Ape House Magazine @apehousemagazine.bsky.social poetry magazine. stripped down bare bones lo fi. curated by @hubbsd.bsky.social
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SoFloPoJo @soflopojo.bsky.social #poetry #flash Literary Arts Journal
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Jim Loughran @jiminwalkinstown.bsky.social My new novel, 'Syracuse Will Burn' is out now on Amazon. “An exceptional novel—thought-provoking and emotionally resonant—and one that lingers long after the final page has been turned."
John Dredge @johndredge.bsky.social Poet and humorist.
Tim Hardie @timhardieauthor.bsky.social Author & Editor | Agent John Jarrold | SPFBO Finalist & BBNYA Semi-Finalist | Read The Silent Division first @ www.patreon.com/TimHardieAuthor
ET Charles @etcharles.bsky.social Read, write, sketch. Writer, librarian.
Honored to have The Dirigible Balloon publish my poems.
#SCBWI #kidlit #MG https://bethsbiblio.blogspot.com/ 
Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Welsh poetry press based in Swansea with a focus on imagist poetry. Edited by Matthew M C Smith
Hugh Lessig @hlessig.bsky.social Debut novel, "Fadeaway Joe," out from Crooked Lane Books. Short stories in Dark Yonder, Down & Out anthologies, Shotgun Honey and Thuglit. Old newspaper reporter. Loves dogs, coffee, comics, a good IPA. . www.hughlessig.com.
Jory Lane @jory-lane.bsky.social "The Herbalist's Sanctuary" on Amazon.
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Leonora Meriel @leonorameriel.bsky.social Writer of literary, contemporary, speculative & historical fiction
Gail Anderson-Dargatz @anderson-dargatz.bsky.social Canadian. Mentor. Editor. Author of The Cure for Death by Lightning, The Almost Wife, The Almost Widow and many other books. Her latest novel, The Atlas Keeper, hits the shelves Aug. 26, 2026. Visit Gail at https://linktr.ee/Gail_AndersonDargatz
Peter C. Bradbury @petercbradbury.bsky.social Dark thriller and murder mystery author, retired English Butler, now living in Northern California. Trump Hater. Writes twisted, noir crime fiction. Widower. Loves footie (soccer) Pro-choice. Anti-guns. Animal rights. Follows back, but no DMs.
Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social Rough Diamond is an online and in print poetry journal. roughdiamondpoems@gmail.com
EIC - Charlotte Cosgrove
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Mark Olynyk @markolynykpoet.bsky.social "Stones of Time" invites you on a thrilling quest through the boundless expanse of imagination! http://bit.ly/3SZKjx9
Tamara (Rhymes With Camera) Sellman @rhymeswithcamera.bsky.social ℕ𝕠 𝔻𝕄𝕤 • ℕ𝕠 𝔸𝕀
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Kate Axeford @kateaxeford.bsky.social Flashy writer/ social worker/ gig goer and ditherer. Lives in Brighton. Loves the sea.
Lynette Creswell, Author @lynettecreswell.bsky.social ✍️ Multi-Genre Author Represented by Terrie Wolf of AKA Literary Management
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@bsherm36.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social Author of HOW TO GET THERE FROM HERE (Ad Hoc). Stories @Smokelong, Flash Frog, Gone Lawn, Bending Genres. Subs editor @Smokelong. BMF 2024, 2026. BSF 2025. Noms: Pushcart, BOTN. Author of five mystery novels. PhD from CUNY Grad Center.
Rasheed Newson @rasheed.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Bestselling Author of MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME and THERE’S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD
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Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social Writer. THE BULLY IN MY PILLOW (Stanchion Books, August 2026).
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Best Microfiction 2026.
Hosts literary open-mics @saloneurope.bsky.social
www.kiklodge.com
Emily Hall @emhall47.bsky.social Writer and Literary Critic. Work in Gooseberry Pie Lit, Passages North, The Disappointed Housewife, 100 Word Story, Bending Genres, and FlashFlood.
Contemporary Anglophone Lit PhD.
https://linktr.ee/emhall47
Caitlin McKenna @caitlindmckenna.bsky.social I'm a science fiction writer whose passion for the genre stretches back to my elementary school's Scholastic book fairs. I have chronicled the faraway worlds and strange beings of my imagination ever since.
