Alek but with more rainbows 🌈 @shadowfaerieammy.bsky.social He/they, LGBT+ author and artist!
Check pinned message for 2026 Pride Charity Event information! July 1-21st <3
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Mz. April Daniels ⚧ @aprildaniels.bsky.social Queen of the Omelet Bar, and friend of Dax
Dreadnought, Sovereign, and a forthcoming third book
I unfollow and/or mute anyone I see posting generative AI images.
Queer Speculative Fiction @queerspecfic.bsky.social A free monthly newsletter of queer speculative fiction book releases. Check out our list of queer-owned bookstores worldwide.
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Candace Harper @foxglovefiction.com Queer, Disabled, ND author of Queer Romance. One woman, two pen names! She/Her.
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Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social Agender Intersex Butch | Author of F/F and F/NBi romance, fantasy, & horror | They/Them | 2026: GALEAS THE KEEN | #sapphicromance #lesfic
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https://riengray.itch.io/
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Artemis @venatrixlunaris.bsky.social Kathleen Brigid. Archaeologist and author. Huge fan of sci-fi, ceramics, and lizards.
Dr. Redfern Jon Barrett @redfernjon.bsky.social Author to PROUD PINK SKY and THE GIDDY DEATH
Ambitopia evangelist
Stories in The Colored Lens, Passages North, Nature
Nonfiction in Strange Horizons, Reckoning, PinkNews
They/them
Rep: Jonathan Villegas, Olswanger Lit
Website: redjon.com
Home: Berlin
d h @deeholloway.bsky.social Library worker & writer. Floridian in upstate NY. Codex. Work in Bloodletter, Cosmic Daffodil, Malarkey & more. HAUNT / OLOGY out now from Bottlecap. THE MERMAID'S PURSE forthcoming from NineStar.
find all the details here: deeholloway.carrd.co
Discontinued Foods! @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social Your home for all those culinary delights, anomalies, and misfires that live on only in our memories...Still slowly but surely migrating over the over 1,000 foods I covered on Twitter, so if you don't see a favorite here yet, stay tuned!
Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
https://bookshop.org/
Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com SF/F/H magazine, Ignyte & Locus Award winning Submission Grinder tool for writers, Long List Anthology. https://ko-fi.com/diabolicalplots
Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social they/them. Writer | Reader | GM
Available Now: Sweet & Wild, The Need for Dandelions
Coming October 2026: The Witch of the Wood
I love telling stories! Choose good. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
❌AI ❌TERFs
Profile pic by littlestpersimmon! 🌻
Links: https://linktr.ee/alexlarkspur
Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛♂️🏳️⚧️📚✒️ @stevewestenra.bsky.social
WARNING: May cause "discomfort & distress" 🏳️⚧️
Dr. Monster (PhD)
E-mail: stevehughwestenra@proton.me
Canadian author of questionable taste. Words in New Edge Sword & Sorcery. Book reviewer. Expert on monsters. HWA. He/him
linktr.ee/SteveWestenra
NO AI
bev 🌷 @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social multi-genre author. coffee addict. cat lady. neurodivergent. disabled. ace princess. genderqueer. she/her. level 33.
✨indie ink award nominated✨
Co-Owner of Spilled Ink & Coffee ✍🏻 ☕️
links: https://linktr.ee/beverlyannemichel
🚫No Ai / No DMs🚫
Bolerosoft @bolerosoft.bsky.social Solo game dev since Jan 2025 in Godot. Current proj: "Mysteries of Old Tokyo".
Wishlist on Steam now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3784300/Mysteries_of_Old_Tokyo/?utm_source=bsky
MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org Maximum Fun is a worker-owned network of artist-owned shows supported--directly--by you. Support your favorite shows at maximumfun.org/join.
Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social Cat sitter. Gothic lit and theology. Romance studies. Byron studies. Runs 'Romancing the Gothic'. Writes queer little stories.
