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Ian Hanes @ianroberts13.bsky.social Former academic at the UWTSD, dad, author, reader, dog servant! 💙🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈
Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social Writer Debut Novel: IN THE DESERT, OUT NOW from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social Buy Here: https://a.co/d/0bucj1Yn Collection: Some Days are Better than Ours (Reflex Fiction) https://substack.com/@barbarabyar?utm_source=user-menu Kerry via San Francisco
Allison Field Bell @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social Writer. Teacher. PhD UofU. MFA NMSU. Owner of Field Works Writing & Photography. Fiction Editor Waxwing. Books: ALL THAT BLUE & BODIES OF OTHER WOMEN. Chapbooks: STITCH, EDGE OF THE SEA & WITHOUT WOMAN OR BODY allisonfieldbell.com
Jeffrey Hermann @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social Writer, all sorts: https://linktr.ee/jeffreyhermann
Meghan Leigh Paulk @paulkwrites.bsky.social Niche Internet Micro Celebrity. Canonically 27. Famous at Starbucks. Published by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, @shotgunhoney.com, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and Punk Noir. Rep: @cbuccibookman.bsky.social
Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social Poet, artist, writer. Dancing Backwards Towards Pluperfect, Diode Editions. Lammy Poetry Finalist '25, BSF '20, Wigleaf Top 50 longlist. Granta Memoir Website: https://koss-works.com Book: https://koss-works.com/dancing-backwards-towards-pluperfect/
Aôthen Magazine @aothenmagazine.bsky.social A print+online #literarymagazine dedicated to creative works regarding Classics including ancient history, literature, anthropology, and archaeology. 🔆 Posts by Samantha & Kaitlin. linktr.ee/Aothenmagazine https://aothenmagazine.com/
Brian Baker @runstopwrite.bsky.social Canadian poet from London, ON Has words in The Antigonish Review, Dandelion, Windsor Review, Stanchion, Roi Fainéant Press, Vast Chasm, High Shelf Press, Cathexis Northwest Press, Sledgehammer Lit, Antler River Poetry, and others. Atheist, Settler BOTN nom
Eleni Vlachos @youbigtalker.bsky.social 📚 Fiction, CNF & Op-Eds ✏️ | Reading like a writer: https://elenidvlachos.substack.com/ | #comedy skits | Drums @BelovedBinge 🥁| 1/2 Greek 🇬🇷💃 | #vegan cupcakes 🧁| Articles in @NewRepublic, @rfpress @PhillyInquirer.
LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻 @lorifontanes.bsky.social Writer/educator/community advocate. Cats & catastrophe. More better food 4 all. Bewaring billionaires bearing tech. #SaveThePeople
Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social Flash, CNF, short stories and unpublished novels. Reader/Editor Roi Fainéant Press. 4x BOTN nom, 1x Pushcart nom. Chapbook "A Body in Motion" (JAKE). Novelette "Roadkill" (ELJ Editions). ""All and Then None of You" (Cowboy Jamboree).
Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social Poet. Pushcart, Forward nominated. This Joyful Interlude out now with @janes-studio.bsky.social 🕊️ UK link: amazon.co.uk/dp/1068432330 Vegan, BLM
THE ANOINTED ATHEIST @theanointedatheist.bsky.social Atheist. Social democrat. Vegetarian. Science. Baseball. Humor. Books. Dog rescuer. Advocate. Fan of critical thinking. I write about religion. If my posts offend you, turn the other cheek.
Rob Banes @rsb1213.bsky.social Scientist, artist, educator, chef, fisherman, outdoor enthusiast, bookworm, linguist, peacemaker, volunteer, etc. in no particular order. Please don't ask because I will not date you, I will not send you money, and I will not be your disciple. Thanks.
Eurozine @eurozine.bsky.social #Eurozine is an online #magazine and #European network linking up more than 100 #culturaljournals and associates in 35 countries. https://www.eurozine.com/
Paige Against The Machine @handle.invalid I love to read fantasy, spec-fic, and history. Slowly starting to read and like rom-coms. Southern and black as hell. Married. #BLM #womanist #ncatAlumna #actuallyADHD
Jai Michelle Louissen @jaimichellepoet.bsky.social Scottish poet living in The Netherlands. Poetry Scotland, Dust Poetry, Acropolis, Crow and Cross Keys. Second chapbook ‘THE WEIGHT OF VAPOUR’ by Alien Buddha Press EIC of The Winged Moon
C. A. Kane @speculativekane.bsky.social A speculative fiction writer with stories in Apparition Lit and Small Wonders. Probably listening to heavy metal right now.
