Luna Westish, Fiction Author @lunawestish.bsky.social Author of award winning novel MEET ME AT THE RUINS (study abroad x neurodiversity x steamy x Scotland!) Available everywhere books are sold plus Hoopla + Libby! Queer, non-binary + disabled traveler.
François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social SFF author and adjunct professor of 18c history. Début novel coming 2027 from L'Atelier des Rêves/Dreams Workshop. Defrocked from the video games, television, stand-up comedy and software development industries. Legally blind from sunset to sunrise. FR/EN
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social Speculative Fiction Writer
www.valeriesirenko.com
Just Keep Writing Podcast @justkeepwriting.bsky.social A podcast for writers. By writers. To keep you writing.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-keep-writing/id1453881131
The Write Song Podcast @thewritesong.co.uk A podcast exploring the role of songs in the creative writing process. Come listen to authors discuss their playlists and how their stories came to be! Hosted by @darthj.uno. Available everywhere!
🌍 thewritesong.co.uk
🔗 linktr.ee/writesongpodcast
Lisa Tirreno @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social 📚Australian YA fantasy author. PRINCE OF FORTUNE out with S&S now! Also chickens and cake.
Rep: Jim McCarthy at @dystelgoderichandbourret
Lacey N. Dunham (she/her) @bookbent.bsky.social 🖤 Author
🖤 THE BELLES (S&S / Atria, 2025) southern gothic x dark academia
🖤 FALL OF THE HOUSE OF GRAYSTONE (S&S / Atria, coming 2027) Sapphic Tim Burton meets Grey Gardens
🖤 ME: https://www.laceyndunham.com/links
David Cole @coledone.com A writer on a mission that he just doesn't understand yet.
Talking Scared Podcast @talkscaredpod.bsky.social A podcast of conversations with the biggest names in horror writing. Find out where your favourite scary stories came from.
https://pod.link/1530064310
You can reach me at talkingscaredpod@gmail.com 
Fictitious Podcast (Indefinite Hiatus) @fictitiouspodcast.com Not currently accepting or solicitating interviews. See pinned post!
The storytelling craft of Science Fiction & Fantasy. Hosted by @AdronBuske.com.
FictitiousPodcast.com
SFF Addicts Podcast @sffaddictspod.bsky.social 🚀 Award-nominated SFF podcast hosted by Adrian M. Gibson, M. J. Kuhn & Greta Kelly 🖋 Author interviews & writing masterclasses 🎧 Available on major podcast platforms & YouTube ▶️
https://linktr.ee/SFFAddicts
Read and Buried Podcast @readandburiedpod.bsky.social Like crime stories, books and people talking about those things? This is the podcast for you. Hosted by Frankie.
PRINT RUN @printrunpodcast.bsky.social The Book Bird Cometh
https://www.printrunpodcast.com/
https://patreon.com/printrun?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink
Ravenscar Podcasts (Publishing Rodeo & Bad First Books) @publishingrodeo.bsky.social http://linktr.ee/ravenscar
Home of the trade publishing podcast, PUBLISHING RODEO, and author chat podcast, BAD FIRST BOOKS. Hosts: @sunyidean.com and @scottdrakeford.com and @richardswanauthor.bsky.social
Page One @ukpageone.bsky.social Creators of the Page One notebook | Home of Page One - The Writer's Podcast & Page One Drafting Notes podcast
All the ways to listen or watch: https://linktr.ee/ukpageone
And visit our Patreon to see all the bonus perks: https://www.patreon.com/ukpageone- M @mmdenhamwrites.bsky.social @mmdenhamwrites.bsky.social
The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
Carmen Wiigwaas Craig @carmunist.bsky.social Learning and teaching my language—Nishnaabemwin. Jijaak ndoodem. Consultant at Oodenaw.com. Award-winning short fiction author and poet. Developmental editor at DarlingAxe.com. Kidlit, YA, hist fic, women's lit. She/they
Michajlo Carlos Garbett @michagarbett.bsky.social #AspiringAuthor. #Sci-fiWriter. Still trying to find his voice at nearly forty. Peasant living in a world designed for billionaires. On the #spectrum; #dyslexic; and unhappy with the planet. Love #dogs, only reason to live these days. From Wales
Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk Science fiction writer in the UK. There's usually a typo somewhere.
