the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social the engine(idling is an online literary magazine for the restless. unique themed issues.
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EIC Danielle McMahon (@dehm000.bsky.social)
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Brooksie C. Fontaine @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social Art, writing, and book account!
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SciFi AL @scifi-al.bsky.social Reader, Writer, Reviewer.
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Michael Stubblefield @m.stubblefield.net writer, author hopeful, humanist
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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social NEW WORLD WRITING QUARTERLY began life as Mississippi Review Online. We invite submissions the first two weeks of January, April, July and October, and publish in those same months. Read more at https://newworldwriting.net/
Marie @mariecloutier.bsky.social Writer of womanhood& girlhood, love & loss. איך האָב ליב ייִדיש. Words in Five Minute Lit, Bending Genres, Dorothy Parker's Ashes, Neologism Poetry, Corvus Review, etc. #wellesley 📖 my work ⤵ www.mariecloutier.com, substack @mariecloutier
The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social The Shore is an online poetry publication seeking cutting, strange, and daring work from new and established poets alike.
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Zira Phema, Writer @ziraphema.bsky.social Zira (she/they • 25+) is a queer, mixed-race emerging author from Western MA. Inspired by surrealism, fantasy, and horror, she creates experimental speculative fiction and poetry.
No AI/No NFT
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Gaia Jane @gaiajane.bsky.social Disabled poet and artist. Mover and shaker. American roots music enthusiast. Understands with the heart.
Every Place on the Map bit.lie/3IUmzpk
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Angela Chaidez Vincent @angelacv.bsky.social ARENA GLOW (Tourane Poetry Press). Writer, ponderer, saunterer.🍍on everything. Critter enthusiast. Poems in Oxford Review of Books, NAR, 32 Poems. Poetry reviewer: #100smallpress. AssocEd. for Scrub Jay Press.
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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social Breton writer
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EIC: Raw Lit Mag / Co-Founder @theprideroars.bsky.social /Contributor: Poverty House
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com Writers' collective. (A bit like an ant farm but much less organized) Exploring how to stay afloat in this world of words.
Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com A webjournal publishing short fiction, book reviews, a weekly newsletter, & whatever else happens at http://www.necessaryfiction.com. Doing our best since 2009.
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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com 🏺 literary magazine retelling myths + classics
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Etta🏳️🌈 @fiammetta.bsky.social 25. reader, reviewer, author. ze/hir or she/they.
Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social I write poems & short stories. Published. Retired to Colorado ‘24. TX escapee. #Resist
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Heidi Zeigler @zeegirl.bsky.social texas, greece, mexico, poetry, learn, teach, walk, κάνε μπάνιο, echar chal (she/her)
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poems: descant, Poetry Is Currency, Harpy Hybrid Review, like a field, Indianapolis Review, Apartment, Wild Roof Journal +
Pushcart nominee
Fred Schmalz @fredschmalz.bsky.social Poet and artist. Recent writing in Places Journal, Zocalo, Puerto del Sol, Diagram. Recent exhibitions and performances at MCA Chicago, Grand Central Art Center. Book: Action in the Orchards (Nightboat 2019). Chicago-based. www.fredschmalz.com
Lydia Rae Bush Poetry @lrbpoetry.bsky.social Free Bleeding (dogleech books, ‘25)
Keeper, Seeker, Dragon of the Sea (Bottlecap Press, ‘25)
All the Little Church Girls’ Paper Dolls (fifth wheel press, ‘26)
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Hugo 🇪🇺 @duksis.bsky.social 🇱🇻🇩🇪🇮🇹 Highly religious developer believing in small code bases, fast tests and language-agnostic application architecture.
Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com Athos in the streets. Aramis in the sheets. Porthos in the skeets
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Dan Alter @arlozoroff.bsky.social Poet translator father man of many trades - My Little Book of Exiles, Eyewear 2022. Take A Breath, You're Getting Excited (translations) Ben Yehuda, 2024. Hills Full of Holes, Fernwood 2025.
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Dixon Rice @mtdixonrice.bsky.social Montana novelist, avid reader, vaxxed, lost wife to Parkinsons.
