๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ | The Tower, The Moon, The Gun ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ธ @horrorculturist.bsky.social Gothic gardening, goblincore, dark art, horror, weird music. ๐ฟ๐๐๐
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?)
Blair - Menace - Literary Villainess @blaireverywhere.bsky.social Author of Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror
Out now: THE CRIMSON MOUSE
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HWA/JRW Member
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Amy Oates is querying @oatesam.bsky.social Writer. Qualified to beat a certain Scottish King and the Witch-King of Angmar. Work in Aothen Magazine, 7th-Circle Pyrite, AZE Journal, The Fantastic Other, and Ekklesia Magazine.
https://amyoateswriter.com
Sean DiLeonardi @sdileonardi.bsky.social Writer, literary critic, Pittsburgher, professor, director of the Center for Digital Studies (he/him)
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Cilantro Games @cilantrogames.bsky.social Indie solo game dev, making games that aren't for everyone. You know, like cilantro.
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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.
Shelly Blake-Plock @shellyblakeplock.com Writing horror fiction, making music, building weird things. Oh, and baseball. And open source. Also, I've lived in a haunted house for 23 years, which is fun.
Melisa Quigley @mquigley1963.bsky.social No Direct Messages. Happily married. My award-winning debut novel, The Complexities of Love, poetry novel, Bereft, and Let's Write a Six-Word Story or a Poem are out now. linktr.ee/MQuigley1963
Jordana Greene - Writer (Pen name) @jordanagreene.bsky.social Tree-hugging, happily wed #cat lover #dystopian #poetry #romance #scifi #fantasy #climatechange #BLM #writingcommunity
POETRY book coming. 1st Indie dystopian novel available on KU. Trad pub under 2 other names.
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social Slipstream Writer โ๏ธ Longform Prose Reader for
@pshares.bsky.social
Published in Strange Horizons | LITRO | Washington Square Review | Boudin | Flash Fiction Online | Expat Press | HAWKEYE
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JIMMO @oldjimmo.islandsofno.ca Artist & writer.
World-building across print, books, and objects.
islandsofno.ca
Tom Kane, author of Mara of the League @thomasmkaneauthor.bsky.social Fantasy author and international relations scholar, dwelling in the deep forest. Visit my website at thomasmkane.com!
Dr. Travis Langley @drtravislangley.bsky.social Batman & Psychology author, Popular Culture Psychology editor, psych professor/chair, social psychologist, Wheel of Fortune champ. Teach on media, crime, mental health.
16 books, most recently on Stranger Things, Spider-Man, The Handmaid's Tale.
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John F Leonard @johnfleonard.bsky.social Freelance writer and #author of #darkfiction & #apocalypse stories - basically, I mess with words and like scary stuff : )
Books available on #KindleUnlimited #Audible - linktr.ee/johnfleonard
Wyrd Wednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social Here's to spread the Wyrd - join us for a different theme every #WyrdWednesday! Please don't post anything AI generated, we will not share these ๐ซ๐ค
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Tammy Komoff @tammykomoff.bsky.social Horror/Fantasy writer. Mom of two semi-feral girls and a pack of mutts.
Follow for books, short stories & random things I find interesting.
Work in LCRW, Uncharted, Abyss & Apex
Member of HWA, Codex
Eugie Award Finalist
tammykomoff.com
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Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #2 Most Followed Library in the USA!
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Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
Mรกirรฉad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social Research interests: horror, gender, genre, sexuality onscreen, representations of sexual violence, demon possession
Author Gabriel Garcia @authorgabegarcia.bsky.social Published Author of Historical Fiction โ๏ธ, Fantasy ๐ฆโ๐ฅand Sci Fi ๐ค. Host of Tales from the Wandering Scribe on YouTube. Avid book worm and Classical Historian.
