Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social Quaday Games
Check out Blightfall, my RPG of doomed heroes and collaborative worldbuilding, here: https://quadaygames.com/
Bob (robot worm) @bobrobotworm.bsky.social Bob - A Comic Strip About Robots
https://bobrobotworm.com/
Ryan @hodrosbooks.bsky.social He/Him
Writer, teacher, baker, reader, not necessarily in that order.
Dano - [tnc] / Rough Magic Publishing @thatsnotdano.bsky.social He/Him/His.
Level 36
Professional DM / Aspiring TTRPG Creator/Publisher (Rough Magic)
MTG Content Creator [That's Not cEDH]
PixiesAndPins @pixiesandpins.bsky.social Host/Producer of Sarah’s Table
Co-designer of The Crowned
Charlotte Elena, Professional GM @thecornbreab.bsky.social she/her 🌈 | Nemesis of Drizzt Do'Urden | Pro GM with Rough Magic Games | Former podcaster (derogatory) | Culinary Queer | pfp by Amanda Carney 
David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social I am a marine conservation biologist studying sharks and a science writer. Posts are about science and the environment, science communication, and more! He/him
Joe Feliciano @thehorsepuppy.bsky.social Illustrator, wildlife watcher, wanderer
Seventh.Ink (Matthew Johnson) @seventhink.bsky.social Independent one-man brand by @seventhfury
Built with the help of friends and family 🙌🏻
SHOP / PATREON / SUBSCRIPTIONS:
www.seventhink.com
Klingon Pop Warrior @klingonpopwarrior.com Klingon singer🎤 #TwitchAffiliate 🎮
Star Trek Prodigy Klingon consultant
#ExtraLife Year 12💙✶Chicagoan✶
✨she/her/ghaH✨
https://linktr.ee/klingonpop
Rough Magic Games @roughmagicrpg.bsky.social A TTRPG talent agency based in Chicago matching players with Game Masters. Join a game with our pro GMs at conventions, local events, or even a private game! We also have game designers working on several new projects that we can't wait to share!
CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM @chirpradio.org CHIRP 107.1FM is Chicago's listener-supported community radio station. Worldwide at chirpradio.org.
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com Award-winning sf/f, erotica and romance writer. Just your typical biracial bigender bisexual. All pronouns valid, she/her for society’s convenience. https://linktr.ee/ceciliatan
Witch Hazel 🌸 Comms Open! @artwitchhazel.bsky.social Hi all!
I'm a reader/writer/artist who enjoys wildlife science, D&D, Pokemon, and drinking tea | late 20's | she/her
Accepting art commissions!
@nunegroadrien.bsky.social @nunegroadrien.bsky.social 
Thomas Ehlers @thomasehlers.bsky.social One of the “Enemy from within” you were warned about.
Artist, Photographer, Tinker, Builder of things and stuff, Dead Head, Cat serf, Famille’s black sheep, Reluctant curmudgeon.
All photos are my own.
Finding Hope were I can🫠
Michelle Mahoney @michellemahoney.bsky.social Neurodivergent Activist, Writer, Educator, Disability Advocate.
Author of Strange Fellow Bobby: The Neurodivergence of Robert F. Kennedy, Sr.
Substack: michellemahoneyautisticadvocate.substack.com
bex @bexshea.bsky.social Writer, rpg enthusiast, typical half-elf bard. VP21. They/them.
AtThatDaniels @atthatdaniels.bsky.social 
Wesley Wong @weswongwithyou.bsky.social Artist and comic colorist
Monster Hunter (Paprika) and Splatoon player (Charybdis with my partner, Charybdat)
Board gamer too
Muskrat 8647 @muskratjohn.bsky.social Bespoke cartoonist. Currently working on games (mostly for Steve Jackson games) and books (fiction, non-fiction, kidlit…the usual).
Red Witch Lizzy | ♿🏳️⚧️🧙 @redwitchlizzy.bsky.social &. She/Her. Trans girl. 33. AuDHD. Panromantic/ Demisexual. Polyamorous. Disabled. Unhinged. ♿🏳️⚧️🧙
I like to share lewd and queer art.
Trans author, you can find my writing and socials here:
https://redwitchlizzy.carrd.co/
Follow =/= Endorsement
Jacob | Young Heroes Guild @thejacobshelby.bsky.social Life is weird, I do my best to keep up 🤪
Dungeons & Dragons with and for kids
patreon.com/YoungHeroesGuild
https://www.youtube.com/@YoungHeroesGuild
Windy & Wallflower @windywallflower.bsky.social Just a coupla queers in MTL makin' shit.
https://linktr.ee/windywallflower | contact@ windywallflower
Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social #1 New-York-Times-Disqualified & Hugo-Award-disqualified author of IRON WIDOW and ZACHARY YING AND THE DRAGON EMPEROR (They/Them)
Quentin Baird - Cracked Planet Dev @queuethulu.com Owner Queuethulu Games in MN.
