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YAHU SHUA, HA MASIA @yahushuahamasia-tv.bsky.social I am an author, a song writer or composer and a singer. I am also destined to preach the word of the MOST HIGH YAHU, His HOLY SHALIYAELS and His son "YAHU SHUA, HA MASIA" for the repentance, righteousness and salvation of all humanity irrespective of race.
Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social Author - Poet
Award-winning Pushcart & Best of Net nom. Writer & Poet- Nature Nomad, Science Scarab, Art Aesthete -Stories, Poems, CNF, Flash Fiction, Haiku, Published in Over 100+ Literary & Genre Journals & Anthologies
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DJ Wolfinsohn @djwolfinsohn.bsky.social a writer in austin, tx
poetry & movies & gardens
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Lost Balloon, Maudlin House, HAD, Gone Lawn, Variant Lit, Brawl, Jake, Memoir Mixtapes, Hog River Press, Vestal Review, Roi Fainéant Press, The Engine(Idling 🎉WIGLEAF TOP 50🎉
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Beth Kanter @beekaekae.bsky.social Writer, teacher, workshop leader.
Hand holder
Words in: X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Emerge Literary Journal, Unbroken, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Cease, Cows and others.
Pushcart nominee.
www.bethkanter.com
Books: No Access DC & Great Food Finds DC…
Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social I teach artists & solopreneurs how to trust their own knowing. Certified Socratic Coach. Writer. Reader & Treasurer for Split Lip Magazine. Bookkeeper. she/her. ruthlefaive.com
Ken Harvey @kenharvey.bsky.social Writer (Book of Casey Adair, University of Wisconsin Press), Bennington MFA, basset dad, Canadian & US citizen, LGBTQ+. Home is Toronto. Loves Madrid, film, theatre, literature, dogs, progressive politics, classic sitcoms. Visit kenharvey.net 🏳️🌈🇨🇦
Carla Nichols 🔥🏝️ $138/$1200💰 @carlanichols.bsky.social I miss hugging my family.💔
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William Ladislaw, Songwriter @williamladislaw.bsky.social I'm a Philadelphia-based songwriter, now working with the amazing artist and musician Josef El Baz of Sweden. 🌊
Sean Ennis @seanennis.bsky.social Laptop broke / in open ocean / the boat rickety
author RAT AESTHETICS (Sand and Gravel Press), CHASE US: Stories (Little A), CUNNING, BAFFLING, POWERFUL (Thirty West), and HOPE AND WILD PANIC (Malarkey Books).
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Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social Poet, artist, music lover. (She/her)
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Raising Judy Kata (coming soon)
Life of Sonder (coming soon)
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Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social Home of Northeastern Illinois University’s Creative Writing Minor, The 82 Reading Series, and more!
https://www.neiu.edu/academics/colleges-departments/arts-and-sciences/departments/english/student-groups-and-honor-society/82-writers-reading
Jeff (Mixed Metaphors) @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social He/him.
There Are Infinite Universes and All of Them Are Boring, published by ELJ Editions:
https://elj-editions.com/there-are-infinite-universes-and-all-of-them-are-boring/
Editor and reviews at @foofarawpress.bsky.social
mixedmetaphors.net
Matt Jakubowski (he/him) @mattjakubowski.bsky.social Philly writer. Debut chapbook “Ghost in the Rain: Stories,” Bottlecap Press, 2026.
https://bottlecap.press/products/ghosmj
Stories in Best Microfiction, Identity Theory, DIHP, Claudine, Some Words, Flight, FlashFlood, BULL.
www.mattjakubowski.com
Great leader Gorom camp (they /them)🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @kiwanasharif38.bsky.social Trans .Activist🏳️⚧️🫶 , human rig
hts defender, gender equality advocating for lgbtqia+🏳️🌈🫶in gorom refugees camp South sudan.
Raising awearness to access food, water & shelters.
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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social Unknown Author * Word Janitor * Lazy Pedant * Aspiring Language-User-Person * Creator of Arc-Less Non-Story Sentence-Pictures * Hyphen Fan * Round Earther * www.michaelgrantsmith.com/plenty-of-words
Gary Kay (empty kettle) @atgeekay.bsky.social Writer // Civil Servant // he/him
Work in Nat Brut // Strange Horizons
Pushcart Nom + BoN Nom
NYC // https://linktr.ee/garykay
Also, I take pictures: https://bsky.app/profile/garyqueens.bsky.social
Write4Eddie @write4eddie.bsky.social Scurrying through the mire of existence. #AmQuerying a novel about a trip through the lives of ancestors.
