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Lara Frater, Author @larafraterauthor.bsky.social Writer, Librarian, Feminist, Friendly Weirdo
Lara Frater (HWA member) https://larafrater.com/ author of
End of the Line Zombie Series
Paranormal Pest Control
Fat Chicks Rule
I LOVE LIBRARIES & HATE BOOK BANNING
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New Leibniz @newleibniz.bsky.social Econophysicist, opera lover, traveler in time and space. The background picture shows Lorin Maazel after conducting "The Girl of The Golden West" at his farm in Castleton, Virginia in 2013. 
Galiano Island Books @galislbooks.bsky.social Bookseller,mother,grandmother , knowledge over ignorance, democracy over dictatorship, peace over war, hope over despair, love over hate
Rachel @tome-raiders.bsky.social Reading, writing, cooking & baking, film photography, the supernatural, and the macabre.
Bookstore Romance Day @bookstoreromanceday.org Founded in 2019 to bring together the Romance and independent bookstore communities for a day of celebration. Join us on August 9 2025. BRD founded & organized by @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org Sponsorship info: https://bit.ly/4nbyD46
BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org She/her. Book person. An Old. Founder of Bookstore Romance Day.
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
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EJ @ejj2.bsky.social From St Paul
Chroma @chromathebeep.bsky.social she/her, aquarius, lover of purple
Just a bat sheep, will bite, deal with it
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Miriam Wade @miriam-wade.com Author
(she/her)
The Ghosts of Bramblewood Bay | Sept 10th
The Woman of Blythe Manor | SnowRidge Press
She Who Courts Fire | Now Querying
One Sword Saga | Book 4 TBD
linktr.ee/miriamwadeauthor
Shell Bell @michies365.bsky.social Unamused grapefruit
Sisukoti @sisukoti.bsky.social I am the (new) Little Free Library charter #225546, located in Stillwater, Minnesota. ("Sisukoti" is Finnish for "warm home.)
See me at www.LibraryThing.com!
I will be talking about what I contain, what I gain from contributors, and book news in the area!
Michaelangelo Matos @matoswk.bsky.social Michaelangelo Matos
Author, historian, critic, journalist
St. Paul
he/him
The Underground Is Massive (Dey Street, 2015); Can't Slow Down (Hachette, 2020)
I edit books - inquire within
Beat Connection: DJ mixes newsletter - http://michaelangelo.substack.com
Lyric Fiction @lyricfiction.bsky.social Yes, I've got a bookstore. No, you can't visit.
https://www.lyricfiction.com
@musasillah6060.bsky.social @musasillah6060.bsky.social 
MN’s Most Sentient Polar Bear 🐻❄️🏳️⚧️ @wxbluenose.tgirl.gay ⛈️ Aurora and ☀️ Leo, 24, she/it
This is a test of the NOAA Weather Radio public warning system for the WIA27 listening area. Views are obviously my own. (she/they/it) #LetsGoRed
MDNI
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Fleur @margueritedaisy74.bsky.social 
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ant ant ant ant ant @antfive.bsky.social Contemporary haiku since 1994. antantantantant.com- L @lehren.bsky.social @lehren.bsky.social
What's Yr Read @whatsyrread.bsky.social What's Yr Read: a podcast about books.
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New episodes whenever we get to it
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Consortium Book Sales & Distribution @consortiumbooks.bsky.social Distributing indie books and advocating for small presses since 1985. Your next favorite book is from an independent publisher ❤️ 📖 cbsd.com
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Elizabeth Burns Dyer @elizabethdyerphd.bsky.social Historian turned psychotherapist, writing essays about care, dependency and everyday life after institutional abandonment. From GA. Fond of a good pie.
Www.elizabethbdyer.com
Anvil Press @anvilpress.bsky.social Independent Vancouver book publisher. anvilpress.com
Chatter On Books @chatteronbooks.bsky.social Chatter on Books is where books meet opinions. Smart readers, great questions, lively debates, and yes—sometimes a strong take or two. New episodes drop regularly. Join in! https://chatteronbooks.start.page
Mehndi @mehndi.bsky.social Wanderlust at its worst.
On a quest to the west.
He/Him, 47, 🏳️⚧️, MN
No AI, crypto or NFT. I block.
I make art, not content.