Visit my website at caitlindemarismckenna.com!
Abigail Williams @abbywilliams.bsky.social Writer of short stories, flash and other stuff. SL Bridport. Winner Molotov Cocktail, Flash500, CrankedAnvil, Exeter Writers Short Story. 3rd BFFA, 3rd Oxford Flash, SL Wells, Frome, UnchartedMag. Pushcart Nom.
waterford rhyme @waterfordrhyme.bsky.social Promoting the waterford: a single verse quatrain, with an ABBA rhyming scheme and 8, 4, 4, 8 syllable count. Described as the Irish haiku, the waterford is a poetic expression of positivity. See waterfordrhyme.com - 2026 competition closed. Stay poetic!
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JR Tomlin (she/her) @jrtomlin.bsky.social Historical Fiction author writing about the medieval period. I love Scotland and its fight for independence. Also hiking, gardening, and my Westie. (I do not accept messages in Chat) You can join my mailing list and receive a free novel at @jrtomlin.com.
Jason M Thornberry @jason-m-thornberry.bsky.social THE FINISH LINE (Sand and Gravel Press) • Blood Type: Curry • Leeds United • Anti-AI
#LUFC
jmthornberry.wordpress.com
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Hugh Behm-Steinberg @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social Writer
DB Rook.bsky.social @dbrook.bsky.social Author of Callus & Crow,
Reviewer for Fanfiaddict.com
Beardsman of the Bookpocalypse
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Deb Morgan Author @morgan-writer.bsky.social
I am an Author of three books, my third and full length intimate memoir is out. I write Non-Fiction. I advocate for Fibromyalgia & Chronic as well as, Advocating for opiate & alcohol addiction.I have 31 years clean and sober. One day at a time.
D. Ruefman @writingwithruefman.bsky.social Writer of poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction. Emerging author of dark fantasy and horror. Professor of Rhetoric & Composition. For more details visit https://www.danielruefman.com/
M.H.Urban - Horror Author @mhurban.bsky.social Just another indie author trying to come out of her hard drive. Horror, psychological thriller, dark fantasy... I like them like my coffee: strong and black. No AI, all my mistakes are human-made.
mhurban.com
Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social Writer of fiction, true crime and pop culture. Out now: My crime novel SEVEN ANGELS, winner 2021 Hugh Holton Award for Best Unpublished Novel from MWA-Midwest. Previous: THAT OCTOBER. Member MWA, SinC. keithroysdon dot com
Mike the Writer Guy @wordsmith66.bsky.social Mike Bowerbank: I'm Canadian, a speaker, and an author of mysteries, rom-coms, thrillers, and a biography. I have no interest in promos, paid reviews, or OnlyFans. Still with me? Then please say hello!
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Liv Abegglen @livabegglen.bsky.social Writer | Madison WI | AI can tear the em dash from my cold dead hands
https://livabegglen.carrd.co/
Sylvia Kay Rose Author 🍁 @sylvia-rose-books.bsky.social Canadian author of German heritage, art & book lover, writing sci-fi horror comedy & German mythology. Horror Writers Association member. I battle squirrels for control of my garden & love scary old movies! Reciprocal RPs writers, art, music, film, stage.
James O'Rell - Author (Blade's Edge Media) @bladesedgemedia.bsky.social Author of the book Unvarnished. Provides insights on numerous nerdy universes!
Unvarnished is found here:
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Troy Preston Dillon @troyprestondillon.bsky.social The official page of Troy Preston Dillon, author of fantasy and young adult/coming-of-age stories (often a fusion of both!)
https://sites.google.com/view/troyprestondillon/home
John Kenny @johnkenny13.bsky.social Poetry: New Irish Writing, Live Encounters, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, The Madrid Review, Flare, The High Window, Poem Alone, Poems for Protest, Smashing Times, StepAway Magazine.
Fiction: The Galway Review, Revival, Emerald Eye, Albedo One.
Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social ☘️ Irish community worker, writer
& teacher living in London with work selected for the Wigleaf Top 50, Best of the Net & Best Small Fictions, now researching the impact of story on social change & can be found @ http://52quotes.blogspot.com
Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, filmmaker, and solver of problems (usually my own, I’ll admit). Always happy to talk story with story-talkers. Always welcoming to under-represented voices, trans voices, etc.
If I ran for office, my “party” would be Starfleet.
Mystery Tomes @mysterytomes.bsky.social I cannot live without brain-work. What else is there to live for?
#Mystery #CrimeFiction #Thriller
Twitter: Mystery_Tomes
Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social Writer for page and screen, guru of short stories, editor of www.fictionontheweb.co.uk. Rumoured to have killed wife with Scrabble and married self. He/him.
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
Ryan Dennis @penofryandennis.bsky.social Editor of @themilkhouse.bsky.social, author of novel The Beasts They Turned Away and memoir Barn Gothic from @IslandPress.bsky.social.
Piglet @piglet2007.bsky.social I write. I have opinions.
Dezezusvan.wordpress.com
Draft2digital publisher.
Hannah Linden @hannahl1n.bsky.social Poet Devon, UK
1st Cafe Writers Poetry Competition 2021, 2nd Leeds Peace Poetry Prize 2024, H Comm. Wales Poetry Award 2021. Shortlisted Best Poetry Pamphlet Saboteur Awards 2023 https://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/the-beautiful-open-sky.html 
Frank Morelli @frankmorelli.bsky.social author • gardener • hockey goon
Author of middle grade and young adult literature - Breaking News (Fitzroy Books), No Sad Songs & On the Way to Birdland (FOW Books)
Rik @rikohare.com UK Sci-fi author. DMs are closed - sorry.
📚 Judgement out April 15th, 2026.
🌐 www.rikohare.com
Jeremy 🪐📚 @jeremyiswriting.bsky.social Fantasy and sci-fi writer; father of cats & humans; TTRPGer; dilettante.
Certified free range; AI free
Author of "Twin Rivers," a cyberpunk theocracy novel, available at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G5D9QZRP
More: https://substack.com/@jisbender
The Real David Rogers @davidrogersbooks.bsky.social davidrogersbooks.wordpress.com. Writer. Poet. Reader. Cat person. "I bought some dehydrated water . . . I don't know what to add." --Steven Wright.
June Caldwell @junec.bsky.social Writing Place Writing Planet, UCD / iCRAG 2026 | Lamplight Fellowship 2025 | Literature Bursary Award 2025 | Moth Short Story Prize 2024 | 'Somebody' expo MoLi 2020-2021 | Room Little Darker 2018/17 | https://www.airbnb.ie/h/pinkhousedublin
The Nod/Wells Timelines @thenwt.bsky.social News and information about The Nod/Wells Timelines speculative-fiction literary universe. This account also boosts posts selected by the author of The Timelines, @michaelshotter.com.
R M Davenport @realrmdavenport.bsky.social A Comorbid Creative. R. M Davenport examines challenges through art, writing and neurodivergent humor.
Özge Lena @lenaozge.bsky.social Internationally published poet | Oxford Climate Society | Catapoetics | Catastrocene | LENORA
www.ozgelena.com & www.lenoralatin.org
Melodycrickett @melodycrickett.bsky.social I'm looking for good literature. louiseblackwick.bio.link www.vivianamberville.com. www.louiseblackwick.com www.creascriptum.com
Deanpb_author @deanpb-author.bsky.social I’ve published three YA fantasy books. I talk about writing and cars. #WritingCommunity. Unless we’ve been talking, do not DM or pitch services. If you only post politics, I won’t follow back
Stacey Gordon @staceygordonauthor.bsky.social Author of book club fiction and mysteries, empty nester, dog mom, East Bay Area, recovering Midwesterner
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
Mary Osei-Oppong @maryoseioppong.bsky.social Mother Teacher Published Author Human Right Advocate Diversity in The Teaching Profession Advocate Community Curator - Curating Discomfort (Hunterian Museum University of Glasgow) Citizen of the World Views Expressed Are My Own.
