Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social Author. Linguist. Scholar of interdisciplinary subjects.
✒ Understands about semicolons
🐺 Monster enthusiast
🕹️ Games @spaceboat.bsky.social
🎵 Metalhead
📖 35 books published
🎙️ Legends and Lectures / Archaeoscoop
https://www.patreon.com/newshortstories
Michael Greshko @michaelgreshko.bsky.social Associate online news editor @Science. Words at Rolling Stone, NYT, SciAm, WaPo, etc. Ex-staff writer at Nat Geo. Signal: mgreshko.01 https://linktr.ee/michaelgreshko
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Brendan Durkin @brendandurkin.bsky.social Commissioning Editor at Gollancz
K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app Writer. Adoring husband. Aspiring annoying dad. Dungeon Master. Views are my own
OUT NOW: “Like, Comment, Subscribe, DIE: A Fiona Brooks Mystery”
https://books2read.com/u/mVJyOp?store=bookshopdotorg-ebook&format=EBOOK
https://ko-fi.com/kcclyburn
Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at City St George's, Uni of London. I curate the short story project apersonalanthology.com. Novels are Randall or The Painted Grape, and The Large Door. Poetry is Spring Journal. https://linktr.ee/jonathangibbs
Metallica @metallica.com Est. 1981
Shreya Ila Anasuya - THE POISON PALACE @thresholdrose.bsky.social author. phd scholar. rose on the threshold. myth, memory, history, poetry. short fiction in strange horizons, fsf, and anthologies including 'a case of indian marvels'. for debut novel pre-orders and info: https://linktr.ee/shreyaila.
Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social YOU MUST TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF IF YOU WANT TO VANQUISH YOUR ENEMIES. I WILL HELP. (by @nora.zone, icon by Delapouite at https://game-icons.net)
Becky’s Books @beckysbooks.bsky.social Bookworm | Hobbit | NorthernBookBlogger | Windwalker | Trustee for #CWUHA | rebecca.crook@hotmail.co.uk | http://linktr.ee/beckys_books
Dr Georgie Rowe @georgieblythe.bsky.social Just completed a PhD @ Uni of Bham (genre fiction, copyright + folk music). She/her 🏳️🌈
https://lnk.bio/georgie_blythe
David @bluebookballoon.bsky.social Oxford, UK. When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? No pasarán. He/him. https://bluebookballoon.blogspot.com
discWorld order @discworldorder.bsky.social A monthly Discworld podcast covering the Discworld novels. In order.
Venetia Constantine @venetiaconstantine.bsky.social 
Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social Posting Science Fiction, Fantasy, Geekery, bookshop life, occasional cats.
Expert Bookseller at Waterstones Ipswich.
(Views mine, not representative of Waterstones)
Urmston Books & Board Games @urmstonbooks.bsky.social Book shop and board game cafe in Urmston, Manchester. Find us at 72 Flixton Road, Urmston M41 5AB. urmstonbooks.co.uk
Rachael Scotson @rachaelscotson.bsky.social Making it up as I go.
MAWYP @BathSpaUni.
@bathnovelaward.co.uk and The Bedford Competition longlistee. Book reviewer, librocubicularist, wobbly pot thrower and owner of “officially” the prettiest dog.
