Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social Home of Northeastern Illinois University’s Creative Writing Minor, The 82 Reading Series, and more!
https://www.neiu.edu/academics/colleges-departments/arts-and-sciences/departments/english/student-groups-and-honor-society/82-writers-reading
Ashley Erwin @littleblondeninja.bsky.social Slamming out Southern Pulp. A Ballad Concerning Black Betty or the Retelling of a Mankiller and Her Machete. Grit, Black, Blood published by @shotgunhoney
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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com Crime Lady. NYT Crime & Mystery columnist. Latest Book: WITHOUT CONSENT. Author, SCOUNDREL, THE REAL LOLITA. Editor, UNSPEAKABLE ACTS and EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN.
http://www.linktr.ee/sarahweinman
Red Ogre Review @ogre.red We're an indie arts press:
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Poetry readings and music:
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Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social Detective novel WAIT THERE TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME (Crescent City Books 2025), stories around the internet and magazines. Working musician, editor for hire.
Quadrupus @quadrupus.bsky.social 
Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social I write. On purpose. Novelist, screenwriter, game dev. Narrative Writer for VOID Interactive. Author of series Savage Rebellion and Sin du Jour. MG novels Bump, Nowhere Special, The Supervillain’s Guide to Being a Fat Kid.
Emma Miller 😁📚🍁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! 📚🍁 https://thedoonies.ca
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MYLES STAFFORD @mylesastafford.bsky.social Author of THE KILLER ANGEL novels. "An epic story of survival, across a continent and over a century." https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074CC5T3C?binding=kindle_edition&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tkin
Roz Ray @writerinworkboots.bsky.social Writing books, building houses, getting rained on in the PNW.
www.rozray.net
Winner of the 2025 Blacklist Unpublished Novel Award for Crime & Mystery
Em. ♡ @emilycatewrites.bsky.social 29. Writer. Vegan. 35% rambling about writing, 65% rambling about my pets — @ me for a free pic. ⚢
J.R. Bale @jrbale.bsky.social Author, Father, Professor, MBA, Photographer, Concerned Human in NJ.
I support fellow writers.
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I do not respond to DMs.
Jack Varnell @jackvarnell.bsky.social #Writer-#Poet, #podcaster, #huckster, #canna #disability advocate by force, #videopoetry evangelist at socialyetdistanced.com/
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David J. Hersher @davidjhersher.bsky.social Reads. Writes. Talks about reading and writing. Ate cookies with David Bowie in Wooster, Ohio. Played the telephone in a Cake cover band. Founding member of treehouselit.org. Arsenal until I don't have Peacock.
Jahfurry / Jeff Newelt @jahfurry.bsky.social "That's It, Be a Little Civic Hellraiser" said Frank Zappa to Jeff Newelt | PR & Social Media for my heroes| Comics Editor, HEEB Mag + Harvey Pekar’s (z”l) CLEVELAND | Reggae ditties w/allstar pals ➡️ bit.ly/JahfurryRubADub
Sarah F. Noel | Author @sarahfnoelauthor.bsky.social Author of the Tabitha and Wolf Historical Mystery Series and The Continental Capers of Melody Chesterton https://sarahfnoel.com
Jared Stearns @jaredstearnssf.bsky.social Biographer | Cinephile | Pop Culture Nerd | https://linktr.ee/jaredstearns | Very, very gay 🌈 | San Francisco-based author of "PURE: The Sexual Revolutions of Marilyn Chambers," out now from Headpress | 🚫 DMs | 💙
Lynn Hesse @lynnhesse-author.bsky.social Award-winning author, PD background, writes gritty and funny stories, and dances. lynnhesse.com
Rich Duncan Jr. @horrorbookshelf.bsky.social Book reviewer and writer. Work in The Horror Tree, FUMPTRUCK, Truborn Press. Co-founder of the Ink Heist podcast with Shane D. Keene. Co-founder of Genre Buzzword. (he/him)
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@tjbuck1963.bsky.social @tjbuck1963.bsky.social Crime novelist. Ninth novel, Mud Lake, out now.
