Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social U.S. Senator, former teacher. Wife, mom (Amelia, Alex, Bailey, CFPB), grandmother, and Okie. She/her. Official campaign account.
The Residents Official @theresidents.bsky.social “Ignorance of your culture is not considered cool”
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Shannon Frost Greenstein, Writer @shannonfrostgre.bsky.social Author. Nietzschean. Mother. Cat-lady. Advocate. Ally. Arachnophobe. #BLM
Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social The OG. Feral essayist. Genderclear. Publicist. They/Thembo. Instructor/Professor. Words: @MarieClaire_sa @Guardian @The_Rumpus etc.🖖
Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social Democracy is like exercise. You can't do it once every four years and complain when you don't see results.
Pro-edit button. "Soros-backed." He/him.
Linktree.com/joekatz45.
Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
Patrick de Caumette @pdecaumette.bsky.social Critically acclaimed Media Composer,
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J.R. Vernham @jrvernham.bsky.social writer of comedic speculative fiction | artist | queer, disabled, canadian | cat guy | 35+ | plausibly absurd
Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel
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Maureen McGranaghan @mcgranaghan.bsky.social Writer, Reader, Teacher, Student
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Hallie Pritts @halliepritts.bsky.social Writer. Finalist, Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize ‘24, Sewanee Writers ’22. CHTQA fellow. NZ writer-in-residence. Words in Mcsweeneys, MissouriReview, LitMag, Barrelhouse, TheBelladonna, OffAssignment, etc. Rode a bike across the US once. #nativeplants
LucyIndaskyMD @trvlngmd.bsky.social “When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in t' service of my vision, then it becomes less & less important whether I am afraid.”
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Stephan Flores @floresspflores67.bsky.social U.Idaho Emeritus, novel-film-theory-drama; esp. Restoration-18thc. drama, theories of gender-sexuality, British novel, Shakespeare;Turtle Mt. Band of Chippewa & Alaskan Tsimshian; swimmer; classical guitar learner; Special Olympics Parent-Volunteer
Banjo Barn Hermit 🍉 @moltarben.bsky.social He/Him. Teacher. Anti-fascist. Artist. Neil Young Fan Account. Tankie for Emperor Norton I. “mad God” bloopers
Doctor Crispin @doctorcrispin.bsky.social Not the sort of doctor you were looking for 
Jess the Human @vampiresundae.bsky.social Jess, she/her, I am best friends with every cat in the entire world. Lurking for D&D, cats, manga, anime, and ALL the amazing art. 
Kristof Berckmans @kristofberckmans.bsky.social Art & language
Ian Christopher Hooper @lostmirado.bsky.social Artist. Writer. Pre-Tomorrowist. ianchristopherhooper.com
Elisabeth Ansel @elisabethansel.bsky.social Art Historian at @uni-jena.de | Art & Politics, Irish & British Art, Transcultural Romanticism, Art & Blindness, Postcolonial & Gender Studies, Epistemic Images | Berlin, Jena
Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social I am an avid reader with particular interest in modern and post-modern novels. Practicing Jodo Shinshu Buddhist who loves nature, art, and exploring the world.
Nicholas Nicola @nicolasnicola.bsky.social etching,writing,politics,culture,ec/archeology, stars,anti-palm oil/humanitarian issues[...also have a strong tendency to repost many missives...life is 'Catch-22'...]. Apologies if no follow back.All the best.
http://nicholasnicolaetchings.synthasite.com
Anna @csksnn.bsky.social inside pink as strawberry mousse
radical animist
apocalyptic anarchist
@tomcauldwestwind.bsky.social @tomcauldwestwind.bsky.social Irish. Book Collector. Guitar Player. Purveyor of fake eye-piceces and rare hybrid Ostrich / Goose eggs.
Light a Fire in Summer and take the Cold in Winter.
He who loves everything loves nothing.
Music is Life.
Peter Heggie @p-heg.bsky.social Watching the St. Lawrence River flow, in the 1000 Islands, 🇨🇦. I’m going to use this site mostly for book posts. 📚☕️
Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social Reader. Obsessively so. Oh, and I have a bit of an obsession with Dutch things. But please don’t ever make me smell patchouli.