Bez: Interactive Fiction, Visual Novels, & Writing @norbezjones.bsky.social XYZZY-nominated narrative designer: http://norbez.itch.io . Writes news, reviews, stories, games. Agender, Transmasc Boything. E/He. Icon by @jimikatdraws.bsky.social . https://norbezjones.carrd.co/
NarraScope @narrascope.org NarraScope is a hybrid conference on interactive narrative by @iftechfoundation.org. Join us in 2026 at the University at Albany, June 12-14. https://narrascope.org/
The Power of Pride Bundle 🏳️🌈 OUT NOW! @powerofpridebundle.bsky.social A new queer indie media bundle, out now! 396 projects by 284 queer creators!
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Please email us at powerofpridebundle@proton.me for all inquires.
Maija Karala @maijakarala.bsky.social Illustrator, science writer and a bit of a crazy rat lady. Paleontology, biodiversity, animal behaviour. 🚫No AI
Portfolio: https://cara.app/maijakarala
bay shuford @bshuford-writes.bsky.social they/them - writer writing things, attempting to write when I can
textualiza @textualiza.bsky.social Ficción Interactiva y comunidad
Selección IF en Itchio: http://textualiza.itch.io
Discord: https://discord.gg/mtyCWp5wNb
Foro: http://intfiction.org
belacqua @rosemariebelacqua.bsky.social girlblogger, nostalgia lover, oldweb enthusiast.
https://belacqua.neocities.org/socials
Crow @kaijucrow.bsky.social My name is Crow! 21+
Non-binary music enthusiast, narrative writer of niche ADHD interests, and Internet gaming denizen.
Ich spreche etwas Deutsch. Я умею читать кириллицу.
https://kaijucrow.itch.io/
kaijucrow.tumblr.com
https://www.tiktok.com/@kaijucrow
Nadia Radovich @nadiaradovich.bsky.social Good at writing. Bad at posting. Words published or forthcoming in Apex, Apparition Lit, Strange Horizons, Flash Fiction Online, Otherside, and Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy.
nadiaradovich.com
Club Clue @clubclue.bsky.social Queer and trans point-and-click mysteries in the making!
Anthologies for Change @anthologies4change.bsky.social Our mission is to share stories that encourage people to act and give back to the communities that inspire them.
https://anthologiesforchange.com
Joyce Reynolds-Ward @joycereynoldsward.bsky.social Writer of speculative fiction from the wide open spaces. Dispenser of horse cookies to the fancy-stepping Marker-boi. Former special ed teacher. #SFWA
https://www.joycereynolds-ward.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
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
Rukman Ragas | ருக்மன் @rukman.bsky.social temporary obsessions, writer, stories in Apex, Lightspeed, khōréō, The Baltimore Review etc, editor at Otherside Spec, Clarion West '25, agent: Keir Alekseii @ ALA
rukmanragas.com
Stephen Granade @granades.com Science presenter, robotics researcher, fiction writer, interactive fiction person, award-winning Virgo. Co-editor of @smallwondersmag.com SFF magazine.
website: https://stephen.granades.com
Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social aka Vanessa Ricci-Thode. Nebula Award-winning trashbag & queer SFF writer. Chiefest and greatest of calamities. Dogs, gardening and Canadian rage. she/they 💙💜🩷
I'm only here for the food
thodestool.ca/links
Kelrond, Best Purveyor of Gay Books Ever @panediting.bsky.social Indie bookseller. Mom. Wife. Gamer. Artist. Exhausted. Trying. I play Honkai Star Rail too much.
Joshua Grams @joshgrams.bsky.social Organic farmer, programmer, hobby gamedev, etc.
Petricake Games @petricakegames-if.itch.io solo game dev, writer, pixel artists
Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com 32+ | She/Her | Disabled autistic ace married cat mom | 🚫 genAI
L2D Moms: @haerge23.bsky.social (A) & @solumvt.bsky.social (R)
#Riyati book 4 releases Aug 14 - preorder @ riyati.ink/recollection!
riyati.ink | join the Riyati discord @ riyati.ink/discord
Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social Writer of words & creator of worlds
Fantasy & Sci Fi addict
Mom, Cat Mom, Angel Mom,
Editor, Queer, POC, Human, Diversity rules, Black Lives Matter
My body my choice
Trans people are valid, Using Gen AI is NOT.
https://linktr.ee/geethr75
Trans Librarian @translibrarian.bsky.social Retired librarian. You can find me and the Trans Literature Database at https://translibrarian.com
My links: https://campsite.bio/translibrarian
The Interactive Fiction Competition @ifcomp.org Since 1995, the IFComp is an annual celebration of new, text-driven digital games and stories from independent creators.
Part of the IF Tech Foundation.
Gender Census @gendercensus.bsky.social An annual survey of the language gender-divergent people use to describe ourselves. Results are made freely available in full.
Website: https://www.gendercensus.com
Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social i make experimental games, net-art, software ~Tetrageddon, Everything is going to be OK, Electric Zine Maker, BlueSuburbia…
🔥 http://tetrageddon.com
🦄 http://unicornycopia.com
🐘 alienmelon@mastodon.social
🌈 they/them ⭐️🦜
✅ all work completely human made
E.H. Timms @ehtimms.bsky.social Aroace genderqueer person. Neutral nouns. She/they. Author of Holding Onto Day, Guildverse series, Olson College series.
Direct shops:
https://e-h-timms.itch.io/
https://ko-fi.com/ehtimms/shop
Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app The Danny Lore of lycanthropic fame
Awe-inspiringly humble
Writer, nerd, husband to an awesome lady, @ndxmedina.myatproto.social They/them, probably DEI
Roseanna Pendlebury @chloroformtea.bsky.social SFF enthusiast, hobby-collector, blogger, shouter-at-the-internet. Editor at Ignyte and Hugo winner Nerds of a Feather, along with reviews elsewhere. 2026 Hugo Fan Writer finalist. All links here: https://linktr.ee/roseanna.pendlebury (she/her).
Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com I write romance & scifi/fantasy about bisexuals of various genders + a newsletter about words & books called Word Suitcase. PhD in French literature, non-practicing intellectual. Bi, she/they, www.feliciadavin.com
Narratess @narratess.com Talks about books and runs indie book sales.
Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social #author of dark, queer fantasy 💀🌈🖤 with a penchant 4 the morally gray & very dry humor; she/her; disabled, ME/CFS combatant 🤺
Find OCEAN'S BLOOD 🌊❤ on:
Buy: https://mybook.to/OceansBlood
GR: https://bit.ly/3GAy2Wt
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thelmamantey
David Farrier @davidfarrier.com WEBWORM / FLIGHTLESS BIRD / DARK TOURIST / TICKLED / MISTER ORGAN
davidfarrier@protonmail.com | www.webworm.co
Mark Sample @samplereality.bsky.social Professor of Film, Media, and Digital Studies and Chair of the Humanities Program at Davidson College. I also make weird things online.
Digital skulduggery and more
☞ https://www.samplereality.com ☜
Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social Writer. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip. I have a podcast so please like and subscribe.
Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
grace @gracemachine.bsky.social Writer, critic, co-editor @tier-review.com
Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Playwright, novelist, arts journalist, grantwriter. Archbishop of Bluesky. Schism enthusiast. Never not thinking about Star Trek. Long threads, all caps, can’t lose.
natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social renaissance woman. extreme music enjoyer. Black&trans4evr.
experimental sound at N.Excelsia Audioworks.
DJ Excelsia / Noctoran / ManeateR / Vitality Ritual
head mama, art & design @ DANGER HEART
(The Joylancer, Bullet Sorceress)
admin for shmups.wiki
Bearhat @fussybabybit.ch I wish to birth a Sense Sphere, to restore my insane mother.
header by @rotten.dog
Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social Brazilian living in Tokyo. Editor of the CRPG Book, a free book on the history of Computer Role-Playing Games: https://crpgbook.wordpress.com/
Natasha 🧛 Wishlist Bonded in Darkness @ Steam @natashaluna.itch.io 30↑ - she/her - visual novel & romance enthusiast - queer gamedev - freelance copyeditor/proofreader 🖤 pfp: @tvchany.bsky.social
isyourguy @isyourguy.com computer guy
isyourguy.itch.io
Carrot 🥕 @justacarrot.bsky.social Your friendly neighborhood Carrot 🥕 VN dev and artist | they/them 🟣⚙️🤍♠️ My Games: https://justacarrot.itch.io
Projects:
- #OurWonderland remaster
- Where the Day Springs Red
- My Vampire Boyfriend Smokes Lucky Strikes
Still in my #DD2 brainrot
D.C. (Desi) Heart @desiheart.bsky.social Self-published/free-lance writer. Fantasy blogger/reader. Card gamer/TCG collector. You name it and I probably dabble in it.