Fran Lacuata (she/her) @franonimous.bsky.social Writer, fighter, bit of a blighter. ✍️⚔️🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇵🇭🐓
https://linktr.ee/Franter
Mr B's @mrbsemporium.bsky.social 
Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social Dreigiau o Gymru. Aka Andy Frazer. Illustrator of dragons and dinosaurs. All books available in my Etsy shop. Please DM for commission enquiries. He/him. European/Welsh. No AI. www.andyfrazer.com
Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social Author, Librarian, general book nerd, SFF, Irish, she/her
(pretty much always a library in my books)
http://www.rflong.com/
https://www.patreon.com/c/RuthFrancesLongJessicaThorne
UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social Centre for Fantasy + the Fantastic + Masters in Fantasy (https://gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/fantasy/). Co-directors: @tattersdill.bsky.social and @mjrsangster.bsky.social. Website: https://fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/
The Orion Publishing Group @orionbooks.bsky.social Where every story matters 📚
orionbooks.co.uk
Soraya Bouazzaoui @halalltakeaway.bsky.social Author of AICHA (Orbit UK & US 2026) | Senior Commissioning Editor for romance fiction | agent: Rachel Mann at CAA | she/her
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
British Science Fiction Association @bsfa.bsky.social The British Science Fiction Association. Est 1958. Publisher of Vector, Focus, and the BSFA Review. Join us at http://bsfa.co.uk/join-the-bsfa
Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social She/Her
Freelance Science Journalist. Fact Checker.
NatGeo, BBC, SciAm, NBC News, PopSci, WIRED, and others.
Hire me to fact check your book.
I post about Jewish stuff, disability, Star Trek, and The Buffalo Bills.
Jersey girl.
heistberlin.bsky.social @heistberlin.bsky.social join the HEIST
a new worker-owned online magazine for Berlin
https://www.heistberlin.com/
Micah @rincewind.run Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Views entirely my own.
Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild
🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights
Kaye Mitchell @drkayemitchell.bsky.social Literary academic, Director at Centre for New Writing, University of Manchester. Women's writing, feminism, modern and contemporary lit.
Dr Tiffani Angus @tiffaniangus.bsky.social Multi awards-shortlisted SFFH & non-fic author. Editor & typesetter. SPEC FIC FOR NEWBIES 3 now in the wild! https://linktr.ee/tiffaniangusauthor Leftie, feminist, ex academic, ally, anti-AI. she/her. Now 🇬🇧 was 🇺🇸
Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social FRSA. Media Revolution steering group; cofounder of MP Watch and Music Declares; former Green Party councillor: focusing on media disinformation. #TellTheTruth #MediaRevolution
https://muckrack.com/tom-hardy-17 https://bylinetimes.com/author/tomhardy
Bill Krause @admiralbuck.bsky.social Starship artist/designer: Star Trek Picard. Custom miniatures for Film, TV and commission projects. Chief Test Pilot - Tycho Starship Yards.
Currently closed for commissions.
instagram.com/admiralbuck
https://www.youtube.com/@TychoYard
Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social Everything is Connected.
Journalist, novelist, screenwriter. Always looking for stories. LDN, NYC, LA
Support my work at: https://substack.com/@chadbourn
Buy Me A Coffee: coff.ee/chadbourn
Randy Herman @randyhermanlaw.com I am a lawyer. I am not your lawyer.
"I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted."
Jeff Noon @jeffnoon.bsky.social Writer of Science Fiction and Crime Novels
Kym Deyn @kymdeyn.bsky.social Nuisance, writer, publisher - the devil's dandy - poetry & weird fic - tarot - https://linktr.ee/kymdeyn - she/they with MECFS. In books and in bogs.
Jackson Ford @realjacksonford.bsky.social 📚 Want to finish your draft? I wrote a whole book on doing just that.
It's called 🔥DON'T FUCKING QUIT🔥 It's for you. And it's free.
Get it now ⤵️ Link in my pinned post.
Gillian Mackay - Scottish Greens @gillianmackaygreen.bsky.social Co-Leader of the Scottish Greens.
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland and Lothians West.
Charity costumer. Star Wars enthusiast.
Posts sometimes by staff.
Tranquility Press @tranquilitypress.bsky.social 
Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social Socialist, antifascist, writer in various places, geriatric millennial, GQ's 9th Worst Dressed Man in 2016. He/him. YouTube channel http://bit.ly/33iARb3 🏳️🌈
Michael Howe @popnfresh.bsky.social Mostly video games and left wing politics if I post at all
Pete Sinclair @petesinclair.bsky.social Writer: Have I Got News For You; Mark Steel's In Town; Lead Balloon; Bad Move; Spitting Image; Never Mind The Buzzcocks; What The F*** Is Going On? podcast.