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Rebellions Are Built On Hope @builtonhope.bsky.social Anti-MAGA. Pro-freedom everywhere.
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Wendy @thistleandmoss.com Trans woman, Druid priestess, polyam queer kin 🌾
Tending a hearth for the burned-out and the becoming. Earth magic, queer joy, dispatches from the edges.
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Cashlin @cashlin.bsky.social psych bedroom noise pop alt hip hop music at https://cashlin.bandcamp.com
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Also like to shitpost and share memes
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DeMisty D. Bellinger @demisty.bsky.social Mom of twins, wife of dude, writer of stuff, prof. of uni, PhD. Lives at demistybellinger.com. All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere out now (U-Nebraska Press: Zero Street Fiction: https://tinyurl.com/prdacfrt). JVNLA (https://www.jvnla.com) represents me.
Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social Ly Faulk (they/she) is a queer writer, artist, and an all-around weirdo. They are the author of Hippie Speedball and Sick Sad Queer. Learn more about their writing at lyfaulk.com.
AyaRay @ayaraywords.bsky.social A Poet, a storyteller. These are my insides, raw and unfiltered. Not always pretty. Always real. Maybe one lands where no one else could.
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Lydia Rae Bush Poetry @lrbpoetry.bsky.social Free Bleeding (dogleech books, ‘25)
Keeper, Seeker, Dragon of the Sea (Bottlecap Press, ‘25)
All the Little Church Girls’ Paper Dolls (fifth wheel press, ‘26)
Associate Editor, Sage Cigarettes Magazine
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Patrick Warfield @stillpattypat.bsky.social LA-born and based ☀️, NYC-trained 🗽 now-40-something who likes philanthropy and cheesecake. Bring a sweater.
Chris Dolan @mcdolan.bsky.social I am angry about the nitrate levels in Iowa’s drinking water. My writing has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Strange Horizons, Maudlin House, The Disappointed Housewife, and others. www.dolanchris.com
One Fall Review @onefallreview.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to professional wrestling themed poetry.
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Dr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social Poet, essayist. Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (UNP, 2027), Larks (OUP, 2025), What Pecan Light (BCP, 2021).
Editor: @riverriverbooks.bsky.social
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Southern. PhD Duke. they/them. Durham, NC.
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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social Writing about nature, science, history & sexual violence. Multiple books, multiple mischief.
Latest: TANGLED IN VOW & BESEECH (poems)
Next: LEARNING TO SPAR (memoir)
EiC Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table. Here for lit community & Caturday
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Sheza T. @shezathepoet.bsky.social Teen poet & writer | Runner Up in The POWTRY Series' 5th Haiku Contest | Haiku in Modern Haiku, Kingfisher, Prune Juice, Cold Moon Journal, Haikuniverse, smols, tsuri-doro, and Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Spillwords Press, and Haiku Girl Summer.
B. Luke Wilson @blukewilson.bsky.social Writer and editor. Words out in The Rumpus, ONLY POEMS, HAD, ect. Hollins MFA alum. Poetry Editor @chestnutreview.bsky.social.
Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social The Air Contains Honey
Artistic Director of PME-ART
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Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim
Desire Without Expectation
https://radicalcut.blogspot.com
Smith Oliver.! @itsallriskybuttry.bsky.social God First. Determination and Passion. Do what you love with all your heart! Non Sibised Aliis..
You Only See What Your Eyes Want To See.
Ken @kenner7.bsky.social Reading & Working, Reading & Working…
Max Zell @maxzell.bsky.social Writer, copyeditor, story enjoyer & fun haver. Some stories in some places.
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Ian Robert Smith @namastasyai.bsky.social Dad, gardener, teacher, and student living gratefully on Dena'ina Elnena.
Roystus @roystus.bsky.social New Dad and husband to a writer. I teach social studies at my alma mater in Anchorage, AK. All opinions here are strictly my own.
Adam Shaw @adamshaw502.bsky.social writer, dad, wannabe hockey player
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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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Plain @plainjayne.bsky.social Librarianish.Teenage mother. Caregiver. Trying not to freak out. Inland NW. She/her.
