Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
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SciFiNow @scifinow.bsky.social The worldโs best in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Edinburgh Bibliographical Society @edibibsoc.bsky.social The Edinburgh Bibliographical Society promotes the study of books and manuscripts of any date, particularly Scottish. Founded in 1890, it is the oldest such society in the world and the only extant one with a Scottish focus.
Beth @bethanmay.bsky.social Editor of The Fantasy Hive
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Helen Bleck @helenbleck.bsky.social Freelance editor/provider of reading material for bossy cats. Live in Scotland. Love cake. Love tea more. Prefer work to housework, especially when the work is editing Fantasy fiction.
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Monroe @rimuru925.bsky.social 
sarah rose finn @inkalchemy.bsky.social Writer and audiobook lover
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Kirsty Isla Thomas @kirstyislathomas.bsky.social Scottish ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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Astrid Knight - Fantasy Author (They/He) @astridknightauthor.bsky.social Author of books about sad gay nerds ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Polite Menace โ๏ธ
RULES AS WRITTEN coming SOON! ๐ก๏ธ๐ฅ
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Jeremy Pak Nelson @jpaknelson.bsky.social Writer currently based in Manchester, UK
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J E Hannaford @hannafordjenny.bsky.social Dragon Queen, Fantasy author, Ocean Spirit. #SPFBOX Finalist. GM, (D&D)
Selkies with a twist, or telepathic hounds. Choose your series! (No refunds for accidental dragons.)
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Fermented Fiction @fermentedfiction.bsky.social A podcast exploration of genre fiction through the lens of literature and film. This is also a fancy way of saying: drinking great beer and talking about our favorite books, movies, and shows with incredible artists and creators.
Nils Shukla @nilsreviewsit.bsky.social Reviews Adult Fantasy Books. Hobbitcore. LotR memes. Assistant Editor/Social Media Empress @thefantasyhive Bookstagrammer - Instagram: @nils.reviewsit
Korra Saqqara (Christa Angelios) @metamythica.bsky.social ๐ Studying the Gothic at MMU
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Jennifer's TBR is huge... @jdawson001.bsky.social โฟ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐American SFF author, poet, editor, & book reviewer living in England. She/her. Member of The Poetry Society & The British Fantasy Society.
Online at: WorldsOfMayhem.com
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Trans rights are human rights.๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐
Jamie Cowen @jamiecowen.bsky.social MD of The Ampersand Agency. Literary Agent. Reader, footballer and musician. Quite tall. https://theampersandagency.co.uk/about
Secuyo Inc. @secuyo.bsky.social 
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Dan Koboldt @dankoboldt.bsky.social Genetics researcher, SF/F author, and avid bowhunter. Author of SILVER QUEENDOM (Angry Robot) and DOMESTICATING DRAGONS (Baen). Rep'd by Brady McReynolds at Jabberwocky.
Adventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social Do you know which way to go?
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Leigh Sosville @leighsos.bsky.social She writes poetry and fiction; researches the arts and humanities; and advocates for neurodiversity and disability.
Philosophy-obsessed.
Andrew Liptak @andrewliptak.com Writer, historian, cosplayer, Vermonter. Author of Cosplay: A History.
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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social she/her | SFFH writer & poet. 16th century nerd. Mint chocolate connoisseur. Centaur enthusiast. | words in Gwyllion Magazine, Haven Spec Magazine, The NoSleep Podcast, & more | PR & Marketing Manager @solarisbooks.bsky.social | Views my own
Dan Hanks @danhanks.bsky.social Editor. Author of THE WAY UP IS DEATH (Jan 2025), SWASHBUCKLERS and CAPTAIN MOXLEY & THE EMBERS OF THE EMPIRE. Vegan. He/him.
WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
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Iain Aire @iainaire.bsky.social Word alchemist, the quest for the unobtainable. EcoFiction, Fantasy, SciFi, Crime & Book Binder. The borderland of worlds. www.iainaire.com The Grey Pilgrimโs Gambit https://thegreypilgrimsgambit.laterpress.com Seeds anthology https://seeds.laterpress.com
Neringa @creativeseagull.bsky.social Watercolour painter ๐จ
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Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social Author of Remembered and Curdle Creek, former editor at John Murray, Academic at Cambridge Uni, event host and podcaster. I also write kidlit, short scripts, nonfiction essays, poems
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Chapel Orahamm @chapelorahamm.bsky.social ๐โ๏ธ Writer of free webnovel smut ๐๐
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Sisters of Sci-Fi Podcast @sistersofscifi.bsky.social Podcast about female & non-binary sci-fi writers, STEM interviews, the Earth Crew 2042 radio play, the monthly micro-fiction series Sci-Fi Snack Stop, and more. ๐ซAI๐ซ
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Scottish BPOC Writers Network @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social Advocacy, networking, promoting Scottish & Scotland-based writers of colour, literary events & spaces. https://lnk.bio/scotbpocwriters
Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social I'm the author of 80+ books and an established editor who has helped more than 400 authors achieve their publishing dreams. My books include writing guidebooks, a novel, children's books and more. Visit inventingrealityediting.com
Ian McDonald @ianmcdonald.bsky.social Writer, bon viveur, valet to 3 cats. 
