Verge Le Noir @vergelenoir.bsky.social Writes gritty & breezy crime fiction. He does NOT use AI to write ANY of his books. He currently lives in East New York, Brooklyn.
#writingcommunity #bskyauthors #crimefiction
No unsolicited DM's . No AI slop. Not a bot.
https://vergelenoir.ink/
Samantha Terrell @samanthaterrell.bsky.social American Poet, Curator of SHINE International Poetry Series
The Epilogue @theepilogue.net Author interview show that delves deeper into the craft of writing.
https://theepilogue.net
Mike Good @doogekim.bsky.social I am a poet, editor, writer, and critic. My debut poetry collection, Rung by Rung, is forthcoming from CavanKerry Press in May 2027
D. L. Finn @dlfinnauthor.bsky.social Multi-genre author: paranormal, mystery romance, fantasy, historical fiction, poetry, & MG children. Blogger, photographer & reader. Loves nature & animals. Embrace your inner child! No unsolicited DMs please :)
SoFloPoJo @soflopojo.bsky.social #poetry #flash Literary Arts Journal
www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
Jim Loughran @jiminwalkinstown.bsky.social My new novel, 'Syracuse Will Burn' is out now on Amazon. “An exceptional novel—thought-provoking and emotionally resonant—and one that lingers long after the final page has been turned."
Abigail Williams @abbywilliams.bsky.social Writer of short stories, flash and other stuff. SL Bridport. Winner Molotov Cocktail, Flash500, CrankedAnvil, Exeter Writers Short Story. 3rd BFFA, 3rd Oxford Flash, SL Wells, Frome, UnchartedMag. Pushcart Nom.
waterford rhyme @waterfordrhyme.bsky.social Promoting the waterford: a single verse quatrain, with an ABBA rhyming scheme and 8, 4, 4, 8 syllable count. Described as the Irish haiku, the waterford is a poetic expression of positivity. See waterfordrhyme.com - 2026 competition closed. Stay poetic!
Rob Edmunds @robedmunds.bsky.social I'm a writer of three novels, the most recent about the conflict in Burma during World War II. My previous two novels are both about the ancient Numidian King Masinissa, set during the Second Punic War. 🏴
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https://linktr.ee/robedmunds
Linda/Melinda Huber @lindahuberauthor.bsky.social Hybrid 🇨🇭 🏴 author of 13 psych. suspense novels as Linda and 5 feel-good travel romances as Melinda Huber. Lives by Lake Constance🇨🇭 Lapsed jogger. Choc lover.
Website: lindahuber.net
Newsletter: lindahuber.net/newsletter/
Jory Lane @jory-lane.bsky.social "The Herbalist's Sanctuary" on Amazon.
https://a.co/d/08BxEyhm
My website: Join my newsletter!?
jorysbooks.com
Gail Anderson-Dargatz @anderson-dargatz.bsky.social Canadian. Mentor. Editor. Author of The Cure for Death by Lightning, The Almost Wife, The Almost Widow and many other books. Her latest novel, The Atlas Keeper, hits the shelves Aug. 26, 2026. Visit Gail at https://linktr.ee/Gail_AndersonDargatz
Peter C. Bradbury @petercbradbury.bsky.social Dark thriller and murder mystery author, retired English Butler, now living in Northern California. Trump Hater. Writes twisted, noir crime fiction. Widower. Loves footie (soccer) Pro-choice. Anti-guns. Animal rights. Follows back, but no DMs.
James L'Etoile @jamesletoile.bsky.social Award winning author of the Detective Emily Hunter series and the Detective Nathan Parker series. Owned by two corgis (the Plot Hounds) and claimed by #NotMyCat
Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime
Mark Olynyk @markolynykpoet.bsky.social "Stones of Time" invites you on a thrilling quest through the boundless expanse of imagination! Get your KINDLE eBook http://bit.ly/3SZKjx9
Jamie Neve @jnauthor57.bsky.social Retired. Now writing historical fiction. Some set in 1950s New York, most recent set in Elizabethan England. Lives in the UK.
