Dr Darren Gray @drdarrengray.bsky.social Researcher in Literature, Film and Cultural Studies | The Gothic, Horror, Technology, Disability | Currently writing ‘Horror and Disability’ for the University of Wales Press Horror Studies series.
Proudly neurodivergent (ADHD)
Dustin Pinney @markguyer.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Neurodivergent.
Wizards * Zombies * Slashers * Doctor Who
FREE Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/markguyer
Mike Lewis @mikelewisauthor.bsky.social SF and Fantasy Author, Wargamer and Drummer
Darker Times @darkertimes.bsky.social A worker-owned horror culture magazine.
www.darkertimes.com
Damon Romaro @damonromaro.bsky.social Author of dark romance, sci-fi, and horror, exploring obsession, fear, and the darker corners of human imagination.
Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social Publisher. CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS. CEO and Editor-in-Chief: @jendiagammon.bsky.social. Staff: @garethlpowell.bsky.social @authorhelengj.bsky.social @scarlettralgee.bsky.social @denniskcrosby.bsky.social @kcgrifant.bsky.social starsandsabers.com
Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social Writes dragons. Eats metaphor. Occasionally human.
British soul, German soil, haunted playlist.
#HorrorWritersChat co-host
https://Linktr.ee/Eryn.mcconnell
Robin - BookSpin @bookspin.bsky.social Science fiction reader and enthusiast. I have a YouTube channel for discussing and reviewing SF books:
youtube.com/@bookspin
Simon Dearn @simondearn.bsky.social 
Nick Foster @weknow0.bsky.social Writer, rather primitive cartoonist and blogger at weknow0.co.uk. Treasurer of @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social
Martin Fischer @archiveofunread.bsky.social I write short stories that explore the space between memory and myth: quiet, eerie and unsettling fiction that lingers in the mind like fog after nightfall.
The Archive of the Unread:
https://www.archiveofunread.com
Rei Alyssa Murray 🏳️⚧️ @rei-writes.bsky.social 4x Award-nominated poet by night. Cybersecurity professional by day. HWA Active Member. Feeder of a cat. Very proud parent and wife.
IN ALL THE WAYS, A DROWNING available now!!
She/Her
https://rei-writes.com
Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social Thea O'Ryan is a Canadian writer with a love for all things horror. She went on a road trip to the Bruce Peninsula in 2014 and has not been seen since.
She is, however, still frequently heard.
https://www.theaoryanfiles.co.uk/
💗💜💙
🖤🩶🤍💜
Cymru/Canada
Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social Writing, reading, musicking and pondering.
Fix your hearts or die.
Sally Wiener Grotta @sallywienergrotta.bsky.social Award-winning writer, speaker, photographer. (It's all storytelling.) Member: The Authors Guild & SFWA.
SallyWienerGrotta.com
She/Her
LRR.rocks @lrrrocks.bsky.social Linda Robertson Reinhardt |Author*Artist*Composer
Creating More Than Great Stories
https://linktr.ee/lrrrocks
Fantasy/Horror | Rock & Epic Orchestral Music
WITCH☽⛥☾ ALLY🌈
I DO NOT follow politics-heavy feeds
SHOP: https://www.embersandarcana.com/
TF Burke | YA Fantasy Author @tfburkeauthor.bsky.social YA Fantasy. Heart of the Worlds series. Book 4 upcoming on 9/29/26 - FAERIES DON’T LOVE.
Sword & dagger fencing.
David Farland's Apex-Writers admin.
https://linktr.ee/tfburkeauthor
Pedro Iniguez @pedroiniguez.bsky.social Bram Stoker, Elgin, and Dwarf Stars Award-winning Horror/SF and children's book author.
THE BUILD-A-MONSTER WORKSHOP (Out Now!)
ECHOES AND EMBERS (Out Now!)
THE FIB (Out Now!)
Repped by Peter Steinberg, UTA
www.pedroiniguez.com
Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social Our mission is to elevate the voices of women and other underrepresented gender identity authors of science fiction, fantasy, and horror; to highlight stories featuring strong female and non-binary characters; and to share these stories with readers of all
Jack Finn @therealjackfinn.bsky.social 🩸 Folk Horror • Dark Fantasy
📚 Finding dark things you haven't read yet
🌲 Author of IT PIERCES, WILSON & more
👇 Enter the dark woods
www.therealjackfinn.com
Life-long believer that the Tooth Fairy is proof body parts can be traded for cold hard cash.
