jpwellstead @jpwellstead.bsky.social Indie fantasy author piecing together a wounded world, flawed heroes, old magics, and one very important ship. Plot lines develop slowly, like everything else I write. Still developing my craft — but stick around, it’s getting interesting.
Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social Bringing your fantasy world to life! We create hand drawn maps for your D&D/Pathfinder or other ttrpg games.
Commissions are OPEN: https://tally.so/r/obEbob
https://mountainandmyth.com
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
Wendy Erskine @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social THE BENEFACTORS Sceptre. Waterstones Irish Book of the Year. Shortlisted Irish Novel of the Year, Best British Audio Book. It’s out now. dance move/sweet home/stinging fly/picador/well I just kind of like it/PVA Books
🪱 gabriel 🪱 @gabrielandworms.bsky.social Artist. Writer. Cockroach swarm. 18+ sometimes, so no minors.
itch: https://gabrielandworms.itch.io/
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/gabrielandworms
ariel⸆⸉ (is writing a novel) @ariel.swifties.social 30s | she/her | swiftie | weedlor | pagan | hockey enthusiast | writer | mental health advocate
♒️𖤓 ♒️☾ ♑️↑
eras tour 06.23.23
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS 🏳️⚧️
Eóin Murphy @ragemonki.bsky.social Horror writer/economist from Northern Ireland. Published in Tales of Occult Britain and NI, the First Five Minutes of the Apocalypse, Best Horror of the Year vol 14 and Uncertainties vol 5. Can be occasionally found at eoinmurphywriter.wordpress.com
NornCon Belfast @norncon.bsky.social Northern Ireland's Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Literature Convention 🛸
🗓️ 30 April - 2 May 2027
@earthtoalicepoet.bsky.social @earthtoalicepoet.bsky.social 
@gsnorgathon.bsky.social @gsnorgathon.bsky.social 
Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social Crabby, intermittently amusing wiseass, exiled from Muskland. Writes stuff. Acts in stuff. He/him.
Vault Artist Studios @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social Artist led studios ✏️ Inhabiters of unused buildings *until we get our own!* 🏚 140+ strong 💪 Bedford St, Corporation St, Shankill & East Belfast
www.vaultartiststudios.com
S France Thomason @france-thomason.bsky.social only thinks straight after tea✨Shortlisted in 2026 #IAmInPrint Commercial Fiction Competition ✨🌈✨Yeovil Literary Prize LL 2025 ✨3rd in 2024 #IAmInPrint SFF competition✨ @cbcreative alumna
#scifi ✨ #fantasylit✨ #WritingCommunity ✨
🚫 OnlyFans, GoFundMe, DMs
Northern Earth @northernearth.bsky.social Quarterly, (inter)national print journal of people, places & experiences: landscape, folklore, archaeology, psychogeography, neoantiquarianism. Founded 1979. northernearth.co.uk
Julie Bozza @juliebozza.bsky.social Aussie-Anglo hybrid empowered by writing, fuelled by espresso, calmed by knitting, overexcited by photography, and madly in love with Amy Adams and John Keats.
she/they
https://juliebozza.carrd.co/
TurboSkeletron @turboskeletron.bsky.social Disabled, lover of Dragonlance, Trop, Lotr, Turbo Kid, Dark Crystal & Willow (Movies and Shows). I love sewing & Singing. I'm queer. I love horror movies and accessible games.
Jess @murdersheherwrote.bsky.social Typically unhinged "transexual menace". Do stand up, sometimes good at it. (She/her).
MABUSECAST 🔞 🏳️🌈 @mabusecast.bsky.social just a godzilla, horror,sci fi fan starting a podcast devoted to genre films from germany and the dr mabuse series, MABUSECAST! also a monsterfucker and Bisexual
My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxslGqhqC0vGIPgG12v9E3Q?view_as=public- L Natasha Wright @lilynath.bsky.social Ehlers-Danlos Awareness ♿ Advocate for Rare, Chronic & Invisible Diseases ❀ Patient-Expert #EDS #Disability #Spoonie #Autistic
Twitter: twitter.com/LilyNath
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natasha.thibouthot
Mastodon: disabled.social/@LilyNath
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Cathy Carson @weekathy.bsky.social Writer , performer of Becoming Marvellous and more
Byddi Lee 📚 Author |🎭Playwright |🎬 Screenwriter @byddi.bsky.social Irish Writer - 📚 fiction, 🎭 stage and 🎬 screen. Writes about nature, climate, and local history. Sometimes funny - usually unintentionally. Love my cats and my garden.
