Homodoxy @homodoxy.com a press for gay/queer/trans literature + theology; homodoxy.com; rearviewrag.com; https://homodoxy-shop.fourthwall.com/
Salem West @salemwest.bsky.social Pretty, witty & gay • Publisher of Bywater Books & Amble Press • Equity & inclusion matter • Book bans are the off-ramp to tyranny • She/her.
Brad Richard @bradrichard.bsky.social Poet, gardener. Series editor, The Hilary Tham Capital Collection (The Word Works). My books include Motion Studies, Butcher's Sugar, Parasite Kingdom, and Turned Earth (Spring 2025, LSU Press). 
@gennyrheamslitton.bsky.social @gennyrheamslitton.bsky.social 
Donna Minkowitz @donnaminkowitz.bsky.social Trickster, journalist, memoirist. Queer leftist. The Nation, Salon, the Village Voice, etc.
donnaminkowitz.com
Kim Roberts Meikle @kimroberts-dc.bsky.social Two new books! "Q&A for the End of the World," a poetry collaboration with Michael Gushue, and "The District's Departed: A Guidebook to DC Cemeteries."
@rickkarlin.bsky.social @rickkarlin.bsky.social 
scottynola1 @scottynola.bsky.social Author and editor AND have a day job! HURRICANE SEASON HUSTLE, available now!
dr. schmoo @samuelernest.com writer, theologian, PhD religious studies from Yale, founding publisher and editor of @homodoxy.com + rearviewrag.com
r i c k @rickaclifton.bsky.social Talks a lot.
What time is lunch?
writer|director
Rob Byrnes @robbyrnes.bsky.social Writer. Economic Development Guy. Great thinker. Philosopher-King. Compulsive liar. And decent hair, often enough, although that might be another lie.
Dustin Brookshire (he/him) @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social 4 chapbooks. Editor of When I Was Straight: A Tribute To Maureen Seaton. Co-editor of Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology. Founder/curator of the Wild & Precious Life Series. Founder/editor of Limp Wrist.
Christian Baines @xtianbaines.bsky.social Author. Traveller. Darkling. Queerdo.
Writing queer horror, fantasy and dark romance to keep you guessing.
New book ANDALUSIA DOGS out now.
www.christianbaines.com
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
Jeffrey Ricker (he/him) @jeffreyricker.bsky.social #Queer writer of #YA and spec fic. Expect lots of Star Trek. Failing to meet the demands of capitalism since 1969. Trans rights or I’ll vaporize you w/a lvl16 phaser. Can I pet your dog? https://jeffrey-ricker.com/links/ and https://ko-fi.com/jeffreyricker
Alfred P Doblin @apdoblin.bsky.social Former NY-NJ journalist, communications specialist, and author of “Tales of the Lavender Twilight.”
Ken Harvey @kenharvey.bsky.social Writer (Book of Casey Adair, University of Wisconsin Press), Bennington MFA, basset dad, Canadian & US citizen, LGBTQ+. Home is Toronto. Loves Madrid, film, theatre, literature, dogs, progressive politics, classic sitcoms. Visit kenharvey.net 🏳️🌈🇨🇦
Gar McVey-Russell @garmcveyrussell.bsky.social Black queer writer dude. Married. Lives in Oakland, CA. Listens to a lot of jazz. Occasionally plays tabla. He/Him
Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social Bywater Books represents the coming of age of queer literature.
We Are All Stories.
www.bywaterbooks.com
Louis Flint Ceci @louisflintceci.bsky.social Writer of novels, short stories, poems, and songs. USMS swimmer and lover of small towns.
New Orleans Poetry Festival @nolapoetry.bsky.social We are an annual poetry festival bringing new authors to New Orleans, and showcasing New Orleans authors for our international audience. Learn more about us at https://www.nolapoetry.com/
Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social BOOKS: Confluence, Dreaming Home, Building Fires in the Snow. WORK: Writer's Digest, The New Quarterly, Prairie Fire, Grain, The Ex-Puritan, more.
Pennie A. Nichols @pennienichols.bsky.social Author, writer, retreat facilitator, creative... Writing my way to the light.
@manofpan.bsky.social @manofpan.bsky.social Published Writer. Big Reader. Manipulator of Muscles. Pagan. Heathen. GLBT+ Theatre lover. Game nights.
Cats rule - dogs drool. Foodie. Learning wine. Love travel. Can discuss art.
Tubby & Coo’s Traveling Book Shop @tubbyandcoos.com Just a queer-owned, decentralized book shop asking you to let us exist peacefully.
Adora Crooks | Romance Author @adoracrooksbooks.bsky.social 📚Indie Romance Author
🏳️🌈Queer AF
❄️Cozy Found Family
❤️Heart, Humor, Heat
👉 adoracrooksbooks.com
J. M. Redmann @jmredmann.bsky.social Author of the Micky Knight series. Set in New Orleans. One of the first to feature a lesbian PI. Retired from public health doing HIV/AIDS prevention. My wife is an immigrant. #queerwriter
Rayna Nielsen @qemorio.bsky.social Creator of @bookbanterbooks.bsky.social Indie Bookseller, Traveler, Lover, Reader, Mom, #nolasky Pussyfooter, trying to make life an adventure.
