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. 🏳️🌈
www.lucysnyder.com
Rep: @jord4nhill.bsky.social
Cats, aquariums and terrariums
Merganser Magazine @mergansermagazine.bsky.social PROSE AND POETRY.
EXPEDITION 017 LIVE @ mergansermagazine.com
BUY MERGANSER 1 @ mergansermagazine.com/store/
Edited by @jakeott.bsky.social
World Fantasy Convention 2026 - Oakland CA @wfc2026.bsky.social The World Fantasy Convention (WFC), is an annual literary gathering of authors, artists, editors, agents, publishers, and fans of Fantasy & Dark Fantasy genres from around the world. The 2026 WFC will be taking place at the Oakland Marriott City Center
PAUL FINCH @paulfinchauthor.bsky.social Best selling novelist, Sunday Times Top 10, specialising in thrillers, crime, horror and full-on historical action/adventure.
https://paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com/
William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social Writer (2026 publications include Asimov’s, Analog, and F&SF; story arc A Work of Human Hands in paperback via Amazon), former teacher, parent to three grown women. Interests include film, religion, history, many sciences.
he/him ho-hum
@elizabethmassie.bsky.social @elizabethmassie.bsky.social 
REMAINS @remainsmagazine.bsky.social Magazine of new fiction edited by Andy Cox with art by Richard Wagner. Issue 5 out now. https://remains.uk
Dust & Dark @handle.invalid A new magazine of chilling horror fiction. Launching 2025. https://dustanddark.com/
Editor: @owenduffy.co.uk
Banner image: Mikel Martinez De Osaba
Katz@PanTraductia @katzptd.bsky.social A one-man company of translator(English-Japanese) and editor.
英和翻訳・出版編集・和文校正の一人会社です。仕事迅速、随時受注。『幻想と怪奇』編集室主宰。訳書新刊『誰かがいる部屋 A・M・バレイジ怪談傑作集』新紀元社。本名での訳書にジャック・ロンドン『試合／獰猛なる野生児 ボクシング小説集』光文社古典新訳文庫。
自由と平和の使者エル・ドセ（El Doce / No.12）として日本国憲法を護持、第12条の「不断の努力」の体現を目指す。
Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social Cartoon Maker/Comics|Photographe Amateur|One of The first Haitian 🇭🇹on This app
.Follow me for historical& amazing pictures
•Des photos et vidéos historiques fascinantes du monde entier.
Stephen Mark Rainey @markrainey.bsky.social Author/editor of scary fiction, graphic artist, geocacher, occasional musician & actor, perpetual old fart
Steve Gurr @gurrjaroid.bsky.social Literature enthusiast, technical writer, movie buff, Encyclopedia Brown fan, mediocre cook. I kinda speak very poor German. Run the Writer's Cramp writers group in Seattle. He/him.
Geneve Flynn @geneveflynn.bsky.social Horror author, editor, and poet. Two-time Bram Stoker Award-winner. Shirley Jackson, Aurealis, and Australasian Shadows Award winner. Co-editor of Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women
The Bruce on Satan's Claw @killerb.bsky.social Sociology student, studying film, lover of horror movies and animals. One half of the Crypt Keepers podcast.
HermeticHermit @hermetichermit.bsky.social Quasi-Hermit, Bibliophile, Horror Fanatic, Whovian and Animal Lover (especially dogs and opossums)- J Jake Furbush @jakefurb.bsky.social
Joseph Mulak @josephmulak.bsky.social Author of Inconvenience and Not All Secrets
Harry Stephen Keeler @harryskeeler.bsky.social A million stories are trembling to be crystallized on the black ribbon of the typewriter. Located in Chicago, London of the West. Portrait by Al Hirschfeld. Join the Keeler Society: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/keeler/join.html
Cats_of_Horror @maidofthemoon.bsky.social 
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social Horror. Books. Movies. Coffee. Cats. Stories in Generation X-Ed, Camp Slasher Lake, Parsec, Cthulhu Dreams, and Chthonic Matter Quarterly.
derekaustinjohnson.com
Zagava Books @zagava.bsky.social Zagava aims to publish books produced to the highest standards, both as far as the contents and the production values are concerned.
https://zagava.de/links
Stephen Bacon @stephenbacon.bsky.social Father, husband and occasional writer. Film fan, lover of books, politically left. Grudgingly a supporter of Nottingham Forest.
www.stephenbacon.co.uk
James Everington @jheverington.bsky.social Writer of creepy, uneasy, ambiguous fiction.
