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Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social Genderqueer SFF writer & poet. They/them. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Rhysling & Elgin nom’d author of TIME TRAVEL IS EASY (2025). Words in F&SF, NESS, Strange Horizons, Analog, OTHERSIDE, Kaleidotrope, ALOCASIA.
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Hallie Pritts @halliepritts.bsky.social Writer. Finalist, Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize ‘24, Sewanee Writers ’22. CHTQA fellow. NZ writer-in-residence. Words in Mcsweeneys, MissouriReview, LitMag, Barrelhouse, TheBelladonna, OffAssignment, etc. Rode a bike across the US once. #nativeplants
Stephen @wordsinspacetime.bsky.social Stephen Barrett is an emerging fiction writer. His work explores the darker aspects of the human condition, often through a surreal or speculative lens. He is currently working on a collection of short fiction.
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Gavin Turner @gtwriter.bsky.social Literary speculative fiction writer exploring systems where reality, identity and consequence fail in consistent, human ways
Brandy O’Briant @brandyo71.bsky.social 54. American in England. Beagle mom. Writer. Literary fiction. MFA. INFJ.
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Conrad Whittler @whittlerofworlds.bsky.social Whittler of worlds. 🪐
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John Luke Byrne @byrninlove.bsky.social Poet, toxic optimist, pessimistic tendencies
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Sarah K. Balstrup @skbalstrup.bsky.social Dark Fantasy Author | #SPFBO9 semi-finalist | 📖 THE WAY OF UNITY (2023), BLACK STREAM (2025) | Religious Studies | https://sarahkbalstrup.bigcartel.com/about-the-author | Here occasionally, also on X & Goodreads.
Keith Stevenson @keithstevenson.com Scottish/ Australian SF author. The End Times of Markusz Zielinski. The Lenticular Series. Horizon. Here for a chat but no DMs please. No thieving GenAI
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Claire G. Coleman @clairegcoleman.bsky.social Noongar writer - Novels: Terra Nullius, The Old Lie, Enclave [Hachette Australia]. Non-fiction: Lies, Damned Lies [Ultimo Press]. Writer also of essays, verse, opinion, and criticism.
Gwynn Compton @gwynncompton.bsky.social Former local govt councillor, current govt relations and policy guy, writes about local government at www.localaotearoa.nz, overly enthusiastic runner. 🏃♂️👟
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Jack Wright @jackwrightauthor.com Horror author from the North of England. Reyt Spooky.
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Yenshio @yenshio.blacksky.app T.G. Brown (Yenshio) — author of the EPFVerse, a dark urban fantasy / supernatural thriller series. Necromancer lords, undead armies, the Foundation that stands against them. 5 books live on Amazon. Video briefings: Brief Me + The Mug, on YouTube.
Ross Trevelyan 🗻🌲🦪🦀🚵♂️ @jumpintraxjack.bsky.social Freelance Editor. Author. Realpolitiker. Diplomat.
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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social Fine artist of Imaginative Realism. Retired illustrator of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Winner of 15 Hugo Awards. Inducted into the SF Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Household cats are sucked in by progressive media. Views are theirs; sometimes mine. 
Kat Clay @katclay.com 🎲 ENNIE and ARPIA award-winning TTRPG author. Editor @chaosium.bsky.social. Short stories in Interzone, Aurealis, and Cosmic Horror Monthly. Game reviews on YouTube.
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@polsandlols.bsky.social @polsandlols.bsky.social Australian journalist, humanitarian, purveyor of snark
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S France Thomason @france-thomason.bsky.social only thinks straight after tea✨Shortlisted in 2026 #IAmInPrint Commercial Fiction Competition ✨🌈✨Yeovil Literary Prize LL 2025 ✨3rd in 2024 #IAmInPrint SFF competition✨ @cbcreative alumna
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Steven B. Epstein @stevenbauthor.bsky.social Author of bestselling true crime books Deadly Heist, Murder on Birchleaf Drive, Evil at Lake Seminole, and Extreme Punishment StevenBEpstein.com #truecrime
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Matthew Cushing Author @mcushing.bsky.social Writer of Speculative Fiction, purveyor of the weird and macabre, resident of New England but child of the Jemez Mountains. Currently in editing hell. No DMs.
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social Rich, fascinating stories, board game designs, and random thoughts, graciously provided by David Dawkins. I write Fantasy and SciFi under the pen name D. Harrigon. Books available everywhere.
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Charlotte Francis @cfranciswrites.bsky.social (Charlotte Harris) 🏴🇳🇱
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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social Gadigal man on Darkinjung country; Father of 2 boys - #ClimateActionNow; Teacher and Discipline Lead - Social Sciences. At #WarAgainstFascism under the palms and gums of Empire Bay, NSW (Yes, the irony - pic above). Opinions mine.
Flex Fish Games @flexfishgames.bsky.social Artist Matthew king and programmer Rami Bukhari, teaming up to develop nostalgic hand-drawn 2D games.
Zoe Daniel @zoedaniel.bsky.social Speaker, consultant, author, journalist & foreign correspondent, community activist. Former Independent Federal Member for Goldstein, Australian Parliament.
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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social Technology Editor, NZ Herald. Follow Chris Keall Journalist on Facebook to see a list of my recent articles
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Garry Starr @garrythestarr.bsky.social ★★★★★ "Ingenious" - The Scotsman
"One of the great clowns of his generation" - The Stage
KT Tanaka @kttanaka.bsky.social Author of System Override: Echoes of the Singularity on Webnovel.
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Danielle @librariandaniellej.bsky.social Librarian. Cat lover, book lover, smut reader, Shakespeare fan and blog writer. Will mostly post about my cats.
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Cath S @cathsheard.bsky.social Work in local govt. Widow, artist, partner. Living my best life despite tricky health! Well vaxxed.
David Daily @daviddaily.bsky.social Writer (PB, MG) | rep’d by Elena Giovinazzo
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
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Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social Working class history, photography, railways, skiing, cats, corvids and goats! A sense of humour is essential. Cat butler. Reluctant intellectual. Rare disease survivor. Born at 314.3ppm.
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