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Drew, Allegedly @thescribblings.com Rumours of my abduction by the cannibalistic followers of the great space wyrm Yrrscadareth and subsequent indoctrination as their new Chosen One are probably not true.
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Alicia Coleman @aliciacoleman7.bsky.social Romance Writer, Voracious Reader, Planner Addict, Tea Lover Sci-fi: Dr Who/Red Dwarf/Star Trek fan
Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social Author, editor, historian. Bibliophile.
Ashby Albright @ashbyalbright.bsky.social MS and car accident in the background, married with 9,000 books and 29 gaming systems. Love my cats!
Annie Mare @anniemare.bsky.social Author. she/they. Writes queer romance, mystery, sf/f as Annie Mare. Co-writes with Ruthie Knox as Mae Marvel. Next: COSMIC LOVE AT THE MULTIVERSE HAIR SALON, 6/3/25. Last: BIG NAME FAN sapphic Hollywood mystery. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/anniemare
Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social Author. henrylien.com
Laura McKay | writer, editor, ADHDer @writerlauramckay.bsky.social 🇨🇦 📚 🖊️
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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social Host of the Savage Lovecast, author of Savage Love. "A deviant of the highest order!" — The Daily Caller
Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social civilian drone technology and GIS/spatial data consultant, journalist and writer, monitors small drones in the Ukraine war, humanitarian-aid adjacent, always annoying online. they/them pronouns. read my newsletter: https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io
HC Fitzpatrick @hcfitzpatrick.bsky.social She/Her.
#Author of fantasy retelling series the Rose World.
Married mom of amazing neurodivergent kiddo.
Architect in another life.
hcfitzpatrick.com
@je9jenine.bsky.social @je9jenine.bsky.social In ABQ, university staff (no, not that one). We've got to take care of each other. Make it gay.
Abolish ICE.
M.M. Rees @mm-rees.bsky.social wife, mother, romantasy author, AuDHD, hobby hoarder, she/her
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Love and Romance in Toronto @loveandromanceinto.bsky.social https://bio.site/loveandromanceevents
@catsspeakingfrench.bsky.social @catsspeakingfrench.bsky.social I have a great French accent when I adopt the voice of an elderly fisherman.
50s, Albuquerque, anti Republican, feminism makes men's lives better too.
I block blank profiles; say something about yourself before a follow.
Words Are Life @wordsarelife.bsky.social 👩🏻🦰 Grace 🇦🇺 Aussie 📖bookworm
Sherry @sherrywrites.bsky.social Reader, Writer/Editor & #pilotwifelife | Member #ACES #SATW- K @ksferris.bsky.social @ksferris.bsky.social
SAS616 @itsjustme6161.bsky.social Writer, kitty lover, brewer of limoncello, who is just trying to keep on swimming.
Mary Schweitzer @marys17.bsky.social #NNW
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Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social She/her
Romance reader 💙📚🌶️
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Freelance copyeditor (SFF & Romance): ericapeckedits.com
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Alicia Coleman @aliciacoleman.bsky.social Romance Writer💋, Voracious Reader📚, Planner Addict📖, Tea Lover🫖☕️, Sci-fi: Dr Who/Red Dwarf🚀/Star Trek fan🖖🏽
Minerva Spencer @minervaspencer.bsky.social Chicken fancier, goose apologist, Vonnegutian humanist, author of tasty historical romance.
Emily Ditto @emilyditto.bsky.social Voracious reader, insatiable learner. Researcher.
Archaeologist by training, book nerd mom by design. Full coverage x-stitch initiate.
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WIP: Monster of the Deep Forest
Sarah M. Cradit | Fantasy Author @sarahmcradit.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling Fantasy Author & Weaver of Worlds | Intersectional Feminist and Humanitarian | Black Lives Matter | Pug Mom x 4 | Ithilien Princess | ADHD | INTJ | Chaotic Neutral
https://linktr.ee/sarahmcradit
AudiobookMel 🎧📚🐴🐶🐻 (she/her) @audiobookmel.bsky.social Loves to listen to audiobooks, including fantasy, sci-fi, thrillers and horror. I love animals. I have two Australian Cattle Dogs and two no longer rideable horses. Visit accredited zoos frequently.
