Holly R. Valakresch @hollyvalakresch.bsky.social Author & Screenwriter | I 🩶 Arts & Sciences, Sculpting, Cartography, Cooking, Baking, Fashion, Fitness, Fairytales, & Historical Things.
https://linktr.ee/hollyvalakresch
Hahndler @hahndler.bsky.social German PolSci student 🇪🇺
Frank Reardon @frank212.bsky.social Short stories in Stand, Bull, Tough, Starlite Pulp, CJ, Enclave, a bunch of other places. Columns in Hobart & Bull. Five collections of poetry w/ Punk Hostage, Blue Horse, NeoPoiesis.
Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social Radicalized by discotheque music.
Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social Satire is my business. NY Times bestselling author of 19 novels, including Lamb, Fool, Noir, Razzmatazz, and Anima Rising (released May 2025).
Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social Writer/reader/speaker/music lover/book reviewer (NPR, Locus, etc)/freelancer/photographer/PhD. Words in many places. I want to do all the things, so invite me!
https://linktr.ee/gabinoiglesias
Laura Lippman @lauralippman.bsky.social Likable character who specializes in writing unlikeable characters. Thick 'n Creamy since 1925, muting mansplainers since 2010, uncoupled since February 2020. I am too a Merry Sunshine.
Alex Segura @alexsegura.com New York Times and USA Today-bestselling/award-winning author of many comics and novels.
https://linktr.ee/alex_segura
Duane Swierczynski @swierczy.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of CALIFORNIA BEAR, SECRET DEAD MEN, LUSH and BILLION-DOLLAR RANSOM. WGA. MWA. "The Pole WIth Soul." gleefulmayhem.com
Laurel Hightower @laurelhightower.bsky.social Horror loving mom. Author of that mothman book, BELOW. Also WHISPERS IN THE DARK, CROSSROADS, EVERY WOMAN KNOWS THIS, SILENT KEY, SPIRIT COVEN, and THE DAY OF THE DOOR
Brevity / Dinty W. Moore @dintywmoore.bsky.social Editor of Brevity, a small magazine with big ambitions. Author of various books. Often can't decide if I am posting as myself or as the magazine.
Jen Johans @filmintuition.bsky.social 3x nat'l award-winning writer, film critic, & historian @ http://FilmIntuition.com, Watch With Jen™ pod host, & author behind The Veronica Mars Book Kickstarter. Repped by Farley Chase.
Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social Novelist and short story writer.
Signed/personalized copies of my books here: https://www.macsbacks.com/dan-chaon
SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social Writer, whiskey drinker and cat dad
Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social NYT-bestselling author of EL DORADO DRIVE (out June 24, 2025), BEWARE THE WOMAN, THE TURNOUT, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, YOU WILL KNOW ME, THE FEVER, etc. Co-creator/showrunner: DARE ME on Netflix. www.meganabbott.com 
Rusty Barnes @rustybarnes23.bsky.social poet and novelist
http://www.linktr.ee/rustybarnes23
Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social Lit noir novels + flash | SmokeLong Submission Ed | Runner Up Killer Claymore Best Mystery | Stories in/coming SmokeLong trampset HAD Moon City Ghost Parachute Monkeybicycle Citron Review Peatsmoke CRAFT Conjunctions ++ | IG FB elissalaurenfield.com
Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com KILL CURRENT (writing as Oliver Lowe) coming May 2027 from Zando.
Pre-order: https://zandoprojects.com/books/kill-current-hardcover
Kelli Jo Ford @kellijoford.bsky.social Crooked Hallelujah (Grove Atlantic). Cherokee Nation>TX>Virginia. Cherokee. she/her. Hiatusing over here now.
kellijoford.com
Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social Edgar-and-steel-dagger-winning author of SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE LAST KING OF CALIFORNIA and LOVE AND OTHER WOUNDS.
A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE: "The Noir Novel of Our Times" -- The New York Times
Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social Novelist, NYU journalism prof, boy mom, knifemaker’s wife. Born in Fresno, now the Hudson Valley.
www.juliadahl.com
Tod Goldberg @todgoldberg.bsky.social Crooks. Gangsters. Rabbis. Burned spies. Noir holidays.
todgoldberg.com
William Boyle @wmboyle4.bsky.social Writer. New novel, SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET, out now from Soho Crime. https://linktr.ee/wmboyle4
Joe R. Lansdale @joerlansdale.bsky.social Sugar on the Bones, a Hap & Leonard novel
Rob Hart @robwhart.bsky.social USA TODAY bestselling author of books like ASSASSINS ANONYMOUS, THE PARADOX HOTEL, and THE WAREHOUSE. https://linktr.ee/robwhart
Nikki Dolson @nikkidolson.bsky.social Hmm… | she/her
www.nikkidolson.com
Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social Writer of dreamlike fiction | she/her | www.ivyivyivyivy.com 
Charlene Elsby @charleneelsby.bsky.social Books at Weirdpunk, House of Vlad, Apocalypse Party, Clash Books, Merigold Independent.
