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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social The 2026 Worldcon in Los Angeles, California
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📅 August 27-31, 2026
✨️ Adventure Awaits!
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Sondra @onlyonecomment.bsky.social Retired Prof. Loves history, world travel, all animals, space, science fiction, art, literature. Always good for a laugh. Lifelong Blue Resister. Where is the Outrage?
#Blues #USDemocracy #DefendersOfDemocracy
Joy Deva Baglio @joybaglio.bsky.social Speculative Writer: Fiction in One Story, Ploughshares, Tin House, Apex, etc. Yaddo Fellow. Founder of Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop. Rep'ed by Peter Steinberg. Novel in progress. Bagpiper.
https://linktr.ee/joy.deva.baglio
https://www.joybaglio.com/
Sienna Tristen (they/them) @siennatristen.bsky.social Poet. Witch. Difficult beauty. One half of The Shale Project.
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
Gillian Secord 🇨🇦 @gilliansecord.bsky.social 📝 SFF Writer || 🍁 3x Aurora Award Finalist || ☕ probably needs coffee || Stories in Diabolical Plots, Fireside Fiction, OnSpec + more
Erin Rockfort (they/she) @pineapplefury.bsky.social Writer, therapist, podcaster
Possible Programming Lead at Can*Con
Queer and neurodivergent
Beware of reptile
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Cortni @cortnifernandez.bsky.social Programmer for Can*Con. Sometimes I write things. She/her 💜♠️
Marco Cultrera @marcocult.bsky.social Writer
https://marcocultrera.wixsite.com/marco-cultrera
Tyler Goodier @tylergoodier.bsky.social Writer of anti-colonial science-fiction and fantasy, safety regulator, ally.
Monique AC @moniqueac.bsky.social queer SF/horror writer - first reader (Diabolical Plots & Small Wonders) - con stuff (Rainbow Space Magic & Can*Con) - settler - she/they - notwhereilive.ca
Jamieson Wolf @jamiesonwolf.com I'm a Prix Aurora Award Nominated author, artist, baker and tarot card reader. I'm disabled, queer and I sparkle naturally. I am also a proud cat dad! I may or may not respond to DM's. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♿️🐈⬛️✍️🖌🎨 Learn more at http://www.jamiesonwolf.com
Craig Shackleton @craigshackleton.com SFF writer and Swordplay instructor || Founder of Ottawa Swordplay || Lapsed TTRPG writer || AuDHD
Currently seeking a literary agent and writing more novels.
#IndigoEmployee || My posted opinions are my own, I don't speak for my employer.
matt demon 🔜 SPX @ayshaufarah.bsky.social Locus and Bafta-nominated writer and narrative designer. life is strange | hiveswap | magic the gathering | pathologic | amplitudes anthology
formerly a narrative lead at deck nine games. co-host of Worker's Lit
Warren Frey🇨🇦 @freyburg.bsky.social Radio Free Skaro co-host, journalist, podcast cutter-togetherer (listen to @isitcamppod.bsky.social) prose and TTRPG writer. Codex and SFWA member. Hire me at freyburgmedia.com and check out my author site at freyburg.com
Brittany M. Willows 🐝🌻 @bmwillows.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Bi+ace • lvl 31 • she/her • Comic colorist/publishing assistant. Digital artist, anime trash, gamer. SFF Author of THE CALYSPIS PROJECT, BLOODY SPADE, THE HOWLING DARK (ETA 2027) 🐺🌓
contact ➡️ brittanywillows(@)zohomail(.)com
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dave ring @davering.bsky.social writer. publisher at Neon Hemlock. anthologist. co-editor of Baffling. shirley jackson award winner. lambda, locus & ignyte award finalist. he/him.
Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social World Fantasy, Nebula, Ignyte, Locus & Shirley Jackson Award-winning speculative publisher. Baffling Magazine & novellas & anthos & queer 📚. Editor: dave ring.