Punk is support, competition.
www.queuethulu.com
Queuethulu.redbubble.com
Fuck nazis (including ice), ai and crypto
General rule: follow with nothing on your profile, get blocked
Sharon Calderon @allthingsplay.bsky.social Play Educator & Life Coach. Helping humans remember the best parts of living ✨🌈💜 It all connects back to PLAY
Nervous Werewolf @nervous-werewolf.bsky.social Awoo.
Dreamkazoo @dreamkazoo.bsky.social He/they - NB DemiAce mouse
✏ Gamedev + PNG artist + Illustrator + VA + some other stuff
🌿 Current projects: The Big Catch & "Mouse 64"
Previous: Vernal Edge, DoubleShake
🔗 linktr.ee/dreamkazoo
@capriconsfcon.bsky.social @capriconsfcon.bsky.social 
Minicon @minicon-mnstf.bsky.social The longest running midwest Science Fiction & Fantasy convention. Minicon 60 will be held Easter - March 25-28, 2027 in Bloomington, MN.
https://mnstf.org/minicon60/
Adam STATION Says Abolish ICE @adamstation.bsky.social 🚅 creator / publisher at STATIONS.
A Fistful of Stars
https://bit.ly/fistfulofstars
👽 100 Spaces
https://bit.ly/make100spaces
🚀 - An Infinity of Ships
weird spaceships: https://bit.ly/infinity-ships
Catherine Satrun @catherinesatrun.bsky.social Artist, animator, twin, proud auntie, cat mom
Artist: Fae and the Moon (graphic novel)
For book illustrations, publication questions, rights inquiries, or major media inquiries, please contact Marie Lamba at Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
Sarah Satrun @sarahsatrun.bsky.social Animator, Artist, Twin, Auntie.
Artist: Fae and the Moon (graphic novel)
For book illustrations, publication questions, rights inquiries, or major media inquiries, please contact Marie Lamba at Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social bsky pitch event for unagented creators from marginalized communities
next event Sept 30, 2026 8AM-8PM ET
More #DVpit info: https://dvpit.carrd.co/
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ND Stevenson @gingerhaze.bsky.social 
Lee Knox Ostertag @leeknoxostertag.bsky.social He/him
Books:
THE WITCH BOY series 🔮🕯️
THE GIRL FROM THE SEA 🦭🌊
THE DEEP DARK 🐉🏜️
The DUNGEON CLUB series 🎲⚔️
STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONIST 🦸💪
WATSON’S SKETCHBOOK 🕵🏼♂️📚
TV:
THE OWL HOUSE & more
www.ostertag.substack.com
www.leeknoxostertag.com
🚫AI
Life is a Sacred Text [Unofficial] @lifeisasacredtext.com.web.brid.gy Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights.
🌉 bridged from 🌐 https://lifeisasacredtext.com/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/lifeisasacredtext.com
piper bly @piperbomb.bsky.social underground cartoonist, graphic journalist, photographer, author, musician, radio DJ, kitchen lifer, talking cat.
you can't prove anything.
work: https://piperbly.com
blog: https://truckstop.coffee
contact: piperbomb(at)protonmail(dot)com
she/her.
Virgil Casper 🏳️⚧️💫💕 @vcyarr.bsky.social Unapologetically "Ambiguously Brown"
34 | they/them | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💕💍
writing my debut fantasy novel 📚
MCAD comic art alum ‘18
-uses degree to just doodle ocs ☠️
Freedom for all 🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩🇮🇷🇺🇦
Aubo 🏳️⚧️ @aubryjoi.bsky.social Aubry • they/them • 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ • making cute & colorful critters • creator of Egg the Trans Raccoon • 1/2 of Catmint Studios 💜
Shop, socials, & more: ⭐️ https://aubryjoi.carrd.co ⭐️
Charlie Anne @charlieintheory.com She/Her | Theoretical Computer Scientist (PhD) | Professor | Alutiiq | Woman | Trans (🏳️⚧️)
Opinions are my own.
Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social 🧬 Genomics PhD & science communicator
🧑🔬 Founder of @beyondxandy.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️ (they/he) Trans progressive humanist feminist
🎲 Gamer 🖖 Trekkie 🌱 Plant gay 😻 Cat dad
🏠 Chicago
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jey-mccreight/
SUE the T. rex 🦖 @suethetrex.bsky.social That’s Specimen FMNH PR 2081 to you. they/them
Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social Proud partner in the progressive movement.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/indivisiblechicago
Website: https://indivisiblechicago.com/
Darren Radford @inkyd.bsky.social British-American, ex-alien, would-be writer, mainframer, cat whisperer. If uncertain, always take the path to the left.
