Gone Like a Goldfish @gonelikeagoldfish.bsky.social This is an account to promote my anonymously-published book, Gone Like a Goldfish, about suicide, addiction, mental illness, and child loss. I'm told that it's transgressive literature. Free on Kindle Unlimited.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H8L8GB2X
Hypertoroidal Pan @christbot.bsky.social Age 45 they/them/Mx. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Warning โ ๏ธ: sarchasm ahead.
Daniel Mowery @dmowerywrites.bsky.social Writer of things dark, odd, beautiful, etc. Whatโs fear without an occasional laugh? Horror, literary, fantasy, and thriller lover. Father, husband, dog dad, musician, and constructioneer by day.
danielmowerywrites.com
Chain Story Online @chainstoryonline.bsky.social โ๐ป A free, collaborative, online writing app where you can join the #WritingCommunity, take turns and write great stories 100 words at a time #FlashFiction #ChainStory
Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social Iโm Holly. I write strategy for ad campaigns. Sometimes I write weird spec as H. Hefner and romance as Selene Grande. Work in Epic Echoes, Bothered Stories, Last Girls' Club, Pseudopod, Ominous Thrill, Illustrated Worlds. ๐๐๐ Bi-furious.
Eve's Rose @evelyn-gaze.bsky.social Mostly here to look at animal pictures and art
And there are the Jacksonville Jaguars
Gloria Lloyd @glorialloydbks.bsky.social She/her. Fantasy writer, proud rainbow mom, and lover of tea (Earl Grey, hot).
https://glorialloydbooks.com
https://substack.com/@glorialloyd
https://linktr.ee/glorialloyd
Future Dr. V @vgtxresearch.bsky.social Founder of VGTx Research Initiative, Graduate Video Game Psych researcher and lifelong gamerโจ
@vgtxresearch on twitch, YouTube, & IG ๐ฎ๐ง ๐
Playingwithemotion.com
Amanda @akscotland.bsky.social Co-host of the Not Quite Write Podcast and judge of the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction.
Writes in the tiny spaces in between.
๐ Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels ๐ @ellieyellu.bsky.social Sci-fi romance author (on sub!) ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Poetry: Smoky Quartz, Literary Hatchet
๐ณโ๐ Bi; she/her ๐ EMT
๐ Clarion UCSD ๐ฉบ Nursing school
TTRPGs. No TERFs.
Guy sure looks like cat food to me.
โ:โ ๐:โ โฌ:โ
Butlerian Jihad, now! AI = block
Rep: Christi Cardenas
Nico Tidebreak @nsdiaz.bsky.social My name is Nico and my game is Tidebreak. #pixelart
Discord: https://discord.gg/ejwamUTmb
In days like these even the toymaker has a role to play // open to collabs, for the love of the game
Professional commentator at Aaron Rupar feed.
Baltimore, MD
Your Man Forrest @yourmanf.bsky.social Sci-fi and fantasy author; thinker of silly thoughts.
https://forrestwilliams.substack.com/ - My silly thoughts
https://www.pulsarpublishers.net/ -My publishing company
Katlina Sommerberg @ksommerberg.bsky.social Katlina Sommerberg writes speculative fiction at the edge of the surreal, where human minds melt into machinery, megastructures carry the heavy weight of civilization, and rats live inside forgotten infrastructure. https://sommerbergssf.carrd.co/
Yash Jain @earanyash.bsky.social 
thea liu @authorthealiu.bsky.social (she/her) taiwanese ๐น๐ผ | DELICIOUS MINDS (spring 2027) | words in Pseudopod, Factor Four, & more| rep: Laura Bradford
meagan kane @spocksbrain.bsky.social writer, mpls enjoyer, & professional pulp apologist. stories published in pseudopod, baffling, adventitious, ffo. but captain, what would could they possibly want with spock's brain? List of work available/upcoming: https://mkanewrites.com/
lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social (they/them) Actually Autistic writer. Non-Writing Activities: Hugging pets, Crocheting, Embroidering, playing and getting emotional about Video Games, Info Dumping about Special Interests, or falling in love with Stationery.
Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.satan.social Lunarpunk Satanist Cyberqueer, Speculative Fiction Author, Award-Winning TTRPG Designer, Capitalism Disliker. Ze/zer/zir
https://linktr.ee/xauriel
https://inkfoundry.net/writer/xauriel-zwaan/
https://www.patreon.com/cw/xauriel
https://xauriel.itch.io
ashi @identitties.bsky.social writer of squishy and heartbreaking things, Clarion West alum
Natalie Zutter @zutsuit.bsky.social sff writer/playwright ยท pop culture critic at Reactor, Lit Hub, Den of Geek, NPR Books ยท stories at Adventitious, PodCastle, Icarus Writing Collective ยท Viable Paradise 2025 ยท PlayPenn Playwright Entrepreneur Program 25/26 ยท she/her
foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social a zine of surreal storytelling and worldly observations
https://foofaraw.press
Katharine Tyndall @katharinetyndall.bsky.social (she/her)
Berlin based writer, Granta Workshop Alum, words in Strange Horizons, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Wigleaf & more.
๐ฟ๐๐๐โจ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Rep'd: @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social
My website! tyndall.earth
New Leibniz @newleibniz.bsky.social Econophysicist, opera lover, traveler in time and space. The background picture shows Lorin Maazel after conducting "The Girl of The Golden West" at his farm in Castleton, Virginia in 2013. 
Sarah Grace Tuttle @sarahgracetuttle.bsky.social Autistic, queer, polygender author and poet writing speculative fiction/poetry for adults & books/poetry for kids. No ICE. AI can't have my em dashes. Ask me about my garden. https://www.sarahgracetuttle.com/
Anne T. Kaye @annetkaye.bsky.social Writing historical romance novels
Dyslexic stoner autistically obsessed with word nuances and data metrics
PNW
Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social Camera for the light. Guitar for the mood.
A calm place for your shadow.
Soft spot for complicated souls.
Teacher & Student of "A Course in Miracles".
Disclaimer: this account frequently posts satire calling out politicians who do and say stupid things
Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social Where the past meets the future, and the within meets the without, you will find me.
Writer of High Fantasy!
Genre aficionado and aspiring author. Fantasy, scifi, prog rock, ancient civilizations.
Rat Bag @ratbaglit.bsky.social ๐ www.ratbaglit.com
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Starter Pack
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social CONTENTS WILL PLASMATE UPON PACKET RUPTURE!
Rep: Eric Showers, HMLA
Laurie @lauriewrites.bsky.social They/Them ๐
Autistic writer of kidlit and short fiction, with the odd game sprinkled in
Repped by @joycekay.bsky.social
Display picture by @crownedsaeraphim.bsky.social
Banner by @tine5.bsky.social
Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social Author of Night Beast and Lies I Tell My Children | Co-founder, Nightjar Arts Collective
Just a queer Bolivian American woman who likes books and birds and making billionaires cry
www.ruthjoffre.org
www.nightjarartscollective.com
Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social SFFH Author | Winner-Apex Reader's Choice Award | SFWA & Codex Member | Bibliophilic ghost haunting libraries | she/her
Work forth/in Apex, The Dark, Heartlines, Small Wonders, Flash Point SF & more
Links: https://catherinetavares.com/links/
Jake Stein @jakeiswriting.bsky.social Stories in Lightspeed Magazine, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, The Daily Tomorrow, and other awesome places! Robert L. Fish nominated.
storiesbystein.substack.com
Robert Hanley @robertbhanley.bsky.social Rambler of random ramblings and purveyor of minor scribblings
He/Him
Washington Writersโ Publishing House @wwph.bsky.social Washington Writersโ Publishing House is the longest, continuously operating cooperative nonprofit literary press in the US. More details at www.washingtonwriters.org
Jim Horlock @horlockwarlock.bsky.social Writer, gamer, Dungeon Master, collector of ghosts and cryptid enthusiast. Stories with Apex Magazine, Cosmic Horror Monthly and many more. Pushcart Prize Nominated.