Art channel: http://www.twitch.tv/mehndi_tiger
Video Game Channel: http://www.twitch.tv/thegamemines
Christopher Tradowsky @tradowsky.bsky.social Writer, artist and art historian. Beauty junkie. Author of MIDNIGHT AT THE CINEMA PALACE (Simon & Schuster 2025)
Inchly - a HaikuZine @inchly.bsky.social Short poems, shortly.
Always free, in shoppes and here.
Submissions welcome.
@gmannsea.bsky.social @gmannsea.bsky.social 
Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social || Blogger & DevOperator
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betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Grace Eden Donnelly @graceshriram.bsky.social I am a poet, author and researcher in early childhood education and pedagogy.
Learn more about my work > https://graceshriram.my.canva.site/
Sgigs @sgigs.bsky.social 
The Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop @sackettwriters.bsky.social 15,000 creative writers since 2002. NYC and Online classes. Write with us.
the Under Review @underreviewlit.bsky.social A literary magazine with a sports slant. Issue 13 out now! Editors: Terry Horstman, Meghan Maloney-Vinz, & Carlee Tressel
tfk3rd @afroburrito.bsky.social Middle-Aged 👵🏽 Reader 📚. Lifter🏋🏽♀️. Single Mama 🤱🏽. Queer/Bi🏳️🌈. Feminist ✊🏽. Progressive AF🫱🏽🫲🏼. Blaxicana. FUCK MAGA 🖕🏽. FUCK ELON. FUCK TECH BROS. FUCK FASCISM. She/Her. Opinions are my own.
Richard H Moon @rmoonhill.bsky.social Movies, writing, curling, physics, not necessarily in that order.
Book about Ancient Egyptian Adventure (and the undead!) TO CONQUER DEATH is out now!
https://richardmoonbooks.com/
He/Him
https://linktr.ee/rmoonwrites
Bethany @bethanybumblebee3.bsky.social she/her
Book & outdoor enthusiast, ologite, baker, gardner, indie bookseller, former ecology instructor, mother, dreamer, Idahoan
Annie Neugebauer @annieneugebauer.bsky.social Author. 2x Bram Stoker Award finalist. Lit: Alec Shane, Writers House. Film: Sean Berard, Untitled Entertainment.
YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BLEED
THE EXTRA
THE OTHER 6/9/26
THE SPARE 3/9/27
ONCE THE DARKNESS COMES
novella TBA
https://annieneugebauer.com/
🐍 Abigail Kemske 🐍 @abigailkemske.bsky.social 👻 SFFH writer from MN
🌌 SFWA, Codex
🌿 sometimes moss
✏️ Work in Apex, The Dark, Flame Tree Press, Nature: Futures, The Saturday Evening Post, Adventitious, Gavagai, +
🚫 no gen AI 🚫
Story 🔗 https://gavagai.com/@abigailkemske/links 🌳 AbigailKemske.com
Mallory Glass @mglaz.bsky.social Mallory Glass - Romance, Fantasy & Horror writer, reader, board gamer, bunny parent, easily entertained. https://malloryglass.com/
#writingcommunity #booksky
Stone Heart & ME + YOU are out! https://books2read.com/mallory-glass/
Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social Author, punker, raw nerve. PORTRAITS OF DECAY out now. Co-host of the Dead Languages Podcast. Social media at CHM. https://linktr.ee/CarsonWinter
Della @streettheorist.bsky.social somewhere talking about political theory, justice, music, poetry, etymology, puns and my feelings
I teach and I learn
amateur DJ on WMCN
Street Theory on Mondays, noon - 2:00
listen at 91.7FM and www.WMCN.fm
she/her
@Street_Theorist on Instagram
Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Professor. Friend. Minnesotan. She/They. Poetry Books: Pretend the World, Dark Lake. Recent words in Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Mollyhouse, Voicemail Poems, Water~Stone Review.
Burnsie @burnsieann.bsky.social Nature, science, our planet, governance, democracy, nat sec, human rights, equity, justice, UU.
Poodle Mum with time to listen.
I birdwatch, fly fish, star gaze, watch weather, sing. Happily married 46 yrs! 🏡 Duluth MN 🌊
I Act On Climate💚 &
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Chris W. McGuinness @cwmcguinness.bsky.social Horror writer. Bookworm. Craft beer aficionado. https://chriswmcguinness.wordpress.com
Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social Editor of Forgotten Ground Regained (https://alliteration.net), a website devoted to modern English alliterative verse. If you like Beowulf, or Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or Tolkien's Fall of Arthur or Sigurd and Gudrun, you're in for a treat.
