Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social Brit/US writer of uncanny fiction. Best Small Fictions 2025. Over 40 stories in The Barcelona Review, LITRO, Southeast Review, The Forge, The Los Angeles Review and others. @nightjarpress Based in Eugene, Oregon (but grew up in UK). www.arthurmandal.com
Chad Loder @chadloder.dev The purpose of a system is what it does. 🌪️ they/them
Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
Bree | PAILBN Art @pailbn.bsky.social Bree | They/He/She | Illustrator | 🖤🩶🤍💜 | Yinzer | 2nd Most Annoying Poster in South Minneapolis | Anti-AI Luddite | @atle25zine Lead
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R. Ruhl 🌙 @writingruhls.bsky.social Querying a horror novel!
MFA in Writing Popular Fiction. HWA member. STEM background. History, astronomy, & Renaissance fair fan. Friend of a fussy dachshund. I'm a cane user and my work focuses on disability rep.
https://linktr.ee/writingruhls
Joe Tankersley @joetankersley.bsky.social Futurist, storyteller, old guy. Committed to reimagining our futures. Co-conspirators always welcome. 
Cody Sisco @codysiscowrites.bsky.social Author of queer psychological science fiction. Editor of novels and short stories. A Los Angeles-based human. Also here as @bookswellclub.bsky.social
DMs are closed to scammers, bots, and non-specific chat.
Olivia Wylie @otterkit.bsky.social Author. Horticulturist. Big Dreamer. Bard.
I am here to make things a little better every day. Work beside me, walk beside me, or get out of my way.
Patrick Lin @patricklin1.bsky.social Cal Poly philosophy professor, former US National Space Council advisor, other affiliations. Frontier ethics (e.g., outer space, Arctic) and technology ethics (e.g., AI, security & defense, etc.). Bio: https://philosophy.calpoly.edu/faculty/patrick-lin
Patrick Sean Farley @foxymoron.bsky.social Time traveller from the present.
Fluent in: English, JavaScript, Pakuni.
Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social Spec Fic author | PhD Environmental Engr | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Host: Bright Green Futures podcast
https://linktr.ee/susankayequinn
"AI is a lying machine made out of crimes"(used to perpetuate more crimes).🔨
Working on a feminist romantasy with plant magic.
Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social Writes SF/F. Weaves. ND. Retired social worker, former healthcare chaplain and English professor. Proud member of the Christian Left. Married with cats.
Currently in treatment for aggressive B cell lymphoma. She/her.
K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com Writer, cartoonist, editor. Hugo finalist. Very sweary. Half politics, half dog pics. She/her.
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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social Author, essayist, hot fat monster of appetites. Bi my books and tell me I’m pretty.
https://linktr.ee/megelison
Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social Author of the Nexus trilogy. Climate tech investor, author, and activist. Optimistic about the future. 
Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com Rare Book #Librarian, #editor, bereaved parent of Caitlin. 12x Hugo Award winner. bi/pan/queer. Head @illinoisrbml.bsky.social; Verity podcast; ex-Uncanny Mag. #aerialist. My opinions. she/her. #DoctorWho New book: https://alastore.ala.org/infiniteloop
Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Novels: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (2024), WEARING THE LION (2025), THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS (2026). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him. https://linktr.ee/johnwiswell
Stina Leicht @stinaleicht.bsky.social SFF #author PERSEPHONE STATION, LOKI'S RING she/they🏳️⚧️ Feminist queer ADHD PTSD Dyslexic. Agent: Hannah Bowman Publisher: Saga Press
New SF/Space Opera coming soon: HELIX FALLS
SB Divya @sbdivya.bsky.social author | editor | engineer
(she/any)
📚 science fiction & fantasy
🧠 board member of Ansyme
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Neal Stephenson @nealstephenson.bsky.social Maker of books and other things
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
Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social Award-winning Writer. Freelance Editor. Introvert with an Attitude. Nominal head of a multi-species household. Olam Chesed Yibaneh, but Han shot first.
New Book: UNCANNY LIES coming 2026
and yes, it's Laura Anne, please and thank you.
Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social Writing/Tea | They/She | Han Chinese | Works in F&SF, Augur, Pyre & more | Assoc. Editor @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, Baffling Magazine @neonhemlock.bsky.social| Acq. Fiction @anathemamagazine.bsky.social | pfp @unghostlyCasper | VP26
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Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social Screaming rage demon of light and justice. Sci-fi Author, pundit, and Co-Founder of #nonalcoholic drink finder and review app https://mocktaleapp.com/.