“… an unsettling voice all of its own." The Guardian
http://jameseverington.blogspot.com
Joule @joulekzelm.bsky.social I sell books and write horror (Pseudopod, Cosmic Horror Monthly, MetaStellar, Tales To Terrify). She/her. Stop the genocides.
k.l. young @writtenbyklyoung.bsky.social Writer, publisher, filmmaker, podcaster.
Alexander James @awjames.bsky.social Writer of weird fiction. https://alex-james.com/
@crossroadpress.bsky.social @crossroadpress.bsky.social Publisher of Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mysteries, Thrillers, Military adventure, parapsychology, biographies, childrens books and so much more. In business for over 15 years. 3000 plus titles, hundreds of authors from #CliveBarker to new voices.
Skip Johnson @skipjohnson.bsky.social Fan of all things creative. Reader. Film fan. Writer. Day dreamer.
David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social Canadian white male autistic writer. Author of America 'Toons In: A History of Television Animation and The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Also author of speculative fiction, superhero fiction and anthropomorphic ("furry") fiction.
Lee Thomas @leethomas1.bsky.social Two-time Lambda Literary Award and Bram Stoker Award winning writer. Dog and cat parent.
Peter Coleborn @petercoleborn.bsky.social Editor, publisher, photographer
Rachel Handley 🏳️🌈 @rachelahandley.com Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool.
SFF Author. Poet. 🦉
Possible Worlds and Other Stories (2022)
They/Them.
rachelahandley.com
Moshe Feder @mimeoman.bsky.social Superannuated Nice Jewish Boy & native New Yorker. Edits SF and Fantasy, and not quite retired. Loves cats. Proud liberal Democrat & Zionist. Authenticity pedant. I’m a born maven trying to always be a mensch. Happy new resident of Naugatuck, CT.
C. Jeffery Evans @cjevans.bsky.social Former economist and land use planner. Screenwriter and author with some love on the contest circuit. Husband, father, grandfather, crip rights activist. Big-P progressive.
Ragers and rude posters will be blocked.
Victoria Dalpe @victoriadalpe.bsky.social Author. Artist. Undead. Victoria Dalpe is a RI-based horror writer and painter. Selene Shade: Loving the Dead available for preorder now- out August 2026.- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Jerry Purdon @purdonjerry.bsky.social Writer. Storyteller. Reader. Short story collection-Graveyards, Bars, and a Graveyard Bar - is out now! Love fantasy and horror but I read everything.
John McIlveen @mcilveen.bsky.social
Author of HANNAHWHERE, GIRL GONE NORTH, INFLICTIONS, and A VARIABLE DARKNESS. CEO at Haverhill House Publishing, Facility Manager at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
Lives on North Shore MA with his wife Roberta Colasanti. 
J.S. Breukelaar @jsbreukelaar.bsky.social Writer, mother. Ever unfixed. Shirley Jackson Award finalist, Aurealis and Ditmar Award winner. 
Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social Independent press dedicated to literature of the gothic, fantastic, strange, and supernatural. Æon House, Dublin, Ireland. Posts by Brian J. Showers. www.swanriverpress.ie
Kangas Kahn @kkfilms.bsky.social I'm the writer/director of seven feature films--all free at bit.ly/kkftubi as well as a few books. 
Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social Writer of oddities, biomedical AI scientist, maybe human
🖊️ Apex, Uncharted, Heartlines, Strange Horizons, ergot., Flame Tree, Plott Hound, Cosmic Horror Monthly and elsewhere
akislinardos.com
he/him
Eóin Murphy @ragemonki.bsky.social Horror writer/economist from Northern Ireland. Published in Tales of Occult Britain and NI, the First Five Minutes of the Apocalypse, Best Horror of the Year vol 14 and Uncertainties vol 5. Can be occasionally found at eoinmurphywriter.wordpress.com
Helen Grant @helengrantsays.bsky.social Lives in Scotland & writes books. Order my new novella STEAL ME from Absinthe Books. Short story collection ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES available from Swan River Press. Perthshire Gothic. M.R.James fiend. Represented by John Jarrold.
Rob Costello @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social (He/him) Stoker, Lambda, & Locus Award nominated author, anthologist, and teacher. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/cloudbusterpress
AN UGLY WORLD FOR BEAUTIFUL BOYS (Lethe Press)
WE MOSTLY COME OUT AT NIGHT (Running Press Teens)
THE DANCING BEARS (Lethe Press)
Brandon Barrows @brandonbarrows.bsky.social New mystery novel THE DARKER THE NIGHT out 7/7 from Rowan Prose!