📖 Read my latest book & more www.ByddiLee.com
The Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies @irishgothichorror.bsky.social An informal network for promoting the work of Gothic and horror scholars (whether they be affiliated or independent) and creative practitioners from throughout the island of Ireland.
Jay Wolf @jayxwolf.bsky.social sff writer & dev editor, book designer, author-illustrator, lapsed podcaster, sculptor, fabricator, Viable Paradise alum, online community specialist, queer as in here, they as in them, kennywood enthusiast.
writes books as @mdmcd.com
Minilla Jovovich 🍉 read Merynthia's Master ⚔️🪱🐦 @minillajovovich.bsky.social Sword & Sorcery Scribbler; overview of publications at https://luanawrites.carrd.co/
Kaiju Konnassoor, co-host of Defend Your Trash Movie; podcast at https://rss.com/podcasts/trashmoviepod/
Buy my books at https://luana420.itch.io/
Jeff Shanks @jeffshanks.bsky.social Archaeologist and pop culture historian
Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social He/him. Stories in Beneath Ceaseless Skies (forthcoming), Nature/Futures, Interzone, Rosebud, Triangulation, and elsewhere. tommarcinko.neocities.org/
Phoenix Bourgeois @phoenixbourgeois.bsky.social Reader, daydreamer, writer ✨
gabby @gabbydoeslights.bsky.social she/her
🥋Martial artist
🐉🚀sci fi and fantasy enthusiast
💡lighting designer
📚TTRPG player
Holly Wade Matter @weemallard.bsky.social Writer. White-knuckle knitter. Bunny mom. Superannuated Pre-Raphaelite stunner. Punk- and Goth-adjacent. My novel, Damned Pretty Things, and my related novella, The Circus, the Garden (and Mario Lanza), are out from Aqueduct Press. I like perfume.
H R Laurence @hrlaurence.bsky.social Writer of weird fiction, sword & sorcery, things of that ilk...
https://linktr.ee/h_r_laurence
Louise McLaughlin author she / her @louisemclaughlin.bsky.social 📚💙 Scottish fantasy author of D-Notice series- Cassie discovers saving the world with Glaswegian retired gods is a tough gig.
FREE BOOK links
Deviation: Wandering gods https://BookHip.com/HBMLCLS
Darkness https://BookHip.com/XNZJLNF
Rosecliff Literary @roseclifflit.bsky.social DC-based literary agency | where stories find their path | founder @jessicaberg.bsky.social
Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social Award winning writer in English, Scots and Ulster Scots. Avid reader. Keen baker. Crafter. SCBWI member, SCBWI Ireland Regional Advisor
http://mornawriter.blogspot.com/
Martin Hillenga @theverylastdodo.bsky.social Historicus | “It’s a sad and beautiful world’
jamesmurphybks @jamesmurphybks.bsky.social Belfast born crime fiction writer and creator of a series of psychological thrillers based in N. Ireland, and a Belfast based detective series. Podcast host of A Life of Crime (Writing) with James Murphy. Professional background as an educationalist 📚🔪🩸🤩☘️
Estella Rua @estellarua.bsky.social Entirely fictional
Shortlisted for Brighton Book Festival Emerging Authors Award 2023
IG: @estella_rua_writer
MeowRiot @meowriot.bsky.social A Cat's Favorite Place
https://www.meowriot.com
Changefairy @changefairy.bsky.social 30-something philosopher, artist, musician, writer and game developer, working out of passion, to find friends and to transcend suffering.💖
Jayaprakash has a mastertape @jayaprakash777.bsky.social Can't not write. Not seeking publication. Plays bass guitar. Writes doom metal songs.
He/him. AI-free. Lives in Bangalore, India.
Liz (E.M. Morrissey) @lizardskinshoujo.bsky.social Pursuing the peccary with pardine limers.
Lapsed academic. PhD in Japanese Art History. Viable Paradise 2024. Short fiction in The Daily Tomorrow, Old Moon Quarterly. She/her. No AI.
www.elizabethmorrissey.com
Pixelsaber @pixelsaber.bsky.social Some guy with not enough time for all his interests.
27 He/They
Jon Olfert @jonolfert.bsky.social PSE, polling, GR by day. Stories in Analog, Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Year's Best Canadian F&SF.
