Cara - The Tattooed Book @thetattooedbook.bsky.social Book blogger, tattoo collector and lover of the weird, bleak and creepy.
Michael (HORROR GARDENER) @horrorgardener.bsky.social Horror/Sci-Fi books & movies, musician, dogs, vegan gardening, astrophysics, permaculture, Vintage horror book collecting,
https://linktr.ee/horrorgardener
FETID GRAVE (death metal)
POSSESSOR (synth goth)
*Born on the wrong side of the grave* 🩸📚
Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social Father of daughters, health services leader, chair of school governors, academic Gothicist, literary interviewer, crime fiction lover, Doctor Who fan (he/him/his)
https://www.precariousgothic.com
N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social Beauty against barbarism. | Essays, poetry and speculative fiction in New Contrast mag and Catalyst Press: 'Captive' (2024) and 'Disruption' (2020)
Tree🌳 @ijustbereadinshit.bsky.social I like to post about books I read.
31, Goblin, Raccoon, Sásq'ets 🦝
She/Her
#BookSky #Horror
Horror/Books/Queer/Movies🧠
🪓🪱🪰🧟♀️🍣🌞🩸🍝🧿🍚🏍️🍩🐁🥔
Treadwell's Books @treadwells-books.bsky.social Esoteric arts, great books, high culture, witchcraft, scholarship. Advanced degrees in the banned, the burned, the ridiculed.
Jake McCormac @jakemccormacwrites.bsky.social Writer who puts sentences at the end of other sentences. Hopefully, in an order that makes someone want to read them.
Short stories in the below anthologies:
https://mybook.to/jakemccormacshorts
Tom De Ville @devilligan.bsky.social Writer-Director. Damned Andrew for R4, Lord of Misrule, NBC's Hannibal, Stan Lee's Lucky Man, Corvidae, Lexx, Urban Gothic, and other delicious morsels.
GPWigglesworth @gpwigglesworth.bsky.social 'The Book Lover's (& Movie) Quiz Book' (1 & 2) author. Book quiz host - The Betsey Trotwood (next one 15/09). Sales & marketing manager at British Library Publishing. All opinions my own! All quiz dates etc here - https://www.gpwigglesworth.co.uk/
Deborah Hyde @deborahhyde.bsky.social Dark folklore.
Former Ed. @TheSkepticMag. Regular #Uncanny expert. Fellow: Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Patron: Humanists UK.
Pseudandry @pseudandry.bsky.social Queer, old, tired, writer (horror, sff), artist, fan, nerd
Very enthusiastic about 47 different interests
They/them 🏳️⚧️
🏴anarchist abolitionist quaker (unprogrammed liberal meeting), very political on main
K.T. Tate @eldritch-hollow.bsky.social Author of cosmic, body and folk horror, eldritch sci-fi and weird tales.
Often found in anthologies of short stories and drabbles, though novels are coming.
Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social Elderly trans novelist and poet living in London.
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social Film and TV critic. Co-host of the Overinvested movie podcast, co-editor of the Rec Center newsletter.
Bylines: TV Guide, Inverse, Vulture, Boston Globe, Atlas Obscura, Empire, etc. she/her
Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social Matching books w/ readers thru the library especially #HorrorForLibraries. Jersey Girl in exile. Reviews for LJ & Booklist. HWA Sec. Rep @laneheymont.bsky.social. Bram Stoker Winner, WHY I LOVE HORROR (Saga Press) https://bit.ly/WhyILoveHorror. (She/Her)
Chris D. @noneatnamesleft.bsky.social Mostly @chrisd@mastodon.social but you can also find me on Whatsapp, Zoom, Houseparty, Google Hangouts, Clip-Clop, Bangerwallen, Konklington, Pingu's Pride, Hugh, Pugh, Barney Mcgrew, Tongue, Tonngue and Konklington Plus (as Sean McLoughlin once wrote)
@oliagent.bsky.social @oliagent.bsky.social 
@cunningfolkmag.bsky.social @cunningfolkmag.bsky.social An independent magazine about magic, folklore, mythology and the occult
Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social LGBTQ+ history dude (He/Him) 🌈 Research, Tours & Escape Rooms. Mermaid lover. Lifts heavy things for attention.
Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social Writer, editor and artist for Phosphor Press (and independent work).
Transmasc lit enthusiast. He/Him.
email: solomonskalozub@gmail.com
Community:
Stoat: https://stt.gg/q15P0AXq
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1185554920406485
PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org The oldest short-fiction horror podcast. We have always lived in the tower. We/they/them 🦑 Co-Editors: Kat Day & Alex Hofelich | Host: Alasdair Stuart | Asst Eds: Scott Campbell & Joshua Tuttle | Audio: Chelsea Davis & Graeme Dunlop 🎙️ PseudoPod.org
Amy Sparkes @amysparkes.bsky.social ND Writer, screenwriter, producer, director, musician-er, home educator
Author of 30 books, eg 'House At The Edge Of Magic' series & 'The Players' trilogy
Helps writers: www.storygodmother.co.uk
Prod co: www.swordandfiddle.co.uk
Books: www.amysparkes.co.uk
phragmosis @phragmosisjones.bsky.social neurodivergent nerd. London based.
white cis woman (she/her). mostly a reply account
(no DMs, due to UK government laws and not intending to send Bluesky my ID)
Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social I am the author of six books, including Symphony for Walpurgis, The Pure World Comes, and Rose. You can find me at my website, www.ramiungarthewriter.com.
Querying "The Shape of Evil."
The BHF Book of Horror Stories @bhfbooks.bsky.social A paperback series of original horror fiction, edited by Ian Talbot Taylor and Andrew Llewellyn
Kirby @chuckchuckie.bsky.social Multi-Fandom and OC Artist
Dms open !
22
@chuck__chuckie on insta, twt, and tumblr !!!
Fandoms:
#aftg | #angelsbeforeman | #sk8 | #OCsky
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
hauntological moss✨ @hmsdumbass.bsky.social 27 / ADHD enby dyke(tte)
poet with work in Grain, CV2, TNQ, PRISM & more
tumblr: victorianlonging
free Palestine, land back, tiocfaidh ár lá
chronic tummy ache haver & lovergirl
R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social 🩸📚Horror writer | Bram Stoker nominee & Shirley Jackson Award winner | I write stuff to make you squirm.
https://linktr.ee/RABusbyauthor
Indie Horror Chapter @indiehorrorchapter.bsky.social A collaborative of Indie Horror Authors from the UK and Europe.
Bringing high quality horror literature and affordable, accessible events to readers across the UK.
https://linktr.ee/indiehorrorchapter
Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social Rob Poyton / Innsmouth Gold, publishing Lovecraftian-themed books and music. Co-founded the Innsmouth Literary Festival, co-host Innsmouth Book Club and Strange Shadows podcasts. Run the Dragon's Teeth gaming channel on Youtube.
https://innsmouthgold.com
Vincent Lore [Coffee] @vincentlore.bsky.social Self-published author of Lovecraftian and gothic horror featuring trans man protagonists. But I write whatever I feel like.
https://ko-fi.com/A0307Q3
Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social I just like movies. Especially horror movies.
- whitlockandpope.com
- boxd.it/eSY9
Member: Horror Critics Group | Film Critics Association
Husband to @momoshaty.bsky.social
🌿viktor aleksander🌿🩸devil's minion pilled🩸 @nooskadraws.bsky.social 31/white/🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (he/him)🍵illustrator & tea drinker & victorian gentleman in training🍵 alex_dingley@hotmail.co.uk ✨️PLEASE DON'T DM ME ON HERE✨️ 🌸seeking rep!🌸
Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social An independent history, mythology and folklore podcast hosted by Eleanor Conlon and Martin Vaux.
Gather round the campfire and listen in!
https://linktr.ee/threeravenspodcast
Alex Winter @alexwinter.com Trans Rights are Human Rights.
alexwinter.com
Soho Horror Fest @sohohorrorfest.bsky.social
Soho Horror Fest London 21-23/11
Sohome Horror Fest 28-30/11
Bringing you your next fave scary movie
🏳️🌈👻🏳️⚧️
www.sohohorrorfest.com
Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy (pro orph) @bitterkarella.bsky.social Midnight Society founder. Genderfluid transvestite goblin 🏳️⚧️👺 He/She/They. Reppd by @literaryfey http://www.bitterkarella.com | Out now: Split Scream 5, Moonflow. Soon: Quaint Folk
Cat Irving @anatomicalcat.bsky.social Human Remains Conservator at Surgeons’ Hall. Snake charmer. Beagle feeder. All-round general necromancer
Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub @greenwichskeptics.org Welcome to Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub! We’re a group of critical thinkers who meet on the second Monday of each month at The Plume of Feathers to discuss topics like pseudoscience, conspiracy theories, and logic.