My debut speculative fiction novel, The Grief Tree, is out now.
https://linktr.ee/tom.m.mason
Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social Horror scholar, PhD, HWA, CSFFA | Global Indigenous Horror (UPM, 2025) | Poetry Editor Orion’s Belt | Words in Future Fire, UtopiaSF, Space&Time, Lovecraftiana | EIC @katabaticcircus.bsky.social co-EIC @angrygablepress.bsky.social
Philip Kimbrough @philipkwrites.bsky.social North Carolina based writer. Mostly books, writing and Tottenham. I’m very bad at social media.
https://www.philipkimbrough.com/
Marguerite Sheffer @mlensheffer.bsky.social Author of THE MAN IN THE BANANA TREES (Nov 2024, Iowa Short Fiction Award from U of Iowa Press)
writer and teacher in New Orleans
stories in Asimov's, Lit Hub, The Dread Machine, The Pinch and others
Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer @rebeccamwrites.bsky.social Making quirky little games with a lot of heart.
🖊 Senior Game Writer / Narrative Designer @ Frontier
🌟 Portfolio: https://gameswriting.coffee
🌎 https://rebeccam.carrd.co
🌟 Previously: Dirty Bomb / Gears Tactics / Yooka-Replaylee
WILDsound Podcast @wildsoundpodcast.bsky.social Daily podcast showcasing interviews with filmmakers, screenwriters, actors, and artists
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/wildsound-the-film-podcast/id1406973270
www.wildsoundpodcast.com
Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social Archaeologist turned author with a science fiction take on life. Author of Plague Birds, member of SFWA and SPJ. He/His. Represented by Lucienne Diver. www.jasonsanford.com
Allison Mulder @amulderwrites.bsky.social SFFH author with shorts in Escape Pod, Small Wonders, FFO, & more.
Somewhere in the middle of the Venn diagram of silly and scary. Dabbler in too many hobbies. ND. She/her.
https://www.allisonmulder.com/
Katie McNamee @katiemcnamee.bsky.social fantasy & romance author • talking crohn's disease & mental health • she/her • creative entrepreneur • rep: @rlmatte.bsky.social
Newsletter sign-up & more: katiemcnamee.com/links
Dr. U. Whitcher (U. is for Bear) @yarntheory.bsky.social Math, history, science fiction, string theory, games with string.
yarntheory.net
Ink to Film @inktofilm.bsky.social A weekly podcast & YouTube show where writer Luke Elliott and filmmaker James Bailey enthusiastically analyze adaptations and the books that inspired them, all from a craft perspective. www.inktofilm.com
Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social World Fantasy, Nebula, Ignyte, Locus & Shirley Jackson Award-winning speculative publisher. Baffling Magazine & novellas & anthos & queer 📚. Editor: dave ring.
Joshua Walker @bigjosh84.bsky.social I take up space, even when the world says I shouldn’t.
Poet. Observer. Rebel of thought.
Every heartbeat a manifesto. Resisting always. 💙
2025 Pushcart & Best Microfiction Nominee
https://www.amazon.com/Least-Weird-Person-Awake/dp/B0GT1262KP
Gabrielle Steele ⚔️ Echoes of Chaos out now! @eldris.thellian.com ⚔️ Indie fantasy author + mum
😣 ME/CFS 🤔 AuDHD 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally
Essex UK | she/her
thellian.com/links
📚 Reborn in Ash: thellian.com/reborn-in-ash/
📚 Echoes of Chaos: thellian.com/echoes-of-chaos/
No AI 🚫
Emily Krempholtz 📚 @writersofrohan.bsky.social VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE (Nov 2025) - adult cozy fantasy romance
Rep: Brent Taylor at TriadaUS
https://linktr.ee/emilykrempholtz
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Erik Grove @erikgrove.com Writer. Little dog owner. (Aspiring) Magnificent and Deeply Kind Weirdo. SFWA/ HWA/ Viable Paradise 2022. Portlander. Represented by Joshua Bilmes/JABberwocky. Debut novel THE LONG RED TOMORROW coming March 2, 2027! Preorder 6-37 copies today! He/Him.
KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social Spec fic. Bikes.Books.
Words in Uncanny, F&SF, FIYAH, Apex and elsewhere
VP 2022
they/any
Ishmael Grey @callmeishmael.bsky.social A damp, drizzly November soul 🐳 Writer and Dork. Viable Paradise 2022. Fiction in Otherside.
If you feel like throwing me a buck:
https://ko-fi.com/ishmaelcat
Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social Award winning science fiction author. Cat furniture. Horse patsy. Almost certainly two ornimegalonyxes in a trenchcoat.
🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈
https://buttondown.email/matociquala
THE FOLDED SKY https://books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ
ANGEL MAKER https://books2read.com/u/3kzy2W
Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social fiction writer and story lead @ wizards of the coast / he/him / repped by Arley Sorg / opinions are my own and do not represent my employer
https://www.roy-graham.com/
Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social NYT bestselling writer. Newsletter and updates at maxgladstone.com. More or less updates-only on here.
