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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology, A.I., and the strange times we live in. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)
Rebecca Bellan @rebeccabellan.bsky.social Journalist. Explorer. Potty Mouth. Bagel Aficionado. NYC.
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Author A.L. Norton @authoralnorton.bsky.social International, award-winning, bestselling author of over 33 books. Global award-winning book promoter. Owner of Readers Depot. Youtuber. Book Hoarder. #Autoimmune warrior. Married to Author Dell Sweet. #Disabled #childabusesurvivor #wolfpackauthor
Paul Schofield @schofey27.bsky.social Children's & horror author (yes, really) ✍️, geek 🤓, Minimum Effort in Marvel Snap 🃏
When Mummy/Daddy Goes To Work and When Mummy/Daddy Works From Home - board books for modern working parents & families 👨💼👩⚕️
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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social Canadian dark speculative author 🖤🇨🇦Words in: STRANGE HORIZONS, FANTASY, LIGHTSPEED, PULPHOUSE, FACTOR FOUR, NOSLEEP &more | @cwillbc.bsky.social president | CWC educator | #ecopunk #bodyhorror #monsters #gothic #dystopian #sff
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Sam Derby @samderby.bsky.social Writer - short fiction, mostly dark: horror, ghost stories, fantasy, sci-fi and historical.
HC Manchester Fiction Prize 2019, LL Bath Short Story Prize 2019, 3rd ChipLitFest 2019.
https://samderby1975.wordpress.com/
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Bloody AF.
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social 🩸📚Horror writer | Bram Stoker nominee & Shirley Jackson Award winner | I write stuff to make you squirm.
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Dave Heeley is Haunted @daveheeley.bsky.social Writer and editor of This comic is Haunted and many more.
#the77comic #Thiscomicishaunted #Blazercomic #Horror #folklore
The77comic.net
Horror lover, and interested in all things weird and paranormal.
mogadon @mogadontrenchcoat.bsky.social 🏴🏳️🌈🩸🩸🩸i mostly talk horror on here, but also into ttrpgs, rock/metal/punk/everything, bass, all the books, anarcho-communism, general queerness
🤷🏳️🌈🤷♂️ bi, fluidish, he/him
N. D. Thompson @ndthompson-writer.bsky.social West Yorkshire base writer, inspired by horror movies of the 1970s & 1980s and sci-fi/fantasy T.V shows of the 1990s. Supernatural and speculative fiction with a Yorkshire twist.
Publisher @darkerrealmspress.bsky.social
Geovanni Botticella @geoquartz.bsky.social A Writer?
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Nicolettew 🐈⬛🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🐝 @shadowsbetween.bsky.social Queer writer of dark creepy MM fiction - both original and fanfic. Pagan, union activist, fangirl, lover of history, horror, Supernatural, and Strictly Come Dancing. Favourite time of the year - Samhain!
Embrace the weird!
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David Alec Knight @davidalecknight.bsky.social I am a Canadian artist and writer. My third full collection of poetry CROW CITY BLEEDING has been published by Cajun Mutt Press. Poems explore working class concerns, neurodivergence, urban sprawl vs. Nature.
Christopher O'Halloran—author @cohalloran.bsky.social Author of PUSHING DAISY, (2025, Lethe Press)
https://www.lethepressbooks.com/store/p716/Pushing_Daisy.html
Short fiction published or forthcoming by Uncharted, Kaleidotrope, Cosmic Horror Monthly, The No Sleep Podcast, Dark Matter, etc
Ronnie Smart @ronniesmart.bsky.social Scottish-born Kiwi Writer of Dark Weird Horror, Poetry, and Flash Fiction. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Currently writing a dark fantasy novel.
🚫AI
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social ‘Bloody author’. Get your copy of dark comedy psycho-thriller romcom Troublemaker at: https://shorturl.at/2eCrv.
Doug Dorsey, Author @doug-dorsey-author.bsky.social #Author, filmmaker, #dance teacher, lawyer, podcaster, #farmer, chicken mathematician & goatherder 🐐 Here’s our show! Dance Shack #Podcast- https://tinyurl.com/yn6eh83c 🎶🎙
Warren Money @warrenmoney.bsky.social Horror Devotee, Movie Nerd. Van Halen Obsessed. Guitarist. Filmmaker and Writer
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Born on Halloween, Raised on Rock
I already found my Imzadi
Youtube channel at: https://youtube.com/@shitcast2024
Bee @writingwerewolf.bsky.social Folklore and horror blogger ☄️🏴
CR: Project Hail Mary
writingwerewolf.wordpress.com
Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social Writer/researcher https://www.rebekahkingwriter.com/
Articles on magic, theatre, horror etc here https://rebekahkingwriter.substack.com
Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social A space where I catalog my recent media experiences, post mostly about the horror genre, and share updates related to MANOR. https://campsite.bio/rockcapuano
Jenn Adams @jennferatu.bsky.social Pods: The Losers’ Club, The Lady Killers, Murder Made Fiction, The Girls on The Boys,
Words: Bloody Disgusting, Dread Central, Rue Morgue, Strong Female Antagonist
she/her witch 🖤 I thrive in darkness.
