This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social 'This Is My Glasgow' is a photographic project from Colin M. Drysdale, author of 'Glasgow Uncovered: 18 Walks Through its Past, Present and Future.' All images are my own.
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!
Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author of novels, children’s books, poetry and essays. This account is managed by her estate.
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/
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/
Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing.
🖊️ 2026 Festival 5-7 June, in Edinburgh & online. Tickets on Sale 1 March 2026
www.cymerafestival.co.uk
Michael Ireland @mickallister.bsky.social Director of The Secret of St Kilda and Hugo-winning Podcast Editor for Strange Horizons
Editor - https://thewritesong.co.uk
https://thesecretofstkilda.carrd.co/
strangehorizons.bsky.social
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.
Satellite 9 @satellitecons.bsky.social Glasgow's bi-annual(ish) series of science fiction conventions.
Satellite 9 will be held on 22nd – 24th May 2026, Clayton Hotel, Glasgow https://nine.satellitex.org.uk/
Alex Blott @alexblott.com ✍️ Writing Scripts | 📚 Making Comics | ☕️ Throwing Pottery
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FitchersLane @fitcherslane.bsky.social Queer Scottish #writer currently editing alt fantasy WIP | fantasy & folklore fiend | she/her | 🏴🏳️🌈 | #amediting #amwriting co-admin of @WestScotWriting
Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social Your favourite independent, genrefluid fiction publisher, bringing you the very best in SF, F & WTF!?
IG/X: @angryrobotbooks
A. J. Hodges @secondworldedits.bsky.social Author + developmental & line editor | Writes: horror, fantasy & queer romance 🌈 Published by Asymptote Journal & Foofaraw. he/they | PhD Social Anthropology | Academic DE: https://www.thenarrativecraft.com | Fiction: https://www.andyjhodges.com
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts - IAFA @iafa.bsky.social The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) is a scholarly organization devoted to the study of the fantastic (broadly defined) as it appears in literature, film, and the other arts.
David Craig (author) @dcraig.bsky.social Author of action/adventure fantasy and Scottish Gothic urban fantasy. Published by Elsewhen Press. Repped by John Jarrold Literary Agency. he/him
https://elsewhen.press/index.php/catalogue/author/david-craig/
PictCon @pictcon.bsky.social A Scottish science fiction and fantasy convention about science fiction and fantasy in Scotland. #PictCon October 17 2026, Perth 🏴
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Don Redwood @donredwood.bsky.social Speculator
Any pronouns
Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social The mission of the SSBA is to recognize and promote independent and small press authors writing exceptional speculative fiction.
Founded by @lnholmeswriter.bsky.social
Cofounded by @millieabecassis.com
🌐 https://linktr.ee/smallspecbookawards
Ivor K. Hill @ivorkhillauthor.bsky.social Writing stormy stories at night by candlelight. My eyes hurt. Author of The First Scars, longlisted for the SPFBO 2025 fantasy award.
The Daily Tomorrow @thedailytomorrow.bsky.social A Daily SF Serial Magazine
The newest of the new from today's most exciting writers, daily via Substack. A new story starts every Sunday and stays free for a full month. No ads, ever.
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Tyne & Esk Writers @tyneeskwriters.bsky.social Tyne and Esk Writers is an organisation that champions creative writing in groups across Midlothian and East Lothian.
tyneandeskwriters.org.uk 
Oliver Thomas @oliver-thomas.bsky.social Irish author based in Glasgow, writing horror and fantasy fiction inspired by the history and mythology of places I have called home.
Meghan Ellis Brown @meghan0n.bsky.social Entertainment Journalist and SFF Writer | Eurogamer, Tabletop Bookshelf, BBC Scotland, The Guardian, IGN, All the Anime, etc. | www.meghanon.co.uk ✍️ | meghan0n.itch.io 🎮
Company of Wolves @companyofwolves.org Scotland's leading laboratory theatre company
Performance / Training / Community
The Bacchae 2026 Tour - On Sale: https://companyofwolves.org/projects/the-bacchae
Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social Talented ruin. Riverboat floozy.