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R.C.Mulhare - Author of Wonders & Weirdness @rcmulhare77.bsky.social Author of weird & wondrous fiction (horror, fantasy, & science fiction) moonlighting in grocery retail. https://linktr.ee/rcmulhare | Self-described angry but practicing Catholic | Self-described oddball | No King but Jesus and Him Crucified
Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social Writer. Novelist. Very bad at social media.
amylilwall.co.uk
mgcobbett.bsky.social @mgcobbett.bsky.social Published Author at Luna Eden Publishing @lunaedenpublishing.bsky.social
John McKay @authorjrmckay.bsky.social Award winning author and freelance researcher. Ex-RAF and UK Fire Service. Latest book, Codename Greyman out now. Book reviewers and bloggers please DM. Website: http://johnrmckay.com
Mark Ellis @markell1953.bsky.social Welsh author of the popular #FrankMerlin #WW2 London detective series. Latest book #DeathOfAnOfficer judged best crime fiction 2025 at London Crime Festival
Matthew Zanoni Müller @matthewzmuller.bsky.social Writer, educator. First Aid for Choking Victims (Malarkey books). Writing in Denver Quarterly, Cottonwood, Southeast Review, and others.
www.matthewzanonimuller.com
Grahame Peace @grahamepeaceauthor.bsky.social UK Author of 23 cozy paranormal historical mysteries & fashion fiction.🕵️♂️ Home of the #JocastaBradman series. Amusing, ghostly tales without the gore!📚 Find my books on Amazon & videos on YouTube.👇 Explore my work below and at www.grahamepeaceauthor.com
Áine Greaney, author @ainegreaney.bsky.social Irish writer in Boston area. Words: New York Times, Boston Globe, Books Ireland, Best American Essays, et al. 5th book, "Trespassers" available now. Free wellness and writing resources + workshop list (and my 5 books!) at https://linktr.ee/ainegreaney
AppleGidleyAuthor @applegidleyauthor.bsky.social Award-winning Novelist (7 books), global nomad currently living in England. Miss the tropics!
@HistNovSoc.bsky.social @RomanticNovelists.bsky.social @Societyofauthors.bsky.social Published @VineLeavesPress.bsky.social
Leilani Mannix @leilanimannix.bsky.social Shining a spotlight on some of the most talented #photographers around the world by reposting their incredibly beautiful #photos. #LandscapePhotography
Marcus Wilson @marcusbwilson.bsky.social Poet | Pathfinder
www.marcusbwilson.com
phi!ip james shaw @lateration.bsky.social Reflections of loneliness in peculiar manners: www.philipjamesshaw.com
Published with mchgx.com
Karen Crawford @karenc.bsky.social Exorcising demons one word at a time.
🇵🇷 ✍🏽 BestMicrofiction 2025, PushcartNoms, BOTN Nom, Longlists, Wigleaf Top 50
NYC → LA
Keith Pyeatt @pyeatt.bsky.social Dog person, introvert, and novel writer. I write psychological thrillers with a paranormal edge and a lot of heart. Try one. KeithPyeatt.com
J. C. Jones @thejcjones.bsky.social Author of the best selling Louisa Moss detective series.
Ex-nightclub boss and, due to carelessness, owner of only half a lung.
Poems and Limericks daily.
Based in Hereford, UK.
Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social Books: Our Lives in Pieces (2025) and Not Finished Yet (2026)
Words in Stanchion, Pithead Chapel, Cleaver, Fictive Dream, BULL, Hippocampus
2X Pushcart nominee, BOTN, Best Microfiction and LL Wigleaf Top 50
Retired educator and playwright
John Turiano @jturiano-author.bsky.social Author|Book Blogger
Sci-fi and thrillers. Book your adventure today. 👇 https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08413YRF5/allbooks
#camping, #hiking, #books, #bookreviews, and oh yeah, #writing.
https://jturiano.com/author.htm
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social Author of ‘Sing me down from the dark’ (SALT; 2022).
Worked in higher ed. in U.K. and Japan. Poems in P.N. Review, The North, MAGMA, Poetry Wales, The Interpreter’s House & The Madrid Review.
Lover of Things Japanese and proud mother of teenager.
