Author Melvin L. Edwards @aumelvinedwards.bsky.social An adventurous storyteller inspired by a love of family, the outdoors, and new experiences, the author brings history, adventure, resilience, and family together in "Eldene Ana McGrady: Tragedy, Adventure, and a New Beginning."
On Festering Pond 🍉 @pinknoise.northsky.social Bitter old marshmallow, partial to sob stories, Art Theatre Guild & killer kids 🔪🎂 I love int’l genre lit
Strong affinity for ppl who think critically & are curious abt the world
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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social Publishing books for the enquiring mind since 2017. Specialising in non-fiction and poetry.
We accept submissions year round. Emerging writers welcome.
Melbourne • Montréal and London
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Ella B. Winters @ella-b-winters.bsky.social Writer, research, social worker, lecturer, eternal student, working on my PhD.
Artemesia Arts shortlist; Forward prize nominated; Pushcart prizes nominated x2
Narcissismlab @narcissismlab.bsky.social Psychology Educator | Narcissism Research & Awareness | Evidence-Based Content | Helping People Understand Toxic Relationship Dynamics
Action/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller Festival @actionfantasyscifi.bsky.social A showcase of the best Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller Films and Screenplays from around the world.
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Dick Horn @tsuno85.bsky.social Born before WWII, But not silent,raised on a farm during Jim Crow days, too young for Korea and too old for Nam. Enjoyed the 60’s especially Grad school in the Bay Area pastored for 35 years 25 in Japan. Hate fascism,MAGA. 🇺🇸Resisters!
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Nigel J.Hetherington @pastpreservers.bsky.social Producer, Casting Agent and Founder of Past Preservers, representing experts, speakers & researchers.
Northerner, lapsed Archaeologist, lives in Cairo and The Lake District.
Fiona Kelleghan @fionakelleghan.bsky.social Scholar of Science Fiction (SF) and Horror literature and film, and of comedy and parody. Books include "The Savage Humanists" and "Classics of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature." I hold an MLIS from FSU and a Master's in English Lit from U of Miami.
Amy Oates is querying @oatesam.bsky.social Writer. Qualified to beat a certain Scottish King and the Witch-King of Angmar. Work in Aothen Magazine, 7th-Circle Pyrite, AZE Journal, The Fantastic Other, and Ekklesia Magazine.
https://amyoateswriter.com
Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social Japanese author of horror, weird fiction, and literary fiction. Winner of the Japan Horror Novel Award (Short Story Prize). Exploring folklore, memory, migration, and the uncanny. 📚 English translations available.
Apocalypse Later @apoclater.bsky.social Everything I do at Apocalypse Later ties to cultural discovery. Let me introduce you to things you've never seen/read/heard before but were secretly aching to discover.
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Bookish & Queer @bookishandqueer.bsky.social Online Conventions focused on queer literature, brought to you by @siren-events.bsky.social, the home of fan focused events.
📚 Sci-Fi & Fantasy: October 2026
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Mary Magdalen @mary-magdalen.bsky.social Southern California writer with words in The Write Launch, Blood + Honey, Leon Literary Review, BULL, and others.
Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author. Medical Historian. Breast Cancer Survivor.
Next book: SLEUTH-HOUND, a whirlwind tour of Victorian forensics from the perspective of the man who loaned a voice to Baker St.’s famous resident: Sherlock Holmes. Out October 20.
Pibble Dad @pibbledad.bsky.social Consumer of Horror. Provider of treats. World’s luckiest family man. I read genre fiction, comic books.
Oh, I also watch professional wrestling and ghost hunting shows. Plus, I rarely answer a DM. Ask anybody. My wife is way smarter than I do.
E.V. Caldwell @evcaldwell.com Reader of Robin Hobb, Naomi Novik & VE Schwab. Writer of dark fantasy about impossible choices & the people who live with them. Building a world around an ancient crow & the last soul bond. No Al
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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social Northern Horror Hub gathers writers, readers and thinkers drawn to the darkness. Explore all aspects of horror via our writing courses, retreats, conferences and events both online and in person. Watch this space for submissions to our upcoming zine.