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Sheridan Caldwell @sheridancaldwell.com Welcome to the literary crypt of Sheridan Caldwell.
http://www.sheridancaldwell.com
Martini Lynne @hermitsunited.bsky.social Coffee addict, computer fixer, and abuser of words.
martiniwrites.com
myrddiny.bsky.social @myrddiny.bsky.social Author of dark and grisly fantasy. Beginning to suspect my mind is a touch warped.
Debut novel The Vellum Morta
Www.myrddinyoung.com
Richelle C. Flores @richellecflores.bsky.social Writer of speculative fiction and poetry.
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social Poet, Memoirist, Translator, Expat, Lover of Life
David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence
Ellen Jones @ellenjones.bsky.social ๐ Author of Outrage: Why LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won And What We Can Do About It
๐ Award-winning strategist & speaker
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Autistic lesbian
๐ถ Probably petting a dog
G.S.Mucklow @gsmucklow.bsky.social Creator of speculative fiction layered in emotional resonance, symbolic surrealism, and psychological distortion.
DAR @darbooks.com Author/Writer/Dreamer - DA RASMUSSEN
Pandore Series
VampiresandtheVapors @vampiresandthevapors.com The Dark side of Paranormal Women's Fiction
Thee Motel Philosopher AKA Tricia Renee: Kindness is Free @theecatservant.bsky.social Serial Writer. Reader. Gamer. Wiccan. Queer Bisexual. Black DC Native. Chronically ill. Simmer. She/Her. TV sucks. Books rock. Cat lover. Soap fan. In a queer platonic relationship. Poly. Poor People Campaign Freedom Fighter.
Mark N Drake @mark-n-drake.bsky.social Author - mostly horror. Before that: research physicist & university manager. Flits between rural Co. Durham & south of France. Check out www.markndrake.com for news/info. Free story for you at https://dl.bookfunnel.com/kn2xszai89. Please follow & say hi!
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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
Oliver Carman @oscarm.bsky.social Fantasy Writer - Author of Out of Shadows
https://books2read.com/u/m0an9W
https://olivercarman.com
๐ Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels ๐ @ellieyellu.bsky.social Sci-fi romance author (on sub!) ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Poetry: Smoky Quartz, Literary Hatchet
๐ณโ๐ Bi; she/her ๐ EMT
๐ Clarion UCSD ๐ฉบ Nursing school
TTRPGs. No TERFs.
Guy sure looks like cat food to me.
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Butlerian Jihad, now! AI = block
Rep: Christi Cardenas
G. Lawrence ๐๐๐๐๐ @glawrence.bsky.social Author, Archer, Erratic gardener, Kung Fu blue belt, Leftie Intersectional Feminist (who is hopefully always learning more). Curiousity is better than judgement. Indie author of historical fiction and fantasy, looking for new friends and old on Bluesky! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
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
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/dawson001
Trans rights are human rights.๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐
swadeshineโ๏ธ @swadeshine.bsky.social Wade Aaron Inganamort ยท sf writer ยท gardener ยท student of Buddhist philosophy ยท friend to all cats ยท #amwriting in #Hookland ยท #Booksky๐๐
Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social Poetry collection New Famous Phrases @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social, UNESCO Bridges of Struga Award, Ilkley New Northern Poet, New Writing North North East Poet, BBC New Creative
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Serina Hartwell - Author @serinahartwell.bsky.social Award winning author of The Hidden Saga
Step into my world and let me take you on a journey...
https://serinahartwell.com/
https://books2read.com/ap/n0A0Mv/Serina-Hartwell
@alqleeds.bsky.social @alqleeds.bsky.social Old art teacher - brand new author. Still delivering the best Development programmes to art teachers, through the University of Leeds and The Paul Mellon Centre for studies in British Art
Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social Books, corvids and the shakily cheerful evasion of despair. PHENGARIS
@nefariousbatpress.bsky.socialโฌ PARCH MARKS out with @GoldSF.bsky.social in Sept 26.