Reasonably sane. Books, music, football(soccer)
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👩🦯✏️Maureen📚🦯 @anythingmaureen.bsky.social Writer, #ActuallyAutistic, legally blind. Former journalist/editor. Dutch. Disability and mental health advocate. ❤️ books, music, crafting. #WritingCommunity
Michael East | True Crime Editor @michaeleastwriter.bsky.social Michael East is a writer and editor focused on crime, power, and the stories that connect them.
Editor: Front Page Detectives.
Additional: Radar & OK Magazine.
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Darkenryde Publishing @darkenryde.bsky.social uoıʇɔıℲ ʞɹɐᗡ
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Gary Kay (empty kettle) @atgeekay.bsky.social Writer // Civil Servant // he/him
Work in Nat Brut // Strange Horizons
Pushcart Nom + BoN Nom
NYC // https://linktr.ee/garykay
Also, I take pictures: https://bsky.app/profile/garyqueens.bsky.social
J. Lincoln Fenn @jlincolnfenn.bsky.social Author of THE NIGHTMARCHERS, POE, and DEAD SOULS which was called 'wickedly entertaining' by the NYT. Owned by the cutest chihuahua on planet Earth. #horror #HWA
Author M. I. Verras @miverr.bsky.social Renowned author, singer, pianist, music composer.
If not me, then no one else. Soon, you will know my name.
THE HIDDEN FACE is the metaphysical mystery book that STUNNED even people who didn't like reading! Get it here:
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Jane_Danielson @bookbabe.bsky.social Indie bookstore owner. Traveler to real and imagined places. #Books #Booksellers #IndieBookstores
Archie @artemwriting.bsky.social UPenn. MBA. Books 📚 Writing ✍️ Art 🎨 Cooking & Gardening 🌱 Photos my own 📸 Married. From California ☀️ Got a Wacko Immune System 😅 Connecting here 🤗 https://substack.com/@archartem
Misty Brown Manning is writing @mistybrown.bsky.social CMA public health, photographer, ghost town tourist, and author of rare books, including PILLARS OF GOMORRAH, DEAD PEOPLE'S THINGS, FAMINE BIRD, A DEEPER WAY ACROSS, and THE WENDY HOUSE. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💙Leader of the Big Wheel Gang #BWG
Josh Boldt @joshaboldt.bsky.social Nature, books, dogs. Writer of mystery & southern gothic | Editor @brownhoundpress.bsky.social.
Lexington, KY.
joshboldt.com
J. Rohr @jackblankhsh.bsky.social Fiction writer and film critic. I also make music in a band called Beerfinger. Chicago Indie Critics.
https://linktr.ee/JRohr?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=a977a926-2813-492c-9f82-17e0017e6e30
Jake Hinkson @jakehinkson.bsky.social Author
Steph Post @stephpostauthor.bsky.social Author, Artist, Chicken Wrangler
@joeclifford23.bsky.social @joeclifford23.bsky.social 
Richard Lange @richlange.bsky.social Writer. Joe Hustle, Rovers, The Smack, Sweet Nothing, Angel Baby, This Wicked World, Dead Boys.
Chris Offutt @chris-offutt.bsky.social Writer. Photographer. Kentuckian. Professor Emeritus.
Ex-dishwasher, curb painter, house painter, mover, truck driver, landscaper, breakfast cook, waiter, store clerk, delivery man, and more. 
Ace Atkins @aceatkins.bsky.social Writer
Eric Beetner @ericbeetner.bsky.social Author, Film/TV editor, Musician, Filmmaker, Father, Husband
Crimespreejon @crimespeejon.bsky.social Reader, watcher, listener, eater.
Nerd.
Published Crimespree Magazine
Milwaukee born and raised.
David Joy @davidjoy.bsky.social Half-assed author of novels. Full-assed wanderer of woods. Born looking lonesome, on’ry, and mean. Also, I fucking cuss a lot.
Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social Writer. Library staffer. I do all my own stunts. "The Contortionist's Handbook" and "Mother Howl" from Datura Books.
Andrew K. Clark ✨ @theandrewkclark.bsky.social Horror Author and Grits Enthusiast-AVL, NC. The Temu Jeffrey Dean Morgan. My latest, HOLLOW FOLK, out 9/29.
andrewkclark.com. HWA member.
Reckon with what needs reckoning.
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
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
Hard Case Crime @hardcasecrime.bsky.social Publishing the finest in pulp fiction for the past 20+ years. www.HardCaseCrime.com
Soho Press @sohopress.bsky.social Independent book publisher of bold literary voices, award-winning international crime fiction, and groundbreaking horror.
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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social Horror writer. Author of DEPRAVED, 68 KILL, etc. Story "Every Dog Has Its Day" in THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: New Tales of Stephen King's THE STAND. New novel MONSTROUS coming from Flame Tree Press in Sept. 2026
https://www.bryansmithauthor.com/
Alison Gaylin @alisongaylin.bsky.social Book writer, Edgar Award winner. She/her. WE ARE WATCHING is out NOW!
Christa Faust @christafaust.bsky.social Writer. Pervert. Menopausal Troublemaker. Bisexual Assassin. She/They.
Erika T Wurth @erikatwurth.bsky.social Erika T. Wurth is the author of WHITE HORSE + THE HAUNTING OF ROOM 904. NYT/GMA | WIU. Find her: Insta Goodreads Amazon TikTok Native Voices Medium. Trident.
Joe R. Lansdale @joerlansdale.bsky.social Sugar on the Bones, a Hap & Leonard novel
Laura Lippman @lauralippman.bsky.social Likable character who specializes in writing unlikeable characters. Thick 'n Creamy since 1925, muting mansplainers since 2010, uncoupled since February 2020. I am too a Merry Sunshine.
K.T. Nguyen @ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social Author of Agatha and Anthony Award-winning psychological thriller You Know What You Did. Dogs, Dems, Mets.
Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social NYT-bestselling author of EL DORADO DRIVE (out June 24, 2025), BEWARE THE WOMAN, THE TURNOUT, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, YOU WILL KNOW ME, THE FEVER, etc. Co-creator/showrunner: DARE ME on Netflix. www.meganabbott.com 
Tad Garish @tadgarish.bsky.social Lawyer, #poet, shipwreck, excitable boy
I follow (back) poets, writers, artists, & other creatives, jokesters, academics, autodidacts, & other lost souls
#TTS friendly
Murder Becomes @murderbecomes.bsky.social Author Jeffrey Eaton's "Murder Becomes" mystery thrillers feature architect/detective Dalton Lee, global conspiracies and spectacular architecture.
https://murderbecomes.com
Sisters in Crime Los Angeles @sistersincrimela.bsky.social We're here to champion women writers and content creators in mystery, thriller and true-crime genres – and their fans. Join us https://www.sistersincrimela.com or subscribe https://sisters-in-crime-los-angeles.mailchimpsites.com/subscribe
Nathan Pensky @nathanpensky.bsky.social Writer. / First-gen CMU Ph.D. adjuncting at Pitt and Duquesne. / Host at Third Person Limited podcast. / Columnist at The Pittsburgh Review of Books. / He/him.
First book, 'Cartesian Theaters, Shakespearean Minds': https://tinyurl.com/2pxhu7cu
Katharine Dow @katharinedow.bsky.social Writer. Editor:
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Chris S. Dixon -Writer @chriswriter.bsky.social Born in England. https://www.amazon.com/stores/C-S-Dixon/author/B00COKZBTE?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Award winning-writer/Author-21-5* ebooks-multi-genres Author-C S Dixon-Editor/Journalist/Teacher
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Matterist Books @matteristbooks.bsky.social Book recs, reviews, and news. Supporting independent booksellers as a Bookshop affiliate. Thanks for helping us help local bookstores. 🙏🏼 #BooksMatter
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A. J. Payler @ajpayler.bsky.social Author/musician A. J. Payler has published 5 novels, 2 short story collections, & 6 albums of original music to date as well as opened for Silkworm & Schizophonics, among others.
