Adventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social A curious speculative fiction magazine.
www.adventitious.net
https://www.patreon.com/c/AdventitiousStories
Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social Kaleidotrope is a quarterly e-zine of sci-fi, fantasy & horror edited by Fred Coppersmith since 2006.
Read it at http://www.kaleidotrope.net
Support it at http://patreon.com/kaleidotropezine
Avatar and cover art by Brian Malachy Quinn
Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social Publishing speculative fiction, poetry, reviews, essays & podcasts. Every Monday, free to read at http://strangehorizons.com. IGNYTE Community Award winner. Hugo Award winner 2024.
linktr.ee/strangehorizons
Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com An online monthly magazine for speculative poetry and flash fiction! Edited by @cislyn.bsky.social and @granades.com.
OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social OTHERSIDE is a quarterly magazine of speculative fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers and artists. 🪐🗡️🌈
https://patreon.com/othersidespec · https://othersidespec.com
C.M. Sullivan 🍉 @cmsullivan.bsky.social queer speculative author, library dweller. viable paradise '25, taos toolbox '24. stories in apex magazine and the daily tomorrow, forthcoming in kaleidotrope. SFWA associate and codex member. she/they. 🚫 to AI, now and always.
https://www.cm-sullivan.com
🥪 Anne Zhang-Huang @sandiwiches.bsky.social VP 2025
prev: narrative @ zos, comms @ ubisoft, research @ uc berkeley
opinions shared are my own
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ they/all
📚 fiction in Escape Pod, Small Wonders, Adventitious, elsewhere
👀 first reader at Apex Magazine
🪼 Viable Paradise '25 alum
🥋 jiujitsu purple belt
⛰️ Pacific Northwest transplant
bio.site/riolombana
@maria2456.bsky.social @maria2456.bsky.social 
Symbiosky @symbiosky.bsky.social Make Decisions Through Conviction,
Fund Public Good like Journalism, Academic Content, Education
https://www.symbiosky.com/
Lynn Witwer @starkravinglynn.bsky.social Viable Paradise 2025
Gone batty 🦇
T.L. Najjar @tlnajjar.bsky.social Speculative Fiction Writer | Clarion (UCSD) '26 | Odyssey '26 | Viable Paradise '25 | Apex Slush Reader
Also: knitter, fountain pen enthusiast, PC gamer, and neurologic physical therapist
TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social #Scientist, #advocate, and #educator in the field of #climatechange. #Author of uplifting #climatefiction novel "A New Faith." Read or download the novel for free at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
#booksky #books #sciencefiction #solarpunk #hopepunk
Rhiannon J. Taylor/R. J. Howell @mytherea.bsky.social Spec fic writer and digital artist. Publishes under R. J. Howell. Stonecoast MFA grad. Fiction in Worlds of Possibility, Giganotosaurus, Flame Tree, and Heartlines Spec, among others. Codex, SFWA. Queer, Ace. She/them.
https://linktr.ee/rjhowell- G Gibster @gibsterific.bsky.social Just a reader, writing an update, asking to be loved. Upmarket speculative fictionist. (VP 2025)
Tope Hall @topehall.bsky.social Adventures of Slothy and Lord Thrilling
@bojangba99.bsky.social @bojangba99.bsky.social No parents wish to die and let your children’s suffer 🥲 the giver shall never lack
Nelson @nelsonwilliams12.bsky.social I love sports
Alissia shannon @alissiams.bsky.social Self motivated, Self starter, Self reliant, Self indulgent AND Self employed⚡️…….Embracing the journey❗️
Abhijeet @bingingout.bsky.social Writer, editor, doodler | Work in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Translunar Travelers Lounge, The Bombay Literary Magazine, and more | Associate Editor @escapepod.org | Viable Paradise 2025 | abhijeetmakesthings.com (WIP)
Valerie Kemp @valeriekwrites.bsky.social Recovering academic, former filmmaker, current genetic genealogist. I write speculative fiction for all ages. Stories in Haven Spec, Apex, Cast of Wonders, and more! Viable Paradise 2022 alum. My MG fantasy DAUGHTER OF SPIDERS coming Spring 2028!
