An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social The internet's definitive source for reliable factually accurate barely news and almost information about science fiction. Inexplicably a six-time Hugo finalist. hugoclub.blogspot.ca
Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social All Kinds of Weird 👽 literary magazine and book company publishing strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful sff & horror. 100% organic, no AI 🚫
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jordyn 🦬 @birdjay.bsky.social she/her. mom of two little shits. i love to read. no AI ever. don't fuck with my lgbtq+ friends. let's go buffalo! #billsmafia
Illumicrate ✨ @illumicrate.bsky.social Book subscriptions & special editions 📚 Fantasy, romance, horror, sci-fi and mystery at illumicrate.com
SSSONNY ➡️ San Japan! 🤠 @sssonnyworks.bsky.social Illustrator in Dallas, TX. 🇰🇷💖 Shøp link and convention schedule in my carrd below! sssonny.carrd.co
Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production @parkdalehaunts.bsky.social Parkdale Haunt is an award-winning horror audio drama co-created by Alex Nursall and Emily Kellogg. Now streaming: Woodbine, a supernatural mystery. 
Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social An ordinary heart transplant recipient leading an extraordinary life.
💚Runner/Hiker/Skier
💚Amateur Naturalist
💚Dog Mom
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https://www.andreaogg.com/
Brom @geraldbrom.bsky.social Bestselling author and artist of all things rotten. www.BromArt.com
Sarah Read @inkwellmonster.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the Bone Weaver's Orchard, Out of Water, Root Rot, The Atropine Tree. Librarian, stationery addict, and crafter. She/her. 🏳️🌈
@rudie54.bsky.social @rudie54.bsky.social Public Defender, producer/music for @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social
Steph 🖤 @stephtvcker.bsky.social Affectionately refer to myself as a TriBi - BIsexual, nonBInary and BIpolar ✌️
My partner makes killer tunes: @biggoron.quest
Cat Treadwell @druidcat.bsky.social Author, reviewer, pagan priest and crazy lady from the Midlands, UK. Also yarn, cats and border collies 😊
https://linktr.ee/CatTreadwell
Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social Mostly knitting and sci-fi, but also cats, science, data science, mountains, crochet, and tea.
http://www.ravelry.com/people/50000stitches
http://www.librarything.com/profile/leslie.emery
S. A. Chant 🏳️⚧️ is writing sword & sorcery @essaychant.bsky.social Author of Peter Darling, transsexual menace. He/they.
Next publication: "The White Spire at World's End" in SHATTER THE SUN!
Books & news at my website: https://austinchant.com/
Jack Wright @jackwrightauthor.com Horror author from the North of England. Reyt Spooky.
Stories of grief, folklore, and the things that move when they shouldn’t.
Duskfield Pines — ???
Anna’s Veil — ???
https://ko-fi.com/jackwrightauthor
https://buymeacoffee.com/jackwright
D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social lit horror author
Winner of the 2025 NYC Midnight Short Story Contest and 2025 NYC Midnight Scary Story Challenge
HWA/SFWA
https://www.nycmidnight.com/stories/when-dragons-do-laundry
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
@catherinehammond.bsky.social @catherinehammond.bsky.social 
John Lehndorff @johnlehndorff.bsky.social Pie expert
Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social She/her
Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share
Community over corporations.
People over profit.
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
V. G. Anderson, MFA @vandersonauthor.bsky.social Best-Smelling (sic) Author, Editor @nightowlfreelance.bsky.social, Artist, Activist, Zany Wife, Dog Mom 🐾 Pinball, Pool & Pastries. 💜 Stand with #Ukraine #ResistTyrany
Website: vganderson.com
@hay176.bsky.social @hay176.bsky.social 
Flex Fish Games @flexfishgames.bsky.social Artist Matthew king and programmer Rami Bukhari, teaming up to develop nostalgic hand-drawn 2D games.
Michael Reed @m-reed-author.bsky.social 🌈married 60 y/o carpenter, furniture builder, writer—debut author. New to BlueSky.