Visit ajpayler.com for more.
Rayne Hall, Author & Publisher @raynehall.bsky.social "In a world of AI, bots and fakes, Rayne Hall will always be real."
#NoAi #Writer of non-fiction and #Gothic #fiction. #Publisher of Gothic fiction anthologies. Teacher, coach. Avid #permaculture gardener. Lives in #Bulgaria with #rescuecats.
TomMLittle @tommlittle.bsky.social Writer based in Alabama. Mostly fact, sometimes fiction.
Lilja Sigurðardóttir @liljawriter.bsky.social Award winning Icelandic author of “The Reykjavik Noir Trilogy” and “Arora Investigates” series. New book: BLACK AS DEATH - out now!
https://linktr.ee/liljawriter
Richard @richard491.bsky.social Down with white supremacist capitalist heteropatriarchy. Up with kindness and care. ❤️Chicago House
D.L.Garvin Writes @dlgarvin-writes.bsky.social Horror/ Paranormal writer here. Contributing Author to The Butchered Writers Presents Anthology series. Check out our series at
Www.terrormonthly.com
David Rachels @davidrachels.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Succinct. Four volumes of Gil Brewer stories. Staccato Crime reprint series. Short stories here and there. Professor of English at Newberry College.
Michael Bracken @crimefictionwriter.bsky.social Edgar- and Shamus-nominated, Derringer-winning short story writer. Anthony Award-nominated editor.
ShaneBrown74 @shanebrown74.bsky.social Author of the Norfolk Ghost Stories series of novels, the Ghost Stories for Christmas series, the horror novel Welcome to Marlington, and books on Elvis Presley and Bobby Darin.
A.R. Bender @arambender.bsky.social Multi-genre author with words in: Shotgun Honey, Guilty Crime Mag, Chiron Review, Hidden Peak Press, Bristol Noir, Pulp Modern, Mystery Tribune, Thriller Magazine, Close To The Bone
THE BLACK BOW on https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DD67HTWS and other platforms
Billy Wittenberg @billywitt.bsky.social Father of two ruly teens, writer of thrillers, lover of history podcasts, stubber of toes
https://billywittenberg.com/
John Bovio @johnbovio.bsky.social 
Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social Science- & nature-loving writer, dad, & fitness buff in ATX. ❤️🔥 of a hype man. Happily partnered. Intersectional feminist & LGBTQ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally. ⚽️. (he/him)
Get into using alt text. Get WAY into it.
Av: bearded middle-aged guy
Banner: wall map of world weather
Jen Conley @jenconley45.bsky.social Crime fiction writer. Author of CANNIBALS: Stories from the Edge of the Pine Barrens, SEVEN WAYS TO GET RID OF HARRY, and many short stories.
New Jersey native.
Wayne Fenlon @waynefenlon.bsky.social Author of: WHERE THE MOOD LEADS
THE BLACK CABIN
SCATTERED LITTLE PIECES
http://mybook.to/ScatteredLittlePieces
https://mybook.to/TheBlackCabin
https://mybook.to/Where-the-Mood-Leads
Michael Scott Author @flamelauthor.bsky.social Author of the New York Times' bestselling series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel http://dillonscott.com 
Michael Kaufman @kaufmanwrites.bsky.social Writer--mysteries, YA and non-fiction. Worked in 50 countries engaging men to support women's rights & positively transform men's lives. Latest: "The Male Ally Handbook" & "Moon Storm Rising" (K Quinn) & "The Last Resort" both with climate change themes
MatGost @matgost.bsky.social 🏔️🔥🦉🌲☕️🥧
Author, Dreamweaver. Pushcart, Best of the Net, & Best Microfiction nominee. Twin Peaks Fan. He/him. Latest pubs in links:
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Thomas Dean Donnelly @tddonnelly.bsky.social Thriller author of Year of the Rabbit, and the upcoming Year of the Horse. Hollywood screenwriter for over 25 years (google me). Beach walker extraordinaire. Husband. Father. Owner of guinea pigs, though they seem to think they own me...
