Dark Talk @dark-talk.uk The official BlueSky account for the Dark Talk podcast.
• https://dark-talk.uk
• https://patreon.com/DarkTalkPod
Bob DeRosa @bobderosa.bsky.social Writer of movies (CLASSIFIED, KILLERS, THE AIR I BREATHE), TV (WHITE COLLAR), and audio fiction (CATCHERS, VIDEO PALACE).
https://bobderosa.com
https://bobderosawriter.substack.com
Sophie? @sophontrack.bsky.social Writer. Love ghosts and justice and also trains. 🍉. All people are friends.
activehumanity.substack.com
Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social Weird things are happening. Sometimes I write. Usually about monsters, ghosts, magic, messed up family dynamics and whatnot. Books here: https://brandonapplegate.com
Christine Collinson @collinson26.bsky.social Historical Fiction Author
Danielle @honeysound.bsky.social 24. She/He/They. Fan of nature, local journalism, and genre fiction.
C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social Spec fic writer, reader, artist. Wrangles, variously: words, data, two small children. Loves history, New Weird, rats. 💖💜💙 A/member SFWA, HWA. Rep: @clgslr.bsky.social | w: www.chpearce.net | IG: c.h.pearce
Franco Amati @francoamati.bsky.social writer, poet, SFWA & Codex, ViableParadise 2024,
new collection WORK IS WORK out now: https://www.amazon.com/Work-Franco-Amati/dp/B0HCCQF9YP/
and for all published fiction visit francoamatiwrites.com
Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social Lover of coffee, chocolate, reading & writing 
Gully Novaro @gullynovaro.bsky.social Non-Binary(they/them) asexual writer from Argentina
I write a lot of horror, some fantasy, and a bit of sci-fi
Allison Wall @awritingwall.bsky.social Writer. Autistic. Queer. Witchy. D&D. LSQ reader. ✨🌈
Dark Speculative Fiction | Gothic/Weird, Surrealist, Horror
https://www.allison-wall.com
Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social Speculative writer, reader, reviewer, marketing coach, tea drinker | SFWA | VP '23 | Stories in Strange Horizons, Haven Spec, Trollbreath, Ghastling |
Digging: lemongrass tea, sentient ships, pb pretzels | she/her #specfic #sff
linktr.ee/allisonpottern
Emily Hall @emhall47.bsky.social Writer and Literary Critic. Work in Gooseberry Pie Lit, Passages North, The Disappointed Housewife, 100 Word Story, Bending Genres, and FlashFlood. Best Small Fictions ‘27 Nom.
Contemporary Anglophone Lit PhD.
https://linktr.ee/emhall47
Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social #Flashfiction writer and #collage artist. Stories in Gooseberry Pie, Fictive Dream, Gone Lawn, The Disappointed Housewife, 100 Word Story & others. Based in Brighton, UK
www.anikacarpenter.com
Art & Flash newsletter - https://tinyurl.com/yc5m9as4
Shona Ray @shonaraywrites.bsky.social Writer of gothic/horror/weird. Jericho Friday Night Live SL 2024. Thinker, wanderer, ex-anthropologist. London lawyer in my spare time. #amwriting #books #art #pwme
Joy Deva Baglio @joybaglio.bsky.social Speculative Writer: Fiction in One Story, Ploughshares, Tin House, Apex, etc. Yaddo Fellow. Founder of Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop. Rep'ed by Peter Steinberg. Novel in progress. Bagpiper.
https://linktr.ee/joy.deva.baglio
https://www.joybaglio.com/
keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social creative nonfiction, food, agriculture, horror, everything
senior CNF editor at JMWW
FRIGHTFUL HARVEST, McFarland Books 2026
writing found here: keeneshort.com
Cameron McCrorie (Meat Popsicle) @mccroriebooks.bsky.social Scottish Science Fiction, Fantasy and Comic Book Author (At least, one day I will be 👍👊)
#fuckai
https://camccroriebooks.wordpress.com/
alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social Artist (mainly watercolor and other traditional mediums), Writer (mostly historical horror and poetry), Disabled, Queer, Jewish-Pagan, cat parent, and chaotic night-owl. No A.I. Free Palestine, support Ukraine, ICE out
https://ko-fi.com/alkemy
Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social queer non-binary SFFH writer. ace/aro. ADHD. they/them.
author of THE WOLF AMONG THE WILD HUNT | SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROBOT | & more coming
http://tiny.cc/recordedantho
https://linktr.ee/mercfennwolfmoor
PerfectGod = S. Cyn = L. Gates = J. Glacier = L. Simz = Ziwe +c. @blackswanborges.bsky.social Mx Józef ≈ M.
