Shonna White @shonnathewhite.bsky.social Author, artist, gamer & GIANT GEEK (she/her) ๐จ๐ฆ
LOST INFERNAL - Now available: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HBLTY4TJ
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Tortured soul behind the writer's resource
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DOGUBOMB @dogubomb.bsky.social Dogubomb is an indie game and film studio hidden among the long shadows of Hollywood. After a decade of making stuff for other people, we decided to make something for ourselves: Blue Prince. @blueprincegame.bsky.social
Blue Prince @blueprincegame.bsky.social Blue Prince is a genre-defying atmospheric adventure. Developed by @Dogubomb.bsky.social. Published by @rawfury.bsky.social. Out Now on Steam, Mac, Xbox, PS5 & NS2
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Trevor Henderson ๐ (commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social he/him NO A/I GARBAGE
๐ชฑ Artist / illustrator / writer obsessed with ghosts โn ghouls
๐ชฑ Wrote Scarewaves / Scarewaves: Beyond The Grave
๐ชฑ Creature concepts for Tarot (2024) + others
Dr Tiffani Angus @tiffaniangus.bsky.social Multi awards-shortlisted SFFH & non-fic author. Editor & typesetter. SPEC FIC FOR NEWBIES 3 now in the wild! https://linktr.ee/tiffaniangusauthor Leftie, feminist, ex academic, ally, anti-AI. she/her. Now ๐ฌ๐ง was ๐บ๐ธ- D drDara.bsky.social @drdara.bsky.social
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Lucy A. Snyder @lucyasnyder.bsky.social SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER (Tor Nightfire, Titan). 5 Bram Stoker Awards. Shirley Jackson finalist. Work in Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Asimov's, Pseudopod, etc. Clarion grad. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social Publishing Wales and the World since 1922. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ Cymraeg:
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Ruth-Anne @ruthannereads.bsky.social Gothic, Ecology and Theology in 19th century literature
AHRC-funded PhD Candidate at Warwick University
She/They ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ถ
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Sorcha Nรญ Fhlainn @sorchanf.bsky.social Reader in Film Studies & American Studies @ Manchester Met Uni. Researcher in Pop Culture, Gothic, C Nolan, Horror, Vampires, & Time Travel. Writes books and lives in a 1980s time warp.
Emily Banks @emilyabanks.bsky.social Poet; author of Mother Water (Lynx House Press, 2020). Scholar of American gothic literature & Shirley Jackson. Assistant Professor at Franklin College.
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Lucy Elizabeth Allan @lucyelizabethallan.bsky.social Writer and remarkably well-preserved bog body.
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Quen Took @dummygothicc.bsky.social God's favourite crone. Transqueer, disabled writer & reader. Scholar at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Roxanne Douglas @roxannedouglas.bsky.social Assistant Prof at IAS University of Warwick. World-Literatures, Feminism, Arab Feminism, Gothic, Apocalypses. Women in World-Literature organiser. She/her.
Erika Kvistad @erika-kvistad.bsky.social Associate professor in English, ghost enthusiast. I work on the Gothic and horror, sex and romance, and digital narratives.
Emily Horton @princessemilu.bsky.social [[Opinions are my own]]
Professional game developer, amateur Bluesky bio writer.
Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social FRSC Professor in Halifax๐. Member of @dalfaculty.bsky.social . Locked out for 30 days in 2025. Views here mine only. Rebleatsโ agreement.
"it is not Air / That from a thousand Lungs reeks back to thine" (Armstrong 1744). Silence=Spread๐ฆ #COVIDisAirborne
Helen Pinsent @heleninwords.bsky.social PhD Candidate, Dalhousie - American Gothic - Mobility Studies - we are here and it is now
Dr Evelyn Koch @evelynkoch.bsky.social Early modern/19th-cent. English literature, science and literature, landscape in literature, fantasy, horror and weird fiction.
Sam Le Butt @samlebutt.bsky.social Researcher with PhD in English Literature from University of Bristol, specialising in Environmental Humanities, EcoGothic, monstrosity, creative methods and basically anything a bit weird. Teacher, fiction writer, collage maker, fungi botherer ๐
Fredrik Blanc @fredrikblanc.bsky.social PhD Researcher in English and Teaching Assistant at the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. My thesis focuses on oceanic horror and hybridity in Weird fiction of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social PhD in myth, religious studies, and fantasy fiction. Expertise on Wicked, fairy tales, and transmedial adaptation. 1/3 of the Danse Macabre project on gothic dance. QA and Acreditations Manager in HE. Mum of 2 kids with additional needs.