Keffy @keffy.bsky.social he/him/they/them
500 tiny scientists in a trenchcoat / apocalyptic trans man.
I write SF/F and have had stories published in Uncanny, Lightspeed, Apex, and others. I also edit(ed) GlitterShip which is on hiatus atm.
M.Phil Genetics
https://ko-fi.com/keffyk
Dr Tracey Madeley-Jones @traceymadeley.bsky.social I am an author with a PhD in eighteenth-century literature, but I read all types of books. Welsh, disabled, cat lover, pescatarian, I live with my husband and two cats.
www.traceymadeley.com 
Ana Sun @singingtotigers.bsky.social Sci-fi/fantasy writer. Utopia Award nominee, Best of British Sci-Fi, BSFA longlist, BFS shortlist, FRSA, Solarpunk, she/her.
"Futures to Live By" at NewCon Press https://v.gd/efd2dT
https://singingtotigers.com/
CaptainLaserBeam @captainlaserbeam.bsky.social DC and such - urban gardening, modding games, whathaveyou
Xueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, they) @xuetingni.bsky.social Award-winning author 🇨🇳🇬🇧 :queer and geeky, writes non-fiction about Chinese cultures, curates and translates genre fiction (scifi, horror, fantasy, wuxia). snowpavilion.co.uk
Lorrie Ness she/her @lness.bsky.social Writer, reader, avid hiker, animal lover & unrepentant cottage cheese enthusiast.
www.lorrieness.com
Represented by A.J. Van Belle, literary agent at The Booker Albert Literary Agency.
J.R. Bale @jrbale.bsky.social Author, Father, Professor, MBA, Photographer, Concerned Human in NJ.
I support fellow writers.
www.JRBale.com
I do not respond to DMs.
S France Thomason @france-thomason.bsky.social only thinks straight after tea✨Shortlisted in 2026 #IAmInPrint Commercial Fiction Competition ✨🌈✨Yeovil Literary Prize LL 2025 ✨3rd in 2024 #IAmInPrint SFF competition✨ @cbcreative alumna
#scifi ✨ #fantasylit✨ #WritingCommunity ✨
🚫 OnlyFans, GoFundMe, DMs
James Brogden @jamesbrogden.bsky.social Writer (Titan, Black Library, PS Publishing and various other ne'er-do-wells), recovering ex-teacher, and Lego addict. Repped by Ian Drury Associates and owned by three cats.
J. Gibson @planarlost.bsky.social Dabbler in dark fantasy fiction (Planar Lost).
Book award winner.
Newsletter:
https://bit.ly/PlanarLostNews
Author site:
jgibsonwrites.com
#Author #WritingCommunity #BookSky
Robin Knabel - Inky Bones Press @robinknabel.bsky.social Horror author, editor, coffee addict, indie publisher/owner of Inky Bones Press.
LoriPerkinsRAB @loriperkinsrab.bsky.social Bohemian Feminist,Word-slinger,Publisher@RiverdaleAveBooks & RomanceDailyNews. Lit agent@lperkinsagency.com Pink sister,pro-choice, Blue.Co-author Two Dukes Are Better Than One @LornaJWrites, https://linktr.ee/Riverdaleavenuebooks101, LoriPerkinswrites.com
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
Mother Mischief @ekeisling.bsky.social Artist, Troublemaker, small business owner
🖤 mother-mischief.com 🖤
Fran Friel @franfriel.bsky.social Author, Nature Rewilder🌱 Science/SF Geek🚀 Painter, Two-time Bram Stoker Award Finalist, Black Quill Award Winner, Ireland via California, LCFirstWave
Bona Books 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social Publishing radical queer specfic from London, UK. Founded: @trip.bsky.social, @robwillb.bsky.social, @chrismccartney.bsky.social.
Harassed by: @lyamkk.bsky.social
🛸I Want That Twink OBLITERATED! (2024)
🧱Wrath Month (2026)
https://linktr.ee/bonabooksltd
Alex Kourvo @alexkourvo.bsky.social Professional editor who loves books and book people and key lime pie.
Pronouns = she/her.
