Jess Simms @jesssimms.bsky.social Author of Cryptid Bits / writer of weird shit / editor of After Happy Hour / co-founder of Scribble House / nerd of all trades. Website JessSimms.com
Mir Benitz, Author @mir-benitz.bsky.social I write about dragons and smooches.
The Pittsburgh Foundation @pghfoundation.bsky.social The Pittsburgh Foundation works to improve the quality of life in the Pittsburgh region and promotes charitable giving. https://pittsburghfoundation.org/
Luke Ferdinand @lukeferdinand.com I play music in Pittsburgh. I do tech in libraries 
the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social the engine(idling is an online literary magazine for the restless. unique themed issues.
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EIC Danielle McMahon (@dehm000.bsky.social)- A Follow me on my new account. NOT A SPAM. @authormiv.bsky.social
@novaflame.bsky.social @novaflame.bsky.social Just another guy from #Pittsburgh, who's an engineer by day, and another amateur #writer & #developer by night
...Oh, and I play #D&D.
efranz13 @efranz13.bsky.social Pittsburgh, PA
Currently bitching about the Trump Administration 🤪
Pug Mama
But, first... Coffee
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Sarah Fjord @tuffylrue.bsky.social Earthling, MSer, Stay at home cat mom, women’s college enthusiast. Artist formerly known as MyNieceTorpel on the bird site. 
Tim Resciniti @timresciniti.bsky.social Ordinary person committed to achieving environmental justice. Local government nerd.
Wayne Wilson @wilson26930.bsky.social 🎓 Indiana and Penn Alum
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Renee @jg-pgh.bsky.social I had that very specific late-century Florida childhood every middle grade author wishes they’d had
also, if i ever complain ever ever about being tired <at ALL> on here, pls remind me to check the barometric pressure
Tara A. Elliott @tara-a-elliott.bsky.social Poet, Teacher, Executive Director of Eastern Shore Writers Association, Host of Thursdays with ESWA Writing Zoomcast, Chair of Bay to Ocean Writers Conference
Bill Diskin @bdisk.bsky.social English teacher, reader, music enthusiast 
William Bryan Smith @williambryansmith.bsky.social Novelist/Writer. MFA in creative writing, Bennington College.
Author of Free Range Men (Mint Hill Books) and We Are Smoke (Carmelite Books)
https://www.williambryansmith.com/
Amy Whipple @amywhipple.bsky.social part-time writer, part-time writing instructor, full-time awesome // 🏳️🌈 // she/her // amywhipple.com (all views my own) (and potentially my dog’s)
Themesis Prime @luxastarte.bsky.social Only the good die young, which is why I’m entering my villain era.
I ❤️ @eleanorstrousers
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Joe X Young @joexyoung.bsky.social I have created an Indie Horror Author Community resource website that will help you to succeed as authors, and help readers to find you.
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Littsburgh @littsburgh.bsky.social Celebrating literary Pittsburgh since 2015! www.Littsburgh.com
Chestnut Review @chestnutreview.bsky.social International litmag ALWAYS open for submissions. Pays $120/piece. Responds in 30 days. Free subs in most genres. Free issues online. Paid feedback options. If you don't submit, we can't pay you.
Home: chestnutreview.com
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Joshua Palmatier/Zombies Need Brains @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social Joshua Palmatier is an epic fantasy writer and the founder of the small press Zombies Need Brains. ZNB does NOT use AI imagery in its covers and does NOT accept AI-generated stories. Visit the store: https://zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site
Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social I'm the author of 80+ books and an established editor who has helped more than 400 authors achieve their publishing dreams. My books include writing guidebooks, a novel, children's books and more. Visit inventingrealityediting.com
m. @lowbrowhighart.bsky.social avid reader & library enthusiast | psychotherapist & care worker | burgeoning trekkie | curating my own modern museum of gripes & grievances in rust belt appalachia
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Clio Andris @cl10.bsky.social Atlanta ♡ GIS / VIS
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C. Jeffery Evans @cjevans.bsky.social Former economist and land use planner. Screenwriter and author with some love on the contest circuit. Husband, father, grandfather, crip rights activist. Big-P progressive.
