) @gator-the-elder.bsky.social Writer-in-residence at Hell’s threshold. Opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my evil twin.
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: Automatic Noodle, Stories Are Weapons, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Ana González-Rivas @anagonzalez-rivas.bsky.social Profesora de Filología Inglesa en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Literatura gótica y fantástica, recepción clásica, mitocrítica, literatura comparada.
@gretchen710.bsky.social @gretchen710.bsky.social 
@agnieszkasol.bsky.social @agnieszkasol.bsky.social 
Double Eyelid @double-eyelid.bsky.social "the cutting edge of goth" - Dani Ashes, Cemetery Confessions (Nov 2, 2025)
@benbblack.bsky.social @benbblack.bsky.social 
Eric Leo @ericleo108.bsky.social FIENSE.com
Educational entertainment
Michigan philosopher & author doing intellectual hiphop with attitude
6 books, 200+ tracks
Songs with Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Redman, etc.
New release every Friday!
http://linktr.ee/ericleo108
Aylin Dilek Walder @aylinwalder.bsky.social #firstgen 📍Braunschweig / Cologne
PhD on the #fantastic dawn of #affinity 💫 #belonging 🌈 #eco 🌿 #speculativefiction 🛸
https://tinyurl.com/adwalder
she/her
Lesley Withers @lesleywithers.bsky.social Professor. Mom of 2 amazing humans. Aiming to be unapologetically me.
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #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/
Marco Petrelli @marpe3.bsky.social Prof of US Literature, University of Pisa.
Teaching African American Studies, scary stories & writing as resistance.
Unrepentant Marxist. Punk bluesman.
Co-editor-in-chief of @jamitjournal.bsky.social
Graeme Macdonald @gmacdonald.bsky.social Literature Energy Environment Climate stuff @University of Warwick. Glasgow Dweller. Yes, they are quite far apart.
Adam Ochonicky @adamochonicky.bsky.social associate professor at UW Oshkosh | teaches/writes about nostalgia, regionalism (American Midwest), film, literature, comics, professional writing, genre (horror and science fiction) | still buys CDs and print books | he/him
Maia Blumberg @maiablumberg.bsky.social medievalist | postgraduate research student | @qmul.bsky.social | @ihr.bsky.social | @londonmedieval.bsky.social
writing about museums & medievalism
The Serious Dog Star @seriousdogstar.bsky.social Finally got my butt over here from the toxic place!
Socialist/liberal/Democratic/Labour and damn proud of it, so are my dogs; 💙 music and all things nature
Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social writer and teacher who cares a lot about the future of the humanities as well as access to education
dean of humanities & professor of English @ ASU, but this is my personal account, opinions are mine
https://www.jeffreyjeromecohen.com
COP International @cop-international.bsky.social Dark Alternative Label - Dark Music For Dark Times
www.copint.com
Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social Educator
Passionate about Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)
Anywhere near Books, Music and Films
#SurfaceStudies
#Soil_Imaginaries
Adores Snails 🐌
My personal views - not my employer's
Reposts &c not endorsements
NoiseTheorem @noisetheorem.bsky.social A collection of unusual yet benign mutations assembled from the remnants of dead stars. Also a musician and IT Security Professional.
Supporter of equality for all and tired of voting for old white men. Whatever the future is, it’s not that.
Matthew Leggatt @matthewleggatt.bsky.social Senior Lecturer English and American Lit @ Winchester Uni: Lit & Film, utopia/dystopia, apocalypse, terror. Co-host Utopian and Dystopian Fictions podcast. D&D. Dog pics. Views own. He/Him
Micki @mickithejaneite.bsky.social Crazy vegetarian working mama. Loving atheist. I'm into Jane Austen, fiber arts, British murder mysteries, my cats, and flowers (especially those that can be made into a lovely tisane). 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉🌻 Free Mom Hugs, Stand in Pride.
CatoctinFarmWitch @catoctinfarmwitch.bsky.social English Prof, marathoner, homesteader, and fan of all things spooky.
Dr Mylo @amylouahava.bsky.social Punk rocker & scholar. PhD student @ TTU. Horror & disability studies. Drive-in Mutant. Writer for @HorrorMovieBlog & @DailyGrindhouse.🦮🐻❄️🐕🐈 🐈 🐈⬛ 🐢 🐢
Ken H. @lostphrack.bsky.social Horror, manga, comics, wrestling fan. Review blog at Sequential Ink (link below). He/Him. ♒️
Avatar is Magatsu from Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura.