Edward Cox @edwardcox.bsky.social Writer person of the SFF persuasion. Lots of stories out to read. A little grumpy in his 50s, but a generally friendly chap with a beard. Website: www.edwardcox.net
El Pender @el-pender.bsky.social Fiction writer. Spec fiction reader. TTRPG player. Half of PenPost. Lecturer in Media Production. Comms Freelancer. ๐Current project, Machines of Blood & Bone by @somanyrobots.com
eleanorpender.com
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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social 2x Nebula finalist. Aurora, and World Fantasy-finalist. Chilean-Canadian writer. Winner Short Works Prize. SFWA, CSFFA, ALCiFF Chile. Odyssey โ02. Codex. Stories in Apex, Fantasy, Lightspeed, and others. Linktree: http://linktr.ee/pacornell
Gabrielle Steele โ Echoes of Chaos 24/9/26 @eldris.thellian.com โ๏ธ Indie fantasy author + mum
๐ฃ ME/CFS ๐ค AuDHD ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ally
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Mike Shackle @mikeshackle.bsky.social Author/Artist. WE ARE THE DEAD, A FOOL'S HOPE and UNTIL THE LAST (Gollancz) Also writes crime and espionage thrillers as Michael Dylan
andi.ink @andidotink.bsky.social Irish & Scottish comic artist, animator, graphic designer and mad scientist. My government name is Andrea Murray and I'm currently based in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social Award winning editor specialising in genre fiction. Get in touch for a quote or to enquire about availability.
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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social Author: Jekyll & Hyde, Sherlock Holmes, Hope Island, Snakeskins. https://linktr.ee/timjmajor
Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social Author. Work in Analog, Strange Horizons, Pseudopod, etc. Debut novel: INWORLD, spring 2027, Saga Press & HarperVoyager UK.
Rep: Alexander Cochran, Greyhound Literary (UK) & Brandi Bowles, UTA (US).
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Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE out now! @nicolaz.bsky.social PhD. Novelist (Hild, Spear, Menewood). All things Early Medieval. Here: Cats, crips, queers. Books, beauty, beers. MS โฟ๏ธ๐งช๐
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Writeopolis @writeopolis.bsky.social Skeets for RJ Barker, Kit Power, Scott K Andrews and Stewart Hotston. Discord hangout. Sign up for the Patreon for extra fun. https://www.patreon.com/writeopolispodcast
Daniel Livingstone @d-livingstone.bsky.social games, education, space-laser operations, stuff. This account definately not representative of my employer.
Dave Cook @davecook.bsky.social ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Ringo-nominated writer of comics + game history books. AI ๐ซ
Killtopia | BPM | Hello Darkness | Boom! Studios | Titan Comics | Bitmap Books | Agent: Watson Little
Hire me / portfolio: https://www.dave-cook.com
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Stephen Kozeniewski @kozeniewski.bsky.social The guy who used to set the paces, riding up in front of a hundred faces.
ADRIAN M. GIBSON ๐ SFF Author & Book Designer @adrianmgibson.bsky.social Award-winning SFF author ๐ Co-host of SFF Addicts ๐โ๐ซ Publishing Project Manager at Grimdark Magazine ๐ A Murder Most Fungal OUT NOW
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social THE SECRET LIVES OF IMMORTALS (Orbit/Redhook, 2027) โข Three pep talks in a trench coat โข LCRW, Nightmare, Lightspeed, Ecotone โข Editor at Orion's Belt โข Rep: @hel-no-wai.bsky.social โข ashsmash.com
CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social Writer, mostly of novels. She/her. CatieMurphy.com for aaaaalllll the books. Please join my newsletter, too! https://BookHip.com/BZQWLZL
L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist ๐ง๐พโโ๏ธ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app SFF writer/editor/publisher. ATL/SEA.
Literary nonprofit person. Ignytes mother. Awards doer. Hugo/Locus Winner. Conrunner. LEGO builder. Joy enthusiast. 77% Cake. Bi. Grumpy. She/her/chef. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ YEAR OF THE MER (Saga/Titan, OUT NOW). Ldlewiswrites.com
@jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social 
the brickmaster general @lauramauro.bsky.social BFA-winning author, senior writer on Luna Abyss, narrative designer, toilet ghost enthusiast. ๆฅๆฌ่ชOK
Looking for work. Hire me to write for you!
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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social Novelist, scriptwriter, journalist, incompetent guitarist. I span the genres.
https://eddierobson.wordpress.com
Mike Transreal @miketransreal.bsky.social Owner of Transreal Fiction SF & Fantasy bookshop in Edinburgh since 1997.
