Space Cowboy Books @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social Indie bookstore in Joshua Tree specializing in SF, publisher, Simultaneous Times podcast, editor: Electronic Brain magazine, author. Jean-Paul L. Garnier
2023 Laureate Winner: Best Fanzine & Podcast. BSFA, Ignyte, & BFA finalist spacecowboybooks.com
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 ๐ฆ๐บ
Steve Downes @writerstevedownes.bsky.social Author of Fyre & Stone crime/historical fiction series.
Books on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Apple Books & Google Play
Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social Baltimore-based indie bookstore. Currently online until we get a new space for the bookstore. Generally won't DM people, unless maybe you're a publisher and we need info to stock your books.
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๐ป Abigail Kemske ๐ป @abigailkemske.bsky.social ๐ SFFH writer from MN
๐ป HWA, SFWA, Codex
๐ฟ sometimes moss
โ๏ธ Work in Apex, The Dark, Flame Tree Press, Nature: Futures, The Saturday Evening Post, Adventitious, Gavagai +
๐ซ no generative AI ๐ซ
Links to stories ๐ณ AbigailKemske.com
mere rain @mererain.bsky.social Author of speculative fiction of all genres.
Pubbed by JMS Books, Mischief Corner, Flametree, CossMass, Mad Scientist Journal, Astral, Things in the Well...
Jonathan Wood @jonathanwood.bsky.social Gamer, geek, and author (the Hero series as Jonathan Wood, the Dragon Lords series as Jon Hollins, and City of Iron and Dust as JP Oakes).
jonathanwood.substack.com
John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com Co-owner @eveninghouse.bsky.social
Writer:
FEAST OF THE PALE LEVIATHAN
BOXCUTTERS
EIC @cold-signal.com
Buffalo, NY
johnchrostek.com
Heralyn @heralyn.bsky.social Cat mom, gardener, book nerd. Formally heralyn on twitter, currently heralyn@ecoevosocial on mastodon.
AI gets you blocked
A. Bastedo is trying, okay? @abastedo-writing.bsky.social * (he/him)
* Published writer of horror and dark fiction
* Human services worker
* MFA Arcadia University
* Reconciling Lutheran
* Totally Not a Furry
* Married
* Dad Living/Dad Dying
Koffiart37 @koffiimageworks.bsky.social
Visdev / BG painter/Concept art/ comic book artist with decade of working in animation and game industry
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Kjelli Blaik @kjelliblaik.bsky.social Ask me about living in a haunted house. https://kjelliblaik.com/
Marc Ruvolo @marcruvolo.bsky.social Writer of weird horror living in Portland, OR. Maximum Queercore. Founded Chicago's Bucket O' Blood Books. NOVELLAS: SLOE (Unnerving Books), PIETIES (Slashic Horror Press). WASTE GROUND (Slashic Horror Press). He/him. AI=BLOCK.
Mickeyโs in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social Sober Artist and mother in TX finding new ways to create and live with progressive illness. Agender, Queer, Autistic, Trauma and Coma survivor. (Re)living their life. Over 18 is best.
Emerson Wick (he/him) @bogwyrm.bsky.social author of queer romances and fantastical things | he/him | disabled & neurodivergent | aroace monster
Basile Lebret edits Cult of the Dog @evoripclaw.bsky.social Horror (screen)writer
Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social Thatโs not me asking for money, itโs someone spoofing me. I promise.
Non-stop book reviewing lady! Also writer, editor, aunt, godmother, curmudgeon. I love books and birds.
No DMs, sorry! I am extremely shy.
Margo Pecha @notmargopecha.bsky.social PNW | Copy editor & writer of strange tales
hEDS-haver, gardener, enthusiast of old things, loves horror rock
Stories in/forthcoming from: CHM, The Muddy Goose Guide to the Weird Northwest, Encounters With Cryptids, etc.
https://linktr.ee/margo.pecha
Cal @skyquake.bsky.social Likes: history, horror, video games, religion(s), and staring at pictures of space! he/they. Queer. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
โง Mother Suspiria โง (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com I share the Horror & spread the Dread.