Queer Black writer in Glasgow, Scotland.
Crawford Award winning collection Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic out from Neon Hemlock Press now. https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-and-response
Bibliotta Webinars @bibliotta.bsky.social Official account for bibliotta! from @emfaulds.com
Webinars: websites, author branding, marketing, setup; writing skills.
Website design and editing services.
https://bibliotta.com
Follow to find out when new dates are dropped!
British Science Fiction Association @bsfa.bsky.social The British Science Fiction Association. Est 1958. Publisher of Vector, Focus, and the BSFA Review. Join us at http://bsfa.co.uk/join-the-bsfa
The North Literary Agency @northlitagency.bsky.social A UK literary agency based in the North/Scotland.
Agents: @linalanglee.bsky.social, @juliefergusson.bsky.social, Kevin Pocklington & Allan Guthrie.
Strange Wilds Press - BOREAL is here! @strangewildspress.bsky.social Tiny Maine Horror Press. BOREAL - Feb. 25th | Vulpine Curse - Apr. 30th |EIC @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social. Website: www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/strange-wilds-press
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Perdita In Exile @perditainexile.bsky.social Cancer biologist and writer, TJ Berg. Do not tell me I get only one genre I GET THEM ALL. In whatever combo I want. I've only caused one lab fire. Also, can I pet your dog?
Cosmic Daffodil Journal @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social 📚Literary Magazine. Est. Oct 1st '22.
💚Submissions are OPEN
🤍Theme: MOSAIC 🖼
💙EiC: @callmemadib.bsky.social
🌼Instagram/Threads: @cosmic__daffodil
John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social Literary agent for SF, Fantasy and Horror, after 15 years as a publisher in London.
http://www.johnjarrold.co.uk/
hex @hexliterary.bsky.social hex publishes brief speculative texts on a weekly-ish basis. We're @WPI. Editors @katemcintyre.bsky.social @danielmiller.bsky.social @joeaguilar.bsky.social. Subs closed for now. Read hexliterary.com
Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social Three storeys of books to discover in the heart of Glasgow 📚 with a charming cafe and exciting programme of events.
Library of Anglo-American Culture & History @libraryaac.bsky.social Library of Anglo-American Culture & History #FIDAAC
Resources for British, Irish, Australian, New Zealand, American & Canadian Studies
https://libaac.de/
https://libaac.de/legal-notice/
Dare @dsfalowo.bsky.social earthworker • chronic ills & portals • neurodivergent scribe • author of CAGED OCEAN DUB • work in F&SF, The Dark, Omenana, Baffling, Africa Risen etc • of Codex & the Sauutiverse 🏳️🌈 
Shirin Illustration @shirinillustration.bsky.social Hello, I'm a creature concept artist + an animal and scientific illustrator with a biology background. I'm also a writer and an editor.
Check out my website! https://shirinillustration.neocities.org/
#creaturedesign #animalart #scientificillustration
Writers' Bloc @writersbloc.bsky.social Edinburgh spec-fic writers' workshop and performance group.
Will @willcouper.bsky.social Scottish. Writer of unwanted stories. Angry. Frustrated. Watches some films. Plays some games. Sometimes writes about both. Neither award-nominated nor award-winning. Writing enquiries: willcouperbooks@gmail.com
Raj @lordofthemoon.com Irish-Indian software developing geek who's adopted Glasgow as his home. No longer has a turret at the University. Still a European. He/him. All posts entirely personal
Website: https://lordofthemoon.com
Mastodon: @lordofthemoon@mastodon.scot
M Nesce Drake @nesce.bsky.social SFF writer, fan, and dork - now published in Gallus: A Glasgow SF Writers' Circle anthology! (it's NESH-uh but I actually answer to Maggie) she/her. Disabled.