Eric Peterson @red7eric.bsky.social Writer, speaker, consultant, Democrat, movie buff, white cis gay male, ambling through life, trying my best. 🏳️🌈🌊✊🏾
@marcocarocari.bsky.social @marcocarocari.bsky.social Crime fiction writer and procrastinator living in sunny Palm Springs 🌴
https://www.marcocarocari.com
Jess 📚 Armstrong @jesslarmstrong.bsky.social Author of the Ruby Vaughn Mysteries
she/her
📚THE CURSE OF PENRYTH HALL | THE SECRET OF THE THREE FATES | THE DEVIL IN OXFORD | THE LOST SOULS OF SAINT ODA’S (Nov 2026)
Rep: Jill Marr SDLA
Dan Fox @dantigravity.bsky.social Publisher & EIC ANTIGRAVITY Magazine
IATSE Local #478
E.M. Tran @emtran.bsky.social writer, gilmore girl, kardashian expert.
debut novel: DAUGHTERS OF THE NEW YEAR
www.elizabethmtran.com
bio.site/emtran
Roby Davies @robydavies.bsky.social 🪶 Writer of weird fiction and feeder of feral cats living in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Knows what it means to miss New Orleans. 📝📚 🐈
https://linktr.ee/robydavies
Bradley Warshauer @warsh.bsky.social new orleans writer | one of teen people magazine’s 20 teens who will change the world | in principio erat verbum | bradleywarshauer.com
John R Greene @jrgreeneauthor.bsky.social Archaeologist, geologist, musician, and author. Believer in freedom, love, and kindness. Married. From New Orleans. www.johnrgreene.net
Jacob Edenfield @jacobedenfield.bsky.social Troublemaker, Writer and Creative Director living in New Orleans
@paulaibieta.bsky.social @paulaibieta.bsky.social 
BarbaraLynn Cantone @blcantone.bsky.social LMT * LE * CCA * EOLD * ORDM
writer * artist * punk witch
NYC ⚜️ NOLA
Julie Elise Landry @julieeliselandry.com n. (1) New Orleanian. (2) Writer, poet, MFA. (3) One who enjoys watching D&D, musicals, video essays, and horror movies. v. (1) to overthink. pron. (1) she/her
https://www.julieeliselandry.com/
Sarah Darbee @sarahdarbee.bsky.social Sci-fi writer, engineer, and extremely amateur gardener. You can find my short stories in The Apparatus Almanac, Roses & Wildflowers, and Grimoire: a Grim Oak Press Anthology for Seattle Worldcon. Someday I might finish revising my novel.
marisa @marginalmarisa.bsky.social editor at ANTIGRAVITY 
Loki (he / him / y'all) wants to write for you! @dmloki.bsky.social Opinions solely my own | 8th Gen New Orleans native, Cincy resident | Instructor: Game Design | RPG Designer | ProGM | ENnie winner
https://startplaying.games/gm/loki
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?keyword=george%20%22Loki%22%20Williams
Brittany Svoboda @brisvob.bsky.social she/her. Teacher. Bibliophile. Traveler. Husker and Saints football; Pelicans basketball. Geeky stuff. 🦀🌞♐️🌘♐️⬆️
Erin Donovan @erindonovan.bsky.social Documentary & commercial producer based in New Orleans. Currently writing a horror novel about the film industry 🏳️🌈♒
Cade Roux @caderoux.bsky.social Primary: https://mastodon.social/@caderoux
Software, Data, New Orleans, Technology Monitor, Caian
#software #data #sqlserver #powershell #neworleans #nola #caius #cambridge #mathematics #ingress #luckypenny #PenroseKitchenTiles
Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship @la-cac.org We are a group of dedicated citizens fighting against censorship and book bans in Louisiana libraries. #1ADefenders | #WeStandWithLibrarians | http://la-cac.org
Beegshotdeentcha @amityvandal.bsky.social Paint happy bastard. Caught. Hung up by my buster browns. 
Elisabeth Nonas @enonas.bsky.social Writer. Latest novel GRACE PERIOD available now. Teacher of writing. Facilitator of writing workshops. Tennis not pickleball.
https://linktr.ee/elisabeth_nonas
Jerry L. Wheeler @jwden.bsky.social Writer, freelance editor, eldergay, three-time Lambda Literary Award finalist, and founder of "Out in Print: Queer Book Reviews." Author of the BookFest award-winning (1st place, LGBTQ Literary Fiction) "Mercedes General" from Rebel Satori Press.
Candice Huber (they/them) @candice.tubbyandcoos.com 🏳️🌈📚 Owner of Tubby & Coo's, a queer traveling book shop
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ NB/trans
⚜️ NOLA
❄️ Cleveland
📚📚📚 BOOKS
👽⚔️ SF/F Nerd
🔮 Witchy
🏰 Disney
🚢 JoConaut
🎲 Board Games/RPGs
🇵🇸 Free Palestine
Carol Rosenfeld @crosewriter.bsky.social Writer and avid reader. The One That Got Away, Bywater Books (2015). Chair, The Publishing Triangle. Saints and Sinners Hall of Fame. Gay City News Impact Award. Librocubicularist. Will travel for Wagner.
