Philip Fracassi @pfracassi.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling writer of:
• SARAFINA
• THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE
• THE THIRD RULE OF TIME TRAVEL
• NO ONE IS SAFE!
• BOYS IN THE VALLEY
• GOTHIC
• A CHILD ALONE WITH STRANGERS
www.pfracassi.com/books
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writer
repped by Michael Curry @ DMLA
www.kuzhalimanickavel.com
please pre-order my first novel
https://angryrobotbooks.my.canva.site/compendium-of-supernatural-entities
i may be racist but you were mean and that's way worse
Trang Thanh Tran @nvtran.bsky.social NYT & Indie bestselling author of She Is a Haunting | Morris YA Debut Award finalist & Bram Stoker Award winner | They Bloom at Night out now!
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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social #1 bestselling author, trans autistic monster boy • out now: YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN • up next: YOU’RE NO BETTER • he/him • andrewjosephwhite.com • mostly crossposting
Kay Chronister @kaychronister.bsky.social kaychronister.com
THE BOG WIFE out 10/1 🌾
Horror DNA @horrordna.bsky.social It's In Our Blood
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TonyInAsheville (He/Him) @tonysarris.bsky.social Humanist, mensch, husband-to-my-husband, father & friend. Love nature, architecture, travel, world history, books, food, wine & craft beer. So fortunate to live in beautiful Blue Ridge Mtns in cool, quirky Asheville, NC (AVL). Follow mostly ppl in AVL/NC.
Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social Illustrator & cartoonist | Guardian & Prospect (full scripts in alt text) | graphic novels | children’s books | WFC | My stuff: https://linktr.ee/stephencollinsart
Baz @barrie-j-williams.bsky.social Simpsons!
Punk!
Nu Metal!
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thegleamingcorridor.bandcamp.com
Mark Ensley @markensley.bsky.social Weird librarian
KimRoneyforAsheville @kimroney.bsky.social Councilmember Kim Roney (she/her)
Candidate for Asheville Mayor: Nov. 3rd, 2026
• Co-Chair: Local Progress NC
• Union member: RWU Local 828
• Music Educator • Queer • Abolitionist • Transit Commuter
beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social PREORDER MY DEBUT BOOK OF COMICS: https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/beetle-moses-a-comics-menagerie/
Signed comic prints: beetlemoses.bigcartel.com
Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social Locus Magazine: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. The Guide to the World's Imagination.
https://locusmag.com
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RJ “Quantity Over Quality” White @rjwhite.bsky.social Livejournal user #1004. Past: A Columbo podcast (https://thecitydesk.net/justonemorething/), Fake Criterions, Fake AP Stylebook, a fake old ad about soda for babies. Now: Real tired in South Philadelphia.
Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com writer, artist, (credentialed as a) geographer. editing at large at urbanomnibus.net. research fellow at SFE. buttondown.email/perfectsentences is a little hobby newsletter. past work: lifewinning.com. all me buddy, never spoken for an employer
C. Christian Scott @captaintemerity.bsky.social I used to podcast. I sometimes write. I still nap.
Tom Lin @tom-lin.bsky.social writing and teaching. assistant prof @uiowa; rep'd by Lisa Queen; Geoff Morley @ UTA. he/him
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
Keith Rosson @keithrosson.bsky.social Writer, arteest, blindish, kinda punk. Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. FEVER HOUSE, THE DEVIL BY NAME, COFFIN MOON, more. CRONE coming 9/26. Repped by Chad Luibl, Janklow & Nesbit. CLOSED FOR BLURBS, SORRY.
K is for Krisis @kdbiers.bsky.social He/him, queer man, professional word nerd. In a dysfunctional relationship with Academia. Francophone. WNC.
The Asheville Blade @avlblade.bsky.social Sharp journalism, analysis and perspectives without fear. Leftist news co-op based in Asheville.