Bestselling author. Mustang Award winner and four-time finalist. Two-time Derringer nominee.
Michael A. Reed @mike-cant-reed.bsky.social Teaching, writing, reading, dyslexia, and all things speculative fiction. Codex Writer. HWA associate. Co-editor at The Phantom Pulse Magazine.
Jen_reads_nc @jenreadsnc.bsky.social Library Collection Development worker, avid horror reader, casual reviewer. 
Jo Kaplan @joannapary.bsky.social Author of IT WILL JUST BE US (2020) and WHEN THE NIGHT BELLS RING (2022). AKA Joanna Parypinski. Co-chair of HWA LA chapter. https://jo-kaplan.com/
Worm Moon Archive 🌕 @wormmoonarchive.bsky.social A paranormal literary magazine and a place for monsters, including but not limited to: ghosts, werewolves, folkloric creatures, horrors, abominations, and love.
Submissions close September 30th!
https://wormmoon.net/about/
Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social 💀 INACTIVE PROFILE 💀
Visit http://instagram.com/weird_friction or https://x.com/Weird_Friction to see any and all new updates.
Nicole Amburgey @tatteredandbroken.bsky.social She/Her | Lover of Horror | Avid Reader | Owner of Tattered Covers & Broken Spines Book Review blog
Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social The Best Horror of the Year, vol. 17. Shakespeare Unleashed. Samhain Screams. Hiding Under the Leaves. Best Microfiction. Best Small Fictions. Ghost Parachute. Pulp Literature.
Member: Horror Writers Association
epiphanyferrell.com
Brent McGregor @brentmcgregor.bsky.social Brent is a Sydney-based horror author and member of the AHWA. A book nerd and dad, he enjoys spinning tales of terror and make-believe. https://linktr.ee/brentmcgregor
alexis (haunts the narrative) @snarkycynic.bsky.social she/her | 🏳️🌈 | fiction mfa-haver | journalist-adjacent | writer in theory, general menace in application
Martin Boucher @authorfan.bsky.social Avid reader of #horror. 👀 Movie buff, especially of '80s #horror. 📺
Michael G. O'Connell @mocando.bsky.social Author/Illustrator from the Sunshine State. 🖤👻
Southern Gothic/Horror
Now available chapbooks & other goodies. https://linktr.ee/mocando
In Tales to Terrify, Dracula Beyond Stoker, WAS, Raven Review, Mystery Trib. & more
🚫DMs unless you already know me.
Matt Masucci @mattmasucci.bsky.social Writer. [REDACTED]. Person.
Genres: Horror, Crime, Mystery, Suspense
HWA Member
www.matthewmasucci.com
Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com Magazine of speculative fiction; stories of horror, wonder, and the weird since 1999. https://3lobedmag.com
Ron Clinton @ronclinton.bsky.social Husband, dad, book guy. Pub’d author of fiction & non-fiction. My “Collecting the Modern Macabre” & interviews appear in Centipede Press’ WEIRD FICTION REVIEW.
Black Beacon Books @blackbeaconbooks.bsky.social Black Beacon Books publishes gripping mystery, suspense, horror, post-apocalyptic, ghost stories, and steampunk fiction. blackbeaconbooks.com
Micah Castle 🎃 @micahcastle.com 🐺New book The Companions We Lose🐺 mybook.to/companion | Horror and weird fiction author. | Editor. | Drifting in the Void.
www.linktr.ee/micahcastle
David, Robot Fighter 2026 A.D. @davidbusboom.bsky.social Spec-fic writer, robot fighter. Battling dependence on fascist AI in the year 2026 and beyond. Also: science editor; casual birder; author of EVERY CRAWLING, PUTRID THING (JournalStone 2022). He/him.
https://davidbusboom.com/
Cover art: @flancortes
Diane Wordsworth 🇬🇧 🏴 (she/her/mrs) @dianewordsworth.bsky.social 🔸️Brummie married to a Yorkshireman🔸️writer🔸️novelist🔸️indie author🔸️editor🔸️book reviewer🔸️member of the CWA🔸member of the Society of Authors🔸world famous nutter magnet🔸️
🚫 No DMs
www.dianewordsworth.com
https://linktr.ee/diane.wordsworth
Ronnie Smart @ronniesmart.bsky.social Scottish-born Kiwi Writer of Dark Weird Horror, Poetry, and Flash Fiction. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Currently writing a dark fantasy novel.
