Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social Fiction that goes bump in the night.
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The Cosmic Background @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social ๐ SF/F Magazine
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Rikaโท @commanderrika.blacksky.app Writer+Illustrator. She/Her.
Stories in Lightspeed, FIYAH, Strange Horizons, Fantasy, Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (2026)
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@bettebergeron.bsky.social @bettebergeron.bsky.social
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com Founder-Owner of @weareravenous.com
Series Editor at Best American Food and Travel Writing
Queens, NY
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social Made with love for the classics, and an inclusive, boundary-pushing approach to storytelling. https://newedgeswordandsorcery.com/
E.M. Linden @emlinden.bsky.social Nebula-nominated writer from Aotearoa NZ. Caffeinated.
Words in Strange Horizons, The Deadlands, Beneath Ceaseless Skies,
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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social Author: TACOMA; A KIND OF IN-BETWEEN; YEAR OF THE BUFFALO; STEPHEN KING'S THE BODY; BACKSWING
Editor: HAD; Short Story, Long (on Substack)
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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social The Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to helping writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror improve their work.
Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social New old speculative fiction magazine, relaunched June 2k20! Looking for work on the ever-moving edge of its kind--fiction, art, graphic narrative, animation. www.penumbric.com. For submissions info, see www.penumbric.com/subs.html
Burial Books @burialbooks.bsky.social Burial Books is an indie horror publisher run by a human named Steve. We publish horror books and weird stories from time to time.
Anna Reser @annareser.bsky.social steely-eyed missile man
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land of enchantment -> charm city
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@nightshadesmag.bsky.social
SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social Writer, whiskey drinker and cat dad
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Codie Crowley ๐๐ชฆ๐ @spiritbored.bsky.social author of hotgirl horror books
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Sobelo Books @sobelobooks.bsky.social Publishers of dark speculative fiction.
@chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social
Old Moon Quarterly @oldmoonquarterly.bsky.social oldmoonpublishing.com
Old Moon Quarterly is an indie magazine of weird sword-and-sorcery in the vein of Clark Ashton Smith, Tanith Lee and Karl Edward Wagner.
Phil Keeling @philmakesmonsters.bsky.social Writer. Co-host of the Pixel Lit podcast. Dollar store Orson Welles.
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social Lit mag for flash fiction, poetry, art and letters. Throw it all at us. Reading is punk.
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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social Press & online rag dedicated to grit lit & rural writing with rough edges. Survival is triumph enough. We dig Folk & Old Country music: @npcountrycovers.bsky.social. EIC: @vanwinkle.bsky.social
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Dr. Skulls hates ICE @skullsneuro.bsky.social Neuropsychologist in training. Deeply strange person. Biracial and loud about it. Lover of horror, science, and music. Has lots of answers to questions you didnโt ask.
They made me a PhD in psychology. So I guess im
A Batman villain now.
Karlo Yeager Rodrรญguez @kjy1066.bsky.social BSFA-nominated, Brave New Weird Winning writer, and all around TropiWeirdo. Stories in Typebar, Strange Horizons, BCS, khลreo, more. Host of @podside-picnic.bsky.social. He/Him ๐ต๐ท
Dannye Chase is writing gay vampires @dannyechase.bsky.social Queer writer of romance & spec, she/her * The Vampire Haven queer romantic erotica series * Weird writing prompts: http://DannyeChase.com/blog
Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social weird press that publishes weird books
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Anna Rose Reads @annarosereads.bsky.social spooky person
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Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social Horror Author. 4x Bram Stoker Award Winner. Lambda Literary Award Winner. Potato Chip Connoisseur.
Kristy Park Kulski @garnetonwinter.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award winning editor & author โ CRACKS coming spring '27 โ SILK & SINEW โ feminist, historian, veteran, Korean-Polish-et-al hapa, HI born โ (she/her) โ
Rep: @laneheymont.bsky.social @danaiwrites.bsky.social
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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com SF/F/H magazine, Ignyte & Locus Award winning Submission Grinder tool for writers, Long List Anthology. https://ko-fi.com/diabolicalplots
Copper Dog Books @copperdogbooks.bsky.social Genre-friendly booksellers of Beverly, MA! We ship internationally.
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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social Enthusiast of British (mainly) ghostlore, folklore and vintage ghost and weird fiction. Collector of old magazines. Also keen on prehistoric monuments, old churches and suchlike. Am decidedly Q. All scans/photos my own (unless stated). Runs #SpookySunday
Flex Fish Games @flexfishgames.bsky.social Artist Matthew king and programmer Rami Bukhari, teaming up to develop nostalgic hand-drawn 2D games.