Read our longform reporting at: https://ashevilleblade.com
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. (One of those is THE CALAMITIES, out now.) Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 50-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
Oglaf @oglaf.bsky.social Fantasy webcomics. NSFW
Kailee Pedersen @kaileepedersen.bsky.social THE MINIMALIST (St. Martin's '26)
PASTORALE (Burnside Review '25)
SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS (St. Martin’s + Titan '24)
writer/opera singer/swe | 🏳️🌈🇨🇳 adoptee | she/her
rep: Paul Lucas @ Regal Hoffmann
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Emily Jane @emilyjaneauthor.bsky.social Author • ON EARTH AS IT IS ON TELEVISION • HERE BESIDE THE RISING TIDE • AMERICAN WEREWOLVES (9/16/25)
Disney-Hyperion
Rep: @hroot • Holly Root, Root Literary
Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social I'm that YouTuber who taught you how dishwashers work. Guess I'm tryin' out the whole Bluesky thing now.
he/him
https://www.youtube.com/technologyconnections
Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social NFL analyst at ESPN.
To Asheville & Beyond @toasheville.bsky.social Local recs. Real stories. WNC gems.
🗺️ Eat • Stay • Explore • Recover
🎥 Video features + blogs from the heart of the Blue Ridge
🌐 toashevilleandbeyond.com/asheville-and-beyond-blogs/
call me david cage im so adroit she becomes humid @3liza.bsky.social i have to wear gloves most of the time because of a severe skin condition, hence the typos. im afraid you will just have to deal with it.
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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social eisner award winning cartoonist 💬 Nancy, PeePeePooPoo, Adventure Time, Etc
Johnny Compton @comptonwrites.bsky.social Horror author:
The Spite House, Devils Kill Devils, Dead First, Midnight Somewhere
Chimera Skin
Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com Award-winning and bestselling author of THE LUMINOUS DEAD, THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE, LAST TO LEAVE THE ROOM, and others. She/her.
Discontinued Foods! @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social Your home for all those culinary delights, anomalies, and misfires that live on only in our memories...Still slowly but surely migrating over the over 1,000 foods I covered on Twitter, so if you don't see a favorite here yet, stay tuned!
Jen Julian @jennicjul.bsky.social Writer + artist + cat person, The Winter Folk (Orbit 2026), Red Rabbit Ghost (Orbit 2025), Earthly Delights and Other Apocalypses (Press 53 2018), Clarion 2016, creative writing prof @ Young Harris College
https://jenjulian.com | Insta: @jenjulianwriter
Ghost Breakfast @bestkevinever.bsky.social 
Michael Wehunt @michaelwehunt.bsky.social A creature assembled from found footage. Bram Stoker Award Winner, Georgia Author of the Year Award winner, Crawford Award + Shirley Jackson Award Nominee. Author of the novels NIGHTJARS (9/29/26) & THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT.
Polly Schattel @pollyschattel.bsky.social Writer • Filmmaker • Partner • Parent • 🏳️⚧️ • THE OCCULTISTS • SHADOWDAYS • 8:59:29 • CRATER GIRL • Books, woods, guitars, critters & coffee • Trans rights = Human rights • AVL • I follow writers • Fix your hearts or die pollyschattel.com
Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social Nebula and Locus Award nominated author of Asunder. Lead writer of Dressmaker. Repped by Jennifer Jackson at DMLA. Working on something weird and sequel-shaped. kerstinhall.com
Michael Cisco @michaelcisco.bsky.social Writer, teacher, tormented, no fun
Kiersten White @kierstenwhite.bsky.social #1 New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning tortoise owner
Andrew K. Clark ✨ @theandrewkclark.bsky.social Horror Author and Grits Enthusiast-AVL, NC. The Temu Jeffrey Dean Morgan. My latest, HOLLOW FOLK, out 9/29.
andrewkclark.com. HWA member.
Reckon with what needs reckoning.
