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Donna Morgan | Fantasy Author @dkmorgan.bsky.social Author of Ember and Steel
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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com North East British author of foul-mouthed queer fantasy The Cruel Gods and The Chosen One Con 📚 They/Them 💛🤍💜🖤 Trans rights! 🏳️⚧️ AI 🚫
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A.C. Wise @acwise.bsky.social Author and reviewer. Stoker and Sunburst Award winner. Nebula, World Fantasy, Stoker, Locus, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, Lamba, and Ignyte finalist. She/her. www.acwise.net. https://linktr.ee/acwise
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Kristy Park Kulski @garnetonwinter.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award winning editor & author ❀ CRACKS coming spring '27 ❀ SILK & SINEW ❀ feminist, historian, veteran, Korean-Polish-et-al hapa, HI born ❀ (she/her) ❀
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Lucy A. Snyder @lucyasnyder.bsky.social SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER (Tor Nightfire, Titan). 5 Bram Stoker Awards. Shirley Jackson finalist. Work in Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Asimov's, Pseudopod, etc. Clarion grad. 🏳️🌈
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Tim Waggoner @timwaggoner.bsky.social Weird Fiction - Horror - Dark Fantasy. Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author and creative writing teacher.
Sarah Hans @sarahhans.bsky.social Writer, reader, on several spectrums
Gary Braunbeck @garybraunbeck.bsky.social Writer, Editor, 7-time Bram Stoker Award Recipient, World Fantasy Award Nominee, Le Grand Prix de L’Imaginaire nominee, Pushcart Prize nominee, Safely Medicated (more or less).
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Querying "The Shape of Evil."
Kealan Patrick Burke @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social Irish guy stranded in Ohio. Bram Stoker Award-winning writer of books, graphic novels, and screenplays. THE WIDOWS OF WINDING GALE out now.
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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social Servant to the Cyber Gods | Bram Stoker Award Nominated Prose Poet | Author of Oblivion in Flux | Bleeding Rainbows and Other Broken Spectrums | anOther Mythology
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DM Guay @dmguay.bsky.social Author of monster comedies, including the 24/7 Demon Mart series, Christmas Creeps from the Deep. Godzilla's No. 1 Fan. DMGUAY.COM. Member: SFWA, HWA.
Dana McSwain @danamcswain.bsky.social Author
Essayist
2025 Pushcart Prize Nominee
Bear Witch Project
Jarod K. Anderson @jarodkanderson.bsky.social Fiction. Poetry. Nonfiction.
Memoir: Something in the Woods Loves You - Timber Press Sept 2024
New Fantasy Novel: Strange Animals - Ballantine Books Feb 2026
Poetry: The Haunted Forest Trilogy
Podcast: The Cryptonaturalist
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@mbrown9.bsky.social @mbrown9.bsky.social Author of suspense novels COVET and JIGSAW MAN; journalist; film critic
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Grindhouse Press @grindhousepress.bsky.social We're a small press specializing in horror, extreme horror, transgressive fiction, sleaze, and exploitation. Sign up for the newsletter on our website: www.grindhousepress.com 
Two Dollar Radio @twodollarradio.bsky.social Independent publisher based in Ohio, bringing you ‘Books Too Loud To Ignore’ since 2005.
📚 imprint of Seven Stories Press
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Andi is 🏳️⚧️ RE-DRAFTING DESECRATE 🏳️⚧️ @andromedaexists.bsky.social 26 || He/him || ur fav dark fantasy author's fav dark fantasy author || cr 》The Reformatory
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Amanda M. Lyons @amandamlyons.bsky.social Author, reader, reviewer, mom.
Demi-Bi. non-conforming
She/Her
CPTSD and Nuerospicy
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David Corse @itsmedavidcorse.bsky.social Hey, weirdos. I'm David, a dark fantasy and horror author from the Midwest. I write stories that will hit you in the feels and make you say WTF.
OUT NOW: CERULEAN SKY
OUT NOW: Split Scream Volume 6
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JD Blackrose @jdblackrose.bsky.social Fantasy, Comedy and Romantasy author. The Summoner’s Mark Series, The Devil’s Been Busy, The Soul Wars, and A Wrinkle & Crime about a murder solving zombie cosmetologist. Website: www.slipperywords.com or find me as JD Blackrose on Amazon & Goodreads.
Sean Seebach @seanseebach.bsky.social Author Links https://linktr.ee/seanseebachauthor
jonathanamitchell.bsky.social @jonathanamitchell.bsky.social Loves reading and writing weird horror stories.
Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com Trans Queerdo. He/Him. Shirley Jackson Award Winner. Nebula, Sturgeon, World Fantasy, and L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist. Wrote I NEVER LIKED YOU ANYWAY (Lethe Press), WHEN I WAS LOST (Trepidatio), and THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS (Lethe). No AI. Fuck ICE.
jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social Writer of novels and stories. Lives in Ohio. 
Kyle Winkler @bleakhousing.bsky.social Predominant necromancer. Sad books.
The Substitute Teacher (Avon A/HarperCollins Fall 2027)
The Ship of Death (Avon A/HarperCollins, Fall 2026)
Enter the Peerless
Grasshands
Tone-Bone
The Nothing That Is
Rep: Naomi Eisenbeiss (InkWell)
Kaira Clarke @kairaclarke.bsky.social ✨She/Her/They🏳️🌈Horror/Fantasy/SciFi Author✨Lover of books, cats, video games, Buffy and Cafe du Monde. She/Her/They.✨Author’s Guild member.✨
C.J. Dotson @cj-dotson.bsky.social Generally cheerful, scaredy-cat horror-lover & horror author. THE CUT and THESE FAMILIAR WALLS are available now!
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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com THE LORD OF THE WOOD (Hanover Square Press 2026). THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS (Mira 2025). BLM. Queer. AuDHD. Disabled. Anti-LLM. They/she. Rep: Keir Alekseii, ALA. pfp from maddel_art Picrew.
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Mike Rusetsky @beatnikjuice.bsky.social Speculative scribbler & flan enjoyer. My sci-fi/comedy novella MAX DEMONS SLAYED, LLC is out now from Black Hare Press https://books2read.com/Max-Demons-Rusetsky mikerusetsky.com
Matt Betts @mattbettsauthor.bsky.social Columbus, Ohio-based science fiction/horror author and poet. Writer of mashup novels and poetry for people who hate poetry.
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Manta Press, Ltd. @mantapress.bsky.social Independent publisher of speculative fiction by independent minded authors.
Paul C. Jones @paulcjones.bsky.social Professor of 19th-Century American Literature | Ohio University
Author of Poe, Queerness, and the End of Time
Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com Amateur gardener. Professional ad copywriter. Award-winning novelist | THESE SAVAGE STARS (March 16, 2027) PRE-ORDER NOW | patreon.com/kameronhurley | Newsletter: http://bit.ly/42qnhkx | kameronhurley.com
Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. (One of those is THE CALAMITIES, out now.) Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 50-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
Another Disappointing Day in The Obituaries @deadlyvices.bsky.social Nottingham-based Old Welsh Git. Big & Ugly. Chemistry Ph.D. I like science, history, politics, growing things, good reading, classical music and ducks. And food. And beer.
Maitre D' at the Ratio Café.
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Grimdark Magazine @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social Get knee-deep in SFF grit with Grimdark Magazine.
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social Writer: SUPERMAN & LOIS, CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS.
Author of MICHAEL F-ING BAY: https://amazon.com/dp/B00P1SQC9O/
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molly taft @mollytaft.com disaster dyke on the apocalypse beat @wired.com . very tall with a very short dog. they/them. molly_taft@wired.com, signal: @mollytaft.99. mollytaft.com
Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social Puck partner
Host, KCRW’s The Business
TBRCon @tbrcon.bsky.social The Bluesky home for the annual online conference for SFFH writers, TBRCon! For updates, news, and occasional giveaways!
Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social Author of the Iron Druid Chronicles, Ink & Sigil, the Seven Kennings, and more. Into nature photography, metal, and beard maintenance. https://kevinhearne.com Newsletter: https://wordsandbirds.ink
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/
Page One @ukpageone.bsky.social Creators of the Page One notebook | Home of Page One - The Writer's Podcast & Page One Drafting Notes podcast
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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social We host virtual events for authors! Find out more at https://ko-fi.com/weeknightwriters
North Mist Studios @northmiststudios.bsky.social Canadian Video Game Developers
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Author of A Dream of Saints
I thirst trap award winning authors
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d h @deeholloway.bsky.social Library worker & writer. Floridian in upstate NY. Codex. Work in Ancillary Review, Bloodletter, Malarkey & more. HAUNT / OLOGY out now from Bottlecap. THE MERMAID'S PURSE forthcoming from NineStar.
find all the details here: deeholloway.carrd.co
Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social they/them, writer of optimistic sci-fi and fantasy. Latest books:
The Final Chronicle of Yeneh: https://books2read.com/yeneh
Tea & Treachery at the Infinite Pantry: https://books2read.com/tea-treachery
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Typebar Magazine (Issue 10 Out Now!!) @typebarmagazine.bsky.social An interesting thing to read on the internet.
dominish_books @dominishbooks.bsky.social UK | Freelance proofreader, fantasy book nerd, reviewer and BookTuber
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Meerkat Press @meerkatpress.bsky.social Award-winning Independent Publisher of great books! https://flow.page/meerkatpress
Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social An online publication of radically hopeful science fiction.