For business inquiries: dchart013@outlook.com
https://linktr.ee/D.C._Hart
@mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social Hello! Entomologist and crustacean biologist from Florida, USA! Also art and game development. AuDHD. has anyone seen my phone
Chelsea M. Cameron (she/they) @chel-c-cam.bsky.social Bestselling author of tropetastic sapphic romance, repped by @ashliterary.bsky.social, Queer/nonbinary, cat amuser, yogi
https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/b2b8r2
Fereldan Birb @fereldanstew.bsky.social This is just my Dragon Age brainrot account. Mostly so I can ramble about my fic I'm prob not gonna publish (and my canon Warden/Hawke/Inky/Rook in the process) and keep it off my main writing account. Possible DAV spoilers.
Main: @blackbirb.bsky.social
Allyson Gray @zophobas.bsky.social 💚 EN/FR translator
💙 Interactive Fiction author
💜 Passionate about art (especially games!), the natural world, and ethics
🎮 https://zophobas-morio.itch.io/ 🤍
Peter M.J. Gross @petermjgross.bsky.social I'm an editor. I make games. I have terrible opinions. I live in Central Virginia. These facts are unrelated.
jdrakeh @jdrakeh.bsky.social I'm a 49-year-old ace, disabled, ttrpg developer. he/him.
Linktree here: https://linktr.ee/jdrakeh
My Itch store: https://jdrakeh.itch.io/
My DriveThruRPG store: https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/11147/Mystic-Beard-Games
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Kristi (งツ)ว @husbandogoddess.bsky.social She/Her/Ella 🇵🇷 (Latina/Latine) | 27 | Demiromantic Ace | Game Dev, Narrative Designer, & Writer | Streamer | Editorial Lead: Press SPACE to Jump | Prev: Snowhaven Studios
Contact: kristijimenez.biz@gmail.com
A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social Author of fantasy novels about language nerds, dragonslayers, and roaming geologists. Pronouns are xie or zie/hir.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/amtuomala
Website: https://amtuomala.com/
no2nsense @no2nsense.bsky.social 
leaf corcoran @leafo.itch.io ▲ http://itch.io ▲ http://moonscript.org ▲ http://leafo.net/lapis ▲ he/him
🌱 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻 @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Here to talk about books and meet other authors!
I write fantasy novels that often feature aroace characters.
No AI. Support human creativity.
Conjured.Ink @conjured.ink A collective setting out to spark the Internet of Consent. Building a tool to help creators selling their work. Signup for updates or to join ➡️ https://conjured.ink | FAQ ➡️ https://conjured.ink/faq
Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social fantasy punk and historical fiction author, a host on the Right Here Write Queer Podcast, and perpetual gremlin.
🧭 The Voice of Wild Places 🏳️⚧️
https://linktr.ee/neshamapublishing
mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com they/them
author of queer af romance/fantasy. eater of books, drinker of coffee, chronic brat.
wildfaeriecaps.com
wildfaeriecaps.itch.io
Carziecat =^-^= @carziecat.itch.io 🇿🇦 Carmen 💜 Artist 🦋 Indie dev 🐈⬛Thirteen cats in a trenchcoat 💀 28
🚫 No AI 🚫 No NFTs
Working on
#EmOth
#WhatWeChooseToBecome
Other Projects:
#Vampiresinyourarea
Coming soon:
#swak2026
Dan eBoy @mandoqueer.itch.io game dev | hypnosis enthusiast | Ask for my trigger if you're cute
25 | minors dni | sometimes posts nsfw things at work
Taylor McCue @tmccue.bsky.social Indie Game Developer
https://taylormccue.neocities.org/
Scribbler Hackit @scribblerhackit.bsky.social Bookworming. Writing. Losing sleep over the state of the world.