Ragers and rude posters will be blocked.
jess @mothwomxn.bsky.social my pronouns are steel/worker
grace (ge) gilbert @geg2us.bsky.social teaching artist. professor. poet. collagist. author of Holly (YesYes Books 2025).
Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social LGBTQ Blogger, Advocate, Social Worker, Gen X, Cat Folx.
She/her
Blogging at pghlesbian.com for 20 years. Won some awards.
"Keeping Lesbian Blogging Alive" according to @autostraddle
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Resistance Patton she/her/hers @redpenmamapgh.bsky.social I like cooking, crosswords, and cocktails including N/A options.
Nicole Gannett @nicolegannett.bsky.social Writer of historical fiction; Currently querying
Bibliophile; Lover of coffee and tortoises; Find me in the garden
Wren @wrenderson.bsky.social guy living in Pittsburgh
S. L. Barrett @slbarrett87.bsky.social Author (The Dissociation Gazette, The Bus to Adventure City), MFA, Secretary of the Kansas Authors Club, enjoyer of both cat and puppy snuggles. She/her.
Writing & Editing @wrtrstat.bsky.social Welcome to the positive side of Writing. Author & Author software that helps people write. My Sci-fi + MG novels. Cool, clean, fun Writing Software for all. My page, 4 me, for writing motivation, writing connection, helps me write. Creator of Storyfyre.com
Mallika Narayanan @nmals.bsky.social Writer • baker • cooker • singer • alpaca lover • traveller • bad barista art maker • recovering graphic designer
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Amanda C. Davis @davisac1.bsky.social Environmental professional, creative amateur. Enthusiastic. Stories in Cemetery Dance, IGMS & others. She/her.
PghGrace @pghgrace.bsky.social politics, writing, hallyu. SFF reader. Big science fan. she/her
Paper CeeCee @paperceecee.bsky.social I am a god damned delight. She/her
Sharon Henderson @skhms.bsky.social 
Aaron Jack Arts 🌶️ @aaronjackarts.bsky.social Artist.Photogrqpher
Photos published in Forbes, NYT, Vice, Slate, TIME, CNN, NPR
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IG www.Instagram.com/AaronJackArts
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@judybeesteeler.bsky.social @judybeesteeler.bsky.social Born in the USA, living in Germany
Fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Und auch der Fischtown Pinguins
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Stygian Press @stygianpress.bsky.social Stygian Press - Publishing Gripping Supernatural Horror, Sci-Fi, Dark Fantasy Fiction, the Paranormal, and True Crime Stories.
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Craig Hines @craighines.bsky.social Author, Graphic Designer, Part-time Evil Genius
https://www.darkimaginings.com
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Life Goes On⁷ @borahaedna.bsky.social BTS ARMY, OT7 - 81-line - MOA
Also politics until I can separate accounts again. Codify women's rights! Protect voting rights! Vote out old white men! 
Cassandra Whitaker @casswhit.bsky.social Poet, Writer, Educator 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (She/they/Mx). NBCC, Wolf Devouring A Wolf Devouring A Wolf available from Jackleg Press. https://queerthewolves.wordpress.com/
Neurospicy
Shane Lalley 🏳️🌈 @kikimasu.bsky.social She/They. Reader, writer, weirdo. PDX 🐸
Megan J. Kerr @meganjkerr.bsky.social Science fiction and fantasy writer. Stories in Clarkesworld and Goblins & Galaxies. Submissions Reader for Fusion Fragment. she/her
https://meganjkerrwriting.wordpress.com/
David Rotenstein, Curator, Shrouded in Secrecy Archives @davidrotenstein.bsky.social Historian. Writer. Folklorist. | History is my hustle. Opinions here are my own.
Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social Parsec: www.parsec-sff.org
Confluence speculative fiction conference: www.confluence-sff.org
Parsec Ink Triangulation spec fid anthology series. Est 2003: www.parsecink.com
WorD: Writing and Critique group. www.word-pgh.com
vlcro(she/her) @vivlecro.bsky.social Writer. Researcher.