Marijean Oldham @marijean.bsky.social Writer. Entrepreneur. Baker. www.marijeanoldham.com
Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social hex editor, video game player, dad bod haver, glizzy guzzler (the Glizzard of Oz)
J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social poet - Chapbooks: https://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/06/new-from-aboveground-press-more-of-how.html https://cccpchapbooks.bigcartel.com/product/like-now-by-j-t-kelly - Poems: http://www.ucityreview.com/30_Kelly_JT.html
Spencer Fleury @spencerfleury.bsky.social Author, THE SHITBIRD (Stanchion Books, 2026), I BLAME MYSELF BUT ALSO YOU (Malarkey Books, 2024) and HOW I’M SPENDING MY AFTERLIFE. Hat enthusiast. Former Florida man. My Erdos number is four. I block scolds and AI sloppers.
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social Writer's writer's writer.
📚 STILL ALIVE (2024), longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award. https://eveninghousebooks.com/product/still-alive/
Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social Author living in Alexandria, VA | Deliver Thy Pigs (Malarkey Books) | stories in Saw Palm, Complete Sentence, Variant Lit, HAD, and more | he/him
www.joeyhedger.com
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com i have a book
https://malarkeybooks.com/store/thewallsareclosinginonus
Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social Born in TX, raised in FL and PA. Splits time between DC and WV.
Librarian. PT old man. FT Struggling Writer.
Part toddler, part cowboy. Baba Yaga fan boy.
https://linktr.ee/christopherstevenson
Sheila Scott @mahenry20.bsky.social Writer-scientist hybrid, MLitt, environmentalist, short story scribbler, illustration doodler. Lover of nature, esp plants, bees and red squirrels. My wee garden is my sanity. Now can't DM but really don't mind. Always hoping for peace and kindness. 🧡
Jenevieve Carlyn @coastalpoet.bsky.social Evie | "The greatest journey begins with a single hoofbeat.” Connecticut Poet Laureate Award for Ecopoetry. Poetry of the Sacred Prize. Palette Poetry Love & Eros Prize Finalist. Commended Mist & Mtn, Shortlist Artemesia Arts
jenevievecarlyn.com
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Critique Tale @critiquetale00.bsky.social I read | I write | I explore | I question what works and what doesn’t | I follow the story where it wants to go.
@victoriaharpar514.bsky.social @victoriaharpar514.bsky.social 
@gaybriel01-01.bsky.social @gaybriel01-01.bsky.social Gay 🌈
Cody Shrum @cshrumly.bsky.social Just some guy. Author of Oakaville (Alien Buddha Press) and Green Acre (Choeofpleirn Press). Words in HAD, Maudlin House, BULL, Cleaver Mag, JMWW, et al. Fiction editor: Identity Theory. http://codyshrum.com
Barlow Adams @barlowadams.bsky.social Writer. Pie enthusiast. Historically preserved beard site. Cheese poet. Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, Cinnamon Challenge: honorable mention. 
Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social CNF Editor Pithead Chapel • Smokelong Fellow • Bath Flash Fiction Winner • Storyknife • Anthology of Rural Stories by Writers of Color • Best Small Fictions • Words in River Teeth Beautiful Things, In Short, NWWQ, Cutleaf, Waxwing, 100 Word Story & more
Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social Writer, retired teacher, sometime sage. 2024 Oregon Literary Fellowship. Stories in Kenyon, Witness, Zyz, AQR. 4 collections from small presses. “The Divide” from Cornerstone Press, 2026. MFA from Montana, long time ago.
evanmorganwilliams.com
Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com A writers’ community led by editors 🔥
Helping members connect and grow.
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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social Writer of short things. Reader of all things flash. Dog lover. Words in SLQ, XRAY, Flash Frog, Variant Lit, Fictive Dream, Pithead Chapel, Wigleaf. Winner of 2024 Lascaux Prize & Cambridge Prize. She/her https://www.emilyrinkema.com/
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Gina Kellogg @gsew.bsky.social Fiber Artist. Actively supporting activists and resisters through coaching and creativity. I teach classes and host creative retreats. https://wild-seeds.com/
James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social memoir: Blind Man's Bluff (W.W. Norton, NYT Editors' Choice)
novel: Academy Gothic (Nilsen Prize for a First Novel)
editor: The Writer's Chronicle & Monkeybicycle
agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
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still living in 1986
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