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Jeremiah @jeremiahsp.bsky.social Peculiar husband. Dorkiest of dads. Middling Horror Writer. Probably cooking dinner.
K Weber @midwesternskirt.bsky.social poetry, collaboration & sometimes digital photo collage. 12 self-published poetry collections (FREE/some in audio format!). kweberandherwords.com
Alice In Wonderland @aliceinwonderworld.bsky.social Up cycler, artist, plushies, music masher, cottage/farm core craver, jewelry maker, fashion blogger, DragQuest, Honkai slave, FFXIV,VII, acnl, acnh, switch/ indie games!
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Kiss Kiss Die @stromberg.bsky.social Dale Stromberg. Castigator of texts and poor devil of letters.
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Sarah Arantza Amador @arantzasarah.bsky.social Fiction author. Best microfiction 2019. Noveling. Forever devoted to 🐊💃🏻 stories.
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William Bryan Smith @williambryansmith.bsky.social Novelist/Writer. MFA in creative writing, Bennington College.
Author of Free Range Men (Mint Hill Books) and We Are Smoke (Carmelite Books)
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regular steve albini @electricalwsop.bsky.social Recording engineer who plays poker and billiards and eats like a Viking
mohit arora @mohit18.bsky.social F.R.I.E.N.D.S/Avid book lover/Is there anything better than dogs?/love for all/ Be the change you want to see in the world.
Katja Rammer @katjarammer.bsky.social Writer. Gardener. Neurospicy Jacky-of-all-trades.
Shortlisted w/ Senex Born (Iaminprint 2025), Raven Short Story Contest longlistee. Stories: Hyphenpunk, Black Cat Weekly, Gavagai & more
Reg. Adv. SCBWI 🇩🇪 + 🇦🇹. (she/her/hers)
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Angry Gable Press @angrygablepress.bsky.social a publisher of niche speculative fiction and poetry
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This Exquisite Topology available now!
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Katabatic Circus
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The Gray Gay @graygay.bsky.social Once called the “Etsy Ryan Reynolds.” Texas lawyer with three kids and a husband I love very much. I'm here to share a laugh or two with others, not at them.
A Monitor Lizard @monitorlizard.bsky.social Reptile.
Socialist. Green Party voter.
Marathon Runner
How strange it is to be anything at all. 
🇵🇸 🅲🅷🆄🅲🅺 @benigma2017.bsky.social Anger is an energy
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I was the 139,519th account on Bluesky.
Inside the Castle @incastellated.bsky.social Publishing Literature in the Expanded Field / Behind the Facade, More of the Same / Incipit 2014 / Our books are available through Asterism: https://asterismbooks.com/publisher/inside-the-castle
An Indifferent Penguin @daffodil2023.bsky.social Old Socialist
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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social Writer and poet with a love of green spaces, dedicated to conservation efforts in Campbell River. Likʷal̓a language learner. Words in Book of Matches Isele Magazine, PaddlerPress AntiHeroinChic, among others. janislacouvee.com
Feana Tu’akoi @feanatuakoi.bsky.social Writer
2025 Convenor of Judges NZCYA Book Awards
2024 University of Otago CoE Creative NZ Children’s Writer in Residence
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Alec Finlay @alecfinlay.bsky.social artist and poet; ecological remediation and human recuperation; landscape, tea, limit and creativity; lives by the sea in Edinburgh; mostly sharing a daily poem here.
Juliet Wilson (Crafty Green Poet) @craftygreenpoet.bsky.social Adult Education Tutor, Poet, Short Story writer, Wildlife Surveyor, Conservation Volunteer. Edinburgh, Scotland
Blog: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CraftyGreenMagpie
Substack: https://craftygreenpoet.substack.com
Peter Jordan PhD @pjordan-writer.bsky.social Short story writer from Belfast.
BBC Radio 4 & BBC Radio Ulster.
Shortlisted Bridport. 2nd Fish, etc & etc.
Best of net & best small fictions.
2 x Pushcart nominations.
50+ stories published.
Working class.
AuDHD.
Not interested in politics!
