Bethany Crowe Powell @bethanypowell.bsky.social Speculative poet and YA novelist. Bookseller at Odyssey Bookshop. She/her. bethanypowell.com
Joy Deva Baglio @joybaglio.bsky.social Speculative Writer: Fiction in One Story, Ploughshares, Tin House, Apex, etc. Yaddo Fellow. Founder of Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop. Rep'ed by Peter Steinberg. Novel in progress. Bagpiper.
https://linktr.ee/joy.deva.baglio
https://www.joybaglio.com/
Phenry Ewing @hoverbird.bsky.social Game designer/developer. Creative Director on Neo Cab (Chance Agency), Design Lead on Cat Burglar (Netflix) and developer/designer on Firewatch (Campo Santo). He/him.
emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social Doctor of food, writer of stories
Sometime award nominee, occasional winner
Capitalism seditionist
In my ai;dr era
Ex Partum, out now: https://emmaburnett.carrd.co
Jason M. Hardy @jasonmhardy.bsky.social Writer, editor, Shadowrun line developer. Co-creator of the Ulanigahi series. Likes baseball, ghost stories, con artists, indie music, old movies, games, public policy--that sort of thing. He/him or they/them
Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca Mystery/UF/Horror writer of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak unless she expects to say something that will amaze the whole room. Also a cat lady.
Driven by spite, but so very tired.
skyladawncameron.com
patreon.com/skyladawncameron
Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com I write books. A crow for a fetch, I'm your huckleberry. She/her. (Hint: Like "synchro.")
https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com
Tyche Books 🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social A Canadian small-press specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and related non-fiction. www.tychebooks.com Calgary, AB She/Her
Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social Political Economy of Media Theory; Director, RPTF + Sound Fellow, Library of Congress NRPB; Associate Professor, University of Colorado
The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social Your favorite BIPOC SFFH author's favorite award. Celebrating excellence and inclusivity in the genre. Brought to you by L.D. Lewis and Suzan Palumbo. 2025 medallion art (pfp) by Nilah Magruder https://ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/
Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social We write about PC games, and things to do with PC games, at http://rockpapershotgun.com.
happy hour @ moghwyn palace @happyalbinauric.bsky.social the things you have to do to become Lord of Blood around here 😔
Renaissance Society of America @rsaorg.bsky.social The largest international academic society devoted to the study of the era 1300–1700. Use #RenSA27 to join the Annual Meeting in Philadelphia conversation and #RenTwitter (still!) for all things Renaissance studies.
Vassar @vassar.bsky.social Fearlessly consequential liberal arts school in the Hudson Valley with inspiring students and alums.
www.vassar.edu | linkin.bio/vassarcollege
Ruoyu Wang @txrwang.bsky.social Damon Runyon QBio Fellow @ UTSW
Leslie Day, PhD @lesliedaymicro.bsky.social Anaerobic Microbiologist
Damon Runyon Fellow
Postdoc @ O’Toole Lab, Dartmouth
Rob Donoghue @rdonoghue.bsky.social Not writing nearly as much about RPGs or Agile as I would like to be.
National Council of Teachers of English @ncte.org NCTE is the professional organization for literacy educators spanning preK through college. ncte.org
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
M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social Professor of Psychology & Human Values at Princeton | Cognitive scientist curious about technology, narratives, & epistemic (in)justice | They/She 🏳️🌈
www.crockettlab.org
San Francisco Public Library @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social San Francisco Public Library connects our diverse communities to learning, opportunities and each other.
R.R. Virdi | Buy The First Binding (from TOR) @rrvirdi.bsky.social USA Today Bestseller | Nebula Award & 2x Dragon Award-finalist | Worst Indian Ever | Philosoraptor | Hair Whisperer |
Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social Fantasy author (THE TETHERED MAGE, THE OBSIDIAN TOWER, THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS, etc). Tea drinker, larper, mom. Swordfights in ballgowns. THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID coming 11/26!
The Phantom Tollbooth Quotes @phantomtollbot.bsky.social Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars.
—
To read all its wit and wisdom, get a copy from a local bookstore or library.
candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social ▫️media studies & queer theory
▫️communication professor
▫️they/them
📍nyc (via philadelphia)
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social Made with love for the classics, and an inclusive, boundary-pushing approach to storytelling. https://newedgeswordandsorcery.com/
Andrew Hiller @andrewintheclouds.bsky.social Create. Investigate. Celebrate.