Author website: https://annaorridge.com/ (thanks to @sonorataylor.bsky.social)
she/her
Jules Otero i Besolรญ @arthropodeath.eurosky.social [They/He] - Elli/Ell - Elle/รl
๐ LARP + TTRPG storyteller, in love with shared narratives and story tropes
๐ Doing a PhD about science fiction (space opera) and post/transhumanist bodies
๐ Vegan, Queer, Crip
๐ Blog: https://becominginsect.wordpress.com
Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social Discomfort blanket
Books: The Thing | Dead of Night | Seconds
Essays: Routledge Companion to Folk Horror | Horrifying Children | Scarred for Life vol 3
Memoir: Capture Spiral
Miniplay: Adam and Yves
Horror fiction writer
He/Him
https://linktr.ee/jezconolly
Alec Rowan @alec-rowan.bsky.social โ๏ธ Writing in public.
Fiction, work, and the stuff in between.
https://alec-rowan.blogspot.com
Misha Maxwell | Queer Fantasy Author @mishamwrites.bsky.social DARK LORD INVENTS THE LIBRARY | spring 2027 from @shirakipress
๐ชqueer fantasy author
๐ณ๏ธโ๐they/them
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๐ฑcat companion is Bun
๐ซno AI, no exceptions๐ซ
https://www.tiktok.com/@misha.maxwell
https://www.instagram.com/mishamwrites
#DarkLordLibrary
Travis Flatt @travisflatt.bsky.social Writer.
Recent Words in Iron Horse, Flash Frog, Ghost Parachute, Scaffold, othersโฆ seeโ>
https://travisflattblog.com/
Jessica Morgan @jtmorganwrites.bsky.social Accredited genealogist from Ancestry & NBCโs โWho Do You Think You Are?โ Top-notch mom, middling knitter, always writer (historical fantasy). โ๏ธ โ๏ธ
rememberwithstories.com
Melissa Brooks @melissa-brooks.bsky.social A memoir writer, writing about my experiences and childhood as a form of personal therapy.
Rebekah Fieschi @theheadlessbeki.bsky.social Writer, Filmmaker
'23 Kelpies Prize Winner, '23 Searchlight's PB LL
๐coming soon
๐ฌSylphvania Grove, Mauvaises Tรชtes, The Unvisited
I write PB for the wee ones, fantasy for young readers, and haunting tales for former children.
https://linktr.ee/rjffieschi
The Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) @the-ciep.bsky.social The UKโs only chartered body for the editorial profession. Championing excellence. Supporting growth. Connecting professionals. Shaping the future. https://www.ciep.uk/directory.html
Vonnie G. Clemens Jr. @whogetstobelong.substack.com Queer writer in science fiction and fantasy. | Focused on who gets to belong, and what body do they get to bring? | whogetstobelong.substack.com
Daniel Gene Barlekamp @dgbarlekamp.bsky.social Short story writer. Poet. Fan of ghosts, monsters, and local legends.
Sylvienne Ethara @sylvienneethara.bsky.social Writer of myth-blooded fiction, psychological horror, and dream-walker prose. I build worlds where grief has teeth, prophecy has a pulse, and shadows whisper.
NatalieBergman @nataliebergman.bsky.social ๐ Author โ Pearl Bound (gothic sapphic horror). #HWA member
๐ฌ Screenwriter โ Says Simon, Angels of War, Exposed etc
๐ https://linktr.ee/nataliegbergman
๐ amazon.com/author/ngbergman
๐On Goodreads (https://bit.ly/4oIpLni)
www.nataliebergman.com
The Planchette @theplanchette.substack.com Reviews of independent and translated horror, sci-fi and fantasy literature from all over the world. โ NO AI โ By: @thetranslatrix.bsky.social.
theplanchette.substack.com
Madeleine Armstrong @madeleinewrite.bsky.social Writer, runner, trying to keep up with another social media platform
Frank Morelli @frankmorelli.bsky.social author โข gardener โข hockey goon
Author of middle grade and young adult literature - Breaking News (Fitzroy Books), No Sad Songs & On the Way to Birdland (FOW Books)
A.J.O @roygbiv1624.bsky.social Comics to me are one of the greatest original art forms. Some of my interests are collecting old comics, art, vinyl hunting and Stephen King books. Also? MEGA pissed off American. Not gonna shut up or sit back quietly.