Elizabeth Andrews @elizwrite.bsky.social I write hot romance novels & read like a fiend. I'm here for the romance writers & readers, and some good music. I don't auto-follow.
Diana Beebe @dianabeebetx.bsky.social Writer of SF and Fantasy, quilter, sewist, mom, happily widowed, probably not a mermaid. 
Jeremy Brett @jbarchivist.bsky.social Science fiction librarian, archivist, curator, reader. Reasonably nice.
@amberknox.bsky.social @amberknox.bsky.social 
Erewhon Books @erewhonbooks.bsky.social Imprint of Kensington Books. Publisher of thoughtful, groundbreaking, and unforgettable books that go straight to the reader’s heart. Inclusive and community-oriented, imagine better futures with us, and be welcome.
Victoria Hayward @writervh.bsky.social Writer / Science Fiction / Fantasy / Birds / 🍸
Warhammer 40K Darktide / Black Library Author / Lancaster University Creative Writing Scholarship PhD Candidate 🌈
Principal Investigator: Fair Realms Project (BA/ACE/AHRC funded)
All views her own, she/her
Xio Axelrod @xioaxelrod.bsky.social (ZEE-ohh) she/her
USA Today Bestselling author 📚💙🌶️
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Words+Music
GenX brain/Millennial🖤
I'm rarely in my DMs
AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @ask-aubry.com Curator of Nice Guys™, WTFs, & Trash Takes
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Amy Keeley @amykeeley.bsky.social I write fantasy, usually with a romance in it somewhere. My online home is currently amykeeley.wordpress.com. My books are available at a number of places.
Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas.bsky.social Author, editor, and teacher of creative writing, speculative fiction, and comics. Thinker of strange thoughts. Member of Cloudscape Comics. MFA in Creative Writing from UBC.
KAKrantz @kakrantz.bsky.social Author of the IMMORTAL SPY series & LARCOUT. #SPFBO 2016 Finalist. Ought to be writing. Probably reading webcomics. Definitely singing loudly and offkey at the traffic light. 
Holly Black @hollyblack.bsky.social Author of books involving folklore and bad decisions.
Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social NYT & Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Smoke & Bone series and Strange the Dreamer duology. Inventor of gods, eater of mangoes, killer of darlings, mother of yetis, keeper of ghosts. Portland, OR.
Katharine Coldiron @ferrifrigida.bsky.social like you wouldn't want to iron your clothes with a cold iron. if anyone wants me I'll be in my room. patreon.com/KatharineColdiron
erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social Author of The Night Circus (2011) & The Starless Sea (2019), creator of The Phantomwise Tarot (2022). she/her. Ask me about my cat. https://linktr.ee/erinmorgenstern
Madeline Miller @madelinemiller.bsky.social Writer (The Song of Achilles, Circe), reader, theater lover. Cats, Long Covid. She/her. 
Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
Kat Simons/Isabo Kelly @katsimons.bsky.social Writer of fun stuff, including kissing books, science geek, gadgets, food. Sometimes sports. she/her
John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social Science fiction and fantasy writer, author of RED NOISE, THE LIAR, and others. Coffee enthusiast.
No idea what I’m doing.
https://johnpmurphy.net
Mallory Braus @mallorybraus123.bsky.social Experienced Editor @ House of Braus |
Tailored #Edits, Empowered #Authors |
Helping authors deliver their best work, their way |
Let's talk story!
Www.houseofbraus.com 
Jennifer Udden @suddenlyjen.bsky.social Literary agent at LDLA, author of publishing newsletter A Faster No & cohost of publishing podcast Shipping & Handling!
Jenna Beet @jennabeet.bsky.social Not actually a beet. Proud to be Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Fiction writer of no renown. She/ her/ y'all
Nicola A. @nicola327.bsky.social Romance reader, very occasional reviewer, tech nerd, empty nester mom.
David X Jones @davidxjonesauthor.bsky.social Author (mostly #scifi), teacher (#games programming), games programmer.