Cat Tattoos @cattattoos.bsky.social Intersectional feminist nerd, leftist tofu eating wokerati. Word herder. AI cannot make art. Fully aware the world is on fire and just trying to keep on going.
https://open.substack.com/pub/legendaryactions?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=qdkmw
ricardo pinto @hermitabroad.bsky.social dark fantasy and scifi writer… mostly known for The Stone Dance of the Chameleon series (and trilogy)
Trish @unknownquantities.bsky.social Reader/wonderer/wanderer/advocate.
Loves books, Dickinson, Woolf, German expressionist cinema.
Certain slants of light.
Dislikes mushrooms.
Curious agnostic. Curious, generally.
Views/photos own.
Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social You will know me.. I’m Sander from the Netherlands
Judd Karlman (he/him) @juddthelibrarian.bsky.social Librarian, Grappler, Diagnosed ADHD late in life, TTRPG'S
Podcast: Daydreaming about Dragons
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daydreaming-about-dragons
Blog: Githyanki Diaspora
https://githyankidiaspora.com/
Alexandra Beaumont - Folklore Fantasy Author @abeaumontbooks.bsky.social 🦉Folkloric books, folk music, gothic meanders
📚Indie Press 2025 Distinguished Favourite
🦌 Folk horror obsessed
🐉British Fantasy Soc London Event Org
🌊Books @brigidsgatepress- M Not a spam. @miverrasauth.bsky.social Worldwide-known author, singer, pianist, and music composer. Enneagram type 4 ♠️♣️🌑
"Who were these ten figures seated around the table, and how are they related to the Central Hearth or the other Hearths?"
THE HIDDEN FACE:
https://linktr.ee/miverras
DreamSwarm @dreamswarm.bsky.social Hub and Podcast for Film, Stories, Art: Fantasy, Folklore, Folk Horror, Magic-Realism, Mythology, Psychogeography
www.DreamSwarm.org
Created by filmmaker Andy Mark Simpson
Josh Reynolds @jmreynolds.bsky.social Freelance Author; Occasional Editor; Semi-professional Monster Movie Enthusiast.
Dr. Martha Johnson-Olin @peronelle.bsky.social Medievalist/composition prof, fairy tales and sci-fi (She/her) Editor of The Cinderella Bibliography https://d.lib.rochester.edu/cinderella. Also M. Weigel. All views mine. 
Gary McKay @garymckay.bsky.social Irish speculative fiction writer. PhD researcher exploring Gothic fiction and trauma. He/Him.
Cir, a non-native English poet @cirpoemel.bsky.social I am a non-native speaker of English, but let me write poems using English words here, because that could be fun (sometimes the grammar might not be that of English). I also write poems in Japanese: @cirpoem.bsky.social
Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social Comics and things
hʊgɪn @hooginn.bsky.social Not technically a raven. Maybe about that smart.
he/him
EN/NL
Brevity-challenged keyboard warrior, bookish whisky-nut, puppy-deprived math rock-roller, happily married geek. Likes puberty better the second time.
Also on: @Huginn@jorts.horse
Mike Palumbo @mikepalumbo.bsky.social constant reader, infrequent writer
books are my favorite thing; particularly horror, fantasy, and mystery
bass player in a past life
I mute and/or block accounts that post AI-generated works
new england
he/him
Carl Ellis @carlc75.bsky.social Welsh Author and BFS member. Talk to me about embodied fiction at the grinding boundary of the Meso/Neolithic.
E.M. White, load-bearing grad student @emwhite.sadbutbuildingworlds.blog Pen name. Writing and reviewing dark and challenging fiction; would write more if life weren't so dark and challenging.
Also a magpie for fine stories and essays, a snob about coffee and tea (unless desperate), a wiki and map wanderer, and a cat steward.
Cora Buhlert @corabuhlert.bsky.social Writer, teacher and translator from Bremen in North Germany. Three-time Hugo finalist and 2022 Hugo winner for Best Fan Writer. she/her
Gaynor Kane @gaynorkanepoet.bsky.social Generally creative (she/her) likes writing, reading, art and photography.
Published by The Hedgehog Poetry Press.
Ursa Doom Art 🏳️🌈 @ursadoomart.bsky.social I'm a fantasy/horror artist from Sweden. I enjoy mythology and folklore as inspiration for a lot of my art. I mainly like do water color/ink paintings.
AuDHD
They/them.
https://cara.app/ursadoom
Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social Archaeologist, gold & torc researcher, chocolate artefact maker & mum. Often post about cats who aren't mine...
