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Man looking down @informative1.bsky.social 🇺🇸🇺🇦 I make things with steel. Here mostly for Ukraine news, Left-leaning centrist. Anti-fascist.
Matt Lanark @mattlanark.bsky.social ✍️ probably not writing the Great American Novel
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Sam Alder @samalder.bsky.social I live in Cornwall. Passionate about surfing and the environment. Campaigner for the protection of our coastline. Check out my book. https://www.amazon.co.uk/FIGHTBACK-Orlando-Kimber/dp/1915019001 This is a non-AI driven account for a fictional character.
Tim Blundell | Aspiring MG Writer @ahedgehogscribbles.bsky.social
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Sleepiest when fed.
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Elowyn Merriweather @elowynmerriweather.com Writer
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Humor • a little darkness • a dash of sass
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Stephen Paul Wren @moleculesunlimited.bsky.social Poet. PINE/NEEDLES out Sept ‘26. BOtN nominated. Director of Molecules Unlimited. Leads Wren research group. University of Cambridge PhD. AFC. Chiefs.
Aiysha Jahan @aiyshajahan.bsky.social Writing, cats, cake. Lecturer in Creative Writing at Cardiff University
Taidgh Lynch @taidgh.bsky.social Poet, book lover, former carer, and vilomah from KY 🇮🇪 living in SK 🇨🇦 Poetry: thewaxedlemon drawnpress PrairieFireMag TNOlitmag untethered FreeFall Pamphlet w/JackPinePress Supported by SaskArts Poetry Ed: GrainLitMag he/him 🚫 ai
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Tim Dadswell @timdadswell.bsky.social Short story writer, UK
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Annalisa Crawford @annalisacrawford.bsky.social Writing ghost stories for people who don't believe in ghosts. Wishing Shelf Book Awards silver winner, Rubery Book Award finalist, and Costa Short Story Award 3rd placer.
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Martin Tyrrell @outsidewriters.bsky.social Author of From Class War to Cold War: Orwell’s Enduring Socialism, forthcoming from Athabasca University Press, Fall
2026. Editorial Board, George Orwell Studies. Joint editor of forthcoming (2026) reissue of Mairin Mitchell’s Storm Over Spain.
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Honey Hyman-Dworsky @hymandworsky.bsky.social Aspiring writer to beginner writer to amateur author to professional author.
Currently in step 3.
Ed Allison @edallison.bsky.social He/him. Interested in machine learning, virtual reality, philosophy, roleplaying (larp and tabletop), history, stories…. If you think ‘woke’ is an insult, we are not going to get on. Slava Ukraini.
Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social Supporting and promoting #WomenWriters. On insta at womenwritersnetwork and Twitter (X) @womenwritersnet.
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Eva Wyles @evawyles.bsky.social Writer from Aotearoa New Zealand, based in London
Deliverywoman (2025, Influx Press)
Agent: Kirsty McLachlan, morgangreencreatives.com
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Cath @6canrebf.bsky.social I'm a writer of Autistic fiction. I'm an animal lover, books, Reiki, Pagan, horse back riding, music, strong lefty. Very pro Canada. Very politically active
I'm happily married for 33 years, two adult children.I am autistic. Do NOT DM me.
The Reader Berlin @thereaderberlin.bsky.social ✍️ Berlin's Platform for Creative Writers since 2011 ✍️
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Creative Writing Workshops & Writing Classes / Mentoring / Readings / The Berlin Writing Prize
Blackstaff Press @blackstaffpress.bsky.social Founded in 1971, Blackstaff Press is regarded as one of Ireland’s foremost publishers and is a leading publisher of quality Irish books.
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Melissa Song Loong @melissasl.bsky.social Storyteller, strategic/tactical marketer (print, stand up comedy, larp), ex-journalist - Pardon my vocabulary, I care. ENTJ 4w3
R.E. Little @authorrelittle.bsky.social Author of Nostalgia. I have my own blog and profiles on Vocal and Medium, and I am also on Mastodon. I am a fantasy/horror writer who also makes The Acceptable News Project in her spare time. Likes Cats.
Deryn Rees-Jones @notjustdancing.bsky.social Poet, editor, critic
https://liverpooluniversitypress.blog/tag/pavilion-poetry/
https://www.serenbooks.com/seren-author/deryn-rees-jones/
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social Dubliner, Ex-Berliner, Editor at Internationale Politik Quarterly
@ipq.bsky.social. Doing an MPhil in literary translation at TCD. @tclctdublin.bsky.social she/her
A Small, Good Thing @smallgoodpodcast.bsky.social "A Small, Good Thing" is the podcast about short fiction. Interviews with writers, academics, publishers, and anyone who shares a passion for short stories.
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Susannah Stapleton @susannahstapleton.bsky.social Reader, writer, collector, maker. Author of That Dark Spring (2025) and The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective (2019).