Birmingham Science Fiction Group @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social Founded in 1971, the BSFG is a non-profit-making organisation that meets monthly and provides an informal atmosphere in which SF fans can meet one another and professionals in the field.
www.birminghamsfgroup.org.uk
contact@brumsfgroup.org.uk
VAL🦴HAL @valhal.bsky.social (Mostly) Horror Illustrator/Creator/Comic Artist
🧙♂️THE SEQUELS 👽
👉FINGER GUNS👈
🔪THE SLASHER'S APPRENTICE 🔪
🩸HELLO DARKNESS 26-28🩸
✨EMAIL: fishmas1@gmail.com✨
💉 He/Him trans dude 💉
Dr Dr Dr Alfred Prunesquallor, PhD, JD, TLA (Time Lord Academy) @drprunesquallor.bsky.social So far from God, so close to the United States
(¡Tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos!)
And it isn’t a resistance, it’s a war.
—GRAVITY’S RAINBOW
https://youtu.be/n1jF6T78JF4?si=ssWjshhmVyz68Dma&t=105
Mike Mignola @mikemignola.bsky.social Artist-Writer-Creator of the Hellboy Universe or Mignolaverse etc...
FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social First in Fright since 1979, FANGORIA is a collectible magazine, a podcast network, and an entertainment studio.
FANGORIA.com
Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social Publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, and Other Speculative Fiction
Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social Award-winning powerhouse publisher of SF 🚀 Fantasy 🧜♂️ Spec Fic ✨, and Horror 🧟 Part of Profile Books 📚 https://linktr.ee/solarisbooks
Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social Leading independent publisher of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Crime, Pop Culture, Movie/TV tie-ins & much more 📚 Also, @hardcasecrime.bsky.social
MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com Sapphic Scottish specfic duo E&M. Fungi fanatics, lurcher lovers, gin guzzlers.
The Needfire NOW OUT out with Solaris Books!
PREORDER The Haunting of Avis Lovelock TODAY!
Repped by John Baker @ PFD.
https://www.mkhardywrites.com/links/
Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social Illustrator of dark fantasy. Also nature photography.
https://janaheidersdorf.com/
Pan Macmillan @panmacmillan.bsky.social We publish a broad and vibrant range of books for audiences of all ages.
Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social Swindon based independent bookshop, visit us online or in person! bertsbooks.co.uk - or 54 Godwin Court, Swindon, SN1 4BB
Email us on bert@bertsbooks.co.uk 
Sebastian Michaels - Backup @sebastiansam74.bsky.social Critical Reviewing, Beta/ARC’s Reader, Copywriting Proofreading, Ghostwriting, Writer, Researcher and studying for my BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing. L.LB (Hons), B.Sc (Hons), M.Sc (Hons), P.hD and D.Phil.
I’m a fully disabled person, 50 years.
Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social Hi! I’m the bestselling author of Elatsoe & A Snake Falls to Earth & Sheine Lende. I <3 lifting heavy weights, playing video games, & writing stories. Sry I don’t check DMs. She/her. Lipan Apache.
Liberty Hardy @libertyhardy.bsky.social Raised by wolves who watched Reading Rainbow. Co-host of Book Riot's All the Books! podcast. "My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out."—D. Thomas She/her. https://www.patreon.com/libertyhardy
Emerian Rich @emzbox.bsky.social Writer, Artist, Editor, Podcast Horror Host for HorrorAddicts.net 👻
Romance under Emmy Z. Madrigal ❤️
Emzbox.com
Linda D. Addison @nytebird45.bsky.social Writer of weird stuff, lover of Light! #BLM #blacksky She/Her - www.LindaAddisonWriter.com (author photo by Courtney Hartley)
Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now! Coming Sept 22 in US) @almakatsu.bsky.social NYT bestselling novelist. Former intelligence professional, tech futurist.
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
Christi Nogle @christinogle.bsky.social Bram Stoker Winning first novel, BEULAH. Work in Apex, Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, 3LBE, etc. Three Collections from Flame Tree Press.
https://linktr.ee/christinogle
Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social Welsh author of dark fiction and roamer of ancient paths.
Words in Haven Spec, Dark Matter, Gamut Mag and other strange places.
Find me @ https://cmccarthywriter.substack.com/
Beverley Lee @beverleylee.bsky.social ♱ Character-driven. Atmospheric, creeping dread & broken boys a speciality.
