Ally Lester @cogenthippo.bsky.social Writer and reader of fiction -- history, sff, romance, thrillers. Interested in sustainability, rewilding, growing things. Knitter, early tech adopter, parent, spouse, disabled.
They/them. Also writes as Frances Fox. https://lnk.bio/gjD5 ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ โ๏ธ ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
S Williams @srw081.bsky.social Aberdeen, Glasgow Warriors and literature fan.
Jenni Hill @jennihill.bsky.social Editorial Director at Orbit books, (acquiring) sci-fi and fantasy novels.
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Geek. Chaotic Good. Bi-Furious. LARP fan. Views all mine.
they/them
Hugo Award 2026 Finalist.
Robbie Morrison @robbiemorrison.bsky.social Writer. Novels: Edge of the Grave (Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Novel 2021); Cast a Cold Eye (Shortlisted for McIllvanney Prize 2023).
Comics: Nikolai Dante, Doctor Who, Judge Dredd, Drowntown, Heretic, etc. 
Pete Ward @phenryward.bsky.social Books, art, theatre, telling people I liked the thing they made. Weird / Gothic / Noir short stories published or forthcoming in Rock and a Hard Place, Cosmic Horror, Macabre, Frost Zone, Rat Bag and elsewhere. Editorial reader at Gavagai.
Tales From Between @talesfrombetween.bsky.social We publish strange stories.
Editor: @matthewstott.bsky.social
talesfrombetween.com
Ryan Vance @ryanvance.bsky.social Writer, designer, rule of three enthusiast.
www.ryanvance.co.uk
Aran Ward Sell @aranws.bsky.social Contemporary Irish lit, modernism, weird fic, environmental lit. "Streams of Damaged Consciousness" @syracuseup.bsky.social 2027.
Writer & critic. Music: Writhe & Succumb, Prophet Rossi. Cite as Ward Sell, not Sell.
Alchemical: A Literary Journal of the Speculative @alchemicaljournal.bsky.social alchemical is a mixed media presentation of speculative literary fiction, essays, articles, graphic narratives, and original artwork.
Issue 1 to be released Spring 2027. Now open to submissions.
https://www.alchemicaljournal.com
Bryan Rieger @bryanrieger.com Artist, designer, and writer - easily distracted by stories, pictures, puzzles, warm beverages, and biscuits.
Glasgow, United Kingdom
https://bryanrieger.com
Electra Pritchett @electrapritchett.bsky.social I read a lot, and then I write about it.
She/her
https://electrapritchett.com/
Jeannie (Jay) Marschall ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social Writer of mostly queer SFFH stories & poems | eco garden hag | they/any | outside foraging, inside with a story ๐๏ธ๐ ๐ง๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๐ช๐บ | No genAI thieverubbish ๐ฏ
๐ L&E&M with SHIRAKI PRESS 9/26
MORE ๐ โ chillsubs.com/profile/jeannie
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Gail Marsella @gbcmars.bsky.social Chemistry, SFF, writing, teaching, art, babies, jazz, books, quilting, antiques, auctions, dogs, IPA, chocolate.
--Lehigh Valley Public Media (PBS): https://www.wlvt.org/
--Orcid ID: 0000-0002-6704-3465
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Uncle Grimmie @unclegrimmie.bsky.social A bactrian Glenn, not a dromedary Glen.
Fluffgar ๐๐๐ @fluffgar.eurosky.social Eclectic creative. From Scotland.
Also on Pixelfed - https://pixelfed.scot/fluffgar
Portfolio - http://fluffgar.com/
Use of any of my work for any purpose by A.I. is forbidden.
Scottish Artists Union member.
Queer Speculative Fiction @queerspecfic.bsky.social A free monthly newsletter of queer speculative fiction book releases. Check out our list of queer-owned bookstores worldwide.
๐น queerspeculativefiction.org
@bradbarrycox.bsky.social @bradbarrycox.bsky.social 
Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social Promoting SciComm, teaching, equity & inclusion in plant biology. #PlantScience
PI NSF RCN: ROOT&SHOOT. https://rootandshoot.org/
Features Editor ThePlantCell, PlantPhysiology
@PlantTeaching@genomic.social
https://linktr.ee/PlantTeaching ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social Public servant,
Writer of poetry,
Tinkerer of collages,
Mostly writing haiku these days,
๐ฎ๐ช living in ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Only on Bluesky.
Amy ๐ @spacecatchom.bsky.social auDHD. INFJ. She/her. (SFF) Writer. Reader. Dungeons and Dragons DM.
