Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social 🏆 Winner of the @JHALAKPRIZE & @BRADFORDBOASE for Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
🐯 Tiger Warrior author
🔎 Very Merry Murder Club author
Screenwriter @bbcwritersroom Scottish Voices.
Lit Rep: @chloeseager
https://linktr.ee/MaisieChanWrites
Brummie
El Pender @el-pender.bsky.social Fiction writer. Spec fiction reader. TTRPG player. Half of PenPost. Lecturer in Media Production. Comms Freelancer.
📌 Current Project, Machines of Bone & Blood @somanyrobots.com
website • eleanorpender.com
PenPost • penpost.itch.io
Roberta Warner @robertawarner.bsky.social Fantasy writer of characters who sometimes happen to be neurodivergent.
Currently querying my debut (historical fantasy + romance) and drafting the next book (contemporary fantasy).
Writes true stories that didn't actually happen ✨
Gary Budden @gary-budden.bsky.social Acquisitions editor @influxpress.bsky.social. (imprint of @diversionbooks.bsky.social)
Writer. London Incognita + Hollow Shores published by @deadinkbooks.bsky.social
From UK | Living in Brisbane Meanjin 🇦🇺
Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com I write novels, games and stories. Coming in 2026: MERCUTIO and THE SWORDMASTER. Writer at CHEO Foundation (my views are my own). Former journalist. From Manitoba, now in Ottawa. She/her. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️🌈
https://kateheartfield.com
Mahmud El Sayed @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social Writer | Arabfuturist | SFF | Cat dad 🐈⬛️ |
THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY out now with Gollancz & Saga Press.
Rep: @jjbker.bsky.social
linktr.ee/mahmudelsayed
Benedict Anning @benedictanning.bsky.social Horror/SF writer, occasional artist, general creative chump. Creature of the abyss and cat dad.🐈
⚛️⚰️ATOMIC COFFIN⚛️⚰️
- out now in UK! (Transworld/PRH)
- Oct 6 in US/CAN (Saga Press/S&S)
Rep: @jjbker.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/benedictanning
Ellen Kushner @ellenkushner.bsky.social Author & woman around town. Married to Delia Sherman. Wrote Swordspoint. Host/writer of public radio’s Sound & Spirit. A new gig every 17 years. Back to writing novels. Seeking for further amusement.
I would probably like you.
Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social Writer based in Franconian Forest, Germany
Fortean Times comics reviewer
published at Tor.com Shimmer 3LBE, Lackington's, Lead writer on Haunt www.stevetoase.co.uk
To Drown in Dark Water from Undertow Publications
Dirt Upon My Skin from Black Shuck Books
Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social Writer, editor. Milan, mostly, but sometimes Kraków. I like cats and cemeteries. A BLOOD AS BRIGHT AS THE MOON out now & IN VACUO coming up in February 2027 with Titan Books.
https://www.andreamorstabilini.com/
Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social World's #2 Shadow the Hedgehog fan. Heather for queer scottish literary SFFH, Hex for love stories and online ephemera.
I like watching horror movies, reading history books, playing video games and knitting.
https://heathervalentinewriting.com/
Alex S. Bradshaw 🦕 @alexsbradshaw.bsky.social Author of the Windborn Sagas WINDBORN and TROLLGRAVE - standalone Norse Fantasy, both SPFBO semi-finalists.
Co-Host of Spotlight Indie
At any moment will be thinking about fantasy and/or dinosaurs 🦖
Timy 🐼👑 @queensbookasylum.bsky.social Owner & editor of Queen's Book Asylum 📚| Sarcastic Smartass | Panda at heart 🐼| not too old for rock'n'roll 🤘🏻| dabbler in writing 🖊️
Blog: https://queensbookasylum.com
Newsletter: https://shorturl.at/2mLJ8
Frasier Armitage (inactive) @frasierarmitage.bsky.social SFF writer
Part-time robot. Full-time nerd
Co-host of the FanFiAddict book club
Come meet me in-person at the Spotlight Indie Event in Shrewsbury on May 23rd
Matt Dovey @mattdovey.com Fantasy/SF writer. Surname rhymes with 'Dopey'. He/him. #ActuallyAutistic & #ADHD
• Host for @podcastle.org
• Codex member
• mattdovey.com
Krista Wallace (She/her) @kristawallace.bsky.social Fantasy author; Jazz singer; Actor; Narrator; Mum; Gran; 🏳️🌈 Ally; Lover of pie, dark chocolate, soup, and fine single malt
~ The Gatekeeper series
~ Griffin and the Spurious Correlations
—> BC, Canada 🇨🇦
Kristawallace.com
Payhip.com/kristawallace
Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social Author. Work in Analog, Strange Horizons, Pseudopod, etc. Debut novel: INWORLD, spring 2027, Saga Press & HarperVoyager UK.