Ale @aleebrija.bsky.social Developmental editor. She/they. Biological parent of a cat. The other two were adopted. Talk to me about horror. Anti AI.
backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social "Don't tell me I'm still on that feckin' island".
Beachcombing the little rocky Isle of Man aka Isle of SUV http://backoftheocean.weebly.com “Everyone should believe in something. I believe I’ll go fishing”.
Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social Bronto-queen, big cat, best-selling and award-winning author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, When the Earth Was Green, Tyrant Lizard Queen (out October 27), and Megatooth. 🔞 she/they/it. Skreeonk. rileyblack.net
Author M. I. Verras (She/Her) @miverrasauthor1.bsky.social Greek-American gothic author, singer, composer, keyboardist, designer, university graduate, sports fan, existential seeker. Author of two metaphysical, allegorical, symbolic fantasy-mystery novellas. Novella plots and covers are all in English and NOT AI.
Nate @nateduty.bsky.social Old white guy. Retired Calif Deputy Sheriff, vet, Fort Bliss, TX, 1962-1965, Spec 5. HQ Combat Support Group. Don't care for liars, thieves, or bigots like Trump. Car nut, old drag racer. 🚫 No hot ladies (too old). Christians OK 🚫 Phony Christians 🚫 Chats
Write4Eddie @write4eddie.bsky.social Scurrying through the mire of existence. #AmQuerying a novel about a trip through the lives of ancestors.
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Simone Nespolo @simonenespolo.bsky.social "Aurum nostrum non est Aurum vulgi"
Award-winning Italian writer, screenwriter and visual storyteller, with international selections and publications.
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Suzanne @Chick with Books @chick-with-books.bsky.social Voracious reader that devours all types of genres (and talks about & recommends them on my Blog, Chick with Books!). ARC reader. If I don't have my nose in a book, you can usually find me with a bunch of yarn, a hook and probably a cup of coffee nearby.
Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social 1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
Julie Ann Hebbes @julieannhebbes.bsky.social A Comedy of Errors: Losing my mind, finding my voice and starting over again
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Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social Award winning #Shortstory #Writer
#SciFi 📚: A Short History of the Future, Northodox Press
#Fantasy 📚: Happy Ending Not Guaranteed, Arachne Press
Oxford Physics, Codexian.
Everything, Ever ✍️: http://happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk
DAR @darbooks.com Author/Writer/Dreamer - DA RASMUSSEN
Pandore Series
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Jules @wintermute-9.bsky.social Serial language learner, sinologist, audiovisual translator, nature & astronomy lover, wannabe cat behaviorist
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Galdracori @galdracori.bsky.social ⚠️ Do not react to what I did not write. If you make up the worst possible interpretations in your head and then get angry at me for that, please go touch grass and take a nap.⚠️
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A.C. Harper (he/him) @harperac.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ Transgender Author
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Tully Bascombe @deweycheatemhowe.bsky.social Some times photographer & Art School drop out
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Raymond Fortunato @raymondfortunato.bsky.social Raymond Fortunato is a member of the Dramatists Guild, has written two plays, and two collections of short stories, and four music albums. The Hypokrisis Mirror and Other Stories comes out May 5, 2026.
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Jeff Folger @jeff-foliage.com New England Landscape Photographer | Retired USAF
*Honor*
Purveyor of the written word. Political Moderate & Democracy supporter. Moved to NH to turn it blue... or at least purple.
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Readit Club @readit.club If you’re into books - welcome 🤗
Everything about books, writers, reviews, literature discussions.
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burp vonnegut @joerm8.bsky.social Baltimore Writer
Fiction Editor for Mouthful of Salt
CityLit Project
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Visdev / BG painter/Concept art/ comic book artist with decade of working in animation and game industry
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The conference on imaginative literature @readercon.org Readercon is an annual conference on imaginative literature. It's run entirely by volunteers and has been since it began in 1987. For more information: readercon.org
Double-Edged Press @doubleedgedpress.com Publishing Stories That Cut Deep 🗡️
An indie publisher of speculative fiction that’s putting power back in authors’ hands. A hybrid press run by authors for authors.