Sloth & Envy Press @slothandenvy.com Small press. Fantasy, romance, horror. MN. Lots of swearing. Our handle is fubar until I fix the website issue so:
https://malloryglass.com/press-kit
We'd be deadlier if we weren't so lazy. Maybe.
Rose Knapp 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @roseknapp.bsky.social Experimental Poet • Sound Artist
• Neurodivergent •
Queer Nonbinary Trans Woman
Poetry Collections: Lulu.com/spotlight/lulucomroseknapp
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/artist/starving-poet/1645151664
UMN English @umnenglish.bsky.social Free visiting author events for Minneapolis-St. Paul! Studying and creating literature in English since 1897.
Becca Lee Gardner @beccaleeg.bsky.social Author. Indomitable punster. And spewer of random animal facts.
Worldbreaker (An Eldros Legacy Novel) releases Spring 2024.
I am the assistant to the best-selling fantasy author, Todd Fahnestock. 
Writers for Democratic Action MN @writersfordemocraticactionmn.org Writers For Democratic Action stands for democracy and freedom for all. The domestic threats are obvious. The peril, especially to those most vulnerable, is everywhere. Now more than ever, writers resist.
https://WritersForDemocraticActionMN.org
Kindlei – Smarter Kindle Book Discovery @kindlei.bsky.social Where Kindle books stay visible, not buried.
For indie and traditional authors who want lasting discoverability.
📘 List your book → kindlei.com
Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social No longer active here. Find us on IG and TikTok @graywolfpress!
Karen In Dixie | Writer @karenindixie.bsky.social Writer of lightly twisted tales📚💙✍️
Wisp Pub date 23May2025, a twisted folklore
In dev Co Rd 9, a twisted monster tale.
Available Nickajack, ebook, a Southern ghost story and feminist paranormal thriller
And
Fractured Array short story collaboration
Jonathan Maberry @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social NY Times bestseller, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, editor & comic book writer for IDW, Dark Horse,Marvel. Creator of V-Wars (Netflix). Editor of Weird Tales.
Norton Critical Editions @nortoncriticals.bsky.social A classic works reprint series by W. W. Norton & Company, Independent & Employee-Owned. Share what you're teaching & your dream NCEs! Read along with us here: https://seagull.wwnorton.com/nortoncriticaleditions
Bookish Birds @bookishbirds.bsky.social Two serious book lovers creating art from discarded books! Wholesale to US bookstores through Faire (http://bookishbirds.faire.com) and direct-to store. Also on Etsy (http://bookishbirds.etsy.com)! Woman-owned.
Lia Launtz @lial.bsky.social Lover of books, science, travel, dance and music. Adventurer. Based in PGH 💛🖤
Norton Literature @nortonliterature.bsky.social Independent and employee-owned publisher. We make the best literature resources for faculty and students and also enjoy sharing blog posts, author content, fun trade titles, and more!
@pattihmun.bsky.social @pattihmun.bsky.social 
@referentialist.bsky.social @referentialist.bsky.social Poor, obscure, plain and little, but very interested in what you have to say.
tsutrav @tsutrav.bsky.social CPO & publicity for an indie travel publisher. Helping make books, maps, and apps. Love talking about books, conservation, and outdoor access for all. Big believer that you don’t have to travel far to have a great outdoor experience.
Captain Cuthbert and Scat the Cat @scatthecat.bsky.social Illustrator, children's book author, comic strip artist. https://linktr.ee/scatthecat
Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social Fiercely independent bookstore in Cambridge and Boston, MA
https://linktr.ee/portersqbooks
Ryan Liu @rsilver6.bsky.social I love to listen to music, talk to people, play video games, and just like to engage in positive vibes. 
Kirby Minnesota @kirbyminnesota.bsky.social 
#roonbyok - #ecoworksphere @refiner-of-thought.bsky.social I bury power lines.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VAagI1SPFaHh3j-zEPJV-NQdabJZPIowmSrnkSYofo8/edit?usp=drivesdk
https://adventureforge.games/
Psychic Eye @psychiceye.bsky.social Psychic Eye Records & Psychic Eye Press! 🔮
We make music and books. ✨
@clayton-a-engel.bsky.social @clayton-a-engel.bsky.social 
Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social Geoffrey Chaucer (Le Vostre GC): Servaunt of the Kynge. Blogger. Wryter of verse. Wearer of litel woolen hatte. Deputy Forestere of North Petherton. He/hym/hys.