Rep: Alexander Cochran, Greyhound Literary (UK) & Brandi Bowles, UTA (US).
Website & Newsletter: https://arthurmanners.com/
Jennifer 📚🎧❣️ @jdawson001.bsky.social ♿️🏳️🌈American SFF author, poet, editor, & book reviewer living in England. She/her. The Poetry Society & The British Fantasy Society. Old OWW member.
Online at: WorldsOfMayhem.com
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/dawson001
🏳️⚧️ rights = human rights.
Nicholas Binge @bingewriting.bsky.social Bestselling author.
"Provocative and surprisingly tender." — The New York Times
Next book: EXHUMATION — out October 2026.
Rep: Greyhound Lit (UK) + UTA (US + film/tv)
www.nicholasbinge.com
also: @nickbrucker.bsky.social
Stairwell Books @stairwellbooks.bsky.social Stairwell Books: Based in York, tales from all over. A book for everyone! YA/Children’s books, novels, genre fic, nonfiction, history, poetry & story collections: a book for everyone. Delighted STRIKE shortlisted for Forward Prize 2024.
Amy 💜 @spacecatchom.bsky.social auDHD. INFJ. She/her. (SFF) Writer. Reader. Dungeons and Dragons DM.
Edinburgh, UK
bookstagram: madeupofbooks
https://linktr.ee/spacecatchom
Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social Writer, illustrator.
Australia.
Rep: Shena Wolf.
linktr.ee/tanaudel
@girlfleeshouse.bsky.social & @improbablemaps.bsky.social
#artthoughts #storynotes
patreon.com/tanaudel
Prints: tanaudel.redbubble.com
Fabric: www.spoonflower.com/profiles/tanaudel
Rebecca E. Treasure @retreasure.bsky.social Bi, ND, & slightly obsessed with Stardew Valley. Fueled by 🧀 🥨 & corgi fur.
🏳️🌈BLM
Managing/Flash Editor at @apexmag.bsky.social.
Creator/EiC of @crepuscularmag.bsky.social
Rep: Jen Azantian/Azantian Lit
https://linktr.ee/rebeccaetreasure
Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social 2025 World Fantasy Award Best Artist
Woodcut printmaker at www.xylographilia.com
https://xylographilia.etsy.com
https://www.patreon.com/LivRaineySmith
https://ko-fi.com/livraineysmith
#woodcut #art
Enjoyer of weird fiction and horror.
She/her
The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social Sugar, Spice, Smudge and Saja, and occasionally guest animals and humans.
Janet Forbes @worldanvil.bsky.social she/her (🏳️🌈Bi) | 📖Fantasy Author & Game Writer by night | CEO of 🌍🔨@WorldAnvil by day | SFWA member | BFSA Worldbuilding Award Judge l Pro Worldbuilding Consultant | 📺WorldbuildingCon.com host |www.janetforbes.com
Ellen Starsmore @ellenstarsmore.bsky.social 🌟 Indie fantasy author https://ellenstarsmore.com
🌟 Beyond the Humming Downs (a romantic fantasy adventure with lush worldbuilding) https://books2read.com/hummingdowns
🌟 Loves coffee, cats, carnivorous plants.
🌟 Lives in Melbourne, Australia
Michael Tamblyn @mtamblyn.bsky.social Kobo CEO with zero chill. Chaotic good, anti-fascist, bi-coastal Canadian bookseller ereader-purveyor - unsupervised & unofficial
https://www.michaeltamblyn.com
Rob Adams @damnedrobot.bsky.social Music and nonsense. Also cats.
On your left.
Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social Icelandic writer.
The Night Guest // Dead Weight // Down Where Monsters Dwell coming in March 2027!
Tom Lloyd @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social Writer of Words. Bane of Editors. Eater of Contracts. Shambles of a Man.
