Deb Merriam @debmerriam.bsky.social DebMerriam on all other SM. Ex-academic bluenoser in Treaty 6, past chair of the Local Good (YEG), fibre artist, solarpunk, earth-centred inclusive beliefs. She/they,🏳️⚧️parent, mom friend, trying to make a difference.
Dark Talk @dark-talk.uk The official BlueSky account for the Dark Talk podcast.
• https://dark-talk.uk
• https://patreon.com/DarkTalkPod
R. Morrisey @insteadofwriting.bsky.social Spec-fic writer... except when I'm not writing. Gets easily distracted by space/nature porn, politics, any interesting story, fantasy novels, AI hatred, dogs... was that a squirrel?
Anyhoo, I should probably be writing right now. 
Melissa Brooks @melissa-brooks.bsky.social A memoir writer, writing about my experiences and childhood as a form of personal therapy.
Tyche Books 🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social A Canadian small-press specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and related non-fiction. www.tychebooks.com Calgary, AB She/Her
Matthew King @matthewkingart.bsky.social Artist & Author of Don't get Blood in my House books2read.com/matthewking
Likes Character Design, Gamedev, 90’s, Cooking, Sharpies, Beetles, Raccoons, Wrestling, The FGC, Baki, Capcom, Boardgames, DDR
Andrea Lukatela @andrealukatela.bsky.social Writer. Seeking a domain specific heuristic for the universe. 
Merrilee Robson @merrileerobson.bsky.social Writer of mysteries. Servant to cats. Canadian.
www.merrileerobson.ca
Pencil on Paper @poppubcreative.bsky.social Bringing independent creative work to life.
Frank's Haunted Book Society on Substack and YouTube
Frank is in charge, but all responses are by @shanekroetsch.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/pencilonpaper
Lethe Press @lethepress.bsky.social Since 2001, Lethe Press has been publishing acclaimed queer and weird books. Our titles have won numerous Lambda Literary Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Mary Lynn Kotz Art-in-Literature Award. 
@combatradio.bsky.social @combatradio.bsky.social Survived Warner Bros Studios/Now Exec Director of Combat Radio/Brigade-Radio-One based at NBC/Universal Studios. MMA practitioner. Terrorist attack survivor. Monk. https://linktr.ee/ethandettenmaier
Michael Everon @mikhaeleveron.bsky.social Author | Game-maker | Fate-hacker
Debut novel: The Eternal Games
Don’t play by the rules. Rewrite them.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPBGKCJK
Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social Queen of Swords Press is a small press publisher of stories from out of this world. Queer AF. Catherine Lundoff, publisher. Minneapolis, MN. https://www.queenofswordspress.com
Occult Detective Bob Freeman @occultdetective.bsky.social Occult Detective
Ash @thatzashie.bsky.social Swords and Sorcery Lover| Collector of pulps| Cats | occasional writing workshop assistant she/her
SelfPubShelf | Your Book’s Escape from Algorithm Jail @selfpubshelf.com Tired of shouting into Amazon’s void? SelfPubShelf.com is the indie author’s rebellion against invisibility.
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Horror Underground Film Festival @horrorfilmfestival.bsky.social Various options to submit to the Festival. A HYBRID model. Cinema screenings for audience feedback video.Blog and podcast interviews. And bonus Virtual screening (optional!).
https://filmfreeway.com/horrorunderground
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Alberto Pupo @authoralbertopupo.bsky.social I am an independent fantasy author https://albertopupo.wixsite.com/alberto-pupo-author
James Downe @james-downe-author.bsky.social James is a fantasy writer and graphic designer in Toronto, Ontario. 🇨🇦 He is the author of the Sisters of Jade Trilogy ('Sisters of Jade', 'Sorrow & Shroud', 'The Gorgon Court'), and the short story collection 'Salt & Cinder'.
www.jamesdowne.com
Sword and Sorcery Books @swordandsorcery.bsky.social Lover of S&S, heroic fantasy and fantasy books. Conan the Barbarian, Elric of Melniboné, Imaro, Geralt of Rivia, Wulfric the Wanderer, Wrathgar, and more. Pronouns: Sword/Sorcery
Daniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social Daniel Rolph grew up in the UK foster care system, experiencing firsthand the challenges that come with it. Now, he's channelling those experiences into his debut novel, Shattered Paths
Buy Now: https://geni.us/OEi75Gh
Caroline Shea @therealcshea.bsky.social She/her. Freelance writer and editor living in New York. Author of Lambflesh (Kelsay Books, 2019). Open to editorial clients now: https://caroline-fitzgerald-shea.squarespace.com/editorial-consultations
Jason Ahlquist @jasonahlquist.bsky.social https://jasonahlquist.com/
I make comics and short films.
I love signal boosting moots’ projects when they wow me.
Writing & Drawing “The Invisible Sun”, a sci-fi graphic novel.