Support my work: https://buymeacoffee.com/mnescedrake
Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of short stories & poems relating to science fiction, transhumanism, anarchism, and cyberpunk dystopia. Pays semi-pro rates. Foofaraw dual sub partner. CLMP member. Like Black Mirror but more political.
RadonJournal.com
Cotton Xenomorph @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social A literary magazine devoted to new and marginalized voices. We also say NO CREEPS. Proud member of CLMP. EICs Teo Shannon, Chloe Clark, and Hannah Cohen.
Status: On hiatus for 2025
website: www.cottonxenomorph.com
ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social Literary magazine and independent press, publishing beautifully written flash and microfiction. 1,000 words or fewer.
Est. 2017-2024. Relaunched in 2026.
https://www.ellipsis-zine.com
Crab Tales Magazine @crabtalesmagazine.bsky.social A SFF flash fiction magazine about crabs.
Art submissions: OPEN.
Fiction submissions: CLOSED.
🦀
EIC @rachelhandley.bsky.social
Submit: crabtalesmagazine.com
Support: https://ko-fi.com/crabtalesmagazine
Dublin
Hexagon SF Magazine @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social Canadian quarterly speculative fiction semiprozine ⬣ Publishing the weird, wondrous, and whimsical ⬣ #BLM
*SUBMISSIONS CLOSED*
Posts by @jsbrevik.bsky.social
Hexagonmagazine.ca/issues
Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social New old speculative fiction magazine, relaunched June 2k20! Looking for work on the ever-moving edge of its kind--fiction, art, graphic narrative, animation. www.penumbric.com. For submissions info, see www.penumbric.com/subs.html
Speculative Fiction Magazine Subscriptions @sffmagazines.bsky.social A list of active, regularly published fiction markets, including stories by today's best science fiction, fantasy and horror writers.
Visit our web page and subscribe to your favorite titles:
https://www.trollbreath.com/sff-magazine-subscriptions/
Utopia Science Fiction Magazine @utopiascifi.bsky.social We are a paying science fiction magazine dedicated to publishing quality science fiction short stories, science articles, and poetry. Find us here: https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/
Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social An online publication of radically hopeful science fiction.
solarpunkmagazine.com
patreon.com/solarpunkmag
Tales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social An award-winning weekly horror fiction podcast
⛔ CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS FOR NOW
🖤Stay tuned for when we'll reopen!
www.talestoterrify.com
#HorrorCommunity
HAD @havehashad.com We had an idea that started as a joke. We had an affinity for that minimalist look and feel of early online journals. We had a couple drinks.
https://www.havehashad.com
Weird Fiction Quarterly @weirdfictionquarterly.com A community writing project from authors publishing weird flash fiction 4 times a year.
Check out our Starter Packs to follow WFQ authors and artists.
Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social Locus Magazine: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. The Guide to the World's Imagination.
https://locusmag.com
linktr.ee/locusmagazine
Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org culture, power, speculation
https://ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AncillaryReview
A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social A speculative book club, where critics, writers, and scholars join us to talk about thorny, interesting titles. A podcast from the Ancillary Review of Books.
https://ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/amealofthorns/
Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social Science fiction. Fantasy. The universe. And related subjects.
https://beacons.ai/reactormag
Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com We put the "Ginger" in "Horror" 🔥
Book & movie reviews with a bite.
17 years strong. Still scared. Still reviewing.
👇 Dunk into our latest posts
https://gnofhorror.com/
Diversity in Horror (they/them) @diversityhorror.bsky.social I’m a queer, biracial, and neurodiverse enby. Diversity in Horror is my website where I review and promote fiction featuring and/or created by BIPOC, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ folk. You can check it out here: https://diversityhorror.com/
The Skiffy and Fanty Show @skiffyandfanty.com SF/F/H podcast (interviews, discussions, Torture Cinema, etc.)! 4X Hugo Award Finalist!
