Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app Assistant Prof Philosophy & Data Sci.
PhD Sci., Technology, & Society
MA Philosophy & Religious Studies
"AI" Criticality; Centering Marginalized Exp. in Tech; Magic; Knowledge, Values, Beliefs
He/Him
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Ethan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social Cosmologist, science communicator, author, speaker, and longtime writer of Starts With A Bang.
Not the next Carl Sagan; the first Ethan Siegel.
BillThePony @billthepony.bsky.social Voters don't swing from Democrat to Republican, They swing from Democrat to couch.
Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social Creators of the WORLD'S MOST SUCCESSFUL ART BOOKS of ALL TIME on Kickstarter. To get the FREE Monthly How to THINK When You Draw Magazine, GO HERE: www.HowToThinkWhenYouDraw.com
Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social Journalist
Jake Ephros @jakeephros.bsky.social Jersey City Heights tenant, teacher at HCCC + SPU, union organizer, and proud democratic socialist 🌹 jakeforjc.com
talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social indie reporter (@taliaotg on hellsite) • support: patreon.com/taliajane • tips: taliajane@protonmail.com 💸: paypal.me/taliajane 🌻 be good; i love you 🖤❤️🔥
Kevin Parry @kevinbparry.bsky.social ✨ Director & one-man studio
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LolaLaughs @lolalaughs.bsky.social I’m the eccentric mother of 3 very eclectic kids.
Sending most people good vibes
Down with the Patriarchy
Jordan Edward Betts. @jbettsanimation.bsky.social Spend most of my time daydreaming about a world that doesn't exist. Storyboard artist and whimsical writer.
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Miah O'Malley @miahomalley.bsky.social Crafter of cosmic tales, motorcycle adventurer between the worlds.
Andrew Fox Ⓥ @foxphorescence.bsky.social Reader, writer, book collector, and all-around biblophile.
Learning to channel the soft whisper of the muses.
Autodidact.
INFJ
#WritingCommunity
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Deadbeat Cat Dad @dbeatcatdad.bsky.social Vaguely humanoid earth moving equipment. Fuzz doula.
Ryan @rschem1.bsky.social 
Naa Marteki Reed 💃🏾 💖 @marteki.bsky.social Two-word first name! Contract SLED accessibility/web design. Former: CFPB, Treasury. Philly born, NJ kid, Chicagoland mom, cat servant. She/her, bi/omni. 🇬🇭🇺🇸
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Jeff (Mixed Metaphors) @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social He/him.
There Are Infinite Universes and All of Them Are Boring, published by ELJ Editions:
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Editor and reviews at @foofarawpress.bsky.social
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com I’m so done with doomerism. 🌱
Queer🏳️🌈 Jewish✡️ disabled😷 political influencer 💙
Follow for daily Democrat wins & weekly election guides.
Our voices are our superpower
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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social Author. Linguist. Scholar of interdisciplinary subjects.
✒ Understands about semicolons
🐺 Monster enthusiast
🕹️ Games @spaceboat.bsky.social
🎵 Metalhead
📖 35 books published
🎙️ Legends and Lectures / Archaeoscoop
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A. P. Howell - Preorder my book! @aphowell.com SF/F/H writer. Member of Codex. She/her. Stories online and in anthologies. Preorder my book Corners of the Deep Dark. https://aphowell.com/books/corners-of-the-deep-dark/
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Naomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social Waiting on a robot body. All opinions are universal and held by both employers and family. ML/NLP professor.
nsaphra.net
Ella Watts wants to see you at Camlann Live! LPF 6th Sept '26 @gejwatts.bsky.social "Queen of Audio Fiction"- The Guardian 📻 Creator of @camlannpod.bsky.social 🔥 Doctor Who: Redacted, Marvel Move, Zombies, Run! 🌟 Director, Producer, Writer, Queer 🏳️🌈 She/Her ❗No access to DMs ❗Profile by @rosenkranz.bsky.social
Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social Silent films and the silent era, same as the birdsite
Dennis Liggio @damnedlies.bsky.social Author, bad at social media, weak to hostess fruit pies. Once called “the Jean Claude Van Damme of literature” and he’s never gonna let that die.
dennisliggio.com
R. Eric VanNewkirk @sotsogm.bsky.social Nerd. Neurotic. Retired public defender. I'm sure these three things have nary a thing to do with one another.
Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social Books, video games, anime, and me! NO AI!!
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Mad Crayon @mtnsnark.bsky.social Profile image: picture taken from the back of my kids’ copy of “The Day the Crayons Quit” By Drew Daywalt. The crayons are my spirit animal after the last election.