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social Angry writer, eager editor, devoted dad
PictCon @pictcon.bsky.social A Scottish science fiction and fantasy convention about science fiction and fantasy in Scotland. #PictCon October 17 2026, Perth ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
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Susan Murray @pulpthorn.bsky.social Writer of Fantasy & SF. Northerner. Girly swot. She/her. Ooh, squirrel...
hester steel @steelhester.bsky.social worse at ominously looming than i'd like to be. enjoys buses. THE FACELESS THING WE ADORE (page street, 2025) rep by @laurenbajek
Alexandra Beaumont - Folklore Fantasy Author @abeaumontbooks.bsky.social ๐ฆFolkloric books, folk music, gothic meanders
๐Indie Press 2025 Distinguished Favourite
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๐British Fantasy Soc London Event Org
๐Books @brigidsgatepress
Alex Pheby @alexpheby.bsky.social Writer: GRACE/PLAYTHINGS/LUCIA/MORDEW/MALARKOI/WATERBLACK
Galley Beggar Press and Tor
Forthcoming: THE PICNIC/NOONE/LUMA
Agent: David Godwin david@davidgodwinassociates.co.uk- A Alicia White @aliciawhite.bsky.social Triplet, IT Professional, Avid listener of mostly fantasy and scifi audiobooks, sometime reviewer, beta reader and Call of Duty addict.
Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social Author & artist of the strange and speculative https://linktr.ee/vanessakrauss
Author of
FATALITY series www.amazon.com/dp/B0F92WRWKC
THIN http://amazon.com/dp/B0B2VD424G
BEAUTIFUL DREAMER https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVFCCM2T
J.T. Greathouse @jeremyteg.bsky.social BFA nominated author of The Tower of the Tyrant and the Pact and Pattern series from Gollancz. Other books cookin'
website: www.jtgreathouse.wordpress.com
Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social Thomas Welsh. Author of the Metiks Fade trilogy. Lead writer and narrative Director on Nivalis Nights, Best Served Cold, more. I wrote Cloudpunk.
Nonbinary. Likes finery. He/Him/She/Her
Morgan L Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social Writer, ex-archaeologist | In Al Jazeera, Poetry Ireland Review, Strange Horizons, Banshee, F&SF, Best Canadian Essays 21' | Codex | MA QUB, PhD UChi | They/She ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Sicilian-Irish-Egyptian
Arts Council of NI 2025
Bethany Jacobs @dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social Award winning author of THESE BURNING STARS and ON VICIOUS WORLDS. THIS BRUTAL MOON out November. Repped by Bridget Smith. Bethany-jacobs.com. She/her
Tim Hardie @timhardieauthor.bsky.social Author & Editor | Agent John Jarrold | SPFBO Finalist & BBNYA Semi-Finalist | Read The Silent Division first @ www.patreon.com/TimHardieAuthor
Alex Woodroe @alexwoodroe.com Shirley Jackson Award-nominated EIC of @tenebrouspress.bsky.socialโฌ. Dark specfic writer, Romanian folklore nerd, optimistic nihilist.
she/her
WHISPERWOOD out now
THE NIGHT SHIP out now
TATRATEA coming Oct 2026
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@gavingsmith.bsky.social @gavingsmith.bsky.social 
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
@matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social Geek, Dad, Gray Ace, He/Him. Enjoys reading words off paper, sometimes puts them there as well.
Lost Talent, a YA/New Adult Contemporary Fantasy with a diverse cast is out now!
More deails and four free chapters on http://im-writing-fantasies.ghost.io/
Cherae @clclarkwrites.com SFFโs buffest lesbian. BFA & Ignyte & Locus Winner. Nebula & Hugo & BFA Finalist. TOURAINE'S ARMS & TOURAINEโS LEGS & TOURAINE'S @$$ & AMBESSA'S ARMS (Orbit โ21,โ23,'25). franรงais, ุงูุนุฑุจููุฉ. they/she/sir/Hey, soldier.
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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social Award winning USA Today & Sunday Times bestselling Author of VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED ๐ THE BONE DOOR (2026)๐ She/Her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Richard Strachan @richardstrachan.bsky.social Writer, novels 'The Unrecovered' and 'Night Fire' from Raven Books 2025/26. Stories in The Dark, New Writing Scotland, Weird Horror and more. https://linktr.ee/richstrach
Rep'd: @samedenborough.bsky.social
https://richardstrachan.substack.com/
Jeremy Tinker @jeremytinker.bsky.social Scientist, aspiring writer, coffee repository.
BooksfromScotland.com @booksfromscotland.bsky.social A website from @publishingscotland.bsky.social dedicated to championing the best new writing in Scotland.
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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbtโฌ | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Trans ally ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Intersectional feminist โ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
Peter McLean @petemc666.bsky.social Author. Proud grandfather. Pissed off looking wizard. War For The Rose Throne series. Paved With Good Intentions out now from Arcadia Books. Rep by Jennie Goloboy and UTA. Talonwraith.com
Oliver Arditi @paracyclops.bsky.social Writer, librarian, worldbuilder, conlanger, lapsed musician. I like fantasy, science-fiction and horror, books, records, comics, games, cats, food, and holding inexplicable opinions.