JR Fenn @jrfenn.bsky.social Writer, teacher, parent, dreamer | TINY VESSELS out from Red Mare Press | Words in or forthcoming in The Georgia Review, Orion's Belt, DIAGRAM, Split Lip, Witness, Boston Review, Gulf Coast | Ucross Fellow | Syracuse MFA | Prof at SUNY ESF | www.jrfenn.com
Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
thelonghand @thelonghand.bsky.social Screenwriter. Poet. Professor.
Books: Eidolon. The Getty Fiend. Middlemost Constantine. Films: Winter in the Blood. Wed the Dark.
Chris Fallon @squalidbros.bsky.social Writer: Small Objects of Desire; Indelible Evidence; The New Look; Killing Joe; Le Donne...
Director: One For My Baby; The New Look; EastEnders - Sharongate...
Liminal Space Creative @liminalspacecreative.substack.com Aspiring Métis writer drawn to the grey areas of the human condition. Places we bury deep, where love and sorrow quietly pool together. Spaces that hold both our capacity for sincere kindness and our potential for extreme cruelty.
Leanne Hope @leannehope.bsky.social Try hard. Writer. Storyteller. Aspiring clown.
Jeremiah Root @jeremiahroot.bsky.social Jeremiah Root is a writer and musician from Paradise, CA. His work has appeared in Muleskinner Journal and BULL. He is at work on his first novel, The Vincent. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, three children, and hound dog.
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
Michael Russell Jones @michaeljonas.bsky.social Word nerd.
Neurodivergent autodidact.
Proud survivor of childhood S.A.
Psych ward philosopher.
Resides and writes in Skokie, Illinois.
https://whiskeytit.com/article/five-poems/
@jen-bryant.bsky.social @jen-bryant.bsky.social Writer, runner, stray cat whisperer. Midwestern transplant with Southern roots. Words in The Sun, Ms., Cleaver, JMWW, Matter News, & more. 2025 Ucross Fellow. Senior editor @muthamagazine, book reviewer @publisherswkly, & CNF reader @mudseasonreview.
Bookish Spotlight 📚 @bookishspotlight.bsky.social Promoting books and authors since 2016.
https://www.bookishspotlight.com
Bookish Spotlight handles Social Media Marketing for The Book Khaleesi, led by Eeva Lancaster.
Book your promos here:
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DAR @darbooks.com Author/Writer/Dreamer - DA RASMUSSEN
Pandore Series
Mark Coakley @markcoakley.bsky.social #book #writer in #HamOnt #Ontario #Canada
True crime - Hidden Harvest; Tip & Trade; Faces of Fraud
Romance/horror novel - Murder Bugs
Norse epic - The Saga of Halfdan the Black
History of psychedelic therapy - Shroom Boom
markcoakleybooks.com
Matt Tice @ticewrites.bsky.social Fiction writer represented by Falkin Literary. My debut novel, SEAFLOWER, is currently looking for a home.
Duxbury, MA
Fiction and other projects here: Ticewrites.com
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social 
The Ubergroup @theubergroup.bsky.social a 501(c)3 nonprofit providing low cost education for writers. Prose, poetry, stage, screen, nonfiction, journalism, comics, animation, podcasts, you name it. If it has a writer at any stage, we teach it.
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Izzy Bean author @izzybeanauthor.bsky.social I dream and breathe in words. This account will be for my writing, teaching, and publishing endeavors. I am a dog and cat lover. Ally 🏳️⚧️🌈
Dark Talk @dark-talk.uk The official BlueSky account for the Dark Talk podcast.
• https://dark-talk.uk
• https://patreon.com/DarkTalkPod
Cooper Reilly @sussingham.bsky.social Just a writer from San Diego, posting short stories as often as I can.
Fascinated by magical realism, frogs, flawed characters, altered states, Ween, finding transcendence in the mundane, absurd humor, gross stuff, maximalism…
sussingham.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
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.
brownhoundpress.com
Hallie Pritts @halliepritts.bsky.social Writer. Finalist, Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize ‘24, Sewanee Writers ’22. CHTQA fellow. NZ writer-in-residence. Words in Mcsweeneys, MissouriReview, LitMag, Barrelhouse, TheBelladonna, OffAssignment, etc. Rode a bike across the US once. #nativeplants
Jennifer 📚🎧❣️ @jdawson001.bsky.social ♿️🏳️🌈American SFF author, poet, editor, & book reviewer living in England. She/her. The Poetry Society & The British Fantasy Society. Old OWW member.