Holmskjell🍁🍉 @holmskjell.bsky.social 🌅Solarpunk, Stockdale Paradox & Spicy (neurologically, anyway). Respecter of all humans; living in the neocon hell of Alberta🌾. 😫
Philby Bear (they/them) @philbybear.bsky.social A game master, voracious bookworm and cinephile, a tired socialist and a manic depressive chocolate salesperson from Montreal. They/them. 34.
Nikki Flynn @flynnbulwinter.bsky.social Disabled, ND nerd, gamer. Partly deaf, OCD, anxiety. A #cosplayer, #writer & #audiofiction project director
for Phantasmal Bard Studios. Master's in Criminology. She/her.
Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social Nonfiction writer. Author of The Mess That Made Them (Bloomsbury, 2026). https://geni.us/TMtMT | 🏠 Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha Metro Area) | Rep: Anderson Literary Agency
Grayson Bell 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @graysonbell.net Autistic and Queer Author (he/him). I write queer fiction and non-fiction. https://graysonbell.net/
Carmen Wiigwaas Craig @carmunist.bsky.social Learning and teaching my language—Nishnaabemwin. Jijaak ndoodem. Consultant at Oodenaw.com. Award-winning short fiction author and poet. Developmental editor at DarlingAxe.com. Kidlit, YA, hist fic, women's lit. She/they
Matt Judd @jmatthewjudd.bsky.social Opinionated, wine salesman, dad and husband, nerd, educated hillbilly
Greg Andersson @gregandersson.bsky.social I want to talk about movies most of the time. I make videos for a living.
http://www.gregandersson.com
old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue i post public domain photographs from the john margolies roadside america archive in the library of congress. unaffiliated. built by @xor.blue
Adam Bell @adambell.games tabletop game designer - uneasy lies the head, grasping nettles, my brain is a stick of butter, no stone unturned
adambell.games
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itch: http://adamebell.itch.io
comradery: http://comradery.co/adamebell
Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social Pronunciation: "Klay-tun Note-Styne" Designer. Writer. Educator. Tabletop games. Explorers Design. Pro-union and cooperatives. He/Him.
Dan Phipps @itsdanphipps.bsky.social Ttrpg making guy with a flowchart brain. I make lists of things. Half of Gem Room Games. He/him.
David Simpkin @simplerdave.bsky.social Fine words butter no parsnips.
Once and future bookseller, currently based in deepest Nottinghamshire.
@Simplerdave on all decent social media - find me here, there and almost everywhere...
G.B. Marian @gbmarian.bsky.social Artist, writer, musician, and priest for the Egyptian/ #Kemetic God Set/ #Sutekh. Official site: DesertOfSet.com
On Several Music Platforms:
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Insculpo | Flowing Realms of Silver @insculpo.bsky.social Game Designer, Lore Writer and Sentient Game Engine glitch found in the VOID.
Links:
linktr.ee/insculpow
I have a multimedia scifi galaxy of postbiologic space opera, starfish aliens and mad utopics:
#sprawlverse / #epoch7903 (hedging a bit)
Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social Narrative Wrangler-Videogames, TV, theatre, and more. Narrative Director on Battlefield. Previous Horizon Forbidden West/CalloftheMountain- Prince of Persia - Fable. Views my own.
He/him. www.andrewwalsh.com
Arula Ratnakar @arula-ratnakar.bsky.social Computational Neuroscience PhD candidate at Boston University (advisors Cynthia Bradham & Gabe Ocker). Mathematically modeling embryonic neurodevelopment. I also write trippy scifi & mathfiction.
Ignyte Award Finalist 2025
6 stories in Clarkesworld
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.
Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com 'Peddler of Wheres,' job creator, Owner at The Map Center in Pawtucket RI- it's like a hip record store but for maps.
www.mapcenter.com
Cartographer, GIS specialist and educator
Linktr.ee/ecoandrewtrc
TVWritersVault @tvwritersvault.bsky.social Where TV/Film Producers & Execs Scout New Pitches for Film, TV & Digital. Shows Discovered & Broadcast Globally on Discovery Channel, A&E, Lifetime TV, SyFy, Velocity & Others... Visit https://www.tvwritersvault.com
Violet Outburst @violetoutburst.bsky.social Singer for fun!
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Beyond the Mark Free on Kindle Unlimited✍️
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Books and the Beard @diovassallo.bsky.social Writer, reader, and editor. Lives in the Midwest with his wife, son, and two black cats. Tends to stay out all night during the full moon.
Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social books, beauty, history, folklore. fan of Dickens & @littleseamstress. gets dressed up like a pillow so she's always in bed. patreon.com/sketchesbyboze, https://linktr.ee/sketchesbyboze
Hilary Hawkes - author @hilarymhawkes.bsky.social Children's author. Writing picture books and Middle Grade. Repd for foreign rights by Wellread and Boekenreis. Also lover of nature, gardens, mugs of tea and peaceful places. GEA, Scattered Authors, CWIG
That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com Educator-Librarian-Author-Activist-Speaker-Bibliophile-Louisianan-Defender of Wonder
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ThatLibrarian
𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖 @veloravenn.bsky.social 𝚜𝚑𝚎/𝚑𝚎𝚛 | ʟᴠʟ 39 | 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥, 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧, 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥
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Writer of #sapphic, sci-fi #romantasy #hopepunk championing diverse representation that’s brimming w/witty banter, yearning, warmth, & heart ☀️❤️🔥🌈
https://linktr.ee/veloravenn
The Independent Author Network @ianauthornetwork.bsky.social Welcome to the Independent Author Network at Bluesky. Promoting and Supporting Indie Authors since 2010. Our Book of the Year Awards program features $6,000 in cash prizes. #IAN1
J.R. Bale @jrbale.bsky.social Author, Father, Professor, MBA, Photographer, Concerned Human in NJ.
I support fellow writers.
www.JRBale.com
I do not respond to DMs.
Annie Trace @annetracy.bsky.social Indie author & writer. Debut novel “The Mourning Lights of Glory” to be released soon. Stay tuned… #ParanormalRomance
Daz James 🏳️🌈 @crewefox.bsky.social Bi nerd who loves comics, DnD and gaming. Author of the Mortal Angel series. Day job is being an Anaesthetic ODP for the NHS. He/Him 🇮🇪
Darkenryde Publishing @darkenryde.bsky.social uoıʇɔıℲ ʞɹɐᗡ
Projects from @calvindemmer.bsky.social
Norb Aikin @norbaikin.bsky.social 2x Writing.com Best Poetry Collection Quill Award winner and blogger. 3x published author. Former child. Hemmed up by JGM. #BillsMafia #Sabres #LGM #NDIrish Don't mind me; I hate everything. Norbaikin.com/blog
HerDeviancy @lcgallagher.bsky.social Wizard on the Weekend✨Writer on a Weekday
Current WIP: The Lost Aether Compass
🦇 ʎɹɹos ʇou ʇɐq ɐ ʎllɐnʇɔɐ ɯɐ I
Marial Winters @marialwinters.bsky.social Novelist (Author THE SOCIETY OF SPIRITS), painter, astrologer, gardener, autistic Luddite buoyed by scads of helpful nerds. Nature/animal lover with Environmental Studies BA from UCSC. Interests in science, historic architecture, metaphysics and philosophy
kitty_blush 🩷 @kitty-blush.bsky.social 🚫NO SOLICITING🚫
Writer (romantasy, multiple platforms). Anti-tRump loudmouth. Librarian. Mumther. INFJ. Chronically ill, chaotic, & covered in cats. HI! 👋 me: 🏳️🌈💙♒💔👨👩👦👦
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🎧📚 Vins 📚🎧 @hotheadbooknerd.bsky.social “ɪ’ᴍ ᴀ ʙᴀᴅᴀʀꜱᴇ ʀᴀʏ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴜɴꜱʜɪɴᴇꜱ!”
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Cecile Tellier - Author @ceciletellier.bsky.social Author and Tarot Reader
www.ceciletellier.com
44/minors DNI/Lupus warrior
Nortina Simmons, Writer @nortinaswriting.bsky.social Romance, Speculative Writer✍🏽
Short-form poet (I ❤️ haiku!)
Former avid reader 📚 (getting back to it)
Currently writing a Dracula 🤝 Beauty & the Beast retelling
nortinaswriting.com
Author Jason J. Willis @jasonjwillis.bsky.social Equalist, geek, reader, poet, and lover of art.
Author of System Apocalypse Liberty: Head of the Class
Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0CWPKZDG6
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558185905470
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
The Paper Sparrow @thepapersparrow.bsky.social New Zealand multi genre author and cat mum whose dark sense of humour is often misunderstood. DMs deactivated.
www.thepapersparrow.com
BUY DIRECT: https://thepapersparrow-shop.fourthwall.com
Joe Colacrai @ageofuprising.bsky.social Walt Disney Imagineer, Singer/Songwriter, Aspiring Author
Lucas 🍉 @lucasdoesart.bsky.social I'm just some guy who makes art, and fiddles with computers. If you support Trump, you are a fascist.