Web: https://greenwichskeptics.org/
Anwen Kya @kyatic.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏴 Writer of Gothic nonsense and reader of everything. Never met a wall I couldn't walk into.
✒️ Discoveries Prize 2025 longlist
https://linktr.ee/kyatic
𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔶 ℜ𝔬𝔰𝔢 🌊 @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social • black cat owner and horror girlie
• sunday times bestselling author/forbes 30 under 30 with no mystique
• the lamb 🥩 @wnbooks @harperbooks
• audhd / bi
https://linktr.ee/lucyrosecreative
She/they
Miranda Jewess @mirandajewess.bsky.social Publishing Director @viperbooks.bsky.social, the award-winning crime, thriller and mystery imprint of @profilebooks.bsky.social. I like books with a dead body in them.
Polis Loizou 🦊 @polisloizou.bsky.social Writer, performer, storyteller, both bi and curious • A GOOD YEAR (Fairlight Moderns) 📚 • East Med to East Mids 🇨🇾🇬🇧 (he/him)
http://linktr.ee/polisloizou
Abi Walton @abiwalton4.bsky.social Life was made for reading 🏳️🌈(she/her)
Publicity Manager at Bloomsbury
Charlotte @fallintofiction.bsky.social senior publicist 📚 • book and movie nerd • she/her
Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social Creative Virtual Assistant & Author Assistant - www.marywyrd.com
All about the books. No GenAi.
Horror writer.
#AuthorAssistant
#HorrorWritersChat co-host
#TheShadowsThatWeCarry
#HauteHorrorCover
#BookPairing
#WriterTips
#BacklistSaturday
No DMs.
5 Kings Bench Walk @5kbw.bsky.social Leading Barristers' Chambers - KCs & Juniors specialising in Commercial Crime, Serious & Organised Crime, Terrorism & Regulatory Offences, Family & Civil Law
BraceOfPeacocks @braceofpeacocks.bsky.social I've done a lot of weird nonsense. At the moment I wrangle game designers through their publication pipeline.
REMAINS @remainsmagazine.bsky.social Magazine of new fiction edited by Andy Cox with art by Richard Wagner. Issue 5 out now. https://remains.uk
BLPublishing @blpublishing.bsky.social British Library Publishing - bringing you the very best incredible classic literature, republished for readers new and old. Plus bold new non-fiction for everyone. 📚
Daniel Church @dannythechurch.bsky.social Writes horror. Author of THE HOLLOWS and THE RAVENING, both from Angry Robot, both shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award. Repped by Meg Davis at the Ki Agency. Bi. https://churchman72.wixsite.com/danielchurch
Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social Publisher: Wild Hunt Books.🦌 @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social
Writer & Reader. 📚
Editor. ✒️
Leeds.☔
theshapeofwords.blog
Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social #1 bestselling author, trans autistic monster boy • out now: YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN • up next: YOU’RE NO BETTER • he/him • andrewjosephwhite.com • mostly crossposting
Nina Woodcock @ninawoodcock.bsky.social Would-be writer, sea swimming and shenanigans lover, rather fond of ghosts, witches, myths, folklore, horror, and all things dark and twisty.
Paul Kane @paulkane.bsky.social Award-winning, #1 bestselling author/editor of over 170 books, inc the sellout Hooded Man, Lunar, Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, Cursed and Her Last Secret, Her Husband’s Grave and The Family Lie as PL Kane.
http://www.shadow-writer.co.uk
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social Writer and freelance editor 
Tessa @tessicat.bsky.social Tactile.
Cats, mostly.
Jack Crawford sent a trainee…. to me? https://boxd.it/77uR
BFFs with Jamie Lee Curtis and Samuel L Jackson.