Deborah @deborah-c.bsky.social CompSci, security, SF/F, UK/US politics, feminism, disability, collies. May also contain dangerous levels of Snark. Formerly @deborah_c at the bird place. Librarian groupie and tea drinker
Indie Stacks Fucks Around @oracleatbluesky.bsky.social Bluesky’s resident fortune teller and shitposter. A fucking treasure and a goddamned delight. Librarian. She/her. TERFs and transphobes can f*ck right off. Views are my own. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Michael Hessel-Mial @mrpoemguy.bsky.social Poet and scholar, college writing instructor, wife guy, dad to Melody. I’m an editor at specpoverse.org. Science fiction, PDFs, socialism, Jewish mysticism. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
K.L. Johnson | Author @kljohnsonwrites.bsky.social Writing a NA/Upper-YA fantasy featuring
Irish folklore, romance, fae, and found family.
Our Opinions Are Correct @ouropinions.bsky.social A Hugo Award-winning biweekly podcast about the meaning of science fiction, from @annaleen.bsky.social and @charliejane.bsky.social
Brandon O’Brien @therisingtithes.bsky.social 🇹🇹 Poet, SFF writer, TTRPG designer. Worldcon 2025 Poet Laureate.
@rascal.news columnist. Podcaster @speculate.bsky.social & @skiffyandfanty.com.
Author of CAN YOU SIGN MY TENTACLE? and other things.
Thank God for words.
https://www.brandonobrien.xyz/
Nash @ericnash.bsky.social Writer. (he/him) #Gothic, #ghosts, body and folk #horror are my bag. Words in Dark Moon Books, CreepyPod, Coffin Bell Journal, and others. CORPSE ROAD BLUES out now! 📚🩸📚💙 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
https://linktr.ee/eric_nash
Following Films @followingfilms.com Indie film news and interviews. A weekly film recommendation for something a bit off the beaten path
Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social Lifewriting Podcast - Exec Producer #HorrorNoire: A History of Black Horror, Writer: Twilight Zone. UCLA Lecturer. Vanity Fair. Author: American Book Award #BLM #blacksky She/Her - https://linktr.ee/tananarivedue
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
Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social I make movies. I watch movies. I love movies.
Brian Keene @briankeene.bsky.social Bestselling, award winning writer, editor, film producer, podcaster, and showrunner. Board of Directors for Scares That Care charity.
Meagan Navarro @hauntedmeg.bsky.social Horror fanatic, journalist, and critic.
John Squires @freddyinspace.bsky.social Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting.
Mick Garris @mickgarris.bsky.social BlueSky-a-verse for Master of Horror Mick Garris.
Dana @thatdana.bsky.social Horror, sharks, horror sharks, and Earl Grey tea. Chosen by Pickles the dog 🐾
Rain @simplyrain.bsky.social Friend. Educator. Librarian. Employed. Artist. Patron. Advocate. Ally. Accomplice. Coconspirator. Activist. Listener. Caregiver. Human. And MUCH more. Need my creds? Ask! Personal account--thoughts are my own. she/they
Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social 7x Best Fanzine Hugo-finalist. Blast back to 1971: #ScienceFiction, #Fantasy, and the #Space Race! Broadcasting the Moon Landings "as they happen" and discussing classic #ScienceFiction here:
https://galacticjourney.org
Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social Stoker nominated horror writer; editor of NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE. Rep'd by Lane Heymont. 🏳️🌈
Portland, OR - plant nerd, foot traveler - she/her, they/them
https://linktr.ee/wendynwagner
Keffy @keffy.bsky.social he/him/they/them
500 tiny scientists in a trenchcoat / apocalyptic trans man.
I write SF/F and have had stories published in Uncanny, Lightspeed, Apex, and others. I also edit(ed) GlitterShip which is on hiatus atm.
M.Phil Genetics
https://ko-fi.com/keffyk
A.C. Wise @acwise.bsky.social Author and reviewer. Stoker and Sunburst Award winner. Nebula, World Fantasy, Stoker, Locus, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, Lamba, and Ignyte finalist. She/her. www.acwise.net. https://linktr.ee/acwise
Shecky @shecky.bsky.social Geek. SF/F copyeditor (500+ works edited, rehomes feral commas, hot-glues dangling participles, etc.). Quantum comma mechanic. He/him. NO "AI." (Avatar by Howard Tayler.) sffcopyediting.com
Alexander James Adams @ryuuaja.bsky.social Faerie Tale Minstrel of Myth & Magic,/Visionary of Creaturae Magicus
Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social Writer editor singer songer. Self-appointed ALT text Jello Sherriff.