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Erik Grove @erikgrove.com Writer. Little dog owner. (Aspiring) Magnificent and Deeply Kind Weirdo. SFWA/ HWA/ Viable Paradise 2022. Portlander. Represented by Joshua Bilmes/JABberwocky. Debut novel THE LONG RED TOMORROW coming March 2, 2027! Preorder 6-37 copies today! He/Him.
Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com SFFH author & audio drama creator with a PhD in trashy Victorian lit. HIGHER MAGIC out now. Rhysling finalist. She/they. ND 🧠. Rep: @rebeccamatte.com
https://courtney-floyd.com
🎙 https://hauntnowpod.com
✉️ https://buttondown.email/wallowinginink
🚫a👁️
Mona West @monawest.bsky.social Writer. Cohost of the Unfortunately... Podcast. Rejected by Uncanny, Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, and others.
https://mona-west.com/
https://unfortunatelypod.com/
KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social Spec fic. Bikes.Books.
Words in Uncanny, F&SF, FIYAH, Apex and elsewhere
VP 2022
they/any
Ishmael Grey @callmeishmael.bsky.social A damp, drizzly November soul 🐳 Writer and Dork. Viable Paradise 2022. Fiction in Otherside.
If you feel like throwing me a buck:
https://ko-fi.com/ishmaelcat
Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social Award winning science fiction author. Cat furniture. Horse patsy. Almost certainly two ornimegalonyxes in a trenchcoat.
🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈
https://buttondown.email/matociquala
THE FOLDED SKY https://books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ
ANGEL MAKER https://books2read.com/u/3kzy2W
Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social fiction writer and story lead @ wizards of the coast / he/him / repped by Arley Sorg / opinions are my own and do not represent my employer
https://www.roy-graham.com/
Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social NYT bestselling writer. Newsletter and updates at maxgladstone.com. More or less updates-only on here.
alex fox @alexfox.bsky.social Writing mostly about fucked up guys with swords. look upon my works and despair
https://www.afoxwrites.com
afoxwrites on IG (still building this up)
alexfoxauthor@gmail.com
Viable Paradise @viableparadise.bsky.social The writing workshop you've been looking for! https://viableparadise.com
A.Y. Chao @aychao.com Master procrastinator. Occasional adult.
#1 Sunday Times bestselling author of SHANGHAI IMMORTAL and PARIS CELESTIAL
she/they/Alice
aychao.com
Latest news: https://aychao.substack.com
Daryl Gregory @darylwriterguy.bsky.social Daryl Gregory, a guy who writes things. WHEN WE WERE REAL out April 1 2025, no foolin'. He/him
Craig Church @whatcraigwrote.com He/him. Overactive imagination since '87. Helping make movies at ILM. Portland Trail Blazers and Golden State Valkyries enjoyer.
Short fiction in Cast of Wonders, Escape Pod, and more.
visualpostcard.cc
whatcraigwrote.com
letterboxd.com/lucky_rabbit
RJ Taylor @rjtaylor.bsky.social SFF writer • Stories in Clarkesworld, F&SF, Apex, more • #VP2022 • Codex• not often on social media (updates only)
Valerie Valdes @valerievaldes.bsky.social aka Lia Amador. Sci-fi, fantasy, and romance writer. MtG story scribe. Co-editor of Escape Pod. Variety game streamer. VPXX/16.
Benjamin C. Kinney @benjaminckinney.com SFF writer, neuroscientist, Hugo finalist. Escape Pod 2017-2023. Codex, VP, SFWA. Short stories in Analog, Lightspeed, Sunday Morning Transport, etc.
Neuroscience (not under pen name): rehabilitation, neuroimaging, movement control, handedness
Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social Quarterly speculative fiction, poetry, and non-fiction
Unapologetically antifascist and feminist.
NO AI!!!!