Eoin McDonald @eoin1.bsky.social Actor at Human Agency, Auckland
Author of Aroha's Cowboy, The Final Position, End of a New Beginning and other titles
Lynette Creswell, Author @lynettecreswell.bsky.social ✍️ Multi-Genre Author Represented by Terrie Wolf of AKA Literary Management
🦔 Hedgehog Lover ❤️
📝 Opinionated Reader & Writer
🧙♀️ Loves magic
❤️ Enjoys romance
⏰ Time for a good read
Www.lynetteswebsiteblog.com
Deb Morgan Author @morgan-writer.bsky.social
I am an Author of three books, my third and full length intimate memoir is out. I write Non-Fiction. I advocate for Fibromyalgia & Chronic as well as, Advocating for opiate & alcohol addiction.I have 31 years clean and sober. One day at a time.
Mystery Tomes @mysterytomes.bsky.social I cannot live without brain-work. What else is there to live for?
#Mystery #CrimeFiction #Thriller
Twitter: Mystery_Tomes
Akosua Sankofa @akosua-sankofa.bsky.social Cygnus Book Awards Winner
AkosuaSankofa.com
Featured by Medium: https://tinyurl.com/2s4ehz4d
Blog: Medium.com/@Akosua.S
#SciFi Novelist📚 #Trekkie
Her SF thriller MONMOUTH DEEP coming soon!
Stand with Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
Kit Derrick @kitderrick.bsky.social Author and contentendly grumpy old man. Occasionally amusing, though rarely on purpose. Easily distracted by squirrels. Bawdy rapscallion. Scamp.
www.kitderrick.com 
@bsherm36.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social Author of HOW TO GET THERE FROM HERE (Ad Hoc). Stories @Smokelong, Flash Frog, Gone Lawn, Bending Genres. Subs editor @Smokelong. BMF 2024, 2026. BSF 2025. Noms: Pushcart, BOTN. Author of five mystery novels. PhD from CUNY Grad Center.
Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social Writer. THE BULLY IN MY PILLOW (Stanchion Books, August 2026).
https://www.stanchionzine.com/product-page/the-bully-in-my-pillow
Best Microfiction 2026.
Hosts literary open-mics @saloneurope.bsky.social
www.kiklodge.com
Caitlin McKenna @caitlindmckenna.bsky.social I'm a science fiction writer whose passion for the genre stretches back to my elementary school's Scholastic book fairs. I have chronicled the faraway worlds and strange beings of my imagination ever since.
Visit my website at caitlindemarismckenna.com!
The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social The VILLAGE 🏘 is a place where the world 🌍 feels a tiny bit smaller. Founded by SMOKELONG for the Global Flash Community
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Hugh Behm-Steinberg @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social Writer
M.H.Urban - Horror Author @mhurban.bsky.social Just another indie author trying to come out of her hard drive. Horror, psychological thriller, dark fantasy... I like them like my coffee: strong and black. No AI, all my mistakes are human-made.
mhurban.com
Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social Writing hazy cosmic jive until I really make the grade ✴︎ Yeah, I mean SciFi, but with more fiction than actual science ✴︎ Some laughs, lots of heart
https://linktr.ee/rexburke
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
John Turiano @jturiano-author.bsky.social Author|Book Blogger
Sci-fi and thrillers. Book your adventure today. 👇 https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08413YRF5/allbooks
#camping, #hiking, #books, #bookreviews, and oh yeah, #writing.
https://jturiano.com/author.htm
Liv Abegglen @livabegglen.bsky.social Writer | Madison WI | AI can tear the em dash from my cold dead hands
https://livabegglen.carrd.co/
Sylvia Kay Rose Author 🍁 @sylvia-rose-books.bsky.social Canadian author of German heritage, art & book lover, writing sci-fi horror comedy & German mythology. Horror Writers Association member. I battle squirrels for control of my garden & love scary old movies! Reciprocal RPs writers, art, music, film, stage.
Troy Preston Dillon @troyprestondillon.bsky.social The official page of Troy Preston Dillon, author of fantasy and young adult/coming-of-age stories (often a fusion of both!)
https://sites.google.com/view/troyprestondillon/home
James O'Rell - Author (Blade's Edge Media) @bladesedgemedia.bsky.social Author of the book Unvarnished. Provides insights on numerous nerdy universes!
Unvarnished is found here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWXY2QK2
Steve Corbett @stephencorbett01.bsky.social I'm a longtime journalist. I write novels and short stories. Check out my website at https://theoutlawcorbett.com/.