Mike Underwood @mikerunderwood.bsky.social They/he. 3x Gold ENNIE winner. Trans & non-binary Midwest Princex.
Author (Genrenauts, etc). Hugo & Stabby-Award finalist.
Game designer (Daggerheart, Dungeons of Drakkenheim: Daggerheart, Candela Obscura, etc.)
patreon.com/michaelrunderwood
Lightspeed Magazine @lightspeedmagazine.com A Hugo Award-winning digital science fiction & fantasy magazine edited by @johnjosephadams.com.
Michael Damian Thomas @michaeldthomas.bsky.social 10-time Hugo & World Fantasy Award-winning @uncannymagazine.bsky.social Publisher/Editor, & It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton podcast Content Editor. Former caregiver to my late daughter, Caitlin.
They/Them, he/him
Married to @kirstyislathomas.bsky.social
Wesley Chu @wesleychu.bsky.social #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Prophecy, The Lives of Tao, and more!
Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social Author of fantasy novels.
Refugee from https://twitter.com/DjangoWexler
My stuff at https://djangowexler.com/
Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social Ignyte Award- and National Book Award-winning Filipina writer and editor of SFF.
Books: Song of the Mango and Other New Myths (2022), Mirror Marked (2025). Rep'd by Stevie Finegan.
Website: https://vidacruz.org
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/vidacruzborja
Jim C. Hines @jimchines.com Author of SLAYERS OF OLD, KITEMASTER, TERMINAL ALLIANCE, LIBRIOMANCER, GOBLIN QUEST, and other fun stuff. Knows where his towel is. He/him.
Mary Anne Mohanraj @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social Writer, professor, arts administrator, school board member, cook. Founder of Strange Horizons, Director of Speculative Literature Foundation. She/her. Books here: https://serendibshop.com. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anne_Mohanraj
Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social Writer. Pie lover. Herald of Galactus but no worries. he/him zzclaybourne.com
Jaym Gates @jaymgates.bsky.social Wearer of many hats. TTRPG, video game, and fiction writer & editor. Co-editor of Strategy Strikes Back, War Stories, co-founder of Falstaff Books & Project Lodestar, etc. No kings. Abolish ICE.
Gail Carriger @gailcarriger.bsky.social NYT best selling author of book hugs, queer, tea snob, avid reader & nerd girl. Fond of hedgehogs & soup ladles. GailCarriger.com
Elsa Sjunneson, Order of the Bat @snarkbat.bsky.social Deafblind author of Being Seen, Sword of the White Horse.
Lead Reporter on The Helen Keller Exorcism. New book out 10/6, DEAR BLIND LADY is AITA for disability. Preorder now
Joohn Choe @joohnchoe.bsky.social Consultant, researcher & "one man intelligence agency funded on Patreon, seriously?!" - John N. Tye. Cited in NYT, Washington Post, The Guardian, USAToday, Business Insider, NATO Hybrid COE. #NAFO Assistant (to the) Sanctions Manager
J.R. Dawson @jrdawson.bsky.social She/They. The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World (Tor, 2025). The First Bright Thing (Tor, 2023). Nebula, Sturgeon, and Hugo finalist. Goldie award winner. ✡️🏳️🌈🍉Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jrdawsonwriter Rep: Stevie Finegan
Alex Shvartsman @alexshvartsman.bsky.social Bookwright & raconteur. Editor of the Unidentified Funny Objects annual anthology series. 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction winner. Cheesy humorist.
www.alexshvartsman.com
José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social Spec fic author and award-nominated middle grade novelist. Cuban-American ceterosexual enby. They/them.
https://linktr.ee/labyrinthrat
Sarah Salcedo @sarah-salcedo.com Filmmaker, author, illustrator, artisanal astro-hobbit
BendFilm: Basecamp Fellow | Tin House & Stowe Story Labs | Town Hall Seattle Writer-in-Residence ‘22 | SFWA |
Film/prose/art: https://sarah-salcedo.com
Website design: @tallfirsproductions.com
Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net Nebula & World Fantasy Award Finalist, SFF writer, coder, artist. Books: THE RAINSEEKERS, SPACE TRUCKER JESS, HISTORIES WITHIN US, KING OF SHARDS & QUEEN OF STATIC. Creator of Moksha submissions system. Co-host of Fantastic Fiction at KGB. 🥄 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 NOKINGS
David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com Hugo- and Nebula-winning writer of THE KUIPER BELT JOB, the ARABELLA OF MARS trilogy, and over 60 science fiction and fantasy stories. He/him.