I follow back unless I see a reason not to. [Or if I've been absent for a long time]
Megan Frampton 🤷🏻♀️ @meganf.bsky.social Romance author. She/her. Proud Brooklynite. Oxford comma forever. Fujoshi. Danmei reader. Shawol/EXO-L/Stay/Atiny/WayZenNi/NCTzen #NoAI #Romancelandia #CodifyRoe #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #AbolishICE
https://www.meganframpton.com/
SonomaLass Have you called your senators today? ⚾ 🍺 🌮 @sonomalass.bsky.social She/her. Co-author of Mercury Rising, an alternate historical romance. Reader, proud mom/grandma, retired actress & college professor, Dodgers fan, unabashed progressive. Black lives matter, trans rights=human rights, health care & bodily autonomy for all.
Scott King @scottking.bsky.social Author, photographer, all round geek.
Disabled. Nonbinary (they/them). 🇺🇸living in🇩🇪
www.ScottKing.info
R.K.Simpkins @rksimpkins.bsky.social 
Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com Trans Queerdo. He/Him. Shirley Jackson Award Winner. Nebula, Sturgeon, World Fantasy, and L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist. Wrote I NEVER LIKED YOU ANYWAY (Lethe Press), WHEN I WAS LOST (Trepidatio), and THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS (Lethe). No AI. Fuck ICE.
Jay Wolf @jayxwolf.bsky.social sff writer & dev editor, book designer, author-illustrator, lapsed podcaster, sculptor, fabricator, Viable Paradise alum, online community specialist, queer as in here, they as in them, kennywood enthusiast.
writes books as @mdmcd.com
Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social Locus Magazine: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. The Guide to the World's Imagination.
https://locusmag.com
linktr.ee/locusmagazine
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social Public media marketing and comms muppet. Author of THE NOBODY PEOPLE, A HUNDRED THOUSAND WORLDS, and DRAGON DAY. Writing some comics and some podcasts and some books. Lotta dogs over here, y'all. Lot of dogs.
he/him
Rosemary Claire Smith @rcwordsmith.bsky.social Writing time travel tales for the past 156 million years; writing book reviews for Analog since 2023; winner of the Sidewise Award for alternate history; rcwordsmith.com
Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social Kristen (she/her) writes about SFF books at Fantasy Cafe, host of Women in SF&F Month in April. Vermont/Upper Valley. Likes: Myths, wordsmithery, complex characters, dark stories, Baldur's Gate 3, cats, birds.
https://www.fantasybookcafe.com
Kate M (they/she) @katemontgomery.bsky.social Lawful tired. Long COVID-disabled multi-crafter. Librarian and medievalist, queer SFF/historical romance writer. Voracious reader, avid researcher.
WornRagged🇨🇦 @wornragged.bsky.social Dare-devil. Spy. Noted kook. Doctor of medieval bizarreties. Writes things down. Albertan in Canada. Canadian in Occitanie.
Sullivan McPig @sullivanmcpig.bsky.social Book Addicted Piggy. Visit me and my brother here:
https://www.blogger.com/profile/15133432350331782496
Travis Heermann @travisheermann.bsky.social #Author, award-winning #filmmaker and #screenwriter, comics creator, podcaster, anti-fascist. #Scifi #fantasy, #horror, #litrpg. He/him.
https://travisheermann.com/
Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning and USA Today best-selling author, narrator, and professional puppeteer. Also has a talking cat. Latest title: Apprehension.
Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social 🌱 Poet, author, art historian | #AuDHD
🏇♿ ✨💖💛💙✨| P: M. Cassatt
Rebecca Crowley @rebeccacrowley.bsky.social Author of romances about good people doing their best. ✡️ Rep: @charmstrong.bsky.social
https://rebecca-crowley.com
Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com Author of fictions and strong leisure-time opinions. My Wings Rising epic fantasy duology is from Meerkat Press. I also write horror, funny sci-fi, and maybe essays soon. Food & Drink Blog @ TheGourmez.com. 📍Bay Area, CA
Kriti | Armed with A Book @armedwithabook.bsky.social Everything bookish. Book reviewer, bookstagrammer, blogger.
Sharing my love for books on armedwithabook.com
I love working with authors and reading with readers. I also occasionally make art.
She/Her
Joe X Young @joexyoung.bsky.social I have created an Indie Horror Author Community resource website that will help you to succeed as authors, and help readers to find you.
https://joexyoung.com/welcome-home/
Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social Readers' advisory librarian. Former Clarion West Writers Workshop board member. 2022 World Fantasy Award judge. Karaoke enthusiast.