Michele H. Porter @michelehporter.bsky.social Writer: horror, fantasy, Gothic. Stories: Kaleidotrope, Folklore Review, Neon & Smoke, 100-Word Story, Blood & Bourbon Mag, Bloodletter Mag. Existence: rural southern Illinois, ADHD, always cold. She/her. michelehporter.com
Emma Kent-Abate ๐ฑ @emabate.bsky.social a troubadour of sorts. stories in underbelly press, necksnap mag, and folklore review
NECKSNAP MAGAZINE @necksnapmag.bsky.social Issue Three: FRINGE ๐ฆ out now!
Horror lit mag with a love for Gothic haunts, body horror, strong experimental voices, and even stronger characters. EIC: johnhanleywrites.bsky.social
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Folklore Review @folklorereview.bsky.social Folklore Review is a literary journal for magic enthusiasts. We love unique works born from magic, myths, and legends. The weirder, the better. https://www.folklorereview.com/submit
Apep Press @apeppress.bsky.social Newly founded, queerly owned publisher of boundary-pushing horror that unsettles & transforms.
Home to Beetleguese, our snake-in-chief.
No AI content.
Books โข Anthologies โข Graphic Novels
Find us at www.apeppress.com
@pitmandems.bsky.social @pitmandems.bsky.social
Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social Start your story with expert teaching from acclaimed authors, leading literary agents and top publishers. Writing courses online and in London.
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social I love writing fiction. I have a WiP on the boil that has elements of magical realism and horror โ so all the good stuff! (I also enjoy poetry a bit โฆ !)
All words my own ยฉ unless they are reposts or I state otherwise.
Alexandros Pyromallis @spectralmeat.bsky.social I draw complicated ink horror using hands, pens, paper and eyes.
Posting my artwork (and influences).
DM here or contact inkrituals[@]gmail[dot]com for inquiries.
[transphobic, homophobic, misogynist, genocidal, racist, cop, bootlickers stay away]
Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social SF mag from Canada | 2007-2013, 2020- | Opening to submissions on November 1st.
Publisher of Saros SF
For all of your various FF needs: http://linktr.ee/fusionfragment
Jess Elizabeth Reed @jexewizabee.bsky.social queer writer and game designer of horror, the dark, & the weird
co-editor @thephantompulse.bsky.social
reader @FusionFragment.bsky.social
banner art by @goingkamping.bsky.social ๐ค
Mackenzie Hurlbert @kenziethewordnerd.bsky.social Horror writer and mashed potato connoisseur.
haylie swenson @hayliebswenson.bsky.social Loves rats, pigeons, cockroaches, public libraries and pools, and DC, the 51st state. Loathes GenAI from my deepest soul. A novelist with a day job and two cats, once three. RIP Creature, I will love you forever. Repped by Heather Carr (Friedrich Agency)
Natalia Theodoridou @natalia-theodoridou.com He/they. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
World Fantasy, Locus, & Nebula Award winner.
SOUR CHERRY out April 2025 from Tin House (US) & Wildfire (UK).
Website: http://www.natalia-theodoridou.com
Dawn Colclasure Wilson @dmcwriter.bsky.social Writes as Dawn Colclasure. Author, Book Reviewer, Freelance Writer. Loves animals, astronomy, books, coffee, horror and writing.
Writing Website: https://www.dmcwriter.com/
Author site: https://dawnsbooks.com/
https://dawnreviewsbooks.blogspot.com/
Erik McHatton @erikmchatton.bsky.social Parent/Husband/Writer/Layabout. He/Him. Email: erikmchatton@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/erikmchatton
(s)crawl literary magazine @scrawlmagazine.bsky.social ยป issue no. 02 coming 10.30.26
ยป horror focused lit mag amplifying voices marginalized within the genre
ยป we publish short fiction & poetry by LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, BIPOC, disabled, and gender-diverse writers
ยป subs currently closed
๐ scrawlmag.com
Shelley Lavigne @shelleylavigne.bsky.social Fine purveyor of moist literature, usually queer horror. they/them.
Books: ENAMOURED: A TRIPTYCH (July 2025), THE FLESH OF THE SEA (2024), SICK! (2023, re-release 2025)
Stories in 3-Lobed Burning Eye, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Gamut, and others.