EllieAboutTown @ellieabouttown.bsky.social Internationally acclaimed narrative improvisor, award-winning theatre designer, amateur musician, aspiring author, former Jeopardy! contestant.
Also, I read a lot. 🇺🇸 > 🇨🇦.
linktr.ee/ellieabouttown
Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social Author: Legends & Legacies, Shattered Spirits: The Fall of Ishcairn.
She/Her, cryptid of the wilds 🍁
https://superstitionpub.com
James Downe @james-downe-author.bsky.social James is a fantasy writer and graphic designer in Toronto, Ontario. 🇨🇦 He is the author of the Sisters of Jade Trilogy ('Sisters of Jade', 'Sorrow & Shroud', 'The Gorgon Court'), and the short story collection 'Salt & Cinder'.
www.jamesdowne.com
Deanna J. Valdez 📚 ✍️ @deannajvaldez.com 🌖🥀Writer of romance, folklore, fairy tales, eldritch horrors and mythical adventures 🍂🌙
rep: Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW Literary Agency
#SFWA #Codex #writer
she/her 🇵🇭🇨🇦
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
Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social SFF author. Muddling through the pre-apocalypse. CSFFA SFWA. She/her. 🐙🐾
Unceded Algonquin territory. 🇨🇦 Debut 2025: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT with Poplar Press (Wolsak & Wynn). Rep’d by Sara Megibow. Views my own.
www.christyclimenhage.com
Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social author of SÃONI CYCLE & PLURALITIES. coparent to The Shale Project. poet, editor, dice goblin enabler, gender menace. on here sporadically!
Gregory A. Wilson @gregoryawilson.com Speculative fiction author, college professor, musician, podcaster, game master, TwitchTV host.
https://www.gregoryawilson.com
https://www.twitch.tv/arvaneleron
https://www.patreon.com/ArvanEleron
https://www.speculatesf.com/
@gengms.bsky.social
E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com Horror writer, UI/UX designer, child-rearer, USA Today bestseller. Rep: Dorian Maffei at KC&A. She/her elainechen.com 🇨🇦
SWEETSIDE MOTEL (IFP) 🔪
SLASHER SUMMER (Michael Joseph/Crown) 🪓
ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD (Run For It Feb 2027) 🪰
Rebecca Bennett @rebecca-b.bsky.social SpecFic Writer | TTRPG writer | Can Con | Managing Ed at @HeartlinesSpec | Senior Ed at @apparitionlit | Beer Enthusiast | she/her 
Carolyn Charron @carolyncharron.bsky.social Author of Hunting a Sea-Glass Heart (Renaissance Press)
Knitter, sewist, reader and baker, she/her
Jesse Scoble @jscoble.bsky.social Game writer. Credits: Assassin's Creed Origins & AC Odyssey; FC5; WD2; Wizard101. TTRPG writer: A Game of Thrones RPG, MARVEL Multiverse RPG.
Dead Money KS:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deadmoney/dead-money-a-western-horror-comic-book-2-and-3
Jen Desmarais, Author (she/her) @jendesmaraisauthor.bsky.social 40yo disabled queer mother of 2, book dragon, proud geek, author, AuDHD.
No AI.
Éric Desmarais Author @ericdesmarais.bsky.social Author, freelance typesetter, and coffee roaster.
No AI
Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social Ancient queen of tarts, queen of bone broth/Romany poshrat/ artist/writer/ gardener/ Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens, novella with Stelliform Press, 2025/ Nightshade, novel with Assembly Press, coming in 2026
N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social Canadian, author & reader, nerd, parent. She/they. SFWA, SCBWI, Codexian. Invisibly bi/pan 🏳️🌈 Proud member of 🇺🇦 diaspora in 🇨🇦. https://nrmroshak.com and https://rdbms-insight.com 
Kiera Lesley @kieralesley.bsky.social SFFH writer, reader, tea drinker. Aurealis award winner. AHWA. Codex. Words in: Nightmare, Andromeda Spaceways, Factor Four etc.