♱ Breaking your heart with horror since 2016
♱ Editing A Sea of Strange Hungers 🌊
♱ Ally 🏳️🌈
♱ No AI ever.
www.beverleylee.com
http://bio.site/beverleylee
Carol Gyzander @carolgyzander.bsky.social Stoker-nominated author, and editor of horror, weird fiction, science fiction - she/her
C.C. Winchester @ccwinchester.bsky.social Horror Writer
multiversedream.com
Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social bram stoker/shirley jackson/aurealis/ditmar/australasian shadows awards finalist
editor/author/poet
active hwa, ahwa, iped
american in australia
Valerie B. Williams @valwillwrite.bsky.social Writer of Dark Fiction and Twisty Tales. Latest novel "Darkroom Phantoms" releases 12/1/26. Owned by a Golden Retriever. Tea drinker. Politically left of center. https://linktr.ee/valeriebwilliams
Amy Grech @amygrech.bsky.social NYC-based prolific crime/horror author/poet. Active HWA Member. Alien Buddha Press published my poetry chapbook, A SHADOW OF YOUR FORMER SELF. 2x Pushcart Prize nominee. SEO is my bread and butter. 🔪🩸
☕️ https://ko-fi.com/amygrech
💻 crimsonscreams.com
Diane Dooley @dianedooley.bsky.social Aging guttersnipe. Brit living in Vermont.
Published author of Science Fiction, Horror, Romance.
Interests: books, history, politics, tennis, music, poetry, travel, gardens.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dianedooley
Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com Author, “Tune in Tomorrow,” “We Interrupt This Program,” “The Only Song Worth Singing,” “Leave No Trace"
Journalist: Variety, LA Times, Today
AI-free forever
https://linktr.ee/RandeeDawn
Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social Author, artist, poet, & Indigiqueer swamp hag. Grew up on the land & off the grid. Writing in The Deadlands, Augur, Nightmare, Malahat Review, Fiddlehead, etc. Aurora finalist, optimistic nihilist & possible witch. No GenAI
shanmonster.dreamwidth.org
Melodie Bolt @melodiebolt.bsky.social Speculative poet. Dark urban fantasy writer. 
Erin Al-Mehairi, Editor & Author @erinalmehairi.bsky.social Published author & poet / Professional Editor for Hire, Journalist, PR Pro / BA Degrees in English, Journalism, History / Book News&Views / she•her / 🇬🇧🇺🇸🧿
https://hookofabook.wordpress.com/editing/
Sara Jayne Townsend @sarajaynetownsend.bsky.social Horror and crime writer. Gamer and geek. Bass guitar player. Owned by cats. Lover of vintage frocks.
M.M. MacLeod @lenemacleod.bsky.social Quiet Horror/Dark Fiction author Lene MacLeod
ON THIS DARK OCCASION - collection Autumn, 2026
FRINGES of GREY-collection https://books2read.com/u/4NVxA9
eic @frostzonestories.bsky.social
👻🎸🎵👽💀🎥🍁🇨🇦
https://linktr.ee/lenemacleod
Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social Florida horror writer & biologist. Gothic horror & monsters with emotional baggage. 📚🩸📚🏳️🌈 💙@Mdnight_Society & #Netherworld 4ever. HWA/SFPA/SFWA. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/VictoriaNations
Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Horror freak. Bibliophile. She/her.
Books: FALLEN DESTINY, MELANCHOLY DELUSIONS, ONLY DARKNESS, NUMB...
TV/Film Rep: Alec Frankel at IAG.
Website: https://www.yolandasfetsos.com/
ABSOLUTELY NO GEN AI!!
Denise Dumars (aka Dyana Aset) @dyanaaset.bsky.social Writer, leftist, pagan.
Alison Armstrong @aarmstrongauthor.bsky.social Author of Revenance, Toxicosis, Dark Visitations, and Consorting with the Shadow: Phantasms and the Dark Side of Female Consciousness. My short stories and poems have been featured in several horror anthologies. HWA member.
Suzie Lockhart (Sue Ann Marie) @suzie-sam2.bsky.social Mom, author, poet, editor and multimedia artist. Associate Member of the HWA.
Rebecca Cuthbert @rebeccacuthbert.bsky.social Feminist horror, dark poetry, strange tales. EIC of Undertaker Books. Rep'd by Tobias Literary Agency. More at linktr.ee/rebeccacuthbertwrites.
