Matthew Aaron Gorman @mattyg-666.bsky.social Horror Writer
Subtle Body Press @subtlebodypress.bsky.social Indie press publishing outsiders since 2021.
EinC cliffhensley.bsky.social.
Annuals include Seven Story Hotel (7SH) and Body Shots.
Open for submissions at www.subtlebodypress.com.
Mary G. Thompson @marygthompson.bsky.social Author of MG, YA, Sci-fi. New sci-fi: One Level Down (Tachyon). New YA: The Word (Page Street). Law librarian. Opinions my own. marygthompson.com
WriteStats @writestats.bsky.social Data-Driven Insights for Writers and Publishers.
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Rebecca E. Treasure @retreasure.bsky.social Bi, ND, & slightly obsessed with Stardew Valley. Fueled by ๐ง ๐ฅจ & corgi fur.
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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social The award-winning literary journal based at Emerson College. Publishing established and emerging writers since 1971. mtr.bio/pshares
Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social Bold. Brief. Beautiful.
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Night Shades โพ @nightshadesmag.bsky.social ๐ธ 500 Word Speculative Stories. $0.15/word. nightshadesmag.com
Mostly Confused Intelligence @mostly-confuzed.bsky.social I have questions about all of you.
Nate Callaway @natecallaway.bsky.social Writing literary fiction about a man who builds furniture by hand in Wicker Park and figures out the rest as he goes. Queer. Five volumes. Vol III โ Almost Exactly โ out June 15, 2026.
Simone Nespolo @simonenespolo.bsky.social Aurum nostrum non est Aurum vulgi
Award-winning Italian writer, screenwriter and visual storyteller, with international selections and publications.
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Sage Tyrtle @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
Fran, Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores @cosmicrootsonline.bsky.social sf/f, myth, & eldritch stories, podcasts, art, & articles from around the world. We stand with Ukraine & all whose freedoms are under assault.
Also supporting animal & environmental rights.
Artist, writer, editor.
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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social.
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The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social The VILLAGE ๐ is a place where the world ๐ feels a tiny bit smaller. Founded by SMOKELONG for the Global Flash Community
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Meghan Leigh Paulk @paulkwrites.bsky.social Niche Internet Micro Celebrity. Canonically 27. Famous at Starbucks. Published by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, @shotgunhoney.com, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and Punk Noir. Rep: @cbuccibookman.bsky.social
Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social SF/F author of 200+ stories, 2 novels, 6 novellas, 1 novelette, and 5 collections. Likes reading, gaming, hiking. 80% tea. Lives in a 3-cat household. Asexual agnostic socialist. She/her.
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Candi Norwood | Horror Writer | Book Reviews @candikat.bsky.social Reader with writerly dreams ๐โ๏ธ
horror ยท thriller ยท fantasy
folk horror ยท gothic ยท haunted houses
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Book Recs at horrorverse.net
Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social Award-winning independent publisher of distinctive, unforgettable fiction and outstanding non-fiction.
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Head of Zeus @headofzeus.bsky.social ๐ Home to great stories and bestselling authors
๐ Award-winning independent division of Bloomsbury Publishing
Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social Independent publisher.
Leeds.
Publishing director: Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social
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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social Author of The Night Circus (2011) & The Starless Sea (2019), creator of The Phantomwise Tarot (2022). she/her. Ask me about my cat. https://linktr.ee/erinmorgenstern
BookSky: Books of BlueSky @booksky.bsky.social Posts of books, features, interviews and reviews by BlueSky authors & readers.
๐Curated by Ben Benyamin, author, The Dimension of Trees
@yaminpublishing.bsky.social
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social โฆ writer | reviewer | book blogger | cheerleader of books, poetry and art | all genres RTโd | resident Tolkien fangirl | linktr.ee/rjcrunden โฆ
Jill ๐๐๐ Book Blogger (Books_in_wales) ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @booksinwales.bsky.social ๐๐ Book lover and reviewer ๐๐โ
Massive fan of gothic historical fiction ๐ค
Love anything bookish, dogs, nature and food ๐
Always looking for glimmers โจ small moments of positivity and light in a dark world ๐
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Riccardo @ricktripstar.bsky.social Engineer and Wordsmith of the singularity. Inspiring reflections on ourselves and the world through emotions, sharing original ideas, discoveries and stories.