Tracey Foster @foster77.bsky.social Teacher, poet and weekend walker. Work published by #ayalaska #mausoleumpress #alternatemag #waywardlit #fishbarrelreview
Writes on 'Everyone's Reviewing' and 'Small Sublime' blogs.
https://poetry863.wordpress.com/
@traceyfoster77
@parliamentbooks.bsky.social @parliamentbooks.bsky.social Publisher of voicey upmarket fantasy, paranormal, and horror books.
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Paige @paigemoreau.bsky.social Writing, wandering, wondering
HellaVibes @hellavibes.bsky.social 🌍 Author Essayiste Philosopher Poet
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Bernard Pearson @bernp.bsky.social Novelist: books 'Where the Willows End, In Red Blood' 'One of Our Own,' Poetry: 200 poems published worldwide. old friend's description of him, 'I've known this idiot most of my life.'
the voidspace @voidspacezine.bsky.social mind you don't bump your head
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Katy Naylor @voidskrawl.bsky.social Writer, editor, wannabe sea witch.
she/her
EIC @voidspacezine.bsky.social
pushcart-BOTN-Best Microfic
STOVETOP GHOSTS - Femme Salvé Press
SALT ASH - A Moonlit Café Press
GIRL/MIRROR/WOLF @bullshitlit.bsky.social
POSTCARDS FROM RAGNAROK - The Alien Bhudda
ginger kitsune 🦊 @gingerkitsune.bsky.social WebDev, Trans rights
Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social writer
Debut Novel coming 2026 with @northodoxpress.bsky.social #PaperSisters
Querencia Press @querenciapress.bsky.social independent publisher amplifying overlooked voices & creating a safe space for writers and artists to share their stories
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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social poems/experiments by K Weber (she/her) featuring 900+ donated words (& more!) from 370+ people since 2018! 8 FREE online collabs: kweberandherwords.com
cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social The Ringleader
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JJ Surtees @jjsurtees.bsky.social Pushcart prize nominated. Writer. London. Published Unsung Stories, Idle Ink, Liar's League, Fictive Dream & others. 
Aiden Heung @aidenheung.bsky.social Chinese poet, gay, reader, squash player, Poet at WashU, Assistant Poetry Editor of The Parentheses Journal. Winner of 2024 Levis Prize in Poetry from Four Way Books. Debut All There Is To Lose forthcoming 2026
jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social he/him. trans boy/glorious twink does poems. sub poet laureate. debut poetry collection the fireman’s daughter out with @brokensleepbooks.
poetry for brats @simoneapoetry.bsky.social simone ✌️caramel and queer ✌️
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shareen k. murayama @ambusypoeming.bsky.social here, not here, there a poet, here a flash, and other sorts of non-fiction
Anti-Heroin Chic @antiheroinchic.bsky.social AHC is a literary arts intentional community and healing space. Submissions open. Edited by
James Diaz. https://heroinchic.weebly.com/
Riley Wignall @ D23! @writelywignall.bsky.social Lead Narrative for Disney Dreamlight Valley @ Gameloft. || Opinions are mine. || she/they ||
ibi @ibikenibi.bsky.social picture book writer with too many hobbies
kidlit / horror / ecocrit / japanese lit
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David L O'Nan (Fevers of the Mind) @feversof.bsky.social A poet, writer, editor and founder of Fevers of the Mind. Www.feversofthemind.com go to our page for submissions info. I put together print Anthologies and maintain the website. I am also an poet, prose, short story writer.
Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social Weird little stories in Analog, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, and other fantastical places. Always seeking human creativity (NO AI), coffee, and petrichor. https://www.marvincent.com/
Currently in the liminal space known as novel revisions. 📝✍️✍️
Lisa Allen @backtoallen.bsky.social Writer/editor/library person. MFA x 2, @solsticemfa. Co-founder/co-director The Notebooks Collective.
ash evan @wanderstruck.blog writer of the liminal & mystical
Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social Writer of The Other Ones, Looney, Howard & Charles at the Factory, This Darkness Got to Give, more. Editor @ Barrelhouse, primary organizer of the Barrelhouse conference in DC in the Spring. Web @ PSU. Goofy gentleman. He/him. 
MNFuglei @mnfuglei.bsky.social Teacher, writer, knitter, screamer into the void just trying to get by. Whiskey & jokes help. Skeets are me, all me, unrelated to my day job. 