Kay Vaindal @kayv.bsky.social Baltimore | weird fiction writer ๐ | scientist by day | find me at the bottom of the Chesapeake | find my stories at link below:
https://kayvaindal.com/
John K. Peck @johnkpeck.bsky.social Author, woodcarver, Musiker, printer, reader. Basser @amsteel.bsky.social. The Pale Globe forthcoming in 2027. Split Scream Vol. 7 from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social out now. Berlin/Brandenburg
www.johnkpeck.com
Alyssa๐ค @alyssaalessi.bsky.social HWAโขSpooktastic Book FairโขNew England
Izzy Hoffman Is Not A Witch 23โ ๐
Words in NoSleep Podcast & Cinnabar E-Zine
https://linktr.ee/pagesinthegraveyard
@devonsawa.bsky.social @devonsawa.bsky.social
Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social ๐ต๐ท SpecFic writer.
Words in Flame Tree, Heartlines Spec, Trollbreath, The Skull & Laurel, Hexagon Myriad, The Scythian Wolf, & elsewhere.
Forthcoming in Tales to Terrify.
Find all my work here: https://cheyrivera.carrd.co
Daniel Mills @danielmills.bsky.social Vermonter. Author of Among the Lilies, Moriah, "A Place of Vanishing." Creator of These Dark Mountains.
Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social A Journal of Hard-to-Define Fiction. New fiction published triweekly. Fast response times. Paying Market ($100). www.Wallstrait.com
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Ms. Marya E. Gates ๐ฆฉ @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social โ๏ธ RogerEbert, Indiewire, Letterboxd, etc. | ๐ง maryag7@gmail.com | CFCA | creator #Noirvember #AYearWithWomen | Programmer, Must-Watch Indies @ FACETS Chicago | buy my book CINEMA HER WAY out now from Rizzoli | Free ๐ต๐ธ| https://maryaegates.com/cinemaherway/
๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ โ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ข ๐ @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social โข black cat owner and horror girlie
โข sunday times bestselling author/forbes 30 under 30 with no mystique
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โข audhd / bi
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She/they
Laura โInfestedโ Cathcart @cutfingers.bsky.social northern bog witch / artist / one half of @infestedpublishing.bsky.social ๐
https://linktr.ee/cutxfingers
Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social Working-class press.
Horror/sci-fi/Weirdness ๐๐ค๐
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BC Howard @bchoward.bsky.social Writer, primarily horror. Comics and prose. he/him.
Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com Publisher of speculative fiction anthologies, Metaphorisis magazine, etc. run by @BMorrisAllen.com
Unwinnable @unwinnable.com A place for stories | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1VQ9omB | Pitch: http://bit.ly/3oBCo5z
Grim & Gilded @grimandgilded.bsky.social Horror and dark fantasy themed lit journal with a sporadically updated podcast.
grimandgilded.com
Christy Aldridge @grimpoppydesign.bsky.social Graphic Designer/Artist ๐จ Horror ๐ Cats ๐ป
The Sinister Scoop ๐ฆ๐ @thesinisterscoop.bsky.social Horror movie, book, and game reviews, interviews with creators, open submission listings, editorial and cover artist marketplace, you name it!โ ๏ธ
Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social Grief horror author. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ The Deadlands 2024 | Where The Soul Goes w/ Truborn Press. DICHOTOMY, coming March 2027 | EIC @strangewildspress.bsky.social. she/her
https://www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/links
Dark Swarm Publications @darkswarmpub.bsky.social Indie Horror Press. Both English and German translations. Starting soon. Editing services and Translation imprints.
Based in Austria, America and England.
Heather-jane @igotbigbooks.bsky.social ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ books, movies & physical media ๐ผ ๐ ๐
Libro.fm @libro.fm ๐ง The audiobook company that shares profits with independent bookshops
๐ Certified B Corp
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India โข Ladies of Lore Podcast @ladiesoflore.bsky.social Mythology Nerd ๐| Historian ๐ | Bookworm ๐ | LGBTQ+ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐| Host of Ladies of Lore podcast ๐๏ธ
Which, if youโre interested, explores the badass women of mythology and folklore ๐ฎโจ๐
Find me on all major podcast platforms ๐ซถ๐ป
https://linktr.ee/Ladiesoflore
Strange Wilds Press - BOREAL is here! @strangewildspress.bsky.social Tiny Maine Horror Press. BOREAL - Feb. 25th | Vulpine Curse - Apr. 30th |EIC @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social. Website: www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/strange-wilds-press
Order BOREAL: https://books2read.com/u/470Rq8
Folkloring Podcast @folkloringpodcast.bsky.social Welcome to 'Folkloring,' the podcast that invites you to actively engage with practical folklore in your daily life. Created by writer and folklore researcher Tracy Nicholas Find us online at: https://folkloringlife.com/ #folklore
Karen's Nature Art @karensnatureart.bsky.social Natural science Illustrator who loves prairies and insects and makes art and jewelry that feature them.
https://bio.site/karensnatureart
FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social #FolkloreThursday is a hashtag day for sharing folklore facts, and a website filled with articles! Founded by @deedeechainey.bsky.social & @willowwinsham.bsky.social.