K.W. Onley @kwonley.bsky.social Mama, entrepreneur, leader. I write speculative fiction for grown folk and littles. Viable Paradise 2022, Grub Short Story Incubator 2021.
http://www.kwonley.com
alex fox @alexfox.bsky.social Writing mostly about fucked up guys with swords. look upon my works and despair
https://www.afoxwrites.com
afoxwrites on IG (still building this up)
alexfoxauthor@gmail.com
Viable Paradise @viableparadise.bsky.social The writing workshop you've been looking for! https://viableparadise.com
A.Y. Chao @aychao.com Master procrastinator. Occasional adult.
#1 Sunday Times bestselling author of SHANGHAI IMMORTAL and PARIS CELESTIAL
she/they/Alice
aychao.com
Latest news: https://aychao.substack.com
Daryl Gregory @darylwriterguy.bsky.social Daryl Gregory, a guy who writes things. WHEN WE WERE REAL out April 1 2025, no foolin'. He/him
Craig Church @whatcraigwrote.com He/him. Overactive imagination since '87. Helping make movies at ILM. Portland Trail Blazers and Golden State Valkyries enjoyer.
Short fiction in Cast of Wonders, Escape Pod, and more.
visualpostcard.cc
whatcraigwrote.com
letterboxd.com/lucky_rabbit
RJ Taylor @rjtaylor.bsky.social SFF writer • Stories in Clarkesworld, F&SF, Apex, more • #VP2022 • Codex• not often on social media (updates only)
Valerie Valdes @valerievaldes.bsky.social aka Lia Amador. Sci-fi, fantasy, and romance writer. MtG story scribe. Co-editor of Escape Pod. Variety game streamer. VPXX/16.
Benjamin C. Kinney @benjaminckinney.com SFF writer, neuroscientist, Hugo finalist. Escape Pod 2017-2023. Codex, VP, SFWA. Short stories in Analog, Lightspeed, Sunday Morning Transport, etc.
Neuroscience (not under pen name): rehabilitation, neuroimaging, movement control, handedness
Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social Quarterly speculative fiction, poetry, and non-fiction
Unapologetically antifascist and feminist.
NO AI!!!!
Spec SFF
magazine.trollbreath.com
https://ko-fi.com/trollbreathmagazine
https://linktr.ee/trollbreath
Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com #SFF writer from Maine. VP21. He/Him. Cóyotl and Foof award nominated. Creator of Speculative Fiction Magazine Subscription web page. Co-editor of Trollbreath Magazine. #AuthorsNotAlgorithms
https://www.trollbreath.com
https://magazine.trollbreath.com
M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social MR, she/her. scholar, author, editor · poster of too many dog photos · Clarion West ‘25 · VP2024 · stories at BCS, Lightspeed, GigaNotoSaurus, elsewhere · co-founder of @othersidespec.bsky.social 🪐🗡️🌈
https://m-r-robinson.com
C. L. Polk @clpolk.com I write stuff. I knit stuff. I cook stuff. Ask me about my weird little books. https://www.clpolk.com/
Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social 48, fantasy writer, author of THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA. Ex-firefighter, veteran MechWarrior. Minnesotan transplanted to Massachusetts. Gizmonic Institute (1989-92). Instructor at Viable Paradise.
Fonda Lee @fondalee.bsky.social NYT bestselling, World Fantasy Award-winning author of the Green Bone Saga & other books. The Last Contract of Isako out now! Next: Mark of the Warrior (Oct 2026) https://linktr.ee/fondalee
Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social Speculative writer, reader, marketing coach, tea drinker | SFWA | VP '23 | Stories in Strange Horizons, Haven Spec, Trollbreath, Ghastling |
Digging: tulsi tea, sentient ships, pb pretzels | she/her #specfic #sff
linktr.ee/allisonpottern | pottern.com
Phiala @phiala.bsky.social Science, string, science fiction… string fiction? All views my own. 
Chris Campbell @chriscampbell.bsky.social Words in FIYAH, Asimov’s, Escape Pod, and more. VP2023 CW2024. Turns out I am 0% goblin-proof but very optimistic. clundycampbell.com. Editor of NewYearNewYou.
Andrew Hiller @andrewintheclouds.bsky.social Create. Investigate. Celebrate.
