Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social Doing the thing for Worldcon 2028 - Brisbane!
(Also National Australian Horror Convention)
Chaotic neutral at the best of times
She/Her
Dan Henley @danhenley.bsky.social 
Claire Rousseau @clairerousseau.bsky.social SFF nerd, fangirl, #TeamADHD; woodworking & gardening noob, lapsed booktuber & Hugo Award Loser³. For my sins, I work for ManyATrueNerd. She/Her
Juliet Kemp @julietk.bsky.social Queer non-binary SFF writer in London.
https://julietkemp.com/ - occasional newsletter with WIP snippets and other news at https://julietkemp.com/newsletter
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
C.L. McCartney @chrismccartney.bsky.social (he/him) Writes things and edits things. Mostly SFF, mostly queer. Managing Director and Co-Founder of @BonaBooks.bsky.social
Queer, nerd, lefty. Views my own.
Kat Kourbeti @darthj.uno SF/F writer & narrator, Hugo Award-winning senior podcast editor @strangehorizons.bsky.social, host @thewritesong.co.uk. Lapsed film critic; now BSFA's theatre columnist. Team ADHD. Greek!
📍 London, UK
✨ she/her 🏳️🌈
🌍💌 darthj.uno
🔗 linktr.ee/darthjuno
Finn McLellan @saranadosfiction.com Disabled transmasc butch fantasy writer in this world, stabby bastards of various stripes in sundry fictional ones.
Writing LGBTQ+ gaslamp fantasy (among other things) over at https://saranadosfiction.com/
@house_of_five@wandering.shop
(they/he)
Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social SF fan, writer etc etc. 🏴Author of The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein; Rhetorics of Fantasy and Considering the Female Man (Luna Press, Order now!) UK GUFF delegate to Swancon 2028, Member of @brisbanein28.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 (Farah/they)
Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social Aberystwyth-based writer, researcher & critic. Author: Culture Wars in Britain (May, 2026). Columnist at Vector. Incoming editor of Foundation.
Nonbinary (they/them)🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️.
https://linktr.ee/nick_hubble
Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social Neuroscientist turned science fiction & fantasy #writer. Stories in Analog, Escape Pod, Cast of Wonders, Utopia SF, Radon. BSFA & BFS member. Based in Edinburgh. verabrook.com. she/her
Adriana Kantcheva @adrianakantcheva.com Writer of SFF with a pinch of idealism, an inclusive feminist touch, and the occasional sapphic romance. Bi. SFWA | Codex | Milford. Words in PodCastle, Escape Pod.
adrianakantcheva.com
join.adrianakantcheva.com (newsletter)
Emma Newman @emmanewman.bsky.social SFF author (Planetfall sequence, Split Worlds series, The Vengeance), audiobook narrator, podcaster, tea drinker. Loves LARP, dressmaking and nerdery. Co-host of the Starship Alexandria podcast. www.linktr.ee/emma_newman
Beyond Cataclysm 🌱Making Books @beyondcataclysm.co.uk We are an indie publisher&distro. We make cool books, podcasts & RPGs with lovely people. ➡️beyondcataclysm.co.uk
James Kinsley @unclekins.bsky.social Writer/published author/berk.
It's Hard to Tell You This out now from Deixis Press!
Also self-publish sci-fi as Ray Adams.
https://linktr.ee/unclekins He/him ✝️
Everina Maxwell @everinamaxwell.bsky.social Sunday Times-bestselling author of Winter’s Orbit and Ocean’s Echo. Now down to two remaining houseplants.
ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social We want to invite the SFF fandom world to ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan), also known as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in 2030… www.edmontonin2030.org
Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social That freelance Audible-bestselling, British Fantasy Awards-losing SFF author with Very Tall Hair. Guitarist, singer, occasional DJ. (d)eaf, queer. He/him.
All queries to @losbennett.bsky.social at Liverpool Literary Agency
www.mikebrooks.co.uk
Lauren (LJ) McMenemy @laurenwrites.bsky.social 👻Writes the dark stuff
📣Online content ed @ British Fantasy Society
🤘Founder/mentor/coach/author promo, Society of Ink Slingers
🔮Events curator, Writing the Occult
🔪Former editor, TWF @ HorrorTree.com
👩💻Day job: Content & community
🇦🇺in🇬🇧
🤓Curious/exhausted
Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social A publisher of science fiction and fantasy, based in Wales.