Edinburgh, UK
bookstagram: madeupofbooks
https://linktr.ee/spacecatchom
Mel @mesmersi.bsky.social I enjoy writing.
I'm Josy @imjosy.bsky.social i'm josy
fresh pics every hour
spicy stuff on my private page
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Carly @caz-chan.bsky.social Tired mother, wife, cat maw, office lady & general nonsense merchant.
Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-novel-festival-contests/
Daily Free Film Festivals @freefilmfestivals.bsky.social Watch Daily FREE Film Festivals on www.wildsound.ca at 8pm EST. No repeats. Best of NEW films from around the world today.
www.wildsound.ca/browse
Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social Writing hazy cosmic jive until I really make the grade โด๏ธ Yeah, I mean SciFi, but with more fiction than actual science โด๏ธ Some laughs, lots of heart
https://linktr.ee/rexburke
Goblin Purwin @goblinpurwin.bsky.social Comic book artist, writer and illustrator
Andy Boyle @andyboyle.io 
WILDsound Writing Festival @wildsoundwriting.bsky.social Daily deadlines for poetry, short stories, screenplays, stage plays, and novels.
Links to submit via sites and submittable: www.novelwritingfestival.com
Action/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller Festival @actionfantasyscifi.bsky.social A showcase of the best Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller Films and Screenplays from around the world.
Festival takes place every single month.
https://filmfreeway.com/ActionAdventure
Action/Crime/Mystery Film & Screenplay Festival @crimemystery.bsky.social This festival now takes place every single month, giving filmmakers 4 tiers to showcase and promote their film. In-person public events also take place.
https://filmfreeway.com/crimemystery
www.crimemysteryfestival.com
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
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
Sameer Kankali โโฎโ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐๐ธ๐ฎ๐ท๐๐โ๏ธโ๐ผ @sameerkankali.bsky.social MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS ๐๐ฆ
#Activist #HumanRights #AnimalRights #UBI #ClimateChange #Books #Tech #Poker #Chess
He/Him/His
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Jaegershund @jaegershund.bsky.social 28, Scotland, he/they
Aspiring writer and lover of sci-fi, fantasy, and New Weird
Forever love for anti-colonialism
gurnaik @gurnaik.bsky.social "There seems little point in wasting time on such an explanation since you would be incapable of understanding it."
IT consultant at a global megacorp.
Not old enough to read DMs.
Occasional #Wulferhampton passer-by.
He/Him.
Bookish Damien @bookishdamien.bsky.social Spanish born author dreaming to make it big in the UK ๐ฌ๐ง
Dave @davejeeping.bsky.social ๐
Sebastiaan Mathรดt @cogsci.nl Cognitive neuroscientist and open-source software dev (cogsci.nl/smathot). Writer of speculative fiction (suchwasnot.com) and non-fiction (Een Wereld vol Denkers).
Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk Nick Guthrie is a crime writer based in SW Scotland. His DI Bolam series is published by No Exit Press. Under other names, he is the author of more than twenty books. Represented by LBLA. https://nickguthrie.co.uk/
WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival
Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com Engineer | Writer | Editor
Enjoyer of Equations, Ideas & Assorted Nonsenses
Hugo, Nebula, Locus & Caine Prize finalist
Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY now: buff.ly/X3CHaZk
Dani Raanan @daniraanan.bsky.social Mother, SFF author, Cat subordinate. Represented by John Jarrold of JJLA
Joel Bass @crunchygods.bsky.social Book reader, art starter, dog snorfler
Melissa Rea Author ๐๐๐ @melrea.bsky.social Four novels written. Fun novels about strong women with a pinch of magic. https:// @iquitcigs.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social Team Site StL Mo ๐ญ
bismarckeart14.bsky.social @bismarckeart14.bsky.social Hi, Bluesky! Iโm Silmar Dembicki ( Bismarcke), a digital comic artist and colorist specializing in horror, mystery, and dark fantasy.
I create atmospheric, high-contrast, and detailed artwork for comics, covers, and graphic novels.
Dariusz Targaลski ๐๐ @darekt.bsky.social MA Creative Writing. BA English&American Studies/Modern Japan. Creative writing teacher and writer of SFF, horror, and graphic fiction (if you can call drawing panels with stick figures "writing"). ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ธ๐ต๐น๐บ๐ฆ
Rachael Scotson @rachaelscotson.bsky.social Making it up as I go.
MAWYP @BathSpaUni.
@bathnovelaward.co.uk and The Bedford Competition longlistee. Book reviewer, librocubicularist, wobbly pot thrower and owner of โofficiallyโ the prettiest dog.