Lonely + Looking for
Poetry Fiends and Friends...
[ I wake up *wishing* that I was:
Gertrude Stein + Ursula K. Le Guin. ]
Mx M— Józef ≈ M. J. Le Tölm...
Cover credit to Samara Cyn.
+c. (: Thank you kindly,
And stay safe :)
Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social Where the past meets the future, and the within meets the without, you will find me.
Writer of High Fantasy!
Genre aficionado and aspiring author. Fantasy, scifi, prog rock, ancient civilizations.
Rebekah Fieschi @theheadlessbeki.bsky.social Fabulist
Kelpies Prize Winner, 26 Yeovil LL, Searchlight's PB LL
📖coming soon
🎬Sylphvania Grove, Mauvaises Têtes, The Unvisited
I write PB for wee ones, fantasy for young readers, and haunting tales for former children.
https://linktr.ee/rjffieschi
Rachel M. Hollis (she/her) @rachelmhollis.bsky.social Writer of strange little heartbreaks. Sometimes I share them with people who aren’t my mom.
rachelmhollis.com
Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social Award-winning storyteller, writer, workshop facilitator. Taught 150+ workshops including Second City, Smokelong Quarterly, Clarion West. Stories published in Barrelhouse, Baltimore Review, Apex, Fractured Lit etc. www.tyrtle.com. #HumanMade
M. A. Holland @maholland.bsky.social Reader/writer. Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia.
Probably misses his old glasses.
#drafting: THESE CURSES WE BEAR, YA Dark Fantasy/Fairy Tale
mrkhllnd80.wixsite.com/maholland
William Cohen-Kiraly, Author @wckiraly.bsky.social I am the author of Songs of a Befuddled Muse, a book of thirteen eccentric short stories pulled from the nooks and crannies of my mind.
https://linktr.ee/befuddledmuse
Courtney Applewhite @c-applewhite.bsky.social Death researcher 💀 | Currently in EPFL's Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠 | PhD Religious Studies | Here for death, bereavement, presences, & interdisciplinary work | Plus rugby 🏉 and cats 🐈⬛
Susan Park @susanfirghilpark.bsky.social writer, poet, nature lover and complete book geek living in the Pacific Northwest surrounded by forest, birds, squirrels, chipmunks and chickens. Member SCBWI.
Jennifer Cröw @writerjencrow.bsky.social She/her. Poet and fiction writer in the realms of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. 100% human-made words. Published in Uncanny, Asimov's, Analog, and others. 2023 Rhysling Award winner. Hockey fan, crocheter, and bibliophile. Occasional DM and gamer.
Özge Lena @lenaozge.bsky.social Internationally published poet | Oxford Climate Society | Catapoetics | Catastrocene | LENORA
www.ozgelena.com & www.lenoralatin.org
Łukasz Majcher 🐻🌈 @lucasmajcher.bsky.social Comic book artist and publisher of queer comics in Berlin/DE. A bear admirer. Gay af :)
Totenbretter @Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moomcomics/totenbretter
My website: www.moomcomics.de
One Fall Review @onefallreview.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to professional wrestling themed poetry.
www.onefallreview.com
Submit: https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/one-fall-review-0g27j
The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social The VILLAGE 🏘 is a place where the world 🌍 feels a tiny bit smaller. Founded by SMOKELONG for the Global Flash Community
Follow 150+ flash publishers.
Read editor interviews.
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Kirsty @cursedtea.bsky.social Writer, artist, costume maker, LARPer and collector of interesting tea. Writes macabre stories and draws adorable comics. (she/her)
Brooke Lanier @authorbelanier.bsky.social Author.
Cozy | Gothic | Queer
https://brookelanierbooks.com/
Phantasmagoria @jamielnathan.bsky.social PNW Storyteller & Bookwyrm 💙📚 She/Her
Loves the spooky & fantastical
All stories human crafted by me.
Stories in: Inner Worlds, LSQ, Pulp Asylum, A Midnight Kind of Place, Horrific Scribes
Lauren Kardos @lkardos.bsky.social dc via apollo, pa | she/her | words @ Best Microfiction, Bending Genres, Lost Balloon, Milk Candy Review, Flash Fiction Online, Cold Signal, hex literary & more | http://www.laurenkardos.co/
Ian C Peake @thesearedogyears.dog Writing the time-hopping, people/dog anthology nobody asked for. They're not *about* dogs, but they're not *not* about dogs. There's always a dog (exclusions apply). Free to read at thesearedogyears.dog. Dog pics from the Scottish hinterland too.