https://ko-fi.com/jimhorlock
Abigail Guerrero @gailguerrero.bsky.social Author and cat lady ๐ / Mexican / ESL / aro-ace / she|her / BSFA awards nominee and finalist / First reader at Diabolical Plots and The Skull & Laurel / Short stories and poems here: beacons.ai/abigailguerrero
Nico Martinez Nocito ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social Queer SFF writer & poet โข Nebula & Rhysling finalist โข he/they ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ โข words in Strange Horizons, Apex, FFO, Flame Tree, Haven Spec & more โข SFPA, Codex
Stardust & Verse poetry reviews: patreon.com/cw/StardustAndVerse
nicomartineznocito.com
Nancy L. Palmer @moonsown.bsky.social Creative. Writer, artist, bibliophile, biophile. Loves animals, reading, making. Science and magic yes please. Moonsown Sister. Founding member of the Creek Sisters and the Abundant Squirrels. 
Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film & Screenplay Festival @scififantasyfest.bsky.social This is a HYBRID film festival with live screenings for the audience feedback video, optional virtual 2nd showcase, and blog & podcast interviews with filmmaker
http://fantasyscififestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FantasySciFiFilmScreenplayFestival
Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social World Fantasy Award/Ignyte/Mythopoeic Award-nominated author of Audition For The Fox; author of Critical Role: Armory of Heroes. Repped by Hannah Bowman. Email: Martintcahill @ gmail
Black & Trans Lives Matter. He/Him.
https://www.martincahillwrites.com
Ray Chanteur @ray-is-writing.bsky.social ...about mythology, parasites, or weirdos. If Iโm lucky, all three.
C. W. Maurer @cwmaurerwrites.bsky.social Author of epic fantasy and low-tech sci-fi. Engineer, coach, gamer, mom, and hobby collector in New England.
Writer of "Tunesdays With Maurer" video game music discussion blog.
(She/her)
Linktr.ee/christenawmaurer
โ๏ธ christenawmaurer[at]gmail[dot]com
Morrie Mullins @morriemullins.bsky.social I'm a writer, teacher, and dog dad. I write fantasy and science fiction in twisted near-future worlds where magic and tech start to blend. I have a weird brain. I like my weird brain.
Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social Chicago person. Nonfiction books with Penguin Random House. Journalism in Esquire, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Boston Globe, elsewhere. Fiction in some hip spots. 2026 Best Mystery Stories of the Year. Medium tall.
J. D. Hellen @jdhellenwrites.bsky.social ๐๏ธโจ๐ Speculative fiction writer near Philadelphia, PA, USA. Here to follow writers, lit mags, and podcasts. No AI slop, please.
https://linktr.ee/Jdhellen
Lucy A. Snyder @lucyasnyder.bsky.social SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER (Tor Nightfire, Titan). 5 Bram Stoker Awards. Shirley Jackson finalist. Work in Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Asimov's, Pseudopod, etc. Clarion grad. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
www.lucysnyder.com
Rep: @jord4nhill.bsky.social
Cats, aquariums and terrariums
Daily Screenplay Festival contests @dailyscreenplays.bsky.social Daily Screenplay Contest Deadlines
All of these top screenplay contests offer full feedback on each submitted works.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-screenplay-contest-deadlines/
Divya Kernan @divyakernan.bsky.social SFF/Speculative Fiction Writer, GrubStreet Novel Generator 2019, GrubStreet Short Story Incubator 2021-2022, stories in Baffling Magazine, Lost Balloon, Strange Pilgrims and PseudoPod.
www.divyakernan.com
Biotech Alumna, RPG Dabbler, French native
she/her
Horror Underground Film Festival @horrorfilmfestival.bsky.social Various options to submit to the Festival. A HYBRID model. Cinema screenings for audience feedback video.Blog and podcast interviews. And bonus Virtual screening (optional!).
