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Ken Brydon @prison-stories.bsky.social Award-winning writer. 39 years incarcerated, 23 at San Quentin. PEN America recognized. Published by Joyce Carol Oates. I write about prison, redemption, loss, humor & hopeโand the humanity found where most people never look.
Emma Miller ๐๐๐ @emmadmiller.bsky.social Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! ๐๐ https://thedoonies.ca
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Love, Witches & Wahala Nov 17 2026
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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social Senior Agent at Neighborhood Literary. Lambda Award-winning author, sometimes. HOMEGROWN MAGIC out now, WHAT IFโฆKITTY PRYDE out next
Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social I write young adult mystery novels, poetry, and hardboiled detective stories. I have opinions about books and writing.
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๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ธ @horrorculturist.bsky.social Gothic gardening, goblincore, dark art, horror, weird music. ๐ฟ๐๐๐
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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social Books. Comic books. YA/middlegrade books. Film/TV. Podcasts. You can visit me at www.claymcleodchapman.com
Noelle Monรฉt | BOUND BY FURY out now!! @noellemonet.bsky.social BOUND BY FURY out now | 2025 LAMBDA lit fellow | she/they | ND | BLM โ๐พ| bi ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | โก๏ธ | ๐ต๐ธ| Rep: Laura Crockett at Triada US
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Nicole J. Owens @authornicolejowens.bsky.social ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐
| Romantic suspense author โ๐ป
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olivpit ๐๐ฆโ๏ธ @olivpit.bsky.social she/her โจ freelance fantasy and character artist and full time archaeology student :) comms are open on Kofi!
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Rachael A Edwards ๐ @rachaelawrites.bsky.social A FATE UNWOVEN (Fall 2025 Peachtree Teen) | rep: John Baker | banner by Kalie Holford
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Author M. I. Verras @miverr.bsky.social Renowned author, singer, pianist, music composer.
If not me, then no one else. Soon, you will know my name.
THE HIDDEN FACE is the metaphysical mystery book that STUNNED even people who didn't like reading! Get it here:
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Iโll Be Glad When Youโre Dead @ibgwyd.bsky.social Ottawa, ON, Canada
Calling all horror fans! Weโre making a horror film and we need your help to finish.
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Noel Sinatra @noelsinatra.bsky.social Alaskan writer prepping for the coming beaver zombie apocalypse. Involuntary sleepeater.
Bookshelfie โญ๏ธ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
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Movie coming soon. Calling all #HORROR fans.
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Diana Rodriguez Wallach, YA Horror Author @dianawallachauthor.bsky.social YA Horror Author of SMALL TOWN MONSTERS & HATCHET GIRLS (out now!), and THE SILENCED (Delacorte Sept. โ25)
Jarrard Raju @jarrardwrites.bsky.social โจ๏ธ Spec Fic Writer โข afrolatino โ๐พ๐ฌ๐น (they/he) โข rep by Gallt & Zacker Agency โจ๏ธ
val ๐ข @thevalrobles.bsky.social she/her | 23 | ๐ฒ๐ฝ | queer | i write books about sapphic villains ๐ | @RT_Mentor Mentor 25โ | @ShortPit_ Co-Host | rep: Alex Brown at MWLA ๐
Claribel A. Ortega @claribelortega.com NYT Best-selling raccoon enthusiast ๐ฆ
Witchlings 4: Scepter of Memories out 9.16.25
I wrote Ghost Squad, the Witchlings series & the Eisner & Pura Belprรฉ winning graphic novel Frizzy ๐
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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social YA Author
www.writesandrawrite.com
Salvaciรณn (Out 5/20/25)
Preorder:
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Relit (Out Now!)
The House Where Death Lives (Out Now!)
Literary Associate at Gallt & Zacker
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Sarah Read @inkwellmonster.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the Bone Weaver's Orchard, Out of Water, Root Rot, The Atropine Tree. Librarian, stationery addict, and crafter. She/her. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Linda D. Addison @nytebird45.bsky.social Writer of weird stuff, lover of Light! #BLM #blacksky She/Her - www.LindaAddisonWriter.com (author photo by Courtney Hartley)
Sofia Ajram @sofiaajram.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning writer. Metalsmith.
Books: Coup de Grรขce (Titan Books), Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror (Ghoulish)
www.sofiaajram.com
https://sofiaajram.substack.com
J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social 2x Bram Stoker & 2x Shirley Jackson Award finalist. Author of SLEEP ALONE and SOMETIMES WEโRE CRUEL. Stories: Best Horror of the Year Vol 13, PseudoPod, Vastarien, The Dark, more. Cat & lipstick enthusiast. She/Jen. Rep: Lane Heymont. jawmccarthy.com
Erika T Wurth @erikatwurth.bsky.social Erika T. Wurth is the author of WHITE HORSE + THE HAUNTING OF ROOM 904. NYT/GMA | WIU. Find her: Insta Goodreads Amazon TikTok Native Voices Medium. Trident.