Mignon Leigh | 이민영 @minyoungleeis.bsky.social Cat person. Writer. Nomad. 📕 CLAIM YOUR SPACE 🏠 @Tin_House @breadloafwriter @asfmag @antennaworks @sfsucw 📝 @TriQuarterlyMag @PassagesNorth + she/her
Erika T Wurth @erikatwurth.bsky.social Erika T. Wurth is the author of WHITE HORSE + THE HAUNTING OF ROOM 904. NYT/GMA | WIU. Find her: Insta Goodreads Amazon TikTok Native Voices Medium. Trident.
Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social Writer
Debut Novel: IN THE DESERT, OUT NOW
from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Buy Here: https://a.co/d/0bucj1Yn
Collection: Some Days are Better than Ours (Reflex Fiction)
https://substack.com/@barbarabyar?utm_source=user-menu
Kerry via San Francisco
Christa Faust @christafaust.bsky.social Writer. Pervert. Menopausal Troublemaker. Bisexual Assassin. She/They.
Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social Writer of crime, horror, and dark speculative fiction. Editor at Rock and a Hard Place Press. Author of pulp thriller Good-Looking Ugly. Find more about me at https://robdsmith.carrd.co/
Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social Author of horror, crime, & sci-fi. Professor of History. Great Pyrenees obsessed. Italian movie completist. Anti-A.I.
My books: https://linktr.ee/CoyHallBooks
Stephanie Austin @stephanieaustin.bsky.social Formerly @lucysky on Twitter
IG: @stephanie.d.austin and @mugshot_writers2
SOMETHING I MIGHT SAY, essays, WTAW Press
BURN, a novel, out now from Cowboy Jamboree Press
stephanieaustin.net
Steve Weddle @steveweddle.bsky.social My book about a 1933 outlaw camp in Arkansas: www.amazon.com/TheCountyLine
My book of connected short stories: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Country-Hardball/Steve-Weddle/9781440570803
Reading, Writing & Arsenal
Cville & RVA
steveweddle.com
Paul J. Garth @pauljgarth.bsky.social BAMS Distinguished Story writer (twice!)
Midwestern Gothic and Nebraska Noir. Crime fiction. Doom metal. Editor for Rock and a Hard Place magazine. Shotgun Honey alum. Should probably be writing. Might be playing Warhammer
Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social author of SOON YOU’LL BE JUST LIKE US (creature publishing 2027) + debut UPCOUNTRY (unnamed press 2023) IG: @scribblepost. words in electric lit, lit hub, the georgia review, etc. rep: pamela malpas/jennifer lyons literary
https://linktr.ee/chinsunlee
Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social Author of Verushka (JournalStone), The Blood Trail (Red Bird Chapbooks) & stories in many places (Gamut, Bourbon Penn, Tales to Terrify, Wigleaf, hex, etc.)
janstinchcomb.com
Robert Vaughan @rgvaughan.bsky.social Author of 6 books, newest is ASKEW. I am the EIC of Bending Genres, LLC. Work in Best Small Fictions 2016 and 2019. Norton's Exceptionally Short Fictions 2018. www.robert-vaughan.com. www.bendinggenres.com 
Scott Von Doviak @vondoviak.bsky.social Edgar and Anthony Award-nominated author of CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL and LOWDOWN ROAD. Repped by The Story Factory.
Alison Gaylin @alisongaylin.bsky.social Book writer, Edgar Award winner. She/her. WE ARE WATCHING is out NOW!
Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social Chainsaw Noir
Compulsively Bingeable Crime Fiction
https://www.bishopriderbooks.com/
Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social Dallas, TX | Quarterly print mag and weekly content online | www.southwestreview.com
Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social Horror writer. Author of DEPRAVED, 68 KILL, etc. Story "Every Dog Has Its Day" in THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: New Tales of Stephen King's THE STAND. New novel MONSTROUS coming from Flame Tree Press in Sept. 2026
https://www.bryansmithauthor.com/
Suz Jay @suzjay11.bsky.social Art-obsessed writer and editor | bookreviewer | SHUWPF graduate | she/her 
Soho Press @sohopress.bsky.social Independent book publisher of bold literary voices, award-winning international crime fiction, and groundbreaking horror.