Garrett Tiedemann @whitewhalepod.bsky.social Sound Designer | Composer | Mix Engineer | Producer | Writer | Filmmaker. Trying to make things a little more human and a little more weird - one creative endeavor at a time. #AIRsters
@alina7860.bsky.social @alina7860.bsky.social 
Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles) @jordanshiveley.bsky.social Jordan Shiveley • writes fictions/games • words in Uncanny, Nightmare Magazine, Neon Hemlock, Best Horror of the Year vol. 15 • Unbound survivor • designs • Voidmerch owner• He/They • Queer • MPLS
www.voidmerch.net
www.jordanshiveley.com
Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me Writer, Colombo. Wrote THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS (2023, Nebula, Ignyte, Crawford, and Locus awards) & RAKESFALL (2024, Le Guin Prize and Otherwise award.) https://vajra.me
Sméagol With a Plunger @wetbogwitch.bsky.social gay cat dad to a gay cat | MN | partnered
Doctors HATE HIM for discovering $5 ASS FRECKLE TRICK from home. LEARN HOW YOU CAN TOO!
Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com Ali “with an i”
Nature & Science Illustrator, Multi Award-Winning Cartoonist, Science Communicator & Designer, Sculptor, Comics, Zines, She/Her, Based in Boston
AlexandraGallant.com
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Alexandragallant.itch.io
Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social Shortwave is an indie horror/sci-fi press. Our books are distributed worldwide by Simon & Schuster. Founded and run by @alandistro.bsky.social (active HWA member, full SFWA member).
Our full catalog: https://shortwavepublishing.com/
Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net Raised by wolves in the larch jungles outside Lubbock, Texas. Unrequieted 60's-style radical. Major-league cat dad, retired beekeeper.
he/him
(Banner: Samuel Beckett
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”)
#polysky #sotd
Claire Wahmanholm @cwahmanholm.bsky.social Author of Meltwater (Milkweed 2023), Redmouth (Tinderbox 2019), and Wilder (Milkweed 2018). McKnight writing fellow. Winner of the 2022 Montreal International Poetry Prize and The Crystal Shrek. She/her. Twin Cities. Linktr.ee/wahmanholm
Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social Writer/Editor/Awesome (he/him); patrickbarb.com
Rep: Pam Gruber at High Line Literary Collective
Peter Amthor @peteramthor.bsky.social Father, husband, #ttrpg gamer, book/game store manager, writer, Covid/ventilator survivor, atheist and fan of bad jokes. I blog at https://trulyrural.blogspot.com visit Truly Rural https://trulyrural.neocities.org/
Bulgilhan Press @ IC3 PVD F2-40 @bulgilhanpress.com Award-winning indie comics press publishing distinct, self-indulgent comics by cartoonists with voice and vision.
Next event: IC3 PVD (9/26)
https://bulgilhanpress.com
Shwnmck @shwnmck.bsky.social Saint Paul Minnesota
SPCC🥌
Twins
Wild
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Heavy music
Fuck Trump🤬
Fuck Fascists!
No kings but us
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Boozy Book Fest @boozybookfest.bsky.social Boozy Book Fest | KC
A book fair for grown-ups: cocktails, indie books, art & nostalgia.
Next fest: Nov 15-16 • Tickets open
https://www.boozybookfest.com/
Christian Peitsch @crispymart.bsky.social .net software goblin / Part-time DM / Full time daydreamer / Nice / Accurate / Not a prophecy / community theater salvagee
@bispauly.bsky.social @bispauly.bsky.social 
Jenny Zenner 🏞️ Stress Response Playbook @jennyzenner.bsky.social To the Home inside of all of us & to making others feel at Home | Coach |
Songwriter | Check out Home Home on Soundcloud | WIP book The Stress Response Playbook: Go Beyond Fight or Flight to Grace
https://jennyzenner.com/
linktr.ee/jennyzenner
CheekyParrot 🦜 @cheekyparrot8.bsky.social IT & Security expert, reader. I share the mumblings, plotting, and shenanigans of my feathered overlord.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ConureConspiracies
Rachel Willson-Broyles @rakelwb.bsky.social Champion social-media lurker, Swedish>English literary translator, constant knitter, pretty good at baking bread. St. Paul transplant. She/her.