Chronic Historian โพ๏ธโฟ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐๐บ๐โโฌ๐งโ๐พ๐ฑ๐ณ @enbycriphistorian.bsky.social Disabled autistic antifascist queer nonbinary early modern historian and writer. Husky&cat pawrent. Chronically ill. Social Justice Druid. Disabled Not Disposable. Trans Rights are Human Rights. Free Palestine (They/them)
https://enbycriptid.wordpress.com
James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social GenAI can absolutely do one. Writer: Green Wing, Piglets, first novel Pagans, available in paperback: https://www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/james-alistair-henry/2928377365622
Chris D Brown @chrisdeebrown.bsky.social Engineering Lead, idiot. Makes games sometimes.
https://www.chrisdbrown.co.uk/
Kirsty Isla Thomas @kirstyislathomas.bsky.social Scottish ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ she/her
Queer, disabled creative.
Poetry, Art, Zines, Photography.
Assistant Publisher at Uncanny Magazine.
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social
Kenneth M Cale @kennethmc.bsky.social lapsed scot. makar of word/image things:
Oberon's Zoetrope [w/Matthew Kinlin] (Submersible, 2026) Greater Vegas Bleeds Into the Dreams of My Cryogenic Slumber (Steel Incisors, 2022) Midnight Double Feature (C22, 2025/SDP, 2020).
Neil Banas @neilbanas.bsky.social Real and imagined oceans in equations, paper, and code. Strathclyde Uni + Wasps Studios, Glasgow | neilbanas.com/projects
Paco B. Garcia @pacoofcastile.bsky.social Rabidly anglophiliac man (he/him) born in the wrong place (Spain) and living in the wrong time (post-DVDs/post-Brexit). About to stop procrastinating since 2007...
Wraith260 @wraith260.bsky.social No clue what I'm doing. Scottish. He/Him
@drumkitchen.bsky.social @drumkitchen.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
He/Him
Music
Bronx
Collage
Cycling
(Photo in profile circle above is the sky with clouds, as a symbol of where my mind usually is hanging out.)
The Gaelic Books Council @leughleabhar.bsky.social Chaidh Comhairle nan Leabhraichean a stรจidheachadh gus leughadh, sgrรฌobhadh agus litreachas na Gร idhlig a leudachadh.
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El Pender @el-pender.bsky.social Fiction writer. Spec fiction reader. TTRPG player. Half of PenPost. Lecturer in Media Production. Comms Freelancer.
website โข eleanorpender.com
PenPost โข penpost.itch.io- M Mars @marzfrommars.bsky.social A Black and Queer Fantasy writer who spends waay too much time in her own head. She/Her.
Ergative Absolutive @ergative-abs.bsky.social SFF booknerd; calligrapher; Islamic geometric art doer; figure skating appreciater; coffee-drinking, granola-baking, tofu-eating wokeratum; psycholinguist by vocation, fretful porpentine by aspiration.
Nerds of a Feather: http://www.nerds-feather.com/
Ida Keogh @idakeogh.bsky.social Neurospicy and queer BSFA and British Fantasy Award winning SFF author and occasional mermaid. Equality and Diversity Officer for the British Science Fiction Association. Foodie SFF collection 'Taste' out April 2027!! she/her
https://tinyurl.com/idasbooks
Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social TV addict, nerdy fan of Dystopian drama. Love a bit of ScandiNoir, Science-Fiction, Aviation, Military History and Cold War Radars & Bunkers.
Wellbeing Walks Leader and Community Volunteer in Barrow-in-Furness with Active Cumbria. #ParkRun #LoveParkRun
Simone Nespolo @simonenespolo.bsky.social Friuli, Italy.
Award-Winning Writer with International Recognition
Astra inclinant non necessitant
Aurum nostrum non est Aurum vulgi
Dominik Gotojuch @gotojuch.com I create games at Robot Gentleman and in other, weird places https://gotojuch.com
D K Burns @dkburns.bsky.social Uphold Constitution! veteran/Ukraine/Gaza/all under the tent/jail for all criminals in gov't/ "I was free once I realized the cage was made of thoughts." Pinar Akal
Danilo @danilo.monster Butlerian Jihad.
Glasgow.
Michael Harris @davidmichaelharris.bsky.social MA (Hons), MScR, FSA Scot
Archaeologist. Adult Education Tutor. Editor & proofreader.