Spec SFF
magazine.trollbreath.com
https://ko-fi.com/trollbreathmagazine
https://linktr.ee/trollbreath
Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com #SFF writer from Maine. VP21. He/Him. Cóyotl and Foof award nominated. Creator of Speculative Fiction Magazine Subscription web page. Co-editor of Trollbreath Magazine. #AuthorsNotAlgorithms
https://www.trollbreath.com
https://magazine.trollbreath.com
M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social MR, she/her. scholar, author, editor · poster of too many dog photos · Clarion West ‘25 · VP2024 · stories at BCS, Lightspeed, GigaNotoSaurus, elsewhere · co-founder of @othersidespec.bsky.social 🪐🗡️🌈
https://m-r-robinson.com
C. L. Polk @clpolk.com I write stuff. I knit stuff. I cook stuff. Ask me about my weird little books. https://www.clpolk.com/
Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social 48, fantasy writer, author of THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA. Ex-firefighter, veteran MechWarrior. Minnesotan transplanted to Massachusetts. Gizmonic Institute (1989-92). Instructor at Viable Paradise.
Fonda Lee @fondalee.bsky.social NYT bestselling, World Fantasy Award-winning author of the Green Bone Saga & other books. The Last Contract of Isako out now! Next: Mark of the Warrior (Oct 2026) https://linktr.ee/fondalee
Zohar Jacobs @zoharjacobs.bsky.social Migrant Jewish intellectual. Writer, historian, mystic | Fiction in Sunday Morning Transport, Analog, Asimov's & Clarkesworld | Oxford, UK
Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social Speculative writer, reader, marketing coach, tea drinker | SFWA | VP '23 | Stories in Strange Horizons, Haven Spec, Trollbreath, Ghastling |
Digging: hibiscus tea, space opera, summer peaches | she/her #specfic #sff
linktr.ee/allisonpottern | pottern.com
Phiala @phiala.bsky.social Science, string, science fiction… string fiction? All views my own. 
Chris Campbell @chriscampbell.bsky.social Words in FIYAH, Asimov’s, Escape Pod and more. VP2023 CW2024. Rep Sara Megibow. 45% goblin proof 65% decidedly not. clundycampbell.com Editor of NewYearNewYou.
Andrew Hiller @andrewintheclouds.bsky.social Create. Investigate. Celebrate.
Writer, Producer, & friend of Muppets
Pitter Patty Finds Another Day, 2022 Escape Pod Flash Fiction Contest Winner,2019 BFF Author of the Year, #ViableParadise 23
K.M. Veohongs @kmveohongs.bsky.social Thai-rish American spec fic author last seen playing corn hole on House Hunters. Writes pants of center. She/her Repped by https://bsky.app/profile/hel-no-wai.bsky.social
See what I've written and sign up for my newsletter at https://www.kmveohongs.com/
Elizabeth Cobbe @elizabethcobbe.bsky.social Writer, Pythonista, parent, feelings butler, Viable Paradise grad. Words in Fireside, Cossmass, Kaleidotrope. Novel on sub now! REP: Eric Smith.
More at elizabethcobbe.com
R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social Fat queer polyamorous wizard and SFF author.
He/him. Abolish the police.
I am not a Catholic Priest.
I do not absolve you.
Write your own email.
Stories: https://www.rkduncan-author.com/
Monthly newsletter with poem: https://www.rkduncan-author.com/signup
Pippin @skyfyre88.bsky.social She/her. A geeky librarian, full of tea and anxiety. Co-host of No Story Is Sacred. Viable Paradise staff. https://linktr.ee/pippin_m
Laurence Raphael Brothers @lrb.bsky.social Technologist, writer, futurist.
Codex, Viable Paradise, SFWA.
Seeking representation for new novels.
Publishers: Mirror World, Water Dragon, Brigid's Gate
USPTO
he/him
@laurence@petrous.vislae.town
https://www.laurencebrothers.com/
Aimee Kuzenski wants you to read SEEDS OF INHERITANCE @aimeekuzenski.bsky.social Speculative fiction writer, audiobook narrator, singer, martial artist, badass, queer af
Latest novel: SEEDS OF INHERITANCE, semi-finalist in SPFBO X
Subscribe to my newsletter: https://buttondown.email/akuzenski
Phil Margolies @philmargolies.bsky.social I’m nobody but I know awesome people who have Wikipedia pages
Jennifer Hudak @jenniferhudak.bsky.social Writer of SFF, drinker of tea. Nebula winner, Hugo finalist. Aging mermaid far from her natural habitat. SFWA/Codex/VP2018. She/her
David DeGraff (he/him) @daviddegraff.bsky.social Astronomer and science fiction writer
Stories in Lightspeed, F&SF, Escape Pod, Translunar Traveler’s Lounge, and Carbide Tipped Pens #VP21 #Codex https://DavidDeGraff.com
J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social Opinions expressed are mine alone. Fan of nuance and tradeoffs. I regularly delete all posts and likes. ☸️ 🏳️🌈
Devin Miller @devzmiller.bsky.social Writer of sapphic SFF fiction and poetry, cyborg, Seattleite, plant nerd.