Online at: WorldsOfMayhem.com
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/dawson001
🏳️⚧️ rights = human rights.
Jamie Gehin @jamiegehin.bsky.social Writer, library manager, living with parkinson's. Words forthcoming in Flash Fiction Magazine and Bookends Review.
Michelle Orsi @michelleorsi.bsky.social Poet. Poems in Ploughshares, The Southern Review, Five Points, swamp pink, The Florida Review & DIAGRAM.
Vonnie G. Clemens Jr. @whogetstobelong.substack.com Queer writer in science fiction and fantasy. | Focused on who gets to belong, and what body do they get to bring? | whogetstobelong.substack.com
Jim C @jimcolella.bsky.social Writer. Teacher. Former blogger, journo, & short story writer. Words in Flash Fiction Magazine & The London Economic. Now focused on creative nonfiction.
https://substack.com/@jimcolella
https://instagram.com/jimcwriter
📍UK
Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social Books: Our Lives in Pieces (2025) and Not Finished Yet (2026)
Words in Stanchion, Pithead Chapel, Cleaver, Fictive Dream, BULL, Hippocampus
2X Pushcart nominee, BOTN, Best Microfiction and LL Wigleaf Top 50
Retired educator and playwright
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
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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
https://marymackey.com/
Joël.V @tinyspotbigworld.bsky.social I’m a proud Canadian artist (I love to paint landscapes & seascapes) and I’m a photographer. Democracy believer, I try my best to be fair and kind.🎨🙏📸 No DMs. I’m a verified Digital Celebrity. 🇨🇦 🌟
Adele Gallogly @adelegallogly.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Flash fiction writer | 2025 Highly Commended Bridport Prize & Finalist New Millennium Writings | Published in FlashFlood, Paragraph Planet, 50-Word Stories, Flash the Court, Writers’ Hour, MacQueen’s Quinterly, and elsewhere.
linktr.ee/adelegallogly
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/
Robin Writes It @robinwritesit.bsky.social Writing fiction in the upper left to save my sanity & entertain somebody someday. Nature, good books & dog love are my salvation.
More @ robinhaglund.info
🚫 Idiocracy, bullies, bigots, 🤖, greed, liars 🚫
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/
writerharrison @harrisonwriter.bsky.social 🍁 #Canadian - #Author - #Poet 🍁
amazon.com/author/phillipharrison
I try to write in ways that feed both the mind and soul. ♊ & #GenX #stationaryaddict
💫 Creator of imagined worlds 💫
Kashawn Taylor @kashawntaylor.bsky.social Writer. Teacher. Student.
Prison Journalism Project.
Gotham Writers Workshop.
book: subhuman. out now.
Lissa Warren @lissawarren.bsky.social Book publicist. Adjunct Professor at Emerson College. Author of The Savvy Author's Guide to Book Publicity and The Good Luck Cat. Tea-swilling workaholic. Founder and President of lissawarrenpr.com.
Abby Alten Schwartz @abbys480.bsky.social Healthcare writer. Journalist. Essayist. Memoir in progress. Pushcart and BOTN nominee. Bylines WaPo, NYT, HuffPost, WIRED, AARP, HAD, Hippocampus, Citron Review, Brevity and others. linktr.ee/abbys480
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A free blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social
Find it at Writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com
Kyle Isamu Weik @kyleisamu.bsky.social a queer writer without a plan | Flash Frog, Ghost Parachute, Variant Literature, Emerge Literary Journal, Vestal Review, Peatsmoke Journal
Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social Nonfiction writer. Author of The Mess That Made Them (Bloomsbury, 2026) geni.us/TMtMT. Two-time Best of the Net nominee. | 🏠 Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha Metro Area) | Rep: Anderson Literary Agency
Out to Lunch @fictionwriting.bsky.social Discussion of websites, venue reviews, event planning ... stuff that, while relevant, I would never put on my main account. Maybe some flash fiction.
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com U.S. Senator from New Jersey. 
Caryn @carynjmachon.bsky.social I'm a writer, special education teacher, nature lover, science nerd and mom. I have a novel I hope to get published and LOVE to read. Currently working from home at a virtual charter school in Michigan. I look forward to meeting like minded folks!
