Joe bielecki @noisemakerjoe.bsky.social Host of Writing The Rapids. Author of Tired. Fatherhood enjoyer.
Powell's Books @powells.bsky.social The legendary independent bookstore.
Portland, OR | est. 1971
Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social Neurotic Chicago-based writer, editor-in-chief of Maudlin House, podcaster, and doer of many odd things.
https://mallorysmart.com/
X-R-A-Y @xraylitmag.bsky.social the best writers on earth
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Maverick Duck Press @maverickduckpress.bsky.social We are a micro-press that makes and publishes poetry chapbooks.
Founder/Editor: @kabpoetry.bsky.social
Assistant Editor: @mydearbrielle.bsky.social
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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social Celebrating books by artists, poets, writers, book designers and their publishers. The next fair will take place in 2027.
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CLASH Books @clashbooks.bsky.social Big Indie Establishment Mom & Pop Press in Troy, NY Publishing Beach Reads from Hell. Skeets by Christoph Paul.
Vol. 1 Brooklyn @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social Thoughts on books and culture, plus original fiction and essays.
Kristina • Truborn Press @nwreader.bsky.social 💀EIC at Truborn Press
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shy watson 𓅯 @formermissnj.bsky.social can u hear me
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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social Books and such
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GHOULISH BOOKS WILL KILL YOUR PARENTS @ghoulish.bsky.social https://ghoulish.rip
Award-winning small press specializing in transgressive horror fiction for perverts. Based in Minneapolis.
LC von Hessen 𓆙 💀 @lcvonhessen.bsky.social Writer of horror, weird fiction, and assorted unpleasantness. Performer/artist/creep. History nerd. Cat person. They/them. 🔞 Anti-genAI.
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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social Kjipuktuk|Halifax. Inventor #DSPBposts. @tricon-hfx.bsky.social exec. Small press, 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 poli. Salty. I turn tea into words: steampunk Pride and Prejudice reimagining AETHER AND EGO, Sept 2026, Inanna. https://linktr.ee/joannemerriam
11:11 @1111press.bsky.social Publisher.
We're non-conformists, just like everyone else.
1111press.bigcartel.com // 1111press.com
Anvil Press @anvilpress.bsky.social Independent Vancouver book publisher. anvilpress.com
Asterism Books @asterismbooks.bsky.social Trade distributor and online bookstore representing more than 160 independent literary publishers from around the world!
Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social 30+ years of fine books and endless love in Portland, Oregon. We publish daring literary books by writers you should get to know. Editors: Kevin Sampsell (PDX) and Emma Alden (Philadelphia).
Visit us at www.futuretensebooks.com
Melville House @melvillehouse.bsky.social An independent publisher based in Brooklyn, US and London, UK. https://linktr.ee/MelvilleHouse
lor gislason🪱 @lormaggot.ca (giz·luh·sn) 35, they/he goop maestro 🇨🇦🏳️⚧️
Autistic 🪱 I BELIEVE IN SLIME 💚
wrote INSIDE OUT, edited BOUND IN FLESH
See also FLESH OF THE SEA, LIL GUTS
OUT NOW - COSMIC DYKE PATROL⚢
elle nash @saderotica.bsky.social literary catgirl | author of Deliver Me, Gag Reflex, Nudes, & Animals Eat Each Other | phd candidate at university of glasgow | editor @thecreativeindependent.com 🌀
“i’m the bigger dog only for now.” —peter christopher
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Emily @emilymarie82.bsky.social Reader. Wife. Mum. She/ Her. Interested in music, films, horror and books (so many books) 🖤
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️+ Ally
Shelby Hinte @shelbyhinte.bsky.social Author of HOWLING WOMEN (2025) | Editor at Write or Die Magazine | she/her
Bud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social I wrote the novels Teenager (Vintage) and Mighty (forthcoming from Knopf) among others, and work heavy construction in the boilermakers union. coolgoodluck.com
Jillian Luft @jillianluft.bsky.social Writer. SCUMBAG SUMMER (2024, House of Vlad Press). Founder of @sweettrashpress.bsky.social
Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social My sky is blue and my mood is too.
benarzate.substack.com
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Britt Menjivar @brittmenjivar.bsky.social author: Parasocialite | screenwriter: Fragile.com | columnist @LAReviewofBooks.bsky.social
Mona Swan LeSueur @msuspiriorum.northsky.social 📝 🎤 🎭🎨🎮🎹🎲🏳️🌈🌵They/them and she/her.
House of Vlad Press/Vlad Mag @houseofvladpress.bsky.social Iconic independent publishing house founded by author Brian Alan Ellis (2003-2007, 2013-present), known for its edgy, transgressive and unconventional approach to literature. Vlad Mag, an online literary journal, started in 2023 // houseofvladpress.com
Caleb Wilson @astrobolism.bsky.social I read things, I write things, I play and design games
sickleburg.com
Spout Press @spoutpress.bsky.social A Twin Cities collective-based nonprofit publisher of books emphasizing emerging talent, community-building, & artistic collaborations. Distributed by Asterism Books.
https://www.spoutpress.org/
David O'Mullane @baevido.bsky.social Dr in Cruising, Queer Art/Theory and Spectral Politics
0.5 FTE Child of Prague Collector, 1 FTE Faggot
Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social author of WHAT THE DEAD CAN DO / FUTURE SKINNY / MY DEAD FRIEND SARAH / rep'd by @elizcopps at @confluencelit
Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social Writes sometimes. Has always lived by the sea.