He/Him
Buy a book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F5QRD1K5
or support me on Ko-Fi - https://ko-fi.com/A3874JYT
Stephen Gallagher @stephengallagher.co.uk Doctor Who. BUGS. That creepy monster thing you might remember. Creator of Eleventh Hour and lead writer on Crusoe www.stephengallagher.com
Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social Swindon based independent bookshop, visit us online or in person! bertsbooks.co.uk - or 54 Godwin Court, Swindon, SN1 4BB
Email us on bert@bertsbooks.co.uk 
Psykokow @psykokow.bsky.social 
Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social SFFH Author/Critic. BSFA & British Fantasy Award Winner. Shoreline of Infinity columnist. GSFWC Social Media. #SGSAH PhD. #StrathLife
Queer Neurodivergent with Chronic Illness.
Stories and more: https://linktr.ee/ruthejbooth
David Green @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social Autistic writer of fantasy! Obsessed with Tolkien, Wheel of Time, maps. BFS secretary. Multi-British Fantasy Award los...ahem, nominee 📖
https://linktr.ee/davidgreenwriter
Rep'd by @losbennett.bsky.social
He/They
Dutiful Murdock @dutifulmurdock.bsky.social 3 badgers in a trench coat.
She/her 
Ana Sun @singingtotigers.bsky.social Sci-fi/fantasy writer. Utopia Award nominee, Best of British Sci-Fi, BSFA longlist, BFS shortlist, FRSA, Solarpunk, she/her.
"Futures to Live By" at NewCon Press https://v.gd/efd2dT
https://singingtotigers.com/
Diana Croft @dicroft.bsky.social British audiobook narrator and actor
Bav @jbav.bsky.social (He/him) BristolCon vice chair extraordinare!
Calah @calah.bsky.social Commissioning Editor at HarperVoyager & Magpie Books. Writer, repped by Stevie Finegan at Zeno Agency. Future Worlds Prize finalist. 🇺🇸🇬🇧. She/her. Views are mine, my own, my precious.
Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social Indie Publisher of historical fiction, championing authors and stories based in Northern England and Scotland. SUBMISSIONS CLOSED- A Ali Mack @alimack13.bsky.social Does Theatre, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, books of all kinds, a bit of IT, some environmental caring and a touch of emergency planning. Worries about keeping freedom of choice, how we treat refugees and each other. She/Her
World Fantasy Convention 2026 - Oakland CA @wfc2026.bsky.social The World Fantasy Convention (WFC), is an annual literary gathering of authors, artists, editors, agents, publishers, and fans of Fantasy & Dark Fantasy genres from around the world. The 2026 WFC will be taking place at the Oakland Marriott City Center
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
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.
Taz @tarynish.bsky.social Irishman that drifted into the Danelaw. Husband, father, Larper, Gamer, Rugby coach, physics teacher, scout leader. (He/him sé/é)
Marie van Mil @marievanmil.bsky.social ✒️ Speculative Fiction Writer
📍 Leeds, UK
https://linktr.ee/marieke.vanmil
MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com Sapphic Scottish specfic duo E&M. Fungi fanatics, lurcher lovers, gin guzzlers.
The Needfire NOW OUT out with Solaris Books!
PREORDER The Haunting of Avis Lovelock TODAY!
Repped by John Baker @ PFD.
https://www.mkhardywrites.com/links/
EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social Writer of stories, dreamer of dreams, parent of child, and so on...
I like shiny things 🌟
@em.h.writes.things on Instagram 🦋
Roz Clarke / Zora_db @rozc.bsky.social Writer, editor, farmer, retreat host with the most ghosts. Living with chronic pain and fatigue but would still ride naked into battle for Michael Sheen. If you want a follow back please drop me a message!
Zora_db on xitter, Zora-db on tumblr she/they
Mark Cantrell @man0words.bsky.social A UK writer and journalist. Writes about social housing (day job). Author of SFF novels Citizen Zero and Silas Morlock, published by Inspired Quill.
Website: https://tykewriter.wordpress.com
Substack Newsletter: https://markcantrellauthor.substack.com
Andie Holman - author @authorandie.bsky.social Contemporary fantasy series with sassy female leads, but the main character is always Nature. Romance subplot.
🍁
https://andieholman.com
https://andieholman.substack.com
Dan Desai Martin @dandesaimartin.bsky.social Author of In The Shadow Of The Sanctum (Gold Dust Publishing). Consultant. Progressive. Coffee addict. Swiftie. Unwavering ally 💙🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️ I post about politics & writing. He/Him. www.dandesaimartin.com
Rosemarie Cawkwell/Everything Is Better With Dragons book review @betterdragons.bsky.social Reader and writer of fantasy and sci fi, reviewer of mostly sci-fi and fantasy, some crime, and non-fiction. Butler to a rescue feline called Phoenix. Collector of books, yarn, and dragon stuffies. Neurodivergent and Queer. Based in Lincolnshire.