Eithne Gallagher @eithneg.bsky.social Irish writer musing through life from a remote hilltop in Italy.
Mark Bowles @markabowles.bsky.social Writer. All My Precious Madness published by Galley Beggar 2024; Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist, Authors Club Prize Shortlist, James Tait Black Prize shortlist. How Do People Stay the Same published 2026, Galley Beggar.
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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social Travelling salon and writing community - connecting writers across Europe and beyond. Posts by @royakhatiblou.bsky.social and @deborahzafer.bsky.social
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Tom Vowler @tomvowler.bsky.social Word-botherer.
Winner V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social A fabulous festival of books, writers, words and ideas! In-person, online and in the community year round, and also on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, YouTube and Spotify.
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Robert Sheppard @robertsheppard.bsky.social Poet, critic of recent formally innovative poetry & poetics, emeritus prof at Edge Hill, and all that follows. Books from Shearsman, KFS, Salt, Broken Sleep, Palgrave, LUP, & all that follow. Blog: www.robertsheppard.blogspot.com
Linden Editions @lindeneditions.bsky.social An independent publisher of translated literary fiction and narrative non-fiction in the UK. 
David Dodds @daviddoddsauthor.bsky.social Author of urban fantasy fiction. Semi-retired bat ecologist. Gliding instructor. Butler to a highly-opinionated Jack Russell.
Daniel Carpenter @dancarpenter.bsky.social Commissioning editor at Titan Books. Debut collection HUNTING BY THE RIVER out now from Black Shuck Books.
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social We aim to provide a forum and resources for European-based researchers into the practice, criticism and transmission of short fiction in its diversity of forms and to facilitate collaboration in both critical and practice-led research.
Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social Permanently tired, brain like a meat raffle. Writer of Historical Fiction - The Porcelain Maker & The Seeker of Lost Paintings Mother of dogs and a flaxen headed child.
Bill Merklee @bmerklee.bsky.social Writer of very short things.
In Best Microfiction. Best Small Fictions noms. Highly commended for Bath Novella-in-Flash Award. Fractured Lit Chapbook Prize short list. Wigleaf Top 50 long list. BOTN nom. But enough about me. How are you?
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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social Writer. Novelist. Very bad at social media.
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Cat @anoircat.bsky.social doctor, weegie, book hoarder, personal assistant to one very fluffy cat 
Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social Writer, architect, occasional actor. Debut novel, Habitat, published March 2024 by the Lilliput Press http://bio.site/CatrionaShine
Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social The Air Contains Honey
Artistic Director of PME-ART
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Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim
Desire Without Expectation
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Literary Leicester 2025 @litleic.bsky.social The University of Leicester's annual festival of literature, featuring free lectures, talks and readings.
Save the date 18-21 March 2026!
Ruth Middleton @rubelles.bsky.social Yorkshire woman, LGBTQ + writer (poetry, life writing) and creative group facilitator.
Lived experience expert interested in disability, mental health, traumatic brain injury and life changing injury. Tennis fan, campaigner, reader and traveller.
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Cass Whitaker @casswhitaker.com Write like you MEAN it.
South Warwickshire Literary Festival @southwarkslitfest.bsky.social The Local Festival for Local Authors
Affordable, accessible, and tremendous fun. Main festival Saturday 20th September, evening events 12th June & 18th Sept Leamington Spa Warwickshire www.southwarwickshireliteraryfestival.com
Marc de Faoite @marcdefaoite.bsky.social Herbivorous open-water-swimming snowflake bookworm, b. 323.05 ppm. Irish in France. Writer/editor/translator. Work in in Honest Ulsterman, Minor Lit, Irish Times, Courrier International, Cormorant, Incubator, Eastlit, Jaggery, Mekong Review, Esquire ...
Kirin Khan @kirinjaan.bsky.social Pashtun-American writer living in Amsterdam. Pushcart nom, Tin House Fellow, Pen EV fellow, Steinbeck fellow, Vermont Studio Center, among others…
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Ray☀️🧚🏽♀️💕 @celestialsunflower.bsky.social Writer 📝 | Collage Artist 🎨 | Avid Reader📚 | Queer 🌈 | Nerd | She/They
✨A creative and diva in training✨
Bríd McGinley @bridmcginley.bsky.social Writer, reader, lover of music, secret singer. 
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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social COLD TOAST Dahlia Books. Republic of Consciousness Prize 'Book of the Month'. Shortlisted for International Rubery Book Award. Wigleaf Top 50, Bath Flash Fiction Award, Mancs. Writing School QMD Prize, The Forge CNF prize
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泽雨 @zeyu13.bsky.social 
Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social Award-winning storyteller, writer, workshop facilitator. Taught 150+ workshops including Second City, Smokelong Quarterly, Clarion West. Stories published in Barrelhouse, Baltimore Review, Apex, Fractured Lit etc. www.tyrtle.com. #HumanMade
LC Hopalong @lchopalong.bsky.social As we are yet to become.