devzmiller.com
A.P. Golub / Andrea Tatjana @andtatcat.bsky.social Fantasy writer. Bi. Tamer of feral cats. Lurker. (They/them)
Laura Cranehill @lauracranehill.bsky.social Strange motherings and odd bodies. Weird horror written by a weird horror. 🌈
WIFE SHAPED BODIES out now from Saga Press
Lauracranehill.com
Neil Flinchbaugh @neilflinchbaugh.bsky.social Reader & writer of fantasy, sci-fi, & horror
Christopher Mark Rose @chrisrose.bsky.social Spec fiction writer, engineer, owl. Stories in Asimov's, F&SF, Interzone. Avionics in NASA spacecraft. #ViableParadise #SFF #VP23 #SFWA #Codexian #SciFi #CharmCitySpec #writingcommunity BLM 🇺🇦
Jay Wolf @jayxwolf.bsky.social sff writer & dev editor, book designer, author-illustrator, lapsed podcaster, sculptor, fabricator, Viable Paradise alum, online community specialist, queer as in here, they as in them, kennywood enthusiast.
writes books as @mdmcd.com
Merritt Daniel McDowell @mdmcd.com ink-stained wretch & nom de guerre of jayxwolf.bsky.social
Song of the Scourgelands, Bladesmith & Brigand, Beneath the Shattered Gods & more tk. Inquiries: m @ mdmcd.com
A drowned man carries no burdens, not even the heart of another—
River Kanning @riverk.bsky.social Those who become jailers are themselves no longer free.
P. H. Low @ph-low.com THESE DEATHLESS SHORES • poetry ed @Anathema • short fic/poetry/essays in Strange Horizons, Reactor, Fantasy, &c. • Ignyte, Rhysling, & Locus noms • 🇲🇾🇺🇸🏳️🌈 (they/them) • linktr.ee/lowph
Avani @avani.bsky.social ML/Systems researcher with delusions of neuroscience and cryptography. Currently @Cloudflare and Emory. Dilettante SFF writer. Fellow of Odd Salon. I like to play the drums. #vp2023 #cw2026.
https://linktr.ee/circumviso
Jill S @outseide.bsky.social Tea drinker, Seattleite, queer femme, erstwhile writer, dilettante, librarian, birder, renter, traveler. If you reply-guy me, I will block you. Pronouns: she/her
www.slowbloom.com/blog
John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social Science fiction and fantasy writer, author of RED NOISE, THE LIAR, and others. Coffee enthusiast.
No idea what I’m doing.
https://johnpmurphy.net
Liz (E.M. Morrissey) @lizardskinshoujo.bsky.social Pursuing the peccary with pardine limers.
Lapsed academic. PhD in Japanese Art History. Viable Paradise 2024. Short fiction in The Daily Tomorrow, Old Moon Quarterly. She/her. No AI.
www.elizabethmorrissey.com
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
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
Newsletter: https://www.jomiles.com/newsletter/
Trae Hawkins @traewrites.bsky.social SFF writer 💫
https://traehawkins.blog
Editor @anathemamagazine.bsky.social
rep: @keiralekseii.bsky.social
Words in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Escape Pod, etc. #ViableParadise2023
he/him
Shen Tao @dragons.bsky.social USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Poet Empress
https://linktr.ee/ThePoetEmpress
Rowan Copley @the-rowan.bsky.social Recurser, Viable Paradisian, Cascadian, science fantasist
Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social Writing and Narrative Design. previously: Wizards of the Coast, Wildstar, Dark Age of Camelot, Star Wars. now: secret quests at System Era
@culturalgeek on twitter
Carla Dugas @cjdugas.bsky.social Trans people deserve respect and protection.