Writing: @FrictionSeries, @hippocampusmag, @undergumtree
Residencies: '20 City Books, PGH; '21: TRAR, WY
R.J. Hufnagel @rjhuf.bsky.social Union guy, writer, traveler, dog lover, music listener, book reader, beer drinker, avid hockey fan. Football fan by birth, long-suffering baseball fan by choice. Pittsburgh is home. Opinions are mine. (He/Him)
A. R. Tivadar .𖥔 ݁ ˖ @artivadar.bsky.social • româncă 🇷🇴 • b. 1998 • @artivadar on twt •₊⋆
hobby writer and artist ₊˚•.
I like Undead Unluck, Tank Chair, Centuria, 86 and a bunch of other manga .✧˖ ⋆
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Nick Courage @nickcourage.bsky.social Children’s book author, partner at Courage Literary agency, co-founder of Littsburgh, four leaf clover finder 🍀✌🏽 nickcourage.com | courageliterary.com
Cleveland Review of Books @clereviewbooks.bsky.social the cleveland of reviews of books
clereviewofbooks.com
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
Alli Parrett @bitterherbs.bsky.social Writer | Potter | Bitter Bitch
🩷😈💙
Debut novel, On The Way To Chicago, coming 2026
Words in Whiskey Tit, Papeachu Press, Bookends Review, Farside Review, Allium Magazine, and more.
www.alliparrett.com
WOC Writers' Circle @wocwriterscircle.org A 501(c)3 organization offering a safe space, community and resources for women of color. Find us at linktr.ee/wocwriterscircle!
Dominique Weldon @dkweldon.bsky.social MFA in Fiction from Butler University, teaches at Butler, and reader for Split Lip Magazine. Fiction in Lovers Eye Press and Dark Winter Literary Magazine. I love video games & art. Iowa native.
Catherine Gammon @nonabiding.bsky.social Fiction writer. THE GUNMAN & THE CARNIVAL (stories) Baobab Press, find it on Bookshop, and Indiebound. Novels: The Martyrs, The Lovers; China Blue; Sorrow; and Isabel Out of the Rain.
catherinegammon.com
Adam Voith @adamvoith.bsky.social My novel, Recommended If You Like, is out now for $0.00 at littleengines.shop. I'm a writer, publisher of Little Engines, and retired booking agent.
adamvoith.com
littleengines.pub
Clara Totten @tottencs.bsky.social Director at Kent State University Press. Library enthusiast. Cats and plants, too. (she/her)
Leticia Urieta @leticiaasu.bsky.social (she/her) Tejana writer, teaching artist, editor and mentor. Author of Offerings to a Tumbled Temple with @purpleinkpress.bsky.social & The Remedy is the Disease, forthcoming in 2026 @undertakerbooks.bsky.social
Find my work at: http://linktr.ee/lurieta16
M. C. Benner Dixon @mchristinebd.bsky.social Writer, editor, coach. She/her. Pittsburgh. My writing trends lyrical, peculiar, melancholy, existential. Books: MILLIONS OF SUNS (2023). THE HEIGHT OF LAND (2025). Covid cautious/airborne aware. Rep: Naomi Davis, BookEnds. linktr.ee/mchristinebd- N 🇺🇸 @n976wow.bsky.social
ONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social 💙 Fall in love with poetry again
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Renée K. Nicholson @reneeknicholson.bsky.social Love Prince & dogs & dancers & cover songs & champagne & Vermeer. New Book: FEVERDREAM March 2026 (Redhawk Publications). Series editor, Connective Tissue @WVUPRESS. Contributing writer: https://medicalhealthhumanities.com/. Partner: Healthcare Is Human.
Gem Blackthorn @gemblackthorn.bsky.social 📈 Marketing for Metaphysical Businesses
🔮 Tarot Lessons & Professional Development
🌹 Occasional Poet
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Jayahhh - The Madness Amorous @jayadancer.bsky.social Bellydancer. Wayward writer. Chivette. Magpie. Mental health warrior. Steelers. NASCAR. Bourbon and dark beer.
Lover of Zoltar machines.
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😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social Filmmaker, photographer, environmental activist, runner. Working to clean the air and end fossil fuels. I don't have long COVID but support those who do. #covidisntover #maskup #airquality #climate https://linktr.ee/markedixon
Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social In the heart of literature since 1939. journal | workshops | fellowships
https://linktr.ee/KenyonReview
Hillary Millán @writesintallinn.bsky.social Writer living in Estonia, raising fourth culture kids. Third place winner of The Masters Review 2022-23 Winter Short Story Award.