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Pen Anderson @pensiv.art ๐๏ธ Synthesist, Author, Multimedia Artist
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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
Jenni8675309 @jenni76.bsky.social Proud aunt & big sister, Trekkie, ice cream enthusiast, coffee proponent, team pork roll, stouts > IPAs, best pal of Leia the beagle mix, recovering movie snob, wanna be hiker, fun type of weird, not compatible with bigots.
Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning horror bitch. Co-founder, Darker Times. Writer, critic, listmaker. HORROR FOR WEENIES on sale now. Reviews etc in the NYTBR, Reactor, Vulture, Slate, & more. She/her. ๐
readjumpscares.com
darkertimes.com
B. K. Brahma @bkbrahma.bsky.social I'm a horror author and member of the HWA. You can find me active here, and occasionally on Slasher. Feel free to reach out with any questions ๐
Michele @smichele.bsky.social I write, stream, play games of the video and tabletop varieties, watch a lot of movies, read a lot of scary and fantastical books, listen to a lot of spooky podcasts, and rage against various machines.
Diego D. Lomax @diegodlomax.bsky.social Dyslexic writer, tracing artist, and tone-deaf producer
My debut novel 'God of Fishes' is out NOW!
My graphic novel, [4-EVA], coming soon
Check out ny website for more info www.diegodlomax.com
Garrett Bliss ๐บ๐ฆ @gbliss.bsky.social Old MoviesโฆGhost StoriesโฆFairytalesโฆOperaโฆPoliticsโฆ Marxist Woke Pope
Adam Griffin @griffworld.net Writer - griffworld.net | THE MEETING OF THE SPIRITS - very soft launch at https://www.patreon.com/cw/griffworld_ad | Co-host of It's Them Damn Enchiladas: The Podcast | | Black Lives Matter. | Power to all people | Bodily autonomy for all. | he/him
Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social Multimodal af. Collective Gravities, Every Galaxy a Circle, Patterns of Orbit, Escaping the Body, & more
Co-EIC of @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social
www.chloenclark.com
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John Ward @johnward.bsky.social Writer of comics, books, and films. PhD in theoretical physics. Vancouver, BC
https://arbutusfilms.com/
https://subscribepage.io/O1KniV
https://www.patreon.com/JohnWard794?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
๐ป The Phantasmic Paul Jessup ๐ป @pauljessup.com Award winning writer of creepy stuff. Glass House, Skinless Man Counts to Five, Daughter of the Wormwood Star, Suicide Music, & Cancer Eats the Heart out now. Rustbelt Gothic coming Oct 2026. Creator of the game Bad Writer
website: https://pauljessup.com
Elad Haber @eladhaber.bsky.social Writer, Dad, Music Nerd. Stories in Lightspeed, Simultaneous Times Podcast, Underland Arcana, Even Cozier Cosmic, Silly Goose Press, Bulb Culture Collective, and more!
Debut collection, THE WORLD OUTSIDE, out now from Underland Press.
eladhaber.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.
Denise Dumars (aka Dyana Aset) @dyanaaset.bsky.social Writer, leftist, pagan.
Aliera @alierakieron.bsky.social Smut writing witch, feeder of many, mother to many creatures great and small. Did you read Jane Austen and thought it needed more sex, less heteronormativity, and witchcraft? https://a.co/d/h5MxSKh
Hannu @hannu.bsky.social Author โข Filmmaker โข Currently writing TO KILL A GOD
www.thehannugator.net
Joanna Roye @joannaroye.bsky.social Weird fiction writer. Horror, speculative, gothic etcโฆ Loves opossums and bees. Anti-AI. She/They.
Duane Pesice @moderan.bsky.social Writer, editor, musician, itinerant backyard chef. Cat and dog man, herbal enthusiast.
Cubs content https://www.cubsinsider.com/
Flesh-strips strictly played-down.