Peter Jordan PhD @pjordan-writer.bsky.social 2 X Bridport Shortlist. BBC Radio 4 & BBC Radio Ulster. Not interested in politics!
Hermes Black @alittleghost.bsky.social He/they writer telling stories I want to read. If I can't find it, I may as well write it. Expect gay stories and monsters. And gay monster stories. #amwriting #fantasylit #writersky #queerlit
Daniel Woods @danwoodswriter.bsky.social Terrible writer, solid takes. Petty bitch. Neo-Americana; Speculative #Fiction & #SciFi Bluesky is Lib, not Left. IWW-FJU, Land of Enchantment, USA. danwoodswriter.com for fresh reads! #booksky #writingcommunity
Rob Reed @robert-reed.bsky.social Singer, Songwriter @ FiVEHEAD and GAJiLLiONAiRE$
Craig 🌎 🛩️ 💙🇨🇦 @bigdaddykreativ.bsky.social A seasoned travel writer that brings destinations to life through vivid detail, immersive storytelling, and firsthand experiences. 🚫 crypto / forex 🚫 unkind people 🚫 sales / solicitation 🚫 money requests / go fund me
Erin MacNair @emacnair.bsky.social Writer of fiction/non-fiction short stories–leaning into the speculative. Finished a collection with the generous support of the Canada Council. Conjunctions/PRISM/PrarieFire/The Walrus/subTerrain/The Razor/EVENT/ etc. Tree hugger. Runs on coffee, cheese.
James Topham @jamestopham.bsky.social Screenwriter: @RidleyScottCG, @GaumontTV #BAFTA / @RocliffeForum Winner. https://james-topham.com
Rachel Weinhaus @rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social Memoirist, Screenwriter, Flash & Micro Fiction, Author of The Claimant: A Memoir of an Historic Sexual Abuse Lawsuit and a Woman's Life Made Whole. http://rachelweinhaus.com
Iain CM Gray @iaincmgray.bsky.social Writer of stuff, player of music, reader of classics and zombie books. Family, cat and cigar lover. In recovery from drug and alcohol addictions. Find my books on Amazon or iaincmgray.com Find my music on YouTube @The Broadband Busker #Arsenal #Morton
The Independent Author Network @ianauthornetwork.bsky.social Welcome to the Independent Author Network at Bluesky. Promoting and Supporting Indie Authors since 2010. Our Book of the Year Awards program features $6,000 in cash prizes. #IAN1
Matthew Freeman, Poet @freemanpoet.bsky.social My eighth collection, Dopamine and the Devil (Coffeetown Press 2025) now available! I'm a schizophrenia survivor and a songwriter too! Some of my songs can be found on SoundCloud.