Mark Allan Gunnells @markallangunnells.bsky.social Storyteller
Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Writer
Poetry: Debut collection due Spring ‘27
(Broken Sleep Books)
Forward Prize/BOTN nominee
100+ poems in Agenda, Stand, Poetry Salzburg, Chiron Review, IS&T etc & on BBC
Charles Causley & Bridport shortlists
Prose: Orwell Prize/Bridport Novel longlists
Joseph Radke @josephradke.com Re-emerging poet. None of my e's are silent!
Poems in Copper Nickel, Bellevue Literary Review, Boulevard & Southeast Review (forthcoming)
📖 my work ⤵
www.josephradke.com
Elizabeth Schechter @easchechter.bsky.social Romance Writer. Mom. Unscrewer of the inscrutable.
President of The Lord Ruthven Assembly
www.elizabethschechterwrites.com/
Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social 
M.D. Neu @authormdneu.bsky.social Award-winning gay author who writes epic Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Paranormal stories that reflect our diverse community. 🏳️🌈💙📚👀📢📚 🌈👬 📚
Find me at: www.mdneu.com
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2U3Kx65
#ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Paranormal
Richard W. Bown is 📝 editing @bownie.bsky.social Writer, engineer. "Human Software" is where data centres meet communities in coastal England. "One More Island" is coming in '27. Brit in NL. https://richardwbown.com
Dan Brotzel @danbrotzel.bsky.social Funny-sad author | Order Thank You The Days at https://amzn.to/40yOfXr | The Wolf in the Woods | www.danielbrotzel.medium 
Ann Graham @ann-graham.bsky.social Reader, writer of short stories and poems.
I comment on short stories at http://www.ann-graham.com/
Lorraine Carey @lalawriter71.bsky.social Indie Writer, Ghost Writer, Retired Teacher, Empath and Tree Hugger living my best life in Florida.
Matthew McGuirk @mcguirkmatthew.bsky.social Author of 2 short story+poetry books on Amazon. Pitching a novel, polishing a 2nd+always writing!
Amazon Author Page: amazon.com/stores/Matthew-McGuirk/author/B09NBBCDBB?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
The Hollow Man Book @thehollowmanbook.bsky.social The original Hollow Man. He’s no hero. No special skills, no grand plan—just a guy fighting to survive in a world where terrorism is rewriting the rules. Can he stop the impending disaster, or will he become another casualty in the chaos?
Loose Ends | Bestseller | 4th Book by @hollowmanseries @hmseries-looseends.bsky.social The 4th in @hollowmanseries — Loose Ends drops you into 1975 Monte Carlo, where betrayal, black ops, and cold-blooded agendas collide. A Euro-noir spy thriller of survival, shadowy fixers, and espionage at its grittiest.
Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social Poet. #ReadMorePoetry Collections: Crown of Eggshell, In the Shadow of Gods @BookWormSat w/ Signe Maene. Literature, art, myth, folklore, the gothic. Left wing. 🇪🇺 She/her 🌈🏳️⚧️ Ally https://linktr.ee/rachel_deering
https://ko-fi.com/kofisupporter68929
London Bridge Is Falling Down @londonbridgebook.bsky.social Book 4 in The Hollow Man Series by Paul Hollis
Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1970s England, it's a gripping political thriller of terrorism, espionage, and survival.
Seamus Connolly @seamusauthor.bsky.social Scottish based author. Gritty crime thrillers with laughter, love & tears.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
https://linktr.ee/seamusgconnolly?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwKqbotleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp_S6rpd2VVyLf6ZV-iCS8f47p8jz-PwIXm3pczeziTvpduzg56z4kyxzLQBI_aem_s9Nvmcj3KyqLcRl11LlYYg
Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social Jane Cornwell is an artist, illustrator & book designer. Bibliophile.
Publishing Scotland Network Member.
www.janecornwell.co.uk
Jackie Morrison @jackiemorrison.bsky.social Writer of short stories & more!
In large print from Ulverscroft Publishing:
The Sweetest Thing release date 01/07
Written In The Stars release date TBC
SL Simon and Schuster, LL Penguin
Travelling & exploring 🏴 RNA Member
linktr.ee/LittleWritingCorner
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social Poet. Living in Wisconsin. Author of Without a Prayer.
www.scottmcconnaha.com