Josh Rountree @joshrountree.bsky.social Fantasy / Horror / SciFi / Whatever
The Unkillable Frank Lightning
The Legend of Charlie Fish
Death Aesthetic
Stories in The Deadlands, PseudoPod, Bourbon Penn, and other cool places.
Matt Knieling @mattknieling.bsky.social Art maker, game lover, and vice versa.
He/Him
instagram.com/mattknieling
Julia Liz Elliott @juliaelliott.bsky.social Fiction Writer: HELLIONS, THE WILDS, THE NEW AND IMPROVED ROMIE FUTCH (Tin House Books) http://www.juliaelliott.net/
sojo⚜️ @sojo83.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 she/her
⚜️ mostly #neworleans #nolasky related things
📸: https://www.instagram.com/fortheloveofneworleans/profilecard/?igsh=eXh0cjZ0OHo2NDJw
Popchinski @6puma.bsky.social Twitter refugee, Nola, she/her, cat lady, #uglydogs
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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social Historian. Writer. Jumbie & Duppy Conqueror. Rambler of Things. Doer of Stuff. Brotha From Another Planet | pdjeliclark.com
Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social Six books including Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel, and Station Eleven. St. John is just my middle name; the books go under M.
Scott Perry @numi.st Inveterate tinkerer trying to make the world a better place for everyone.
Trent Reznor @treznor.bsky.social 
George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social Droppin' mics then bringin' them to be fixed 'cause I'm nice and whatnot. Look for "Clean Slate" on Prime Video February 6th.
Kerry @drunktrumpet.bsky.social book reader, bird watcher, cross stitcher, woods walker, star trekker, booty shaker, dog lover, cookie baker
Jonathan Rouse @jrouse.bsky.social Southern California and Portland and D.C. The best Jonathan Rouse you know
T. Cole Newton @tcolenewton.bsky.social Poly, partnered, pop. Bar owner, tender, write-abouter. I’m on boards: USBG, NOWCS. And I love you.
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Marisa Rand - skullery @skullery.bsky.social hi hello! I make skulls and other things
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Kristen Egan @kristeneganart.bsky.social full-time artist / part-time bagpiper
www.kristenegan.com
Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social Comics and things
Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com The young person's guide to conquering (and saving) the world.✨
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Wrex Verdi @wrexverdi.bsky.social He/Him
Be Kind. Start with yourself.
Word Criminal.
DM, Charity Gamer/Streamer
Ham Hearted supporter of my friends.
@counterfeitfake.bsky.social @counterfeitfake.bsky.social 
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Come see me live: https://cardmagicbyjason.com/see-jason-live/
Miles Price @milesprice.net photographer, musician
nashville, tennessee
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Paul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social Writer person. Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep, Horror Movie, Another, A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World, The Pallbearers Club. F*ck AI
Yume Kitasei @yumewrites.bsky.social 🇺🇸&🇯🇵 SFF author | 📚: THE DEEP SKY, THE STARDUST GRAIL, SALTCROP (Flatiron). ENVOY (2027) (Tor). Any opinions expressed are my own only. (https://www.yumekitasei.com/links)
Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me Writer, Colombo. Wrote THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS (2023, Nebula, Ignyte, Crawford, and Locus awards) & RAKESFALL (2024, Le Guin Prize and Otherwise award.) https://vajra.me
Tracy Sierra @tsierraauthor.bsky.social Author of WARNING SIGNS, available for preorder now, and Fallon Book Club and Richard & Judy pick NIGHTWATCHING
Waubgeshig Rice @waub.bsky.social Latest novel MOON OF THE TURNING LEAVES is available via Random House in Canada and William Morrow in the USA
Beachbum Berry's Latitude 29 @latitude29nola.bsky.social A restaurant and a person. Also home to the Bum for the moment, so maybe a "persons" is more appropriate. Here for the NOLATwitter & the service industry
https://latitude29nola.com
Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now! Coming Sept 22 in US) @almakatsu.bsky.social NYT bestselling novelist. Former intelligence professional, tech futurist.