Writer, Producer, & friend of Muppets
Pitter Patty Finds Another Day, 2022 Escape Pod Flash Fiction Contest Winner,2019 BFF Author of the Year, #ViableParadise 23
AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social The AI Now Institute produces diagnosis and actionable policy research on artificial intelligence.
Find us at https://ainowinstitute.org/ 
NRDC @nrdc.org Natural Resources Defense Council | The Earth's Best Defense
Chantelle Aimée @suspensesiren.bsky.social Senior Editor, Simon Maverick @Simon & Schuster | Fmr. Editor @Amazon Publishing, @Agora Books | @PublishersWkly Star Watch Honoree | Writer/Consultant, Dick Tracy Comic | Boston Terriers: Tamerlane & Henry, Honorary Boston: Lafitte #MamdaniforMayor
AAUP @aaup.org The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
aaup.org
Fonda Lee @fondalee.bsky.social NYT bestselling, World Fantasy Award-winning author of the Green Bone Saga & other books. Next book: The Last Contract of Isako (May 2026). https://linktr.ee/fondalee
Tab Creations @tabcreations.com Developer and publisher of roleplaying games and card games, including Shadows Over Sol, Age of Ambition, Against the Dark Yogi and more!
Website: https://tabcreations.com
Kickstarter: https://buff.ly/4dYdgi2
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tabcreations
Andrea Hairston @andreahairston.bsky.social novelist, drama queen, biker babe, speculating and agitating http://andreahairston.com/
Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social 📚 Clever and curious reads for lovers of the strange and mysterious.
https://linktr.ee/ruadanbooks
https://ruadanbooks.com
R. B. Wood @rbwood.bsky.social R. B. Wood is an author and CEO of Ruadán Books (ruadanbooks.com). Favors dark speculative thrillers. Cat dad.
Nicholas Kaufmann @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social Bestselling author of 100 FATHOMS BELOW, THE HUNGRY EARTH, THE MIND WORMS and more!
Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com SFFH author & audio drama creator with a PhD in trashy Victorian lit. HIGHER MAGIC out now. Rhysling finalist. She/they. ND 🧠. Rep: @rebeccamatte.com
https://courtney-floyd.com
🎙 https://hauntnowpod.com
✉️ https://buttondown.email/wallowinginink
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Anastasia @anastasiacroft.bsky.social 38 yo
banner by https://bsky.app/profile/seremga.bsky.social !
commissions open https://hipolink.net/needlesslycryptic
Ghost in the Machine: documentary film, 2026 @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social The untold origins of artificial intelligence lie not in machines but in power. We're revealing the fantasies behind the hype that got us here, and where we go next. Mandatory viewing for anyone thinking about or using AI. notaidoc.com
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Dr Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com Author, LARP (Curious Pastimes), physics and finance. Subjective Chaos, BSFA and BFA finalist. Treasurer @BFS, Chair @BSFA. Rep: John Baker at PFD.
Read: stewarthotston.com
Writer at Hugo award winner, http://www.nerds-feather.com
ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social We want to invite the SFF fandom world to ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan), also known as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in 2030… www.edmontonin2030.org
Nancy Hightower @nancyhigh.bsky.social Photographer, author, professor. Words in WaPo, Sojourners. Pics in several places. (Accidentally deleted my first account btw)
John O'Nolan @johnonolan.bsky.social Founder/CEO at @Ghost.org - Geographically restless.
Mostly posting about publishing, media, open source, JavaScript, Laravel, bootstrapping, SaaS, activitypub, and design. 
George Ledoux: Voice Actor/Director @georgeledouxvo.bsky.social SAG-AFTRA Fi-Core Voice Actor | Producer | Director of VOs for games | Rep. by Innovative Artists NYC, He/Him http://georgeledoux.com
Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social NYT & USA Today bestselling writer. Enjoys Korean dramas, music, movies, video games, pet photos.
The Hocus Pocus Handbook = Sept 1!
she/her
Wrote Enclave & Strange Love. Lots of books here! You should read them. https://linktr.ee/authorannaguirre
Keffy @keffy.bsky.social he/him/they/them
500 tiny scientists in a trenchcoat / apocalyptic trans man.
I write SF/F and have had stories published in Uncanny, Lightspeed, Apex, and others. I also edit(ed) GlitterShip which is on hiatus atm.