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Andy Jackson @andyjak.bsky.social Lover of sci-fi,horror ,fantasy;books, comics, tv, Rock, Metal,Fan of Rugby Union and father of cats, born Britsh, European by inclination
Anthony Alaimo @anthonyalaimo.bsky.social Writing under the geek umbrella, urban fantasy, sci-fi, & horror -
Not open to unsolicited sales pitches
Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social Science fiction. Fantasy. The universe. And related subjects.
https://beacons.ai/reactormag
Libre @libre.reverie.house ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐
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I update the library at ๐ฐ reverie.house
๐๐ making book lists with biblio.bond
Sharing stories through ๐ชถ lore.farm
Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social Baltimore-based indie bookstore. Currently online until we get a new space for the bookstore. Generally won't DM people, unless maybe you're a publisher and we need info to stock your books.
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The Slab Press @theslabpress.bsky.social We publish quirkier sorts of books! Science Fiction. Horror. Fantasy.
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Mark Allen, Horrorwriter @horrorwriter61.bsky.social Indie horror novelist in Northwest WA state. Retired screenwriter. Retired USN (1980-2001). Proud #HWA and Authors Guild. Cancer survivor, stroke survivor. I can't die yet-- I have too many books to write.
Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social Poet. #ReadMorePoetry Collections: Crown of Eggshell, In the Shadow of Gods @BookWormSat w/ Signe Maene. Literature, art, myth, folklore, the gothic. Left wing. ๐ช๐บ She/her ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Ally https://linktr.ee/rachel_deering
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ShawnJovi @shawnjovi.bsky.social The King of Brockton. Writer/Creator/Showrunner of WAYNE on @primevideo, which I made up with my imagination. Brockton via Los Angeles 
Jeff Vande Zande @jeffvandezande.bsky.social I am a community college professor and a writer (and other stuff too!)
Check out my Orphan Island Horror Trilogy:
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FearSome Fiction @fearsomefiction.bsky.social Horror. Read. Watch. Listen. Play. Write. Shop. Enjoy.
FearsomeFiction.com
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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social Editor in Chief & Publisher, Whisper House Press.
Award-Winning Writer & Screenwriter.
Educator since โ08.
Trained ethicist.
#booksky #HWA #Horrorsky #WritingCommunity #IBPA #WhisperHousePress
https://linktr.ee/stevecaponejr
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. ๐ก๐ก๐ฎโจ๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธ
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
Singer for Violet Outburst ๐ธ๐ค
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf4w9Ze38rLniADBEGKSp?si=AcWduGX
The Shirley Jackson Awards @sjacksonawards.bsky.social For outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the fantastic.
Michael Arnzen @mikearnzen.bsky.social Horror writer. Professor. At one with the coffee. See whatโs what at http://michaelarnzen.com
Charles Barouch @hdwp.com genre fluid writer
board gamer
technologist
he/him
Ste Gen Mo Dem ๐๐ ๐๐ณ @stegenmodem.bsky.social Supporting Dems Everywhere SG 60 miles South of St Louis @piperformissouri.bsky.social @fpwellman.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @missouridemocrats.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social ๐๐ญ๐
Horror Underground Film Festival @horrorfilmfestival.bsky.social Various options to submit to the Festival. A HYBRID model. Cinema screenings for audience feedback video.Blog and podcast interviews. And bonus Virtual screening (optional!).
https://filmfreeway.com/horrorunderground
https://festivalforhorror.comi
Robin Knabel - Inky Bones Press @robinknabel.bsky.social Horror author, editor, coffee addict, indie publisher/owner of Inky Bones Press.
Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social Horror Author. 4x Bram Stoker Award Winner. Lambda Literary Award Winner. Potato Chip Connoisseur.
