Mark Baillie @mbaillie.bsky.social Scottish writer. Debut novel Salvage. Scottish Traveller history, music, books.
Silke Brandt @silkebrandt.bsky.social Writer, editor and translator of speculative fiction and essays. Fellarina.
Details: https://silkebrandt.weebly.com/biobibliografie.html
Random follower-fishing following -> You get blocked.
D. P. Snyder @dpsnyder.bsky.social Writer, translator (ES>EN), literary critic, poet, reader, and human, in no particular order. Sometimes in English, a veces en español.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dpsnyder. 🍉🌻 Opinions mine.
Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social Éditeur indépendant / independent press
poésie, essais, textes courts / Poetry books, essays, short texts (in English or mostly bilingual) since 2010 / éditrice-publisher Blandine Longre @blandinelongre.bsky.social
https://www.blackheraldpress.com
Open Book Festival @openbookfestival.bsky.social Open Book dates for 2026
16 - 23 March | Youth Fest
1 - 6 June | Workshop Week
4 - 6 September | Open Book Festival
Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com Independent publisher. Scotland, Taiwan & elsewhere. Directed by Hannah Stevens & Will Buckingham.
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Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey @foreverasheley.bsky.social a writer who happens to like immunology research, BJJ, Fall Out Boy, and fashion
M2/G1, Morris + Sodji Labs, UW-Madison MSTP
UCSF Propel Scholar, 2024
UChicago Questbridge Scholar 2021🇬🇭
NaaAshitey.com
David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social the sea is completely written for me
https://www.transitbooks.org/books/darker
Steve Howell @stethohow.bsky.social Pro-Democracy Reader, Writer, Freelance Editor Insta: stethohow
Substack: steventhomashowell.substack.com
Alicia Litamp @litamp.bsky.social Sharing excellent art, poetry, and literature. #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #ArtCommunity #WeFollowBack- I @inkynotion.bsky.social @inkynotion.bsky.social
alexander🦇 @praalgraf.bsky.social anarchist, absol aficionado, alliteration admirer
24, he
Mark Bowles @markabowles.bsky.social Writer. All My Precious Madness published by Galley Beggar 2024; Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist, Authors Club Prize Shortlist, James Tait Black Prize shortlist. How Do People Stay the Same published 2026, Galley Beggar.
https://www.creativewritingtuition.com/
@susanbearman.bsky.social @susanbearman.bsky.social 
Joseph Lidster @josephlidster.bsky.social writer, script editor, pillock
https://linktr.ee/josephlidster
Jo Gatford @jmgatford.bsky.social Write-abouter | editor | scriptwriter | fiction all over the shop | Shakespeare nerd | writing thoughts & workshops @ The Joy of Fixion
https://www.jogatford.com
https://fixioning.substack.com
S P Burton @spburton.bsky.social Some guy in Scotland trying to write strange stuff. Ex scientist. Current nothing. Occasional maker of dusty musical rambles. First novel coming soon...
https://spburton.weebly.com/
Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social Author, environmentalist & egalitarian, rep Julie Crisp. Novels published by Orbit & SRL. Pre-order THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF LOVE now! www.heather-child.co.uk
Oscar Jack 🏳️🌈 @ozziejack.bsky.social Hey! I’m Oscar :)
I write stacks and stacks, and I photograph anything and anyone with a microphone! Pls tag/credit me if you repost my work !
Other socials, contact & work:
https://linktr.ee/oscarjack
All In The Telling - The Ghost Story Network @allinthetelling.bsky.social Shining a lantern on the finest ghost story performers.
#ghoststories #gothic #horror #storytelling #folklore #folkhorror #weirdfiction
Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social Just another Twitter peasant trying to survive the attention economy. First book in draft. Shorts published in Divinations Magazine and Underbelly Press. Cycling.
All views my own. Sapere aude.
The Lonely Crowd @thelonelycrowd.bsky.social Literary journal — thelonelycrowd.org
https://linktr.ee/thelonelycrowd
EntropyRising : Libraries are rainbow. @entropydoc.bsky.social Librarian. Lover. Hater.