Rob Edmunds @robedmunds.bsky.social I'm a writer of three novels, the most recent about the conflict in Burma during World War II. My previous two novels are both about the ancient Numidian King Masinissa, set during the Second Punic War. 🏴
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https://linktr.ee/robedmunds
Chelsea Mueller @chelseamueller.bsky.social Fantasy and horror writer. My books are filled with both murder and kindness. Because we can be more than one thing, y’all. 💀🌸 She/her.
https://linktr.ee/chelseavbc
Tee Tate @teetate.bsky.social She/Her. Writer. Senior Editor with @CityOwlPress, @SFWA Member #Codex Writers Member. #Feminist
teetate.com for freelance edits
instagram.com/teetatewrites
KR @kr155150.bsky.social Leguminati
Sarah Waites @illustratedpage.bsky.social Artist and mapmaker. She/her. Commissions open!
https://theillustratedpage.net/design/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sarah-waites/the-romance-writers-oracle-an-inspiration-deck
Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social I work at Johns Hopkins to help patients + their loved ones heal from critical illness.
Democracy is a Social Determinant of Health (#SDoH). Preserve it
https://voices.nejm.org/browse/voices-series/theodore-iwashyna
Miss Helen June @misshelenjune.bsky.social 🎮Games, Art, Pop Culture, & a Little Bit of Witchery 🎃
❤️ND Mental Health Advocate ❤️ She/Her
Fantasy/Romance/Horror Reader. FFXIV/Nana Hakuuchi/Cerberus 🎮
Otome lover & proud disaster Bi 💜🩷💙
Dark Matter Zine @darkmatterzine.bsky.social DMZ reviews stories in various mediums and interviews creatives. I’m trying to get back into it but it’s been a hard year. Latest interview: Raelke Grimmer, debut YA neurodivergent author who wrote a neurodivergent protag. DMZ content is free. 
Steve Griffiths @writersteve.bsky.social Writer, editor, lover, eejit.
Freelance Editor at EARLY MORNING EDITS.
Sarah Loch (she/her) @sloch.bsky.social Gemini Bisexual with ADHD, all over the place. Writer, reader, maker of thingies, recovering librarian. Associate editor at Escape Pod. Writing romance as Ariel Bishop. Book cover design: https://purpledragondesign.carrd.co
Joshua Palmatier/Zombies Need Brains @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social Joshua Palmatier is an epic fantasy writer and the founder of the small press Zombies Need Brains. ZNB does NOT use AI imagery in its covers and does NOT accept AI-generated stories. Visit the store: https://zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site
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.’ 
Sarah Brand @sarahbrand.bsky.social DC-adjacent. local elected/activist, data nerd, sometimes SF/fantasy writer, live-in photographer for my son and my cats. opinions are mine and do not reflect the views of my cats. elected official account: @sarahbw.bsky.social
Rebecca Hardy @bextraterrestrial.bsky.social Writer | Actor | Chaos Oracle
Deena Ray @deenaray.bsky.social Author of fantasy romance. Corgi aficionado. Mount Holyoke forever. Assistant to the regional manager.
Marcella Burnard @marcellaburnard.bsky.social Author, Crazy Cat Person, Tea Snob. They/them. 🏳️🌈 Writing SFR, UF, PNR, and Fantasy. If it’s weird and vaguely creepy, I’m probably writing it. OFMD is life. 🏴☠️ Liberal AF. 💙
Catherine Schaff-Stump @cathschaffstump.bsky.social Author of the Klaereon Scroll series and the Abigail Rath Versus series. Professor, gamer, costumer, actress. 300-year-old Jedi from the High Republic.
Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte Finalist • DISGRACED RETURN OF THE KAP'S NEEDLE is a Nebula finalist! • Reactor, Clarkesworld, Apex • Codex • He/him • Brazilian/Latino author
More: https://linktr.ee/renanbernardo1
Andy W. Taylor @sooguy68.bsky.social Canadian writer of speculative fiction who buys more books & comics than he can ever hope to read. Viable Paradise (VP19), Codex, TWUOC, CSFFA, Playwright Junction. Cancer Survivor. He/Him