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Nev @alphukit.bsky.social Outdoors and all things nature type of guy.
I love camping, hiking, foraging and travelling anywhere, anytime.
Pebble @pebblepress.bsky.social Founded in 2025, Pebble is a Chicago small press interested in nature, craft, regionalism, and obscure and unclassifiable excellence.
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Kallie Hunchman @calicoproud.bsky.social She/They. Child of the 20th century.
Mother of four fuzzy meowing children. Passionate about books and their designs. Watercolor artist on the side, I suppose.
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Wine Mom Wrote a Mystery @winemommystery.bsky.social I wrote a cozy mystery at 50.
THE DEVIL WIND MURDERS
Link below⬇️
BOOK LINK: https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/the-devil-wind-murders-a-vi-sandoval-mystery/id1804920377
#crime #crimenovel #humor
#California
Michael Janairo @mjanairo.bsky.social Writer, reader, and I once jammed with The Washington Squares
Luce Leonard @luceleonard.bsky.social I really love the teachings of the Dalai Lama and the great spiritual masters around him. They make me feel good.
Photo: The Dalai Lama
To my right is Yahne Le Toumelin, Matthieu Ricard’s mother.
@hamstersplus.bsky.social @hamstersplus.bsky.social Here for a nice, chill time.
Angry Algonquin @angryalgonquin.bsky.social Book reviewer at angryalgonquin.com. Lover and supporter of independent bookstores; Starter Packs have 200+ indies! Nordic/Scandi Noir, Iceland, polar history & exploration. Libraries. Cats. Fan of #uglydogs. Sworn enemy of AI.
@themarksteen.bsky.social @themarksteen.bsky.social Dad, copyeditor, sometime professional philosopher, 2/3 done with a ridiculous fantasy novel, decent hair coverage for an old dude.
Augusta de Rooter 🇨🇦 @augustaderooter.bsky.social Canadian novelist and concerned citizen. 💙📚🖋️ #writing #LiteraryFiction #author #WritingCommunity
Very Ornery @veryornery.bsky.social avid reader, social observer
@spikety.bsky.social @spikety.bsky.social Mostly cheerful
Kayla (she/they) @kaylabanana797.bsky.social Theatre Director, Intimacy Director, Labor Rights, Animorphs, D&D, Travel, Chicago ❤️
ProdigalHoosier @prodigalhoosier.medsky.network Co-conspirator/Partner to @Bellmore
Mom
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Margot Lyautey @margotlyautey.bsky.social Post-doc at the Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg 🇩🇪
Associated Researcher at Centre Marc Bloch
History of Science and Technology, Environmental History, History of Agriculture 🌽🐞🐮
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Milton and Rodney's minion @gpwalcott.bsky.social Servant to two thoroughbred horses. Married to a wonderful person who is also a woman. Tiny blue dot in a sea of red alabama
hobgoblin of small mind @bigblueguitar.bsky.social Zak; M57, he/him, Appalachian Ohio
I'm a weird little guy, making music for other weird little guys. My new EP of electric mandolin playing medieval bangers, "Wee Beastie," is out now!
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Candace McNaughton @cdotmcnaughton.bsky.social Emerg doc & researcher, UofToronto
-HTN; HF; health literacy & numeracy; emergency care
Views my own
Born @CO2 340ppm
#DavosSafe for all
@NashvegasEM on the bird app
"First do no harm" & "Hospes ultimus es"
(roughly: “Be the dead-end host”)
She/her
Cartsch @cartsch.bsky.social Historian. Folklorist. Futurist. || Minnesota 
Danny (they/them) @dannyfaust.bsky.social Writer, reader, aspiring goblin.
Sci-fi * fantasy * horror * superheroes * mysteries * weird history * true crime * paranormal
Cryptids welcome.