Claude Denis @ceedeegee.bsky.social Software Dev, Karaoke Host, Husband, Dog and Cat Daddy, Camper, Queer, and a whole bunch of other stuff too
Emma L. Davies @edgarallanhole.bsky.social horror author | bristol | ahrc funded phd | bog gothic ๐ฑ
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Inรฉs Ordiz @iordiz.bsky.social Feminist in process. Doctor in Gothic literature. Ex-migrante con el corazรณn en dos lenguas. She/her, ella. ๐ฉท๐๐ฉต
๐ฆ Leah Richards ๐ฆ @plaguedr-richards.bsky.social โ ๏ธ "an aging, deeply unlikeable woman who never had kids," a kitchen witch, and a cat fancier; she/her
โ ๏ธ horror & gothic scholar, professor, editor of Supernatural Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Art, Media, and Culture, supernaturalstudies.com
Derek Johnston @drdjohnston.bsky.social Media lecturer: UK TV history, telefantasy, historical dramas. At Queenโs University Belfast.
Electra Rhodes @electrarhodes.bsky.social Writer. Digger. Rustic. Thief.
Wait...
*Taps mic*
Is this thing working?
Work on/in/with
BBC Radio 4
Best Small Fictions 2023
Emerging Writers The London Library 22/23
W/C
ND
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Federica Palazzi @federicapalazzi.bsky.social Learning design & game design for women's Gothic and supernatural lit: Irish Gothic women writers in London (PhD) โข Educator, dance-movement therapist & musician โข www.wordsoming.com
Anni Perheentupa @anniperheentupa.bsky.social Researcher of online ghosts, spooky legends, and other Gothic media in Japanese, English, and Finnish. PhD Candidate at University of California, Riverside, in the Comp Lit department.
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Monica Germanร @monicagermana.bsky.social Researcher, Writer, Lecturer. Co-President of the International Gothic Association. Research interests in Monsters, Blue Humanities, the Arctic andโฆ James Bond!
Eeva Savolainen @eevasavolainen.bsky.social SGSAH funded PhD researcher at the Universities of Stirling & Glasgow. History of diagnosis, C19 Gothic, chronic illness. MHRC Social media officer. She/Her
Jamie Gorrod @jamiegorrod.bsky.social he/him โข MA English Literature student
Rebecca Greef @rebeccabrenna.bsky.social Wildlife Education Lead. ๐ Toddler mum. ๐ฃVegan. ๐ฑ PhD student researching Faustian bargains in Literature. MA Literature & Culture. ๐ She/Her. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Kate Foster @kate-foster.bsky.social Lecturer in French at University of Reading, Conference Officer @frenchstudies. Androids, cyborgs, automation, mannequins. She/her
@kate_l_foster
ORCID 0000-0001-9347-1036
Heidi Backes @heidibackes1.bsky.social Prof of Spanish lit and cultural history / Gothic fiction / Fascism / Memory & Trauma Studies / Author of SPECTRAL SPAIN (U of Wales Press, 2024), FASCIST FEMALE GOTHIC (Jan. 2027, UWP)
Alexia Mandla Ainsworth ๐ฆ @alexiamandla.bsky.social PhD Student at Stanford | Studying the literature, theatre, and games of the (very) long early modern period | Gothicist | Shakespeare+ | she/her
Jimmy Packham @jfpackham.bsky.social Researching and writing about literature of the sea and the gothic: mostly coastly, the seabed and deep ocean, blue hums, and gothic voices. Co-runs the Haunted Shores network. Senior Lecturer at University of Birmingham.
Megen de Bruin-Molรฉ @megenjm.bsky.social 
Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social Writer. Musician. Editor | ๐ Ploughshares, Witness, Michigan Quarterly Review, Meridian, Greensboro Review etc. | ๐MVICW Fellow, Sewanee Scholar | mimimanyin.com
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Shelly Jones (they/them) @shellyjones.bsky.social English Prof. Editor at Analog Game Studies.
Agatha nominee. Writer, gamer, nature nerd. BLM
Author of Cozy, Nerdy Mysteries:
https://tulepublishing.com/series/a-wren-winters-mystery/
https://shellyjonesauthor.com/
Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social Analog Game Studies is a quarterly journal dedicated to the study of games containing a substantial analog component. Hosts of #GenerationAnalog
https://analoggamestudies.org
RPG Roots @rpgroots.bsky.social A podcast that digs deep into analog role-playing games and their cultures. Coming in Fall 2026!
Part of Ludology podcast group.
Hosted by @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @czamboni.bsky.social
Logo by @feralcharlie.bsky.social
Aaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social Anyone who ever had a heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it.
Anyone who every played a part, they wouldn't turn around and hate it.
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Northumbria University @northumbriauni.bsky.social A research-intensive university that unlocks potential for all, changing livesย regionally, nationally and internationally. #TakeOnTomorrow
Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin.bsky.social Official source of news from Trinity College Dublin. Trinity is Ireland's highest-ranked university in the QS World University Ranking 2026 and Times Higher Education 2025 and ranked 75th in the World QS World University Ranking, 2026.
MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Committed to the daily re-imagining of what a university press can be since 1962.
Website: https://mitpress.mit.edu
The Reader (our home for excerpts, essays, & interviews): https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
MIT Press Direct: https://direct.mit.edu/
Routledge Books @routledgebooks.bsky.social Academic publisher of books, journals, eBooks, textbooks, software, and online learning resources. ๐๐ก
Piotr Bunkowski - PLAY ONE ROTTEN OATH @piotrbunkowski.bsky.social The director of short independent interactive movies.
Created "A Trip to Yugoslavia". Came back after hiatus that lasted 5 years.
Play One Rotten Oath:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3902710/One_Rotten_Oath/
The Workshop Geek @workshopgeek.bsky.social Solo #gamedev working on
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/4139330/Particulitix
- https://the-workshop-geek.itch.io/incremental-particles-arena-experimental-do-not-open
Discord https://discord.gg/yt7FQWuhfk
#gamedev #indiegame #gaming #solodev
QuangDX @quangdx.com Founder / Technical Game Design Director @Asobitech.com โฏ๏ธ
Ex @BitmapBureau.com๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
Event organiser @BrilliantIndieTreasures.com๐
Column writer @DebugMag.com๐
BAFTA member๐
ENSEMBLE 2019โ
He/Him๐โโ๏ธ
Dann Sullivan @isleofdann.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief Pocket Gamer Brands | EiC BigBossBattle (B3) | Words everywhere | Games judge | Co-organiser Brilliant Indie Treasures
Jupiter @jupiterhadley.com Games Journalist | CM at Toya Play | Blogger | Author | co-founder of Indie Games Plus, Big Boss Battle & Indie Game Jams | She/Her | Jupi@JupiterHadley.com
Www.Jupiterhadley.com
Brilliant Indie Treasures @brilliantindietreasures.com Video games showcase event, aimed at finding the best indie video games and bringing light to them! ๐ Free to showcase.
Organisers: @jupiterhadley.com, @IsleofDann.bsky.social, @quangdx.com
DโAvekki Studios @davekki.bsky.social DEE-ah-VEK-ee โบ๏ธ Husband-and-wife creators of murder mystery & FMV games: Doctor Dekker, Shapeshifting Detective, Poe and Munro, Murderous Muses ๐๏ธ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๏ธ Wishlist Doctor Dekker 2 on Steam and PlayStation!
https://linktr.ee/davekki
At Dead of Night @atdeadofnight.bsky.social Official account, maintained by Huld Martha. Follow for updates and info on At Dead of Night 2!
Matthew Mercer @matthewmercer.bsky.social Storyteller, VO Guy, Vincent Valentine, Minsc, Thirst Trap Ganondaddy, #TheLegendOfVoxMachina, CCO/DM of
Critical Role. Iโm always tired. He/Him.
Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Please consider donating to the Palestine Childrenโs Relief Fund โ> https://www.pcrf.net
Martin Delaney ๐โโฌ๐น๐งโโ๏ธ๐ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธโ๐ป @delaneyplanet.bsky.social Cat-dad, composer, educator, horror writer, parent, photographer. Not always in that order. Feminist-in-progress.
Bruce Nicholson @frontiervinyl.bsky.social Freelance editor; Blondie, David Bowie, Vangelis, Doctor Who, children's literature; Doctor Who Appreciation Society Annual editor; allotmenter
Paul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social Writer person. Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep, Horror Movie, Another, A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World, The Pallbearers Club. F*ck AI
Emily Alder @emilyalder.bsky.social 
SonderingEmily โจ๏ธ wishlist Lily's World XD @sonderingemily.bsky.social LA ๐Game development, indie games, and memes
Wishlist lily's world XD: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3195580/lilys_world_XD/
๐: sonderingemily@smoothmedia.co
Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social Northern Horror Hub gathers writers, readers and thinkers drawn to the darkness. Explore all aspects of horror via our writing courses, retreats, conferences and events both online and in person. Watch this space for submissions to our upcoming zine.
Noel Mellor @noelmellor.bsky.social Lecturer - Content marketing | Researcher - Film promotion and marketing | Author - Film Marketing in Context (Routledge).
https://noelmellor.com/
Playtester โ @playtester.io Playtester (https://playtester.io) is a platform that helps players discover playtests and demos across platforms like Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation.
๐ฌ Discord: https://discord.gg/playtesterhq
๐ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/playtesterhq
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Mars Nicolรญ @marsnicoli.bsky.social One of those queers.
PhD candidate on Trans Horror.
He/him ze/hir
Dungeon Crawler Carl @dungeoncrawlercarl.bsky.social Everything to do with Dungeon Crawler Carl Book series by Matt Dinniman. HI ZEV! Donโt forget to follow Dungeon Crawler Matt. Also stay up to date by subscribing to his Patreon
Dr Lauren Cullen @laurenicullen.bsky.social writes about 19th/20th literature and culture, animals, and the environment.