Naarm/Melbourne
KieraLesley.com
Alone Crawford @kellylink.bsky.social unserious moonlight
owner of bookmoonbooks.com
www.kellylink.net
she/her
Happy to recommend books if you tell me 2 writers you love & what you’re in the mood for. Signed copies of my books available at www.bookmoonbooks.com. TERFS & fascists fuck off.
Kirsten Arcadio @kharcadio.bsky.social 📚 Reader and writer of speculative fiction and psychological thrillers.
✍️ PhD graduate of creative writing.
🏫 Digital Marketer at Morley College London.
📖 Currently querying my new speculative thriller.
E.K. Johnston @ekjohnston.bsky.social "the meryl streep of ya". 18 books and counting. i WILL answer your rhetorical questions.
buy me a ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ekjbooks
check out my website: ekjohnston.ca
read my newsletter: buttondown.com/EKJohnston/archive
The Cardboard Herald @cardboardherald.bsky.social Board game reviews, interviews and recommendations from the frosty North. Social butterfly. Also bikes, food, movies and positivity. https://youtube.com/TheCardboardHerald
Stonemaier Games @stonemaiergames.com Stonemaier Games is a tabletop game publisher based in St. Louis and distributed worldwide. Stonemaier Games’ top brands include Viticulture, Scythe, Charterstone, Wingspan, and Apiary.
Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social 6x award-winning feminist buzzkill.
Franco-ontarienne du nord de l'Ontario.
🏳️🌈 Femme.
I teach community care for a living and wrote a book about why resilience is futile, babyyyy ✌🏻
Actually fun™️
📍Ottawa, Canada
YellowManteau.com
Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social Writing sci-fi and horror in Mi'kma'ki/Nova Scotia.
Author of Misplaced (@littleghostsbooks.bsky.social)
She/they
brittnibrinn.com
Alex Willis @alexjwillis.bsky.social The Once and Future Chicken à la King | East York | Toronto | Fan of Your Comedy (But Not Your New Stuff) | Ex-Pat New Brunswick | Falsely Accused of Supercilious Behaviour 
alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social NYT-bestselling fantasy author in charlottesville va
Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social She/her, 1st gen, Canadian who's at Harvard but isn't OF Harvard--posts in a personal capacity, mainly about books (w/ cats & flowers thrown in). Now writing an itty-bitty book that aims to be a literary & media history of scrap.
https://deidrelynch.org
Rebecca Dreiling @rebeccadreiling.bsky.social 🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️🌈🌮
she/her/midwestern fleur
T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social Board gamer. Hiker. Camper. Run-away-to-the-Forest-and-never-come-back-er. Former Director Hachette Boardgames USA; CEO Cabin Games. Trans Non-binary (they/them)
Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social Filmmaker (WHAT LIES WEST) and formerly a little Twitter famous. Married to @sean-a-tiger.bsky.social, writes with @nicksinnott.com
ladymidnight @ohladymidnight.bsky.social books tolkien sf&f cats dogs nature science knitting plantbased feminism disability
Ze'ev Gedalof @doc-pine.bsky.social Grouchy old man.
Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social Writer of SF/F and Minneapolis/St. Paul election guides. she/her. Website: www.naomikritzer.com My next book, OBSTETRIX, comes out June 9, 2026.
Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com An online monthly magazine for speculative poetry and flash fiction! Edited by @cislyn.bsky.social and @granades.com.