S.C. Morgan - Author @scmorganauthor.bsky.social Dark Fiction Author ✍️
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Lauren (LJ) McMenemy @laurenwrites.bsky.social 👻Writes the dark stuff
📣Online content ed @ British Fantasy Society
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Paul Childs @paulychilds.bsky.social • Writes stuff
• Bait & Tales From Badgers Crossing out now. More soon.
• Buy my books and contact me at http://paulchilds.co.uk
• Powered by ADHD and chocolate biscuits
• Always heed the words of The Conductor: "Railways are NOT playgrounds"
Kaye Inglis @kayeinglis.bsky.social Writer, editor, dog walker. Manager of the band yourgardenday. Autistic so sometimes over-enthusiastic. Huge fan of all things horror, folklore, and dark comedy. Book “The Devil’s Dastard”currently in progress. https://ko-fi.com/kayeingliswriter
AJ Kahr @headshrinker81.bsky.social Writer. Gothic Funk Celt
Lee Sutton @leesuttonwriteon.bsky.social Horror and Fantasy writer, occultist, leftist, mother, cancer survivor, woke
Russell Smith @rswings.bsky.social JMS PhD scholar at University of Glasgow, and still figuring that out. Multi-nerd comprising history bits, gaming, writing and a few toys too. 
Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social Writer.
Stories in The Ghastling, Maudlin House, Seaside Gothic & elsewhere. Has written for BBC TV & Radio. Author of ‘A Monstrous Place’. A publisher, sometimes. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/talesfrombetween
Angelwriter (https://joydavisauthor.com) @angelwriter.bsky.social Author (Joy Ross Davis), photographer, animal lover, owner of a historic home. I worked as a travel agent and lived for a year in Ireland. Multi-award winning author of Southern paranormal fiction. No DMs. Amazon.com @writingcommunity.bsky.social
Charlie @barebonesbooks.bsky.social Horror books | Book reviewer | Bid writer
@barebonesbooks_ on Instagram
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Dwarven_King @dwarven-king-sh.bsky.social Writer, Poet & Narrator
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Dr Frazer Lee @frazerlee.bsky.social Reader in Creative Writing, PhD, FHEA. Edgar Allan Poe Gothic Filmmaker Award Winner (The Stay), Bram Stoker Award Finalist ‘Best 1st Novel’ (The Lamplighters). #thecure obsessive, 46 gigs so far. Repped: Betty-Anne Crawford NY USA.
Dirk Bannion, Author @author-dirkbannion.bsky.social https://dirkbannionbooks.com/
I'm an indie author writing from western North Carolina, where the veil is thin.
Currently reporting on a series of mysterious disappearances on the shores of Cape Cod, and the hellish abomination that may be responsible.
Greg @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social Freelance book editor and writer of horror, sci-fi, comedy, thrillers, and speculative fiction.
Husband and dad.
Haver of opinions, anxiety, and ADHD.
Work with me: https://gregdoes.work
Jon Bassoff @jonbassoff.bsky.social Gothic-noir writer of The Memory Ward and Beneath Cruel Waters. It's never dark enough.
#booksky #horror #scifi #crimefiction #mystery
Justine Gardner @jbgrumpstone.bsky.social 🖊Word creature. 🪶Birb person.
Basically just an old* fart-in-a-bottle left on a dusty shelf somewhere in Brooklyn, NY.
*Old enough to know that being anti-fascist is 👍.
website: www.grumpstonegazette.com
linktree: https://linktr.ee/justine.gardner
tommyspoon @tommyspoon.bsky.social https://www.tommyspoon.net/
Writer, actor, dancer, geek living near PDX.
"I hope your words are working for you!"
#horror #writing
Lia Hazel @liahazel.bsky.social Wannabe fantasy writer
Robin Grossman @prettygrimbiz.com
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Doug @douglaswrightiii.com Douglas lives in the woods of Maine.
His words, an exploration of self and humanity, bleed through paper and harddrives.
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Wren MacAlister @wrenmacalister.bsky.social Fantasy Writer
Self Publishing Debut - due April 2025 - In the Trail of Fire
Fanfic writer
Taggart Rehnn 🇨🇦🍁 @taggartrehnnauthor.bsky.social Author of vampire, SFF / scifi & spy thrillers. Find me on Amazon amazon.com/author/taggartrehnn, KOBO or taggartrehnn.com . Also, all around jokester on spare time. 🚫DM only if I know you.🚫Based in Toronto, Canada.