Anthony Cleveland @antcleveland.bsky.social Was: Coroner Deputy
Now: Comic Book Writer.
Always: spooky ooky
๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ , ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐จ - 2026 Stoker Awards shortlist selection - https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Anthony-Cleveland/198215464
C.M. Rosens @cmrosens.com UK Horror & Dark SFF hybrid [Canelo -> Penguin] author
HWA Affiliate Writer, BFS Member
ADHD. Welsh-Turkish ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐น๐ท. Queer/cis๐ณ๏ธโ๐. She/her.
Podcast: @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social
Website/Newsletter: cmrosens.com
Visit Pagham-on-Sea: visitpaghamonsea.co.uk
J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com โBullies need victims. But victims donโt need bullies.โ
โA.R. Moxon
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Wizard of the Wavering Place
@s8cpublications.bsky.social
Anti-Gen AI
Trans & Womenโs Rights Are Human Rights
Author of Horror and Science Fiction, HWA
https://linktr.ee/JD.Buffington
Connor Heumiller (he/him) @connorwriteshorror.bsky.social Author of queer horror that gives voice to the voiceless and then turns those voices into screams of terror.
Find all my books and other socials here: https://linktr.ee/connorwriteshorror
No AI. Ever.
Max @maxtegman.bsky.social ๐๐โ๐ป๐๐ Pro-Choice, Pro-Democracy, Pro-Human Rights, Pro-Science, Pro-Environment, Pro-Equality.
Love is Love #BlueCrew #Resistance #NoKings
Kayla Cromer Official @kaylacromer.bsky.social Actress, Voiceover Artist, Screenwriter, Disability Advocate, Ghost Hunter, LA ๐known for Series Regular Roles In The Good Doctor & Everythingโs Gonna Be Okay, and the voice of Twyla Boogeyman for Monster High. Upcoming Projects Rough Cut & Edoโs Crossing.
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social @onyxaminedlife on Twitter. Chicago trans woman/entity/entities. She/her or they/them. A short story writer and all around pretentious person. Weird jokes, political rants, some positivity. Friendly!
Dawnofsteph @dawnofsteph.bsky.social Writer. Duck stamp enthusiast.
Adam Rowan @shinjutnt.bsky.social Black lab dad. Writer and ambient musician. The Dynasty of the Divine out now!
www.adamrowan.ccard.co
Read my book (free in Kindle Unlimited): https://www.amazon.com/Dynasty-Divine-Adam-Rowan-ebook/dp/B0FS3G3WWH/ref
theashleyrebel.bsky.social @theashleyrebel.bsky.social Indie writer fueled by coffee, sarcasm, dark fiction, and a relentless sense of optimism. She/her. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
All the links: https://linktr.ee/theashleyrebel
Sara โBladeโ Reine @smreine.bsky.social I am that SM Reine guy!
Booksky starfleet officer. Pop culture nerd. Your weird aunt.
Urban fantasy books over yonder: https://smreine.com/
Gabriel J.M. @gabrieljmwrites.bsky.social Author and bodybuilder.
www.GabrielJM.com
Dannye Chase is writing gay vampires @dannyechase.bsky.social Queer writer of romance & spec, she/her * The Vampire Haven queer romantic erotica series * Weird writing prompts: http://DannyeChase.com/blog
Robertaโs Indie Book Finds @freeboostmarketing.com Champion of Indie Authors. โ๏ธ
Blogger, Amazon curator, and lifelong book lover.
Supporting independent voices daily. ๐
Explore my featured indie books at https://freeboostmarketing.com/
Jonny Ward @jonnywardhorror.bsky.social Horror Author of The Dummy
Host of The Nerdyverse of Madness Podcast (on hiatus)
Love storytelling in all its forms
Katherine Argent @katherineargent.com Kansas City-based writer and woman of a certain rage. Reading submissions for @fracturedlit.bsky.social & The Masterโs Review. Petting all the dogs.
Also at the bad place: https://x.com/effthealgorithm
Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social ๐บ Wolf Twin Author ๐
Author of VANISHED ROADS
104 haiku on grief, renewal, and attention.
Available now:
https://www.wolftwin.com/product-page/vanished-roads
Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social Three chums, one microphone, and a whole world of folk horror. The Folk n Hell podcast unearths delights from around the world and tries to agree if they're worth our (and your) time.
www.folknhell.com or wherever you get your podcasts
Sylvia Kay Rose Author ๐ @sylvia-rose-books.bsky.social Canadian author of German heritage, art & book lover, writing sci-fi horror comedy & German mythology. Horror Writers Association member. I battle squirrels for control of my garden & love scary old movies! Reciprocal RPs writers, art, music, film, stage.
Tony Dunnell @tonydunnell.bsky.social Writer of fact and fiction ( #scifi mainly, some horror). English but living in the high jungle of Peru. Short stories published in Escape Pod, Fusion Fragment, Fission, Sci Phi Journal and more. I also post about #movies. https://tonydunnell.com/
Dr Harriet Fletcher @harrietfletcher.bsky.social Writer & academic | Senior Lecturer in Media & Communication @ ARU | ๐โญ #GothicCelebrity (Bloomsbury) | pop culture | horror | feminism | bimbo-ologist ๐
| she/her | https://linktr.ee/harrietfletcher
HP Bookcraft @hpbookcraft.bsky.social 38. She/they. Folklore, horror, hauntology. Master's in Gothic literature. Keeper of wayward books, editor, and thing that goes bump in the night.
Obsidian Voices @author.bsky.social Featuring poets from around the world.
Daily spotlights, interviews, and unforgettable poems.
Because every voice deserves to be heard.
Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social British short story writer and librarian dabbling in #litfic and #horror
Kimberly Lynn HansonโจUpdates Onlyโจ @klynnhanson.bsky.social Project Manager by day. Writer by night. #RevPit and #WriteHive alum โจSWORDS & STONES out now! โจRepโd by Weaver Literary https://linktr.ee/kimberly_lynn_books?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=1c7752ce-1530-47b7-bf0f-9a6f12c723c3
Queen Anna V ๐ ๐ซ๐ซ @annavernerauthor.bsky.social Author of cozy Fantasy/Horror Raven duology.
Enjoys reading and writing Fantasy, Sci-fi, Horror, Spicy. ๐ โ ๐ ๐ป ๐ถ
Will talk about movies for a long time.
Loves Zombies and other monsters.
These are my Friends ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
NO AI
https://anna-verner.itch.io/
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social Official account of The Folklore Podcast. 2 million downloads worldwide. Created by folklorist and author Mark Norman. Find us online at http://www.thefolklorepodcast.com
Film/TV rep: Past Preservers Author for various publishers
Abertoir Horror Festival @abertoirfest.bsky.social Gลตyl Arswyd Ryngwladol Cymru | Wales' International Horror Festival // โ๏ธ by Nia // 12-16 November โจ 20 years of Abertoir in 2025!
Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com Welsh folklorist โข Author โข Honorary Research Fellow, Amgueddfa Cymru โข Antiquarian book collector โข Rheibio'n Gymraeg โข The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts (2023) โข Represented by jonathanclowes.co.uk
folklorewales.com
The Folk Archive @thefolkarchive.bsky.social Folk from the past, folk from the present, folk for the future
Whitby Gothic @whitbygothic.bsky.social #Whitby #Goth #Gothic #GothicRock #Gothcore #GothicHorror #PostPunk #industrial #SynthPop #EBM #darkrock #darkwave #darkindie #darkpop #Dracula V''''V #BramStoker #Folklore #Krampus #FolkHorror #Steampunk #BDSM #alt #altrock #newwave : ste@8b-all.com