E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social Author of When There Are Wolves Again (Clarke Award & BSFA winner), The Coral Bones (Clarke Award & BSFA shortlist) & other things. Repped by Margaret Halton at PEW Literary.
https://geni.us/WhenThereAreWolves
www.ejswift.co.uk
Holly R. Valakresch @hollyvalakresch.bsky.social Author & Screenwriter | I 🩶 Arts & Sciences, Sculpting, Cartography, Cooking, Baking, Fashion, Fitness, Fairytales, & Historical Things.
https://linktr.ee/hollyvalakresch
SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social I'm Jon, I have a YouTube channel focused on collecting, reading and chatting about science fiction books old and new. I plan to do the same on here.
https://youtube.com/@scifiscavenger
GigaNotoSaurus Magazine @giganotosaurus.bsky.social 
Alexandra Balasa @balasaal-owlie.bsky.social Literature PhD, SFF writer, RHET/COMP/CW/LIT/ELA/SAT instructor, and editor. Mostly identifies with opossums, owls, and hissy cats. #hoot #hiss
Louise McLaughlin author she / her @louisemclaughlin.bsky.social 📚💙 Scottish fantasy author of D-Notice series- Cassie discovers saving the world with Glaswegian retired gods is a tough gig.
FREE BOOK links
Deviation: Wandering gods https://BookHip.com/HBMLCLS
Darkness https://BookHip.com/XNZJLNF
Angela Slatter 📚 @angelaslatter.bsky.social AKA AG Slatter. Many gothic novels (okay 4). A Forest, Darkly coming in Feb '26. Several gothic novellas (okay 5). Some Awards. Hellboy U comic. PhD.
Roseanna Pendlebury @chloroformtea.bsky.social SFF enthusiast, hobby-collector, blogger, shouter-at-the-internet. Editor at Ignyte and Hugo winner Nerds of a Feather, along with reviews elsewhere. 2026 Hugo Fan Writer finalist. All links here: https://linktr.ee/roseanna.pendlebury (she/her).
Breakout 2027: It just gets better every year! @breakoutcon.bsky.social Breakout Con 2027
March 18 - 21, in Toronto 🇨🇦
Join us for FOUR packed days of tabletop gaming, industry panels, tournaments, and more!
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Ginger Nuts 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/
ᴄ ꜱᴛᴜᴀʀᴛ ʜᴀʀᴅᴡɪᴄᴋ🛸 @cstuarthardwick.com @ᗩᑎᗩᒪOG_Sᖴ ᖇegular ⭐ ᗯriters of the ᖴuture & ᒍim ᗷaen ᗩward Winner ⭐ Quora Top ᗯriter ⭐ Southerner from South ᗪakota ⭐
A unique voice known for inventive, thought-provoking narrative, philosophical depth, and fun!
Be excellent to each other.
Green Ronin Publishing @greenroninpub.bsky.social We are an independant TTRPG publisher with over 25 years of experience telling great stories through tabletop roleplaying games. Check out our community hub at https://atomicthinktank.com/!
Anna Penner @somequeerreads.bsky.social I <3 words. Here to make little jokes & talk about books, parenting, politics, and maybe some other things.
The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social The Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction book of the year.
clarkeaward.com
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social Writer of fantasy and SF. Gardener. Chicken tender. Dog Person but cat friendly. Washington state USA. Old and getting older. Stay off my lawn! No AI ever. All posts from me.
Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social Publisher. CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS. CEO and Editor-in-Chief: @jendiagammon.bsky.social. Staff: @garethlpowell.bsky.social @authorhelengj.bsky.social @scarlettralgee.bsky.social @denniskcrosby.bsky.social @kcgrifant.bsky.social starsandsabers.com
Ken MacLeod @amendlocke.bsky.social Science fiction writer
British Science Fiction Association @bsfa.bsky.social The British Science Fiction Association. Est 1958. Publisher of Vector, Focus, and the BSFA Review. Join us at http://bsfa.co.uk/join-the-bsfa
Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com 40+ yrs in print, 50+ novels, asst'd TV/film, NYT B'seller List every now & then, blah blah blah. Ireland-resident. Ebook store: https://ebooks.direct. Now with added Ko-Fi! (https://ko-fi.com/dianeduane) I miss @peter.petermorwood.com.
Ian McDonald @ianmcdonald.bsky.social Writer, bon viveur, valet to 3 cats. 
Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social Award Winning Small Press. SFF in Fiction and Academia. Est. 2015. Member of Publishing Scotland. https://www.lunapresspublishing.com
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
Gillian Redfearn @gillianredfearn.bsky.social Deputy Publisher, Gollancz. Hugo nominated editor of diverse and original voices. Chaotic neutral. She/her. Editor by day, supervillain by night . . .
Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson & British Fantasy Award nominated author, illustrator from Bristol, UK.
ROOTS OF MY FEARS, Titan 2025
ITCH! Hodder & Stoughton 2025
FIRST DATE, Datura Books 2026
HAPPY HOUR, Shortwave 2026
NoSleep Podcast.
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
Evan Graham @evangraham.bsky.social He/Him. Science fiction novelist and purveyor of dread.
Tantalus Depths available now: https://amzn.to/3LUFDRo
Stretford Paddock @stretfordpaddck.bsky.social The official Stretford Paddock (formerly Full Time Devils) Bluesky account.
Manchester United content, news and history. One Love #MUFC. 🔴
📨 Enquiries: contact@stretfordpaddock.co.uk
Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social Publishing speculative fiction, poetry, reviews, essays & podcasts. Every Monday, free to read at http://strangehorizons.com. IGNYTE Community Award winner. Hugo Award winner 2024.
linktr.ee/strangehorizons
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
Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/
Alex Woodroe @alexwoodroe.com Shirley Jackson Award-nominated EIC of @tenebrouspress.bsky.social. Dark specfic writer, Romanian folklore nerd, optimistic nihilist.
she/her
WHISPERWOOD out now
THE NIGHT SHIP out now
TATRATEA coming Oct 2026
https://linktr.ee/AlexWoodroe
Heather J. “Lives in a city on Lake Ontario” Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social Author, Publicist, World Fantasy Award Nominee, Cat Lover, Feminist (she/her but they/their is good too!)
Kalin Stacey @kalinstacey.bsky.social Language nerd: translator, ESL teacher, language revitalizationist (Gaeilge), currently working in adult e-learning. SFF bookworm & collector. Dreaming of a more just and empathetic world. He/Him
Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author of novels, children’s books, poetry and essays. This account is managed by her estate.
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/
Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social Game designer focusing on strategy games with strong emergent narratives. Half of Wehrlegig Games. Formerly Creative Director at Leder Games. Now Creative Director at Buried Giant Studios. Voracious reader of just about anything I can get my hands on.
Shelf Control @shelfcontrol.bsky.social Husband and wife team making boardgame videos on YouTube where we document our journey as we play through our game collection to see what stays and what goes.
Shelf Control is defined as the never ending struggle against boardgame entropy.
Our Family Plays Games @ourfamplaysgames.bsky.social We're an American family on a journey into the modern board game hobby. In addition, we highlight the importance of diversity and inclusion in this growing hobby!
https://linktr.ee/ourfamilyplaysgames
https://ourfamilyplaysgames.com
Shut Up & Sit Down @shutupshow.bsky.social board game videos and podcasts with heart!
https://beacons.ai/shutupshow
Board Game Revolution @boardgamerev.bsky.social Linktree: https://linktr.ee/boardgamerevolution
Jordan Loyal Short - Dragon Reich Series @jordanloyalshort.bsky.social Fantasy novelist, dog petter, big time nerd.
Dragon Reich: a band of lovable misfits races to stop a sinister secret society of dragon supremacists from plunging the world into war. Dragon nazis, magical tumors, & laugh out loud thrills!
Melanie Mulrooney @melmulrooney.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Writer (mostly flash), reader (gimme all the books), mama (so many kids), living in Nova Scotia. she/her
Always yes to: a cup of tea, books, board games, new pens, writing contests, em-dashes, pockets
Always no to: hard pants
Radiant Press @radiantpress.bsky.social An indie press on the prairies. Submissions open Sept. 1 to
July 1. We publish fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction.
Broadview Press @broadviewpress.bsky.social An independent academic publisher in the humanities and social sciences since 1985.
broadviewpress.com
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