Dawn Raffel @dawnraffel.bsky.social Writer: Boundless as the Sky, The Strange Case of Dr. Couney, Th Secret Life of Objects, and 3 more.
Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social Writer & old punk in Maine. Firewood stacked but my lawn needs work. Most recent novel: A Haunting on the Hill. Forthcoming: Unspeakable Things. Profile photo: Bridget Huber/BDN
Lee Matthew Goldberg @leematthewgoldberg.bsky.social Author of 16 ๐ including ANCESTOR, MENTOR and the GREAT GIMMELMANS.
Lit Rep: Josh Getzler @ HG Literary
Screenwriter and publisher of Fringe Press.
Native New Yorker. LeeMatthewGoldberg.com
Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social Brit writer in Cambodia. I work, write, read, run, box, sometimes socialise. www.jaimegill.com & jaimegill.substack.com
Published in Missouri Review, The Forge, Fractured, Trampset & more
Bridport & Luminaire Prose Award winner, 3 times Puschart nominee
HellBound Books @hellboundbooks.bsky.social We are an independent publisher of horror, bizarro, erotic horror, dark erotica, poetry, and associated anthologies.
hellboundbookspublishing.com
Grace Daly @gracedalyauthor.bsky.social (she/her) โข Bram Stoker-Nominated Author of The Scald-Crow โข Disabled, chronic invisible illness โข Easily frightened but writes horror (HWA member) โข Also writes fantasy and sci fi โข Rep: Lane Heymont at The Tobias Literary Agency
Al Kratz @alkratz.bsky.social Reading and writing in Indianola, Iowa.
Working art full time now.
Got a lot of projects in flight.
I'm here right now,
I'm not dead yet.
alkratz.com
Pedro Iniguez @pedroiniguez.bsky.social Bram Stoker, Elgin, and Dwarf Stars Award-winning Horror/SF writer. Rhysling finalist, Pushcart nominee.
THE BUILD-A-MONSTER WORKSHOP (Out Now!)
ECHOES AND EMBERS (Out Now!)
THE FIB (Out Now!)
Repped by Peter Steinberg, UTA
www.pedroiniguez.com
Alison Wassell @alisonwassell.bsky.social Short story, flash and micro fiction writer published by Fictive Dream, Bath Flash Fiction, Does It Have Pockets, The Disappointed Housewife, The Phare, NFFD, FlashFlood Journal and elsewhere. Highly Commended 2024 Bridport Prize (Flash Fiction).
Cole Beauchamp ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ @nomad-sw18.bsky.social Queer writer l #FlashFiction l Smokelong Fellow 2026 l Contrib ed @nffr.bsky.social
Pushcart, BSF, BMF & Monarch noms
Read my stories:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17zj1W2pXZsP1aZZ3vR4vbV4Cra9eZ15F6lwU5lc2tKA/edit?usp=sharing
Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social Poet, professor, literary translator, new media artist, and writer of speculative fiction. M.F.A., Ph.D., HWA, SFWA #horror #scifi #fantasy #booksky
Web: https://francescolevato.com/
K Lucian Jones (Kit) @spideyj.com Horror writer. Queer goth kitchen thembo
spideyj.com
http://xoxo.zone/@spideyj
he/they 
Brรญd McGinley @bridmcginley.bsky.social Writer, reader, lover of music, secret singer. 
Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey.
https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/
Laila Amado @amadolaila.bsky.social Book lover and cat worshiper, I observe people and write words for a living. She/They. Codexian. SFWA. HWA. Best Small Fictions 2022. Best Microfiction 2024.
Bob Muckle @bobmuckle.bsky.social Archaeologist. Broad experiences and interests in archaeology. Currently focussed on arch of recent and contemporary times. Written several books, incl textbooks. Series editor for Teaching Archaeology (U of Toronto Press). Now also trying to write fiction
Keith @keithjpowell.com Just here for the zipline.