@ntrunnell.bsky.social @ntrunnell.bsky.social 
Garrett Carr @garrettcarr.bsky.social The Boy From the Sea is out now and translated into over a dozen languages. “Full of lightly worn wisdom and wit. It is a joy" – Sunday Times. www.garrettcarr.net
K.B. Jensen @kbjensenauthor.bsky.social Award-winning author, editor, publishing expert, and pro ski instructor. My latest book is Love and Other Monsters in the Dark. I also run an online writing and publishing camp for teen writers. For more on me and my workshops, visit kbjensenauthor.com. - H @hapmonk.bsky.social @hapmonk.bsky.social
Lez Me Fix That @lezmefixthat.bsky.social Protecting the planet and people
Jo Scott Heritage @joscottheritage.bsky.social By day, heritage consultant based in the North of England. By night, writer of novels & short stories, seeking representation. Shortlisted Yeovil Literary Prize 2024. www.joscott-heritage.co.uk joscottwrites.uk She/her
Pumpkin Spiced Hannah 🖤🩶🤍💜🇵🇸 @tooriekep.bsky.social Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee 2021. She / her / hers / shö. Shetlander in Aberdeen. Writer, library assistant, archivist, book and music enthusiast, views my own because who else's would they be? https://linktr.ee/tooriekep
Overhear @overhearapp.bsky.social Putting poetry and prose on the map with geolocated audio📍🗺️🎧 download the app at https://www.theoverhear.app/- N 🇺🇸 @n976wow.bsky.social
Gita Ralleigh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social Writer/Poet/Lecturer/ex-doc
Kids' novels:
Minou Moonshine / Sam Singh @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social
Poetry:
Empirical
@thebraag.bsky.social
Siren @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
A Terrible Thing Bad Betty Press
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Gwyneth Box @gwynethbox.bsky.social Thoughts, poetry & pics from a writing life lived in English & Spanish.
Also cats.
Writing coach for poetry, non-fiction & business writers.
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Emily Pedder @emilyjpedder.bsky.social Director at The Book Edit. Helping writers move their work towards publication.
Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social Writer, Educator - University of Essex, ACL Essex, Primary. Projects Essex Book Festival. Founder/Curator Colchester WriteNight. Loves short fiction 💕
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Nina Nazir @ninanazir.bsky.social Poet, writer, artist, blogger. Bibliophile. Activist. Tree hugger. Caffeine connoisseur. Neurodivergent. Creative af. Room 204 Writer with Writing West Midlands. www.sunrarainz.wordpress.com / ninasnazir.substack.com
Creative Future @creativefutureuk.bsky.social We make the arts more diverse. We work nationally with underrepresented creatives & specialise in working with writers through our Writers' Award. #CFWA
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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social The magazine of international literature since 1984. Order our latest issue, Wasafiri 127: Solidarities
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@artemislica.bsky.social @artemislica.bsky.social Reader, Writer & lover of RPGs and story heavy games / Aro/Ace / Fave genres: romance, fantasy and some horror / 🩵
Liz @lizrd13.bsky.social Baby Writer
Looking to make connections and learn about the industry
Charlotte Fong @readlikeanerd.bsky.social Reader, writer, mountain climber 🌿
Barbara Renel @barbara-renel.bsky.social 
Sarah Jane Butler @sarahjanebutler.bsky.social Reclaiming rivers for all of us. Next book, River Time, due soon. River campaigner, story gatherer, wanderer and swimmer My novel, Starling, published by @Fairlightbooks she/her; pwME https://linktr.ee/sarahjanebutler
Sim Ralph @simralph.bsky.social Writer. Musician. Geriatric baseball player.
Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social Writer of short stories, novels, plays.
http://www.elizabethbaines.co.uk
Latest publication: Five Different Stories About One Thing (Confingo). https://www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page/five-different-stories-about-one-thing-by-elizabeth-baines
Brian Howell @brianh61.bsky.social Teacher, novelist, short story writer, published by Salt, Zagava, and Raphus Press. Possibly mad about art, film, fiction, and cycling.
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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social Seeking the wonderful and the bizarre, the beautiful and the dark.
Home to all things dark and lovely.
crowcrosskeys@gmail.com
EIC: @keychild.bsky.social (she/her)
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Stephen Fothergill @stephenfothergill.bsky.social Baby Boomer, born in a pub beside the River Don at Attercliffe. Lover of blancmange, dark-brown tea, and penguins! Increasingly apolitical.
@charlottebeale.bsky.social @charlottebeale.bsky.social 
Michelle Barker @michellebark.bsky.social Senior #editor at DarlingAxe.com. Award-winning #author, Ironman #triathlete. michellebarker.ca
Gwendolyn @gwendolynstudio.com Artist & professor exploring Edwards Aquifer through silk painting
Groundwork catalog available 📖
San Marcos, TX
Find me at https://linktr.ee/gwendolynstudio