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Tara A. Elliott @tara-a-elliott.bsky.social Poet, Teacher, Executive Director of Eastern Shore Writers Association, Host of Thursdays with ESWA Writing Zoomcast, Chair of Bay to Ocean Writers Conference
Holly R. Valakresch @hollyvalakresch.bsky.social Author & Screenwriter | I 🩶 Arts & Sciences, Sculpting, Cartography, Cooking, Baking, Fashion, Fitness, Fairytales, & Historical Things.
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anarchopunk girlfriend @willowsfair.bsky.social aka Mimi ~ trans mom ~ MSIR ~ writer ~ geographer ~ dancer ~ gnostic ~ anarchist ~ ACAB ~ ND 📚 💙 Pearl Jam stan. I build cool things in parks for a living and block assholes. Also peritoneal cancer is really trying to kill me but I'm ignoring that part
@chris533.bsky.social @chris533.bsky.social I like to write. I dabble in poetry, and I'm currently working on a YA science fiction novel. I have a couple kids stories you can check out at wattpad https://www.wattpad.com/user/EuphoniousFish Let me know what you think of them if you get the chance!
Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social Covering health care @ProPublica. Signal: 347-549-0332. Email: annie.waldman@propublica.org. (Also #COYS)
Ms. Woke Snowflake🌱🌻🌊🇺🇦 @rbtznmarmot.bsky.social Feminist, environmentalist, physician, mountain climber, music lover, mother, wildachaya, and Rebbetzin. She/her
Caitlín R. Kiernan @caitlinrkiernan.bsky.social Paleontologist & 2-time World Fantasy Award winning F&SF author. McWane Sci. Center & University of Ala. research assoc. (mosasaurs, turtles, PETM). Humanist. Classical liberal. Irish Appalachian. Math nerd. Anti-fascist. Trans; LGBTQ+ They/them/she/her.
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf4w9Ze38rLniADBEGKSp?si=AcWduGX
Guido Eekhaut @eekhaut.bsky.social Writer of crime books and thrillers, speculative and fantastic fiction and the weird. Winner Hercule Poirot Award, and nominated for several others. Please no DM except professional offers.
@kevin-corcoran.bsky.social @kevin-corcoran.bsky.social 
Mo Moshaty @momoshaty.bsky.social Genre Lecturer, Writer, Journo & Prod, EIC of @nighttidemag.bsky.social: Diverse Horror Perspectives, Host of From Inside the House Pod, Member of Nyx Horror, 13 Minutes of Horror for SHUDDER
NY-er in London
https://nighttidemag.com/
http://momoshaty.com
Kristof Smeyers @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social natural + supernatural histories 1750-2000 🗃️ | editor + essays Dutch Review of Books | RAAF (2022) | WOLF (2023) | SUPERNATURAL BODIES (2024) | UITDRIJVEN (2025) | PERFORMING MAGNETISM (2026)
Melissa Edmundson @melissae.bsky.social PhD in Victorian lit. Editor/researcher/lecturer. Women’s ghost stories & the supernatural. Lots of posts about books. And ghosts. And Margery Lawrence.
Violet Hunt’s The Tiger Skin and Other Tales of the Uneasy out now with The British Library.
Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social Cat sitter. Gothic lit and theology. Romance studies. Byron studies. Runs 'Romancing the Gothic'. Writes queer little stories.
Dr Icy Sedgwick @icysedgwick.bsky.social Host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast/blog. Researcher & writer for hire. Gothic author. Crafter. PhD in haunted house films.
NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social Amy
𖦹 Folklorist & Writer 𖦹
Ghostlore ● Witchcraft ● Devil Folklore
Rooted in Shropshire History & Lore 💀
Writer of 'The Best Of Men' -A Shropshire folk horror 🦇
Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social Scholar of Shirley Jackson and periodical culture, funded by Research Ireland. Research interests include periodicals, Horror, the Gothic, Science Fiction, popular culture in general, zombie bites in narrative and popular discourse. Opinions my own.
Dr Joan Passey @joanpassey.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English / Gothic / queer ecologies / coasts and seascapes / Shirley Jackson
Jason Haslam @jasonhaslam.ca Professor, English/Gender & Women’s Studies Dalhousie. He/him. Speaking only for myself (sometimes not even!)
The Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction: https://broadviewpress.com/product/the-broadview-anthology-of-science-fiction/
http://jasonhaslam.ca
Katy Soar @kjsoar.bsky.social PhD. Senior lecturer in Archaeology @uniwinchester.bsky.social.