He/Him #PNW, #indiefilm, #indiecomics, #antifascist
Andy Fix @ajfixer.bsky.social Storyteller, gamer, reader, music lover, retired 🏈 player, wrestling fan, dad, all-around geek.
“If your tastes run nerd, I highly recommend you get your fix from this gentleman.” -drkx
Cohost of the White Rocket Babylon 5 & Sci Fi Review podcast.
Jay Requard @jayrequard.bsky.social Award-Winning Fantasy Author and other things. I write novels about valiant heroes, radical hope, and badass dragons. YouTuber: Where No Bubs Has Gone Before. Soon: Jadzia's Closet. https://linktr.ee/JayRequard
Ken Brydon @prison-stories.bsky.social Award-winning writer. 39 years incarcerated, 23 at San Quentin. PEN America recognized. Published by Joyce Carol Oates. I write about prison, redemption, loss, humor & hope—and the humanity found where most people never look.
Valhallions Games @valhallions.bsky.social We play, write & create games and stories. We hope you enjoy our creations!
https://valhallions.com/
https://valhallions.itch.io/
David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com Nightmares for sale. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Sunburst winner; Giller Prize, Amazon, Aurora & Shirley Jackson nominee. The Stone Garden. The Butcher’s Daughter. RED X. The Bone Mother. Gay/Queer. Cis. Old. No AI. https://daviddemchuk.com
Flex Fish Games @flexfishgames.bsky.social Artist Matthew king and programmer Rami Bukhari, teaming up to develop nostalgic hand-drawn 2D games.
YYCJustin @yycjustin.bsky.social Writer, Artist, Volunteer, Teacher, life long resident of Forest Lawn and Treaty 7.
DFTBA
AFC Wimbledon ⚽
Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-novel-festival-contests/
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
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Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
@prairiesoulpress.bsky.social @prairiesoulpress.bsky.social 
L. D. Rex is Querying @ldrexauthor.bsky.social Mom, wife, Canadian, artist, and author of 3 books: adult suspense/thriller, adult paranormal horror, and boys' contemporary middle grade. Looking for a literary agent. 
James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social Classics by day; sword-and-sorcery by night. The other way 'round sometimes.
https://jamesenge.com
Re my icon: the fingers holding the glass eyeball are a detail from an illustration by the thrice-greatest Chuck Lukacs.
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Michael K. Falciani @michaelkfalciani.bsky.social Epic fantasy author | Steampunk Dwarves | Fantasy Romance | 3x Imajinn award winner | High Aces Author of the Year 2024 | Avid reader | Educator | Hiker | Lover of irony and Cricket |
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09717GFMQ
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Will E 124C 41+ @willekysff.bsky.social Nonprofit bookseller and all around bookman. Library advocate. Cats, science fiction, country music, etc. Views my own. Young Quaker/old socialist.
Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com Pop culture scholar of peplum, Italian films, industrial music, horror studies, and other odd subjects. Tiki and cocktails, mid-century and pinups. Co-host of H.P. Lovecast Podcast. He/Him. nickdiak.com. Glendale, AZ.
Andy T. Hanson @andythanson.bsky.social Sci-fi, fantasy and general fiction author, screenwriter, playwright and performer. Proud father, husband, secular humanist and Army veteran.
andythanson.com
William Meikle @williammeikle.com Wee sweary Scottish writer, living in Canada, with 30+ novels and 300+ short stories in genre presses over the past 30+ years. Mostly at williammeikle.com ... mostly.
Resston @resston.bsky.social Brazilian photographer living in São Paulo.
Portfolio: bit.ly/3pz9cRK (look and download) or buy high-resolution, watermark-free photos directly from me at better prices via PIX or PayPal. Send me a message.
Instagram : @resston X : @RobResstonFo
Matt Castleman @spacescoundrel.bsky.social Freelance Imagination
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Kevin Beckett @kevinbeckett.bsky.social In a city sometimes colder than Mars. I once wrote stories at Cliffhanger Magazine, Water Dragon Press, Bronze Knuckles Magazine and Swords & Sorcery and the anthology Necro Sapiens. Let's say I am a former author for now.
Gilead @gileadart.bsky.social I draw and paint Sword & Sorcery illustrations and signs and animals and birds and nudes and stuff.
Here's my Linktree https://linktr.ee/gileadartist
ProudDaddy @xandland.bsky.social Love me lots of things. Hard to pin down.
RageMachineBooks @ragemachinebooks.bsky.social Publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery and Horror
Sam Richard @sammytotep.bsky.social Widower | Owner Weirdpunk Books | Author | Wonderland & Lit Nasties Award-Winner | BNW & Splatterpunk Award-Nominee | Anarchist | Aging Punk | Bi | He/Him | 'Saddest Man in Indie Horror' | Void Collective | Zinester | MPLS
https://linktr.ee/weirdpunkbooks
@kimdianan55.bsky.social @kimdianan55.bsky.social 
Tyro, ft Ricky @tyrowo.com Cat poster. Self-taught professional software developer, exF2P MTG Arena Challenger, ex wr holder speedrunning HotD2_100%, ex streamer, ex melee player.