Vicky Grut @vickygrut.bsky.social Writer. Short story collection 'Live Show, Drink Included' shortlisted for 2019 Edge Hill Awards. Pushcart nominated, 2023. Work in Masters Review XIII in 2025 and Best British Short Stories 2026. www.vickygrut.com
Golden Hare Books @goldenharebooks.bsky.social Independent Bookshop of the Year 2019 UK & Ireland. PostBooks subscription boxes + bespoke literature consultations. Contact us at mail@goldenharebooks.com // 0131 225 7755
Find us at 68 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh EH3 5AQ
linktr.ee/goldenharebooks
Dora Psoma @dorapsoma.bsky.social PhDc | Linguist | Educator
Şebnem Gökçen @shebuya.bsky.social art director turned fiction writer; BA in communication, UPenn ‘96; BFA in advertising design, Academy of Art U ‘99; 📚Perdesizler (öykü, 2022) sebnemgokcen.com
Duotrope @duotrope.com Duotrope is an award-winning writers' resource. Search for publishers and agents, track your submissions & more! https://duotrope.com
@duosuma.com is our submission manager.
Daniel Gene Barlekamp @dgbarlekamp.bsky.social Short story writer. Poet. Fan of ghosts, monsters, and local legends.
Seán Padraic Birnie @seanbirnie.bsky.social seanbirnie.com
https://undertowpublications.com/shop/i-would-haunt-you-if-i-could
Short stories in ergot, Weird Horror, Interzone, Remains & elsewhere
me/cfs
Michael A Cox @shin-mc.bsky.social Reading & writing about weird fiction, forteana, spooky shit • blogs about William Hope Hodgson at @hodgsoniana.bsky.social • guit & vox in @pkbats.neocities.org • used to run an arcade
@bricewords.bsky.social @bricewords.bsky.social Here to talk about books and reading and animation and probably karate bugmen
Jed Edwards @waxheadjed.bsky.social No longer writing about outdoor gear. He/him. East Scotland.
@nickolosian.bsky.social @nickolosian.bsky.social 
Jem Wellward @jemwritesghosts.bsky.social She/they. Collects/writes ghost stories (and other things). Favourite tropes include '𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘺' along with '𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘭 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺'.
Eve Xin 心 @suitcaseofpoetry.bsky.social poetry / fiction / spoken word / migrant / exile
linktr.ee/suitcaseofpoetry
Jacob Jackson @inkfronds.bsky.social Ecological storytelling.
I’m a wildlife conservation graduate based in Northern England
23
sbf @sbfan.bsky.social Writer ✍️ Also, Buddhist, musician, vegetarian & a proud geriatric millennial.
I like coziness, musicals, cities, knitting, books, games and the great indoors. 🛋️ And baseball! I’ll go outside for baseball ⚾️
📍From Seattle + Hawaiʻi + Hong Kong
The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social Scottish Charity SC052417 caring for Gray’s studio & visual/literary material. Education & New Commissions. Inclusive Community. Custodian sorchadallas.bsky.social
The Agnes Owens Archive @aowensarchive.bsky.social Opening 16.01.26, a new public resource dedicated to the Scottish writer Agnes Owens. This archive is housed within agrayarchive.bsky.social
Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social Comedy writer & actor. Doctor Who, Tracey Ullman’s Show, Beyond a Steel Sky, Justin’s House, Bravest Warriors, Horrible Histories
linktr.ee/gemmaarrowsmith
Tom Crowley @atomcrowley.bsky.social Writer, actor, comedian. Listen to my award-winning sketch comedy show Crowley Time: crowleytime.com
Alex Ekins @alexekins.bsky.social Artist + Climber + Instructor + Coach. Dirt + Rock + Wood. Patagonia Pro.
Http://alexekins.co.uk
anotherbloodytom @anotherbloodytom.bsky.social 
I shall answer to Veronica Locke @thisismenow37.bsky.social Stories give me joy. I get excited when stuff breaks. Cooking & eating delight me. Physical activities (hiking, disc golf, lacrosse, tennis, walking) are grand. Thespian fo life!! 🥰
marmiteprincess @marmiteprincess.bsky.social Socially anxious mostly lurker. Gamer, writer in training, and BG3 brain-rot sufferer. 35. she / hers. 💗💛💙
r. p. singletary @rpsingletary.bsky.social W(e)ide(r)ly published in so-called underground publications, proudly.
Chelsea Sutton @crsutton.bsky.social Theatre/Fiction/Other Stuff
she/her Clarion '22
Chapbook from @wrongpublishing.bsky.social
Upcoming novella from @splitlippress.com
Shadow M. Genesis @shadowmgenesis.bsky.social 🪓 save the seals
Writer of The Schwestern Sisters Saga
and visual artist
Darren Kerr @xdkerr.bsky.social Associate Professor and Head of School of Art, Film and Media at Bath Spa University, UK. Co-director of screeningsex.com. Series Editor for EUP's Screening Sex book series. And a quiet author of short fiction inc NoSleep Podcast. Personal acc.
Phil W. Bayles @philwbayles.com Serious ideas from a silly man. Connoisseur of Dad jokes. Fervent hater of generative AI.