David Ketelby @ketelby.bsky.social science fiction, urban fantasy, (para)politics, (counter)culture * bsfa member * anarchosyndicalist * christ-follower * pronouns: he/him * more content & details at ketelby.blogspot.com
Joel Cornah @joelcornah.bsky.social Author | Archivist | They/Them | Did 'The Miliverse' | Write books and D&D | “A great bloke" according to Ed Miliband
Published by Wizards Tower Press
https://wizardstowerpress.com/media/wizards-tower-to-publish-joel-cornahs-sword-breaker-trilogy/
Jackie Burns @artistburns.bsky.social Former President of the International Association For Astronomical Artists. Artist & visual science communicator specialising in aerospace & astronomy, keen cook, SF&F literary fan.
Briardene Books @briardenebooks.bsky.social A micro-press specialising in non-fiction about science fiction and fantasy. Shop: briardenebooks.uk
Meghan Ellis Brown @meghan0n.bsky.social Entertainment Journalist and SFF Writer | Eurogamer, Tabletop Bookshelf, BBC Scotland, The Guardian, IGN, All the Anime, etc. | www.meghanon.co.uk ✍️ | meghan0n.itch.io 🎮
Cora Buhlert @corabuhlert.bsky.social Writer, teacher and translator from Bremen in North Germany. Three-time Hugo finalist and 2022 Hugo winner for Best Fan Writer. she/her
Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social Fantasy writer and editor, hound mum, permaculturist, warrior hobbit. Writes, reads, games, gardens. Trying to leave it better than I found it. Ideologically opposed to bigots of all stripes. She/her. Cymru.
Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net Author. Hugo, Astounding, and World Fantasy Award winner; Nebula, Clarke and Le Guin finalist. Rep: Kurestin Armada at Root Literary.
Out now: THE INCANDESCENT - https://tinyurl.com/theincandescent
Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social Come to Worldcon (the World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention) in Brisbane, Australia in 2028! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 🇵🇬 🇫🇯 🇼🇸 🇸🇧 🇻🇺 🇳🇨 🇹🇴 🇨🇰 🇫🇲
aussiecon.org
instagram.com/Aussiecon5
Caspar Geon @caspargeon.bsky.social Author of PKD award nominated non-human space opera THE IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN, published by Solaris.
Also known as that weirdo Tom Toner, author of the Amaranthine Spectrum, published by Gollancz
Developmental editor at CBC
https://linktr.ee/caspargeon
Tej Turner @tejturner.com he/him. SFF author, travel blogger & vegetarian chef. Published by Elsewhen Press
http://linktr.ee/tejturner
Glasgow Eastercon 2027 @eastercon2027.org The 2027 Eastercon in Glasgow
https://linktr.ee/GlasgowEastercon2027
Jai (they/them) @illustratedjai.bsky.social Hi, I'm Jai! I'm an artist and illustrator focusing on SF&F, LARP and very silly cartoon sloths.
I can also be found on deviantart, tumblr, mastodon, facebook and instagram!
Commissions: illustratedjai@gmail.com
Shop: https://illustratedjaishop.etsy.com
CL Hellisen | Preorder The Shape of Monsters @clhellisen.com Writer, artist, occasional table. Cast Long Shadows (Luna Press) The Shape of Monsters (Audible, TorUK) A Million Points of Light (Audible)
Preorder The Shape of Monsters - https://geni.us/TheShapeofMonster
They/them
clhellisen.com
RJ Barker @rjbarker.bsky.social Award winning and, somehow, bestselling fantasy author. Gad about, small tree grower and procrastinationist to the stars. Truly, RJ Barker in all departments.
"their worlds are completely and entirely original." BFS
Agent: @teddyfromtheblock.bsky.social
Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press A small independent publisher specialising in Speculative Fiction, based in the South East of England, established in 2011.
Posts here will be by Peter, Editorial Director and general factotum.
#SFF
Phil Williams @fantasticphil.bsky.social Professional wordsmith. Writer and editor of fiction including the Ordshaw series and The Blood Scouts series. SFINCS finalist and 4 x SPFBO semifinalist.
https://phil-williams.co.uk
Angela Cleland / Cleland Smith @angelacleland.co.uk Poet | Novelist | Audiobook Narrator | She/her | 🤖🦄🚀🍸
https://linktr.ee/angelaclelandsmith
Historical fantasy “Black Doe” OUT NOW!