Political views are my own (or yours)
Stephanie Key @theseantiquefables.bsky.social 🗝️ PhD @ Shakespeare Institute 🧚 early modern fairies, witches, magic, folklore ✨
Meredith Mackworth-Praed @meredithpraed.bsky.social Comfort cat. Rarely seen on social media. Author of The Future King series.
The Edge of Midnight @eomproject.bsky.social A Narrative of the Federation-Klingon Cold I War (2256-2293) A Star Trek Fan Project by @BadSocialism ||A @TranquilityPress Production
https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/
GreenPartyHan @greenpartyhan.bsky.social Green MP for Gorton and Denton
Plumber, runner, multiple greyhounds 🏃🏼♀️🔧🐾
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social Writing in the New Statesman, Liberal Currents, New Socialist, Tribune, Vulture, Aftermath. Host of Death Sentence podcast.
Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social Mom, Refugee and Congresswoman for #MN05. Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. Fighting for a more just world.✨ http://HC.com/IlhanOmar 
Phil Groom @philgroom.bsky.social Boats, books, canals, chocolate, coffee, church and the South West Coast Path. Previously known as notbovvered on Twitter. Green, trying to be greener. Prostate cancer survivor: men, get yourselves checked, the risk is real!
https://philgroom.wordpress.com
Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
The Write Advice @thewriteadvice.bsky.social We are the authors & editors Anna Stephens, Stephen Aryan, and Thomas D Lee.
We offer a range of mentoring and editorial services to help writers on the path to publication.
LGBTQ+, antifascist, no to GenAI. Big nerds.
Www.thewriteadvice.co.uk
Creative Critical @creativecritical.bsky.social creativecritical.net is an online journal for writing and teaching that explores the relationship between creative and critical practices
Eds: Irina Dumitrescu, Gabriel Flynn & Thomas Karshan
Submissions: editors@creativecritical.net
BLOOD WORK @bloodwork.show An economy of violence.
https://patreon.com/BloodWorkShow/
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Produced by @gotitatguineys.bsky.social
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Artwork: K. T. Kobel
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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social European political economy and geoeconomics commentator. Publisher of the Wealth of Nations newsletter. Previously chief Europe commentator @WSJ, chief leader writer @TheTimes. Runner, cold water swimmer, aspiring chef.
https://nixons.substack.com/
Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social Award-winning journalist at Futurism covering AI and its impacts on industries, media/information, and people. Send tips by email to: maggie@futurism.com or Signal: mhd.39
Mads Korsager @madskorsager.bsky.social Defence correspondent | Danmarks Radio - Danish Broadcasting Corp. | Afghanistan veteran | 👉 mkor@dr.dk
Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social News for the 99%. ON-THE-GROUND and investigative reporting covering stories the corporate media COVERS UP | https://statuscoup.com/join
K.V. Johansen @kvjohansen.bsky.social Author. Epic fantasy: Blackdog, The Leopard, The Lady, Gods of Nabban, & The Last Road (Pyr). High fantasy: The Wolf and the Wild King (Mystique). Spring 2026: Breath and Bone, new sword & sorcery from Candlemark & Gleam. Cdn, Bay of Fundy. www.kvj.ca
Mark Gillespie @whiskycast.bsky.social Host of the WhiskyCast podcast, and yes, I drink for a living. More than just whisky commentary, though! Proud to be a Journalist! Likes ≠ endorsements.
Pots and Plots @inthebookgarden.bsky.social One half of Agents of Sigmar on YT, Book Reviews at PotsandPlots.blog and gardener at home.
FREEDOM & LITERACY 🏳️🌈 @freedomlit.bsky.social We're a book discussion board, aimed at “old internet” folks. We're not a book club. We don't have mandatory readalongs, there are no book reports due. We're just an old-fashioned forum where you can talk about books.