linktr.ee/sohopress
Bud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social I wrote the novels Teenager (Vintage) and Mighty (forthcoming from Knopf) among others, and work heavy construction in the boilermakers union. coolgoodluck.com
Hard Case Crime @hardcasecrime.bsky.social Publishing the finest in pulp fiction for the past 20+ years. www.HardCaseCrime.com
Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social Press & online rag dedicated to grit lit & rural writing with rough edges. Survival is triumph enough. We dig Folk & Old Country music: @npcountrycovers.bsky.social. EIC: @vanwinkle.bsky.social
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social Author of "Where the Bones Lie” (Datura, March 2025) and other grim delights. Shamus-, Derringer-, Anthony-nominated. Cats, snark, crime, horror.
https://linktr.ee/nickkolakowski
Shaindel Beers @shaindelr.bsky.social Poet, Professor, Animal Advocate and Rescuer
Andrew K. Clark ✨ @theandrewkclark.bsky.social Horror Author and Grits Enthusiast-AVL, NC. The Temu Jeffrey Dean Morgan. My latest, HOLLOW FOLK, out 9/29.
andrewkclark.com. HWA member.
Reckon with what needs reckoning.
Wes Browne @browneallover.bsky.social Kentucky author of the novels THEY ALL FALL THE SAME, winner of the 2025 Weatherford Award, and HILLBILLY HUSTLE. Attorney/Pizza Purveyor. Repped by Alice Speilburg.
www.wesbrowneauthor.com
Lisa Unger @lisaunger.bsky.social NYT bestselling author. Co-president of ITW.
SERVED HIM RIGHT is on sale now.
Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social Writer. Library staffer. I do all my own stunts. "The Contortionist's Handbook" and "Mother Howl" from Datura Books.
C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social Author: HARD MOUNTAIN CLAY ✷ WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN ✷ THE COLD DARK FOREVER ✷ 3X Derringer Award winner ✷ Anthony Award Finalist ✷ #crimefiction #noir #santacruz
https://lnk.bio/cw_blackwell_writer
Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social Writer of books, most recently DUST. Pre-order THE RAVEN ENGAGEMENT (2027) now @wednesdaybooks.bsky.social @macmillanlib.bsky.social NEA winner, Philip K Dick Award https://linktr.ee/alisonstinewrites
@silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social 
Hector Acosta Rojas. @hexican.bsky.social Edgar and Anthony nominated. Contributor in 2022 BAMS and listed as distinguished story in 2023. Featured in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Wrote HARDWAY a wrestling inspired novella.
I also made that funny post once.
Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social writer • editor Major 7th Mag • BETTER TO BEG out with House of Vlad
thedrevlow @thedrevlow.bsky.social editor-in-chief BULL, author of the book of rusty, a good ram is hard to find, ina-baby: a love story in reverse, & bend with the knees and other love advice from my father (thedrevlow-olsonshow.com)
Michael Dolan @michaeldolan.bsky.social Author/Raconteur
Founder/Editorial Director of Winding Road Stories
Former CondeNast, AQ Mag
Boxer/bodybuilder
Cooking/art/fashion/music/books/travel
Laura Leigh Morris @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social Appalachian, prison reform advocate, mother, author of The Stone Catchers: A Novel (UP Kentucky, 2024) and Jaws of Life: Stories (West Virginia UP, 2018). Words in STORY, North American Review, Florida Review, others.
www.lauraleighmorris.com 
M.E. Proctor @meproctor.bsky.social Crime fiction writer. Declan Shaw PI series "Love You Till Tuesday", "Catch Me on a Blue Day". Novella "Bop City Swing". Stories "Family and Other Ailments". Shotgun Honey, Bristol Noir, Vautrin, Black Cat Weekly. Shamus and Derringer short story nominee.
Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social Anthony Award winner.
Author of WAVES OF BURDEN—out now.
https://shorturl.at/5OePA
Member of Sisters in Crime, MWA.
he/him
https://curtisippolito.com
Victor De Anda @victordeanda.bsky.social Author with stories in The Speculative Detective Agency, Pistol Jim Press, Cold Caller Magazine, BAMS 2025, Dark Yonder, Myopic Duplicity, Shotgun Honey, and more. Crime fiction, Speculative, Weird. Manuscript in progress.
Meagan Lucas @meaganlucas.bsky.social Author of Anthony Nominated collection HERE IN THE DARK, and award-winning novel SONGBIRDS & STRAY DOGS | JD Candidate at UDayton Law | EIC: Reckon Review |
Lee Matthew Goldberg @leematthewgoldberg.bsky.social Author of 16 📚 including ANCESTOR, MENTOR and the GREAT GIMMELMANS.