Matt Alcorn @mattwritesstuff.bsky.social https://www.matthewalcornwriter.com/home
Teacher and occasional writer of strange stories. Maker of typos.
Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social Six books including Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel, and Station Eleven. St. John is just my middle name; the books go under M.
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Christopher Allen @christopherallen.bsky.social Publisher and EIC of SmokeLong Quarterly. 2023 Flash Fiction Judge Bridport Prize. #BestSmallFictions #FlashFictionAmerica. Nomad. Very much a back-office guy. He/him
Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social Fancy words, witty descriptions, and vintage illustrations to educate and entertain.
My Book!
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781682687994
Calendars!
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Ali Hintz @alihintz.bsky.social Poet / Farmer / Educator
they / them 🌈
alihintz.com
Marianne Worthington @mworthington.bsky.social Poet, Educator, Editor; author of Water. Witness. Word (Belle Point Press) The Girl Singer: Poems (UP of KY 2021), words in Oxford American, Shenandoah, Calyx, Zone 3, Salvation South. Reformed college professor. . .
melinda @melwedde.bsky.social imagining a better future
pittsburgh
just my opinions
she/her
Tyler McAndrew @tyler-m.bsky.social fiction writer. debut book MY PRISONER & OTHER STORIES (mad creek books / OSU press) won the 2024 non/fiction award. https://tmcandrew.com/
Steven Genise @stevengenise.bsky.social Writer and editor in Seattle. Words in MYTHAXIS, BLUE EARTH REVIEW, FUSION FRAGMENT, MILK CANDY REVIEW. Subs reader for Split/Lip Press. He/Him
Bethany Jarmul @bethanyjarmul.bsky.social Appalachian poet/writer, TAKE ME HOME (@BellePointPress), LIGHTNING IS A MOTHER (ELJ, 2025), Best Small Fictions 2024, Best Spiritual Literature 2023, Nominations: Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, 100+ pubs. 
Max Watman @maxwatman.bsky.social Author (Race Day, Chasing the White Dog, Harvest). Occasional hack. Creative Writing at VCU. Erstwhile line cook. My novel, Tomorrow, the War, will be published Jan 6, 2026.
Kate Gehan @stateofkate.bsky.social Writer, runner | Nonfiction Editor at Pithead Chapel | MFA Emerson College | Short story collection: The Girl and the Fox Pirate | kategehan.com
Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social Author, essayist, hot fat monster of appetites. Bi my books and tell me I’m pretty.
https://linktr.ee/megelison
Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social Posts are my own. Poetry is everyone's. She/her.
Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century (Princeton UP, 2025), Lyric Logic (Columbia UP, 2026), essays, reviews, and other writing in various places
Jody DiPerna @jodydiperna.bsky.social Lovechild of the Rust Belt & Appalachia.
Reprobate reader. Rogue writer.
Blow up the Data Centers.
This is a no AI Zone.
Stay Gold Books 🌞 @staygoldbooks.bsky.social A family-owned bookstore looking for a brick + mortar in Regent Square Pittsburgh 🏳️🌈
V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social author of Ophelia (Femme Salvé Books, 2023) & Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2019) | Fmr editor/reader Muruch, Barren, Ice Floe, Frontier, Sarabande Books | work in EPOCH, Poet Lore, Bombay Gin, HAD, etc. http://vcmyers.com
Appodlachia @appodlachia.com John Brown is a hero / Unions are good / Accents are sexy / redneck is a term of endearment https://lnk.bio/appodlachia
Read Appalachia @readappalachia.bsky.social celebrating & appalachian literature & writing
founded by @kdwinchester.bsky.social
Sam Wasserman (he/him) @samwasserman.bsky.social WI | CT | PA | Was: @GaineyForMayor.com, PA Political & Coalitions Director for Kamala Harris, Comms Director for Sara Innamorato, Comms & Digital for Mayor Ed Gainey / City of Pittsburgh | Disabled & Proud | Always Learning | ✡️ | 🏳️🌈