First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize.bsky.social Writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. Entries close on the 31st of May. Judged by Sally Williamson (Transworld) and Hayley Steed (Janklow & Nesbit). Organised by the Literary Studio. Bloomsbury, London
firstnovel.co.uk
Native Dialogs in Irish @nativedialogsga.bsky.social Practice your #Gaeilge by chatting to virtual humans.
Anu @chaoswolf.bsky.social 30 | she/fae | queer poly | ttrpg, photography, and tech nerd
Lia Lao @thelialao.bsky.social literary & speculative fiction writer | short stories in podcastle, otherside, haven spec | clarion west nww, granta '26 | viable paradise ‘25 | she/her
🥝 🦘 on gadigal land
https://thelialao.com
Diana Dima @dianadima.com writes things | stories in Strange Horizons, khōréō, The Deadlands and others | she/her
www.dianadima.com
Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social Aurealis and Australian Shadows Awards Winner. Ditmar finalist. AHWA, SFWA. Tired, but trying to be kind. (he/him) https://matttighe.weebly.com/
Ravn J. Silver @ravn-j-silver.bsky.social Writer |she/her
🗡️Speculative Fiction🪐
Short stories, poetry, zines, collages
Words in Apex And Clarkesworld
Clarion Writing Workshop '26!
Never AI, obviously.
Callum Laing @callumlaing.bsky.social I help ambitious people raise capital, get board seats, take companies public. Let's get more entrepreneurs and builders on bsky!
Author of 4 best selling business books
Perfect God = Lexa Gates @mx-j.bsky.social https://shop.capitolmusic.com/collections/lexa-gates
Elena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social Writer | Chicago | Work in The Offing, X-R-A-Y, Wigleaf + more | Pushcart Prize and BotN nom | Best Microfiction ‘24, '25, '26
https://elenalzhang.wordpress.com/writing/
@ladyperseus.bsky.social @ladyperseus.bsky.social 
A. G. Worthing @agwwrites.bsky.social call me aggie (they/she) queer horror writer. i like my characters like my coffee... morally grey 💀 sharing writing updates and musings on queer horror
KarenL @klm-writes.bsky.social Queer ex-philosopher current librarian trying for that fancy professional account. She/her. Find her poetry in Waffle Fried, Cosmic Daffodil, and Shot Glass Journal.
J.M. Phillippe @jmphillippe.bsky.social Novelist, social worker, and cat lady.
David Tomlin @badbreed.bsky.social I don't like Donald Trump, his administration, or the 'Uneducated MAGA cult followers' who voted for him and continues to support him...
Geek-Aid @geek-aid.com Small business IT and computer house calls for home and office. IT support in NYC including remote business IT services.
Semper Anticus Press @semperanticuspress.bsky.social Indie publisher launching soon!
Main site: www.book-shelfie.com/submissions
semperanticuspress@gmail.com
Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-novel-festival-contests/
MartynJS @cllrmartynjs.bsky.social Grandfather Anti racist/fascist Marxist Psychotherapist, Cosmology and Astronomy ,Writer Philosopher Pagan European Cllr Eco Socialist United Ireland indy Wales and Scotland free Palestine [he,him, his] Republican political/cultural astrologer
Jodi @jcfineartphoto.bsky.social Searching for beauty, goodness and truth. I am a non-apologetic liberal. Don't bother trying to DM. Also, for fuck's sake, spare me the porn. I love art, photography, poetry.
Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social Writer of oddities, biomedical AI scientist, maybe human
🖊️ Apex, Uncharted, Heartlines, Strange Horizons, ergot., Flame Tree, Plott Hound, Cosmic Horror Monthly and elsewhere
akislinardos.com
he/him
Pete Ward @phenryward.bsky.social Books, art, theatre, and telling people I liked the thing they made. Weird / Gothic short stories published or forthcoming in Cosmic Horror, Macabre, Frost Zone, Rat Bag and elsewhere. Editorial reader at Gavagai.
James Joseph Brown | Writer @jamesjosephbrown.bsky.social Writer / Educator / Bibliophile / MFA UNLV / RPCV Russia / LGBTQ+
Rep John Chungus (D-NY27) @sorocchungus2.bsky.social I’m a big chiller who works in cancer research from Rochester, NY
I am not a smart or likable man but I know a few things.
• Trans Rights are Human Rights
• Free Palestine
• ROLL TIDE
• GO BILLS
• Death Stranding 2 RULES
Simple as
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker Web App): www.pscript.app
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Tempest Teapot ❌ 👑 🐸 @tempestteapot.bsky.social Tempest Teapot: energy coiled in small space
Epic Fantasy novel Demon’s Bargain
#AmQuerying #F #R #YA #A
Kahyla Tamrin faces a demon’s bargain where all the options are bad: fight with soul-destroying magic or lose her family, her beloved, and her life.