Words at 50-Word Stories, Silly Goose Press and more. Currently working on my first novel.
If found, please return to the nearest multiplex. (He/Him)
Bren @brennicart.bsky.social If I can't paint, I write. If I can't write, I knit. If I can't knit, I collage. If I can't collage, I read. If I can't read, I paint.
@adrianadanaila.bsky.social @adrianadanaila.bsky.social 
@janemondrup.bsky.social @janemondrup.bsky.social 
Daniel Dagris @danieldagris.bsky.social Best Horror of the Year recommended. Twice Pushcart Prize nominated. Viable Paradise & Iowa Writers' Workshop summer alumnus. Studying at Cambridge for Master's in creative writing.
TJ Oliver Books @tjoliverbooks.bsky.social Retailer of fantastic products and books
https://tjoliverbooks.com
Elizabeth N commission open @elizabeth-space.bsky.social Elizaveta Nazarova frilanse artist
Commissions:✅
•Illustrations fantasy/fantastic/horror/romantasy/romance
•Book cover/cd/board game
•Concept art
•D&D/MtG
Maps/cartographer…
No Ai~No NFTs
Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/elizavetanazarova
Elizabet.artstation.com
Lewis H @lewishodgson.bsky.social Books, Music, Writing
Hull.
MDANT
David Aitken @davidaitken.bsky.social Wordsmith, lost deep in the word mines, collecting acceptable adverbs and credible similes. Keen to surface and present my findings to an astonished world.
Ava DeVries @avadevries.bsky.social she/her 🌈 words at https://www.avadevries.com/
fiction editor @btgardenmag.bsky.social
reader @fusionfragment.bsky.social
John Moriarty @saywhatnowjohn.bsky.social Writer-performer;
Labhair Gaeilge liom
www.johnmoriarty.net
@ginnyscotland.bsky.social @ginnyscotland.bsky.social 
Shona Ray @shonaraywrites.bsky.social Writer of gothic/horror/weird. Jericho Friday Night Live SL 2024. Thinker, wanderer, ex-anthropologist. London lawyer in my spare time. #amwriting #books #art #pwme
Terence Naylor @terryxd.bsky.social Pokémon | Star Wars | Lego | Yu-Gi-Oh! | General geeky stuff | Can be found playing touch rugby and freelance writing | He/Him | 🏳️🌈🏉🖋️🎮
Speedy @speedygonzone.bsky.social Magpie of hobbies - collection includes crafting, writing and making daft fancy dress costumes
Paul Sellars @paulsellars.bsky.social Freelance.
linktr.ee/paulsellars
Charlie @charliestear.bsky.social Editor. Making books. Reading books. Watching horror.
Manchester.
Argonaut Books @argonautbooks.bsky.social | 🌊 Leith’s Independent Bookshop - Est.2021
| 🗓️ Open 7 Days a Week
| 🕰️ Sun-Thurs: 10:00-18:00/Fri-Sat: 10:00-20:00
| 📍 15-17 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 8LN
| 🌐 argonautbooks.co.uk
JourneyDude in Scotland @scottishinsider.org 🪬🧿 Freemason | Traveller | Historian | Novel Author | Filmmaker & Photographer
www.youtube.com/c/journeydude
www.weescotland.com
www.sendmeonadventure.com
🇸🇰 living in 🏴
🕊️ Love you all!, Photos taken by me - NO AI!
I follow people who love art & nature
Female Feedback Film Festival @femalefilmfestival.bsky.social The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent from around the world.
https://femalefilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FEEDBACKFemaleFilmFestivalFFFF
Jacob Lowery-Morton @lowerymorton.bsky.social Writer of unsettling short fiction and teacher of unsettling short people.
From Middle-of-Nowhere, Lincolnshire, I’m now based on a Northern hill in the distance with a patient husband and impatient cat.
Anne Denoon @annedenoon.bsky.social Crone, wastrel, lapsed (but twitching) novelist. Posts about art & lit.
Me: https://www.writersunion.ca/member/anne-denoon
My book: Back Flip, a novel about art & the 1960s: https://t.co/m7fQSOo6At or (with reviews) https://tinyurl.com/4dzwzpdp
Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social He/him. From Bridgwater, in Bristol. Writer, content designer. Ghost stories, films. No alt text = no repost. Not here for politics. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/raynewman Header: my book Thin Places in Hard Concrete https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DC5PL7T4
@spanielears.bsky.social @spanielears.bsky.social 
ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social Film photographer with a day job. Silas and Hennie’s human. Doing the Guardian Quiptic puzzle in chronological order. Wants specifics on the general idea.
