Brown Hound Press @brownhoundpress.bsky.social A small press in Lexington, KY that publishes offbeat mystery, dark humor, southern gothic & literary fiction. A free story each week! We pay authors.
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Matthew King @matthewkingart.bsky.social Artist & Author of Don't get Blood in my House books2read.com/matthewking
Likes Character Design, Gamedev, 90’s, Cooking, Sharpies, Beetles, Raccoons, Wrestling, The FGC, Baki, Capcom, Boardgames, DDR
Dark Talk @dark-talk.uk The official BlueSky account for the Dark Talk podcast.
• https://dark-talk.uk
• https://patreon.com/DarkTalkPod
Lundy-creative @lundy-creative.bsky.social Link to my debut e-novel: A Brunch Tale payhip.com/NLundyM
Other Links (& FREE POEMS):
www.etsy.com/shop/NLundyM
www.instagram.com/lundy_nyc/
(Pictures that are not my own were sourced from: Pexels)
F.P. Dawesome @fpdawe.bsky.social Hispanic American social science teacher, historian, leftist, Catholic, aspiring author and seasoned DM. Writer of Grim Dark Fantasy, Hard Science Fiction, and Weird Fiction. Currently in query hell
Find me on Substack: https://williamdaweiv.substack.com/
Nick The Time Miser @nscottg.bsky.social Will talk about Tron Legacy , video games, geeky books, and found footage horror AT LENGTH
Still fondly remembers Baja Mango Gem Mt Dew
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/nickgr/
Video Games: https://ggapp.io/NickGr/
Michael J. Martinez @michaeljmartinez.bsky.social Ink-stained. Author of THE DAEDALUS INCIDENT, MJ-12: INCEPTION and many other things. Marketer by day. Husband and dad all the time. I joined AARP for the discounts and, damn, it was worth it.
Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social Artist & author. Mairi Fairelander or Mairi Burleigh in Second Life. Owner/MD/DJ @ BMARadio.com. SFF geek girl. Bass player. Imperfect ally but trying. She/her. (Oh, and generative AI is shite. If you're a GenAI fanboy/girl, just scroll on by)
Bob Pastorella @bobpastorella.com Co-host of the This Is Horror podcast. Author of THEY’RE WATCHING (with Michael David Wilson). My vampire novel, THE SMALL HOURS, is available now. Anti-A.I.
bobpastorella.com
https://ghoulish.rip/product/the-small-hours/
patreon.com/BobPastorella
Mark_Atley @markatley.bsky.social Dad / Husband / Detective / Writer / Author / Novelist. Neon Noir / Neon Americana Tulsa Underworld series, A Bright Young Man and others.
Nathan Pettigrew @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social Writer. Author of TALES FROM TERREBONNE, forthcoming in 2026 from @rhppress.bsky.social. Managing Editor at Mythic Picnic. Awarded 2nd Place in the 22nd Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition for his story "Yemma."
Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social Author of bestselling memoir,
SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
I deserve it all.
https://linktr.ee/SmashFizzle
Manuel Aragorn, Non Fungible Tolkien Minority @spacejunc.bsky.social Husband. Father. MexAm. Northsider Films/Stories/Novel. 2021 @PeriplusCollect 2023 @TinHouse he/him/his. rep’d by @michellebrower
ManuelAragon.com
Rob Pierce @robpierce2verbs.bsky.social Rob Pierce has written several books, including Desire Is Death. Also the author of the Uncle Dust trilogy, among others. He lives in Santa Cruz, CA, with his corgi Misha and an oak cask of ennui.
Jes Battis @jesbattis.bsky.social Writer/Prof/Other. All pronouns. Fantasy, queer medievalism, 18thc shenanigans, YA lit, disability and neurodiversity. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸
https://linktr.ee/jbattis
Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com We put the "Ginger" in "Horror" 🔥
Book & movie reviews with a bite.
17 years strong. Still scared. Still reviewing.