Account run by @birdjay.bsky.social.
Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social www.one-place-studies.org – For excellence and enjoyable engagement in #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite. Studying and celebrating places, their people, and their shared histories. Post about your OPS on #OnePlaceWednesday!
Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social Home to a range of programmes in creative writing & contemporary literature at the University of Manchester. Staff include author Jeanette Winterson.
For more information: https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/centrefornewwriting/
Solitaire Townsend @greensolitaire.bsky.social Solutionist & Storyteller. Chief Solutionist/Co-founder @Futerra. Debut novel, Godstorm, published January 2026
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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Lee Knox Ostertag @leeknoxostertag.bsky.social He/him
Books:
THE WITCH BOY series 🔮🕯️
THE GIRL FROM THE SEA 🦭🌊
THE DEEP DARK 🐉🏜️
The DUNGEON CLUB series 🎲⚔️
STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONIST 🦸💪
WATSON’S SKETCHBOOK 🕵🏼♂️📚
TV:
THE OWL HOUSE & more
www.ostertag.substack.com
www.leeknoxostertag.com
🚫AI
Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social Writer at Crunchyroll, Polygon, WIRED, Vulture, GamesRadar, Inverse, Pokemon, Paste Magazine and other places / Rep'd by Aevitas Creative / Author of MONSTER KIDS ('22), I AM THE NIGHT ('26) and LIFE FINDS A WAY ('28) / Picked Charmander
Writeopolis @writeopolis.bsky.social Skeets for RJ Barker, Kit Power, Scott K Andrews and Stewart Hotston. Discord hangout. Sign up for the Patreon for extra fun. https://www.patreon.com/writeopolispodcast
Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social Professor of Energy & Climate Change at Universities of Manchester & Uppsala.
Translating climate science, through carbon budgets, into policy goals & mitigation options.
Co-founder https://climateuncensored.com
David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social Triple threat:
Journalism: www.authory.com/davidbarnett
Books: www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0034PY7ZW
Comics: leagueofcomicgeeks.com/people/16810/david-barnett/comics
Agent: Laura Williams, Greene & Heaton greeneheaton.co.uk/clients/david-m-barnett
Christian and Miles Cameron @phokion.bsky.social Author, outdoor enthusiast, modern-day knight. Artifact Space, Red Knight, Cold Iron, Tyrant, Killer of Men, Chivalry etc
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Outbursts Of Everett True @everetttrue.bsky.social Fan Page of A.D. Condo’s Outbursts Of Everett True 1905-1927 & 1948
Tristan Gray @eidyngray.scot 🏳️🌈 author and activist in 🏴
Software engineer, TTRPG GM, and author of dark fantasy books
(he/they)
💜💗💙
https://tgraywrites.carrd.co/
Kit Gonzo @kitgonzo.bsky.social Author. 3 x British Fantasy Award finalist. Podcaster. Blogger. Anti Fascist. Rebel Scum. Hexproof. He/Him. Views my own. https://www.patreon.com/kitpower https://mybook.to/KPMD 🏳️⚧️
Siân O’Hara @sianoh.bsky.social SFFH reader/writer. BFS member. Human?
She/her 🩷💜💙
barney farmer @barneyfarmer.bsky.social Yūgen appreciation society. Writes Drunken bakers etc for Viz. Wrote this http://bit.ly/33iyIe8 this https://bit.ly/2PKjMRI and that https://bit.ly/3v32pj8 so…
Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk Breaking news, campaigns and advice from unions and the labour movement. https://tuc.org.uk
Dr Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com Author, LARP, physics, economics. Subjective Chaos, BSFA, BFA finalist. Board @SoA, Treasurer @BFS, Chair @BSFA.