Send interview pitches for X-R-A-Y to Rebecca at: rebecca@xraylitmag.com
Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog Joe Koch writes literary horror and surrealist trash.
Website: horrorsong.blog
Preorder: Dead Boys Don't Cry https://bookshop.org/p/books/dead-boys-don-t-cry/840db6f4b7160b5e?ean=9781968043568
Books!
The Wingspan of Severed Hands
Invaginies
Convulsive
ali maloney @alimaloney.bsky.social pleasing taste, some monsterism
Likes: decadent food, witchy ritual, noisy music, 80s horror on VHS, woodland walks, RPGs, David Lynch, Jan Švankmajer, industrial-strength performance art / physical theatre, books.
Max Restaino @potheadfuckbrain.bsky.social COYOTE (Amphetamine Sulphate, 2024)
Rebecca Baumann @arkhamlibrarian.bsky.social rare book librarian, book junkie, devotee of the weird, angry queer, friend to all monsters, nonbinary freak. Free Substack on queer pulps: https://nympholibrarian.substack.com/
cindy @depalmasux.bsky.social drums n writes sometimes, she/it
Zebulon Hearse @zebulonhourse.bsky.social they/them *•* The psychic surgeon assists (Calamari Archive, 2024), and other fictions *•* zebulon-hourse.xyz *•* Horrorshow, e.g. guts-being-mangled.mp3, on wobc-fm.org (off-season) *•* papercuts for @greensand_books
Maddie 📚 Booksky @hedgehogbooks.bsky.social Maddie / 30 / 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I make zines!
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Jack Skelley @jackskelley.bsky.social Author, musician, president JSPR Inc., etc on Insta I'm Helter Skelley
Festival for Poetry @poetryfestival.bsky.social Daily Poetry Deadlines
Submit for a free posting.
Submit for a poetry reading video.
Submit for your poetry to be made into a film.
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John Wall Barger @johnwallbarger.bsky.social Poet, editor, translator. He/him. johnwallbarger.com
Resurrection Pie (LSU Press, 2026)
Contract editor, Frontenac House
Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social Baltimore-based indie bookstore. Currently online until we get a new space for the bookstore. Generally won't DM people, unless maybe you're a publisher and we need info to stock your books.
https://carpelibrumbaltimore.com/
Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social Used, new, & out of print books in the heart of downtown Bloomington, IL. LGBTQ+ owned & operated.
https://linktr.ee/bobzbay
Posts by Liz! No she will not apologize for posting too many photos of her cats!
Charlene Elsby @charleneelsby.bsky.social Books at Weirdpunk, House of Vlad, Apocalypse Party, Clash Books, Merigold Independent.
Scooby Doo Philosopher (Debut novel MORE BUGS out now)!!! @dayofthemutants.bsky.social that very spirit of negation | writer/researcher | MORE BUGS a novel out now with Knight Errant | videogames/sci-fi/art history | simcopter is my GOTY
emreed.net | I'm in Glasgow B)
Filthy Loot @filthyloot.bsky.social Misfit Fictions
Ames, IA, EST. 2018
Ira Rat, Curator
filthyloot.com
Weirdpunk Books @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social Weird Horror
Queer | Leftist | DIY
These Books Kill Fascists | This Press Runs on Spicy Pickles & High Life
Minneapolis.
All posts @sammytotep.bsky.social
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Little Ghosts Books @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Your Queer Spooky Bookstore x Small Press.
“A Good Story Will Haunt You”
👻🖤📚
www.littleghostsbooks.com
Sloth & Envy Press @slothandenvy.com Small press. Fantasy, romance, horror. MN. Lots of swearing. Our handle is fubar until I fix the website issue so:
https://malloryglass.com/press-kit
We'd be deadlier if we weren't so lazy. Maybe.
Yoko Ono @yokoono.bsky.social Official Yoko Ono account, administered by Yoko’s office, Studio One.
IMAGINE PEACE: Think Peace, Act Peace, Spread Peace. ䷊⊙🏳️
≠matthew←kinlin●●◯♜ @matthewkinlin.bsky.social Glasgow // he/him // Teenage Hallucination (2021), Curse Red, Curse Blue, Curse Green (2021), The Glass Abattoir (2023), Songs of Xanthina (2023) // Psycho Viridian (2025) So Tender a Killer (2025) https://linktr.ee/matthew_kinlin
Jack Sargeant @jacksargeant.bsky.social author (Flesh & Excess, Deathtripping, Against Control…), curator of film, art, performance, music. Occasional spoken word performer, lecturer, media producer. underground and independent film, publishing & music… coffee drinker….PhD
sjxsjc @sjxsjc.bsky.social Snake Milker / Mattress Grave / METH-DTF / SEX SHOPS OF SHERMAN OAKS, XEROX OVER MANHATTAN, BELFIE HELL, YEEZUS IN FURS, NAPALM RECIPE, POLICE FORCE AS A CORRUPT BREEZE.