Help the Octopus🐙 https://secure.peta.org.uk/page/97239/action/1?locale=en-GB
BELIEVE WOMEN.
Annette Livingstone @cherryredwriter.bsky.social Editorial Assistant at Trembling with Fear/Horror Tree
Tracey Norman Author @traceynormanauthor.bsky.social Dark Folklore -The History Press. Who Is Anna Stenberg? -Liminal Books. Author, historian, voice actor, creator of woolly things & art. Tutor Intro to British Witchcraft - Learn for Pleasure. Project Mgr - Folklore Library.
http://traceynormanauthor.com/
@gaystheword.bsky.social @gaystheword.bsky.social LGBT+ Bookshop, London
Tues - Sat Open 11am - 6pm
Sunday Open 1pm - 6pm
Monday - Closed
Pop-up location: 58-60 Marchmont Street, London WC1N 1AB
Night Forest Botanical @nightforest.bsky.social Handmade medieval and magical inks, herbs and hair oils
http://nightforestbotanical.etsy.com
Finn Longman is only here occasionally @finnlongman.com Author (THE BUTTERFLY ASSASSIN trilogy; THE WOLF AND HIS KING) and medievalist specialising in the Ulster Cycle. #1 fan of Láeg mac Ríangabra.
🏳️🌈 they/them | siad/iad
📍Cambridge, UK
♿
https://finnlongman.com
Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social Writer, editor. Milan, mostly, but sometimes Kraków. I like cats and cemeteries. A BLOOD AS BRIGHT AS THE MOON out now & IN VACUO coming up in February 2027 with Titan Books.
https://www.andreamorstabilini.com/
Taylor W. / Magpie @magpiereadsstuff.bsky.social I read things and I make things | Often salty | PNW Librarian, HWA | She/her 🏳️🌈🖤📚
Elyssa Warkentin @elyssawark.bsky.social Writer, editor, researcher, reader, queer, Canadian leftie, intersectional feminist, single parent. Elsewhere: doctornerdington. (She/they)
Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog Joe Koch writes literary horror and surrealist trash.
Website: horrorsong.blog
Preorder: Dead Boys Don't Cry https://bookshop.org/p/books/dead-boys-don-t-cry/840db6f4b7160b5e?ean=9781968043568
Books!
The Wingspan of Severed Hands
Invaginies
Convulsive
Chandler Bullock ⛓️ @shockaholic.bsky.social Horror artist/writer/philosopher | Words: DREAD CENTRAL, FILM CRED, DAILYGRINDHOUSE, WE ARE HORROR | FANGORIA Affiliate | They/it/void/him
ABD ReMA Literature, Media, & Culture
Beauty of Horror host
Harbinger of Dolorem Media
FEELTHEHORROR.com
🇵🇸
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
Peter Meinertzhagen @petermeinertzhagen.bsky.social I used to run things like SublimeHorror.com and Oxford Writing Circle. These days, mostly coming up for air.
sarah mccarry @sarahmccarry.bsky.social writer, roué. POSSESSION ISLAND out in december 2026 it's got vampires in it https://linktr.ee/sarahmccarry
Brian Keene @briankeene.bsky.social Bestselling, award winning writer, editor, film producer, podcaster, and showrunner. Board of Directors for Scares That Care charity.
@chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social 
Will Maclean @willmac23.bsky.social Writer. New novel, Solace House, out NOW (UK) from Atlantic Books. Also responsible for The Apparition Phase, the comedy/drama High Strangeness, and co-writer/presenter of the podcast Broken Veil.
Dutch Marich @dutchmarich.bsky.social Writer/Director of the Horror in the High Desert Movie Series. 
chelsey pippin mizzi @chelseypippinmizzi.bsky.social author & tarot reader 🔮✍️ follow for daily tarot pulls for creatives and other dispatches from the life of a writing witch
coming soon: theshuffle.substack.com 👀 
D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social Weegie bookseller and book enthusiast. SFF reader. Co-head of Programme, Eastercon 2027. Angry queer. Nonbinary. They/them.