Sea Crow Press @seacrowpress.bsky.social Award Winning Independent Press. www.seacrowpress.com #indiepublishing #Booksky
Diane D. Gillette @ddgwriter.bsky.social Writer of short things. English professer. Plant-eater. Crafter. Faithful servant to feline overlords. She/her. www.digillette.com
Amanda Green @amandagreenauthor.bsky.social #Author of candid memoir My Alien Self; My Journey Back to Me plus fiction https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Amanda-Green/author/B0087O89QS? #BPD #GAD #Anxiety Also a BACP #Counsellor #Psychotherapist Video Presenter #cats #wildlife #tattoos #animals
Mari Ellis Dunning 🖋️ @mariellisdunning.bsky.social Author of 'Salacia' & 'Pearl and Bone' 📚 'Witsh' available now 🌛 Lecturer in Creative Writing 📓🖋️ PhD in Welsh Witchcraft 🎓 'Obstinate, headstrong girl'♀️ • https://linktr.ee/maridunning • https://mariellisdunning.cymru/
Rhys Owain Williams @rhysowainwilliams.bsky.social Writer of poetry, fiction and other things | That Lone Ship (Parthian Books) | Hay Festival Writer At Work | He/Him | https://linktr.ee/rhysowainwilliams
Oatleaf Poetry @oatleafpoetry.bsky.social An online poetry publication. Submissions are open year-round! oatleafpoetry.com
Andi Leigh @andileighwrites.bsky.social Poet, novelist, short story writer, & visual artist. 💛🤍💜🖤 🌻 🖤🩶🤍💜 EIC: @oatleafpoetry.bsky.social andileighwrites.com
Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social Horror scholar, PhD, HWA, CSFFA | Global Indigenous Horror (UPM, 2025) | Poetry Editor Orion’s Belt | Words in Future Fire, UtopiaSF, Space&Time, Lovecraftiana | EIC @katabaticcircus.bsky.social co-EIC @angrygablepress.bsky.social
V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social author of Ophelia (Femme Salvé Books, 2023) & Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2019) | Fmr editor/reader Muruch, Barren, Ice Floe, Frontier, Sarabande Books | work in EPOCH, Poet Lore, Bombay Gin, HAD, etc. http://vcmyers.com
Tricia Dearborn @triciadearborn.bsky.social Poet. Writer. Editor | Best of Australian Poems 2024 | Guest poetry editor Cordite 112: TREAT (2024) | Latest book Autobiochemistry | Editor at http://triciadearborneditor.com
A. King is looking for inspo 🩵✍🏼 @thepoetadamking.bsky.social Poet. Lover. Friend. Spiritual detective. Soon to be Meta refugee.
Julieanna Blackwell @julieannablackwell.bsky.social Stories in Stonecoast Review, MoonPark Review, Lunch Ticket Flash Fiction Editor 805lit WordSmitten Workshop Director Elements & Arcs Classes Instructor More Stuff at www.julieannablackwell.com
Jesse Miksic @hybrid-gesture.bsky.social Poetry … Traditional Art (pencil ink watercolor) … Philosophy … Contributor, participant, pop culture enthusiast, nerd … Always searching
Kelli Short Borges @kelliborges2.bsky.social Writer. Words in many lovely places. Into travel, photography, kind people. Best Microfiction 24’ 25’ 26’ Wigleaf Top 50 LL. Pubs and more info: https://www.kellishortborges.com
Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social 5 minutes of life in 100 words. Submissions open! Est. 2020. fiveminutelit.com
Maria Carvalho @immcarvalho.bsky.social Multigenre author/reader ☆ Snap-happy nature gal (my 📸) ☆ Space nerd ☆ Author of "Hamster in Space!" kidlit book ☆ Pun lover ☆ Writer in Residence for Literary Revelations Publishing House ☆ Pushcart nom ☆ More info: https://shorturl.at/RYKzk 📚
Dr Karen Jane Cannon @karenjanecannon.bsky.social Poet//Author//PhD (Ecopoetics of Place/Body) Novel: Powder Monkey (W&N & Phoenix). Poetry: The Curfew Bell & Emergency Mints. Hamish Canham Prize 2022. Bridport shortlist 2019 & 2024. New Forest Dweller. #poetry #place #nature www.karenJaneCannon.com
After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Fiction Publisher. Top 10 (Chill Subs) LitMag 2023-2024, books, & podcasts. $ subscriptions (& Patreon) pay writers. Links: https://bio.site/afterdinner
Joseph Lezza @josephlezza.com Writer. Worrier. Full-time coffee chugger. Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist. “I’m Never Fine,” a memoir, OUT NOW from Vine Leaves Press 🇮🇹 🔗: https://linktr.ee/josephlezza
Shelley Roche-Jacques @shelleyr-j.bsky.social Writer of short fiction and dramatic monologue, connoisseur of cake, coveter of cats, lecturer of creative writing at Sheffield Hallam University. https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/shelley-roche-jacques
Anna Wang @annawangyuan.bsky.social A Lifelong Student of Literature
The Hooghly Review @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social Editors: @tejaswineerc.bsky.social & @ankitrajojha.bsky.social • Murals Editor: @fbereaud.bsky.social • Contributors from 63 countries • https://linktr.ee/thehooghlyreview
Ally Ang @theoceanisgay.bsky.social poet laureate of the gay nude beach. Let the Moon Wobble (Alice James Books 2025). my pronouns are secret. Seattle. allysonang.com
@saraschansarkar.bsky.social @saraschansarkar.bsky.social Writer: Morsels of Purple (2021), Skin Over Milk (2022) ELJ Micro Prize, Larry Brown Short Story Award, NFFd Micro Prize
Literary Community @literarycommunity.bsky.social Reposting book publication news, great reviews, work in journals, magazines & anthologies, and literary nominations & awards. Also see: @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social https://LiteraryRetweet.com
Writing Community @writingcommunity.bsky.social #WritingCommunity reposts book publication news, great reviews, literary nominations & awards, and new work in journals, magazines & anthologies. Founded & curated by Rod Mannix. Also see: @rodmannix.bsky.social https://literaryretweet.com
Identity Theory @identitytheory.bsky.social Classic online lit mag (founded 2000). Interviews, fiction, CNF, micro, poetry, etc. We may or may not be edited by a corgi. Read us at identitytheory.com.
Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social Mom, educator, poet, @txstmfa grad. She/her. GIRL FILLING THE SKY coming Jan ‘26. Work in SWWIM, Poetry South, Phoebe, Minnesota Review, SweetLit, Thimble, others. http://ciderpressreview.com/product/girl-filling-the-sky/
Paul Thompson @hombrehompson.bsky.social in Sheffield. some flash fiction in moonrabbitcandy, okaydonkeymag, janusliterary, ellipsiszine etc. you might know it from that other place. i would post it here if I knew how to. https://hombrehompson.com/
Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social Poet, writer, editor, lecturer, RLF Advisory Fellow. Latest book - Neither Here Nor There - SurVision. 5 poetry collections and interests in nature, moss, birds, prose poetry and education annecaldwell.net
Anime Ascension @timothydale-13.bsky.social Professional writer/author/anime fanatic Timothy-Dale.com and AnimeAscension.com
Daniel Addercouth @ruralunease.bsky.social Berlin-based Scottish writer. Words in New Flash Fiction Review, Vestal Review, Trampset and elsewhere. Featured in Best Small Fictions 2024. My pen name came to me in a dream. You can find a selection of my writing here: https://linktr.ee/ruralunease
Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social CNF editor Pithead Chapel • Smokelong Fellow • Bath Flash Fiction Winner • Storyknife • Anthology of Rural Stories by Writers of Color • Best Small Fictions • Words in River Teeth Beautiful Things, In Short, NWWQ, Cutleaf, Waxwing, 100 Word Story & more
Heather Emerson @heatheremerson.bsky.social poet, artist, liberal, vegan, activist, atheist, ally, wife, mother, grandmother, author of “Water Unto Light” (Finishing Line Press)
several thousand wrens @athingthatneeds.bsky.social it/its+ | later 20s | transsexual | NSFW 🔞 - writer - flock of birds all selfies will self-destruct after a day or so wives: @werecreature.bsky.social ao3: archiveofourown.org/users/athingthatneeds
Kathryn O’Driscoll (she/her) @poetryod.bsky.social 2021 UK Poetry Slam Champion 🏆 Poet • Editor • Mentor • Event Organiser House of O’Driscoll ✨✌️ 🏳️‍🌈♿️🥄☘️🇮🇪⚔️📝🇬🇧🍉
Jane Alexander @janealexander.bsky.social Author, The Flicker Against the Light, A User's Guide to Make-Believe, The Last Treasure Hunt. https://linktr.ee/janealexander. Teach CW @ UoE. She/her. janealexander@net
Abigail Myers @abigailmyers.bsky.social Always on my way to the ocean. Writer, 2x Jeopardy! champion. My debut short fiction collection,The Last Analog Teenagers: https://www.stanchionzine.com/product-page/the-last-analog-teenagers BSF 2025 Noms: Pushcart x2, BotN x2, Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist
Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social Words in BULL, FlashFlood, Does It Have Pockets, Frazzled Lit, Trash Cat Lit, Urban Pigs Press, Fictive Dream. Genrepunk Awards nominee. Shortlisted for the 2026 Bath Novella-in-Flash Award. She/her. @lmbayley at the other place.
Zary Fekete @zaryfekete.bsky.social Writer and Reader:) My debut novella is out from DarkWinter Lit and my short story collection is from Creative Texts.
