Cullen Wade @cullenwade.bsky.social Author, S(p)lasher Flicks: The Swimming Pool in Horror Cinema (McFarland, 2025) | words @ Paste mag, Night Tide mag, Horror Homeroom, HorrorGeekLife, et al. | charlottesville, va, usa | autistic he/him | π΅πΈBLMπ³οΈβπACABπ³οΈββ§οΈFDT
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Michelle Kisner @michellekisner.bsky.social Freelancer/critic. Physical media enthusiast and essayist. Member of the Michigan Movie Critics Guild.
Contributor: Arrow, Vinegar Syndrome, Error_4444, Severin, Umbrella, Second Sight, BFI, Kino Lorber, 88 Films, Imprint, Terror Vision
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.
S France Thomason @france-thomason.bsky.social only thinks straight after teaβ¨Shortlisted in 2026 #IAmInPrint Commercial Fiction Competition β¨πβ¨Yeovil Literary Prize LL 2025 β¨3rd in 2024 #IAmInPrint SFF competitionβ¨ @cbcreative alumna
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Steve Downes @writerstevedownes.bsky.social Author of Fyre & Stone crime/historical fiction series.
Books on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Apple Books & Google Play
Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social Writer, biologist, various other things. Stories in Cosmic Horror Monthly, Weird Horror Magazine, Supernatural Tales, Horror Library, etc.
RexBurrows.com
J.R. Bale @jrbale.bsky.social Author, Father, Professor, MBA, Photographer, Concerned Human in NJ.
I support fellow writers.
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@elchem.bsky.social @elchem.bsky.social 
The Cosmic Background @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social π SF/F Magazine
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Tammy Komoff @tammykomoff.bsky.social Horror/Fantasy writer. Mom of two semi-feral girls and a pack of mutts.
Follow for books, short stories & random things I find interesting.
Work in LCRW, Uncharted, Abyss & Apex
Member of HWA, Codex
Eugie Award Finalist
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Katherine Traylor @katherinetraylor.bsky.social US-born fantasy writer currently based in Prague. She/her.
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J. Stryker π | Rocks fall, everyone dies. @easterncoyote.bsky.social Nature, night, fire, canids, corvids, misanthropy, biocentrism. They/them.
Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social Writer,poet (8-time Rhysling nominee), editor,coffee vampire. Supergirl+Buffy+Gilmore Girls.
Offerings for Ordinary Gods, @CLASHBooks out NOW
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Emory π©Ά @emory-f8.bsky.social I write dark Victorian fiction and specialize in the long 19th century.
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Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com We put the "Ginger" in "Horror" π₯
Book & movie reviews with a bite.
17 years strong. Still scared. Still reviewing.
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Poetry with Linda @poetrywithlinda.bsky.social poetry, nature, writing, reading, art, culture, languages, photography, travelling π¨ποΈπΌοΈ
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social Horror. Books. Movies. Coffee. Cats. Stories in Generation X-Ed, Camp Slasher Lake, Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, and Parsec.
derekaustinjohnson.com
Lee Matthew Goldberg @leematthewgoldberg.bsky.social Author of 16 π including ANCESTOR, MENTOR and the GREAT GIMMELMANS.
Lit Rep: Josh Getzler @ HG Literary
Screenwriter and publisher of Fringe Press.
Native New Yorker. LeeMatthewGoldberg.com
Lorrie Ness she/her @lness.bsky.social Writer, reader, avid hiker, animal lover & unrepentant cottage cheese enthusiast.
www.lorrieness.com
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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.
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Poetry Emma Meier @poetryemmameier.bsky.social Poet. Writer. Reader. Thinker. βοΈπ
Steven D. Goff @stove-g-art-poetry.bsky.social Poet, hobbyist, leisure advocate.
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Knife in the Dark πͺ @knifeinthedark.com A cut above the rest π‘οΈ
Creating music that bleeds truth into its lyrics, even when it cuts like a knife.
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tommyspoon @tommyspoon.bsky.social https://www.tommyspoon.net/
Writer, actor, dancer, geek living near PDX.
"I hope your words are working for you!"
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Jennifer's TBR is huge... @jdawson001.bsky.social βΏοΈπ³οΈβπAmerican 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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π³οΈββ§οΈ rights = human rights.
Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social ~ Science fiction and fantasy from the small, overlooked places. ~
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Pittsburgh, PA
Caro @carodimo.bsky.social In-between everything. Reading usuallyβhorror & poetry. Writer.
Tim Waggoner @timwaggoner.bsky.social Weird Fiction - Horror - Dark Fantasy. Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author and creative writing teacher.
All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social Literary magazine exploring character-and-theme-driven speculative fiction. Submissions CLOSED. #litmag
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Daniel Gower @sirequinox.bsky.social Freelance writer of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Mostly science fiction. amazon.com/author/equinoxcreations
The universe does what the universe does. The universe universes.
Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social Weird/Horror Fiction Author & Editor Gevera Bert Piedmont (she/her)
Neurodivergent Cyborg Swamp Witch
Fictionary Certified StoryCoach Developmental Editor
Member: HWA-NE. NEHW. CAPA.
~HORROR TEACHES US TO FIGHT MONSTERS~
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Aliera @alierakieron.bsky.social Smut writing witch, feeder of many, mother to many creatures great and small. Did you read Jane Austen and thought it needed more sex, less heteronormativity, and witchcraft? https://a.co/d/h5MxSKh
Hannu @hannu.bsky.social Author β’ Filmmaker β’ Currently writing TO KILL A GOD
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Joanna Roye @joannaroye.bsky.social Weird fiction writer. Horror, speculative, gothic etc⦠Loves opossums and bees. Anti-AI. She/They.
Duane Pesice @moderan.bsky.social Writer, editor, musician, itinerant backyard chef. Cat and dog man, herbal enthusiast.
Cubs content https://www.cubsinsider.com/
Flesh-strips strictly played-down.
Generally averse to chatting.
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LC von Hessen π π @lcvonhessen.bsky.social Writer of horror, weird fiction, and assorted unpleasantness. Performer/artist/creep. History nerd. Cat person. They/them. π Anti-genAI.
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Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social Tree-hugging witchy poet. Author of fairy tales, fantasy, and mystery. Books are magic, and those who burn books are never on the right side of history. Editor of the Pagan literary ezine, Eternal Haunted Summer.
https://eternalhauntedsummer.com
Robert J. Sodaro @rjsodaro.bsky.social Writer and reader of Funnybooks, graphic production artist and designer.
Malaidoskop @malaidoskop.bsky.social Technologist | Ethicist | Teacher for the Blind | Writer of Weird Fiction, poetry and sociological / political books
Informatikerin | MedienpΓ€dagogik | Medienethik | Barrierefreiheit | Autorin
Jill Hand @jhandy.bsky.social Author of the Trapnell Southern gothic humorous thriller series. Try it, youβll like it. Getting too old for this shit, but showing up anyway. Excelsior!
Silvatiicus Riddle @silvatiicus.bsky.social 7x Rhysling-nominated Dark Fantasy/Speculative Fiction Writer & Poet. May my words be a sanctuary to all that find them; may the stories I tell form a bridge between the mortal realm and the Other.
Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social Horror author, Pagan, introvert, nerd, Star Trek fan, and slave to two cats.... (he/him) BFS/OBOD/Mensa/Egypt Exploration Society (UK)
Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social Servant to the Cyber Gods | Bram Stoker Award Nominated Prose Poet | Author of Oblivion in Flux | Bleeding Rainbows and Other Broken Spectrums | anOther Mythology
https://linktr.ee/cybergodwrites
Michael Thomas Ford @mtford.bsky.social Author of too many books.
Lamont A. Turner @lamontaturner.bsky.social Writer
Melanie Crew @crewm1978.bsky.social I run from the birds that want me dead.
MelanieCrew.com
TheCryptidCannery.com
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The Outer Dark
Frank Floyd Author @frankfloydauthor.bsky.social A Dark Fiction author writing about existential dread, mental health, and the pain of existence.
Wordpress: https://frankfloyd.home.blog
John Paul Fitch @johnybhoy.bsky.social Writer, cinema lover, reader, father.
My latest collection - Diabolique - is available from Hybrid Sequence Media. https://hybridsequencemedia.com/product/diabolique/
@jhhoward3.bsky.social @jhhoward3.bsky.social He/him.