Kat Richardson @katrichardson.bsky.social Writer, editor, dog-servant.
Internet home: http://katrichardson.com
Colleen Lindsay @colleenlindsay.bsky.social Professional nerd. Queer woman. Cat herder. Sartorial tragedy. Trump hater. I wrangle books & comics for Humble Bundle.
Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com A plausible-fabulist of some meager renown, in a mere handful of universes.
latest: https://www.choiceofgames.com/ghost-and-the-golem/
Podcast: https://speculativeliterature.org/mrah/
He/him
Raven Oak @ravenoak.bsky.social Spec Fic Author & Artist. AuDHD queer. Active #SFWA Gamer Geek. Published on the Moon. Disabled ENBY 🏳️⚧️ w/ Long COVID ♿️ (they/them)
Main: http://www.ravenoak.net
SHOP: http://shop.ravenoak.net
Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails @risawolf.bsky.social Multi-gendered water elemental (all pronouns, use they/them for myself) pretending to be an ink-stained lycanthrope. Writer-type, NO AI. (If you use AI? EW, David. Ew.)
Loves parenthetical asides.
More at killerpuppytails.com
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social 
Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social Writer/producer called "grizzled" by GQ. Films HARD CANDY, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, DEVIL. TV: ALTERED CARBON, 11.22.63, DAVINCI'S DEMONS, TESTAMENT: THE STORY OF MOSES, MURDER IN THE FIRST, 20000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (ABC), etc. Podcast AGENT STOKER.
Erin Underwood @erinunderwood.bsky.social Technology story teller at MIT Technology Review.
Movie reviewer at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ErinUnderwood
Longtime member of SF/F/H fandom, writer, and con runner. :-)
Alexandra Samuel (@awsamuel) @alexandrasamuel.com AI & Future of Work speaker | Wall Street Journal contributor | Author, Remote Inc
David Brin @davidbrin.bsky.social Hugo-winning, best-selling sci-fiction author, NASA consultant, physicist, inventor - whose prediction scores offer a deluded sense of competence! When my real job is to speculate entertainingly... not necessarily to be right!
http://www.davidbrin.com
Heather Vescent @heathervescent.bsky.social "We must not be afraid to dream of the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality." - Václav Havel
Positive Futurist, Security Researcher, Culture Jammer, Community Builder, Desert Dweller, Rescue Boston Terriers
Joyce Reynolds-Ward @joycereynoldsward.bsky.social Writer of speculative fiction from the wide open spaces. Dispenser of horse cookies to the fancy-stepping Marker-boi. Former special ed teacher. #SFWA
https://www.joycereynolds-ward.com
Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social He/Him. Author of a buncha books. PRINCE OF CLAY out now. Serialized novel GLASSBLADE releasing currently. Swordsman. Repped by Laura Zats of Headwater Literary.
https://www.josephbrassey.com
If This Goes On (Don't Panic) @itgodp.bsky.social Interviews with SFF and Horror writers, editors, community members, and activists. Writing/Progressive politics. Pushing back on social norms with an eye towards hope. "AI" is garbage. https://itgodp.libsyn.com
Astrid Bear @astridbear.bsky.social 
Manda Cherry @mandatheginger.bsky.social 
Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social Writer. Alston Moor 1st September 2026. Dreams Before the Start of Time - Arthur C Clarke Award. A Calculated Life - finalist Philip K Dick Award. She/her. Books, birds, climate. Rep’d Sarah Such.