Author of THE MYRIAD OF SIMON HANSEN, a meandering, egghead gay romance(?) set in a Dublin bookshop in the 90s.
https://myriadofsimonhansen.com/
itch.io @itch.io Open indie game marketplace and DIY game jam host
Account support? Email support@itch.io
❗📢 You can use your itchio URL as your Bluesky username, check here: https://itch.io/user/settings/bluesky
Shane💀Blackheart (they/them) @shaneblackheart.com Author of dark LGBTQ+ speculative fiction & poetry. Artist. 30s. Nonbinary. They/them. Plural. AuDHD. ♿️ Disabled.
Website: https://shaneblackheart.com
Theo Transcendragons @theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social SFF writer, dragon artist, NO GenAI
#amquerying 🪐🧪⚔️🔮🪄
#QueerWritersChat cohost
He/they
theodoresnapdragon.com/
Ask for SFF IncSpec Discord link / invite!
Support me!
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/transcendragons
Redbubble: redbubble.com/people/Transcendragons
Eb @ebthen.bsky.social That Eb.
Accessibility. Alt text. Autistic. ADHD. ND. (More). Disability Justice. A-spec. Filipino-USian. They/Them.
Esme and Bella live here.
Justice before civility.
Didn't say that thing you probably heard I said.
https://linktr.ee/ebthen
Ash the Stampede @ashthestampede.bsky.social Social justice bard and "avowed asexual", former TTRPG designer, and queer 🔞 romance author writing trans stories.
ashkreider.com
https://ko-fi.com/akreider
#WritingCommunity #QueerWriters
Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social Pen name for an autistic/ace indie writer & digital artist, introvert, worried soul, they/she. 🚫NO A/I!
Links to all my books, art, and book reviews can be found at https://www.helenwhistberry.com/
Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social America's Copy Editor®
author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
benjamindreyer.com
Mikayla @mikaylamic.bsky.social Electrical and automation engineer. (Industrial machine automation, not AI!)
Posts likely found here: fibre crafts, cat photos, occasional rants about machine design
Aromantic, asexual, and non-binary.
They/them
Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social An online queer science fiction and fantasy convention that's free to all. More info (including videos from past years) at www.rainbowspacemagic.org
Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social Author of queer historic fantasy, amateur historian, Hugo finalist. I blog and podcast as The Lesbian Historic Motif Project, with resources and discussion about sapphic historical fiction.
For more info, see my website alpennia.com
Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social Shenwei. Disabled Queer Taiwanese writer/blogger. KidLit & LIS grad. 中文🆗. 他/Ta/伊.
GlitterShip @glittership.bsky.social Returning soon
Sebastian Nothwell (he/him) @sebastiannothwell.bsky.social queer romance author
https://sebastiannothwell.com/link-tree/
Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social Author. Opinions=own. She/Her.
Writing your fav characters. Rep: Michael Bourret.
Co-host on the Official Marvel Podcast.
Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot is out now!
www.preetichhibber.com
Profile illustration by James Lancett
Jeannie (Jay) Marschall 🍇🫐🍏🍋🍊🍓 @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social Writer of mostly queer SFFH stories & poems | eco garden hag | they/any | outside foraging, inside with a story 🖋️📚 🧞🏳️🌈🏳️⚧🇪🇺 | No genAI thieverubbish 🚯
📖 L&E&M with SHIRAKI PRESS 9/26
MORE 📚 → chillsubs.com/profile/jeannie
Icon by @galacticjonah.bsky.social
Cavy Core @rnrhamster.bsky.social I want to be friends with your guinea pig.
It has come to my attention that to find fellow poets, I need to put more about that in my profile.
But I do want to be friends with your guinea pig.
Pronouns: any and all as long as used with respect
DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social Queer/Trans Erotica Cartoonist (They/He, 30s)
Artist for the comic, Solanaceae & the web series, Gummy and the Doctor.
Comics & Novels: darkchibishadow.itch.io
Early Access: patreon.com/DarkChibiShadow
Merch & Books: darkchibishadow.bigcartel.com