Bridget Landry @bridgetinspace.bsky.social Forcibly retired rocket scientist, dancer, costumer, knitter, liberal. Looking for a job, currently.
Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social Writer, editor, artist, folklorist. Winner of ten World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award (for The Wood Wife), the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFWA Solstice Award. Wanderer of the deep, dark forest of story in language and paint.
Dartmoor, Devon, UK
Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social Spec fic writer. It probably didn't happen, but it should have, could have or might have. Represented by Fox Literary. Cis, queer, she/her.
Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social New Book out this summer: Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home.
Other things of mine: Bea Wolf, A City on Mars, and SMBC
Website: www.smbc-comics.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersmith?ty=h
Ruoxi Chen @ruoxichen.bsky.social yr weird book dad | 2x hugo award-winning book editor | pw ⭐️ watch winner | opinions my own (she/her) | insta: jruoxichen | https://linktr.ee/jruoxichen
Kelly Lonesome @kellylonesome.bsky.social Executive Editor of nightmares at Nightfire / Tor Publishing Group. Working hard on my sea witch vibes. I have such sights to show you. (she/her)
Black Nerd Problems @blacknerdproblems.bsky.social We write about pop culture, talk movies & comics, and get these jokes off. [2025 Hugo Award Winner] 99 problems, diversity ain’t one.
https://blacknerdproblems.com/
The Hugo Awards @thehugoawards.bsky.social Science fiction’s most prestigious awards. TheHugoAwards.org
Frances Hardinge @franceshardinge.bsky.social Writer of downright odd children's/YA books. Hobbies include travelling, dressing in period costume and scuba diving. Addicted to volcanoes and trying new things.
Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social #1 New-York-Times-Disqualified & Hugo-Award-disqualified author of IRON WIDOW and ZACHARY YING AND THE DRAGON EMPEROR (They/Them)
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social *THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
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
SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association is for writers and lovers of science fiction, fantasy, horror and other spec poetry. Skeets by SFPA Team. sfpoetry.org
A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social A speculative book club, where critics, writers, and scholars join us to talk about thorny, interesting titles. A podcast from the Ancillary Review of Books.
https://ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/amealofthorns/
The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com a journal of ends and beginnings
https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/
published by @psychopomp.com, tweets by @feliciafm.bsky.social and @seanmarkey.bsky.social
Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org culture, power, speculation
https://ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AncillaryReview
Sana Takeda @sanatakeda.bsky.social Artist🫠MONSTRESS, THE NIGHT EATERS and more.🫠
Rebecca Roanhorse @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Writer of speculative fictions. NYTimes Bestseller. Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Ignyte winner.
Novels: SIXTH WORLD series, BETWEEN EARTH & SKY trilogy, Lucasfilm.
Comics/games: Marvel
TV: A Murder at the End of the World, Echo, Netflix Series Animation.
Hugo, Girl! the podcast @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social Smashing the space patriarchy one novel at a time. Amy, Haley, & Lori talk. Kevin edits. Lori posts here.
Camestros Felapton @camestrosf.bsky.social Two-time Hugo Award Finalist
Author of Debarkle: a history of the Sad Puppies https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/debarkle/
And The Hugosauriad: an analysis of the Hugo Award via dinosaurs https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/hugosauriad/
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
Lee Knox Ostertag @leeknoxostertag.bsky.social He/him
Books:
THE WITCH BOY series 🔮🕯️
THE GIRL FROM THE SEA 🦭🌊
THE DEEP DARK 🐉🏜️
The DUNGEON CLUB series 🎲⚔️
STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONIST 🦸💪
WATSON’S SKETCHBOOK 🕵🏼♂️📚
TV:
THE OWL HOUSE & more
www.ostertag.substack.com
www.leeknoxostertag.com
🚫AI
Amber Reu @amberkreu.bsky.social It’s me, hi.