DeeDeeChainey @deedeechainey.bsky.social Storyteller. Heritage botherer. @culturalfutureshub.bsky.social & @folklorethursday.bsky.social founder; #TreasuryOfFolklore author. #XR and #UX enthusiast. https://linktr.ee/deedeechainey ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฌ๐ง
Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social Will write for coffee. Mostly flash, mostly fiction.
Work in BULL, Centaur, Flash Frog, Ghost Parachute, HAD, Milk Candy, SmokeLong, TrashCat, Wigleaf, YIV.
Chapbooks: A Map of Lost Places; For Every Tower, a Princess; Cooking Tips for the Demon-Haunted.
Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey.
https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/
The Cove Magazine @thecovemag.bsky.social A Digital Literary and Art Magazine
Issue I: Great Myths and Tragedies of the Human Existence out now!
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MoveOn @moveon.org Take action with millions across the country to build an America where everyone can thrive. Join the movement: tap.bio/@moveon
A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW! @acoupofowls.bsky.social Free to read and download quarterly online issues https://acoupofowls.com/
Print anthologies, collections and novellas http://acoupofowls.square.site
Publishing only marginalised/under-represented creators, 18+.
Est. 2021 and going strong
Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social Award-winning powerhouse publisher of SF ๐ Fantasy ๐งโโ๏ธ Spec Fic โจ, and Horror ๐ง Part of Profile Books ๐ https://linktr.ee/solarisbooks
Sam K Horton @samkhorton.bsky.social Author based on Eythin Island, GORSE out now from @Solarisbooks
Founder, Granite and Glitter. He/him repโd by John Baker & Julie Gourinchas at Bell Lomax Moreton
www.graniteandglitter.com
Brian McAuley @brianmcwriter.bsky.social WGA Screenwriter. HWA Author.
๐๏ธโ๏ธ CURSE OF THE REAPER
๐ฒ๐จ CANDY CAIN KILLS
๐๐ช CANDY CAIN KILLS AGAIN
๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ฉธ BREATHE IN, BLEED OUT (9/2/25)
M.M. MacLeod @lenemacleod.bsky.social Quiet Horror/Dark Fiction author Lene MacLeod
ON THIS DARK OCCASION - collection Autumn, 2026
FRINGES of GREY-collection https://books2read.com/u/4NVxA9
eic @frostzonestories.bsky.social
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https://linktr.ee/lenemacleod
Nicole Willson @nicolewillson.bsky.social Sensational Ringmaster. Stoker-nominated horror author. Jeopardy silver medalist. Active member of the HWA. Out now: THE KEEPER OF THE KEY. https://books2read.com/u/bQGyKd
http://www.nicolewillson.com
Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social Writer | UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES (2025) | Hugo, Nebula, Locus Winner | Philip K. Dick Special Citation, Finalist for other things | Best American SFF, Brave New Weird | Korean/Irish Dad o' 3. Rep: Michael Curry. thomashawrites.com
John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com Co-owner @eveninghouse.bsky.social
Writer:
FEAST OF THE PALE LEVIATHAN
BOXCUTTERS
EIC @cold-signal.com
Buffalo, NY
johnchrostek.com
SJ Townend @sjtownend.bsky.social A writer. A reader. A bit of a daydreamer.
Here for the horror.
SJTownend.com
Facebook: Sarah Townend
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Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social Professor of European Prehistory
Vice President, The Prehistoric Society
Archaeologist โข digs hillforts, Celts โข writes disciplinary history โข resolving the structure of prehistoric society โข unpicking patriarchal assertion from present to past โข radical
Dawn Vogel @historyneverwas.bsky.social (ใ(โขฬแตฅแตฅโขฬ)ใ) Writer, editor, crafter, historian, cat mom, gamer, nerd, K-pop multi-stan. Codex Writers. LGBTQ+, neurodiverse, she/her. Terminally exhausted penguin. https://historythatneverwas.com
@audelyb.bsky.social @audelyb.bsky.social
Cold Signal Magazine @cold-signal.com https://cold-signal.com
Issue Three: Underworld, out now!
///a weird genre & indie lit online anthology series exploring the existential questions of today & tomorrow///
EIC: @johnchrostek.com