S. A. Hunt @sahuntbooks.com Samara
Author of the bestselling Malus Domestica series: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250306432/burnthedark
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Robin CM Duncan @robincmduncan.bsky.social Writer of SF/F stories; pub by Space Wizard SF; mem. BFS, BSFA, GSFWC, RE, eSFF.
*** The Rigel Redemption OUT NOW ***
The ?: QUESTION Series @aquestionseries.bsky.social The ?: QUESTION series is a new, modern-day mystery anthology book series by Anthony Prebor❔
WHO (?: Book 1) 🤍
WHAT (?: Book 2) ❤️
WHEN (?: Book 3) 💜
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A. Nelson & LM Potter - drafting Book 3 @anelsonlmpotter.bsky.social Award-winning co-authors (she/her for both) of sweet contemporary romance, repped by Nicole Payne @ Confluence Literary Agency. No politics, please.
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Louise Holland @hollyberrybooks.bsky.social Beach walking northerner, with amazing kids, a lovely husband (rescued from the south) and shelves and shelves of books.
Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦 @jacobmarsh.bsky.social I'm an indie author living on the west coast. I write horror and fantasy and paint miniatures while working on my projects.
Free Horror Stories: https://www.patreon.com/c/arcdirective
Website: https://linktr.ee/JacobMarsh
Andrew Gibbs @andrewgibbs.bsky.social The product of obsessively watching Evil Dead and Indiana Jones as a kid. I like to make stuff that’s scary and fun.
www.youtube.com/andrewgibbs
DL Carroll @lancecarroll.bsky.social Dad, husband, wannabe writer working on my first novel which is a new adult, dystopian, post-apocalyptic thriller about what it truly means to be human.
K. Sigler @ksigler.bsky.social Weird Horror author | aka K. Ungeheuer | author of THE COCKROACH OF THE DADA MOVEMENT | Director of the K. Ungeheuer Preservation Society | HWA Affiliate (GA) | hacker during daylight | (he/him) | 🏳️🌈
https://karlsigler.com/
A.T. Sayre @atsayre.bsky.social #Writer. Curmudgeon. Militant smart-ass. Loveable rogue. Well, maybe not THAT loveable. SFWA member.
atsayre.com/fiction
Joe Colacrai @ageofuprising.bsky.social Walt Disney Imagineer, Singer/Songwriter, Aspiring Author
K J Copple @kjcopple.bsky.social Doommonger/joymonger (see: Schrödinger’s writer)
Horror WIP oozing from my brain at long last ✍🏼❤️💥
My outlook: dark and subversive af with broad brushstrokes of hope 💫
My superpower: levity
She/her
DanSkinnerArt @danskinnerart.bsky.social Monster L i b e r a l - L G B T Q Artist/Author/Photographer
BE THEIR KARMA !!!
SJ Townend @sjtownend.bsky.social A writer. A reader. A bit of a daydreamer.
Here for the horror.
SJTownend.com
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atomicgeek5000 @atomicgeek5000.bsky.social Books are good and you should read them
Joshua Gooch @joshuagooch.bsky.social Capitalism Hates You: Marxism and the New Horror Film (U Minnesota Press, 2025) https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517917975/capitalism-hates-you/
Once interviewed Wesley Willis
he, him
views my own
A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social Writer, reader, cooker, builder, maker, gamer, and geek…er?
http://asmackenzie.com
Long Walk Back / Unwelcome Space & Other Stories / Hit Then Run / Ice Where There Was None / and other assorted ramblings
Ryan Leslie @ryan-leslie.bsky.social SFFH author of Colossus, The Between, and The Garden of Before (coming Sept. '25). ryan-leslie.com
Chris Bauer @realchrisbauer.bsky.social The thing I write will be the thing I write. Brute force novelist and lyricist. Pissed-off Dem. Philly/pie/pizza. Pro choice & gun reform. 💙Bluey.
🚫assault-style weapons/porn/crypto/maga
chrisbauerauthor.net
🏖🌺 Amina 🌺🏖 @aminaleeds.bsky.social 🔥📚 BEASTS & BURDENS, SINNERS & SONS out NOW! 📚🔥
♡Author of Romance, UF, & Horror • Spoonie • Metalhead • Dog Lover • Photographer • Professional Procrastinator • LGBTQA+ •(she/they)♡ 🚫DM 🚫AI
Co-host of #Char_Roleplay
➡️ https://linktr.ee/aminaleeds.author
Hugh Lessig @hlessig.bsky.social Debut novel, "Fadeaway Joe," out from Crooked Lane Books. Short stories in Dark Yonder, Down & Out anthologies, Shotgun Honey and Thuglit. Old newspaper reporter. Loves dogs, coffee, comics, a good IPA. . www.hughlessig.com.