Grilling, coding, gaming, magic: the gathering, other tcgs, and my kitty, Ricky 😻
30, he/him
@angierosejack.bsky.social @angierosejack.bsky.social 
Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social Horror author, Pagan, introvert, nerd, Star Trek fan, and slave to two cats.... (he/him) BFS/OBOD/Mensa/Egypt Exploration Society (UK)
Dan Hanks @danhanks.bsky.social Editor. Author of THE WAY UP IS DEATH (Jan 2025), SWASHBUCKLERS and CAPTAIN MOXLEY & THE EMBERS OF THE EMPIRE. Vegan. He/him.
Lee Kvern @leekvern.bsky.social Writer/Artist
The PRFAQ book @theprfaq.bsky.social The PRFAQ Framework is a book by @calbucci.com that adapts Amazon Working Backwards 6-pager framework to work for everyone. Read the book and download free resources on www.theprfaq.com. 
Lareina Abbott writer @boneblackstories.bsky.social Métis spec fiction + creative non-fiction writer - WGA 2023 Howard O’Hagan Short Story Award - Audible Indigenous Writers Circle - Editor On Spec mag. 2x Kemosa Scholarship 1st place. Loves dad jokes.
linktr.ee/boneblackstories
Andrew Buckley @abuckleyauthor.bsky.social 📚 Author of rather silly speculative fiction • 🎙️ Podcaster • 🗣️ Speaker • 📝 Writer • 🇨🇦 Based in BC's Okanagan Valley • Rep: Nikki Terpilowski at Holloway Literary
Finnian Burnett @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social Cat person, writer, presenter, Star Trek fan. THE PRICE OF COOKIES, REDSHIRTS SOMETIMES SURVIVE flash fiction collections. Queer AF. Definitely not cool. They/them/tired. #flashfiction finnburnett.com
Marc Ruvolo @marcruvolo.bsky.social Writer of weird horror living in Portland, OR. Maximum Queercore. Founded Chicago's Bucket O' Blood Books. NOVELLAS: SLOE (Unnerving Books), PIETIES (Slashic Horror Press). WASTE GROUND (Slashic Horror Press). He/him. AI=BLOCK.
Shane Kroetsch @shanekroetsch.bsky.social Dark stories. Spooky vibes. Creative life. 🇨🇦
@poppubcreative.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/shanekroetsch
Marcelo Calbucci @calbucci.com Founder of @seattleflow.org Author of "The PRFAQ Framework" (www.theprfaq.com). 18yrs of startups. MSFT, Amazon. Runner. Cook. Geek.
Tech, software, AI/ML, UX, product, innovation, startups, leadership.
📍 Seattle
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https://calbucci.com/link
Swords & Sorcery Magazine @curtissandsm.bsky.social Free e-zine of Sword & Sorcery and other pre-modern fantasy. Also pictured, Curtis, editor of same.
Joshua Palmatier/Zombies Need Brains @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social Joshua Palmatier is an epic fantasy writer and the founder of the small press Zombies Need Brains. ZNB does NOT use AI imagery in its covers and does NOT accept AI-generated stories. Visit the store: https://zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site
Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social Weird/Horror Fiction Author & Editor Gevera Bert Piedmont (she/her)
Neurodivergent Cyborg Swamp Witch
Fictionary Certified StoryCoach Developmental Editor
Member: HWA-NE. NEHW. CAPA.
~HORROR TEACHES US TO FIGHT MONSTERS~
https://linktr.ee/bybertabird
Edward McKeown @edwriter.bsky.social Science-fiction and Fantasy writer and editor. Known for the Maauro Chronicles and the Fenaday/Rainhell cycle. Writes the urban fantasy series Knight in Charlotte and editor of the Sha'Daa anthology series.
Jason Ray Carney😎📚☕️ @jrcarney52.bsky.social Ph.D., English, Writer, Academic, Vegan, Progressive. Christopher Newport U. https://spiraltower.blogspot.com/ Nerdery: zines, Warhammer, D&D, pulp, comics, anime, the Gothic. Cats: Goblin, Worm, and Pax. Labeled a contrarian (I disagree). Opinions mine.
The Hauntologist @thehauntologist.bsky.social Researcher, Writer, Editor, Educator on horror, the Weird, and related areas. Editor of the journal MONSTRUM. Faculty member of the English Department at Dawson College, Montréal. https://www.thehauntologist.com/, https://www.monstrum-society.ca/.
David Gaffney @ggaffa.bsky.social Writer, Arts Council manager, musician. Concrete Fields (Salt 2023) Out Of The Dark (Confingo 2021) graphic novel Rivers (Top Shelf 2021) www.davidgaffney.org
jcblaineartist @jcblaineartist.bsky.social Artist, illustrator, book seller.
I tell stories, translating ideas into images.
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