Veronica Holmes @veronicaholmes.bsky.social Sapphic Spec Fic author, editor, anthologist, small press publisher. Fanfic writer. TTRPG player. Dice dragon. Lesbian. She/They. No Gen AI ever. Newcastle, Australia. Debut novel “All or None” in November 2026.
AO3 fanfic as: NancyAmazon
𝕳𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖔𝖗𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙 🇨🇦🦇🥀🕸 @horrorculturist.bsky.social Gothic gardening, goblincore, dark art, horror, weird music. 🌿🍁🍂🎃
Agnostic atheist. Nyctophile. AuDHD. Demi-Pan. They/them. | Contrary to internet lore, I am not lost, sorrowful, despairing, trapped, drowning, falling, or stuck in a maze. (You OK?)
REMAINS @remainsmagazine.bsky.social Magazine of new fiction edited by Andy Cox with art by Richard Wagner. Issue 5 out now. https://remains.uk
Aggie Novak @aggie-novak.bsky.social Reader and writer of silly little words.
Published stories: https://aggienovak.com/
Edinburgh SFF @edinburghsff.com ESFF is an open writing community for Science Fiction and Fantasy writers in Scotland. Events, resources & support, writing sessions, critique + more.
Community website for writers:
https://EdinburghSFF.com
Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga @aniyonsenga.bsky.social writer extraordinaire~ Spec fic is my jam. Words in Uncanny Magazine, Andromeda Spaceways,
GigaNotoSaurus, Augur Magazine, Fantasy Magazine, FIYAH, Apparition Lit, etc.
EN/FR/JP. she/her. Photo by Madeeha Photos. https://www.aline-mweziniyonsenga.com/
BrendaLee @brendalee-on-sl.bsky.social Artist, animal lover, and intellectual. I'm an avid reader and movie watcher, fps gamer, long time Second Life resident, and an introvert with extrovert skills. Leader of few, friend of many, watcher of all.
See you soon!
Orpiment Press @orpimentpress.bsky.social Fine purveyors of queer SFF with an erotic bent
File 770 @file770.bsky.social Mike Glyer's news of science fiction
https://file770.com/
Roanne Lau @roannelau.bsky.social Author of THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY
• Aurealis Award Winner
• Ditmar Award Finalist
• An Amazon Editors' Pick: Best SFF
• Buy now: http://tscm.carrd.co
Newsletter: http://roannelau.substack.com/embed
Agent: @keiralekseii.bsky.social
Chronically offline.
Scott Steensma @scottsteensma.bsky.social Librarian, writer, son of a cat-fancier. Published in Analog, Aurealis, ASM, Etherea, The Australian, The Age and elsewhere. Shortlisted for the Aurealis 2022 and 2025 science fiction short story awards. You can find me at stainlesssteelcat.com
Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social Aurealis and Australian Shadows Awards Winner. Ditmar finalist. AHWA, SFWA. Tired, but trying to be kind. (he/him) https://matttighe.weebly.com/
Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social The Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to helping writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror improve their work.
Emmi Khor - Writer @emmikhor.bsky.social ✳️ 2026 Ditmar nominee|2026 Best Small Fiction nominee|2024 Aurealis Finalist
✳️ Speculative, surreal, literary in:
BSFA Fission#6, Cast of Wonders, Inner Worlds, Factor Four, Fictive Dream, Blood+Honey
✳️ linktr.ee/emmikhor
🌿Aspen Harding | Author✨ @aspenharding.bsky.social 🌿WEEDIE WISDOM🌿
🔆Modern Philosophy | Spiritual Insights📿
I had a break-up.
I had a breakdown.
I had a breakthrough.
Crawling my way back up from rock bottom.
Sharing insights learned along the way.
Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social Doing the thing for Worldcon 2028 - Brisbane!
(Also National Australian Horror Convention)
Chaotic neutral at the best of times
She/Her
Brittany Lee @brittanyerinlee.com Perth-based writer | Editor & co-founder of Banksia Journal | Currently studying Masters in Professional Writing and Publishing
https://banksiajournal.com/
Whimsy And Metaphor @whimsyandmetaphor.bsky.social Mostly run by the Whimsy half. Aka Vella or sometimes Lee Cope. It/its pronouns (or ask me if we're in person). Games researcher (PhD student), event manager, narrative designer, and purveyor of fine falsehoods. In Naarm, on Wurundjeri land.
E.M. Linden @emlinden.bsky.social Nebula-nominated writer from Aotearoa NZ. Caffeinated.
Words in Strange Horizons, The Deadlands, Beneath Ceaseless Skies,
PodCastle, Kaleidotrope, The Dark, Flash Fiction Online, ECO24 & elsewhere
Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social Writer, illustrator.
Australia.