https://filmfreeway.com/horrorunderground
https://festivalforhorror.comi
Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles) @jordanshiveley.bsky.social Jordan Shiveley โข writes fictions/games โข words in Uncanny, Nightmare Magazine, Neon Hemlock, Best Horror of the Year vol. 15 โข Unbound survivor โข designs โข Voidmerch ownerโข He/They โข Queer โข MPLS
www.voidmerch.net
www.jordanshiveley.com
@dartmouthcomix.bsky.social @dartmouthcomix.bsky.social 
Chip Erickson @cq-erickson.bsky.social Writer: Whimsical Horror/Dirtbag Fantasy/Food Reviews
Your favorite goth dadโs favorite goth dad.
https://linktr.ee/c.q.erickson
Astrarium Digital @astrariumdigital.bsky.social โจ๐ฎHelping indie games find their players! ๐ฎโจ
We help indie developers grow wishlists & launch with confidence - games don't fail because they're bad, they fail because no-one sees them.
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Let's chat:
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Kaitlin Schmidt @kaitlinschmidt4.bsky.social I'm a queer, neurodivergent author and editor. When I'm not writing or falling in love with the latest book I'm editing, I'm swing dancing the night away! https://www.kaitlin-schmidt.com
David Anaxagoras @davidanaxagoras.com Writing and caffeinating.
Nebula and WGA Award finalist.
https://davidanaxagoras.com
Author M. I. Verras (She/Her) @miverrasauthor1.bsky.social Gothic author, corp.associate, singer, composer, keyboardist, designer, university graduate, sports fan, existential seeker. Author of two metaphysical, symbolic fantasy-mystery novellas. Novella plots and covers are in English and NOT AI.
One Fall Review @onefallreview.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to professional wrestling themed poetry.
www.onefallreview.com
Submit: https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/one-fall-review-0g27j
Mitchell Ny @mitchellny.com ้ไบบ้้ฌผ ๐ซ | lyric essay, fiction
in: trampset, Bending Genres, Maudlin House, Same Faces Collective, Blood+Honey, [...]
American Literary Review's 2026 Nonfiction Finalist
Fractured Lit's 2026 Micro Prize Shortlist
mitchellny.com
Audrey Zhou @audreyzhou.bsky.social SFFH writer | she/her | Shirley Jackson Award Finalist | Brave New Weird, Best Weird Fiction | Clarion 2025 | short fiction in Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, Lightspeed, etc
https://audreyzhouwrites.com/
Michael M. Jones @oneminutemonkey.bsky.social writer. book reviewer. anthologist. owned by cats. very sleepy. often stressed. mostly harmless. cryptically queer. he/him. SFWA. Codex. MFA in Childrens' Literature from Hollins University. I support diversity, inclusion, representation. 
Adrian Ward @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social Speculative short storyist. Codexian. Fiction in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Small Wonders, Apex's blog, forthcoming elsewhere.
https://adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/
Elijah J. Mears @elijah.mea.rs sci-fi & fantasy writer โข former classicist โข transit nerd โข gay married to @beryl.rubacky.dev โข ๐ณ๏ธโ๐โก๏ธ โข he/him
๐ โRaleigh, NC
๐ www.elijahjmears.com
Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social Award winning #Shortstory #Writer #noAI
#SciFi ๐: A Short History of the Future, Northodox Press
#Fantasy ๐: Happy Ending Not Guaranteed, Arachne Press
Oxford Physics, Codexian.
Everything, Ever โ๏ธ: http://happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk
Adventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social A curious speculative fiction magazine.
www.adventitious.net
https://www.patreon.com/c/AdventitiousStories
Nadia Radovich @nadiaradovich.bsky.social Good at writing. Bad at posting. Words published or forthcoming in Apex, Apparition Lit, Strange Horizons, Flash Fiction Online, Otherside, and Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy.
nadiaradovich.com
ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social Literary magazine and independent press, publishing beautifully written flash and microfiction. 1,000 words or fewer.
Est. 2017-2024. Relaunched in 2026.
https://www.ellipsis-zine.com
Emily Hall @emhall47.bsky.social Writer and Literary Critic. Work in Gooseberry Pie Lit, Passages North, The Disappointed Housewife, 100 Word Story, Bending Genres, and FlashFlood. Best Small Fictions โ27 Nom.