Sarah Holloway @sarahholloway.bsky.social Writer. Work in or forthcoming: SmokeLong Quarterly,'s blog, Roi Fainรฉant, Cowboy Jamboree, Necessary Fiction, Heavy Feather Review and elsewhere. Grandmother. Musician. She/her.
Mercedes M. Yardley @missmurdermercedes.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-Winning author, dark fantasist, family girl, artist, cupcake baker.
Chelsea Moyer @chelseamoyer.bsky.social Literary Agent Assistant at Raven Quill Literary Agency
https://www.ravenliterary.com/
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Danai Christopoulou | VILE LADY VILLAINS out NOW @danaiwrites.bsky.social VILE LADY VILLAINS (UK: Penguin Michael Joseph / US: Union Square & Co) โจRep: Lauren BiekerโจEditor: khลrรฉล โจAssociate Literary Agent: Tobias Literary Agencyโจshe/they๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฌ๐ท
lnk.bio/danaiwrites
Sarah Nicolas @sarahnfisk.bsky.social Literary Agent. YA Author as Sarah Nicolas. Queries Qualms & Quirks host. Disability in Publishing Board. ๐๐ค๐๐ค linktr.ee/presidentsarah
Ann Rose @annmrose.bsky.social agent: Marsal Lyon & #rosebudauthor wrangler | author | opinions are my own | she/her
rep: Eva Scalzo
layout: Ana Scribe
Kelly Dyksterhouse @kellydhouse.bsky.social Literary Agent, The Tobias Literary Agency | #kidlit | AALA | SCBWI | ๐ฑand ๐ถ | writer-hiker-daydreamer | www.KellyDyksterhouse.com
Natascha @socalledyalife.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency. Account for #MSWL only. Query me at https://querytracker.net/query/natascha
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/natascha
Website: www.nataschamorris.com
Jacqui Lipton @jacquilipton.bsky.social Author, Law Professor (Duquesne Kline), Founder/Literary Agent,
Raven Quill Literary Agency. #VCFA #SCBWI; #HWA
; #AALA; LAW & AUTHORS: A LEGAL HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS (UC Press, 2020); OUR DATA, OURSELVES (UC Press, 2022). jlipton.com
The Wax Paper @thewaxpaper.bsky.social An independent publication of moving words and still images.
TheWaxPaper.com
bookgorilla | #BookSky ๐๐ @bookgorilla.com It's bookgorilla.com/kindledealsonly, where readers + authors connect for the best prices deals ever on ebooks by your favorite authors!
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Donna Scott @wishusdonna.bsky.social Writer. Editor of Best of British Science Fiction and other things. Chief word wrangler at The Slab Press. Occasionally a comedian. www.donna-scott.co.uk
Samkalensky @samkalensky.com Artist | Character Designer | Folklorist | 33 | ๐จ๐ฆ | They/Them ๐ซ๐ค
Patreon: http://patreon.com/samkalensky
Website/Bestiary: Samkalensky.com
Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social Writer of Fiction; Bae of Fundy
Irish-Canadian
Website https://www.lorekeating.com/
Novella AGONY'S LODESTONE https://store.tenebrouspress.com/products/agonys-lodestone-print
Collection THE TRUEST SENSE https://a.co/d/090sQN3I
She/Her
Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/
Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social Worldโs greatest author
Ai Jiang || ๆฑ่พ๐ @aijiang.bsky.social ๐จ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ | she/her | Changle -> Toronto | Ignyte, Bram Stoker, Nebula Winner | Hugo, Astounding, Locus nominee | Odyssey โ23 | BA,MSc | rep: UTA & Mushens Entertainment | A RIVER FROM THE SKY (Titan Books โ26)
https://aijiang.carrd.co/
Wendy N. Wagner ๐ @wnwagner.bsky.social Stoker nominated horror writer; editor of NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE. Rep'd by Lane Heymont. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Portland, OR - plant nerd, foot traveler - she/her, they/them
https://linktr.ee/wendynwagner
Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social USA Today bestselling horror noveler (MARY; NESTLINGS; REST STOP; WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME). TV actor. Musician. Out now: I KNOW A PLACE, May 5, 2026, Shortwave Books. (he/him)
Bracken MacLeod ๐ค โฐ @brackenmacleod.bsky.social Recovering lawyer. Author of STRANDED, COME TO DUST, & CLOSING COSTS. A new collection, LET NOT YOUR SORROW DIE, out NOW from Bad Hand Books! Represented by Howard Morhaim at http://morhaimliterary.com He/Him
Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social phd in gender studies - writer of books (Summer Sons, Feed Them Silence, The Woods All Black, and anthology Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity)- he/him
Joshua Hull @joshuathehull.bsky.social Screenwriter - GLORIOUS (Shudder)
Author - UNDEREXPOSED (ABRAMS Books), MOUTH (Tenebrous Press) 8114 (CLASH Books, August 26th, 2025 - preorder TODAY)
Johnny Compton @comptonwrites.bsky.social Horror author: The Spite House & Devils Kill Devils
Podcaster: Healthy Fears. /. Behind Your Face There is a Place
Elliott Gish @elliottgish.bsky.social TT, LL. Writer, librarian, too many freckles, not enough sleep. Debut novel GREY DOG available now. She/her. https://linktr.ee/elliottgish
Emmett Nahil @emnays.bsky.social Narrative Director/Cofounder @ Perfect Garbage ๐ช making Grave Seasons
โฆ FROM THE BELLY โฆ LET ME OUT
Lit Rep: Tamara Kawar โฆ Film/TV: Sean Berard, Grandview
www.emmettnahil.com
L.P. Hernandez @lphernandez.bsky.social Horror author. MBA. Air Force officer. Publisher. Co-owner of Sobelo Books. Metalhead. Robust. Enchanting. Read me in Cemetery Gates, Dark Matter, a truck stop between Lubbock and Amarillo. Client of Becky LeJeune. Punch Nazis. I love you.
CJ Leede @ceejthemoment.bsky.social Americana Psychoโค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐๏ธ๐บ๐๏ธ๐ช๐๐ป
USA Today bestselling author of MAEVE FLY, AMERICAN RAPTURE, & HEADLIGHTS
Lycan Valley Press Publications @lycanvalley.bsky.social 
Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social #artist / #author / #editor - @jmwwjournal.bsky.social. I spend many an hour fiddling around with my website https://damicandrea.wordpress.com/.
Forest McMullin @forestmcm.bsky.social Writer and photographer based in Atlanta. Debut novel coming soon.
Short fiction available at https://forestmcmullin.substack.com/
Photography at http://www.forest-mcmullin.com/
The Ekphrastic Review @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social The Ekphrastic Review is an online daily journal of writing inspired by visual art. It is a worldwide family of readers and writers who love art and literature. Our Ekphrastic Academy has Zooms on art and creative writing.
https://www.ekphrastic.net
Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning horror bitch. Co-founder, Darker Times. Writer, critic, listmaker. HORROR FOR WEENIES on sale now. Reviews etc in the NYTBR, Reactor, Vulture, Slate, & more. She/her. ๐
readjumpscares.com
darkertimes.com
Greg Greene @igreggreene.bsky.social I love horror in all its fictional forms! My occasional podcast Chthonica is on YouTube & Apple Podcasts. Iโm in Nashville, TN. AKA +The Blessorcist+ I sell cool horror merch at threadsofdread.com!
Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social Seven-time Pushcart Prize winning journal of very short fiction. (Read us at wigleaf.com)
FloridaSnow @floridasnow.bsky.social Iโm an English prof. living in SW Florida with my wife and two crazy children. You can usually find me reading, writing, wandering, or frantically grading.
www.SOrtolano.com
Christa Carmen๐๐ฆ๐ฎ @christaqua.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning & 2x Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author. She/her.
Pre-Order How to Fake a Haunting:
https://www.christacarmen.com/books-how-to-fake-a-haunting.aspx
Substack: Horror Homesteading:
https://christacarmen.substack.com/