L Mari Harris @lmariharris.bsky.social Reader, Writer, Ozarks dweller. Wigleaf Top 50. Best Microfiction. Editor at trampset.
Gail Anderson @smallgreenberd.bsky.social Writer of flash and other short forms; tutor at OxUni Continuing Education. 🏆 Edinburgh FF, Scottish Story Awards; recent pubs Mslexia, Best Women’s Short Fiction 2024, New Writing Scotland, New FF Review. Haunter of charity shops. www.gailanderson.com
Jeff Bond @jeffbondnyc.bsky.social Senior Editor @ Epiphany Lit. Stories in EPOCH, Carolina Quarterly, Bridge Eight, Sequestrum, McSweeney's Internet Tendency et al. Video creations (Richard Hell, Nancy Wilson, et al) www.jeffbond.nyc www.chillsubs.com/profile/jeffbondnyc
Lawrence Coates📚🐦📚💙📚🖋️📚 @lwcoates.bsky.social Writer, teacher, walker of many trails. Novels published with @unvpress.bsky.social. Novella published with @miamioh-press.bsky.social. Novella forthcoming with @regalhouse.bsky.social. #authorsguild https://lawrencecoates.com/
Trio House Press @triohousepress.org Publishing diverse, distinct poetry since 2012 - and, in 2024, creative nonfiction and more! @KrisBigalk.bsky.social - executive editor; @NatashaKane.bsky.social - marketing/acquisitions editor
https://www.triohousepress.org
Judith Hertog @jbher.bsky.social Writer, doubter, traveler, serial immigrant.
Bylines: New York Times, The Sun, Longreads, Tricycle, The Atlantic etc.
Interests: words, stories, the world, humans, and how humans make sense of this messy world.
www.judithhertog.com
Mark Sarvas @marksarvas.bsky.social American Book Award winning author of MEMENTO PARK (FSG). HARRY, REVISED (Bloomsbury), @UGMAN (ITNA). Hero: John Berger. Dog: Berger
“ … ceaselessly intelligent” - Joseph O’Neill.
"Chilling, flawlessly executed" - Kirkus Reviews
www.marksarvas.com
Roxana Robinson @roxanarobinson.bsky.social Writer: eleven books. Novelist, short story writer, biographer. Author of "Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life," "Cost" and "Leaving." Teaches in Hunter MFA Program.
Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social Writer, teacher, actor, warbler, editor of #Snapshots: An Album of Essay and Image forthcoming from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social, @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social, lover of dogs, birds, photos, dinner on a sheetpan, jigsaw puzzles, and the emdash—
Judith Baumel @judithbaumel.bsky.social Poet. Bronx-born life-long fan of the Mets and all things Italian
Sabine Brigette @sabinebrigette.bsky.social 
Martha Cooley @marthacooley.bsky.social Author of several novels and a memoir, with an essay collection forthcoming: My Little Donkey
@reginleif5.bsky.social @reginleif5.bsky.social 
Diane Walters @dianewalters.bsky.social Editor, writer, peace lover, dog and cat lover, lover of great food, Democrat, Harris-Walz24. dianewalters-writer.com
Joyce Scarbrough @joycelovesbooks.bsky.social Book lover. Writer and editor. Faculty member of Writing Away Refuge. Mother of three brilliant, smartass children. Wife of a superhero. Animal lover. Blue enthusiast. Kindred spirit with plenty of scope for imagination. Em dash lover. Semi colon denier.
patti b @pattibrehler.bsky.social crazy person
Lasell Jaretzki Bartlett @lasell.bsky.social Author ~ Horsewoman ~ Circadian Health Advocate ~ Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
Lee Ann Ward @leeannward-writer.bsky.social USA TODAY bestselling author of GLIMPSES OF WILDERNESS. Founder & CEO of Writing Away Refuge #writingcommunity
@laselle.bsky.social @laselle.bsky.social 
Abby Letteri @abbyletteri.bsky.social Horses, dogs, wild places, history, ecology, ethology.
I am a writer of creative nonfiction.
Tasha Yglesias @tashayglesias.bsky.social Writer, editor, reader, D&Der.
linktr.ee/tashaxandra
Ashley E. Reis @ashleyereis.bsky.social Naturalist, runner, outdoorswoman, traveller.
Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social freelance writer | poet | Bennington MFA '20 | Rochester, N.Y.
jonathaneveritt.com
Davin Malasarn @davinmalasarn.bsky.social Author of The Outer Country (2026, One World/Random House). Co-founder of The Granum Foundation supporting writers.
Kelly Tanner-Backenroth @carrotstick21.bsky.social Writer, Mama, Global People Officer
@sharonscotlyn.bsky.social @sharonscotlyn.bsky.social 
The Molotov Cocktail @molotovlitzine.bsky.social A projectile for incendiary flash fiction. Purveyors of the dark & offbeat since 2010. Curated by Josh Goller. Associate Editor M. Lenoir Bond
https://themolotovcocktail.com/
Flash Monster the 13th contest now open: https://tinyurl.com/nzyn88m8
Leigh Rastivo (Nolan) @leighra.bsky.social Writer. Book Reviewer.
New Yorker living in Appalachia.
Flash 500 Writing Competitions @flash500.bsky.social Writing competitions:
Quarterly #flashfiction
Annual #shortstory
Annual #novels
-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social Let's get small. -ette loves fiction and prose poetry under 1000 words.
www.ettereview.com (subs closed)
Best Small Fictions
Best Microfiction
Our companion podcast is pod-ette.
open.spotify.com/show/5rlvi1S1p5ehxoTJAwITW2?si=zVUdwXB5QeSEQ2zt1h6b5w
Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey.
https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/
McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books.
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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social Literary magazine publishing the best new poetry & prose for over 50 years. Details on subscriptions, submissions, contests and more at http://eventmagazine.ca
Ann Leamon @akleamon.bsky.social I'm a writer of finance, fiction, poetry, and essays and, I confess, an inveterate (not invertebrate) editor.
christine @cms.bsky.social bay arean, librarian, & flutist in wisconsin • #DHmakes • ex-WNBA quiz writer • they/them • 🇭🇹🏳️🌈
Peter McAllister @petermcallister.bsky.social Writer. University Lecturer. North Cornwall Book Festival Director.
Editor & Co-founder at @inkfishmagazine.bsky.social.
Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com 📚The Collected Schizophrenias, The Border of Paradise
🏆 Best of Young American Novelists, Whiting Award, NYT Bestseller
🎓 Writing classes @ unexpectedshapeacademy.com
🇹🇼🌈♿️ she/her
🌱My interesting website @ esmewang.com
Suzanne Kaufman-McNamara @soozkmac.bsky.social Retired (x2!) AF MSgt, then lawyer.
Married. Mom. Grandma. Boomer cis. Frequently reminded of that. Toph’s human. Currently Texas, always a Democrat. She/her
The dog runs things around here.
Allison Larkin @allielarkinwrites.bsky.social Author of The People We Keep and several books as Allie Larkin. Obsessed with my dog. she/her
Remy @imremy.fyi Gender noncompliant
they/them
I post about my cats, the birds I see, the things I make, and whatever else I feel like.
I teach data analytics and web development, and collect hobbies like it’s my hobby.
Christopher Allen @christopherallen.bsky.social Publisher and EIC of SmokeLong Quarterly. 2023 Flash Fiction Judge Bridport Prize. #BestSmallFictions #FlashFictionAmerica. Nomad. Very much a back-office guy. He/him
Deirdre Sugiuchi @djsugi.bsky.social Author of UNREFORMED (Vine Leaves Press, 2027), contributing writer at Electric Literature, '23 Barbara Deming memorial grant for feminist nonfiction, lapsed librarian, essays in Literary Hub, Action Spectacle, & more, Pilates instructor, she/hers
miniskirt mag @miniskirtmag.bsky.social Lit mag all about love | SPOOKY issue out now | Subs OPEN thru Mar2 | EIC/posts by @kleighglanzman.bsky.social
HAD @havehashad.com We had an idea that started as a joke. We had an affinity for that minimalist look and feel of early online journals. We had a couple drinks.
https://www.havehashad.com
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social Thin Skin is a literary magazine showcasing the work of writers over 50, the 'late bloomers' of the literary world. Find us at https://thin-skin.com/
CALYX Press @calyxpress.bsky.social Independent Publisher of Art and Literature by Women+ Since 1976
Open for general submissions! calyxpress.org
https://linktr.ee/calyxpress