Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social Politics & Public Affairs Editor for the Lexington @kentucky.com & @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social.
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Damn Jones @damnjones.bsky.social Author of lyrical, voice-driven literary fiction & poetry.
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Chasing the numinous.
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Appalshop @appalshop.bsky.social Making art and media in the mountains since 1969.
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Sophia Tesfaye @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social Politics Writer at Salon.com
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fiction and essays in Triangle House / Welcome To Hell World / Typebar Magazine / Mount Hope / elsewhere
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
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Laurence Lumsden @laurencewrites.com Dubliner in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal). Writer. https://www.LaurenceWrites.com/. 2025 Cúirt New Writing Fiction Prize. Posts in English/Français/Svenska. (He/Him/YerMan)
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com Dad. Husband. Former GOP congressman. Voted to impeach Trump. Now fighting for our democracy. Lt. Col. Air National Guard (ret). Founder of Country First
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social A writer living in rural Alberta, Canada
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Mitchell Waldman @mitchellwaldman.bsky.social Author of novels: THE VISITOR; A FACE IN THE MOON; story collections BROTHERS, FATHERS, AND OTHER STRANGERS; PETTY OFFENSES AND CRIMES OF THE HEART
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Nathan Bransford @nathanbransford.com Author of How to Write a Novel and the Jacob Wonderbar series. Blogging holdout. Reach out to me for help with your book!
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Charles Graeber @charlesgraeber.bsky.social Author journalist cartoonist and speaker. Named plaintiff in A.I. piracy suit. Website info for whistleblowers and inquiries. charlesgraeber dot com. Signed books https://bit.ly/3EsVeWi . Books: The Breakthrough #cancer #immunotherapy, The Good Nurse
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Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts @blackbirdjournal.bsky.social An online journal of literature and the arts led by grad students at VCU. We publish poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, & more. Submissions are open!
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Zevon Price @zevonprice.bsky.social An author of horror and mystery who has, now, published more than children's stories. Will scare and delight you, and maybe even gross you out a little.
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Anastasia Walker @staswalker22.bsky.social Maine native, queer essayist, poet, scholar, advocate. Blog: https://anastasiaswalker.blogspot.com/
Madelyn Postman - memoir, narrative nonfiction, fiction @madelynpostman.bsky.social Staring into the Sun - May 2026 - Ten16 Press - memoir & nonfiction - my Chinese American family ✏️ Hope Prize anthology ✏️ Oxford Flash anthology ✏️ https://madelynpostman.com/ ✏️ The Spark 💥 https://pod.link/1769061008 & https://madelynpostman.substack.com/
Nathan Cover @fissuresofmen.bsky.social I like a sentence that forces the reader downhill at full gallop gasping for air knowing they are running until they collapse in a heap at the bottom desperate destroyed.
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Keith Pilapil Lesmeister @keithlesmeister.bsky.social Author of the forthcoming story collection ASK ME ABOUT THE MONEY | keithlesmeister.com
Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social Publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, and Other Speculative Fiction
Soho Press @sohopress.bsky.social Independent book publisher of bold literary voices, award-winning international crime fiction, and groundbreaking horror.
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William Boyle @wmboyle4.bsky.social Writer. New novel, SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET, out now from Soho Crime. https://linktr.ee/wmboyle4
D.S. Darling @daviddarlingauthor.bsky.social Crossfire Protocol: Summer 2027, with Blackstone Publishing.
Represented by Rosecliff Lit Agency.
Jessica Berg @jessicaberg.bsky.social agency director + founder @roseclifflit.bsky.social | strategic with the commas | Rep: @askamycollins
Rosecliff Literary @roseclifflit.bsky.social DC-based literary agency | where stories find their path | founder @jessicaberg.bsky.social
Austin Ross @austinross.bsky.social writing in Publishers Weekly, Lit Hub, &c. // senior editor with HarperCollins
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LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social Writer's writer's writer.
📚 STILL ALIVE (2024), longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award. https://eveninghousebooks.com/product/still-alive/
Dani Ripley Indie Author @daniripleywrites.bsky.social Indie author and voracious reader. Images/text copyright Dani Ripley unless noted. DMs closed.
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Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social Caffiene-fueled, cat-loving librarian living in Treaty 7. Here for everything books, travel, science, libraries, literacy & (of course) cat related 😏 Divesting myself of Meta apps because nazis.