Find me elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/lostphrack
@cursedjames.bsky.social @cursedjames.bsky.social 
Sarah Revilla @sarah-revilla.bsky.social PhD candidate in Hispanic Studies @UBC
Researching gendered violence | Mexican horror and gothic fiction | Digital Humanities
mexicana 🇲🇽 | she/ella 
black Sunshine @kyds3k.bsky.social dad, partner, web dev, DJ, goth aficionado, planeswalker, cosplayer, anime lover, nerd nerd nerd nerd nerd nerd
Emory 🩶 @emory-f8.bsky.social I write dark Victorian fiction and specialize in the long 19th century.
She/Her 🏳️🌈🇪🇸✡️ (I'm always kind)
#writer #historian #Lesbian #sapphic #wlw #Hispanic #feminist #goth #vampires #jpop #bibliophile
NO DMs | Terfs & Narcissists DNI
Teresa Intrepid @teresaintrepid.bsky.social Writer/Traveler/Wine Enthusiast/Historic Preservationist/Lover of Architecture/Film Professor/Italy&US
Mark Bould @markbould.bsky.social Professor of Film, Literature and Poor Life Choices. Full-time duck chaperone. Part-time author of things about films and books.
technomalinche @technomalinche.bsky.social Inauthentic Ethnic. Practical Radical. Class Traitor. Feminist Fatale. Postcolonial Cyborg. Queer Sympathizer. Migrant Professor. Malcontent. Mutant.
Inés Ordiz @iordiz.bsky.social Feminist in process. Doctor in Gothic literature. Ex-migrante con el corazón en dos lenguas. She/her, ella. 🩷💜🩵
IMGA @imgaprma.bsky.social 
Karl Bell @karlbell.bsky.social Historian. Author. Associate Prof of Cultural History @uophistory.bsky.social C19th fantastical, supernatural folklore, Gothic cities & seas. Co-director of port.ac.uk/portcities The Perilous Deep: A Supernatural History of the Atlantic (Reaktion) out now.
Big Bad Beetleborg @beetleborg.bsky.social Part time horror writer and director
Full time Beetleborg
HP Bookcraft @hpbookcraft.bsky.social 38. She/they. Folklore, horror, hauntology. Master's in Gothic literature. Keeper of wayward books, editor, and thing that goes bump in the night.
Emily Banks @emilyabanks.bsky.social Poet; author of Mother Water (Lynx House Press, 2020). Scholar of American gothic literature & Shirley Jackson. Assistant Professor at Franklin College.
Buy book here 🥰: https://lynxhousepress.square.site/product/mother-water-poems-by-emily-banks/14
DJD42 @djd42.bsky.social Program Director for twitch.tv/eMpTyVeeTV / Twitch Hostess & Moderator. Kidney transplant recipient and mentor for those facing kidney disease, dialysis, and transplants. Hospital Goth.
eMpTyVeeTV @emptyveetv.bsky.social All Artist Submitted Non-Stop Dark Alternative Music Videos On twitch.tv/eMpTyVeeTV - New Music O’ Clock every Wednesday at 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern.
To get involved with the channel, email eMpTyVee.TV@gmail.com for more info.
https://linktr.ee/eMpTyVeeTV
@williamredwood.bsky.social @williamredwood.bsky.social Teacher, writer, researcher: language, literature, esoterica.
SallySilvers-writer @sally-aberdeen.bsky.social 
@shannonfscott.bsky.social @shannonfscott.bsky.social 
Tom Hillard @thillard.bsky.social Writer & Professor. Interests: Gothic literature, book history, scholarly editing, all things early American. Cooking, playing music, gardening, making things.
Zélia Rafael @zelie84.bsky.social Doctoral candidate in English at the University of Iceland.
Whitman, Race, Cancel Culture. American History and Culture.
Poetry lover, horror fan, reading into the myths we create.
https://theinfamousacademic.com/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7126-368X
Sean Woodard @swoodard7326.bsky.social American West, Horror & Giallo Scholar | PhD Candidate | Writer | https://linktr.ee/swoodard7326
David B. Roundsley @roundsley.bsky.social Musician(Munich Syndrome), Author, Graphic Designer. Anxiety aficionado.
https://munichsyndrome.bandcamp.com
https://www.dbrdesign.com/
https://www.youtube.com/munichsyndrome
https://www.munichsyndrome.com/
Dan Compora @dancompora.bsky.social English Professor at the University of Toledo. Pop Culture, Horror, and Folklore Scholar.