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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social Award-Winning Publisher of New Weird Horror + More, via Portland, OR & Transilvania, Romania.
@AlexWoodroe.com, Editor in Chief.
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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social Stories for the futures we need | SFF and dream realism | Canadian, Indigenous & worldwide creators | Pub @kercoby COO @suntorya CPO @teresempierre
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Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com I’m on my way. https://www.stephengrahamjones.com
Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social Kentucky-based author, writer of the fantastic and delectable. Host of Bar Cart Bookshelf. COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES (Fall '24). Freelance publicist. He/him 🏳️🌈
Inquiries: elias.eells1@gmail.com
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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social 🇨🇳🇨🇦 | she/her | Changle -> Toronto | Ignyte, Bram Stoker, Nebula Winner | Hugo, Astounding, Locus nominee | Odyssey ‘23 | BA,MSc | rep: UTA & Mushens Entertainment | A RIVER FROM THE SKY (Titan Books ‘26)
https://aijiang.carrd.co/
Hope Springs Creative @hopespringsinc.bsky.social Publishing with purpose. Stories with power. We're a non-profit press publishing diverse speculative fiction.
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Mahmud El Sayed @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social Writer | Arabfuturist | SFF | Cat dad 🐈⬛️ |
THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY out now with Gollancz & Saga Press.
Rep: @jjbker.bsky.social
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CLASH Books @clashbooks.bsky.social Big Indie Establishment Mom & Pop Press in Troy, NY Publishing Beach Reads from Hell. Skeets by Christoph Paul.
Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social Kristen (she/her) writes about SFF books at Fantasy Cafe, host of Women in SF&F Month in April. Vermont/Upper Valley. Likes: Myths, wordsmithery, complex characters, dark stories, Baldur's Gate 3, cats, birds.
https://www.fantasybookcafe.com
emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social Doctor of food, writer of stories
Sometime award nominee, occasional winner
Capitalism seditionist
In my ai;dr era
Ex Partum, out now: https://emmaburnett.carrd.co
GigaNotoSaurus Magazine @giganotosaurus.bsky.social 
On Wednesdays We Read Pod @owwrpod.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/owwrpod
Diving into a book series, one book at a time.
Currently Investigating the Dublin Murder Squad
Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social Scottish fantasy author. Archaeology & history fiend. The Maleficent Seven and The Last Shield out now from Angry Robot Books, represented by Ed Wilson at Johnson & Alcock. www.cameronjohnston.net
Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social Author of John Dies at the End, formerly David Wong of Cracked.com fame 
Angela Cleland / Cleland Smith @angelacleland.co.uk Poet | Novelist | Audiobook Narrator | She/her | 🤖🦄🚀🍸
https://linktr.ee/angelaclelandsmith
Historical fantasy “Black Doe” OUT NOW!
Emma @themonsterbotherer.bsky.social Monster enthusiast, insomniac and enjoyer of tea.
Contributor to The Fantasy Hive.
I read a butt-tonne of smut and then talk about it relentlessly.
She/Her
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carter keane @carterkeane.bsky.social horror author, anarchist worm, gardening for the community, dog training for fun, a knife cosplaying as a person | MORSEL April 2026 Tor Nightfire | she/they
Rep: @grahamophones.bsky.social
Header: @babeandoak.bsky.social
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Richard Newby @richardlnewby.bsky.social Writer. Here for positivity. Movies. Comics, Games, Horror. Fangoria THR TIME Vulture. Book: We Make Monsters Here. https://www.amazon.com/Make-Monsters-Here-Richard-Newby/dp/B08WZH8Q35/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=2X23U6JJN8LMJ&keywords=we+make+monsters+here&qid=1
Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE @amandaghelms.bsky.social Writer of SFFH. THE UPPER TENTACLE forthcoming from Union Square & Co. Short fiction in/forthcoming from LIGHTSPEED, Uncanny, FIYAH & elsewhere. Editor at Diabolical Plots. Parent. Biracial. She/her. Rep: @allegramartsch.bsky.social
Fantasy Book Nerd @fantasybooknerd.bsky.social From out of the depths of the blogosphere came a mighty whimper, a being of total incompetence. With his mighty powers of making it up as he goes along comes Fantasy Book Nerd. A being of less than average qualities who reads books and talks shite!
𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social *Age of Empires II Barracks sound*
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Anthony Engebretson @anthonyengebretson.bsky.social He/Him Dark Fantasy and Horror author. Abolition. Autism/ADHD. Anti-capitalism. Cats. Raccoons.
Author of LUMBERJACK, HELL PIG, and more
https://linktr.ee/anthonyeng
https://anthonyengebretson.com/
Jibril Stevenson @jibrilstevenson.bsky.social Not actually a lizard. Muslim. Husband. Father. Student. Author of Westerns, scifi, Islamic fiction and any combination thereof. Same @ on IG, Tw¡tter, etc. jibrilstevenson.wordpress.com
AJ Super @ajsuper.com I ❤️ slippers and cats!
Sci-fi Author of EREBUS DAWNING, A STAR REBORN, and QUEEN OF THE BLACK.
NB/Pan/Demi. She/they. Disabled. ND.
Justine Lombardi @jlombardi.bsky.social Fantasy and horror author obsessed with weird myths, funky folklore, and arcane insults. 🏳️🌈 💖💜💙 Dyslexic and proud to be neurodiverse. I follow back fellow creatives. https://linktr.ee/authorjustine
Florence Chien 🗡️ REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (07.07.26) @florencechien.com ✒️ Fantasy & Historical Fiction Author
🗡️ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (7/7/26 Rising Action)
🍂 HOLLOW WHISPERS OF THE WIND (Ch 1 in Uncharted Mag)
🌊 @smallpitch.org 💫 Rep: @maraalyse.bsky.social
📍 Toronto, CA • She/Her
🌐 https://florencechien.com
Sidney Quinn - Author @sidneyquinn.bsky.social FREEDOM TO ME (NineStar, Available Now)
https://books2read.com/Freedom-to-Me
www.sidneyquinn.com
Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social SFF author. Muddling through the pre-apocalypse. CSFFA SFWA. She/her. 🐙🐾
Unceded Algonquin territory. 🇨🇦 Debut 2025: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT with Poplar Press (Wolsak & Wynn). Rep’d by Sara Megibow. Views my own.
www.christyclimenhage.com
Mike Dyer-Evans @mikedewrites.bsky.social Aspiring fantasy writer currently working on my debut - 'The Faceless Queen'. He/him, bisexual, lurcher owner, and forever DM.
Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com they ✨ THE HERESY OF THIEVES (Dark Matter Ink, 2026) ✨ Queer SFF author, cocktail enjoyer, intense plant witch vibes per my therapist, animal rescuer + snuggler 🏳️🌈 Codex, TLDR Press
https://lnk.bio/miavmoss
#SmallPitch @smallpitch.org The big pitch event for small presses and authors. Next event: January 2027. Hosts: @millieabecassis.com, @florencechien.com, and @morkalmarrh.bsky.social. Posts by Millie.
🌐 smallpitch.org
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Leona Caelestis @leonacaelestis.bsky.social Writer, radical witch, cat in human form
leonacaelestis.org
Stuart Tudor @writertudor.bsky.social South African 🇿🇦| Indie Writer| Cat lover😽| Discount Clive Barker| Eight Nightmares| Keep the Arts Human| https://linktr.ee/stuarttudor
KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com She/her. British European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. USA Today bestselling author of How To Fake It In Society. "Erotically charged"--Good Housekeeping. Death to GenAI. http://kjcharleswriter.com
Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com I read, I write, & I pet cats. Column, news, & book reviews at @reactorsff.bsky.social; publicity, prize, & more for @ursulakleguin.com. Once a bookseller, always a bookseller. PDX.
https://reactormag.com/author/molly-templeton/
Cheyenne Brammah | Iron Dragon @akairondragon.ca 🪐 No humans. No guaranteed happy endings.
🌌 Just dark science fantasy, alien civilizations, swords, starships, prophecy, and characters making difficult choices.
📚 Enter the Akrodaxis with 9 free chapters ↓
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Joe Abercrombie @joeabercrombie.com Lord Grimdark (self-appointed). Writer of the First Law and Shattered Sea books and the Devils. Part-time Witch King of Nihilism, deep in a jaded literary sewer etc. etc.