Writer for Hellebore. Editor 'Strange Relics' with Dr. Amara Thornton (Handheld Press), 'Circles of Stone' & 'Return of the Ancients' (BL Tales of the Weird). She/her.
I have a dog.
Helen Grant @helengrantsays.bsky.social Lives in Scotland & writes books. Order my new novella STEAL ME from Absinthe Books. Short story collection ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES available from Swan River Press. Perthshire Gothic. M.R.James fiend. Represented by John Jarrold.
Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social Horror scholar, PhD, HWA, CSFFA | Global Indigenous Horror (UPM, 2025) | Poetry Editor Orion’s Belt | Words in Future Fire, UtopiaSF, Space&Time, Lovecraftiana | EIC @katabaticcircus.bsky.social co-EIC @angrygablepress.bsky.social
Dr Stephanie Farnsworth-Meek @mutanttheorist.bsky.social Lecturer of Media and Communications at the University of Sunderland. Researcher of Mutant Theory and monstrous bodies. https://stephaniefarnsworth.co.uk
Dale Townshend @dalegothic96.bsky.social Professor of Gothic literature mainly posting about books, cake, horses and my cat Dickens.
Horror Lex® @horrorlex.bsky.social Horror Lex® (https://horrorlex.com) is the home of academic horror. Explore our huge research database of scholarly, thoughtful writings on horror films. #horror
Steve Jones @drstevejones.bsky.social Lead of the Horror Studies Research Group, Northumbria University. Known for research on extreme horror, philosophy, pornography, and the slasher subgenre.
drstevejones.co.uk
Bristol Black Horror Club UK @brisblakhorrorclub.bsky.social Exploring all things Horror through a Black/BIPOC Diasporic lens
LGBTQ+ Friendly
www.bristolblackhorrorclub.com
Marc Olivier @dullboy237.bsky.social Professor (film and lit), series editor Icons of Horror (Indiana UP). Love and support the marginalized. 🏳️🌈 he/him #horrorsky
Xanthe Pajarillo @xanthepajarillo.bsky.social 🇺🇸🇵🇭 Film Director doing a PhD in Horror
🐁 The Feral Academic
🎬 In Post: Kids Make Horror
📍 Birmingham UK 🔁 LA
Sean Woodard @swoodard7326.bsky.social American West, Horror & Giallo Scholar | PhD Candidate | Writer | https://linktr.ee/swoodard7326
Krista Mitchell @kristamitchell.bsky.social Musicology Ph.D. Candidate. Librarian. Horror Genre Lover.
Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Seattle University. Author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life available from UC Press here:
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520342347/the-celluloid-specimen
Vicky Brewster (they/them) @vickybrewster.bsky.social ✏️Copy & developmental editor, & indexer
👻Gothic, horror & sci-fi academic
🧑🏫 Occasional lecturer & support at Swansea U
🏳️🌈Asexual-agender-panromantic
John J Johnston @johnjjohnston.bsky.social Egyptology, Classics, reception, and cultural history.
Chair - gentlefuries.bsky.social
Ambassador - issegyptomania.bsky.social
BSFA Award finalist 2013
Agents:
Max Edwards - @AppleTreeLit
Nigel Hetherington - @Pastpreservers
London & Glasgow- F Farrah Freibert @ffreibert.bsky.social She/Her. LGBTQ+ Film & Media Historian. Media Studies Assistant Professor. PhD in Visual Studies. Research Areas: Film Studies & Film History; Media Industries; Bisexual, Trans, Gay, & Queer History; Distribution & Exhibition; Archives; Horror Studies.
Natalja Saint-Germain @nataljastgermain.bsky.social I am the spooks🧛🏻♀️🍷
non-fiction, translation, dark lore, art, music & weird niche stuff
I run #dailyspooklore & #swampsunday (feel free to join me).
Also, I often post about vamps #vampiresweekly
Stephanie Cotela @stephaniecotela.bsky.social Art Historian & Author writing spooky mysteries for children & crime thrillers for adults. 👻📚 @scbwi_british_isles @mslexia & @thesocietyofauthors https://linktr.ee/stephaniecotela
James Reich @jamesreich.bsky.social Writer, Research Psychologist, Existentialist, Friend to Cats. Author of SKINSHIP, THE MOTH FOR THE STAR, WILHELM REICH VERSUS THE FLYING SAUCERS etc.