Robert Edgar @robertedgar.bsky.social Writer and Academic. Professor of Writing and Popular Culture, York St John University. Scriptwriting, Music Memoir, Hauntology, Folk Horror, Science-Fiction
Kit Bauserman (ABD) @kitbauserman.bsky.social Ph.D. Candidate @ W&M | Dissertating on Spatial Imaginaries & the Gothic in DH | Environmental Aesthetics | Digital Cultures | The Gothic & Horror | CNU Alum | They/Them
SSAG Social Media Coord.- T Jack of a Couple of Trades @tcepsa.bsky.social I'm interested in things
Jeff Donaldson @fejsez.com Animal Rescue | Neurodivergent | Gothically Inclined | Dark Humor |Observer | Creator| Solver | Loner | Rebel
ATX
BLM, LGBTQIA+ Social Justice Ally/Accomplice
Veterinary Social Work Grad Student 🐺🦇
Makes Amazing Playlists With The Right Inspiration
J Simpson @forestpunk.bsky.social J Simpson is a prolific academic writer, journalist, creative and critic, specializing in "dark," experimental, and avant-garde art, idealistically believing that good art makes the world a better place.
https://linktr.ee/for3stpunk
Regina M Hansen, writer @reginamhansen.bsky.social Distracted by stories
Sister Mary X @sistermaryx.bsky.social Mom. DJ. TST Minister. Graphic Designer. Gamer. Cat Lover. Socialist.
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/mary___x/
Bandcamp: https://bandcamp.com/mary___x
All Links: https://linkin.bio/maryx/
Lunar Paths @lunarpaths.bsky.social We are a postpunk darkwave duo. Veterans of the original Yorkshire goth scene, we started working together again in late 2021, despite now living on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
Vincent Haddad @vincenthaddad.bsky.social Scholar of literature and popular culture.
Author of The Detroit Genre (Lever Press, 2024) and Next Time on Dragon Ball (U Minn Press, 2026)
Erin @erinaries.bsky.social Writer, reader, over-educated pop culture nerd whose brain is a junk drawer of random trivia
DJ Spider @thatdjspider.bsky.social DJ for 30+ years, cosplayer for 20+, dork my whole life. Cat mom. Spoopy. Occasionally funny. Always tall. Martha Stewart with cobwebs. Most likely to reply with a GIF. Tag me #thatdjspider of Charlotte, NC's #DigitalNoir
https://linktr.ee/thatdjspider
Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social Gothic novelist. Ghost-filled non-fiction. Actress. Goth. Narrator. Playwright. NYC Ghost Tour Guide. RAVENFIELD HALL (2/27, Hachette) A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN, AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC (USA Today Bestseller, Kensington), STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL (Tor)
Paul Gagliardi @pgagliardi.bsky.social Teaching Assoc Prof at Marquette University, Dad, Terrible hockey player
https://paulgagliardi.squarespace.com/
Derek Fox @partialobserver.bsky.social Penn State Astronomer (he/him), personal account. “We went and made everything a computer without ever bothering to fix computers.” 
Andrea Emerson @acemerson.bsky.social Lover of people, words, good recipes and the liberation of our minds, bodies and spirits
John Edwards @johnaedwards.bsky.social 
DJ Dark Kitty Renarde @darkkittyrenarde.bsky.social Alternative / Gothic / DJ
Live on / Follow / Share
1. Twitch https://twitch.tv/darkkittyrenarde
2. Kick https://kick.com/darkkittyrenarde
3. Social: https://linktr.ee/DarkKittyRenarde
4. Support: https://ko-fi.com/darkkittyrenarde
Winter Sect @winter-sect.bsky.social Winter Sect is an icy breath of Gothic psych and glam rock from members of DC/Baltimore Post punk stalwarts Sister Ex featuring
Claudia Neuman on bass and vocals, guitarist Anthony Piazza
drum Darryl J. Dardenne with live keyboards by Haether Wayward 
𓂀 𝔼𝕝𝕚𝕕𝕒 𝕄á𝕟𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕗𝕣 𓂀 @elidamanialfr.bsky.social (They/them) 🏳️🌈
(INFJ-I), #𝓜𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓬𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻, #𝓰𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓬, #𝓹𝓪𝓰𝓪𝓷,
#UAP/#UFO, Graphic & AI art
🚫MAGA/Fascism ##RESIST
https://linktr.ee/tgmondalf
Victor Sierra @victor-sierra.bsky.social Victor Sierra is a SteamGoth band
Booking and information Europe and World:
Deadfall management: deadfallmanagement@gmail.com
Booking US: ConnXtance Garcia info@themenagerieodditiesmarket.com
Hieronymus-FTP @hieronymus-ftp.bsky.social Songwriter, electronic music producer, occasional novelist. Find my tunes and books here: https://linktr.ee/DavidPD
Skull Cultist @skullcultist.bsky.social I am a human meat popsicle Steve-creature in Victoria BC who does music and engages in occasional necromancy. I also love cats.