Lauri Corkum's MG The Titanic Caper is out on sub! @corkumlauri.bsky.social Writer of MG mysteries and adult thrillers. Lover of earth and stars. Owned by three kids and a hot mess of a german shepherd. Usually at, or dreaming of, the beach. Repped by Terrie Wolf at #AKALiterary. #wolfpack #writingcommunity #writer
Woody Haut @heywoodmike.bsky.social Author: Pulp Culture, Neon Noir, Heartbreak & Vine, Cry For a Nickel Die For a Dime, Days of Smoke, On Dangerous Ground.
Crowley Barns 🇮🇨📚🖤 @crowleybarns.bsky.social Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror Writer of books including “DADDY”, “Crave”, “Kink”, Vacationers, and “GIRL”. Newest books: "DADDY" and now "GIRL" (https://mybook.to/CrowleyBarnsDaddy) #SplatterPunk #ExtremeHorror- L @lpring.bsky.social @lpring.bsky.social Writing. Teaching. Husbanding. Once hid behind the sofa during an episode of The Incredible Hulk.
The Scifi and Fantasy Reviewer @skinny87.bsky.social Book Blogger focusing on #sciencefiction #fantasy and #horror fiction at my blog (link below) and #alternatehistory at the Sea Lion Press blog
Socialist He/Him
Janis Thornton @janisthornton.bsky.social Hoosier author of history, mystery, and true crime.
http://www.janis-thornton.com
Doc Varga @docvarga.bsky.social AKA Literary represented writer and business owner living in Philadelphia. Author of all things creepy and speculative. #writerslife #writingcommunity #author
Trish MacEnulty @tmacwriter.bsky.social Writer of historical fiction, literary fiction, scripts, reviews, & memoir. Occasional blogger. Servant to one dog and one cat. 
lia ☁️ is querying @brantleywrites.bsky.social mom to four cats | querying LAOC | writing MHOS (under pinned)
she/her, 31, audhd
https://brantley.carrd.co/
Bryan J Mason - Crime Writer @bryanjmason.bsky.social Black comedy crime writer. An Old Tin Can is the first in a new series set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. I also write regular theatre reviews. Member of Crime Writers Association www.bryanjmason.com #crime #author #books
James Maxwell 🔪 Witching Metal Productions @witchingmetal66.bsky.social Writer of scumbags, con artists, and all manner of morons |
Creator of A WAR OF A MADMAN'S MAKING |
Editor of Pistol Jim Press: https://pistoljimpress.substack.com/ |
He/Him
Alessandra Ranelli @alessandraranelli.bsky.social Crime Writer. American in Vienna. Woman in the Red Dress.
Debut MURDER AT THE HOTEL ORIENT is out 2/26.
Rep: Harry Illingworth/DHH 🏳️🌈
Adam @altamont498.xyz He/Him | Been known to write stuff on occasion | Occasional reader of DC Comics | Terrible detective | "An annoying force for good." | All thoughts my own.
Dan Thompson @mrdanthompson.bsky.social Writer of fiction, creative non-fiction and stories for the media.📚🖥️📰 ✍🏻
Creative Writing Alumni University of Cambridge.
Interested in writing of all kinds including for the screen, stage, prose, poetry and VSS.
Literary Heist @literaryheist.bsky.social Taking back the arts!
http://www.literaryheist.com/
#WritingCommunity
Raymond J. Brash @rjbrash.bsky.social 🇹🇹🇺🇲 ✍️📖
Crime/Spec/Lit
Stories published at BULL, Rock and a Hard Place, Shotgun Honey, and others
Raymondjbrash.work