Lit Rep: Josh Getzler @ HG Literary
Screenwriter and publisher of Fringe Press.
Native New Yorker. LeeMatthewGoldberg.com
Bobby Mathews @bamawriter.bsky.social Author: NEGATIVE TILT: STORIES (2024), MAGIC CITY BLUES (2023), LIVING THE GIMMICK (2022), Best American Mystery & Suspense 2024, Anthony Award nominee, Derringer Award winner. Unrelentingly weird.
Alessandra Ranelli @alessandraranelli.bsky.social Crime Writer. American in Vienna. Woman in the Red Dress.
Debut MURDER AT THE HOTEL ORIENT is out 2/26.
Rep: Harry Illingworth/DHH 🏳️🌈
Lisa Brackmann @otherlisa.bsky.social Author (Rock Paper Tiger trilogy, Go-Between, Black Swan Rising), singing bassist, traveler, lover of cats, baseball masochist (go Padres! 🤎💛), Californian www.lisabrackmann.com 🌊🇨🇦🇩🇰🇺🇦
MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social dedicated to rewriting modern masculinity since 2009
@thedrevlow.bsky.social EIC
Laura McHugh @lauramchugh.bsky.social Award-winning, internationally and USA TODAY bestselling thriller author (Safe and Sound, What’s Done in Darkness, The Weight of Blood & more). Tech writer by day.
www.lauramchughbooks.com
Jeff Esterholm @jesterholm.bsky.social Reader. Writer. Up North Sconnie.
The Effects of Urban Renewal on Mid-Century America and Other Crime Stories (Cornerstone Press/UW-Stevens Point, 2023)
Tollund Man: Stories (Cornerstone Press) is scheduled for October, 2026.
Kelly J. Ford @kellyjford.bsky.social Author of Anthony-nominated REAL BAD THINGS, COTTONMOUTHS, and THE HUNT. She/Her.
Maegan Poland @maeganpoland.bsky.social writer & creative writing professor
https://linktr.ee/maeganpoland
Required nugget: opinions expressed on this account are my own and do not represent my employer.
Ron Earl Phillips @ronearl.bsky.social Publisher • Designer • Cat Wrangler
https://shotgunhoney.com
https://ronearlphillips.com
https://badfido.com
C. Matthew Smith @cmattwrite.bsky.social Old with wandering. Probably sore from it, too. Author of TWENTYMILE (“taut, page-turning”—Atlanta Journal-Constitution). THE ONES IN THE CORNER out June 17, 2026 from Winding Road Stories. www.cmattsmithwrites.com.
K.T. Nguyen @ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social Author of Agatha and Anthony Award-winning psychological thriller You Know What You Did. Dogs, Dems, Mets.
Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social Writer of fiction, true crime and pop culture. Out now: My crime novel SEVEN ANGELS, winner 2021 Hugh Holton Award for Best Unpublished Novel from MWA-Midwest. Previous: THAT OCTOBER. Member MWA, SinC. keithroysdon dot com
Alex Kenna @alexkenna.bsky.social Writer, Shamus Award finalist, amateur painter, attorney, toddler wrangler rep'd by @lizaroyceagency
Books: WHAT MEETS THE EYE, BURN THIS NIGHT
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social Readin, ‘ritin, rock n roll
Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social Writer. Literacy advocate. Playwright ("Still Black Remains"). Surfer. Activist. Everything New Jersey- attitude, edginess & Springsteen songs. 3X Pushcart Nominee.
Author of SAINTS of the ASPHALT.
downingfiction.com
#CrimeFiction
@watchwithjen.bsky.social @watchwithjen.bsky.social 
Mike McHone @mikemchone.bsky.social Writer. Derringer Award winner. Pushcart, Best of the Net nominee. Published: Ellery Queen, AlfredHitchcock's MysteryMag, etc.
No Longer Posting Here!
Visit www.mikemchone.com
Or Instagram and X: @mike_mchone
https://linktr.ee/mikemchone
Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social A Woman’s Guide to True Crime available: https://boswellbooks.com/book/9798993883656 She/her. rep’d by Lori Galvin at Aevitas Creative. Aggressive UWM Stan. Panther Pride.
David Joy @davidjoy.bsky.social Half-assed author of novels. Full-assed wanderer of woods. Born looking lonesome, on’ry, and mean. Also, I fucking cuss a lot.
Crimespreejon @crimespeejon.bsky.social Reader, watcher, listener, eater.
Nerd.
Published Crimespree Magazine
Milwaukee born and raised.