Writer, Producer, & friend of Muppets
Pitter Patty Finds Another Day, 2022 Escape Pod Flash Fiction Contest Winner,2019 BFF Author of the Year, #ViableParadise 23
K.M. Veohongs @kmveohongs.bsky.social Thai-rish American spec fic author last seen playing corn hole on House Hunters. Writes pants of center. She/her Repped by https://bsky.app/profile/hel-no-wai.bsky.social
See what I've written and sign up for my newsletter at https://www.kmveohongs.com/
Elizabeth Cobbe @elizabethcobbe.bsky.social Writer, Pythonista, parent, feelings butler, Viable Paradise grad. Words in Fireside, Cossmass, Kaleidotrope. Novel on sub now! REP: Eric Smith.
More at elizabethcobbe.com
R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social Fat queer polyamorous wizard and SFF author.
He/him. Abolish the police.
I am not a Catholic Priest.
I do not absolve you.
Write your own email.
Stories: https://www.rkduncan-author.com/
Monthly newsletter with poem: https://www.rkduncan-author.com/signup
Pippin @skyfyre88.bsky.social She/her. A geeky librarian, full of tea and anxiety. Co-host of No Story Is Sacred. Viable Paradise staff. https://linktr.ee/pippin_m
Laurence Raphael Brothers @lrb.bsky.social Technologist, writer, futurist.
Codex, Viable Paradise, SFWA.
Seeking representation for new novels.
Publishers: Mirror World, Water Dragon, Brigid's Gate
USPTO
he/him
@laurence@petrous.vislae.town
https://www.laurencebrothers.com/
Aimee Kuzenski wants you to read SEEDS OF INHERITANCE @aimeekuzenski.bsky.social Speculative fiction writer, audiobook narrator, singer, martial artist, badass, queer af
Latest novel: SEEDS OF INHERITANCE, semi-finalist in SPFBO X
Subscribe to my newsletter: https://buttondown.email/akuzenski
Phil Margolies @philmargolies.bsky.social I’m nobody but I know awesome people who have Wikipedia pages
Jennifer Hudak @jenniferhudak.bsky.social Writer of SFF, drinker of tea. Nebula winner, Hugo finalist. Aging mermaid far from her natural habitat. SFWA/Codex/VP2018. She/her
David DeGraff (he/him) @daviddegraff.bsky.social Astronomer and science fiction writer
Stories in Lightspeed, F&SF, Escape Pod, Translunar Traveler’s Lounge, and Carbide Tipped Pens #VP21 #Codex https://DavidDeGraff.com
J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social Opinions expressed are mine alone. Fan of nuance and tradeoffs. I regularly delete all posts and likes. ☸️ 🏳️🌈
Devin Miller @devzmiller.bsky.social Writer of sapphic SFF fiction and poetry, cyborg, Seattleite, plant nerd.
devzmiller.com
A.P. Golub / Andrea Tatjana @andtatcat.bsky.social Fantasy writer. Bi. Tamer of feral cats. Lurker. (They/them)
Laura Cranehill @lauracranehill.bsky.social Strange motherings and odd bodies. Weird horror written by a weird horror. 🌈
WIFE SHAPED BODIES out now from Saga Press
Lauracranehill.com
Neil Flinchbaugh @neilflinchbaugh.bsky.social Reader & writer of fantasy, sci-fi, & horror
Christopher Mark Rose @chrisrose.bsky.social Spec fiction writer, engineer, owl. Stories in Asimov's, F&SF, Interzone. Avionics in NASA spacecraft. #ViableParadise #SFF #VP23 #SFWA #Codexian #SciFi #CharmCitySpec #writingcommunity BLM 🇺🇦
Jay Wolf @jayxwolf.bsky.social sff writer & dev editor, book designer, author-illustrator, lapsed podcaster, sculptor, fabricator, Viable Paradise alum, online community specialist, queer as in here, they as in them, kennywood enthusiast.
writes books as @mdmcd.com
Merritt Daniel McDowell @mdmcd.com ink-stained wretch & nom de guerre of jayxwolf.bsky.social
Song of the Scourgelands, Bladesmith & Brigand, Beneath the Shattered Gods & more tk. Inquiries: m @ mdmcd.com
A drowned man carries no burdens, not even the heart of another—
River Kanning @riverk.bsky.social Writer, learner, teacher, raconteur
P. H. Low @ph-low.com THESE DEATHLESS SHORES • poetry ed @Anathema • short fic/poetry/essays in Strange Horizons, Reactor, Fantasy, &c. • Ignyte, Rhysling, & Locus noms • 🇲🇾🇺🇸🏳️🌈 (they/them) • linktr.ee/lowph
Avani @avani.bsky.social ML/Systems researcher with delusions of neuroscience and cryptography. Currently @Cloudflare and Emory. Dilettante SFF writer. Fellow of Odd Salon. I like to play the drums. #vp2023 #cw2026.
https://linktr.ee/circumviso
Jill S @outseide.bsky.social Tea drinker, Seattleite, queer femme, erstwhile writer, dilettante, librarian, birder, renter, traveler. If you reply-guy me, I will block you. Pronouns: she/her
www.slowbloom.com/blog
John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social Science fiction and fantasy writer, author of RED NOISE, THE LIAR, and others. Coffee enthusiast.