🚫AI
Lee Murray @leemurraywriter.bsky.social ONZM. USA Today bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award winner, Shirley Jackson, and New Zealand Prime Minister's Award winner. Monster lover from Aotearoa. Represented by Becky LeJeune at Bond Literary.
karter @karteraka.bsky.social ocean scientist, musician, sci-fi author, slayer of demons
Max Stottrop @spectrehaunting.bsky.social Poetry & short fiction, horror and weird fiction (will someday finish reading Marx and Ulysses) (he/him).
Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🌒 @chronicleflask.katday.com Science & Fiction editor/writer. Krawalloger. Chemistry PhD ⚛️ Co-Editor at PseudoPod 🦑 Writer: The Crash Course Organic Chemistry & various DK science books 🧪 Short fiction ✒️ thefictionphial.wordpress.com
Daniel J Volpe @danieljvolpehorror.bsky.social Splatterpunk Award winning author of PLASTIC MONSTERS. Author of TALIA, LEFT TO YOU, and many others. Djvhorror.com 
Patrick Freivald @pfreivald.bsky.social Author, physics teacher, beekeeper/gardener/sauce-maker/janitor at Frog's Point Honey, belligerent nerd. (he/him)
Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com Writer, scientist, bug. she/her. #yeg. 🇨🇦 🇬🇾 Winner of a Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award! Rep: Michael Curry 📚🪲 Tips for cat treats! https://ko-fi.com/premee
Colin Leonard @collyleonard.bsky.social boo!
Irish horror author. Debut novel, Country Roads, available NOW! from Brigids Gate Press. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7769HVJ
https://collyleonard.wordpress.com/
Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social Author, Elgin & Rhysling award-nominated poet, and reader.
Member BFS
https://stephanieellis.org/
Horror Writers Association, New York Chapter @hwany.org We’re the horror and dark literature authors from the Tri-State area. Our chapter hosts meetings and local events. We are committed to the professional development and growth of our members. Find out more here:
https://horror.org/
https://hwany.org/
Ron Dickie @rondickie.bsky.social Elbows up.
Des Lewis @dflewis.bsky.social Nemonymous, Weirdmonger, Gestalt Real-Time Reviewing
Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social RPG Designer/Editor (Zombie Sky Press) and SFF/Horror/Weird Fiction Publisher (Broken Eye Books) | he/him | neurodivergent
Mike Allen (Mythic Delirium Books📚) @mythicdelirium.bsky.social Writer (Nebula finalist, Shirley Jackson finalist X 2), editor & publisher (World Fantasy Award finalist x 2), poet (Rhysling winner X 3), journalist (VPA winner X 4), devoted husband, obedient cat servant, metalhead \m/ \m/ https://mythicdelirium.com
AJ Van Belle (they/them) @ajvanbelle.bsky.social Preorder A Dozen Dystopias and How to Dodge Them! https://linktr.ee/ajvanbelle
Writer & scientist who cuddles dogs, builds worlds. Rep: Lauren Bieker. https://ajvanbellenews.substack.com/
Rhysling & BSFA nominee.
Lit agent.
Nonbinary/transmasc 🏳️⚧️
Sheri White @sheriwhite.bsky.social Horror Writer / Beatles Obsessed / Peace and Love
S. Alessandro Martinez @themordashin.bsky.social Bram Stoker-Nominated Author of Helminth, horror & fantasy writer, necromancer, HWA member, autism, video & board gamer
Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social SFF author with stories in Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod and more. Archivist. Member of Codex Writers Group. Submissions Reader for Fusion Fragment. https://bethgoder.com/
@carltonmellick.bsky.social @carltonmellick.bsky.social 
Dino Parenti @dparenti.bsky.social World faker, picture taker, furniture maker. Author of BITTER BREED and DEAD RECKONING & OTHER STORIES.
Monkeycat @monkeycat.bsky.social Not a writer, definitely a reader. NetGalley guy.
Husband, father, son, brother, pharmacist, nephew, uncle. Grandpa....not yet.
scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social Understands comics… mostly… Now on sale: THE CARTOONISTS CLUB, co-created with the legendary Raina Telgemeier! https://bit.ly/CartoonistClub And I'm also working on a massive book about visual communication; learn more at scottmccloud.com.
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