Khan Wong @khanwong.bsky.social SFF Author, retired hula hooper & bohemian weirdo 🏳️🌈 ✍️📚
DOWN IN THE SEA OF ANGELS 🌊🍵🐋 and THE CIRCUS INFINITE 👽🎪💜out now from Angry Robot Books
rep: Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary
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Roseanne A. Brown @rosiesrambles.bsky.social New York Times Bestselling author of A SONG OF WRAITHS AND RUIN + more. Just another new social media profile hahahahaa :') 🇬🇭
Bug @thebomberbug.bsky.social Transcendental Void
They/Them
Stealing Names & Eating Hearts
9th Level Games
All the profiles and places to send a tip if you like my work!
https://bio.site/thebomberbug
Jared lemus @jaredlemus.bsky.social Writer with Ecco-HarperCollins. Author of “Guatemalan Rhapsody.” Stories in The Atlantic, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere.
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Micah The Seeker @micahtheseeker.bsky.social writer https://linktr.ee/micah47 🥞 Intermittent Vegan
Sacha Idell @sachaidell.bsky.social Writer/translator. Southern Review editor. 
Blackreadingjoy @robinlashanna.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Activist. Public health. Retired chef. Hufflepuff
Current Reads:
The Kingmaker
Rob Frelow @robfrelow.bsky.social I'm an All-American athlete, living a Middle American life. Blender, personal finance, tech, and machine learning. Co-founder TheStoryGraph.
Nadia Odunayo @nodunayo.bsky.social Founder & CEO of @thestorygraph.com | Maintaining http://speakerline.io | Dancing: https://instagram.com/nodunayo | Generally keen
its__alida♒️✨️ @itsalida.bsky.social Jersey girl
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Jupiter Jones @jupiterjonz.bsky.social Writes short stuff
Alexandra Levick @allielevick.bsky.social Senior literary agent at Writers House, LLC. I believe in books. Always learning. Opinions are my own. She/Her.
Open to queries the 1st-7th each month.
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Darian Bianco @darianbianco.bsky.social Managing Editor at Apex Book Company. Writer. Reader. Teacher. Coffee Addict. Dog Mom. Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
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Laken Brimicombe @lakenbrimicombe.bsky.social 🇨🇦Middle grade writer
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Brandi Moore @bmooreillustration.bsky.social Read my Comic Worthy https://globalcomix.com/read/b26688d4-82fc-4f0c-a7ea-164249a1662a/1/1 | also available as an ebook https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHNHX7PX | Art vids https://youtube.com/@mooreillustration-e8c?si=TW9xIMFRTUIHCnjs
Cthulhu the Librarian @cthulhulovesbooks.bsky.social Bright Cosmic Horror Writer & YouTuber | Douglas Adams Fan | DD214 Blanket Enthusiast | Eldritch Shitposter | French Pastry Connoisseur | Cosmic Librarian | LGBT+ Ally | Free Palestine 🇵🇸
@thejs3.bsky.social @thejs3.bsky.social 
B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social Occasional book publisher. Not the obvious popular hits, just the sneakily enduring songs. Chicago, IL.
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Tim K 📎 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🇺🇦 @timzers.bsky.social Secular Humanist & social progressive who is completely aghast at how so many conservative friends, family and acquaintances have openly embraced the fascist policies of Trumpism. WTF is happening to our Republic?
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com Official account of the Dutch #jungian writer, #author of the international #bestselling #darkfantasy series, #VivianAmberville® Creator of a new genre (NEON SCIENCE-FICTION). Narrative consultant for #videogames.💙📚
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Duane Simolke @duanesimolke.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 I wrote scifi Sons of Taldra, the free scifi ebook Degranon, and slice-of-life fiction The Acorn Stories. Cowrote fantasy adventure The Return of Innocence. 📚🪐 https://linktr.ee/DuaneSimolke
Jeffrey Hermann @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social Writer, all sorts: https://linktr.ee/jeffreyhermann
Dr Hannah Stevens @drhannahstevens.bsky.social Writer | Publisher | Editor | Director Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com | Queer 🌈 | Scotland/Taiwan | She/Her.
hannahstevenswriter.com
books.windandbones.com
Justin @justin-gibson.bsky.social he/him, writer, former swimmer, slow runner, sourdough baker, cactus parent, mushroom admirer, etc
Fiction Reader at @okaydonkeymag.com
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Ava C. Ryder @aryder.com I write immersive adventure stories told through the eyes of animal protagonists. My debut novel, "Ember's Gallop," follows a brave wild mustang as she leads her herd through a raging wildfire. Authentic animal perspectives make my work unique. aryder.com
William D. Prystauk @prystauk.bsky.social Author of dark psychological fiction.
📖 #Horror fiction & thrillers
⛓️ #Noir / #CrimeFiction (The Kink Noir series)
🏳️🌈 Proudly humanizing queer & kink communities
👇 Books & Updates: https://www.amazon.com/author/williamdprystauk