👇 Dunk into our latest posts
https://gnofhorror.com/
Ben Yagoda @byagoda.bsky.social Author "Gobsmacked!”; “About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made"; "Will Rogers: A Biography"; "How To Not Write Bad" etc.
Rob Thomas @itsrobthomas.bsky.social Newsletter editor at City Cast Madison. Movie writing on Substack at Not That Rob Thomas. He/him. "Mr. Minion Shorts Himself" -- John Hodgman
Beechnut @beechnut.bsky.social Crime Fiction writer, football nut, lazy sod
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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social Professional daydreamer. Locus & World Fantasy Award finalist. Stories in Apex, Analog, Clarkesworld. 📖 Rep’d by Rebecca Eskildsen at Writers House.
Read my work: hannahyang.com/stories
Subscribe: hannahyang.com/newsletter
Shane D. Keene @mothfrenzy.bsky.social Elgin and Dwarf Stars nominated poet, musician, rock and roll maniac, podcaster, filterless pisser-offer. Producer and host of the Ink Heist podcast with co-host Rich Duncan. Coauthor of THE BALLAD OF MASON GOREY with Stephanie Ellis.
#PUNX4EVER
Martha Wells @marthawells.com SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, Queen Demon, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social Chicago person. Nonfiction books with Penguin Random House. Journalism in Esquire, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Boston Globe, elsewhere. Fiction in some hip spots. 2026 Best Mystery Stories of the Year. Medium tall.
Julie Hastrup @juliehastrup.bsky.social American crime fiction writer living in Denmark. Putting the adventure into my stories and keeping you guessing what is truth and what is fiction.
Horror Writers Association, New York Chapter @hwany.org We’re the horror and dark literature authors from the Tri-State area. Our chapter hosts meetings and local events. We are committed to the professional development and growth of our members. Find out more here:
https://horror.org/
https://hwany.org/
Paula Gatwood @paulagatwood.bsky.social “We are in the hands of men whose power and wealth have separated them from the reality of daily life and imagination. We are right to be afraid.”
Grace Paley, 1980
Shotgun Honey @shotgunhoney.com Fiction with a Kick • Publisher @ronearl.bsky.social
https://shotgunhoney.com
Eric J. Guignard @ericjguignard.bsky.social Author. Editor. Anthologist. Swiss-American. Writing at Cemetery Dance, Sourcebooks, upcoming with HarperCollins. Publisher of @darkmoonbooks.bsky.social.
Peace, love, and skulls. #ericjguignard
http://www.ericjguignard.com
Alp Beck @alpbeck.com Writer and nightmare builder. Professional fibber. HWA geek. NYWIFT lurker. Accidental activist. Insomniac. I write all night, to keep you up all night. - I block all Crypto bros. No DMs. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦💙🏳🌈🇺🇦
AlpBeck.com - https://alpbeck.substack.com/
Adron Buske @adronbuske.com Podcaster/Media Producer. Co-host of @scoreography.show.
Previous shows: @FictitiousPodcast.com, Nerd For A Living.
Writer, speaker, musician, RPG gamemaster.
He/him. (AY-dren BUS-kee)
Nicholas Kaufmann @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social Bestselling author of 100 FATHOMS BELOW, THE HUNGRY EARTH, THE MIND WORMS and more!
Kristina R. Mosley @elstupacabra.bsky.social Mama. Wife. Writer. Bigfoot enthusiast. Stay-at-home gargoyle. Got to say "cock" on national television. Lady human to Oreo, Duchess, and Basil. Leftist. She/her.
Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social A small-press independent publisher delivering crime, noir, and dark fiction chronicling bad decisions and desperate people.
Gimme Two @gimmetwo.bsky.social This land was made for you and me.
I am civil rights lawyer.