Lisa Morton @lisamorton.bsky.social Writer, bookseller, Halloween expert, paranormal historian, L.A. woman
Pixie Bruner @pixieb.bsky.social Horror Bibliophile and Bibliophage. Historian/Writer. Bad Poet. INFJ all my life, unfortunately. Introvert. Cancer Cervivor. Cat Person. 
Michelle Renee Lane @michellereneelane.bsky.social Writer. Bram Stoker Award Finalist. Narrative junkie. Vampire enthusiast.
J. Lincoln Fenn @jlincolnfenn.bsky.social Author of THE NIGHTMARCHERS, POE, and DEAD SOULS which was called 'wickedly entertaining' by the NYT. Owned by the cutest chihuahua on planet Earth. #horror #HWA
Donna Lynch @donnalynch.bsky.social Ego Likeness
Stoker Award-nominated horror poet & author
Spoken Word artist
Supreme at Garbage Witch
TM for Stoneburner
Art Rep for Steven Archer
Travel photographer
egolikenessband.com
Nicole M. Wolverton (she/her/hers) @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social Professionally unsettling | Philly-area writer of (mostly) horror & thrillers | MEAT SWEATS * MARCH 2027 | horror academic | scent-obsessed | nicolewolverton.com
Morgan Sylvia @morgansylvia.bsky.social Aquarius. Metalhead. Coffee Addict. Work in progress. I write horror, sff, poetry, and audio dramas. Occasionally dabble in metal journalism. Objects in mirror are not as they appear. 
Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social MG horror writer. General weirdo. Find me running in the haunted cornfields. Author of The Nowhere Series from Undertaker Books (Middle Grade horror) HWA Chicago.
Creepy is fun.
Tamara Thorne @tamarathorne.bsky.social Scary story purveyor, lover of cats, ghosts, puns, spooky stuff, and Monty Python.
Vanessa Reid @vhreid.bsky.social writer, mother, teacher, black cat enthusiast
@catherinejo.bsky.social @catherinejo.bsky.social 
L. Marie Wood @lmariewood.bsky.social Award-winning horror author, screenwriter, educator & essayist
| Ph.D., MFA | Founder, Speculative Fiction Academy | VP HWA | member, HWA, SFWA, SFPA, RWA, MWA | Rep: TheTobiasAgency
redheadrites @ruthannjagge.bsky.social Writes dark speculative and fantasy fiction with sass and class. Gothy-cowgirl, lives on a cattle ranch in Texas. HWA/BFA
Alice @amloweecey.bsky.social Writer, singer, musician, mom. Former nun. Come to the dark side. I bake really good cookies.
Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social Horror Author. 4x Bram Stoker Award Winner. Lambda Literary Award Winner. Potato Chip Connoisseur.
Die Booth @diebooth.bsky.social 🦇Goth 📖 Author of the beautiful macabre 📖 Zines 🏳️🌈 #LGBTQIA+ he/him 🎶DJ #LastRitesChester 🖤 BE NICE TO EACH OTHER 🖤 #endgenocide #antigenerativeAI
Website: https://diebooth.wordpress.com Shop: https://ko-fi.com/diebooth (SHOP REOPENS 14th Sept)
Lauren (LJ) McMenemy @laurenwrites.bsky.social 👻Writes the dark stuff
📣Online content ed @ British Fantasy Society
🤘Founder/mentor/coach/author promo, Society of Ink Slingers
🔮Events curator, Writing the Occult
🔪Former editor, TWF @ HorrorTree.com
👩💻Day job: Content & community
🇦🇺in🇬🇧
🤓Curious/exhausted
Simon Clark @simonclarkwriting.bsky.social Denizen of Yorkshire. Writer - short stories, novels, scripts - mainly horror, such as The Blood Crazy series and The Protos Experiment, some Sci-Fi, The Night of the Triffids. Some Big Finish, too.
Represented by Dan Fenton: Peters, Fraser and Dunlop
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/
Meredith Spies (they/them/theirs) @meredithspies.bsky.social Queer Trans Nonbinary Writing Cryptid
I write MM and MX romances and mysteries
On Unceded Muckleshoot, Duwamish, and Puyallup Land
www.linktr.ee/meredithspies (all the places to find me&my books including my direct shop)