Father, husband, horror and fantasy writer. Regular contributor to Weird Fiction Quarterly.
Proud ally.
Chris J. Karr @cjkarr.bsky.social I wear a lot of hats: software developer, entrepreneur, weird fiction publisher, writer, non-profit founder, election worker, local handyman, open-source creator, and Macross & X-Men fan.
Latest updates can be found at notesfromthevoid.cc.
Danielle Draik @artofddraik.bsky.social Sculptor/Painter/Printmaker/Zinester w/ a background on esotericism, the paranormal, & the occult . Behind the scenes posts and glimpses into my library for cool kids .
Have you ever seen something you cannot explain? tell me @ danielledraik.com
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Russell Smeaton @tikirussy.bsky.social beer drinker, drummer, egg swallower
Carolyn Kay @bewitchinghips.bsky.social Author, photographer, dancer, cat mom.
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βπΏ Black lives matter
Tony Bradbury @ghostdancer.bsky.social Author..husband.. grumpy old man, Grandad who is soon to retire and looking forward to it!!
@canwiggins.bsky.social @canwiggins.bsky.social 
ITSONLYGENTLE @itsonlygentle.bsky.social Horror/Hope Writer, Techno-Occultist, Gamer
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Daniel Braum @danielbraum.bsky.social Author of the Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales from Cemetery Dance and other books of the strange, uncanny, and phantasmagorical. Host of the Night Time Logic reading and interview series on You Tube. Phantom Constellations launches Nov 15th 2025.
Adam Bolivar @adambolivar.bsky.social Alliterative poet, balladeer, weird fiction writer and playwright for marionettes. adambolivar.com
Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social Writer (fantasy, horror) , nurse practitioner, mom, candle and soap maker. 
Garrett Cook: Sleep Paralysis Aficionado @garrettcook.bsky.social Decadent rakehell, queer, horror and Bizarro author. Winner of the Wonderland Book Award and nominated for a Splatterpunk Award. Fix your hearts or die
Please, no book marketers
Rhys Hughes @rhysaurus.bsky.social Author
Europe / India / Africa
Short Fiction, Novels, Articles, Plays, Poems.
50+ books
1000+ short stories.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhys_Hughes
SFE: https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hughes_rhys
Writedit @writedit.bsky.social βοΈππππππ, π±πππ π³πππππππ, πΏπππ
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Erica Ruppert @renfestklingon.bsky.social Writer of weirdness, reader of everything
Power to the people #resist
@frankcoffman.bsky.social @frankcoffman.bsky.social 
Richard Leis @richardleis.com Writing speculative and horror poetry and fiction while working on an active Mars mission.
"Curious Cat" in WEIRD FICTION QUARTERLY: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
"La fantasmas en Su Boca" nominated for the 2026 Rhysling Award.
richardleis.com
Neil Sanzari @neilsanzari.bsky.social I write weird fiction, and Iβm also in the process of adapting my stories into comic book art.
James Bennett @jamesbennett.bsky.social British Fantasy Award-Winning author π³οΈβπ
The Ben Garston Novels. The Dark magazine.
"Mother of Night" spring 2027 from Evil Twin (Zando Projects)
Web: https://james-bennett.org/
'Inventive and vivid'
Publishers Weekly
π« AI
Mark Anthony McLaughlin @markamcl.bsky.social Winner of Bram Stoker Award. Author of novels and fiction collections.
https://www.facebook.com/markmclaughlinmedia/ Author of HUMAN DOLL and more. With Michael Sheehan Jr., author of HORRORS & ABOMINATIONS, NIGHTMARES & TENTACLES, and more.
Demagogue Press & Qilin Press @paippolito.bsky.social Indie publisher (@demagogue_press & @qilin_press ), writer, and gamer & nonprofit founder.
Brandon Barrows @brandonbarrows.bsky.social New mystery novel THE DARKER THE NIGHT out 7/7 from Rowan Prose!
Bestselling author. Mustang Award winner and four-time finalist. Two-time Derringer nominee.
Weird Fiction Quarterly @weirdfictionquarterly.com A community writing project from authors publishing weird flash fiction 4 times a year.