Live on Twitch: FRIDAY 7 PM Central
twitch.tv/alphabetstreams
Site: skiffyandfanty.com
Patreon: patreon.com/skiffyandfanty
Things: skiffyandfanty.com/skiffythings
Psychopomp @psychopomp.com Publisher of otherworldly fiction @ Psychopomp.com
Publisher of death-focused magazine: @TheDeadlands.com
Publisher of @fantasymagazine.bsky.social
Buy our books! https://psychopomp.com/books/
Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social World Fantasy, Nebula, Ignyte, Locus & Shirley Jackson Award-winning speculative publisher. Baffling Magazine & novellas & anthos & queer 📚. Editor: dave ring.
Brain Jar Press @brainjarpress.bsky.social Australian publishers of fantasy, horror, science fiction, crime and geeky non-fiction, specialising in chapbooks, novellas, and short novels. 
JournalStone Publishing @journalstone.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of horror and dark fiction, along with our Trepidatio Publishing imprint. Currently managed by @scarlettralgee.bsky.social.
Interstellar Flight Press @interstellarflight.bsky.social We're an indie press publishing SFF! Always open to submissions for our magazine on pop culture.
Find us at www.interstellarFlightPress.com
Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com Lambda, Aurora, Locus, British Fantasy, and Nebula nominated indie press out of Detroit, Michigan ✨ dedicated to the author's authentic voice, thoughtfulness, and community - 🌈 editor @edebell.com
Give us a look! atthisarts.com
Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social Queen of Swords Press is a small press publisher of stories from out of this world. Queer AF. Catherine Lundoff, publisher. Minneapolis, MN. https://www.queenofswordspress.com
Mason Jar Press @masonjarpress.bsky.social A publisher of prose and poetry based in beautiful Baltimore, MD. http://masonjarpress.com/
banner pic by Stephanie Gibson
Subterranean Press @subpress.bsky.social Subterranean Press creates readable art, publishing luxurious specialty, limited editions and groundbreaking original works in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. Dispatches from the warehouse and other news. http://linktr.ee/subterraneanpress
Tachyon Publications @tachyonpub.bsky.social Tachyon Publications, founded in 1995, is a award-winning, San Francisco-based independent publisher specializing in speculative fiction.
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
Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social Leading independent publisher of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Crime, Pop Culture, Movie/TV tie-ins & much more 📚 Also, @hardcasecrime.bsky.social
Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social Publisher. CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS. CEO and Editor-in-Chief: @jendiagammon.bsky.social. Staff: @garethlpowell.bsky.social @authorhelengj.bsky.social @scarlettralgee.bsky.social @denniskcrosby.bsky.social @kcgrifant.bsky.social starsandsabers.com
Sloth & Envy Press @slothandenvy.com Small press. Fantasy, romance, horror. MN. Lots of swearing. Our handle is fubar until I fix the website issue so:
https://malloryglass.com/press-kit
We'd be deadlier if we weren't so lazy. Maybe.
Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social Quarterly speculative fiction, poetry, and non-fiction
Unapologetically antifascist and feminist.
NO AI!!!!
Spec SFF
magazine.trollbreath.com
https://ko-fi.com/trollbreathmagazine
https://linktr.ee/trollbreath
Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com Publisher of speculative fiction anthologies, Metaphorisis magazine, etc. run by @BMorrisAllen.com
Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com Science Fiction. Fantasy. Antifascism. Currently closed to submissions, open again on August of 2027.
https://hornedlarkpress.com
Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social Award-Winning Publisher of New Weird Horror + More, via Portland, OR & Transilvania, Romania.
@AlexWoodroe.com, Editor in Chief.
@MattBlairstone.bsky.social, Publisher.
SUPPORT INDIE. Hail the Tenebrous Cult🖤☠️
https://linktr.ee/TenebrousPress
Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com A literary magazine for the odd, the off-kilter, and the just plain weird. 🫏
Est. May 2018.
Re-designed site!: okaydonkeymag.com
Newsletter: okaydonkeymag.beehiiv.com
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/okaydonkey
Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com Cambridge, UK-based indie publisher of horror, gothic and supernatural fiction. EIC: Antonia Rachel Ward.
ghostorchidpress.com
Stelliform Press @stelliform.press Award-winning SFFH & literary books engaging with environmental justice. Now: THE OTHER SHORE, THE WILDCRAFT DRONES. www.stelliform.press.
Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social Publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, and Other Speculative Fiction
Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social Award-winning powerhouse publisher of SF 🚀 Fantasy 🧜♂️ Spec Fic ✨, and Horror 🧟 Part of Profile Books 📚 https://linktr.ee/solarisbooks
Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social You can do a lot with a bad hand. We're bringing you the best horror, dark fantasy, & crime fiction. Owned & operated by Bram Stoker Award and Shirley Jackson Award winner Doug Murano.
GHOULISH BOOKS WILL KILL YOUR PARENTS @ghoulish.bsky.social https://ghoulish.rip
Award-winning small press specializing in transgressive horror fiction for perverts. Based in Minneapolis.
Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social Publisher of F/SF anthologies and story collections - 29th Year 1997-2026. Based in Pittsburgh, PA. www.aanpress.com www.aanpress.com/artworks
Orbit Books @orbitbooks.bsky.social We are the science fiction & fantasy publisher at Hachette Book Group US and Little, Brown UK. Follow us for your next great read, and tag us in your pics!
ecw press @ecwpress.bsky.social We're an independent Canadian publisher of fiction, sports, poetry, pop culture, wrestling, business, science, and memoir. Certified B Corp.
https://ecwpress.com/
Bona Books 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social Publishing radical queer specfic from London, UK. Founded: @trip.bsky.social, @robwillb.bsky.social, @chrismccartney.bsky.social.
Harassed by: @lyamkk.bsky.social
🛸I Want That Twink OBLITERATED! (2024)
🧱Wrath Month (2026)
https://linktr.ee/bonabooksltd
Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social YVR's legendary independent bookstore. Est. 6/00. 'The pessimism of the intellect, the optimism of the will.' (Gramsci). 2026 Living Wage employer.
Bakka Phoenix Books @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social Canada's oldest Speculative Fiction bookstore, founded in 1972. www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com. We are located in Toronto, Ontario.
Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social DRM-free, AI-free, billionare-free, waitless ebooks from independent presses, sold to you by an actual human being who responds to emails, since 2010. https://weightlessbooks.com
Moonstruck Books @moonstruckbooks.bsky.social Publisher of otherworldly, haunting fiction. HWA + SFWA. Find us at moonstruck-books.com🦇
Little Ghosts Books @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Your Queer Spooky Bookstore x Small Press.
“A Good Story Will Haunt You”
👻🖤📚
www.littleghostsbooks.com
SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social Dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web, by widely published authors or those new to the craft. Est.2003. Paying up to $150. www.smokelong.com. No Trump supporters. Follow also @heyflashvillage.bsky.social
Valancourt Books @valancourtbooks.bsky.social Indie/horror/LGBT/classics. 2021 HWA Specialty Press Award. 'Valancourt's publications may be just what you're looking for.' - Michael Dirda, Washington Post
Dust & Dark @handle.invalid A new magazine of chilling horror fiction. Launching 2025. https://dustanddark.com/
Editor: @owenduffy.co.uk
Banner image: Mikel Martinez De Osaba
Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social Minneapolis-based publisher of short horror and Weird fiction. Anti-fascist, anti-capitalist, and pro-queer. Shirley Jackson Award-winning press.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/cursedmorsels
Atomic Carnival Books @atomiccarnival.bsky.social Publisher of weird speculative fiction. | Disabled-owned. | Editor, @egumeny.bsky.social | EAT THE RICH, August 2024
www.AtomicCarnivalBooks.com
Hungry Shadow Press @hungryshadow.bsky.social Micro-press specializing in anthologies of short horror fiction. hungryshadowpress.com
Talking Scared Podcast @talkscaredpod.bsky.social A podcast of conversations with the biggest names in horror writing. Find out where your favourite scary stories came from.
https://pod.link/1530064310
You can reach me at talkingscaredpod@gmail.com