Jodi Taylor @www.joditaylorbooks.com Accidental international bestselling author of The Chronicles of St Mary's series plus numerous other books. Mostly eats cheese and chocolate - loves margaritas too.
https://www.joditaylorbooks.com/
Zi Graves @zigraves.bsky.social here mostly to make sure the username isn't taken. and so links work and I can look at art.
João F. Silva @joaosilvawrites.bsky.social Portuguese in Scotland | Epic Fantasy Author | The Smokesmiths series | Read Ruins of Smoke for free: https://linktr.ee/joaofsilva
David Bamford @davidbamford.me He/Him. Glasgow. Queer. Writer. Con-goer and -runner. Eastercon co-chair 2027. Horror, SF/F, queer culture, punk/sludge/hardcore/doom metal, kittens. Conservatives/bots/TERFs/nazis/arseholes need not follow. #ThePhobiaFiles is at davidbamford.me
MTH @megt.bsky.social SFF author. PhD in mass comm, anthro/archaeo, folklore, environment. Freelance writer/editor. Grantmaking and public policy. Operator at defunct farm. Cheesehead 🧀 Badger alum. Reposts not necessarily an endorsement.
web: https://oaklandhillsfarm.com
@matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social Geek, Dad, Gray Ace, He/Him. Enjoys reading words off paper, sometimes puts them there as well.
Lost Talent, a YA/New Adult Contemporary Fantasy with a diverse cast is out now!
More deails and four free chapters on http://im-writing-fantasies.ghost.io/
Big Bearded Bookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com Expert Waterstones bookseller with a very big beard
Books read: 88/100
📚 The Wax Child
📺 Lanterns
https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.com
https://www.ephemeral.co.uk
Phil Lunt @philelzebub.bsky.social Professional adventurer. Infrequent word hurler. Casual gamer. Sometime actor/designer/illustrator. Undercaretaker on @onelifeleft.com . BWFC supporter for my sins. I have an entry on Wookieepedia, though.
Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social SF fan, writer etc etc. 🏴Author of The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein; Rhetorics of Fantasy and Considering the Female Man (Luna Press, Order now!) UK GUFF delegate to Swancon 2028, Member of @brisbanein28.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 (Farah/they)
Sarah Pinborough @sarahpinborough.bsky.social Author and screenwriter. Sunday Times #1, & NYT Bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES on Netflix and INSOMNIA on Paramount+. Ted owner. WE LIVE HERE NOW coming Summer of 2025
John Dodd @johndodd.bsky.social Master of Eyebrows, Writer of Stories, Organiser of Conventions, Lead Dragonrider at Dragonmeet, Gamesmaster, Hair by Lego, Fierce Friend, Patient Enemy. Not the Hero you needed, the Monster you wanted...
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!
L.R. Lam @lrlam.bsky.social USA Today and Sunday Times Bestselling writer of Dragonfall, Pantomime, Goldilocks, Seven Devils, False Hearts, etc. Writing coach at The Novelry. 
Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs @thisjulieday.bsky.social Prone to a ❤️ of ginger & greyhounds. Writer. Novella | Collection | Lambda, Locus, & Bram Stoker finalist | 40+ stories. Publisher & Editor Essential Dreams Press. Newsletter, books, & other things me at linktr.ee/thisjulieday. (she/her)
Patricia Briggs News @mercysgarage.bsky.social Official bsky update account for author Patricia Briggs. Posts by moderators. https://www.patriciabriggs.com
And linktree link
https://linktr.ee/patriciabriggsnews
Charlaine Harris @realcharlaine.bsky.social New York Times Best Selling Author and lover of books 📚 The latest release in my Gunnie Rose series #TheLastWizardsBall is out everywhere NOW‼️✨
charlaineharris.com - Official Website
@RealCharlaine - Instagram
Charlaine Harris - FB
Kelley Armstrong @kelleyarmstrong.bsky.social Author. Expect sporadic book news, unsolicited writing advice, random pet pics & strongly worded opinions. She/her. 🇨🇦
Shannon Chakraborty @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social NYT/Sunday Times/Indie bestselling author of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi and The Daevabad Trilogy
Naomi Novik @naominovik.bsky.social author, coder, fangirl, geek. 🌕🌖🌗🌑 Author of Spinning Silver, Uprooted, Temeraire, & The Scholomance. Latest Release: THE SUMMER WAR
https://lnk.bio/naominovik
Jenn Lyons @jennlyons.bsky.social Author, artist, old-school nerd who likes to write books with dragons in them. x2 Astounding nominated author of the A CHORUS OF DRAGONS series and THE SKY ON FIRE from Tor books. Rep'd by Chris Lotts.
Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social MIDNIGHT DOORWAYS (Hachette India, 2022)
A DARK & NARROW HOUSE (Putnam/Penguin RH USA & Titan Books UK-2027)
Writer I Runner I Rheumatologist
x
queries @rhaliterary
Insta: usmantanveermalik
www.usmanmalik.org
Glasgow Eastercon 2027 @eastercon2027.org The 2027 Eastercon in Glasgow
https://linktr.ee/GlasgowEastercon2027
Archipelacon 2 @archipelacon.org Eurocon 2025. The largest science fiction and fantasy convention organised on the Åland islands. June 26–29, 2025
#archipelacon2 #eurocon2025 #ScienceFiction #fantasy #convention #Finland #Åland #eurocon
CONpossible @conpossible.bsky.social CONpossible is an alternative history & speculative fiction convention held in Atlanta, GA. Join us Feb 6-8, 2026 as we go #ThroughtheFairyRing!
#CONpossible2026
🧐🎩
ConFusion Michigan @confusionmi.bsky.social ConFusion 2026, "MAGICAL CONFUSION," will take place from January 30 to February 1, 2026 at the Sheraton Hotel in Novi, Michigan.
https://2026.confusionsf.org/
#ConFusionSF #ConFusionMI
Raven Dane @ravendane.bsky.social Traditionally published author of horror, science fiction, alternative history, dark fantasy and award winning steampunk novels and short stories in international anthologies
Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com Amateur gardener. Professional ad copywriter. Award-winning novelist | THESE SAVAGE STARS (March 16, 2027) PRE-ORDER NOW | patreon.com/kameronhurley | Newsletter: http://bit.ly/42qnhkx | kameronhurley.com
Marguerite Kenner @margueritekenner.bsky.social Dangerously Polite; Deadly Serious | Escape Artists Foundation publisher/Pres/CEO | Lawyer (views mine, not advice) | All things podcast | She/Her
PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org The oldest short-fiction horror podcast. We have always lived in the tower. We/they/them 🦑 Co-Editors: Kat Day & Alex Hofelich | Host: Alasdair Stuart | Asst Eds: Scott Campbell & Joshua Tuttle | Audio: Chelsea Davis & Graeme Dunlop 🎙️ PseudoPod.org
Pat Cadigan @patcadigan.bsky.social SF/fantasy/horror/whatever writer living in London, defying the odds & kicking the sh!t out of terminal cancer. ‘Heaven doesn’t want me & Hell’s afraid I’ll take over.’ 
Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
Alex Davis @alexdavis1981.bsky.social Lecturer, workshopper and creative writing events organiser - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis-events-17318878423
Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social All Kinds of Weird 👽 literary magazine and book company publishing strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful sff & horror. 100% organic, no AI 🚫
🛸 https://www.apexbookcompany.com/
🍄 https://violetlichen.com/
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/
Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social Writer editor singer songer. Self-appointed ALT text Jello Sherriff.
Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social Author of Invisible Library and Scarlet Revolution series, classifications specialist, quilter, knitter, tired. Pronouns she/her.
Iridescence - The 2026 Eastercon @easterconuk.bsky.social Iridescence 2026 is the UK's next Eastercon, the UK's longest running sci-fi convention. At the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, 3-6 April 2026.
https://eastercon2026.org/
Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social Malaysian in UK. I write fantasy and romance. BEHIND FRENEMY LINES out now!
Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
Tasha Suri @tashasuri.bsky.social Writes stuff. Out now: THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA. Next: THE LADY OF THORNS. (She/Her)
Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social A publisher of science fiction and fantasy, based in Wales.
sunyi @sunyidean.com ~Reader, writer, occasional thinker // multi-award-losing author // rep: Harry Illingworth @harryillingworth.bsky.social
Gav Thorpe @gavthorpe.co.uk New York Times Bestselling Author, world creator, consultant and games developer specialising in SF and Fantasy. Proud daddy. Whitecishet. He / him.