https://linktr.ee/annecharnock
https://annecharnock.com/
Maria Alexander @lamaupin.bsky.social 2x Bram Stoker Award winner. 3x BookFest winner. Anthony Award nominee. Sword slinger. Cat butler. She/her. I speak for myself not my employer. www.mariaalexander.net
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
The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social SFWA 🔸 Author 🔸 Essayist 🔸 Analyst 🔸 TTRPG 🔸 Comics Scholar 🔸 Editor
Neurodivergent 🔸 Veteran 🔸 Husband 🔸 Father 🔸 Breaker of Seals
Biography – https://thowze.carrd.co
GoFundMe – https://gofund.me/d053ee11d
Erik Scott de Bie @erikscottdebie.bsky.social He/him NG Rogue/Paladin, leftist, support BIPOC/LGBTQ rights, obvs. #NoGOP #NoMAGA
I write and stuff. Fantasy/Scifi/Horror/Superheroes
Check out the Justice/Vengeance series! erikscottdebie.com/bibliography/justice-vengeance/
Ken Schneyer @kenschneyer.bsky.social Nebula-nominated writer of science fiction & fantasy, humanities professor, lawyer, amateur astronomer & genealogist, humanistic Jew. Born in Michigan but living in Rhode Island. Interested in nearly everything (except teen angst). https://kenschneyer.com
Julia Lee Barclay-Morton @julialeebarclay.bsky.social Author THE MORTALITY SHOT (hybrid collection), coach, editor, artist, certified yoga teacher, theater maker, now working on researched memoir about liberation at 57 of being a fashionably late-diagnosed #Autistic: TheUnadaptedOnes.com
Gabrielle Harbowy, Literary Agent 🌈 @gabrielle-h.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Typo ninja. Ttrpg writer. Award-nominated author/editor. Active member, SFWA & AALA. Joyfully queer & polyam. Disabled. Literary Agent at Corvisiero Literary Agency. She/her. Opinions my own.
Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social Writes, teaches, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles. ALTERATIONS @runningwildpress THE COLLECTIVE @writlargeprojects
https://linktr.ee/katemaruyama
Author J. Scott Coatsworth @jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social Wherein I share many cool book-related things.
Gay Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Magical Realism Author.
Owner of QueerSciFi.com, QueeRomanceInk.com, LimFic.com, and Otherworldsink.com. Webmaster for ParanormalRomanceGuild.com 🏳️🌈🏴☠️
JC Andrijeski (author) 📚🔥🪄🌙☕️ @jcandrijeski.com writer of paranormal-y and sci-fi-ish things, along with mysteries and occasional world destruction, usually with a strong romantic subplot
L. Marie Wood @lmariewood.bsky.social Award-winning horror author, screenwriter, educator & essayist
| Ph.D., MFA | Founder, Speculative Fiction Academy | VP HWA | member, HWA, SFWA, SFPA, RWA, MWA | Rep: TheTobiasAgency
Richard RJ Eskow @eskow.bsky.social Writer. Journalist. Broadcaster. Etc.
https://linktr.ee/eskow
Greg Dember @gregdember.bsky.social Author of Say Hello to Metamodernism! https://amzn.to/4eeuHLN
Proud soyboy. Oddball with a soft spot for normals. Yale. Seattle. Musician/Singer/Songwriter/Writer/Reader/Listener- R Rebecca Campbell @rebeccacampbell.bsky.social I write weird stories. Find me at whereishere.ca.
K.G. Anderson @kganderson.bsky.social Seattle-based SF author, humor columnist, cat-herder, practitioner of uncommon sense. SFWA, Codex, Viable Paradise, Taos Toolbox, Two Hour Transport, B Cubed Press. Author of Patti 209. kgsea.substack.com
Richard S. Crawford @underpope.com Writer, reader, Episcopalian, editor of Daikaijuzine.org, and so on. Member of Codex and SFWA. Also I like cats. He/Him. 
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
Andrew Robinson @andrewrrobinson.bsky.social Writer @ Blizzard Ent. - animation, comics, short stories, IGC, lyrics, metastory & more. Professional nerd. Family man, cat servant, snarkologist, dice-goblin, world-builder. Not a procrastinator, but a passionate, gifted amateur. Also write tv stuff.
Xander Odell 🍉 @writerodell.bsky.social Transman Queer crafter, writer, chocoholic
Trans rights are human rights
Black lives matter
Kink at Pride!