Views all my own 😊
Green party 💚
She/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Work on torcs & gold: https://bigbookoftorcs.com
Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/tess317409
Josh Kushins @kushins.bsky.social Author, father, film lover, swashbuckler. He/him. Rascal, rogue, raconteur. Director of Special Projects, American Film Institute. Formerly: Lucasfilm and DC Comics. Words: The Art of John Carter, The Art of Rogue One
Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog Pulp scholar specializing in H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. Author of SEX AND THE CTHULHU MYTHOS and WEIRD TALERS. Reader of dead people's letters. He/him. Blue checks happen to other people.
https://deepcuts.blog
@octoberzine.bsky.social @octoberzine.bsky.social Skull and Book Press, etc.
Ether & Ichor @etherandichor.bsky.social A podcast about the stories behind stories in folklore, fairytales, mythology, and the gothic. Hosted by Ria (she/her) and James (he/him).
bio.link/etherandichor
TAG! art @tagart.bsky.social Al Davison: Comic Artist, writer, wheelchair user, spoonie, martial artist, vegetarian. I watch a lot of movies. Kicking ass since 1960. Please don’t post Ai rubbish on my page, ask to buy my art as NFT’s or try and scam me with bitcoin. Thanks.
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/
D.R. Ranshaw @drranshaw.bsky.social Author of #EpicFantasy "Gryphon's Heir," with books 2, 3, and companion work under construction. Lover of great literature, fine wine and chocolate. Not necessarily in that order. Website: drranshaw.com 
Riahazewinkel @riahazewinkel.bsky.social Groningen
June Orchid Parker | Bread Sonja @breadsonja.bsky.social The OG of transfem sword & sorcery. She/Her.
https://breadsonja.wordpress.com/
https://www.instagram.com/breadsonja
Maaike Tralala @tralala.bsky.social 
Prof Janina Ramirez @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social Oxford historian, best-selling writer fiction & non-fiction, documentary maker, cat lover, vegetable grower, unrelenting optimist. https://lnk.to/LegendaPB- O @otherworld.bsky.social @otherworld.bsky.social
Jo Zebedee@TheSecretBookshelf @jozebwrites.bsky.social Writes blasting sci fi and fantasy. Dogsbody at Secret Bookshelf Carrickfergus. Consultant in all things management- R @ricardopinto.bsky.social @ricardopinto.bsky.social
Samuel Poots @pootsidoodle.bsky.social Writer of fiction, TTRPGs and lost to-do lists. PhD Researcher and Writer in Residence at Ulster University.
Published in WFRP, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth RPG, Factor Four and Opulent Syntax
https://samuelpoots.wordpress.com/
Diane Telgen (she/her) @neglet.bsky.social Author of kidlit; musician; feline fanatic; crafter. VCFA grad. Author/arranger site: dianetelgen.com.
Leigh Wright @wyrddaze.bsky.social Curator of Wyrd Daze ezine + blog: music/art/fiction/microculture. Ephemeral Man.
https://wyrddaze.wordpress.com
Rachel Bowdler / Bonnie Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social she/her🌈 • AKA Bryony Rosehurst & B.B. Woods • pan romance author, editor, and author Swords & Sapphics co-host • THE SCOTTISH STRAWBERRY FARM out now! 🎆
Sandra Catharin @sandracatharin.bsky.social TTRPG-Game Design-Creative Writing-Podcasts-Theatre/Dramaturgy-Pro Wrestling: anything with a story basically. she/her. The Netherlands.
https://sandracatharin.carrd.co/
Mark Finn @markfinn.bsky.social Administrator of the North Texas Apocalypse Bunker, a completely real and not at all made-up thing. Also, I write, edit, do game design, and dabble in acting. I can be googled.
Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/soimwritinganovel
Author / Screenwriter / NESS Magazine Editor and head of Brackenbury Books. Podcast Host: So I'm Writing a Novel, Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection. (He/Him)
Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social | Writer. Sword & Sorcery: Goatskin novellas WASTE FLOWERS, WHAT ROUGH BEAST? from Brackenbury Books. Historical fiction: AMGALANT on Tchingis Khan & 12thC Mongols
| She/her 🌈Queer. Australia
| https://amgalant.com / buy direct https://payhip.com/Amgalant
Cynthia Ward @cynthiaward.bsky.social SFF writer/editor, co-author/co-founder Writing the Other, cat rescuer, atheist, #ActuallyAutistic, demisexual demigirl, she or they. NO DMs.