🍉
Insta; https://www.instagram.com/stag.prefab/
YouTube; https://youtube.com/@lucasdoesart?si=OB_wVR0Y00VKwe3R
Wayne Turmel @authorwayneturmel.bsky.social This is the personal account for my historical fiction and urban fantasy, my sports addictions, & opinions that would otherwise get me fired. www.WayneTurmel.com and my Amazon author page is https://www.amazon.com/stores/Wayne-Turmel/author/B00J5PGNWU
beastfire.bsky.social @beastfire.bsky.social Comic artist and writer (she/her pronouns), aroace, and hoping I can stick with using a social media app and not completely hiding. No AI. I can also be found on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/kmattillustrator and Patreon: patreon.com/KMattIllustration 
Joe DeRouen (author) @joederouen.bsky.social Best-selling author of the Small Things trilogy and other modern fantasy/horror novels. JoeDeRouen.com
Tina Glasneck @tinaglasneck.bsky.social USA Today bestselling fantasy author, lover of all things Loki, quantum physics, dragons, magic, and books.
JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social Novelist: sci fi w/snarky older heroines who've run out of f***s to give. In Boston, into Star Trek since B4 ya were born ya young whippersnapper + delight in smol dogs that make shnurffly sounds. Write content for Fidelity & seek more fiction publication!
Romance Books by Lia Fairchild @liafairchild.bsky.social Writing angsty romance books since 2011. Also editor and Ghostwriter.
Author Kathy Haan @kathyhaan.bsky.social 📍IA
♡ Amazon Top 65 Author // EDS
♡ Agent: Stephanie @SBR_Media
♡ Why choose dark fantasy romance
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@moggiemay.bsky.social @moggiemay.bsky.social 
Linzi Basset @linzibasset.bsky.social International Bestselling Author of dark romance with heart. My motto is to live life with passion -- Believe in the passions driving your desires; live them; enjoy them; and allow them to bring you happiness.
All Links: https://linktr.ee/LinziBasset
Jennifer Shelby @jennifershelby.bsky.social Writer of short stories and contemporary/urban fantasy books. I value kindness and empathy. SFWA, WFNB member. She/her. Care and Feeding of Your Little Banned Bookshop out now
Carrie Austin-Malone @cazaustin-malone.bsky.social Multi Genre Indie Romance Author, living in the UK loves crochet, cross stitch and martial arts
Douglas Smith 🇨🇦 Writing the Fantastic @smithwriter.bsky.social Multi-award-winning 🇨🇦 author and "one of Canada's most original writers of speculative fiction." (Library Journal). Website: https://smithwriter.com
Books: https://books2read.com/DouglasSmith
All my links: https://linktr.ee/smithwriter
John Ward 🔜 Word Vancouver @johnward.bsky.social Writer of comics, books, and films. PhD in theoretical physics. Vancouver, BC
https://arbutusfilms.com/
https://subscribepage.io/O1KniV
https://www.patreon.com/JohnWard794?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
Marty Essen @martyessen.bsky.social Multi-award-winning author of nine books (three nonfiction & six fiction), talent agent, college speaker, activist, adventurer, and photographer.
Website: https://martyessen.com Blog: https://marty-essen.com
Morgan Emerson Fox, Author @morganemersonfox.com 🌶️ Spicy Urban Fantasy, 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly
Self-published indie author ✍🏻 and Leguminati 🫘
Reclaimed Legacy Chronicles available free via Kindle Unlimited
Book 1: Otherkin's Hunger
Book 2: Bound By Shadows
Print & audiobooks available online
R. David King @rdavidking.bsky.social Scifi writer unashamedly looking for fans. Author of The Index of Alkeme & Nanomech. Space opera, pulp adventure, dieselpunk fan. Regulated by caffeine and music. Plays bass like Lister plays guitar. Linguaphile. Microserf.
Louise McLaughlin author she / her @louisemclaughlin.bsky.social 📚💙 Scottish fantasy author of D-Notice series- Cassie discovers saving the world with Glaswegian retired gods is a tough gig.
FREE BOOK links
Deviation: Wandering gods https://BookHip.com/HBMLCLS
Darkness https://BookHip.com/XNZJLNF
Archie @strmlne.bsky.social writer, artist, and weird book enthusiast. 21. any pronouns!
CKMo @monadicblurbs.bsky.social Indie Author | Free High Fantasy Webnovel series with Eastern influences available in linktree | Taiwanese | He/Him | ♓ | MtG, Video Games, Tech, Anime
https://linktr.ee/monadicblurbs
Mike L Tilford 📚 😺 @thatwriterguy.com NYT Worstselling Author
SFF📚, Satire, Comedy, Absurdist
Dummest Person in the Room
https://www.thatwriterguy.com
https://www.amazon.com/author/m.l.tilford
Anthony Curtis @anthonycurtis.bsky.social Former gifted kid, current middle-aged basic. Screaming into the void from suburbia. Wrote a memoir because trauma doesn't process itself. Digital PM, runner, cat dad. Still missing my twin. He/him. Find me on Substack https://anthonyscurtis.com/
K. A. Riley @karileywrites.bsky.social Author of YA and NA Dystopian and Fantasy novels, vendor of souls, unhinged introvert, eternal smartass
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/