Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social Author of 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 (Tor 2017) and 𝘐𝘵 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 (webcomic). Plays many musical instruments and takes pictures of every bird. She/her.
SomaFM @somafm.com Over 30 channels of commercial-free, human-curated radio programming focusing on great but non-mainstream music.
Jason Krawczyk @jkrawczyk.bsky.social Human error personified.
MOVIES: He Never Died / Sunset Superman
BOOKS: It Looks Like Dad/Roots Run Deep/Reality Squall
STORE: @littleghostsbooks
Catriona Ward @catrionaward.bsky.social USA Today bestselling author of LOOKING GLASS SOUND 🪞💀🪞, THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, SUNDIAL & more Rep @jennysavill1 & @RStrausAgency Film/TV @mldean_& @unitedtalent
Christopher Golden @cgolden.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of Road of Bones, The House of Last Resort, Ararat, and many others. Writes a lot of comics with Mike Mignola. Screenwriter. Anti-fascist. New novel CARRY ME TO MY GRAVE out 7/21/26.
Errick Nunnally @erricknunnally.bsky.social Graphic designer, author, artist, and some other shit probably.
Y.M. Pang @ympang.bsky.social Fantasy & science fiction writer. Part-time poet. Full-time alien. Stories in Magazine of F&SF, Strange Horizons, Clarkesworld. 2x Aurora Award winner. Author of ALL THE BROKEN BLADES.
Website: www.ympang.com
Carrd: ympang.carrd.co
'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social #Queer #Canadian author; Most Recent: DOGS DON’T BREAK HEARTS (queer hi/lo ya), UPON THE MIDNIGHT QUEER (queer holiday collection), TRIAD MAGIC (queer contemp fantasy); He/him 🏳️🌈; Prepare for #Husky photos; 🦖 "Trans Rights or I Bites" 🚫 LLM/GenAI/Substack
Nine Inch Nails @nin.com Official NIN account
Montreal WorldCon 2027 @montrealworldcon27.bsky.social WorldCon in Montreal in 2027.
https://montreal2027.ca/en
Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social We are a non-profit dedicated to celebrating the best in Canadian speculative fiction. Run by a volunteer board, CSFFA facilitates the annual Prix Aurora Awards & administers the Canadian SF Hall of Fame: www.csffa.ca
Managed by @kalinstacey.bsky.social
Henry Rollins @henryrollins21361.bsky.social Official Blue Sky for Henry Rollins. Yes, this is real.
📷 https://www.instagram.com/fanatichenry/
This page is monitored by an admin.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social Indie press in Canada. World Fantasy Award, Shirley Jackson Award, HWA Specialty Press Award, and British Fantasy Award-winner. Endearingly weird. (Posts by Michael Kelly)
https://undertowpublications.com/
Stephanie Anne Author @stephanneauthor.bsky.social stephanieanneauthor.ca
Ottawa horror author, The Book Purge fundraiser, genderfluid bisexual, neurodivergent goblin, cat parent, 🚫AI
(she/they)
Jed Looker @jedlooker.bsky.social Spend my spare time writing sci-fi and creating comics with my Pens & Pixels co-founder and hubby. 🏳️🌈 🇨🇦
Andrew Pyper @andrewpyper.bsky.social Novelist. Author of The Residence, The Demonologist, Lost Girls. Also writes under pen name Mason Coile: WILLIAM (2024), EXILES (2025). 
Chuck Palahniuk @chuckpalahniuk.bsky.social Official Bluesky. More to come.
Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦 @michaelastackpole.bsky.social Award-winning writer and game designer. Author of the New York Times bestselling Rogue Squadron and I, Jedi (among 60+ others). https://ko-fi.com/michaelastackpole and
https://linktr.ee/michaelastackpole
On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social Canadian journal of Literature of the Fantastic
Katy Carr @ktmurmur.bsky.social Politics and book nerd. Beagle mom. 🇨🇦🐶
Jagtress @jagtress.bsky.social News Editor for Chalgyr.com | Tournament Admin for Pokemon Unite | Twitch Streamer & Moderator | Freelance Writer/Editor | Video Gamer | #Critter
Tool @toolmusic.bsky.social The Official Tool BlueSky Account. Expanding Hearts, Souls and Minds since 1991.
Rebecca Diem @rebeccadiem.bsky.social Canadian Spec fic author and Poet Laureate for Owen Sound 
Jay Odjick @jayodjick.bsky.social Writer. Artist. Jack of all trades, master of absolutely none
spydergrrl @spydergrrl.bsky.social Outdoorsy UXer. Workshop design coach & consultant. Lives with anxiety. Runs on espresso and Star Wars. She/her. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 Founder of CanUX. Best known for popularizing the phrase "UX Theatre". https://spydergrrl.com
Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social Can I stay home and read a book instead? Providing humor and memes about the introverted life.
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
David Baillie @david-baillie.bsky.social Author of What We Salvage, Little Bones, and random ramblings on punk culture. 
Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social Husband to Renee. Father to Andrew and Eleanor. Grandfather to Winnie and Indy. Founder. Writer. Ad-maker. NYT #1 Bestselling author. Instrument-rated Beechcraft pilot. AgainstAllEnemies.net
Ariel Troster @arieltroster.com Running for reelection as City Councillor for #SomersetWard in Ottawa. Queer Jew. A better city is possible. Let’s build it together. 🏳️🌈
Suzanne Church @canadiansuzanne.bsky.social Author of SF / F / H
Lover of hockey, chocolate, and the Oxford comma
Cat pix will be plentiful
She/her GoLeafsGo
Lydia Peever @typicallydia.bsky.social Horror writer, bookworm, host of Typical Books, and new release wrangler-volunteer for the HWA
https://linktr.ee/lydiapeever
Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social "Our capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but our inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."
https://buymeacoffee.com/justjack1
Little Ghosts Books @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Your Queer Spooky Bookstore x Small Press.
“A Good Story Will Haunt You”
👻🖤📚
www.littleghostsbooks.com
Julie E. Czerneda @julieczerneda.bsky.social SF/F author and editor. Biologist, Canadian, and friendly person. Optimism rules me. All you need to know about my books (including links) is at https://www.czerneda.com (with bonus silly photos.)
Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *Pre-order RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS* @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social She/her. CDN author - Horror and dark spec-fic. RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS coming out Oct 20, 2026! Rep: @beckylejeune.bsky.social
Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Canadian science-fiction writer; https://sfwriter.com
Madeline Ashby @madelineashby.bsky.social I write futures. GLASS HOUSES out 13 August 2024. Come fly with us. https://www.madelineashby.com/contact/
KariLikeSafari @karilikesafari.bsky.social She/Her. Eclectic copy editor sharing personal interests. Same handle pretty much everywhere. Read books. Be kind. https://linktr.ee/KariLikeSafari
Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
Geoff Gander @geoffgander.bsky.social Writer of horror and dark fiction, creator of TTRPG madness for Gallant Knight Games, Sentinel Hill Press, and others. Not an evil cultist - honest!
Brandon Crilly (Announcements Only) @brandoncrilly.bsky.social he/him. Canadian SFF author: CATALYST (2022), CASTOFF (2025). Games writer: The Expanse RPG, ICONS. Vice chair of Can*Con. 2500-year-old Time Lord and snake parent. Repped by @glassglassmadeof.bsky.social at DMLA.
linktr.ee/brandoncrilly
Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social Scifi author. Stories in Asimovs.com, Clarkesworldmagazine.com, Analogsf.com. Asimov and Aurora Award winner. Agented by Eric Showers. He/Him.
The House of Saints: https://geni.us/TheHouseOfSaints
Web: derekkunsken.com
Ranylt Richildis @ranylt.bsky.social Stories in PodCastle, Strange Horizons and many cool elsewheres. Founder of Lackington's Magazine (yup, still on hiatus). Dark fantasy, weird/horror, film, food, architecture, history, language. https://ranylt.wordpress.com
Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com I write novels, games and stories. Coming in 2026: MERCUTIO and THE SWORDMASTER. Writer at CHEO Foundation (my views are my own). Former journalist. From Manitoba, now in Ottawa. She/her. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️🌈
https://kateheartfield.com
CNN @cnn.com Asking the hard questions and bringing unique perspectives from across the globe. This is CNN.
Michael Cisco @michaelcisco.bsky.social Writer, teacher, tormented, no fun
Jeff Strand @jeffstrand.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning author of gobs of books, mostly horror/comedy. FUN TIMES AT THE BLOODBATH - July 2026! WGA screenwriter. Bridgett Nelson’s scorching hot boyfriend. https://linktr.ee/jeffstrandauthor
Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social Award-Winning Publisher of New Weird Horror + More, via Portland, OR & Transilvania, Romania.
@AlexWoodroe.com, Editor in Chief.
@MattBlairstone.bsky.social, Publisher.
SUPPORT INDIE. Hail the Tenebrous Cult🖤☠️
https://linktr.ee/TenebrousPress
Marie Bilodeau @mariebilodeau.bsky.social SFFH Author. Professional storyteller. Can*Con Chair. D&D player. Caffeinated geek. Repped by Sara Megibow of Megibow Literary Agency. She/her.
Steve Rasnic Tem @stevetem.bsky.social writer
Vinny Thomas @vinnythomas.bsky.social ancient reptile in real life, Omar on Platonic. formerly known as vinn_ayy- N Nicole Lavigne (she/her) @nl-lavigne.bsky.social
Talking Scared Podcast @talkscaredpod.bsky.social A podcast of conversations with the biggest names in horror writing. Find out where your favourite scary stories came from.
https://pod.link/1530064310
You can reach me at talkingscaredpod@gmail.com 
Nicholas Kaufmann @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social Bestselling author of 100 FATHOMS BELOW, THE HUNGRY EARTH, THE MIND WORMS and more!