M.Phil Genetics
https://ko-fi.com/keffyk
Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app The Danny Lore of lycanthropic fame
Awe-inspiringly humble
Writer, nerd, husband to an awesome lady, @ndxmedina.myatproto.social They/them, probably DEI
Dream Foundry @dreamfoundry.bsky.social A non-profit for support and advocacy of emerging creatives working in the speculative arts. We run contests for writers and artists, Con or Bust, the virtual convention Flights of Foundry, and more!
Justina Ireland @justinaireland.com Award winning writer and New York Times Bestseller. Sometimes agent at Handspun Literary. I also do TV and comics.
Food is a scam in this country.
Up next: WHAT IF…JESSICA JONES-July 2026
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social Your favourite independent, genrefluid fiction publisher, bringing you the very best in SF, F & WTF!?
IG/X: @angryrobotbooks
Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Seattle University. Author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life available from UC Press here:
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520342347/the-celluloid-specimen
Modern Language Association @modernlanguage.bsky.social News and announcements from the Modern Language Association. If you have a question for MLA staff members, please visit http://mla.org/About-Us/Contact
@rasalvatore.bsky.social @rasalvatore.bsky.social Author of The Legend of Drizzt, DemonWars, and lots of other stuff.
Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co Narrative @inkle.co he/him
Writer: TR-49 / EXPELLED! / A Highland Song / Heaven's Vault / Overboard! / Over the Alps / Sorcery! / 80 Days. ink co-creator.
Paul Offit @pauloffit.bsky.social Infectious disease physician, co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine, author and grandfather. Author of "Tell Me When it's Over". Commentaries can be found on Pauloffit.substack.com.
Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
https://bookshop.org/
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
Shana Youngdahl @shanayoungdahl.bsky.social Novelist and poet, latest book: A Catalog of Burnt Objects (Dial/Penguin Teen), teacher of writing.
Neal Hallford @nealhallford.bsky.social RPG Designer - Betrayal at Krondor/Dungeon Siege/others. Author, Filmmaker, Composer. OU grad. ᏣᎳᎩ Nation.
Audio Drama Honcho at http://Uncharted Regions.bsky.social
http://linktr.ee/NealHallford
#gamedev #writer #synthsky #filmmaket
Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. The next book is THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, April 2025. Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 48-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
Sienna Tristen (they/them) @siennatristen.bsky.social Poet. Witch. Difficult beauty. One half of The Shale Project.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Sara Benincasa @sarajbenincasa.bsky.social Author, TV/film writer, actor. Writing about our tallest president.
SARATONIN: SaraJBenincasa.Substack.com
Live events & all the rest: https://linktr.ee/SaraJBenincasa
Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social Québécoise, indie author of platonic queer SFF and Indie Ink Award winner. Creator of the Aroace Database; member of the Kraken Collective. she/elle
Direct shop: https://claudiearseneault.itch.io/
All Links: https://claudiearseneault.com/welcome
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science 👁️ https://olivia.science
🍃 https://metatheory.space
associate professor of computational cognitive science · she/they · cypriot/kıbrıslı/κυπραία · σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ χεῖρα κίνει
Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social Professor of Computational Cognitive Science | Dept. of Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence | @Iris@scholar.social on 🦣 | http://irisvanrooijcogsci.com | she/they 🏳️🌈
GOG.COM @gog.com Digital PC gaming platform – timeless classics, no DRM, great deals, and making games live forever!
N.S. Dolkart, vice chair @nsdolkart.bsky.social Author of cool fantasy stuff. Hebrew school teacher. Dad. Program Chair for Readercon, the Boston-area literary conference for speculative fiction. Now a town meeting rep and local access TV host too. Not a security guard, but I played one in an opera.
Indivisible Bridgeport @indivisible-bport.bsky.social Indivisible Bridgeport is a group for progressive action in the greater Bridgeport, CT area with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy and defeat the Trump agenda. Post local action measures only. We also post every day on Facebook.
Bridgeport Generation Now @bptgennow.bsky.social Bridgeport Generation Now is a movement! We build collective power by strengthening civic engagement in ourselves and our communities. We're on a mission to end racism and corruption in our city so we can build the Bridgeport we know is possible!
Jesse Scoble @jscoble.bsky.social Game writer. Credits: Assassin's Creed Origins & AC Odyssey; FC5; WD2; Wizard101. TTRPG writer: A Game of Thrones RPG, MARVEL Multiverse RPG.