Christian Bieck @chbieck.bsky.social Writer (fantasy — A Basquet of Cats), editor, musician, tennis coach, gamer, nerd, German living in France. He/him. http://www.bieck.fr
Emily Inkpen @emilyinkpen.bsky.social Sci-fi and fantasy author, writer of The Dex Legacy BSFA Award-winning audio drama, Social Media Officer @BSFA, gamer, bi, proud epileptic and aspiring grown-up 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social Writes epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. She/her. All opinions absolutely my own. For more, see www.julietemckenna.com
Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social 🇬🇷She/her. Codex. SFFH writer of whimsical, uncanny terrors. Fiction and Non-Fiction by Apex, the Deadlands, Aurealis, Hexagon Myriad, et all. Slush reader for Apex.
Read my work below:
https://linktr.ee/Lostlenore_
Karen Lord @drkarenlord.bsky.social Author of THE BLUE, BEAUTIFUL WORLD. Home: Barbados, West Indies 🇧🇧. More info on me and my books at karenlord.wordpress.com
Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social nerd with narrative disorder • humanitarian • sociopunk • evidence-based creativity • speculative resistance • predictive fictions • INFOMOCRACY • THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES • …AND OTHER DISASTERS • GlobalVoices.org • opinions my own
Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social SFF author, triple Hugo award winner (and three times Locus award too), over a million books sold.
Mostly on Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop
Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
Michael Ireland @mickallister.bsky.social Director of The Secret of St Kilda and Hugo-winning Podcast Editor for Strange Horizons
Editor - https://thewritesong.co.uk
https://thesecretofstkilda.carrd.co/
strangehorizons.bsky.social
Devin Martin @quietandscreaming.bsky.social Co-Editor of @PodCastle.org
VA with narrations at Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, PodCastle, and Far-Fetched Fables
Had post-viral fatigue since before it got 'popular' #MECFS
Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social Scott Edelman is a Stoker Award-nominated writer and Hugo Award-nominated editor of science fiction, fantasy & horror, as well as the host of the Hugo Award-nominated Eating the Fantastic podcast! (He/Him)
Robin CM Duncan @robincmduncan.bsky.social Writer of SF/F stories; pub by Space Wizard SF; mem. BFS, BSFA, GSFWC, RE, eSFF.
*** The Rigel Redemption OUT NOW ***
E.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes / Not em faulds @emfaulds.com Award-winning Scottish science fiction & fantasy writer. Podcastle, Strange Horizons, Shoreline of Infinity, ParSec, Best of British SF. More: emfaulds.com NEW HANDLE, bethkesh will still work.
#scruffyGarden
Runs @bibliotta.bsky.social
Dr Juliette Harrisson @classicaljg.bsky.social Ancient historian by day, I write ghost stories by night :) Exploring the history and literature of the weird and the spooky on YouTube as Classical JG www.julietteharrisson.co.uk
Ida Keogh @idakeogh.bsky.social Neurospicy and queer BSFA and British Fantasy Award winning SFF author and occasional mermaid. Equality and Diversity Officer for the British Science Fiction Association. Foodie SFF collection 'Taste' out April 2027!! she/her
https://tinyurl.com/idasbooks
And it's worth fighting for. @helenargh.bsky.social Helen Gould. Sensitivity consultant, EDI trainer, writer. Likes monsters. Non-binary (any/all pronouns).
Works with Rusty Quill; all views are my own.
"can certainly write in a straight line" - Grant Howitt
Russell Smith @rswings.bsky.social JMS PhD scholar at University of Glasgow, and still figuring that out. Multi-nerd comprising history bits, gaming, writing and a few toys too. 
Sheri Singerling @sherisingerling.bsky.social Author of speculative fiction
📚 Novels - HypIn Publishing
📖 Short fiction - Clarkesworld Magazine
https://linktr.ee/sherisingerling
Brian Nisbet @natural20.bsky.social Irish gamer, reader, organiser ( #Dublin2029 ), community member ( #WSFS, #RIPE, #GÉANT), human. He/Him. Has opinions on society & politics; geek. Runs services for Asiera. All opinions my own. @natural20 in a variety of places.
Nuremberg 2028 – Worldcon Bid @nuremberg2028.bsky.social Nuremberg 2028
Germany hasn’t hosted a Worldcon since 1970. It’s time to begin a new era! We believe we can create an unforgettable experience in 2028: a Worldcon rooted in Central Europe, open to the World.
https://nuremberg2028.de/
Stephanie Hardy @stephaniehardy.bsky.social Writes: SFF | YA | LGBT+.