Laurel Hightower @laurelhightower.bsky.social Horror loving mom. Author of that mothman book, BELOW. Also WHISPERS IN THE DARK, CROSSROADS, EVERY WOMAN KNOWS THIS, SILENT KEY, SPIRIT COVEN, and THE DAY OF THE DOOR
Joe Hill @joe-hill.bsky.social Author of The Fireman, Strange Weather, and King Sorrow (out in October). Co-creator of Locke & Key (along with maestro Gabriel Rodriguez). Let's do a better job lookin after the kids: https://www.sandyhookpromise.org
Aaron Dries @aarondries.bsky.social Author/screenwriter — Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, Australian Shadows, Ditmar award-nominated and Aurealis winner. DIRTY HEADS, CUT TO CARE, HOUSE OF SIGHS, A PLACE FOR SINNERS, THE FALLEN BOYS, and WHERE THE DEAD GO TO DIE. Repped by Annie Bomke.
Victoria Dalpe @victoriadalpe.bsky.social Author. Artist. Undead. Victoria Dalpe is a RI-based horror writer and painter. Selene Shade: Loving the Dead available for preorder now- out August 2026.
JohnFosterFic @jfoster.bsky.social I write horror and crime fiction, live in Brooklyn and love cooking and martial arts. My wife is the actress Linda Jones and our dog is half pit, half Dutch shepherd and all clown. Though I may wince, you really can choose any pizza toppings you like.
Armand Rosamilia @armandauthor.bsky.social Full-time crime thriller and horror author. Drinker of bourbon
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet. 
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
S.M. Carrière 🍁 @smcarriere.bsky.social Writes fiction, teaches martial arts, spends too much time daydreaming. Sidhe/Her.
https://www.smcarriere.com/books
Become a Starling for bonus content and exclusives:
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Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social Can*Con Virtual 2026 will be Can*Con: DISRUPTION!
We'll be hosting conversations on disrupting craft, narrative, and expectations, on and off the page!
Get tickets at www.can-con.org.
Linda Jones @lindajonesnyc.com Actor, writer, runner, reader, lover of cats and dogs. Award-winning audiobook narrator. I have fallen down in every borough.
SAG-AFTRA, AEA
The King of Pain, John F.D. Taff @jfdt.bsky.social Horror author, multiple Stoker nominee and World Fantasy nominee of such books as DARK STARS, LITTLE BLACK SPOTS, ALL THE STARS DIE in Q3 2025 and the re-releases of THE END IN ALL BEGINNINGS and THE FEARING, all 3 from Bad Hand Books. Represented by me.
Hayden Trenholm @haydent.bsky.social SF and Mystery writer (and occasional poet). Progressive thinker and lazy activist. Retired policy wonk. Loves books, travel, my wife--not in that order.- P @peteratwood.bsky.social @peteratwood.bsky.social
Dean Italiano @deanitaliano.bsky.social I write stuff. I paint stuff. Sometimes I play piano, and a little song writing thrown in there. Married to G. Parent of twin boys... Busy.
Chadwick Ginther @chadwickginther.bsky.social Author of Graveyard Mind and the Thunder Road Trilogy. Winner of the 2021 Prix Aurora Award for Best Short Story. (He/Him)
Michael Marano Punches Nazis @mikemarano.bsky.social Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild Award- winning and Shirley Jackson-nominated Author. Film and Arts Critic/Commentator. Editor. Book Doctor. Fitness Trainer. Writing Instructor. He / Him www.BluePencilMike.com / www.GetOffMyLawnFitness.com
David Nickle @davidnickle.bsky.social Author of horror and science fiction, recovering journalist and newbie illustrater. More at davidnickle.ca. Art portfolio at https://cara.app/davidnickle.
Bracken MacLeod 𖤐 ⚰ @brackenmacleod.bsky.social Recovering lawyer. Author of STRANDED, COME TO DUST, & CLOSING COSTS. A new collection, LET NOT YOUR SORROW DIE, out NOW from Bad Hand Books! Represented by Howard Morhaim at http://morhaimliterary.com He/Him
Paul Michael Anderson @paulmanderson.bsky.social Writer
thenothingspace.net
Lavie Tidhar @lavietidhar.bsky.social That guy from that thing. Too young for a Nobel Prize. THE THREE COFFIN PROBLEM out now.
Erin Rockfort (they/she) @pineapplefury.bsky.social Writer, therapist, podcaster
Possible Programming Lead at Can*Con
Queer and neurodivergent
Beware of reptile
https://erinrockfort.com/
Marco Cultrera @marcocult.bsky.social Writer
https://marcocultrera.wixsite.com/marco-cultrera
Adam Shaftoe @adamshaftoe.bsky.social Guy whose wife said that thing about Alien that one time. Retired Guardian. Occasional writer and critic. 日本語の学生
Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award nominated author of THE MERRY DREDGERS and BEDFELLOW and THE ATROCITIES. FAMILIAR out now! Fabric artist. Butler for cats. They/them
https://jeremycreature.bigcartel.com/
https://www.patreon.com/jeremycreature
David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com Nightmares for sale. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Sunburst winner; Giller Prize, Amazon, Aurora & Shirley Jackson nominee. The Stone Garden. The Butcher’s Daughter. RED X. The Bone Mother. Gay/Queer. Cis. Old. No AI. https://daviddemchuk.com
Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel