Libby @nettlemaycare.bsky.social 🌸 D.C./NoVA, 🇺🇸-🇩🇪
📚 Mostly talks about books
🖊️ Also sometimes writing
🌎 Living in 🇬🇧 until late 2026 #MAWFYP
Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social Science fiction writer, poet, essayist, Minnesota. She/her. A DUBIOUS CLAMOR from Horned Lark Press 15 SEPTEMBER 2026! THAT FATAL DISCONTENT from Union Square Books Summer 2027! Repped by Kurestin Armada.
www.marissalingen.com
tinyletter.com/MarissaLingen
John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Novels: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (2024), WEARING THE LION (2025), THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS (2026). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him. https://linktr.ee/johnwiswell
@witchy-mortician.bsky.social @witchy-mortician.bsky.social Wife - Mom - Nana - Funeral Director/Embalmer - Animal Advocate - Loves Halloween, Cold Weather, Paranormal, Post Malone and Johnny Depp 🌹🎃
Mortellus is Non-Binary @acrowandthedead.bsky.social Living their best life in the worst timeline
Always Anti Fascist
Radical Left Humanist
Clergy • Necromancer • Mortician • Medium • Activist • TTRPG • Notary Public • Trans • Bi • Non-Binary • Intersex/Chimera
They/Them
linktr.ee/acrowandthedead
Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com Author. Also husband, dad, clothing-repairer, dog-walker. Decreasingly rigorous on social media. Happy to receive simple work queries here; anything more involved contact Patrick Walsh @ PEW Literary in London or email me.
www.linktr.ee/harkaway
He/him
Phil Hilliker @philhilliker.bsky.social Writer, Illustrator, Haver of too many hobbies
D r e a m k i d @dreamkid83.com ‘Innocent Runaway’ out now! 🧸 | 80s Retro Synthwave Artist 🎹 | Creator of #blinkwave 🛹 | management@dreamkid83.com | https://linktr.ee/dreamkid83
Alex Winter @alexwinter.com Trans Rights are Human Rights.
alexwinter.com
Gamera Spinning (Darren) @gameraspinning.bsky.social Fascinated by TTRPGs, board games, video games, comics, kaiju, movies, & music. In love with different mediums & periods of Art & History, esp. Belle Epoque, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and the Pre-Raphaelites. I've edited the published anthology, "Bargains".
Mid Fimbulwinter @curgoth.bsky.social Canadian queer nerd. Likes SF/F, wearing black and circus arts. They/them.
jdpr | ariapaige @janvier-ariapaige.bsky.social sci-fi/fantasy nerd. in love with all things ttrpgs, worldbuilding, storytelling, and education. bad at video games. plays them anyway
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social Writer of fantasy and SF. Gardener. Chicken tender. Dog Person but cat friendly. Washington state USA. Old and getting older. Stay off my lawn! No AI ever. All posts from me.
Gillian Daniels - Pre-Order “JENNY WILL EAT YOU NOW” 9/29 @gillianlynndaniels.bsky.social Debut: JENNY WILL EAT YOU NOW (Sept 2026). Writer, artist, cat person since I was born, fan of horror and romance fiction. Rep: Jenna Satterthwaite at Storm Literary Agency. She/her.
Insta: @gillianlynndaniels
Website: gilliandaniels.site
Katherine Addison/Sarah Monette @pennyvixen.bsky.social TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL
She/her
Gen X
Breast cancer survivor '23, OCD since '01, ME/CFS/FM, etc.
Horror/fantasy writer best known for THE GOBLIN EMPEROR (Tor, 2014)
Geek about everything
Childless cat lady by choice
cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social The Ringleader
big famous microblogger
pet account reactionary
flamboyant wrecker
goddess of uselessness
antisocial influencer
[she/her] Texan in MA. Adonis' mom
Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social Author of A Half-Built Garden, Winter Tide, and Deep Roots. Freelance consultant on science policy, policy science, and the future of democracy, governance, and networks. Queer Jewish parent, foodie, cognitive science nerd, collective decision-making wonk.
shiftedshaped - emily mae @shiftedshaped.bsky.social Funeral Director/Mortician/Undertaker
Deep grief with ritual of radical gratitude.
Jessica Reisman @jesswynne.bsky.social I write SF&F and I like rain, animals, & some people. They/them, but not attached. Queer. Always antifascist. Repped by Prentis Literary. http://www.storyrain.com/
M'Kay Ultra @attemptingcalm.bsky.social Tired homosexual
Joshua Palmatier/Zombies Need Brains @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social Joshua Palmatier is an epic fantasy writer and the founder of the small press Zombies Need Brains. ZNB does NOT use AI imagery in its covers and does NOT accept AI-generated stories. Visit the store: https://zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site
Bethany Clarice 💀💉 BeautyBehindDeath @beautybehinddeath.bsky.social 32.
Nerdy Cat Mama.
Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer.
⚰️⚱️🪦🤍
Heather Hintze @hhintze.bsky.social I ghostwrite 5-day educational email courses for whole food plant-based brands. Living WFPB since 2009. I turn your expertise into qualified leads. She/Her https://wfpbreboot.com
ᴄ ꜱᴛᴜᴀʀᴛ ʜᴀʀᴅᴡɪᴄᴋ🛸 @cstuarthardwick.com @ᗩᑎᗩᒪOG_Sᖴ ᖇegular ⭐ ᗯriters of the ᖴuture & ᒍim ᗷaen ᗩward Winner ⭐ Quora Top ᗯriter ⭐ Southerner from South ᗪakota ⭐
A unique voice known for inventive, thought-provoking narrative, philosophical depth, and fun!
Be excellent to each other.
Arkham Historian @arkhamhistorian.bsky.social The unofficial, and self appointed, keeper of Asmodee's Arkham Files IP lore at www.arkhamhistorian.com
***This project retired at the end of 2025*"*
Baba Mia @babamia.bsky.social Ukrainian crone-witch, autistic, multiple sclerosis, queer and disabled, mother to small dog of excessive personality, too old and tired to suffer fools and evil people
Doctor Science ❌👑 @doctorscience.bsky.social scientist, mom, writer, fangrrrl. Tikkun olamnik. She/her mostly because I'm old & lazy. Re-posts are not endorsements, nor do they always make sense.
Indivisible news & politics posts now have free substack: doctorscience.substack.com
Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social Writer of sci-fantasy, taker of naps.
Prosper with Dragons, coming soon to a game night near you: https://nickydrayden.com
The Skiffy and Fanty Show @skiffyandfanty.com SF/F/H podcast (interviews, discussions, Torture Cinema, etc.)! 4X Hugo Award Finalist!
Live on Twitch: FRIDAY 7 PM Central
twitch.tv/alphabetstreams
Site: skiffyandfanty.com
Patreon: patreon.com/skiffyandfanty
Things: skiffyandfanty.com/skiffythings
Ellen Datlow @datlow.bsky.social Award-winning editor of short sf/f/h. I live & die by the Oxford comma & I skeet about my passions, take it or leave it. I block mooks-don't be one. she/her
Arley Sorg @arleysorg.bsky.social assoc agent, kt literary
co-Editor-in-Chief, Fantasy Magazine
Senior Editor, Locus Magazine
Do stuff @ Lightspeed/Nightmare, Clarkesworld, F&SF
2014 Odyssey Workshop Grad
He/Him or She/Her in queer contexts
Opinions my own
Justin Steele @mrsteeleyogirl.bsky.social Weird fiction editor. School counselor.
Jenny Barber @jenqoe.bsky.social Writer, anthology editor, bookaholic (she/her) Never have enough spoons. (If your knees creak, you may know me from Fox Spirit, Alchemy Press, BFS or Fantasycon.)
All things me can be found at www.jennybarber.co.uk
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
Cath Rowan @cathrowan.bsky.social Civil servant by day, Renaissance dancer by night, and 24-hour bibliophile. Western Canadian, proud recipient of 1 and 1/8 Aurora Awards for fan organization, pretty much gafiated now. She/her.
J. M. Lassen @jlassen.bsky.social Husband. Father. Bookseller.
Natania Barron ~ Fantasy Author @natania.bsky.social American-Canadian fantasy author, fashion historian, medievalist, Arthurian, gardener, perfume nerd 🌺 ADHD, she/they, queer 🏳️🌈 👑 | rep: Stacey Graham | My Books --> https://bit.ly/m/nataniabarron
Alethea Kontis 알리티아 @aletheakontis.com NYT Bestselling Author of Books for Smart People ⭐️ Storm Chaser 🌪️ Adventurer 🚀
K-drama #CoffeePrincess 🌸☕️🌸
ARMY, VVS & Black Rose 🥀 🎵
Greek/Fr. Canadian American 🧿
Optimist - she/her
Alethea’s Moving Castle: https://linktr.ee/aletheakontis
Amanda Cook @amandacook627.bsky.social Writer, artist, cosplayer. Fiction at Apex, Etherea, Apparition Lit, Wyngraf. Poetry at The Future Fire & Kaleidotrope.
May Fürhst! Monster Erotica Author & Professional Dildo Witch. @inkloaded.bsky.social
🐙💦 Here there be Monster Fuckers! 🐙💦
Queer AF Monster Erotica Author.
Knight of the Order of the Peen Piper.
READ MY BOOKS! https://mfsmut.carrd.co/
Stay for the humor, Come from the Monsterfucking. 🐳🐔
#MFWould #MFWrites
🚫AI 🚫 NFTs 🚫Kings
Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social SFF writer. Ignyte Award winner!!! Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, Eugie, Sturgeon & Nebula finalist. Stories in Lightspeed, BCS, Uncanny, Clarkesworld, & F&SF. Biracial. She/her.
Caitlin Rozakis @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social SFF Author (she/her) of NY Times best-selling book Dreadful, The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association, and Startup Hell. AKA Catherine Beck, author of Leah's Perfect Christmas.
https://www.caitlinrozakis.com/
https://linktr.ee/caitlinrozakis
Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social Author, essayist, hot fat monster of appetites. Bi my books and tell me I’m pretty.
https://linktr.ee/megelison
Elizabeth Rubio @rubiowrites.bsky.social SFF author from Austin, TX. they/them
Anti-genAI
Alex Haist @alexhaist.bsky.social I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul. she/her. Fond of plant stuff, especially trees, weird nature and beautiful nature, honestly anything that eventually involves dirt and decomposition. Definitely a furry. Disabled and sorting it out.
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.
MissTallulah.bsky.social @misstallulah.bsky.social 
The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social Tacoma, WA
Owner, Strix Publishing
strixpublishing.com
President of the Brush Wielders Union
brushwieldersunion.com
Wargaming News Writer: Bell of Lost Souls
belloflostsouls.net
Digital Curator, Newark Museum of Science & Trucking
Fabio Thurderdick @livelaughloathe.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/saintovgravediggers
Dungeon synth, dark ambient, and black metal obsessive. The rest of me is mostly comprised of water. Fan of OSR RPGs. Sometimes antisocial. Always antifascist. He/Him. I will block any and all AI “art” advocates.
Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com Rare Book #Librarian, #editor, bereaved parent of Caitlin. 12x Hugo Award winner. bi/pan/queer. Head @illinoisrbml.bsky.social; Verity podcast; ex-Uncanny Mag. #aerialist. My opinions. she/her. #DoctorWho New book: https://alastore.ala.org/infiniteloop
Melanie Crew @crewm1978.bsky.social I run from the birds that want me dead.
MelanieCrew.com
TheCryptidCannery.com
ko-fi.com/thecryptidcannery
The Outer Dark
Just BE @justbea.bsky.social I read, write, study, edit, and proofread books, mostly novels, particularly those in the fantastic arts. Occasionally, I make a short film or do something else creative. Otherwise, my life is ruled by my cat.
Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine Edited by Michael Damian Thomas. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026 Hugo & 2024 Locus Award Winner. uncannymagazine.com
Denice (Dee), the Red Witch @deetheredwitch.bsky.social (She/her) Author, underground tattoist, artist, leatherworker at Tormented Artifacts, occultist, queer lesbian polymath, trauma-bound fuckbrain, horror nerd. Not your Responsible Adult
Orrin Grey @orringrey.com Orrin Grey uses hypnosis to turn his victims into those rubber monster finger puppets. He also writes spooky books.
orringrey.com
Clarentine @clarentine.bsky.social Life at the intersection of farming, writing, and the natural world. 
niole @obitchuary.bsky.social 
Chris Dracon @chrisdracon.bsky.social Writes to read ~ Reads to write
Fangirl extraordinaire- M Marsha Sisolak @marshasisolak.bsky.social Balances babysitting grandchildren while completing ALL the projects I did not start during my teaching career. Would like to write again. Someday. Early adopter of the Oxford comma.
Rae Carson @raecarson.bsky.social cat mum, black thumb, rebel scum, author
Kari Sperring @karisperring.bsky.social Writer, and mediaeval historian (the latter as Kari Maund). With cats. Sometimes political (on the Left). Sometimes musketeers. Cis, demi, she/her. Draws sheep, badly.
C.C. Finlay @ccfinlay.bsky.social writer, editor, teacher | part of the great Twitter diaspora
Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social Senior Editor at UNSQ :: speculative fiction :: Freelance writer sometimes :: Professional Nerd :: neurospicy :: opinions my own :: she/her 🏳️🌈
Bookzombie @bookzombie.bsky.social He/him. Lifelong reader, mainly SF & Fantasy, owner of a ridiculously large TBR pile! Part of the Nerd Therapy D&D playcast.
Married since 1990 to my best friend, Penny. Owned by two cats (Lilo and Stitch).
Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer @princejvstin.com Fan Writer.
@nerdsofafeather.bsky.social Editor (HUGO WINNER)
@skiffyandfanty.com
& much more!
Part of @edmontonin2030.bsky.social bid.
I was AH #Photography at @laworldcon.bsky.social
Podcaster. #ttrpg I'm just this guy, you know? He/him
LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social south minneapolis - another queer disabled artist -
so many beads. and pliers. so many pliers.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/LionessElise
Marilie @mariliej.bsky.social Metalsmith, Archaeology & Museology, Bookworm
(she/her/elle)
https://instagram.com/mariliejacob/
https://www.etsy.com/shop/mariliejacob
Adrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social Don’t you see we must either follow one wild possibility or else go home to bed?
Also @adrienne@social.treehouse.systems on Mastodon/Fediverse; find me there!
Mark Finn @markfinn.bsky.social Administrator of the North Texas Apocalypse Bunker, a completely real and not at all made-up thing. Also, I write, edit, do game design, and dabble in acting. I can be googled.
Winnie YZ @winnie-writes.anticapitalistcatgirl.com She/Her
Sapphic | 🏳️⚧️ | Wifed 💍 | Neurospicy 🧠 🌶️
Writer | Cat Mom | Techish | VP20/2016
TTRPG Player | Critter | D20 Fangirl
Trans-plant to the PNW
Krista Duval on High XP Society’s [redated] (🔺 Agency)
Kate Murray @katemurray.bsky.social YA author of WE WHO HUNT THE HOLLOW and WE WHO ARE FORGED IN FIRE. Usually caffeinated. Adore all forms of SFF. Kiwi. Own way too many lip balms. Melburnian. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/kateswriting
fidelioscabinet @fidelioscabinet.bsky.social Extremely cranky individual with more books than the structure of my dwelling can support.
Why the hell are you following me?
(At BalloonJuice sometimes)
Sarah Terentiev @skterentiev.bsky.social S.K. Terentiev. Author, SF/F nerd, BTS/Ateez/Epik High fan, 1/4 tacos and coffee. Owned by talking cats.
ADHD, Queer, bi, she/her/any.
My thoughts are my own, as far as I know.
AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com Writer of speculative poetry and prose | not hip, cool, or with it | words in Lightspeed, Modern Haiku, Dreams & Nightmares, and elsewhere | co-chair for the 2026 Rhysling Awards | member of SFPA and Haiku Society of America | ajwentz.com
Kelly Lagor @klagor.bsky.social I do science and write things. San Diego-based.
Fiction coming out occasionally, and essays coming out semi-regularly in Asimov’s and Analog.
She/her 🏳️🌈
Life and writing updates at kellylagor.com
Karen Osborne @karenosborne.bsky.social Velocity girl. Honey badger. A/V hooligan. Nebula, Locus, Sturgeon finalist. Violin & theremin. Author: THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN from Erewhon ('27), ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY & ENGINES OF OBLIVION from Tor. Ad astra via caffeine. Rep: Dorian Maffei, KC&A
Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social Award-winning author of more than 20 books. Writes science fiction as Gareth L Powell and horror and mystery as GL Powell. Repped by Lucienne Diver.