Jadyn N. Marshall @jadynnmarshall.bsky.social Reader, writer, and happily human ☺️
Erstwhile professional book person @ PRH 🐧, Macmillan 📕, & JGLM 📚
Fairly digital nomad & one-woman stock photo gallery (camera roll closing in on 255k 🙈)
English professor in Tokyo 🇯🇵
Fulbright alumna 🇬🇷
💖💜💙 she/her
Nathaniel Spain @nathanielspain.bsky.social Writer, designer, speculative fiction • bi, he/they • Tyne & Wear, UK • Find my work at www.nathanielspain.co.uk • Editor of @carnyxpress.co.uk
C.K. Liu @ckliu.com writer & video games producer -
Wasafiri, ergot., Crow & Cross Keys, and others
https://linktr.ee/ckliu
NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social Hello everyone! I'm NC Sayers, an autistic science fiction and fantasy writer who likes writing about strong autistic heroines. I'll be sharing inspiration, writing events, and trying not to go nuts getting story ideas from the news. Excited to connecting!
🌊 WordsRI.com | Where Books Find Their Perfect Mood Match @wordsri.com WordsRI.com is rewriting how readers find books through mood sliders, character-plot balances, and emotional wavelengths. Authors: Get your work into the hands of readers who crave exactly what you’ve created. Readers: No more mismatched books search.
Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social A literary journal presenting four pieces in each issue, a sampling of the best writing out there. EICs: @fklein907.bsky.social and @ketchiklein.bsky.social
https://flight-literary.ghost.io/
Susurrus @susurrusmag.bsky.social An online literary arts magazine for artists from the American South | EIC: @chellechampagne.bsky.social
susurrusthemagazine.com
michelle champagne @chellechampagne.bsky.social EIC: @susurrusmag.bsky.social l she/her
michellechampagnewrites.com
Nick @schorn.bsky.social Writer with work in GigaNotoSaurus and hex literary, Clarion and Tin House alum, first reader at Fusion Fragment. I love caves! they/them!
Lena @lfransham.bsky.social 
Michael C @michaelc777.bsky.social 
Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social Writer | Editor | Escapism Artist | Investigative Journeyist
👣 Founder of Urban Mole (urbanmole.is)
📗 Child, The Chronicles of Cyneburg, Book 1 (querying)
📘 Salt (short stories: the forgotten & overlooked of Portsmouth, autumn 2026)
🎲 Forever GM
Sylvia Heike @sylviaheike.bsky.social Fantasy & science fiction writer from Finland. Stories in PodCastle, Flash Fiction Online, Cast of Wonders. Likes knitting, gardening, birdwatching. SFWA member. She/her. Website: https://sylviaheike.com
Drew Broussard @drewsof.bsky.social he/him
writer of stories and such
professional bookman for Rough Draft Bar & Books
contributing editor at Literary Hub
occasional guitarist and singer
https://drewsof.neocities.org/
Joshua Ladd @joshualadd.bsky.social Author | Freelance Editor | MA in Publishing | Slush Pile Reader at Baen Books
CYAN KATZ 🩵🛸🗡️🍉 @cyankatz.bsky.social They're a nebula in a gender galaxy 🌌
cyborgalienwriter 👽
arabjewishpunkbodhisattva 🪷
criminalqueerelder🦝
eternalartfag 🦇
Glows In the Dark💚
No TERFS or SWERFS
120 Murders antho
Weird Horror mag #11
https://linktr.ee/CyanX
HWA, Codex
Pseudopod Slush Harpy
Ste Gen Mo Dem 💙📚 🐕🌳 @stegenmodem.bsky.social Supporting Dems Everywhere SG 60 miles South of St Louis @piperformissouri.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @fpwellman.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @labarnitz.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social 📚🚭💙
Lori J. Torone @lorijtorone.bsky.social Fantasy writer, former middle school English teacher, currently a Senior Lecturer in English and Communication Studies departments. Mother to young adults. Formerly Fitzgerald. Loves medieval, Arthurian, and mythic literature, tea, and indie bookstores.
VampFreaks @vampfreaks.com Vampire Freaks forum is a community for freaks and outcasts to be themselves, support each other and be weirdos together. https://vampfreaks.com/
Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social Writer and Editor | Winner Hammond House, HISSAC | Stories in Best British Short Stories, Mechanics Institute Review, Structo, Lighthouse, Litro, Fiction Desk and others | Short story chapbook published by Nightjar Press
iancritchley.com
FloridaSnow @floridasnow.bsky.social I’m an English prof. living in SW Florida with my wife and two crazy children. You can usually find me reading, writing, wandering, or frantically grading.
www.SOrtolano.com