Martin Purple @martinpurple.bsky.social Queer bearded elder mystic in New Orleans. Tea witch, dream mage, casual chaote, feral cat caregiver, Hellenic/Kemetic theurgist.
https://ko-fi.com/martinpurple please consider helping me keep abandoned cats fed and fucked up ;) 💜
Teresa Tumminello Brader @ttbrader.bsky.social Reader; tea adept; New Orleanian🖤⚜️ writer: LETTING IN AIR & LIGHT https://bellepointpress.com/products/letting-in-air-and-light; SECRET KEEPERS https://bellepointpress.com/products/secret-keepers Find the homes of my other words at https://teresabrader.com
Daniel W.K. Lee (李華強) @danielwklee.bsky.social Poet, author of ANATOMY OF WANT. Boundary pusher, Theravada ☸️, queer 🏳️🌈, Celestial 🐉. 📍NOLA⚜️. Your anti-racism needs decolonizing. 🍉
Meakin Armstrong @meakin.bsky.social Fiction | Ghostwriter | Guernica fiction ed 2006-2022 | NYPL Young Lions Readers’ Committee | Work/words: Lit Hub, New Yorker, Forbes, Business Insider 📍Portland, OR
Kaylee Poche @kayleepoche.bsky.social staff writer @gambitweekly.bsky.social
📧: kpoche@gambitweekly.com
N.A. Gorman @nagorman.bsky.social Reader, writer, podcast apologist
Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social NOLA. SFFH/crime/journalist. BASFF & Locus notable stories ‘23. Indie author
Contributor to Antigravity Magazine & Gambit
Words in: Buzzfeed News, Politico, Apex Mag, Fiyah, more.
NOLA 40 under 40 2025!
NOVEL: “The Pike Boys” books2read.com/thepikeboys
M. Kelleher @mizkelle.bsky.social Speculative fiction and horror writer/ Theater professional living in NOLA
Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social Author of 10 books.The latest: A REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THE AMNESIAC out 2027. Newsletter here: 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com #1000wordsofsummer
Samuel Cooley @writingsam52.bsky.social Give me a pen and I'll give you a world.
https://newplayexchange.org/users/93404/samuel-cooley
Louisiana Tech University Alumnus - 2022 🐶
University of New Orleans Alumnus - 2025 ⛵
Marguerite Sheffer @mlensheffer.bsky.social Author of THE MAN IN THE BANANA TREES (Nov 2024, Iowa Short Fiction Award from U of Iowa Press)
writer and teacher in New Orleans
stories in Asimov's, Lit Hub, The Dread Machine, The Pinch and others
evan michael anderson @emanderson.bsky.social writer ✍🏼 | retired twink 🌈 | stories in Taco Bell Quarterly, Malarkey Books, JMWW, Gone Lawn, Best Small Fictions & others. currently writing my first novel.
Third Lantern Lit @thirdlanternlit.bsky.social A New Orleans based non-profit providing community-building, events, education, and resources to writers at all career stages
@rmd1.bsky.social @rmd1.bsky.social Reader, writer, teacher, traveler, editor. #nola
Farrah Rochon @farrahrochon.bsky.social Author, Broadway lover, world traveler. I love my geriatric chihuahua.
Bemused from Disney Books - 1.7.25
farrahrochon.com
ElisaSperanza @elisasperanza.bsky.social Writer and literary citizen. Author, historical novels TRIAGE and THE ITALIAN PRISONER. Subscribe: elisamariesperanza.substack.com #Writing #Music #SocialJustice #Books #Water #NOLASky, #MarthasVineyard, #RedSox. elisamariesperanza.com
Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social author of SOON YOU’LL BE JUST LIKE US (creature publishing 2027) + debut UPCOUNTRY (unnamed press 2023) IG: @scribblepost. words in electric lit, lit hub, the georgia review, etc. rep: pamela malpas/jennifer lyons literary
https://linktr.ee/chinsunlee
Michael Zapata @michaelzapata.bsky.social Author of the novel THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU. Faculty at StoryStudio Chicago & Northwestern University. Descended from Andean farmers, poets, and union organizers.
michaelzapata.com
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Margaret Atwood @margaretatwood.bsky.social Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca
and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social Writer of books and comics. Story architect for STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ✨ he/him patreon.com/djolder
https://www.danieljoseolder.net/
Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way. 💐 I'm probably on my Substack: Sitting in Silence.✍️🏿https://mauricecarlosruffin.substack.com/
Tracy Cunningham ⚜️📚📓🥂 @tracycunningham.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Merriment Maker. Managing Director: Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival, Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival. Co-Director: New Orleans Writing Marathon.
Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival @twfestnola.bsky.social #TWFest26 is slated for March 25-29. See you back in the French Quarter for a five-day affair celebrating readers, writers, and theatre lovers!
https://tennesseewilliams.net/
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