Dead Money KS:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deadmoney/dead-money-a-western-horror-comic-book-2-and-3
Geoff Gander @geoffgander.bsky.social Writer of horror and dark fiction, creator of TTRPG madness for Gallant Knight Games, Sentinel Hill Press, and others. Not an evil cultist - honest!
LydiaMHawke @lydiamhawke.bsky.social Urban fantasy writer. Herder of cats & a very large dog. Wife, mom, grandma, friend. (Over)caffeinated crone. She/her
Manahil @manahil.bsky.social Writer, artist, editor, etc.
Author of Heliotropia (Brick Books 2024)
www.manahilbandukwala.com
Dave Dufour 🇨🇦 🍁 @dayvthetraveller.bsky.social Publisher at Flame Arrow Publishing, SFF Author at David M. Snow, Book Coach and Teacher at Spark Word House
Kagi HQ @kagi.com Privacy-respecting search, browser and products that put you first. No ads. No trackers. Ever. https://kagi.com/
Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
Flights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social An annual virtual convention for speculative creators and fans, put on by Dream Foundry! Global, virtual, free to attend
Sept 27-29 2024
https://flights-of-foundry.org/
Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com SFF Author | Nebula, Locus, Sturgeon, Compton Crook winner | Hugo, World Fantasy finalist | Repped by Lisa Rodgers | RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES out now! (she/her) www.samtasticbooks.com
Newsletter at https://subscribepage.io/samtasticnews
Rukman Ragas | ருக்மன் @rukman.bsky.social temporary obsessions, writer, stories in Apex, Lightspeed, khōréō, The Baltimore Review etc, editor at Otherside Spec, Clarion West '25, agent: Keir Alekseii @ ALA
rukmanragas.com
Rachel A. Rosen 📚💙🪐 @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social Purveyor of bleak climate fantasy and, apparently, cookbooks. Newsletter at https://nightbeatseu.ca/newsletter/. https://rachelarosen.carrd.co/ to find me all over the internet.
Order my newest book, Blight, here: https://books2read.com/u/mYVl9P
Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me Writer, Colombo. Wrote THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS (2023, Nebula, Ignyte, Crawford, and Locus awards) & RAKESFALL (2024, Le Guin Prize and Otherwise award.) https://vajra.me
Krista D Ball is Canada's Typo Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social Krista D. Ball is an award winning Canadian author who hasn't met a potato she didn't like.
Krista's motto: don't let the randos steal your joy. She posts on reddit: she's been called worse by better than you.
kristadball.com for books, contact, etc.
Boskone @boskone.bsky.social Boskone 63 - Feb 13-15, 2026
Hosted by the New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA), Boskone is the oldest annual science fiction convention in New England.
NESFA is a non-profit. Both NESFA & Boskone are run and put on entirely by fan volunteers
Lionman @eranth.bsky.social Greymuzzle, old school, original Lionman. (I should probably say something about getting off my lawn.)
Middle of the Midwest, USA.
Jonathon “The Writer” Wolfer @jonwolfer.bsky.social I’m a writer and artist living in the Southern Connecticut River Valley. Lived in NYC, LA, and Vegas but New England is the only place that’s ever been home.
http://www.thelonewolfer.com
LoadingReadyRun @loadingreadyrun.com Official Bluesky account of LoadingReadyRun. We make silly things on the internet.
Dr. Emily Friedman @friede.bsky.social Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (#TTRPG digital storytelling performance) (MIT)
ecfriedman.com
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI: empireofai.com. ai reporter. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact.
Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social Associate Professor of German, Niehoff Professor of Film & Media Studies at U of Cincinnati; Scholar of East German cinema, science fiction, and role-playing games. He/Him. Bi. Wears a hat.
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social The 2026 Worldcon in Los Angeles, California
Visit LAcon.org for more details
📅 August 27-31, 2026
✨️ Adventure Awaits!
OHMYGODATRUCK @ohmygodatruck.bsky.social twitch.tv/OHMYGODATRUCK
Streams aometimes
9PM - 2AMish US Eastern
Playing every video game I've never played until I can no longer play video games.
Jeoi Gawain Lin @themagpiebridge.bsky.social Game and fiction writer in the woods somewhere. Such coffee. Very tea. Many multitudes.
Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social A publisher of science fiction and fantasy, based in Wales.