Rep: Shena Wolf.
linktr.ee/tanaudel
@girlfleeshouse.bsky.social & @improbablemaps.bsky.social
#artthoughts #storynotes
patreon.com/tanaudel
Prints: tanaudel.redbubble.com
Fabric: www.spoonflower.com/profiles/tanaudel
Kaaron Warren @kaaronwarren.bsky.social Reader, writer, podcaster at "Let the Cat In".
Shirley Jackson Award Winner.
Author of The Underhistory Slights Tide of Stone The Grief Hole
World Fantasy and Stokercon GOH
Lemon Ride @lemonride.bandcamp.com Lemon Ride is the name on everyone’s lips — and no one knows who’s behind it. Blending shimmering melodies with earth-shaking basslines, Lemon Ride crafts a sound that defies definition, balancing emotion and innovation in every track.
m shafiqul islam @msijewel.bsky.social poet, translator, and professor of English literature
Scylla Publishing @scyllapublishing.bsky.social Australian publisher of sapphic specfic
SEPT 4 2026 - "Who Am I? Sapphic Spec Fic of Identity and Purpose" anthology! https://www.scyllapublishing.com/whoami
No AI now or ever.
Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social YA fantasy writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Co-publisher of Aurealis, Australia's longest running spec fic magazine. Podcast host. Gadabout.
Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social Come to Worldcon (the World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention) in Brisbane, Australia in 2028! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 🇵🇬 🇫🇯 🇼🇸 🇸🇧 🇻🇺 🇳🇨 🇹🇴 🇨🇰 🇫🇲
aussiecon.org
instagram.com/Aussiecon5
Merri Andrew @merriandrew.bsky.social Poet and speculative fiction writer, mother, women’s health worker, she/they
https://www.merriandrew.com
Matthew King @matthewkingart.bsky.social Artist & Author of Don't get Blood in my House books2read.com/matthewking
Likes Character Design, Gamedev, 90’s, Cooking, Sharpies, Beetles, Raccoons, Wrestling, The FGC, Baki, Capcom, Boardgames, DDR
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
a l i s @alis.me Mostly for following cool peeps. Posts go to https://alis.me and https://fandom.ink/@alis, not here, because atproto is a privacy nightmare, hey.
Thriller/Suspense Film Festival @thrillersuspense.bsky.social Entering its 10th year, this festival is a showcase of Thriller/Suspense Films & Screenplays from around the world, using the popular audience feedback video.
https://filmfreeway.com/ThrillerSuspenseFestival
https://thrillersuspensefestival.com
SelfPubShelf | Your Book’s Escape from Algorithm Jail @selfpubshelf.com Tired of shouting into Amazon’s void? SelfPubShelf.com is the indie author’s rebellion against invisibility.
selfpubshelf.com
We Do What Amazon Won’t:
Get found by readers Googling your genre.
Drive traffic that makes Amazon’s system beg to recommend you.
@cwuyfgw.bsky.social @cwuyfgw.bsky.social 
@zhangyubaihu.bsky.social @zhangyubaihu.bsky.social 
Aurealis Magazine @aurealisfsf.bsky.social Australia's longest running science fiction and fantasy magazine, est. 1990.
Subscriptions only $25USD. https://aurealis.com.au
Australasian Horror Writers Association @australasianhorror.bsky.social The Australasian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) provides a unified voice for Australasian writers of dark fiction.
Joshua Palmatier/Zombies Need Brains @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social Joshua Palmatier is an epic fantasy writer and the founder of the small press Zombies Need Brains. ZNB does NOT use AI imagery in its covers and does NOT accept AI-generated stories. Visit the store: https://zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site
Harper Dent @harperdent.bsky.social Writer of speculative fiction. Loves nature, dogs and chocolate. She/them
C.Z. Tacks @cztacks.bsky.social Aussie SF&F author. Clarion West 2024. Currently hiding in a koi pond.
Mitchell R. R. Akhurst @mrrakhurst.bsky.social Story nerd
https://medium.com/@ak.mitch
an itty bitty kitty @averybittykitty.bsky.social I’m kittem
Americo Alvarenga @captainamerico.bsky.social A writer who’s written hundreds of things you haven’t read yet.
New comic, 🎱DirtBags🎱 coming out April, 2026!
https://www.comix.one/projects/dirtbags-169b2f6f-7f68d9152fe3
⚡ Buky | {∞ÆON∞} @bukydiez.bsky.social Just Buky things: decoding chaos, one upvote at a time. I don’t post often, but when I do — it echoes.
Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social Drinks tea. Hoards books. Scribbles things. 
C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social Spec fic writer, reader, artist. Wrangles, variously: words, data, two small children. Loves history, New Weird, rats. 💖💜💙 A/member SFWA, HWA. Rep: @clgslr.bsky.social | w: www.chpearce.net | IG: c.h.pearce
Dave Versace @daveversace.bsky.social Some guy from Canberra. Writes a bit. Games a bit. Tries not to become infuriated with the state of the world or go outside. Likes dogs. Trans rights are human rights. Science doesn't care about your beliefs. ACAB. AWAWB.