Contemporary Anglophone Lit PhD.
https://linktr.ee/emhall47
Elena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social Writer | Chicago | Work in The Offing, X-R-A-Y, Wigleaf + more | Pushcart Prize and BotN nom | Best Microfiction โ24, '25, '26
https://elenalzhang.wordpress.com/writing/
Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social Brit/US writer of uncanny fiction. Best Small Fictions 2025. Over 40 stories in The Barcelona Review, LITRO, Southeast Review, The Forge, The Los Angeles Review and others. @nightjarpress Based in Eugene, Oregon (but grew up in UK). www.arthurmandal.com
Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social Micro, flash, and short stories in Bourbon Penn, Molotov Cocktail, PULP Lit, & more. SFWA, HWA, Odyssey, Codex. chiphouser.com
Dave Howlett @davehowlett.bsky.social Comics mostly. https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/parallelworldsprog
Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social Writer for page and screen, guru of short stories, editor of www.fictionontheweb.co.uk. Rumoured to have killed wife with Scrabble and married self. He/him.
Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social Affordable workshops, webinars and courses for authors, led by industry professionals. ReachYourApex.com
Not the same as Apex Magazine & Books. In Jan 2025, the owner of Apex Books & Magazine sold Reach Your Apex to the current owner. We're friends tho.
H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social โข han
โข she/they
โข MFA - Fairfield U.
โข queer, nd, & disabled spec fic author
โข HWA, SFWA, Codex
โข freelance editor @ http://www.hmarinliterary.com
โข novelette editor @foofarawpress.bsky.social
โข fck genAI
โข words in Night Shades, ITAL, Gavagai & more
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social Loves the strange and the magical.
emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social Doctor of food, writer of stories
Sometime award nominee, occasional winner
Capitalism seditionist
In my ai;dr era
Ex Partum, out now: https://emmaburnett.carrd.co
Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social Michigan writer & stuff. auDHD. gender noncompliant. Fuck AI & Subst*ck.
https://aniking.net
โ Family Night (Mason Jar Press, 2026) https://tinyurl.com/2jtf6t63
โ SmokeLong Subs Editor
โ EiC: syntaxandsalt.com (closed)
Jennifer Lesh Fleck @jennifleck.bsky.social pnw~spec fic~old houses~coffee~dogs~marfan~weirdo~full of metal + mettle
new! www.jenniferleshfleck.com
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A free blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social
Find it at Writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com
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.
Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social Author. Baker. Cheese lover. Late-diagnosed autistic. Writer of fantasy novels & cozy mysteries. Unrepentant poet. Hanford, CA native now in Red Wing, MN.
Jennifer Crรถw @writerjencrow.bsky.social She/her. Poet and fiction writer in the realms of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. 100% human-made words. Published in Uncanny, Asimov's, Analog, and others. 2023 Rhysling Award winner. Hockey fan, crocheter, and bibliophile. Occasional DM and gamer.
Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social He/him. Stories in Beneath Ceaseless Skies (forthcoming), Nature/Futures, Interzone, Rosebud, Triangulation, and elsewhere. tommarcinko.neocities.org/
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/
@66mistygal.bsky.social @66mistygal.bsky.social 
Sarah Lynn Knowles @sarahspy.com Fiction writer, Storychord.com founding editor, Tin House Winter '24 & One Story Summer '23 alum || eavesdropper, signal booster, she/her, Massachusetts || https://sarahlynnknowles.com
Atara Blake @strangeisthenight.bsky.social Artist, PhD in cancer biology, and writer of weird fiction and poetry. Seeking the strange and wondrous in a dying world. She/Her ๐. Portland, OR.
Work appearing or forthcoming in Marrow Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Gavagai.
www.atarablake.com
ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social Writer of dark & wistful speculative fiction. Words in APEX, PSEUDOPOD, BAFFLING, FFO, SMALL WONDERS, SILK & SINEW (Bad Hand Books), NIGHT OF THE LIVING QUEERS (Wednesday Books), etc. Lambda Literary, Otherwise, McCormack.
๐ she / they
ayidashonibar.com
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social