🔗 Mystery and Horror - https://www.glpowell.com
🔗 Science Fiction - https://www.garethlpowell.com
Claire Eddy @ceddy31.bsky.social Editorial Director at Tor Publishing Group. Opinions here are my own. Nerd of many flavors😁
Lauren Hougen @thistlewicche.bsky.social Writer. Musician. Witch. Copyeditor. Winter girl.
K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social Tirelessly/tiredly writing SFF 🇵🇷🌈
🧿AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER available now!
Rep: Cameron McClure at DMLA
Links: https://linktr.ee/kvalentinwrites
besha @besha.bsky.social anxious raccoon in people clothes
Colorado School of Mimes @hackett.bsky.social Attorney, writer, dad. Stories in PseudoPod, DailySF, and elsewhere. Codex. Bad runner, worse climber (he/they)
Christine Scott @clevercrow.bsky.social May Queen of Portents l Bohemian Force of Nature | Mistress of Paradox | Juxtaposition Jane | Usually Unusual | Bébé von Brass Tacks | Creative Dir./Co-Pub @NosetouchPress | Graphic/Web Designer at Clever Crow Consulting & Design | Designer @TheDeadlands- P Dr. Penelope K Hardy @pkhardy.bsky.social Historian of science, technology, & medicine, especially tech of ocean science. Associate professor of history. Book review editor for H-Sci-Med-Tech & H-Oceans. She/her/hers.
Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social Fancy words, witty descriptions, and vintage illustrations to educate and entertain.
My Book!
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781682687994
Calendars!
https://grandiloquent-word-of-the-day-2026-calendars.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Deanna Hoak @deannahoak.bsky.social Copyeditor specializing in fantasy and science fiction. 
Devin Singer @devinsinger.bsky.social Community and Social Media Management, SF writing, extremely queer. she/her, more or less
Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social speculative fiction (Teixcalaan series, ROSE/HOUSE), climate & energy policy (all statements my own), Byzantinist (nonpracticing but never not true).
unfortunately, I care about power lines now
she/her. halfway between Santa Fe and NYC.
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/
Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social Ph.D Classics. Reviews @ Reactor Magazine (ex. Tor.com) and Locus Magazine.
Ireland.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hawkwing_lb
Wordpress: https://lizbourke.wordpress.com
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hawkwing_lb
Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com Author: Aven Cycle | Story Editor: Mythik Camps | Podcast Cohost: Worldbuilding for Masochists | novels, short fiction, & immersive xp | Shakespeare nerd, once & future educator, rhetorician, geek chic | she/her | Virginia, USA
linktr.ee/cassrmorris
Dr. Fade @fade.bsky.social Classicist, writer, that sort of stuff. Currently teaching Latin to the youth. Yes, my dog's name is Adverb.
ArmadilloCon: Austin's convention for SFFH readers & writers! @armadillocon.bsky.social Austin's Annual SFF Community convention for readers & writers! More info here: www.armadillocon.org
Sponsored by a nonprofit fan group (http://fact.org).
Lee Whiteside @mrsftv.bsky.social SFTV Guru, AZSF.org, sftv.org. Long time conrunner and fan.
E.G. Condé (Author) 🇵🇷✍🏼 @boriscrito.bsky.social Taínofuturism nerd 🐚🪶🛖🤖; Award Winning Author of SORDIDEZ; ✍🏼 Science Fiction, CliFi, Fantasy, Horror 📚; SFWA; Cloud Anthropologist; RPG Connossieur 🎮; Cuir Boricua migrant in Europe | He/Him/Él 🏳️🌈🇵🇷👊🏼
www.egconde.com
Deanne aka deakat 🇨🇦 @deakat.bsky.social Vaxxed & masked reader (SF&F, horror, and more), gamer, dog behaviour geek in Windsor, Ontario, Canada (Wawiiahtanong Ziibii. the ancestral lands of the Three Fires Confederacy, made up of the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi)
Jennifer Jackson @arcaedia.bsky.social Literary agent. EVP at Donald Maass Literary Agency. Saving the world, one book sale at a time. (she/her) http://maassagency.com/jennifer-jackson/
Amber vanHelsing @makeshiftdaisy.bsky.social The one you know from other places.
👻🎸🧱📚👩🎨