There is not enough Stegosaurus representation. Show me your Stegs.
Trans Up Front @transupfrontil.com We are dedicated to centering trans voices in the fight for trans rights, providing advocacy, education, and action.
https://linktr.ee/TransUpFrontIL
David Buist @davidbuist.bsky.social Comic and children's book illustrator. Father of 3 and lover of music and beer.
Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social Trundling sentient eggplant. Comics makerer, Ignatz award-winner, author of witchycomic.com
Buy Strange Bedfellows and find me elsewhere: https://www.arielries.com/links/
Repped by @lindacamacho.bsky.social
they / them
AiR - Activists in Resistance @air-chicago.bsky.social Lifting up Chicago activists through community
building, mutual aid, and solidarity in the fight against fascism.
https://linktr.ee/AiR.Chicago
@supernovabetty.bsky.social @supernovabetty.bsky.social 
Rep. Jan Schakowsky @schakowsky.house.gov Official Bluesky account for Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Illinois 9th Congressional District
Got my start as a consumer advocate. Dog mom to Ellie, my golden retriever!
Yale Stewart @yalestewart.bsky.social Award-winning cartoonist from St. Louis. He/Him.
Store & stuff: https://linktr.ee/yalestewart
Kodoukat (Commissions Open!) @kodoukat.bsky.social 35 years old| Digital artist |Fem-Enby/Lesbian
I’m an artist who loves to draw original characters, mostly Monsters and aliens.
Looking to commission? Check out my Artistree in my Linktree!!
https://linktr.ee/kodoukat
Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
👑🌈Queen E🌈👑 @queene2.bsky.social I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦 Geologist~3D artist~video game dev~ she/they~creator of Magical Girl Keeya
I love all things anime, different cultures and languages and ROCKS. I love rocks
Spyder Lady @spyder-lady.bsky.social Just a queer, disabled, atheist woman trying not to lose myself in existential dread while also contemplating causing chaos that I can’t go to prison for.
Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social new here, eager to talk about books!
📍Chicago, IL
AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org A team of scientists & activists, in & around Yellowstone National Park. 501c3. Posting photos, ideas & solutions, because together, we can change the world.
Please report malicious trolls & imposters.
We are AltYelloNatPark™️
Sen @dresdencodak.com Alita Senna Diaz (she/her) 🏳️🌈🇨🇺
Professional Cartoonist/Lesbian
Read my cyberpunk comic Dark Science!
http://darksciencecomic.com/
https://dresdencodak.com/
https://patreon.com/dresdencodak
Block AI on sight 🚫
Alexandria Stuart @alexandriandria.bsky.social An appropriately miffed Gen-X, late-diagnosed AuDHD, pinball witch, Swiftie.
She/her. Advocate. Mother. Researcher. Writer. Plain Language Practitioner. Team Oxford Comma.
Uninvited on the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation.
Megen Leigh @leighmarts.bsky.social Queer watercolor and Ink artist 🎨 painting with whimsy and imagination. Resident Artist at High Road Gallery
SciFi fan (Con brat born and raised), board game geek, ttrpg player
prints available/limited coms
https://linktr.ee/leighmarts
Malda Marlys 🍉 @aardwyrm.bsky.social sentient curio cabinet. writes fantastika, spouts dog nonsense. slush reader for giganotosaurus. the bird's name is rambo. hwa, codexian, ey/em
https://maldamarlys.com/
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/aardwyrm
Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social writer/comedian/game designer | they/them | co-founder @StrongBranchPro | Author of EMPRESS OF DUST | ✍️ Translunar Travelers Lounge, Radon Journal | UIC English MA student | Rep: Sara Megibow
Drew Makes sea monster games @drew-makes-games.itch.io Dice Game designer
Hug your goblins 🐸
Storytellers Forge @stforgestudios.bsky.social Indie TTRPG publisher co-founded by @rickheinzwrites.bsky.social , Courteney Penney, and @ThePatEdwards.bsky.social
Site: storytellersforge.com
Rick Heinz -> Midwinter Gaming Con @rickheinzwrites.bsky.social Author of #The7thAge series, TTRPGs, and other sarcastic musings about the end of the world! Founder of Storytellers Forge Studios. Immersive and epic #TTRPGs! Game Designer and writer for many things!
Carter! ✨ @megacarter.bsky.social Meaghan Carter she/her
Creator for webcomic GODSLAVE, TO KNOW A WITCH, artist for THE IRON BARGE comic series, and the GIRL HAVEN graphic novel.
♦️PORTFOLIO
https://www.megacarter.com
🦦 IRON BARGE
https://ironbargecomic.com
cta @chicagocta.bsky.social Official account of the Chicago Transit Authority.
