Shira Chess @shirachess.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Media Studies @ UGA
Books:
1. The Unseen Internet (MIT press, 2026)๐ซ
2. Freaks in the Machine: Mondo 2000 in Late 20th century (Strange Attractor w RU Sirius)
https://open.substack.com/pub/unseeninternet
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Adrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social Donโt you see we must either follow one wild possibility or else go home to bed?
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Bob Freeman @h2liftship.bsky.social Reader of Microbes, Writer of #SciFi
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Ryan Newberger @borkflop.bsky.social Indie author. Writing gothic, grimdark fantasy from rural Vermont. Amateur chicken farmer, professional teacher and coach.
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social Writer | editor | teacher | joyful Ninja Turtle | chronically ill
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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social i make art, mostly with computers. currently working on an open world RPG with roguelike roots and an experimental bent. cat mom. she / her or they / them.
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) ๐ @chronicleflask.katday.com Science & Fiction editor/writer. Krawalloger. Chemistry PhD โ๏ธ Co-Editor at PseudoPod ๐ฆ Writer: The Crash Course Organic Chemistry & various DK science books ๐งช Short fiction โ๏ธ thefictionphial.wordpress.com
ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social Writer of dark & wistful speculative fiction. Words in APEX, PSEUDOPOD, BAFFLING, FFO, SMALL WONDERS, SILK & SINEW (Bad Hand Books), NIGHT OF THE LIVING QUEERS (Wednesday Books), etc. Lambda Literary, Otherwise, McCormack.
๐ she / they
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Caitlin J.F. Friend, Author @caitlinjffriend.bsky.social ๐จ๐ฆ dark fantasy author of Project Mistmane
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@gregsonscoleman6.bsky.social @gregsonscoleman6.bsky.social Athens Greece, lived here in Jerusalemite. Journalist. Author, "War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East" Lecture contact info at
Ruthann Robson @rrobson.bsky.social Writer, Lawyer, Law Professor, Lesbian (not necessarily in that order or currently)
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Christiane Knight @christianek.bsky.social AKA Xiane. Author. SFF. Baltimore Fae. Crohn's. โโโ. Queer. Musician. She/They. I spin spooky music and fuzzy fibers. I write characters that dare to hope. SFWA Member. Indie Ink Awards Finalist.
No GenAI!
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Tanvir Ahmed @tanawir.bsky.social THE NIGHT SWEEPS THE MOUNTAINS AWAY (Dancing Star Press, 2026). stories, essays, scholarship at various forums. https://tanvir-ahmed.com/
Bit Rebellious Lapidarym @bit-rebellious.bsky.social (He/They) Mad Transmasculine Demiagender AuDHD Demisensual Aroace Aphant, currently writing fantasy novel(s) & TTRPG(s) in original setting.
Today's ABA Survivor; Tomorrow's Dystopian Author.
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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social writer/comedian/game designer | they/them | co-founder @StrongBranchPro | Author of EMPRESS OF DUST | โ๏ธ Translunar Travelers Lounge, Radon Journal | UIC English MA student | Rep: Sara Megibow
Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธIranian Chicagoan author: THE BRUISING OF QILWA (adult queernorm Persian fantasy; Crawford, Locus, World Fantasy finalist) & THE GLADE (๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐MG horror, Ignyte finalist). Worker-owner at Sword & Kettle Press. Newsletter, teaching, & more: lnk.bio/jamsternazzy
Jennifer ๐๐งโฃ๏ธ @jdawson001.bsky.social โฟ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐American SFF author, poet, editor, & book reviewer living in England. She/her. The Poetry Society & The British Fantasy Society. Old OWW member.
Online at: WorldsOfMayhem.com
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Christopher Mark Rose @chrisrose.bsky.social Spec fiction writer, engineer, owl. Stories in Asimov's, F&SF, Interzone. Avionics in NASA spacecraft. #ViableParadise #SFF #VP23 #SFWA #Codexian #SciFi #CharmCitySpec #writingcommunity BLM ๐บ๐ฆ
Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social Writer, scholar, teacher, feminist, environmentalist, nerd. PhD (Ohio University). Associate Professor of Creative Writing at BGSU. Author of: Writing Fantasy Fiction from Bloomsbury & A Bead of Amber on Her Tongue from Omnidawn. Talks to cats & trees.
Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social Unintentional horror writer. Based in ๐น๐ญ
Bram Stoker and Ignyte Finalist
โ๏ธ Stories in Reactor and Nightmare
๐ซถ๐ผ Clarion West, Tin House, Banff Centre, Faber Academy
JOSHUA @joshuwa.bsky.social Writer - WaPo, USA TODAY, Guardian, WIRED, The Nation, etc. Chicago + UVA ๐ค๐ฝ+ USC Annenberg. Querying my historical fantasy novel.
Joshua 1:9 ๐๐ฝ
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Forget Cool @forgetcool.bsky.social essays and poems about the movies, shows, music, books, games, etc. that have shaped you
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Anita Goveas @coffeeandpaneer.bsky.social Writer, reader, editor, cat convert, spoonie
links to stories at
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Flash collection at Reflex Press
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Apollo Papyrus @apollopapyrus.bsky.social A podcast and YouTube channel about books, writing, and literature hosted by @campaaronapollo.bsky.social!
the Lsel ambassadorโs situationship @garrettkiriakos.bsky.social โTo think language would be so transparent as to allow knowing!โ (Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace)
@eftoysterash3.bsky.social @eftoysterash3.bsky.social Born at 356 ppm. ๐ต๐ท๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ No AI.
Sylvie Althoff @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social Writer, teacher, jazz banjoist. Work appearing in Harper's Bazaar, Escape Pod, Lesbians in Space, Small Wonders, Solarpunk. โTrivial Mattersโ coming 2027 from Android Press. Say no to AI. Stay alive, stay free. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ฒ๐
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Esther Alter @esther-alter.bsky.social Trans Jewish byte array
Open source software developer
Sturgeon-nominated spec fic writer: Deadlands, Escape Pod, Strange Horizons, Baffling, elsewhere
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Nora Shear @norashear.bsky.social Author of consent-centric paranormal romance/horromance.
NB, Bi, CPTSD, ADHD, & more ;)
My novel NO DREAM LIKE FOREVER is out on Amazon/Kobo/Itch!
No AI, ever. More at https://norashear.com/
Avatar is my cat Nubs, a gold and brown tabby cat w/green eyes.
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Richard Z. Gallant, Dr. phil. ๐บ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ช๐บ @richardzgallant.bsky.social independent scholar, medievalist, and award-winning author ... literary SF novel forthcoming
RK @rohtweets.bsky.social Current lawyer, former scientist. Mostly college football (Ski-U-Mah! EMAW!!) and kdrama. Sometimes I write fiction. Not a serious person. 
TF Burke | YA Fantasy Author @tfburkeauthor.bsky.social YA Fantasy. Heart of the Worlds series. Book 4 upcoming on 9/29/26 - FAERIES DONโT LOVE.
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Maliha Rao @talesbymaliha.bsky.social Author of โจDark Tales of Wonderโจ
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Sage Tyrtle ๐จ๐ฆ @sagetyrtle.bsky.social Award-winning storyteller, writer, workshop facilitator. Taught 150+ workshops including Second City, Smokelong Quarterly, Clarion West. Stories published in Barrelhouse, Baltimore Review, Apex, Fractured Lit etc. www.tyrtle.com. #HumanMade
William Cohen-Kiraly, Author @wckiraly.bsky.social I am the author of Songs of a Befuddled Muse, a book of thirteen eccentric short stories pulled from the nooks and crannies of my mind.
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social Slipstream Writer โ๏ธ
Published or forthcoming in Strange Horizons | LITRO | Washington Square Review | Boudin | Neon Dystopia | Expat Press | HAWKEYE etc
Short story collection โฌ๏ธ
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Sadie Hepworth @sadiehepworth.bsky.social ๐ Queer writer of spicy and heartfelt MM romance, including:
๐๏ธ Heโs Not for Me, available now
๐ธ Take It From the Top, coming Aug 4
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Jen @jenbached.bsky.social Social media for my pal's pod, If This Goes On (Donโt Panic)- interviews SFF, Horror writers, & community members https://itgodp.libsyn.com/
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Relfy in California @relfyart.bsky.social Furry artist and fuzzbutt aficionado, minors DNI, I will block you
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Joe @antolius.josipantolis.from.hr Started as mathematician, ended up a developer. A Trekkie and D&D player. I recently took up birding.
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S.M. Carter (Sheldon) @sheldoncarter.bsky.social New here!
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