I am in a doom/heavy psych band called No Tropic.
https://www.instagram.com/no.tropic?igsh=MWZ1dXBscjk4ODVoYQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Wade @wadeaustin.bsky.social Director of Web Development @ Few.io
Godspeed You Black Bean Burrito
C. Jeffery Evans @cjevans.bsky.social Former economist and land use planner. Screenwriter and author with some love on the contest circuit. Husband, father, grandfather, crip rights activist. Big-P progressive.
Ragers and rude posters will be blocked.
Catherine Cavendish @catcavendish.bsky.social Author of Supernatural, Ghostly, Haunted House and Gothic Horror Fiction. Member of Horror Writers' Association, and British Fantasy Society
jeff heavydog @jeffheavydog.bsky.social manicposting pixie dream guy. "quality assurance" aka thing-breaker. he/him but not fussy about it. failed writer. old nerd. on a radicalization journey. some may find me annoying, and that is okay. mischief cryptid. shitposter semifinalist. 
karter @karteraka.bsky.social ocean scientist, musician, sci-fi author, slayer of demons
Hana Carolina @hanacarolina.bsky.social Creative Writer & Academic Researcher | 30s | she/her | 🏴 🇪🇺 | Reviewer @ Strange Horizons | Fiction Editor @ Divinations Magazine | Debut Novella with Spaceboy Books, THE INESCAPABLE MARCH (2025)
https://readspaceboy.com/portfolio/the-inescapable-march/
Terry Blas @terryblas.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🇲🇽GLAAD award winning Writer/Artist. (YMIL)
Marvel:(Reptil, Nova) Abrams: (Lifetime Passes) Boom Studios (Hotel Dare)
Cindy O’Quinn @cindyoquinn.bsky.social All things horror💀HWA Bram Stoker Award winning author. Elgin, Rhysling, & Dwarf Star nominated poet. Living haunted.🔥
Terrence McCauley @tmccauley.bsky.social Award-winning, bestselling writer of Thrillers, Crime Fiction and Westerns 
Kelly J. Ford @kellyjford.bsky.social Author of Anthony-nominated REAL BAD THINGS, COTTONMOUTHS, and THE HUNT. She/Her.
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.
M.E. Proctor @meproctor.bsky.social Crime fiction writer. Declan Shaw PI series "Love You Till Tuesday", "Catch Me on a Blue Day". Novella "Bop City Swing". Stories "Family and Other Ailments". Shotgun Honey, Bristol Noir, Vautrin, Black Cat Weekly. Shamus and Derringer short story nominee.
Jon McGoran @jonmcgoran.bsky.social Writer/Developmental Editor. Author of 11 novels, SF, Clifi, thrillers, including The Price of Everything, out now from Solaris Books, plus Spliced, Splintered & Spiked YA/SF as well as Drift, Deadout & Dust Up. He/him.
www.jonmcgoran.com
Frank Reardon @frank212.bsky.social Short stories in Stand, Bull, Tough, Starlite Pulp, CJ, Enclave, a bunch of other places. Columns in Hobart & Bull. Five collections of poetry w/ Punk Hostage, Blue Horse, NeoPoiesis.
Tess Makovesky @tessmakovesky.bsky.social Crime-writing alter-ego of @fionaglass.bsky.social. Writes darkly funny noir; likes Birmingham, Pink Floyd, and elephants. 'Embers of Bridges' out now.
www.tessmakovesky.com
Jeff Esterholm @jesterholm.bsky.social Reader. Writer. Up North Sconnie.
The Effects of Urban Renewal on Mid-Century America and Other Crime Stories (Cornerstone Press/UW-Stevens Point, 2023)
Tollund Man: Stories (Cornerstone Press) is scheduled for October, 2026.
Jen Johans @filmintuition.bsky.social 3x nat'l award-winning writer, film critic, & historian @ http://FilmIntuition.com, Watch With Jen™ pod host, & author behind The Veronica Mars Book Kickstarter. Repped by Farley Chase.
Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social I write about movies. Sometimes I talk about them. Usually just write. Award-winning screenwriter for what it's worth. Film instructor at the University of Colorado, Denver, but ridiculous social media presence definitely my own. http://walterchaw.com
rob belushi @robbelushi.bsky.social weenfather
Blake Howard @oneblakeminute.bsky.social “Insane” - Michael Mann • I produce obsessive movie podcasts, I don’t know how to do anything else • #OneHeatMinute • http://patreon.com/OneHeatMinute
Danny Bowes @dannybowes.bsky.social Serious intellectual. Gentleman of substance.
Alex Segura @alexsegura.com New York Times and USA Today-bestselling/award-winning author of many comics and novels.
https://linktr.ee/alex_segura
William Boyle @wmboyle4.bsky.social Writer. New novel, SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET, out now from Soho Crime. https://linktr.ee/wmboyle4- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social Edgar-and-steel-dagger-winning author of SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE LAST KING OF CALIFORNIA and LOVE AND OTHER WOUNDS.
A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE: "The Noir Novel of Our Times" -- The New York Times
Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social Terrible at bios. He/him/his
E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social Novelist (WHEN SHE LEFT, most recent), sometimes reviewer at Wash Post, runs Crime Fiction Works (the greatest newsletter in crime fiction history, everyone says so). Under a lot of pressure here.
Ron Earl Phillips @ronearl.bsky.social Publisher • Designer • Cat Wrangler
https://shotgunhoney.com
https://ronearlphillips.com
https://badfido.com
Richie Narvaez @richienarvaez.bsky.social Adjunct as well as Agatha- and Anthony-award–winning author of HIPSTER DEATH RATTLE | HOLLY HERNANDEZ & THE DEATH OF DISCO | NOIRYORICAN | 🇵🇷 | The songs I punched are dreaming
https://linktr.ee/richienarvaez
Julie Tollefson @julietollefson.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Amateur photographer. Rep'd by Sam Farkas. Finalist, 2022 Killer Nashville Claymore Award for best thriller. Rock chalk!
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com Writer, scientist, bug. she/her. #yeg. 🇨🇦 🇬🇾 Winner of a Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award! Rep: Michael Curry 📚🪲 Tips for cat treats! https://ko-fi.com/premee
ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social SFF novels
hi-fi stereo reviews in The Absolute Sound
full time indie romance author
reddit fiction as /u/speculative--fiction
stories on www.thesprawl.com
Canada Hardcover 🇨🇦 @canadahardcover.bsky.social You will likely find me knee-deep in crime fiction books. 
Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social NOLA. SFFH/crime/journalist. BASFF & Locus notable stories ‘23. Indie author
Contributor to Antigravity Magazine & Gambit
Words in: Buzzfeed News, Politico, Apex Mag, Fiyah, more.
NOLA 40 under 40 2025!
NOVEL: “The Pike Boys” books2read.com/thepikeboys
Tony Wirt @tonywirt.com Bestselling author somehow || Repped by Abby Saul of The Lark Group || Not affiliated with the Tony Awards || Heynong Man
Beegshotdeentcha @amityvandal.bsky.social Paint happy bastard. Caught. Hung up by my buster browns. 
Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social Press & online rag dedicated to grit lit & rural writing with rough edges. Survival is triumph enough. We dig Folk & Old Country music: @npcountrycovers.bsky.social. EIC: @vanwinkle.bsky.social
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social If you can describe us, you get magic coffee and jumping cookies.