Generally averse to chatting.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Duane-Pesice/author/B00X707580
LC von Hessen ๐ ๐ @lcvonhessen.bsky.social Writer of horror, weird fiction, and assorted unpleasantness. Performer/artist/creep. History nerd. Cat person. They/them. ๐ Anti-genAI.
lcvonhessen[at]gmail[dot]com
Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social Tree-hugging witchy poet. Author of fairy tales, fantasy, and mystery. Books are magic, and those who burn books are never on the right side of history. Editor of the Pagan literary ezine, Eternal Haunted Summer.
https://eternalhauntedsummer.com
Robert J. Sodaro @rjsodaro.bsky.social Writer and reader of Funnybooks, graphic production artist and designer.
Malaidoskop @malaidoskop.bsky.social Technologist | Ethicist | Teacher for the Blind | Writer of Weird Fiction, poetry and sociological / political books
Informatikerin | Medienpรคdagogik | Medienethik | Barrierefreiheit | Autorin
Jill Hand @jhandy.bsky.social Author of the Trapnell Southern gothic humorous thriller series. Try it, youโll like it. Getting too old for this shit, but showing up anyway. Excelsior!
Silvatiicus Riddle @silvatiicus.bsky.social 7x Rhysling-nominated Dark Fantasy/Speculative Fiction Writer & Poet. May my words be a sanctuary to all that find them; may the stories I tell form a bridge between the mortal realm and the Other.
Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social Horror author, Pagan, introvert, nerd, Star Trek fan, and slave to two cats.... (he/him) BFS/OBOD/Mensa/Egypt Exploration Society (UK)
Polly Schattel @pollyschattel.bsky.social Writer โข Filmmaker โข Partner โข Parent โข ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ โข THE OCCULTISTS โข SHADOWDAYS โข 8:59:29 โข CRATER GIRL โข Books, woods, guitars, critters & coffee โข Trans rights = Human rights โข HWA โข AVL โข I follow writers โข Fix your hearts or die โข pollyschattel.com
Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social Servant to the Cyber Gods | Bram Stoker Award Nominated Prose Poet | Author of Oblivion in Flux | Bleeding Rainbows and Other Broken Spectrums | anOther Mythology
https://linktr.ee/cybergodwrites
Michael Thomas Ford @mtford.bsky.social Author of too many books.
John Claude Smith @jcsmith0919.bsky.social Writer of Weird Horror and other oddities. Latest book is Autumn in the Abyss Redux. More on the way. Yes, this is me.
Lamont A. Turner @lamontaturner.bsky.social Writer
Melanie Crew @crewm1978.bsky.social I run from the birds that want me dead.
MelanieCrew.com
TheCryptidCannery.com
ko-fi.com/thecryptidcannery
The Outer Dark
Frank Floyd Author @frankfloydauthor.bsky.social A Dark Fiction author writing about existential dread, mental health, and the pain of existence.
Wordpress: https://frankfloyd.home.blog
John Paul Fitch @johnybhoy.bsky.social Writer, cinema lover, reader, father.
My latest collection - Diabolique - is available from Hybrid Sequence Media. https://hybridsequencemedia.com/product/diabolique/
@jhhoward3.bsky.social @jhhoward3.bsky.social He/him.
Father, husband, horror and fantasy writer. Regular contributor to Weird Fiction Quarterly.
Proud ally.
Chris J. Karr @cjkarr.bsky.social I wear a lot of hats: software developer, entrepreneur, weird fiction publisher, writer, non-profit founder, election worker, local handyman, open-source creator, and Macross & X-Men fan.
Latest updates can be found at notesfromthevoid.cc.
Danielle Draik @artofddraik.bsky.social Sculptor/Painter/Printmaker/Zinester w/ a background on esotericism, the paranormal, & the occult . Behind the scenes posts and glimpses into my library for cool kids .
Have you ever seen something you cannot explain? tell me @ danielledraik.com
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Russell Smeaton @tikirussy.bsky.social beer drinker, drummer, egg swallower
Kasey Hill @kaseyhillauthor.bsky.social #Author of #Horror #ParanormalFantasy #fantasy Epic, High, Dark #MythicFantasy Angels, fallen angels, demons, gods #OzRetelling #Wicca #Poetry Southern and Appalachain Gothic Horror, and Weird fiction
Publisher at Dark Moon Rising Publications
Carolyn Kay @bewitchinghips.bsky.social Author, photographer, dancer, cat mom.