No idea what I’m doing.
https://johnpmurphy.net
Liz (E.M. Morrissey) @lizardskinshoujo.bsky.social Pursuing the peccary with pardine limers.
Lapsed academic. PhD in Japanese Art History. Viable Paradise 2024. Short fiction in The Daily Tomorrow, Old Moon Quarterly. She/her. No AI.
www.elizabethmorrissey.com
Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE @amandaghelms.bsky.social Writer of SFFH. THE UPPER TENTACLE forthcoming from Union Square & Co. Short fiction in/forthcoming from LIGHTSPEED, Uncanny, FIYAH & elsewhere. Editor at Diabolical Plots. Parent. Biracial. She/her. Rep: @allegramartsch.bsky.social
Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social they/them, writer of optimistic sci-fi and fantasy. Latest books:
The Final Chronicle of Yeneh: https://books2read.com/yeneh
Tea & Treachery at the Infinite Pantry: https://books2read.com/tea-treachery
Newsletter: https://www.jomiles.com/newsletter/
Trae Hawkins @traewrites.bsky.social SFF writer 💫
https://traehawkins.blog
Editor @anathemamagazine.bsky.social
rep: @keiralekseii.bsky.social
Words in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Escape Pod, etc. #ViableParadise2023
he/him
Shen Tao @dragons.bsky.social USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Poet Empress
https://linktr.ee/ThePoetEmpress
Rowan Copley @the-rowan.bsky.social Recurser, Viable Paradisian, Cascadian, science fantasist
Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social Writing and Narrative Design. previously: Wizards of the Coast, Wildstar, Dark Age of Camelot, Star Wars. now: secret quests at System Era
@culturalgeek on twitter
Carla Dugas @cjdugas.bsky.social Trans people deserve respect and protection.
A coffee-drinking 🦄 protector. Writing fantasy/sci-fi . VP XIX. Previous first reader Viable Paradise, F&SF. she/her
Maureen Yost-Zahn @beaniezee.bsky.social Fantasy writer by night, cat herder 24/7, will jump out of a moving car to pet your dog | 💍 | NJ➡️PNW | VP22 / Viable Paradise 2018
I’m also on the others apps as [@]beaniezee
Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social Writer, bookseller, gamer, geek. she/her. queer.
Artist at peculiarityshop@bsky.social
Staff at viableparadise@bsky.social
Ash Howell @ash-howell.com Writing about magic, queers, tech ethics, and the evils of capitalism. Work in Astrolabe, All Worlds Wayfarer, Baffling Mag, & Lightspeed | #vp2023
They/them.
https://www.ash-howell.com/
Stephanie Siebert @drowsyzot.bsky.social SFF writer, feral parent, history nerd, nascent bog witch
#ActuallyAutistic, #InvisibleDisabilities, #POTS, #EDS
Patrick Nielsen Hayden @pnh.nielsenhayden.com Retired SF and fantasy editor, winner of three Hugos and a World Fantasy Award. Amateur musician, bibliophile, genealogist, layabout. American by birth, Canadian by recent ancestry.
He, his. Anti-trans dingbats, get lost.
Signal: pnh.09
Lenora Rose @lenorarose.bsky.social Writer, potter, clerk. Canuck. She/her. Cis but knows trans women are women.
Where there is tea, there is hope.
km fedyk 🐀 @karigrafia.bsky.social Academic, writer, immigrant. Queer vegan. I spend a lot of time thinking about different kinds of minds | they/them
Represented by Anna Ange at Liza Dawson Associates
Profile picture by @ancientwinters.bsky.social
Andy W. Taylor @sooguy68.bsky.social Canadian writer of speculative fiction who buys more books & comics than he can ever hope to read. Viable Paradise (VP19), Codex, TWUOC, CSFFA, Playwright Junction. Cancer Survivor. He/Him
D. M. Beucler @dmbeucler.bsky.social Author of Memory and Magic, Out Oct 7 2025 from Luna Press
https://www.dmbeucler.com/
Expert Onion.
Cat herder.
2 kids, 3 cats, infinite chaos.
#VP21 #Codex
she/they
Knit 2, Purl 1, Sow kind chaos.