Delivering quality, affordable transit services that link people, jobs and communities.
For customer support head to transitchicago.com/contact
Mercury Stardust @mercurystardust.bsky.social The Trans Handy Ma'am
https://linktr.ee/MercuryStardust
Maggie Umber @maggieumber.bsky.social I paint, print, & program graphic novels & zines. My newest book, Chrysanthemum Under the Waves, is nominated for a Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.
Buy my books, prints, toys: https://maggieumber.com/
@caweises.bsky.social @caweises.bsky.social 
Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social World Fantasy, Nebula, Ignyte, Locus & Shirley Jackson Award-winning speculative publisher. Baffling Magazine & novellas & anthos & queer 📚. Editor: dave ring.
dave ring @davering.bsky.social writer. publisher at Neon Hemlock. anthologist. co-editor of Baffling. shirley jackson award winner. lambda, locus & ignyte award finalist. he/him.
CN Lester 🏳️⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social Multi-genre musician
Co-lead @TransUnityQuilt
Founder & Artistic Director of Transpose
PhD on Barbara Strozzi - interdisciplinary work is life
’Trans Like Me’, ‘Furies,’ 2 current trans historical WIP
they/them
www.cnlester.com
www.transpose.org.uk
Jackson Bird @jackisnotabird.cool Once and future author
Semi-retired creator
Wannabe historian
Pumpkin enthusiast
📍 Western Mass
Chris Gerrib @cgerrib.bsky.social Author of science fiction and mysteries. Website: https://privatemarsrocket.net/
Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social Writer of (mostly) horror. Also trans, queer, polyam, and Jewish. theodorehill.weebly.com for contact info, publication credits, and super strange testimonials. Co-Editor @dielaughingmag.bsky.social / Wario of @cassandradaucus.bsky.social
Max @worldpool.bsky.social secondary world speculative fiction
Lucy Knisley @lucyknisley.bsky.social Comics friend.
Linktr.ee/lucyknisley
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social #WIPSnips is a daily writing share tag est. Sept ‘23
Share a snippet from your work using the word, a synonym, a variation or ✨vibes✨
Be kind & supportive!
Author Hype Event: #WSPit Date: Feb 24, 2027
Hosted by: @rosie-j-potter.bsky.social
Geeks OUT @geeksout.bsky.social Geeks OUT rallies, empowers, and promotes the queer geek community! Creator of Flame Con, the world’s largest and longest running LBGTQ+ comic con. linktr.ee/geeksout
Mishell Baker @mishellbaker.bsky.social Author of the Arcadia Project trilogy, mother, vidyagamer, dungeon master. Terminal cancer, incurable optimist. AI used me, but I don't use AI.
Enjoy life. Be someone you would love. Make things better.
As long as you live, shine.
Talien (World of Welstar) @worldofwelstar.bsky.social Hi! I’m Talien (AKA Mike Tresca): writer, game designer, marketer, podcaster, and co-owner of Mal and Tal Enterprises. Creator of Welstar, a fantasy world in which my novels, adventures, and rules are set (primarily but not only #DnD): patreon.com/talien
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
max booth will never die @interrobangbus.bsky.social "max booth is a fiend haunting the midwest" — jeff vandermeer
writer & editor
publisher @ ghoulish books
they/she
interrobangbus.com
Trace @coffeefienddoodles.bsky.social He/They 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Just some dude, making art, knitting, reading, and trying to make the world a better place.
Sam Dylan Finch @samdylanfinch.bsky.social 🌻 living, laughing, ADHD-ing
💌 connect@samdylanfinch.com
Erin Nations @erin-nations.bsky.social Cartoonist | Queer + Trans | Portland OR
Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social Spec fic writer. It probably didn't happen, but it should have, could have or might have. Represented by Fox Literary. Cis, queer, she/her.
Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social Illustrator & Ice Cream Fan 🍦
www.alyssawinans.com
she/her
Jen Butler @jenbutlersays.bsky.social Screenwriter & comedian. @jenbutlersays on IG & TikTok and such things.
🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social Make horror gay AF, Stoker Award winner
out now: NO GODS FOR DROWNING
Sept 15: THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END THE WAY WE WANT
she/her; rep: Lane Heymont
haileypiper.com
C.K. Butcher @authorckbutcher.bsky.social SFFH Writer. Professor. I ❤ cheese and cats.
Nerdy Mom Writes @nerdymomwrites.bsky.social Writer, artist, crocheter, mom, nerd, Audhd momma
Nicole Filippone, Autistic Advocate & Author @nicolefilippone.bsky.social Advocating through science based education, validation, and empathy
Nicolefilipponeauthor.com/my-links
Mercedes Chandler @campcallout.bsky.social Dark Woke 🧌
WANT TO COLLAB?
OfficialCampCallout@gmail.com
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