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. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
www.lucysnyder.com
Rep: @jord4nhill.bsky.social
Cats, aquariums and terrariums
Briana Morgan @brianamorganbooks.bsky.social โ๏ธ Writing horror for weird girls
๐
HOW TO ESCAPE A TIGER CULT (Out 10/6)
๐ Reviewer @cemeterydancepub
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Ally Ally Oxenfree @allymalinenko.bsky.social She/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @Horrorwriters #SpookyMG Rep'd by @renarossner. GHOST GIRL, the Bram Stoker nominated THIS APPEARING HOUSE, THE OTHER MARCH SISTERS and Stephen King endorsed BROKEN DOLLS
Rachel Harrison @rachelharrison.bsky.social Friendly Ghost ๐ป
NYTimes bestselling author of The Return, Cackle, Such Sharp Teeth, Bad Dolls, Black Sheep, So Thirsty, Play Nice & KISS SLAY REPLAY 9/1 ๐ค
Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social USA Today bestselling horror noveler (MARY; NESTLINGS; REST STOP; WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME). TV actor. Musician. Out now: I KNOW A PLACE, May 5, 2026, Shortwave Books. (he/him)
Nadia Bulkin @nadiabulkin.bsky.social Horror writer (SHE SAID DESTROY, RED SKIES IN THE MORNING, ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY). Co-editor of WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST LEAVE.
๐ DC, raised in Jakarta/Nebraska, she/her โ ๏ธ๐
https://linktr.ee/nadiabulkin
Paula D. Ashe @pauladashe.bsky.social Award winning author of WE ARE HERE TO HURT EACH OTHER. Developmental editor. Hellraiser obsessive. Queen of Martyrs. She/her. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ โ๐ฝ. Opinions = mine alone. Rep: Lane Heymont
https://linktr.ee/pauladashe
Laurel Hightower @laurelhightower.bsky.social Horror loving mom. Author of that mothman book, BELOW. Also WHISPERS IN THE DARK, CROSSROADS, EVERY WOMAN KNOWS THIS, SILENT KEY, SPIRIT COVEN, and THE DAY OF THE DOOR
Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social Award-Winning Publisher of New Weird Horror + More, via Portland, OR & Transilvania, Romania.
@AlexWoodroe.com, Editor in Chief.
@MattBlairstone.bsky.social, Publisher.
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Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com Iโm on my way. https://www.stephengrahamjones.com
Joe Hill @joe-hill.bsky.social Author of The Fireman, Strange Weather, and King Sorrow (out in October). Co-creator of Locke & Key (along with maestro Gabriel Rodriguez). Let's do a better job lookin after the kids: https://www.sandyhookpromise.org
Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social Lifewriting Podcast - Exec Producer #HorrorNoire: A History of Black Horror, Writer: Twilight Zone. UCLA Lecturer. Vanity Fair. Author: American Book Award #BLM #blacksky She/Her - https://linktr.ee/tananarivedue
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Vincent๐ฅGreat Gatsby Comic๐ฅ @vincentisvintage.bsky.social Vintage Illustrator+Graphic Novelist
Making Great Gatsby GN
#GreatGatsbyIIE
Transmasc 30//he/him
Vincent.1.vintage@gmail.com
Agent Jas Perry
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. alexanderchee.net
Monique Asher @moniqueasher.bsky.social Horror Author | DONโT EAT THE PIE ๐ฅง The Red Knot ๐ชข Fall 2025 @RAPubCollective | paranormal travel podcast @staythenightpod | HWA |
@writtenbyhanna.bsky.social @writtenbyhanna.bsky.social Writer (deragatory)
HannaPhifer.com
Jem is OPEN to queries @jemiscoe.bsky.social Founder + Agent @Starling Literary + Media, representing authors & Illustrators. Wife, mom of 3, MFA grad, & former Asst. Director for film & TV. https://www.starlingliterary.com | http://querymanager.com/query/Jemiscoe
Kat Lewis @katjolewis.bsky.social I write books and video games ๐ฎ | GOOD PEOPLE forthcoming from Simon & Schuster (2026) | Writing Craft Lessons on Substack | Rep: Robin Rue @ Writers House | Views = my own | she/her
Maeve MacLysaght loves a little gall on gall @mmmlysaght.bsky.social Literary agent at Aevitas Creative Management โ
MG-Adult graphic novels, Sci-fi, Fantasy, That๐Gay๐Shit๐ โ
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OPEN TO QUERIES | IG @mmmlysaght
katt โญ๏ธ @kattastic.bsky.social