Check out our Starter Packs to follow WFQ authors and artists.
mensan98th (Heather, ornamental hermit) @mensan98th.bsky.social Stop me before I write another book! Lovecraft/True Detective book (Heather Miller) on HippocampusPress.com. Half mad scientist, half dilettante, occasional sybarite, dragon/fishes. Gamer/rugger/Mensan. notesonhplovecraft.blogspot.com. Discord: mensan98th.
William Meikle @williammeikle.com Wee sweary Scottish writer, living in Canada, with 30+ novels and 300+ short stories in genre presses over the past 30+ years. Mostly at williammeikle.com ... mostly.
Michael Broussard @michaelbroussard.myatproto.social Playwright, poet, storyteller, and performing artist. Democratic Socialist. He/Him/They/Them.
Patreon.com/MichaelBroussardArts
https://ko-fi.com/MichaelBroussardArts
michaelbroussardarts.com
Rob Gilmore(Grimoire) @robgrim.bsky.social Father. Pushcart Prize Nominee, multi genre author, musician, LPN. Comic and horror lover, A.D, @ MultiverseCon in Atlanta. Seeking balance. He/Him. https://linktr.ee/RGrimoire
Au Pair of Dragonsπ¨π¦ @oldman-sac.bsky.social Square Peg/Round Hole
Aphantastic
SDAM
Keeping on being me until the world comes around.
Liz. Bear please. @lizalbin.bsky.social Virago. Harridan. Pro abortion. Feminist. Queer. She/her.
#woolfer
Iansidious Is @ianfortey.bsky.social πNY Times & Amazon best-selling horror and comedy writer. Taco supporter & food writer. Author of WereCage & a book about Eve6. Bon vivant and lustrous man about town.
I got books! https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ian-Fortey/author/B093ZF85M8
Horror Facts @horrorfacts.com Horror Facts (https://horrorfacts.com) #horrorsky #horror #horrorfamily
Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social Writer of Southern Gothic for kids & adults. ROOT MAGIC | CONJURE ISLAND | THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE | HOLLOW TONGUE | PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE
she/her
edenroyce.com
Lisa Shea Author @lisasheaauthor.bsky.social Author of over 500 books. #Romance #cozymystery #SciFi #fantasy #dystopian #horror and more. Strongly anti-Ai. I also own @lisashea.bsky.social
Alberto Pupo @authoralbertopupo.bsky.social I am an independent fantasy author https://albertopupo.wixsite.com/alberto-pupo-author
George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social Author of funny books, cultural omnivore. I like tea and cats, not necessarily in that order. I inhale deeply when first stepping in to bookshops and libraries. π
https://linktr.ee/Georgepenney
Space Cowboy Books @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social Indie bookstore in Joshua Tree specializing in SF, publisher, Simultaneous Times podcast, editor: Electronic Brain magazine, author. Jean-Paul L. Garnier
2023 Laureate Winner: Best Fanzine & Podcast. BSFA, Ignyte, & BFA finalist spacecowboybooks.com
Jorah Kai π« Author | π½ Existential Detective π @jorahkai.bsky.social Eldritch trickster, author, poet, anti-capitalist climate activist, solarpunk βοΈ | rock n roll πΈ grandpa to Naomi | full-time detective from a part time sponge-city | vaudevillian Toronto π¨π¦ to cyberpunk Chongqing jorahkai.com
We The Purple @xequalsalex.bsky.social translator in berlin, probably under a cat right now
horror | film | TV | πΈ | video games | cats | donuts π©
you get the idea
he/him
A Z Mackay @azmackay.bsky.social Author of Future Tense. Speculative tech anthropology. Essays + serialized fiction about the future we're building now. https://azmackay.com
LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social Poet. Writer. New Yorker. Member: BFS, HWA, SFPA, Dramatists Guild.
2024 bks: Apprenticed to the Night; Felones de Se; Always Haunted.
2025 bks: Cancer Courts My Mother + Vampire Verses.
YouTube @lindaannliterary8035
https://ko-fi.com/lindaann_loschiavo
Marie OβRegan @marieoregan.bsky.social Writer, editor of anthologies, managing editor of Absinthe Books, PS Publishingβs novella imprint. Married to @paulkane.bsky.social Fuelled by tea.
Represented by @megdavis.bsky.social of https://ki-agency.co.uk/
marieoregan.net