A coffee-drinking 🦄 protector. Writing fantasy/sci-fi . VP XIX. Previous first reader Viable Paradise, F&SF. she/her
Maureen Yost-Zahn @beaniezee.bsky.social Fantasy writer by night, cat herder 24/7, will jump out of a moving car to pet your dog | 💍 | NJ➡️PNW | VP22 / Viable Paradise 2018
I’m also on the others apps as [@]beaniezee
Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social Writer, bookseller, gamer, geek. she/her. queer.
Artist at peculiarityshop@bsky.social
Staff at viableparadise@bsky.social
Ash Howell @ash-howell.com Writing about magic, queers, tech ethics, and the evils of capitalism. Work in Astrolabe, All Worlds Wayfarer, Baffling Mag, & Lightspeed | #vp2023
They/them.
https://www.ash-howell.com/
Stephanie Siebert @drowsyzot.bsky.social SFF writer, feral parent, history nerd, nascent bog witch
#ActuallyAutistic, #InvisibleDisabilities, #POTS, #EDS
Patrick Nielsen Hayden @pnh.nielsenhayden.com Retired SF and fantasy editor, winner of three Hugos and a World Fantasy Award. Amateur musician, bibliophile, genealogist, layabout. American by birth, Canadian by recent ancestry.
He, his. Anti-trans dingbats, get lost.
Signal: pnh.09
Lenora Rose @lenorarose.bsky.social Writer, potter, clerk. Canuck. She/her. Cis but knows trans women are women.
Where there is tea, there is hope.
km fedyk 🐀 @karigrafia.bsky.social Academic, writer, immigrant. Queer vegan. I spend a lot of time thinking about different kinds of minds | they/them
Represented by Anna Ange at Liza Dawson Associates
Profile picture by @ancientwinters.bsky.social
Andy W. Taylor @sooguy68.bsky.social Canadian writer of speculative fiction who buys more books & comics than he can ever hope to read. Viable Paradise (VP19), Codex, TWUOC, CSFFA, Playwright Junction. Cancer Survivor. He/Him
D. M. Beucler @dmbeucler.bsky.social Author of Memory and Magic, Out Oct 7 2025 from Luna Press
https://www.dmbeucler.com/
Expert Onion.
Cat herder.
2 kids, 3 cats, infinite chaos.
#VP21 #Codex
she/they
Knit 2, Purl 1, Sow kind chaos.
DonP @donfoolery.com He came from some. Where. Back in your long ago...
Health admin factotum. Views rep'd here are entirely my own.
Viable Paradise XX (2016)
he/him/his
donfoolery.com
🇵🇭 🇺🇸
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Brigitte Winter @brigittewinter.bsky.social Author. Photographer. Game designer. Co-Founder of Scryptid Games. Viable Paradise ‘23. SFWA. HWA. Rep’d by Sara Megibow.
Alec @alecjmarsh.bsky.social Writer of fantasy | Freelance Editor | Viable Paradise 2023
They/them | PNW
Hire me & see my books at alecjmarsh.carrd.co
LaShawn M. Wanak @tbonejenkins.bsky.social Science fiction and fantasy writer. Editor of GigaNotoSaurus Magazine. Anime watcher and knitter. Follower of Womanist theology. She/Her. Also, pie.
Julia Vee @juliavee.bsky.social I write stuff with monsters and dumplings. ('23 Ebony Gate, TOR) ('24 Blood Jade, TOR)
🩷Pearl City July 15, 2025🩷
Viable Paradise 21.
Jake Kerr @jakekerr.com Podcast drama writer. Screenwriter. Award-nominated scifi author. Technologist. Voting rights advocate. Former morning show DJ, music journalist, record company exec, biz dev consultant. Current IHeartMedia. He/Him
https://jakekerr.com
Anastasia K.E. @akstories.bsky.social Lover of bright colors and tea
VP2023 She/Her/Mx Neurodivergent
Reads for Fusion Fragment
Shannon Spieler @sr-spieler.bsky.social Aspiring author, rapid reader, interior decor enthusiast, dumpling addict, millennial parent, #viableparadise2023, she/her.