Martina Pugliese @martinapugliese.bsky.social Data scientist since it was uncool, Physics PhD (complex systems). AI & Tech (4good). Language and culture tidbits. I like to doodle data. 🇮🇹 in 🏴 (Edinburgh). Posts in ITA/EN.
Here for original thoughts.
https://martinapugliese.github.io
Sarvin Parviz @sarprvz.bsky.social Award-winning multigenre & genre-bender writer/interdisciplinary Artist (she/her)
Semifinalist in European Opera-directing Prize (EOP)
Unofficial Singer/Official Collaborator
sarvinparviz.com
#writingcommunity
Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social Founder South Warwickshire Literary Festival, writer, reader, fun-lover and optimist. That'll do donkey, that'll do.
Provenance Integrity Institute @provenanceii.bsky.social Provenance Integrity Institute Limited
PII LinkedIn → https://linkedin.com/company/provenanceintegrityinstitute
PII Cash App → https://cash.app/provenanceii
GSD Discord → https://discord.gg/ctstmGQWKv- I Catherine MacLeod @icrystones.bsky.social Nova Scotian writer of darkness. Sunburst Award winner. HWA. She/her.
Mark Taylor @markstaylor.uk Manchester-based, decreasingly ginger writer.
I don't post here! Find me at @markiswrit.ing, bridged from https://social.markiswrit.ing/@mark
Website: https://markiswrit.ing
Fiction newsletter: https://www.scattering.ink
Jon Negroni @jonnegroni.bsky.social I don’t hate to say ‘I told you so’
🇵🇷 Author, critic, occasional illustrator
🌉 SF Bay Area
Books/podcasts/journal: jonnegroni.com
Chief Editor: ceteramagazine.com
Cofounder: inbetweendrafts.com
Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk Northern speculative fiction micropress • Tyne & Wear, UK • Human made • Our first anthology: carnyxpress.co.uk/products/oaths-and-offerings
Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social Writer, dreamer, PhD student. Northern lass. Words at @nffr.bsky.social @theforge.bsky.social @fictiveDream.bsky.social @SoFloPoJo.bsky.social Winner @Bathflashaward.bsky.social Writing bot for @writershq.bsky.social
https://kathyhoyle.com
Jane Rusbridge @janerusbridge.bsky.social Writer - mostly novels (Bloomsbury), some short stories, a little poetry. Experimenting with non-fiction. Read a lot. Love research. Spent many years in education, teaching preschool to post-grad.
Usually found somewhere outside. 
Jonathan Walker @newishpuritan.bsky.social Ex-historian of Venice, writer, editor. Author of The Angels of L19, Push Process (a novel with photographs), and other books. (Banner image by Dan Hallett.)
jonathanwalkerwriter.uk
jonwalkereditorial.co.uk
jonathanwalkersblog.blogspot.com
Imogen Reid @imogenreid.bsky.social PhD Chelsea College of Arts. Work in: Partisan Hotel, gorse journal, Mercurius Magazine, Sublunary Editions, 3AM Magazine, Essence Press, Vanguard Readings. Chapbooks with Gordian Projects & Nightjar Press, book with Rossi Contemporary
@camthinksso.bsky.social @camthinksso.bsky.social 
Pete Ward @phenryward.bsky.social Books, art, theatre, and telling people I liked the thing they made. Weird / Gothic short stories published or forthcoming in Cosmic Horror, Macabre, Frost Zone, Rat Bag and elsewhere. Editorial reader at Gavagai.
Judy Birkbeck @judybirkbeck.bsky.social Writer. Novel: Behind the Mask is Nothing publd. by Holland House Books, + many short stories in litmags. Passionate about wildlife gardening. judybirkbeck.co.uk
Michael Caines @michaelcaines.bsky.social 
Ewan M Hannah @ewanmh.bsky.social Survivor from another millennium. Scottish living in Manchester. I like: reading, writing, old Hollywood, Gothic fiction, vintage clothes, Scottish literature, film noir, avant-garde art and writing...lots of other things...
Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social Writer. Short stories in: The Rumpus, Sonora Review, J Journal, Shooter Lit Mag, London Magazine, Fictive Dream, LEON, Litro & others | SL Bridport SS | Read my work at: www.scturnerfiction.com
Joyful Sage @joyfulsage.bsky.social Reading, writing, trying to eat less cheese 
Auntie Jellyfish @auntiejellyfish.bsky.social Re-distributor of your Unconsidered (and Considered) Trifles
"an obvious paragon of grammar and sentence structure"
Artist's Gopher