Marcus Tsong @marcustsong.bsky.social Writer. Cuisine consumer. Music enjoyer. Cold press filtered. He/Him. Story Director Kaleidocast, Assoc Ed for Escape Pod
Beto O'Byrne @worldofkir.bsky.social Creating fantastic worlds that speak truth to power.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/worldofkir
creator, World of Kir Fantasy Series
cofounder, Radical Evolution Performance Collective
Banner Image: The Tower of Reflection by Ivan Garcia (commissioned by me!)
🌈 Romie glows in the dark 📽 @romiesays.bsky.social Author Romie Stott, who is the same person as filmmaker and musician Romie Faienza. Poetry editor at Strange Horizons. Texan in Massachusetts. Capisco italiano un po. ⚥ Sign up for my mailing list at romiesays.kit.com.
Anonymous policy lawyer @theoderic.bsky.social Personal account.
Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social librarian, archivist, author, Ignyte award-winning & Hugo-nominated writer and critic, rat obsessive, hella queer
words in reactormag.com, locusmag.com, npr, reader's digest, and elsewhere
bookjockeyalex.com
BookJockey @itsbookjockey.bsky.social Nerd. Artist. Gamer. Dipshit 🫡
https://linktr.ee/itsbookjockey
Meg @bookjockeymeg.bsky.social 
Punk Ass Book Jockey @bookjockey.bsky.social Ready when you ready.
Chris M. Barkley (He/Him) @cmzhang42.bsky.social Reader, Writer, Raconteur and recipient of the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer and A 2027 Montreal Worldcon Guest of Honor!
Jenna Hanchey @jennahanchey.bsky.social Land-based mermaid. BSFA finalist SFF writer & narrator. Poet. Reviewer. Collage artist. Podcast cohost. Prof creating lay education space. she/her. https://jennahanchey.com
Decolonial Dreamwork: Africanfuturism and Imagination Beyond Development out 2/27.
Horror Tree @horrortree.com Paying speculative fiction #OpenCall s, #writing advice, #AuthorInterviews, #BookReview s, and more since 2011! By: @stuartconover.com
https://horrortree.com
https://linkie.bio/horrortree
Cheryl Sonnier @cherylsonnier.com Mothership, wifey, writer. Herder of cats. Working class woman from Yorkshire, fully embracing my hag phase. Does not comply. She/Her. All my socials are here: https://linktr.ee/cherylsonnier
Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social SFF book blogger, sports pluralist (mostly Vols, Canes, and Courage, some USA, O’s, Dockers, Ravens, Valencia CF), Dad x3. 
Allison Wyss (But the abyss... It's still in my heart.) @allisonwyss.bsky.social I don’t think I’ve been lost. she/her
And a book(!): SPLENDID ANATOMIES (Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, 2022)
https://www.allisonwyss.com
TrishEM @pematson.bsky.social Award-winning journalism editor and writer, speculative fiction reviewer and podcaster, lover of games, music, audiodramas, wordplay and more. (She/her)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciamatson
Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer @princejvstin.com Fan Writer.
@nerdsofafeather.bsky.social Editor (HUGO FINALIST)
@skiffyandfanty.com [IGNYTE FINALIST}
& much more!
Part @edmontonin2030.bsky.social bid.
AH #Photography at @laworldcon.bsky.social
Podcaster.#ttrpg I'm just this guy, you know? He/him
Kaiju & Gnome @kaijuandgnome.bsky.social Book review Substack.
No Fantasy Too Big, No Sci-Fi Too Small
https://linktr.ee/kaiju_gnome
Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social (She/her) once and future editor-criric at Hugo and Ignyte winning SFF fanzine NERDS OF A FEATHER, FLOCK TOGETHER. Dog person, ocean enjoyer, I like being elsewhere.
Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com Author of fictions and strong leisure-time opinions. My Wings Rising epic fantasy duology is from Meerkat Press. I also write horror, funny sci-fi, and maybe essays soon. Food & Drink Blog @ TheGourmez.com. 📍Bay Area, CA
Claire Thompson @pipthompson.bsky.social Author, researcher, art-loving Italophile, mysteries and short stories. Rep'd by Gail Hochman NYC. 
Mona West @monawest.bsky.social Writer. Cohost of the Unfortunately... Podcast. Rejected by Uncanny, Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, and others.
https://mona-west.com/
https://unfortunatelypod.com/