Rep:John Baker @PFD. Writer @ (hugo winner) Nerds of a feather
stewarthotston.com
Last: The next enemy
Next: Mage against the machine (05/27)
Oliver Arditi @paracyclops.bsky.social Writer, librarian, worldbuilder, conlanger, lapsed musician. I like fantasy, science-fiction and horror, books, records, comics, games, cats, food, and holding inexplicable opinions.
Sanya Dimova @sanyadimova.bsky.social sanyadimova.com
Short stories in @lunastation.bsky.social, @elegantliterature.bsky.social, @crepuscularmag.bsky.social, and more.
Born to hex my enemies with Slavic witchcraft, forced to track KPIs and align stakeholders.
Unseen Histories @unseenhistories.com The Past, Fully Present. Find out about the very best new history books, read author interviews and long-form pieces by the world’s leading historians.
Editor – Peter Moore
Creative Director – @jordanacosta.co
https://www.unseenhistories.com/
𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co 🇬🇧/🇵🇭 Speculative fiction writer and Creative Director at @unseenhistories.com – rep'd by @jjbker.bsky.social.
jordanacosta.co
Sam Beckbessinger @sambeckbessinger.bsky.social Novelist, creative writing lecturer & aspiring bog witch. FEMME FERAL (my perimenopausal werewolf novel) is out April 2026 🐺
www.sambeckbessinger.com
She/her 🏳️🌈🇿🇦🇬🇧
Bad Game Hall of Fame @bghof.com "Bad games" apologists / enthusiasts. Not necessarily always talking about bad video games!
badgamehalloffame.com
twitch.tv/badgamehalloffame
youtube.com/@badgamehalloffame
Rob Manuel @robmanuel.b3ta.com B3ta.com, @fesshole.bsky.social, @anonopin.bsky.social
Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social The diaries of Samuel Pepys in real time, 1660-69. Currently posting 1663. Run by @philgyford.bsky.social.
More at https://www.pepysdiary.com
Daily emails at buttondown.com/pepysdiary
Support at https://ko-fi.com/pepysdiary
Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social Bold Politics is the podcast making hope normal again with Zack Polanski.
https://linktr.ee/boldpolitics
Nick Brett. @feedingmonsters.bsky.social It's Fiddles. Web Developer. Art Monkey. Part-time Writer. Full-time Nuisance. Suspected brigand. Does not own a gas mask, actually.
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social Chris Coates, purveyor of niche drivel: https://substack.com/@oddthisday
🏰 Ben Paites 🏛️ @benpaites.bsky.social Senior Curator at Colchester Museums. Mainly Roman archaeology and LGBTQ+ history. Also cat dad to Artemis and enthusiastic Gaymer. He/Him
Author of 50 LGBTQ+ Finds: https://www.amberley-books.com/50-lgbtq-finds.html
Website: www.benpaites.uk
Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com Welsh folklorist • Author • Honorary Research Fellow, Amgueddfa Cymru • Antiquarian book collector • Rheibio'n Gymraeg • The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts (2023) • Represented by jonathanclowes.co.uk
folklorewales.com
Alex Says Stuff @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social Historian of the former Yugoslavia and ethnic partitionism. X-Men opinion-haver. Did a PhD on diplomacy in the Bosnian War, and currently writing a book about it. Host of The History of Yugoslavia podcast. Personal account, views expressed are mine alone.
ND Stevenson @gingerhaze.bsky.social 
Toby Fox @tobyfoxart.bsky.social Lead illustrator at Roll & Play Press
he/him/his 🏳️🌈
www.tobyfoxart.com
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social Pen name of Andrew Scott.
Fake History, Fake Heroes and Notorious.
Represented by Pew Literary
Links:
https://linktr.ee/OttoEnglish
Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Chief Reporter at UK political outlet Byline Times. I cover democracy, campaigning, and Britain's media.
Followers can reply to posts (ask to DM me). Open to news tips.
'Fake news w*nker' - Tommy Robinson.
Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social I make movies. I watch movies. I love movies.