Check out Skull Cultist and Orthokeras on Bandcamp and all streaming outlets.
Please send skulls.
https://linktr.ee/mrzoth
Textbeak @textbeak.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/textbeak
Luxury Stranger @luxurystranger.bsky.social Progressive rock / post-punk band (est. 2006) www.luxurystranger.net
https://linktr.ee/LuxuryStranger
Vox Sinistra @voxsinistra.bsky.social Dark alternative/electronic DJ
Founder of Strict Tempo (label/events/video podcast)
📍Los Angeles
https://linktr.ee/VoxSinistra
Selçuk Softa @selcuksofta.bsky.social https://bihaber.tr https://habergalerisi.com #Fenerbahçe Temsilci Üye #Yazar #Gazeteci Selçuk Softa Official BlueSky Account
Ged Denton @geddenton.bsky.social Rivet punker from Der Prosector.
C-Tec. SCERE.
Full of passionate intensity.
Gerardine Meaney @gmeaney.bsky.social Cultural analytics, gender, migration and national identities in literature and culture https://projectvicteur.com https://cca.ucd.ie 
Paul C. Jones @paulcjones.bsky.social Professor of 19th-Century American Literature | Ohio University
Author of Poe, Queerness, and the End of Time
Rick Godden @rickgodden.bsky.social Medievalist. First Gen. Associate Professor of English, LSU. Disability advocacy, medieval stuff, and food/drinks. And cats. Opinions my own. he/him
Carla J Mulford @cjmulford.bsky.social Historian of Britain and its empire, with particular attention to the British Atlantic and Benjamin Franklin. Scholar, reader, dog- and nature-lover. Seeker of health, safety, justice, and truth in a world gone mad.
Carrie Muir @cmuirmath.bsky.social Community college math professor in the PNW (USA). Misses the early bird app, glad to find old friends (and new ones) here. Neurodivergent, queer, spoonie. Nerd, geek, fandoms random. Probably caffeinating. Pronouns in bio: she/her or they/them
AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info Boldly going where no Jedi has beamed before. Earth is our spaceship.
#AltGov
Ryan Flint @ryanflint.bsky.social Vocalist, Lyricist for WitchHands
Co-Owner of The Arbitrarium
Deathrocker (Goth w/ mohawk)
Misanthropic Humanist, Doggerelist
(He / Him / They)
TandemResisters @tandemresisters.bsky.social We were living a nice life until 2016 when the world turned upside down. Since that election, been marching and protesting. Ready to do the same after the 2024 elections. Views are our own. #Resist #GLBTQ+
Luke Chwala @lukechwala.bsky.social 
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social Professor of eighteenth-century lit and culture; person who studies pirates; dragon aficionado; proud parliamentarian dork. Opinions are my own and no one else's.
@werewolfbait1.bsky.social @werewolfbait1.bsky.social 
Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social Midwestern prof: Victorian lit & financial crisis. Zeitgeist-seismometer. 75% normcore
Anti-doomer but ☹️☹️ wtf
Peter F @pfaziani.bsky.social Just a guy with many hats; teacher, writer, vinyl collector,
Aurore Bissières @aurorebissieres.bsky.social 🇫🇷 PhD student @MIClimerick 🇮🇪 I’m interested in gothic studies, literature, linguistics, women's rights and politics.
Michael Hartford @mhartford.bsky.social Ní chuirfidh mé m’asal amuigh nuair a bhíonn brón orm. https://www.michael-hartford.com/
Will block Nazis, crypto, bad AI, disingenuous bots, and scammers on sight, no apologies, no quarter.
He/him.