Editors: @owenwyke.bsky.social , @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
Current issue: https://gonelawn.net/
🕯️ Tomasthanes 🚀 (toe-MOSS-thuh-knees) 🛰️ @tomasthanes.bsky.social Husband: 48yrs • Father • Sr. DevOps Eng (Ret.) • Writer/Info Curator • Ex-runner • Bass/Flute/EWI • Tolkienophile • Drone Pilot • 16th Lvl Rogue • Hufflepuff
Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social Writer
Debut Novel: IN THE DESERT, OUT NOW
from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Buy Here: https://a.co/d/0bucj1Yn
Collection: Some Days are Better than Ours (Reflex Fiction)
https://substack.com/@barbarabyar?utm_source=user-menu
Kerry via San Francisco
Joe X Young @joexyoung.bsky.social I have created an Indie Horror Author Community resource website that will help you to succeed as authors, and help readers to find you.
https://joexyoung.com/welcome-home/
Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social I wrote some books, once upon a time.
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
kellybarnhill.com
👻 The Phantasmic Paul Jessup 👻 @pauljessup.com Award winning writer of creepy stuff. Glass House, Skinless Man Counts to Five, Daughter of the Wormwood Star, Suicide Music, & Cancer Eats the Heart out now. Rustbelt Gothic coming Oct 2026. Creator of the game Bad Writer
website: https://pauljessup.com
Bobby Mathews @bamawriter.bsky.social Author: NEGATIVE TILT: STORIES (2024), MAGIC CITY BLUES (2023), LIVING THE GIMMICK (2022), Best American Mystery & Suspense 2024, Anthony Award nominee, Derringer Award winner. Unrelentingly weird.
Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com KILL CURRENT (writing as Oliver Lowe) coming May 2027 from Zando.
Pre-order: https://zandoprojects.com/books/kill-current-hardcover- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social Crooks. Gangsters. Rabbis. Burned spies. Noir holidays.
todgoldberg.com
Hector Acosta Rojas. @hexican.bsky.social Edgar and Anthony nominated. Contributor in 2022 BAMS and listed as distinguished story in 2023. Featured in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Wrote HARDWAY a wrestling inspired novella.
I also made that funny post once.
Lee Goldberg @leegoldberg.bsky.social Novelist. Screenwriter. Publisher. Nice Jewish Boy.
www.leegoldberg.com 
Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever (stories, Stanchion), & Stepdad on the Dance Floor (stories, Unsolicited) out now.
All We Knew Were Our Hearts (novel, Unsolicited) coming in '27.
Editor at The Loveliest Review.
timothyboudreau.com.
He/him
Lisa Lerma Weber @lisalermaweber.bsky.social Reader, writer, dreamer, questioner 
Alex Carbo @alexcarbo.bsky.social Father of 2, fiancé of THE one. Firm believer that coffee tastes better in the woods.
Sometimes I write, but I never get it right.
Go Gators! 🐊⚡
clevrgirl @clevrgirl.bsky.social Former political junkie. Mom, IT PMO Director. Sports. F1. Music & animal lover. Cinephile. Distract me. I chameleon because you think I do.
Lindsey @anderleauthor.bsky.social INVISIBLE FUTURE || THE DEATH ART (2026) Conquest Publishing || she/her 🩷💜💙
https://linktr.ee/anderleauthor
Ducking Grey Duck @duckinggreyduck.bsky.social Birder, 80HD, chaotic good, 📚 lover, atheist, nerd, stitcher, cat mom, she/they, ace, liberal, Mpls-Adjacent
Pfp: cartoon of a white woman with brown hair against an aqua background. Shirt is duck duck grey duck image.
https://ko-fi.com/duckinggreyduck
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
M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social Nonbinary trans masc + bisexual author. Artist. Poet. Critic. I write California horror and everything else. Polyam Fool/Magician (They/He)
Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social Pithead Chapel (ISSN 2324-6243) is a monthly online literary journal and small press. We publish gutsy fiction, nonfiction, and prose poetry. Founded 2012.
Ryan 🩷💜💙 @soroks.bsky.social He/Him. CO. Graphic Designer. 3D Printing Hobbyist. Aspiring Author.
Deletes typos, overuses the gif keyboard
Orioles 🖤🧡
Rockies 💜🖤
Bi, Gamer, Cinephile, Jedi, Trekkie, Husband, Dad