Member: Friends of the Earth Scotland; Red Rope; Solidarity Federation-IWA
Richard K Morgan @quellist1.bsky.social Ageing futurist, still commits occasional fantasy. Novels, games, comics, streaming TV. Purveyor of bent moral compasses. "The High Priest of Violent Science Fiction" - Guardian
Richard Z. Gallant, Dr. phil. ๐บ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ช๐บ @richardzgallant.bsky.social independent scholar, medievalist, and award-winning author ... literary SF novel forthcoming
@orladg.bsky.social @orladg.bsky.social Bit worried about the bees.
Stina Leicht @stinaleicht.bsky.social SFF #author PERSEPHONE STATION, LOKI'S RING she/they๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Feminist queer ADHD PTSD Dyslexic. Agent: Hannah Bowman Publisher: Saga Press
New SF/Space Opera coming soon: HELIX FALLS
Sage Tyrtle ๐จ๐ฆ @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. #HumanMade
E.N. Auslender @enauslender.bsky.social Research Fellow at University of Stirling. Published writer of sci-fi with stories in Clarkesworld, Neon Magazine, and others. Faffer extraordinaire.
Alex Blott @alexblott.com โ๏ธ Writing Scripts | ๐ Making Comics | โ๏ธ Throwing Pottery
https://linktr.ee/a_exb_ott
He/Him
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Andrew McCluskey @andrewmccluskey.bsky.social Bioinformatics PhD student
Oliver Arditi @paracyclops.bsky.social Writer, librarian, worldbuilder, conlanger, lapsed musician. I like fantasy, science-fiction and horror, books, records, comics, games, cats, food, and holding inexplicable opinions.
Ken MacLeod @amendlocke.bsky.social Science fiction writer
David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social Canadian white male autistic writer. Author of America 'Toons In: A History of Television Animation and The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Also author of speculative fiction, superhero fiction and anthropomorphic ("furry") fiction.
Jane Alyson Clarke @janeeyrie.bsky.social I write high fantasy with low characters.
Poetry too. https://bio.link/janeclarke
Fond of: folk tales, birds, concept albums, woodruff cordial, peace ๐๏ธ
Follows or reposts โ endorsement of any or all of someoneโs views
Gavin Miller @drgavinmiller.bsky.social Academic in medical humanities, science fiction, history of psy disciplines, and UFOs. English Literature, University of Glasgow. Blog www.ufos.ac.uk. Academic profile: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/gavinmiller/
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.
โ:โ ๐:โ โฌ:โ
Butlerian Jihad, now! AI = block
Rep: Christi Cardenas
Vanessa Finaughty @vanessafinaughty.bsky.social Published author (indie & commissioned), editor by profession, avid reader and part-time nutcase.
DAR @darbooks.com Author/Writer/Dreamer - DA RASMUSSEN
Pandore Series
.Isaac. @mostlyisaac.bsky.social He/him
Fraser Denholm @fraserdenholm.bsky.social Scottish Writer/Director
Quarterfinalist 2021 @goldenscriptnet, @screencrafting
Semi-finalist @FilmarkethubTV Pilot 2021
Currently doing an MLitt in Creative Writing at Strathclyde Uni.
www.fraserdenholm.com
Donaupiratin @donaupiratin.bsky.social Resident of planet Ylum. Archer. Big fan of speculative fiction. Is against fashism.
Daily Stage Play Festival Contests @stageplaycontests.bsky.social Submit to these contests via Submittable. Full feedback on every submissions. Winners get their play performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-stage-play-contest-deadlines/
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
Matthew McIntyre @radiophonicpop.bsky.social Used to be on Twitter, as was, with the same handle, but wasn't sure if it was a good use of my time - so deleted, pre-Elon.
UK, work in IT, used to do theatre, dabble in music. Here to read until such time as I have something that might be worth saying.
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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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social World Fantasy, Nebula, Ignyte, Locus & Shirley Jackson Award-winning speculative publisher. Baffling Magazine & novellas & anthos & queer ๐. Editor: dave ring.
Rachel Handley ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @rachelahandley.com Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool.
SFF Author. Poet. ๐ฆ
Possible Worlds and Other Stories (2022)
They/Them.
rachelahandley.com
Oliver Carman @oscarm.bsky.social Fantasy Writer - Author of Out of Shadows
https://books2read.com/u/m0an9W
https://olivercarman.com
Ben J. Fishman @connavar.bsky.social Speculative Fiction Writer, Environmentalist, Law Student. Sometimes in that order, usually not. Rather fond of coral reefs.
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!
D is tired, but there is coffee @grrlintersect.bsky.social She/her fat black queer, disabled femme, leftist in my 30s, sometimes publicly slutty, sometimes publicly depressed. I talk about food and books a lot and I try to be kind.