UoB Creative Writing MA grad. She/her.
Guardbridge Books @guardbridgebooks.bsky.social Small press publishing science fiction and fantasy fiction, as well as history/non-fiction, located in Scotland. David Stokes - editor.
Sara Felix @sillysarasue.bsky.social Mixed media artist working in inks and resin. Hugo winner, con runner, president of ASFA and mom. And of course maker of tiaras. 
Dr Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com Author, LARP, physics, economics. Subjective Chaos, BSFA, BFA finalist. Board @SoA, Treasurer @BFS, Chair @BSFA.
Rep:John Baker @PFD. Writer @ (hugo winner) Nerds of a feather
stewarthotston.com
Last: The next enemy
Next: Mage against the machine (05/27)
Ed Fortune @edfortune.com Journalist/Columnist for Starburst Magazine, print & online.
Popculture media type, covering books, games,TV, films,theatre & tech.
Podcaster, D&D person, that sort of thing.
He/Him. Edinburgh.
Fiona Moore (Management Lessons from The Lord of the Rings) @drfionamoore.bsky.social BSFA Award winning SFF author represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency. Anthropologist who wandered into a business school. Author of Management Lessons from Game of Thrones (2022).
https://drfionamoore.com
https://www.fiona-moore.com
Dave Jeffery @davebjeffery.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award, British Fantasy Award and Bridport Prize finalist. Creator of 'a Quiet APOCALYPSE'. Anthologist at Flame Tree Press.
I do not use generative AI in my work; nor do I support its use in the arts.
https://www.davejefferyauthor.com/
Wisse For the Best @wissewords.bsky.social Internet loudmouth - not clearing my throat, just tweeting in Dutch sometimes. Full time nerd, part time weeb. He/him
Mark Lawrence @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social Fantasy author.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/marklawrenceauthor
Avery Delany @softfutures.bsky.social just a little creature on a hopeful journey towards softer futures || anthropologist | worldbuilder | writer || they/them
Find my blog at: wayfarerofworlds.com or on instagram @fieldnotesfromthefuture
Niall Harrison @niallharrison.bsky.social reader, critic, fan, he/him
Agnes Kormendi @tapsiful.bsky.social Used to translate books, now a manual software tester. I write sad poems in English and sff stories in my native Hungarian. I make Celtic knotwork inspired animal drawings and take too many photos of the same hills and vales. Trans rights are human rights.
Jonny Nexus @jonnynexus.bsky.social SF/F author. He/him. From London, lives in Greater Manchester. Agent: John Jarrold
Flickums @flickums.bsky.social Disnerd. Goblin. Staytiny. Wommy.
Profile pic by Natasja Sondered.
Kate @katepreach.bsky.social Finance and general purpose nerd. Reader, knitter, painter, cat person. #BLM #TLM. She/her. Fantasy Book Club https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/115400501191
Gabrielle Steele ⚔ Echoes of Chaos 24/9/26 @eldris.thellian.com ⚔️ Indie fantasy author + mum
😣 ME/CFS 🤔 AuDHD 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally
Essex UK | she/her
thellian.com/links
📚 Reborn in Ash: thellian.com/reborn-in-ash
📚 Pre-order Echoes of Chaos: books.thellian.com/echoes
No AI 🚫
John Coxon @johncoxon.bsky.social Hugo Award winner for @octothorpecast.bsky.social and @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Fowler Award winner for solar-terrestrial science. I play games, read and watch SF, volunteer at conventions, and communicate science. Based in North East England. He/him.
Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social Words and music. Glasgow, Scotland
he/him https://linktr.ee/neilwilliamson
LATEST 📚 Hand-Me-Downs (short story collection) https://bit.ly/4fhuSt9
🎶Extinction Event (album) http://bit.ly/4w4EKMC
NEXT 📚 ???
Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social Writer of sff + comics.
Rearranging words for a living since 2013.
he/him
Mailing list: https://eepurl.com/Zviqn
Also found at andrewknighton.com
New Martin Express @thatmartin.bsky.social Proud dad, husband and geek. Reads too much! Collects TTRPGs never to be played.