John Kenny @johnkenny13.bsky.social Poetry: New Irish Writing, Live Encounters, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, The Madrid Review, Flare, The High Window, Poem Alone, Poems for Protest, Smashing Times, StepAway Magazine.
Fiction: The Galway Review, Revival, Emerald Eye, Albedo One.
Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social ☘️ Irish community worker, writer
& teacher living in London with work selected for the Wigleaf Top 50, Best of the Net & Best Small Fictions, now researching the impact of story on social change & can be found @ http://52quotes.blogspot.com
Bjorn Klein 📖✒️ @worldsforus.bsky.social 📜 Author of 𝐷𝑦𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑𝑠 graphic novel 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒.
Wrestling with unruly gods, broken systems, and wayward characters.
🌙🌩️⚖️
Literature & music teacher in the gaps of reality between words.
🌐 https://blackties.my.canva.site/home
Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, filmmaker, and solver of problems (usually my own, I’ll admit). Always happy to talk story with story-talkers. Always welcoming to under-represented voices, trans voices, etc.
If I ran for office, my “party” would be Starfleet.
GusBus @poeticswede.bsky.social Here for the free verse. Sometime poet, obsessive first drafter, author of Male Pattern (May 2025 from Finishing Line Press). Poems in Prairie Schooner, The Shore, Maine Public Radio, Portland Press Herald, Verse Daily, Black Nore Review.
Daniel A. Riddle @danielariddle.bsky.social British author | Psychological thrillers with a cinematic edge | Wishing Shelf Awards Finalist 🏆 | Free audio drama on Spotify & Apple 🎧 | danielariddle.com
R.C.Mulhare - Author of Wonders & Weirdness @rcmulhare77.bsky.social Author of weird & wondrous fiction (horror, fantasy, & science fiction) moonlighting in grocery retail. https://linktr.ee/rcmulhare | Self-described angry but practicing Catholic | Self-described oddball | No King but Jesus and Him Crucified
Piglet @piglet2007.bsky.social I write. I have opinions.
Dezezusvan.wordpress.com
Draft2digital publisher.
Ryan Dennis @penofryandennis.bsky.social Editor of @themilkhouse.bsky.social, author of novel The Beasts They Turned Away and memoir Barn Gothic from @IslandPress.bsky.social.
Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social Writer, photographer, and traveler on this road called life. linktr.ee/dawnberkoski
💓Safe Space💓
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.
Hannah Linden @hannahl1n.bsky.social Poet Devon, UK
1st Cafe Writers Poetry Competition 2021, 2nd Leeds Peace Poetry Prize 2024, H Comm. Wales Poetry Award 2021. Shortlisted Best Poetry Pamphlet Saboteur Awards 2023 https://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/the-beautiful-open-sky.html 
Rik @rikohare.com UK Sci-fi author. DMs are closed - sorry.
📚 Judgement out April 15th, 2026.
🌐 www.rikohare.com
Mark Ellis @markell1953.bsky.social Welsh author of the popular #FrankMerlin #WW2 London detective series. Latest book #DeathOfAnOfficer judged best crime fiction 2025 at London Crime Festival
Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social #truecrime and #crimefiction #writer 🎭 📖
mgcobbett.bsky.social @mgcobbett.bsky.social Published Author at Luna Eden Publishing @lunaedenpublishing.bsky.social
The Real David Rogers @davidrogersbooks.bsky.social davidrogersbooks.wordpress.com. Writer. Poet. Reader. Cat person. "I bought some dehydrated water . . . I don't know what to add." --Steven Wright.
Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, ‘Whatever You Do, Just Don’t’, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
Melodycrickett @melodycrickett.bsky.social I'm looking for good literature. louiseblackwick.bio.link www.vivianamberville.com. www.louiseblackwick.com www.creascriptum.com
Jacqueline Parker @onmytangent.bsky.social Not good at writing bios but I write other things. Editor of fiction and flash at JMWW and The Hopper. jacqueline-parker.com
Dangerhedgehog @trevorcunning.bsky.social Educator. Poetry editor for Kaytell Ink publishing (www.kaytellinkpubishing.com) Interests many and varied. PhD in Communication and Culture. www.patreon.com/trevorcunnington and www.theinvisibletruth.blogspot.com
Betty Stanton @fadingbetty.bsky.social EdD, MFA, poet, author, speech & debate coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, game designer, bad at social media, located in Oklahoma
Deanpb_author @deanpb-author.bsky.social I’ve published three YA fantasy books. I talk about writing and cars. #WritingCommunity. Unless we’ve been talking, do not DM or pitch services. If you only post politics, I won’t follow back
Joanna ✅ Theiss @joannatheiss.com Writer of weird things sitting with a cat in Washington, DC
she/her
www.joannatheiss.com
Karen Louise Hollis @karenlouisehollis.bsky.social Writer, reader, book blogger. Loves gymnastics, Doctor Who, sewing, cats, the Royal Family, reading, writing, photography, animals, nature.
John McKay @authorjrmckay.bsky.social Award winning author and freelance researcher. Ex-RAF and UK Fire Service. Latest book, Codename Greyman out now. Book reviewers and bloggers please DM. Website: http://johnrmckay.com
Stacey Gordon @staceygordonauthor.bsky.social Author of book club fiction and mysteries, empty nester, dog mom, East Bay Area, recovering Midwesterner
Clive Simpson @simpsonclive.bsky.social Journalist & Editor (space, environment & climate). Author of FLOOD WATERS DOWN - a grounded climate thriller set in the flooded Fens. Bookshops & online.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters-Down-Clive-Simpson/dp/1739737415/ref=sr_1_1
Grahame Peace @grahamepeaceauthor.bsky.social UK Author of 23 cozy paranormal historical mysteries & fashion fiction.🕵️♂️ Home of the #JocastaBradman series. Amusing, ghostly tales without the gore!📚 Find my books on Amazon & videos on YouTube.👇 Explore my work below and at www.grahamepeaceauthor.com
Hal Perry (He/Him) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @halperry.bsky.social Actor, writer, photoer, audiobook narrator, loiterer.
Mary Ann Bernal @maryannbernal.bsky.social Author of historical fiction, sci-fi, & action novellas. Known for The Briton and the Dane series. Recent works: Crusader’s Path, Forgiving Nero, & AnaRose series. US military advocate.
Website: www.maryannbernal.com
Joanna Vandervlugt 🇨🇦 @jvandywriter.bsky.social Thriller and Romance #author
#illustrator and short story judge for the Writing Battle. www.joannavandervlugt.com
Dianne R. Thomas @dianne-r-thomas.bsky.social I've been writing since I learned how. And I'm still learning.
Some of what I've learned is available online at
www.DianneThomas.net
Feisty Blue Gecko (Philippa Ramsden) @feistybluegecko.bsky.social 🦎Scot 🏴, formerly Global Dev professional, now gently unfurling, realising dreams of being a writer, poet and enjoying photographing tiny wonders. Breast Cancer survivor.
Leilani Mannix @leilanimannix.bsky.social Shining a spotlight on some of the most talented #photographers around the world by reposting their incredibly beautiful #photos. #LandscapePhotography
Ann E Brockbank - Author @annebrockbank1.bsky.social Cornish based author. Loves life, dancing, Cornwall & telling stories. I try always to be nice. https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B00DSKNST4#
James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social X-Amish poet/ Lambda Literary Award nom author of The Literary Party: Growing Up Gay and Amish in America, Big Island Beatnik (Alien Buddha Press) http://Literaryparty.blogspot.com 📍Detroit
Marcus Wilson @marcusbwilson.bsky.social Poet | Pathfinder
www.marcusbwilson.com
Samuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social (re)lapsed poet / winemaker / jack of some trades
mostly poetry / some wine stuff / a dog or two / hopefully not too much politics
Sacramento CA
A Fatal Affair @afatalaffair.bsky.social Oct. 28, 1937: Helen Grier's body was discovered by her married lover, Vernon Spencer, at a hunt camp in Algoma, Ontario. Authors Amanda Capper & Judy Penz Sheluk are on the case. Did Spencer get away with murder? You be the judge.
David A. Ek @ekdavid.bsky.social Novelist, essayist, & former science manager with the National Park Service. Books include: "Lizard People: Death Valley Underground", "Pedro's Pickles & the American Dream", "Nowhere Bound", and now, "Bisbee and the Haunted". #BookSky
Andie Holman - author @authorandie.bsky.social Contemporary fantasy series with sassy female leads, but the main character is always Nature. Romance subplot.