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at UBC
๐Vancouver / London / Oxford
Baz To The Bone @baztothebonecast.bsky.social Horror and cult film podcast with Baz Bishop. Deep dives, dark humor, and bad taste done properly. The kind of show your mother warned you about. Check it out at beacons.ai/baztothebonecast
Kimberley @foxgloveforests.bsky.social To make:
Gather random handfuls of books, vintage fabric, films, tea and leaves. Boil it all down in a pan while whispering stories. Take pan for a walk. Pour in Ilford Developer and leave it overnight.
The ADHD is there by default.
Richard Gadz, horror writer @frankenwriter.bsky.social Award-winning author, ace neurodivergent and keen amateur idiot. Lives in Bristol but spends most of his time in a world of his own.
Also at www.richardgadz.co.uk + Facebook, Instagram, YouTube
Horror Writers Association @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social Official Account of the Horror Writers Association. The oldest literary organization serving writers and publishing professionals around the world, dedicated to promoting dark literature and the interests of those who write it.
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social The British Psychological Society's magazine, born in 1988, available in print for members, online and app.
http://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist
Posts/views: Editor Dr @jonsutton.bsky.social and Deputy Editor @jennifergledhill.bsky.social.
Lee Murray @leemurraywriter.bsky.social ONZM. USA Today bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award winner, Shirley Jackson, and New Zealand Prime Minister's Award winner. Monster lover from Aotearoa. Represented by Becky LeJeune at Bond Literary.
All In The Telling - The Ghost Story Network @allinthetelling.bsky.social Shining a lantern on the finest ghost story performers.
#ghoststories #gothic #horror #storytelling #folklore #folkhorror #weirdfiction
Crossroads: Folk Horror in the United States @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social Issue 2: The Devil Has the Best Tunes is due out in October. Online shop reopens late September.
Edited by @scaryasfolk.bsky.social and @theharvestmaid.bsky.social.
Dungeon Crawler Matt @mattdinniman.bsky.social I write books. I play bass. I have dogs. 
Dungeons & Dragons @dndbeyond.com The Worldโs Greatest Roleplaying Game.
https://www.dungeonsanddragons.com/
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com your horror nonna
dr / filmmaker / film critic / author of 10 books on cult, horror + exploitation cinema
in Venice award-winning doc CHAIN REACTIONS + Shudder's 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR based on my book
Naarm/Australia
she/her
https://horrornonna.com
HASTAC @hastac.bsky.social An alliance and open community dedicated to Changing the Way We Teach and Learn. Affiliates of @cuny.edu and @futuresed.bsky.social. Join us! https://hastac.hcommons.org/
Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social The Futures Initiative at the CUNY Graduate Center advances greater equity and innovation in higher education and promotes reinvestment in higher education as a public good.
linktr.ee/futuresinitiative 
The City University of New York @cuny.edu The nationโs largest urban public university system serving 247,000 students on 26 New York City campuses. Led by @cunychancellor.bsky.social Fรฉlix Matos Rodrรญguez. Learn more: cuny.edu
Letterboxd @letterboxd.social ๐งก๐๐ A global community of film lovers. Share your taste in movies via our free apps for iOS, Android, Apple TV, and on the web. https://letterboxd.com
Gaming News @gamingnews-rt.bsky.social Bringing you up-to-date gaming news and helping the community showcase their work!
Angry Gable Press @angrygablepress.bsky.social a publisher of niche speculative fiction and poetry
angrygablepress.com
This Exquisite Topology available now!
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Katabatic Circus
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LeonIveyGames - High School Hills Wishlist On Steam! @leoniveygames.bsky.social Solo Game Dev - currently working on High School Hills
Demo available to play on Steam!
Kickstarter launching soon!
Wishlist High School Hills!
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The People's Letters @peoplesletters.bsky.social Worker-led, cooperatively run bookshop ๐ born from the ashes of union-busting. Building collective power, one book at a time. Open daily, 11am-7pm
395 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9RA, UK.
peoplesletters.org
linktr.ee/peoplesletters
J. C. Jones @thejcjones.bsky.social Author of the best selling Louisa Moss detective series.
Ex-nightclub boss and, due to carelessness, owner of only half a lung.
Poems and Limericks daily.
Based in Hereford, UK.
The Shirley Jackson Society @sjsociety.bsky.social A scholarly collective devoted to the work and influence of Shirley Jackson. We publish Shirley Jackson Studies, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal: https://shirleyjacksonstudies.org/. 
Dr. Akil Fletcher @theblackblackmage.bsky.social Anthropology Ph.D. | Postdoc & Lecturer at Princeton University | Studies Black gaming communities| Gamer | Has probably seen all of your favorite anime