Knows a bit about IT Infrastructure
Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.co.uk gay dandy. white & welsh. he/him. 18+.
check pinned for fantasy fiction, queer romance, and erotica.
cymru am byth.
my website: https://johannestevans.co.uk/
Juliette Burton @julietteburton.bsky.social Comedian, writer, presenter, voiceover, mental health/disability activist. Sold out EdFringe 2015/16/17/18/23. “Joyous" The Times “Fringe favourite" The Guardian “Inspirational, clever, and incredibly charming. Simply marvellous." ★★★★★ Starburst Magazine
Claire E. Jones | Author @clairjoyance.bsky.social Author | Speaker | Mentor | Marketing in the Age of Aquarius | Threads of Destiny 🏳️🌈 Fantasy Romance | Publishing Strategist | Award Winner | D&D 🔗 linktr.ee/clairjoyance
Two Watch Who - A Doctor Who Podcast @twowatchwho.bsky.social Mark has been a Doctor Who fan for 30 years. Sarah has never seen classic Doctor Who. Together they are watching from the beginning.
https://linktr.ee/TwoWatchWho
Lucy Lapinska / LD Lapinski 💛🤍💜🖤 @ldlapinski.bsky.social Author in the Highlands 🏴, for kids, teens and adults. Next adult book: THE FROG PRINCE, Summer 2027 🐸👑
Sophie Aldred @sophiealdred.bsky.social Dalek bashing multi voiced planet lover
The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social Sugar, Spice, Smudge and Saja, and occasionally guest animals and humans.
Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon For Our Futures @glasgow2024.bsky.social The official account for Worldcon (World Science Fiction Convention) that will be hosted in Glasgow in 2024.
https://glasgow2024.org/
Alien Daze: climb my ribcage tomb sing a happy tune @kellydaze.bsky.social Black, he/they, autistic, Dreampop, Swamp Things, fight games
Wendy Metcalfe @wendymetcalfe.bsky.social Author. Hopepunk SF and cosy fantasy. Loves big cats and sentient starships, and both appear in her stories regularly.
Bee @barnabygreenart.bsky.social 36. She/They. Artist and Selfshipper
🔞 Occasional NSFW content
If you post AI art, block me 🫡
https://cara.app/barnables
https://ko-fi.com/barnabygreen
Taldenris @eccentrickalki.bsky.social He/him. 23. Gay autistic trans man who loves Doctor Who, MLP, Furries and Radiohead. Digital furry and Doctor Who artist. @Eccentric_Kalki from the birdsite
JJ Clapton @jjclapton.bsky.social Reader. Writer. Crafter 🏳️🌈🇮🇪🇮🇨
Chronically ill. Queer. Autistic.
Agender, bi, ace, & aro-spec (She/they)
ME/CFS, cats, crochet, f1, SFF books, Lego, diamond painting.
No AI 🚫
📘 Haunting of a Witch (Oct 26)
jjclapton.com
Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social That murder lady. Fantasy & horror books at https://authordiannagunn.com Creator of @WeeknightWriters.bsky.social Buy a murder or support my work at https://ko-fi.com/diannagunn She/her
Say Something Nice! @saysomethingn1ce.bsky.social DW ᖴᗩᑎ ᗩᑕᑕOᑌᑎT! ᑭOᔕT ᖴᖇOᗰ ᗩᒪᒪ TᕼE Eᖇᗩᔕ although 11s and 12s eras are favs! ᗯᗩᖇᑎIᑎG TᕼIᔕ Iᔕ ᑎOT ᗩ ᑭᒪᗩᑕE ᖴOᖇ ᗷEIᑎG TO᙭Iᑕ GO ᗷᗩᑕK TO TᗯITTEᖇ ᖴOᖇ TᕼᗩT. Pronouns are She/Her
Jeremy Jenkins @jeremyjenkins.net Chocolatier. Also into photography, filmmaking, gardening, writing, and too many other things…
Greater London 🇬🇧 | AuDHD
Chocolate shop currently on summer break.
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet. 
Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com Author. Also husband, dad, clothing-repairer, dog-walker. Decreasingly rigorous on social media. Happy to receive simple work queries here; anything more involved contact Patrick Walsh @ PEW Literary in London or email me.
www.linktr.ee/harkaway
He/him
C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social Lvl 51 Writer of Wrongs. SINISTER 1 & 2. DOCTOR STRANGE. THE BLACK PHONE 1 & 2. THE GORGE. V/H/S/85. SEA OF RUST. DAY ZERO. WE ARE WHERE THE NIGHTMARES GO. Six books, seven movies. Podcaster with JUNKFOOD CINEMA. Frogman. Tio do Churrasco. Misfit toy.
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/