Disabled parent of two wonderful disabled men
Michael Roberts is categorically not building machetebots @vivtek.com Translator, code monkey, aspiring roboticist, coffee grower, roof builder (emeritus), AI archaeologist, machete wielder, lapsed Quaker, vecino Adjunteño desde 2017 pq Ponce es Ponce y tiene el Sams Club pero el campo es el campo
Lauren Conoscenti @lconoscenti.bsky.social 📺 ✍🏼 Genre TV Enthusiast | FANTASY ISLAND S2 | DARE ME S1 | Pre-WGA | She/her | www.laurenconoscenti.com
Fairwood Press- Patrick Swenson @patrickswenson.bsky.social I'm a poppa, writer, publisher, editor, retreat director, and now retired teacher. Links to websites, socials, & new books:
https://linktr.ee/patrick.swenson
Sally Wiener Grotta @sallywienergrotta.bsky.social Award-winning writer, speaker, photographer. (It's all storytelling.) Member: The Authors Guild & SFWA.
SallyWienerGrotta.com
She/Her
Sara Amis @saraamis.bsky.social Fiction, poetry, local news, occasional academia. I contain multitudes.
Scott James Magner, Supergenius @scottjamesmagner.bsky.social Author, Designer, Editor, Analyst. I'm just this guy, you know?
I also write and publish books. Tell all your friends!
https://arusentertainment.com
Rysa Walker @rysawalker.bsky.social SFF author, including CHRONOS Files. ABNA Grand Prize. ITW Finalist. My latest is On Alien Skies. Political junkie and recovering gov't professor. https://www.amazon.com/author/walker
She/her. I only respond to DMs if I already know you.
RESIST
Sara Robinson @sararobinson.bsky.social Social and political futurist. OG blogger covering emergent US fascist futures in 2006: never been so sorry to be so right about so much. Journalist. Multi-engine pilot. Eastern Sierra kid, Silicon Valley babe, now living the quiet expat life in Canada.
Brenda W. Clough @brendaclough.bsky.social I write fantasy, science fiction, and historical novels. 
Janna @jesilverstein.bsky.social Editor/writer/artist/general creative, reader, traveler, film/theater lover, board gamer, Jew, she/her. Preferred cookie: chocolate chip. 💙s SPN, Who, All Trek, Outlander
https://www.jsilversteineditorial.com
Terra Vance - Marked Melungeon @markedmelungeon.bsky.social West Virginia coal camp Melungeon. Future ancestor. Planting a community garden with no gate. Take what you need, leave what you don’t.
Dr. Orna Izakson @orna.bsky.social Climate, polycrisis, sleep health, functional med, 🌱🌲🌻🌼. Pro-science licensed naturopathic dr (OR/AK/CT), herbalist, ex environmental journalist. Love 🥾and 📷 wild places. 💔 about 🌎. 1st-gen US, 🇮🇱 fam. Born 320ppm. #Angret. She/her/doctor.
NDClimate.org
EvilOverlady @eviloverlady.bsky.social Author of Paranormal Fiction, Podcaster, Ukulele Addict, Political Gadfly, New Englander. www.EvilOverlady.com
David Hodgson @davidhodgson.bsky.social Ecology / Conservation / Regeneration / Climate / Technology / Doughnut Economics / Finance / Extreme Weather / Corruption / Inequality / Politics.
And music.
My orienting question: How can we grow a livable future for all humanity
isabella mori @moritherapy.bsky.social making lives better, making better lives, for everyone. retired #mentalhealth professional #haiku #peace #writingcommunity #buddhism #pagan #longcovid. old. they/she.
unceded, traditional, ancestral musqueam, squamish & tsleil-waututh lands aka vancouver.
𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕒 @malacandra.me Grizzled software/web designer, graphic artist, and political activist. Former webmaster at Democracy for America.
Online for >40 years & my soul hasn't been entirely crushed yet.
He/him/his
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Nikola Danaylov Ⓥ @veganfuturist.bsky.social Futurist Keynote Speaker | Raconteur & Provocateur
Redefining Context. Rewriting Story. Shaping the Future.
Speaker inquiries & insights: https://snglrty.co/3Edlsij
Naveen Srivatsav @sumergoconicio.bsky.social curator of digital gardens, media journaler, occasional poet // addicted to infornography, ultraculture & noosphere non sequiturs // connoisseur of depressos // secretly-relieved facebook refugee, climate scenario planner by day, imperfect dog-dad by night
Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social Bioinformaticist / biostatistician, veteran USAF medic and Army infantryman, armchair paleontologist, occasional science fiction author, long-ago kickboxer, oldbat goth, vaccinated liberal patriot.