Weatherglass Books @weatherglassbooks.bsky.social We publish critically acclaimed literary fiction. We are currently seeking novellas for our 3rd Novella Prize, judged by Ali Smith. https://weatherglassbooks.com/novella-prize-2027
Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social Anarchist. Host of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff. Co-owner of Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness. Latest book is The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice. she/they
@trizenic.bsky.social @trizenic.bsky.social The one and only.
hester steel @steelhester.bsky.social worse at ominously looming than i'd like to be. enjoys buses. THE FACELESS THING WE ADORE (page street, 2025) rep by @laurenbajek
J Simpson @forestpunk.bsky.social J Simpson is a prolific academic writer, journalist, creative and critic, specializing in "dark," experimental, and avant-garde art, idealistically believing that good art makes the world a better place.
https://linktr.ee/for3stpunk
caffeine anxiety ego death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social | http://horrormode.com | they/them | trans rights | horror | movies | horror movies | occasional jokes | LLM hater | Certified Stupid Account
https://ko-fi.com/mxdshipwreck if you like me <3
Benedict Anning @benedictanning.bsky.social Horror/SF writer, occasional artist, general creative chump. Creature of the abyss and cat dad.🐈
⚛️⚰️ATOMIC COFFIN⚛️⚰️
- out now in UK! (Transworld/PRH)
- Oct 6 in US/CAN (Saga Press/S&S)
Rep: @jjbker.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/benedictanning
Nicolas Laborie (He/Him) @nicolaslaborie.bsky.social Wet plate collodion, writer, poet and educator @nicolaslaborie - Commercial #photography & #videography @nicolaslaborie_visuals
#portraitofbritain winner Dabbles in #drabbles #victorian #gothic #literature #poetry #art
Dust & Dark @handle.invalid A new magazine of chilling horror fiction. Launching 2025. https://dustanddark.com/
Editor: @owenduffy.co.uk
Banner image: Mikel Martinez De Osaba
Jack LaRoche 🐺 @coyotespeaks.bsky.social Listen to "Raising Hell" on CursedMedia.Net
Just looking for hope wherever I can and wondering what the fuck. QAA Co-Host
https://jacklaroche.com
jacklaroche.19 on Signal
Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social Jorts the cat.
Jean helps me.
Danny Robins @dannyrobins.bsky.social #UncannyAutumn is nearly here…👻🍂🛸 Tickets are on sale NOW at uncannylive.com for the online screening of the Uncanny Live tour on the 25 September!
CLASH Books @clashbooks.bsky.social Big Indie Establishment Mom & Pop Press in Troy, NY Publishing Beach Reads from Hell. Skeets by Christoph Paul.
dylan! @seafoamghosts.bsky.social it’s me! backup for if i lose access to my main account, hoping i’ll never need to use it but preparing anyway
Leigh Loveday @leighloveday.bsky.social Another writer fleeing Twitter. 30 years of videogame-adjacent scrawling and also, these days, weird short stories. Pics of cats, books and foxes likely.
The Jayne Kirkham @jaynekirkham.bsky.social Writer of Weird and Wonderful. Capt of Canoes and Coracles. www.jaynekirkham.com
jaynekirkhamwriter.substack.com
Zoë Schlanger @zoeschlanger.bsky.social Reporter covering chemicals, climate, cool plants. Author of THE LIGHT EATERS, a plant book, out from Harper Books. I'm zoeschlanger.99 on Signal
Stacey Kade/S.A. Barnes @authorstaceykade.bsky.social Author (Kade for Contemp Romance and YA; Barnes for horror and romantasy). Reader. Dog mom. Owner of an out-of-control TBR. Occasional crafter.
Next release: COLD ETERNITY (Nightfire, 4/8/25)
Tamsin Wilson @tamsinwilson.bsky.social She paints, she draws, she rarely talks about herself in the third person. Stone botherer. Oil painter. Costume maker. No Gen AI. No DMs.
Geology Disco @geologydisco.bsky.social Music creator. Lover of folklore, horror, stones, occult, obscure.
https://dustopianfrequencies.bandcamp.com/album/celebrating-the-bat-chapter-2-into-the-night
https://folkloretapes.bandcamp.com/album/ceremonial-county-series-vol-xvii-bristol-hertfords
WEIRD WALK @weirdwalk.bsky.social Publishing zines and books, curating events, walking in circles…
https://shop.weirdwalk.co.uk