Holly Pelesky @hollypelesky.bsky.social feral woman • writer • librarian • bi af • on a constant quest for comfortable silence • tweets as if it’s all ephemeral
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
Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social Writer. Books: A THOUSAND WAYS TO DISAPPEAR (Cornerstone Press, 2028)/THE CLARITY OF HUNGER (Word West Press, 2021). Fiction instructor: Harvard Extension School. MacDowell Fellow ‘23. Email: fabulistpappas@gmail.com www.cherylpappas.net
Gary Dalkin @garydalkin.bsky.social UK editor & writer. I write every month for Writing Magazine. Bournemouth Writing Festival. Organising Chaos. Author Events. Editor-at-large at Cadence Publishing. Lots more, including contact details: www.tothelastword.com
Jim Towns @jimtowns.bsky.social Author/Filmmaker/Podcaster/Artist: Pittsburgh-born, LA native.
Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social Writer in NYC. Former Attorney. EIC Split Lip Magazine. Copper Nickel Editor's Prize | BASS Distinguished Story | Kenyon Review | Ploughshares | Artist-in-Residence @ South 85 Journal | Next up: CHEEKS | http://maureenlangloss.com/
Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social We are a literary blog based out of the Lawrence House Centre for the Arts in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. We publish two themed issues, plus we host the Carmen Ziolkowski Poetry Prize, in honour of Sarnia poet Carmen Ziolkowski
Dave Serrette @daveserrette.bsky.social Elementally destitute storyteller. Writer. Narrator. Mother fucking wizard. Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social Author. Potter. Mom. THE BELOVED WILD (Feiwel & Friends, 2018) & UNLEAVING (Feiwel & Friends, 2019) Rep’d by Faye Bender. melissaostrom.com
Raven Marie 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ Splatterpunk Author. @macabretavern.substack.com Age: 45. Trans. Horror content creator. Writing, reading, watching horror is my passion. Lover of kink and fetishism. They/Them pronouns. Minors not welcomed on my TL. WIP: "Tales from the Macabre Tavern" Stay out of DMs if we've never interacted.
David Lewis @daviddaviddavid.com Horror Writer, Book Lover, Reader for Electric Literature’s The Commuter and Onetime Backup Dancer for Parisian Drag Queens. He/him www.daviddaviddavid.com
Erin Murphy @erinmurphy.bsky.social Poet. Essayist. Editor. Penn State professor. Swimmer. Cat & cava lover. http://www.erin-murphy.com/
tiny wren lit @tinywrenlit.bsky.social tiny wren lit focuses on tiny poems + tiny issues (2-3 times per year). Readers can download each issue in a zine format. Home of the tiny zine. Subs open. Web: https://www.tinywrenlit.com/
Alex Lopez @alexlopezwrites.bsky.social Comedian, Writer, Actor, Big Booty Latina 🎤🗓️
K. T. Landon @ktlandon.bsky.social Poet ("Abide", winner of the Snyder Memorial Prize; work in The Sun, The Southern Review, New Ohio Review, Nimrod, Best New Poets). VCFA grad. Reader at Lily Poetry Review. Relentlessly sincere. She/her. https://linktr.ee/ktlandon
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁: @subruria.com 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿: @iamb.uk / @afterpoetry.com 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿: Reading at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival | Oct 6th: bit.ly/3TvBbRa
Heather Higdon @heatherhigdon.bsky.social Lover of Human Story. ❤️ Literary fiction writer represented by Kat Foxx at The Rights Factory. IG: heatherhigdonwrites
Nicole Reineke @nicreineke.bsky.social Amazon Best Selling Author, top 1% of inventors, maker of things. Currently posting The Penguin Games novel. Full novel copyright Nicole Reineke 2024 All rights reserved. Like what you see? Buy now: https://a.co/d/dlwl7xQ
Little James Baldwin @nnemmanuels.bsky.social I should have won the Nobel Prize in Literature, but I could not stop pressing my phone.
Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social artists' books, concrete poetry, perception, slowness, quietness, circles & lines, grey, Japan, Agnes Martin, moon jars, green tea, bit of a minimalist www.juliejohnstone.com
Porous Collective @porouscollective.bsky.social Experimental musics. Posts by Jaime Rodríguez. 🇵🇷 https://porouscollective1.bandcamp.com/
Shaindel Beers @shaindelr.bsky.social Poet, Professor, Animal Advocate and Rescuer