Black Stone / White Stone @bswszine.bsky.social Online poetry zine taking a deep dive approach. New zines out the first Thursday of the month. Submit to the Stone. **Subs Open 10.1-10.31**
bswszine.com
PoetNotaRockStar @poetnotarockstar.bsky.social LA Poet/ Latinx Author of 6 books including La Belle Ajar with CLASHBooks, Speaking con su Sombra with Alegria Publishing and La Lengua Inside Me from FlowerSong Press
ｐｅｔｒｉｃｈｏｒ @petrichorlit.bsky.social Text & image depository. Digipoetics since 2016.
Editors: Seth Copeland, Caleb Jordan, Amanda Ngoho Reavey
https://petrichormag.com/
(art: Annalynn Hammond; Michael Paulukonis)
Karin Hedetniemi @karinhedet.bsky.social Writer, wanderer. Finding quiet beauty in life✨Creative nonfiction, photography, poetry and haiku • Just being human here.🇨🇦
agoldenhour.com
Aideen Barry @aideenbarry.bsky.social Visual Artist
https://linktr.ee/aideenbarry?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=e1752587-d23a-41c2-9784-f2e72ab98e4e
Jill Bergantz she/her @jillbergantz.bsky.social Journalist by trade. Poet by heart. Conceptual artist when words fail. | Community of Writers, deYoung Museum, Tupelo Press, Barrow Street, Trampset, 404 Ink | jillbergantz.com ig @jillbergantz | Black trans lives matter. 🏳️🌈
Suzanne Walsh @zanbreathnach.bsky.social Irish artist (performance and audio), and writer, ag foghlaim Gaeilge arís, sometimes bird rescuer, they/them, siad/iad, Wexford/Dub
Www.suzannewalsh.ie
painzotron8000 @drdissociation.bsky.social | wasteland haunt | disabled & distressed | sometimes i think, then i forget | [he] | HERE I AM, PRY ME OPEN('23) out with Kith Books
Anthropology and Social Change @anthciis.bsky.social Ⓐctivist Ⓐnthropology MAs + PhDs
🌍 Journal: https://jwsr.pitt.edu/
📕 Books: https://blog.pmpress.org/kairos/
🏴☠️ Lectures: https://www.ciis.edu/news/david-graeber-memorial-lectures
Finn @finnwriter.bsky.social ink slinger—word scribbler—poet—(bipolar disorder | anxiety | fibromyalgia ) inking my way out of a hole i dug || they/ them, queer. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Gabby Gilliam @gabbygilliam.bsky.social poet, educator, mom
Laura McPherson @silversatire.bsky.social Bustling wordery. In CHM, Five South, The Deadlands, Paperbark, Salamander, Lucky Jefferson. Chap INVISIBLE. Reader CLMP. MFA Fiction, University of New Orleans. 🏳️🌈 https://lauramcphersonwriter.com
Deixis Press @deixispress.bsky.social Independent publisher, award-winning books. EIC: Angel Belsey. Hello Booksky!
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Rapiaria @rapiaria.bsky.social Reaping and sowing.
Dr Michelle Deininger 🌈 @drdeininger.bsky.social Interim Director of Lifelong Learning at Cardiff University | Writes on Lit, Environment & Apocalypse; YA; short fiction; Wales; class | 1st gen HE | 🌈 she/her | sweary
https://www.walesartsreview.org/redux-working-class-voices-michelle-deininger/
Colm Brennan @colmgbrennan.bsky.social Poet & Writer
Poetry Ireland Review • Banshee • The Waxed Lemon • Sonder • The Cormorant • Profiles • The Ogham Stone • Arts Council Literature Bursary • MA in creative writing from UL
colmgbrennan.com
Katie @ktonbsky.bsky.social She/her, Poet, Writer, Co-founder & EIC of Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social
Host of On Fire Reading Series in DC: https://onfirereadingseries.neocities.org
https://www.katherineschmidt.com
🫚🌶️ Caitlin Spice 🌶️🫚 @catespice.bsky.social Semper Femina. From Aotearoa. C.M. Scandreth on the NoSleep Podcast.