Bookworm 📚🧟♀️
Founder of and host of ghosts at Novel Nightmares, a virtual horror book club.
https://linktr.ee/amberkreu
The Scares That Shaped Us @scaresshapedus.bsky.social A podcast from @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social about horror writers and the stories that made them. New episodes every Wednesday!
Etch @etchfilm.bsky.social We are Etch. An independent finance, production and distribution house putting the dark magic back in to moving images.
🎬 NOW STREAMING: #FirstWordOnHorror
Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social Creative Virtual Assistant & Author Assistant - www.marywyrd.com
All about the books. No GenAi.
Horror writer.
#AuthorAssistant
#HorrorWritersChat co-host
#TheShadowsThatWeCarry
#HauteHorrorCover
#BookPairing
#WriterTips
#BacklistSaturday
No DMs.
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)
The Skiffy and Fanty Show @skiffyandfanty.com SF/F/H podcast (interviews, discussions, Torture Cinema, etc.)! 4X Hugo Award Finalist!
Live on Twitch: FRIDAY 7 PM Central
twitch.tv/alphabetstreams
Site: skiffyandfanty.com
Patreon: patreon.com/skiffyandfanty
Things: skiffyandfanty.com/skiffythings
Retired-Librarian @retired-librarian.bsky.social Retired librarian, sometime artist, vegetable gardener, #BannedBookSkyClub instigator
Posts are original or properly attributed.
UAE Exotic Falconry & Finance𓅃 @falconryfinance.bsky.social Falcon Backed Securities consist of prime bird, subprime bird, and junk bird, all balanced to satisfy a AAA rating by major agencies. Secured by proprietary flock-chain technology.
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Brett Callwood @bcallwood.bsky.social Senior editor at Music Connection, and reporter at Culver City News / Gardena Valley News.
Jess @jn03l.bsky.social Proud wife and mom of 2. Lover of books, music and movies. Sometimes very weird and proud of it! Ally🏳️🌈, Harley rider, tattooed coffee drinker. Can remember 80s/90s lyrics but can’t remember why I walked into a room. No DMs please
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@kweadley.bsky.social @kweadley.bsky.social 
Susto @sustopodcast.bsky.social The podcast of paranormal folklore from Latin American and Hispanic cultures 👻
www.linktr.ee/Susto
White Rose Motor Oil @whiterosemotoroil.bsky.social We're a two-piece woman-fronted Cowpunk / Garage Country band from Denver, CO.
We play loud, and often fast. AI Free Music.
WRMO is pronounced "Worm-Oh".
Account run by Keith.
email: WhiteRoseMotorOil@gmail.com
More: https://linktr.ee/whiterosemotoroil
H. Perry Horton @hperryhorton.bsky.social New Novel Available Now:
DON'T LET THE DARKNESS EAT YOU UP
https://www.amazon.com/DONT-LET-DARKNESS-EAT-YOU/dp/B0FVT8VWKS
Books: https://shorturl.at/AuKlV
BurkittsvilleMike @burkittsvillemike.bsky.social NOT the Mike in the movie.
Mayor, Burkittsville, MD (2022- present)
Knitting Cult Lady @knittingcultlady.bsky.social Daniella Mestyanek Young; Scholar of cults, extreme groups, and extremely bad leadership. Author of UNCULTURED. Combat veteran; TEDx Speaker; Organizational psychologist, Harvard MA
Album Almanac @albumalmanac.bsky.social 🥳 Album anniversaries 💿 CD collector ❤️ music lover 🗓️ calendar song 🎶 Oh, my poor rheumatic back/ Yes, yes, yes, it's my album almanac
https://www.discogs.com/seller/Album.Almanac/profile
Emory 🩶 @emory-f8.bsky.social I write dark Victorian fiction and specialize in the long 19th century.
She/Her 🏳️🌈🇪🇸✡️ (I'm always kind)
#writer #historian #Lesbian #sapphic #wlw #Hispanic #feminist #goth #vampires #jpop #bibliophile
NO DMs | Terfs & Narcissists DNI
The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social King, Lovecraft, Koontz, Poe, Barker & others telling stories round the campfire. Header by David Mumford. Three (3) x Hugo Nominee. Posts by Bitter Karella. www.midnightpals.com