Autistic. Queer. Aro-Ace. Enby. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧♠️
Lin Darrow @lindarrow.bsky.social PhD. She/Her.
🌟 Scifi novel Dead New World (Podium Entertainment Nov 2026).
💿 Writer of graphic novel The Holographic History (HarperAlley 2027) and Shaderunners webcomic (art by @alexassan.com).
Repped by @luciennediver.bsky.social.
LinDarrow.com
Al Sirois @alsirois.bsky.social Award-winning NC writer/editor/illustrator married to novelist Grace Marcus.
Under contract to Regal House.
THE KING'S GHOST now available
THE ROCKETS OF GREENWOOD LAKE (YA) due 2027
www.alsirois.com
Indie-, trad- & self-published.
🚫DM 🚫MAGA
@joelmccracken.bsky.social @joelmccracken.bsky.social Programmer. Haskell mostly, and whatever interests me. Pittsburgher. Lover of books, nature, animals. Servant of 6 cats.
Reese @puppylove23.bsky.social 🐶 Woof! I'm Reese , a Boston Terrier with a black belt in snuggles. My human, BRETT CULBERT– you know, my actor papa who's on TV and all that? – thinks he's the star, but let's be real, I'm the real leading role here.
Melinda Gordon * 🐕🦺 * 🏳️🌈 🩷💛💙 @melindagordon.bsky.social 🚫DMs=blocked.👨🏽🦱👨🏾🦱👨🏿🦱👩🏽👩🏾👩🏿,🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️,👩🏻👨🏻🦱& every beautiful being in between ur safe here. SW=work, period. Married to @jaylax79 💍1️⃣6️⃣yrs.Mom. Author. Service Dog 🐕🦺 Handler. Due process for everyone.
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The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social We're an international literary magazine in Madrid. We connect English and Spanish speaking literary cultures through fiction, poetry, essays and interviews.
Subs Closed.
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LycopeneDream @bonnievivante.bsky.social Reading and sharing art, literature and poetry. Also here for the cute 🐶 🐱 and memes. Sometimes I scribble.
Betty Stanton @fadingbetty.bsky.social EdD, MFA, poet, author, speech & debate coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, game designer, bad at social media, located in Oklahoma
Y2K Quarterly @y2kq.com Literary chaos in 1999 words or less.
Y2K Themed Literary Magazine
EIC: @jetgirl.art
https://y2kq.com
JornalistaJosenildoMelo @josenildonmelo.bsky.social Estudou direito. Bacharel em Serviço Social. Licenciado em Filosofia. Acesse diariamente https://www.gazetahora1.com/ Jornalismo de Qualidade!
Hilton Ariel Ruiz @hiltonarielruiz.bsky.social Filmmaker behind The Amityville Lost Tape & Zombie with a Shotgun - @zombiewithashotgun.bsky.social
Watch➡️ https://tinyurl.com/3fwy6f3j | https://tubitv.com/movies/100043140/zombie-with-a-shotgun
More 🎥 🌐 https://linktr.ee/hiltonarielruiz
JK Scot @jakey-scot.bsky.social I still owe strangers now long dead for food they’ve shared & words they’ve said.
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WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival
Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social 🇨🇳🇨🇦 | she/her | Changle -> Toronto | Ignyte, Bram Stoker, Nebula Winner | Hugo, Astounding, Locus nominee | Odyssey ‘23 | BA,MSc | rep: UTA & Mushens Entertainment | A RIVER FROM THE SKY (Titan Books ‘26)
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Mike Thompson @mikefromwisco.bsky.social 
Zombie with a Shotgun @zombiewithashotgun.bsky.social 🎬 Zombie with a Shotgun — watch FREE on Tubi ➡️ https://tubitv.com/movies/100043140/zombie-with-a-shotgun
The Amityville Lost Tape ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/wpacnz2c
Films by @hiltonarielruiz.bsky.social
More 🎥 https://linktr.ee/hiltonarielruiz
CarGenX @cargenx.bsky.social preferred pronouns: she/they (siya/sila)
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