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ She/her
โ๐ฟ Black lives matter
Tony Bradbury @ghostdancer.bsky.social Author..husband.. grumpy old man, Grandad who is soon to retire and looking forward to it!!
@canwiggins.bsky.social @canwiggins.bsky.social 
ITSONLYGENTLE @itsonlygentle.bsky.social Horror/Hope Writer, Techno-Occultist, Gamer
๐จโ๐ป: Follow Me @
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Youtube.com/@ItsOnlyGentle
๐ฆ: Personal Data Projects
https://www.kaggle.com/johnmfcolton
๐ง: Streamer Business
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Shayne Keen @shaynek.bsky.social Writer, Editor at Weird Fiction Quarterly 
Daniel Braum @danielbraum.bsky.social Author of the Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales from Cemetery Dance and other books of the strange, uncanny, and phantasmagorical. Host of the Night Time Logic reading and interview series on You Tube. Phantom Constellations launches Nov 15th 2025.
Adam Bolivar @adambolivar.bsky.social Alliterative poet, balladeer, weird fiction writer and playwright for marionettes. adambolivar.com
Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social Writer (fantasy, horror) , nurse practitioner, mom, candle and soap maker. 
Garrett Cook: Sleep Paralysis Aficionado @garrettcook.bsky.social Decadent rakehell, queer, horror and Bizarro author. Winner of the Wonderland Book Award and nominated for a Splatterpunk Award. Fix your hearts or die
Please, no book marketers
Rhys Hughes @rhysaurus.bsky.social Author
Europe / India / Africa
Short Fiction, Novels, Articles, Plays, Poems.
50+ books
1000+ short stories.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhys_Hughes
SFE: https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hughes_rhys
Writedit @writedit.bsky.social โ๏ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ฟ๐๐๐
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Erica Ruppert @renfestklingon.bsky.social Writer of weirdness, reader of everything
Power to the people #resist
@frankcoffman.bsky.social @frankcoffman.bsky.social 
Lisa Morton @lisamorton.bsky.social Writer, bookseller, Halloween expert, paranormal historian, L.A. woman
Richard Leis @richardleis.com Writing speculative and horror poetry and fiction while working on an active Mars mission.
"Curious Cat" in WEIRD FICTION QUARTERLY: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
"La fantasmas en Su Boca" nominated for the 2026 Rhysling Award.
richardleis.com
Neil Sanzari @neilsanzari.bsky.social I write weird fiction, and Iโm also in the process of adapting my stories into comic book art.
James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social British Fantasy Award-Winning author ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
The Ben Garston Novels. The Dark magazine.
"Mother of Night" March 2027 from Evil Twin (Zando Books)
Web: https://james-bennett.org/
'Inventive and vivid'
Publishers Weekly
๐ซ AI
Mark Anthony McLaughlin @markamcl.bsky.social Winner of Bram Stoker Award. Author of novels and fiction collections.
https://www.facebook.com/markmclaughlinmedia/ Author of HUMAN DOLL and more. With Michael Sheehan Jr., author of HORRORS & ABOMINATIONS, NIGHTMARES & TENTACLES, and more.
Demagogue Press & Qilin Press @paippolito.bsky.social Girl Boss Indie publisher (@demagogue_press & @qilin_press ), lawyer, writer, and gamer & nonprofit founder.
Brandon Barrows @brandonbarrows.bsky.social New mystery novel THE DARKER THE NIGHT out 7/7 from Rowan Prose!
Bestselling author. Mustang Award winner and four-time finalist. Two-time Derringer nominee.
Pixie Bruner @pixieb.bsky.social Horror Bibliophile and Bibliophage. Historian/Writer. Bad Poet. INFJ all my life, unfortunately. Introvert. Cancer Cervivor. Cat Person. 
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