Wayne Curtis @wcurtis.bsky.social Freelance this and that
Joe R. Lansdale @joerlansdale.bsky.social Sugar on the Bones, a Hap & Leonard novel
Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social 
Kevin deLeon @kevindeleon.bsky.social Producer/Mixer/Music Maker | Mobile, AL
https://stannstudios.com
Ms. Nomer @sadlydefunct.bsky.social She/her. Enthusiast. Bipolar. Software nerd, glorified mechanic. Cats. Cancer survivor. Chicago transplant in Oklahoma. :)
Paul Oswell @pauloswell.bsky.social Writer and journalist, mostly in travel. Also huge idiot, mostly in trouble. At large: Personal: www.pauloswell.com / Local: www.outalldaynola.com / International: www.shandypockets.com
Josh "cortex" Millard @joshmillard.bsky.social Artist and weirdo and etc. from Portland, OR. Fractal fixation. Online to a deeply unfortunate degree. Ran MetaFilter for a while. Today in Tabs idiot. Blaseball will never die, RIP Blaseball.
A Non-Newtonian Fluid @maddening.bsky.social Learning new things daily
Keeping my misanthropy in-check by consuming as much shitposting as possible.
Music, movies, generalized nerding.
Crone-era.
Daryl Gregory @darylwriterguy.bsky.social Daryl Gregory, a guy who writes things. WHEN WE WERE REAL out April 1 2025, no foolin'. He/him
Photoplasia @photoplasia.bsky.social Age and cunning.
Nick Underhill @nickunderhill.bsky.social Cover the Saints at NewOrleans.Football 
ColdChef @coldchef.bsky.social Undertaker, Overexplainer. Anonymortician. Memento moron. Failure is always an option. I have friends everywhere. I will likely let you down. Putting the "wheee" in "ennui." Obsequious obsequies.
John Langan @johnlangan.bsky.social Writer. All monsters, all the time. Filthy liberal.
Matthew McLeod @vai.noetic.work Recovering misanthrope, practicing anthropomorph, neurodeviant
( •̀ .̫ •́ )✧ tech / oss / personal / bad jokes / repetition
https://github.com/vai
Frovo @frovo.bsky.social posting jokes while the world burns
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Will, Old Garbage Robot, The Bourbon Bishop @dubtea.bsky.social Nerdy South, brah. ig: dubtea3. @dubtea@dice.camp
But me here talk good? No, bad talk do! Aggressively supportive of good people.
He/him/y'all
Christopher Buehlman @buehlmeister.bsky.social Word-grouping dogbotherer, garlicky kitchen haint, father of goblins. Non-compliant, secular, cat-whispery, has a kraken-ink tattoo.
Andy Richter @andyrichter.co Insta: @richtercommaandy
TikTok: @AndyRichterTikTok
Podcast: The Three Questions
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Michael G. Williams 🏳️🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social I write queer horror & sci fi. Gay, Appalachian native, infosec professional, 2020 Manly Wade Wellman winner, co-host of Arcane Carolinas. He/him. michaelgwilliamsbooks.com #BlackLivesMatter #TransLivesMatter #SFWA #HWA #LGBTQ #FuckICE
Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social Actor, songwriter, husband, father, reader, listener.
Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com Bestselling writer of The Bright Sword, The Magicians trilogy, The Silver Arrow books and The Map of Tiny Perfect Things. And The God of Sleep.- L lakutis.bsky.social @lakutis.bsky.social
Micaiah Johnson @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social Author. Scholar. Enthusiast of ancient robots and overweight rodents. The Space Between Worlds and Those Beyond the Wall available now. The Unhaunting out this Fall. Yes, a Dr. No, not that kind.
DVS @dvsblast.bsky.social PLANETDVS.COM
kid gruesome @smeagolsfree.bsky.social