Tom Ue @tomue.bsky.social Public historian, editor, & literary critic. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Popular Film & Television. Associate Editor, The Complete Letters of Henry James @ctrhjstudies.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social.
Eugen Bacon @genni.bsky.social African Australian author, editor. Winner: Solstice, Ignyte British Fantasy, Locus Awards. Finalist Shirley Jackson, PK Dick, World Fantasy Award. Twice Otherwise honoree for exciting work in speculative fiction. eugenbacon.com
Dave Jeffery @davebjeffery.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award, British Fantasy Award and Bridport Prize finalist. Creator of 'a Quiet APOCALYPSE'. Anthologist at Flame Tree Press.
I do not use generative AI in my work; nor do I support its use in the arts.
https://www.davejefferyauthor.com/
Kate Egan @kte75.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Northumbria University. Co-Investigator, AHRC Youth & Horror network. Co-editor of Hidden Horror Histories book series. Lover of horror and British cinema, cats and strong tea. She/her.
Elana Gomel @mor1233.bsky.social I am a writer. I have lived in 5 countries (including one that no longer exists), written 6 novels, and 160 stories (more, actually, but who’s counting?). And when I am not writing fantasy and horror, I am writing about fantasy and horror written by others
Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social Author, film critic, and editor of all things Gothicky.
Erin Wiegand @erinwiegand.bsky.social Film programmer, independent scholar, book editor. One half of @cinemaniapresents.bsky.social
Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social Horror maven. Co-host of Northern Horror Hub. Thanatologist. Creative Writing lecturer at Falmouth. Author. She/her, ADHD. Views all mine...mine I say!
Rina Palumbo @rinapalumbo.bsky.social Ph.D. (JHU, History); Italian-Canadian expatriate. Writer, Editor, avid reader.
Writing in Hopkins Review, Identity Theory, Ghost Parachute, et al.
https://rinapalumbowriter.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.
Nightmare Magazine @nightmare-magazine.com Monthly magazine of horror and dark fantasy short fiction published both online and in ebook format. Edited by @wnwagner.bsky.social (till 12/26, then edited by @johnjosephadams.com).
Eric LaRocca @ericlarocca.com (He/They) Sunday Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Wretch
ericlarocca.com
Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. trans guy, he/him. feygeleh & proud 🦩
newsletter:
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contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
J.R.H. Lawless - On sub! @lawlessauthor.bsky.social Lawyer and author of dark comedy SF novels with weird etymology joke footnotes and an obsession with direct democracy. Two-time Hugo Best Novel and Astounding Award-loser. SFWA InterCom Chair and Codexian. Rep by Rick Lewis. 🌈🏳️🌈
lawlessauthor.com
Mike Flanagan @mikeflanaganfilm.com Writer/Director: Life of Chuck, Doctor Sleep, Hush.
Showrunner: Carrie, Fall of the House of Usher, Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass.
Founder @redroompictures.com
www.mikeflanaganfilm.com
https://linktr.ee/mikeflanaganfilm
Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social Humorist, satirist, and political commentator, www.unchartedblue.com
Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social Writer / Librarian
Work in Electric Literature, the Deadlands, Strange Horizons, Nightmare, etc
Repped by Marie Lamba of Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency.
Novel: Living in Cemeteries
Collection: Haunted Ecologies
CoreyFarrenkopf.com
Laird Barron @lairdbarron.bsky.social A dog of the house
Mainly updates; occasional commentary
Catch me at my Patreon: Realms of Old Leech https://www.patreon.com/lairdbarron/about
Banner art: Chuck Killorin.
Colleen Tomko @coolleen.bsky.social Passionate advocate for disability rights, assistive technology, accessibility, inclusive education and community, and equitable opportunities. Co-chair of PennTASH, Pennsylvania’s state chapter of TASH.
Brigids Gate Press @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social Micro Indie Mom & Pop Press.
www.brigidsgatepress.com
SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social Dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web, by widely published authors or those new to the craft. Est.2003. Paying up to $150. www.smokelong.com. No Trump supporters. Follow also @heyflashvillage.bsky.social
Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social Author, editor, professor, family participant. Retired altar boy, pizza chef, and beer vendor.