🍁
https://andieholman.com
https://andieholman.substack.com
Keith Pyeatt @pyeatt.bsky.social Dog person, introvert, and novel writer. I write psychological thrillers with a paranormal edge and a lot of heart. Try one. KeithPyeatt.com
Karen Crawford @karenc.bsky.social Exorcising demons one word at a time.
🇵🇷 ✍🏽 BestMicrofiction 2025, PushcartNoms, BOTN Nom, Longlists, Wigleaf Top 50
NYC → LA
Áine Greaney, author @ainegreaney.bsky.social Irish writer in Boston area. Words: New York Times, Boston Globe, Books Ireland, Best American Essays, et al. 5th book, "Trespassers" available now. Free wellness and writing resources + workshop list (and my 5 books!) at https://linktr.ee/ainegreaney
Jackie Morrison @jackiemorrison.bsky.social Writer of short stories & more!
From Ulverscroft Publishing:
The Sweetest Thing
Written In The Stars (Dec 2026)
SL Simon and Schuster, LL Penguin
Travelling & exploring 🏴 RNA Member
linktr.ee/LittleWritingCorner
J. C. Jones @thejcjones.bsky.social Author of the best selling Louisa Moss detective series.
Ex-nightclub boss and, due to carelessness, owner of only half a lung.
Poems and Limericks daily.
Based in Hereford, UK.
Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social Books: Our Lives in Pieces (2025) and Not Finished Yet (2026)
Words in Stanchion, Pithead Chapel, Cleaver, Fictive Dream, BULL, Hippocampus
2X Pushcart nominee, BOTN, Best Microfiction and LL Wigleaf Top 50
Retired educator and playwright
Mark Allan Gunnells @markallangunnells.bsky.social Storyteller
Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Writer
Poetry: Debut collection due Spring ‘27
(Broken Sleep Books)
Forward Prize/BOTN nominee
100+ poems in Agenda, Stand, Poetry Salzburg, Chiron Review, IS&T etc & on BBC
Charles Causley & Bridport shortlists
Prose: Orwell Prize/Bridport Novel longlists
Joseph Radke @josephradke.com Re-emerging poet. None of my e's are silent!
Poems in Copper Nickel, Bellevue Literary Review, Boulevard & Southeast Review (forthcoming)
📖 my work ⤵
www.josephradke.com
Jonathan Nevair @jnevair.bsky.social Author. THE CURSE OF DRAGON TAIL ISLAND, AGENT RENAULT SPY-FI ADVENTURES, WIND TIDE SPACE OPERA SERIES. Neffy Award Winner. (SFWA member) Educator/academic under another name. linktr.ee/jnevair
Richard Jordan @rich-jordan.bsky.social Poet, mathematician. Poems published or forthcoming in Southern Poetry Review, Rattle (Rattle Prize Finalist), Gargoyle, Tar River Poetry, Rust & Moth, New York Quarterly, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Sho Poetry Journal. Assoc. Editor @ Thimble Lit.
Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social 
D. Ruefman @writingwithruefman.bsky.social Writer of poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction. Emerging author of dark fantasy and horror. Professor of Rhetoric & Composition. For more details visit https://www.danielruefman.com/
Dede Montgomery @d2montgomery.bsky.social 6th Generation Oregon author and blogger - nature, workers, industrial hygiene, well-being: bring it on. More at https://dedemontgomery.com
Amanda James (Mandy) @amandajames.bsky.social I write uplifting fiction, with a liberal sprinkling of Cornish magic!
Published @0neMore Chapter
Cornwall UK https://t.co/YT3jYk3UsQ
Dan Brotzel @danbrotzel.bsky.social Funny-sad author | Order Thank You The Days at https://amzn.to/40yOfXr | The Wolf in the Woods | www.danielbrotzel.medium 
Lorraine Carey @lalawriter71.bsky.social Indie Writer, Ghost Writer, Retired Teacher, Empath and Tree Hugger living my best life in Florida.
Jeffery Berg @jdbrecords.bsky.social Poetry, Film, Books, Tunes.
First book of poems, RE-ANIMATOR, now available from Indolent Books.