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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
Ava Satani @avesatani.bsky.social Writer.
Jeannie (Jay) Marschall 🍇🫐🍏🍋🍊🍓 @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social Writer of mostly queer SFFH stories & poems | eco garden hag | they/any | outside foraging, inside with a story 🖋️📚 🧞🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧🇪🇺 | No genAI thieverubbish 🚯 📖 L&E&M with SHIRAKI PRESS 9/26 MORE 📚 → chillsubs.com/profile/jeannie Icon by @galacticjonah.bsky.social
Dani Ripley Indie Author @daniripleywrites.bsky.social Indie author and voracious reader. Images/text copyright Dani Ripley unless noted. DMs closed. Get everything here 👇 https://linktr.ee/daniripleywrites
Thomas Muller @thomasm-author.bsky.social Award winning writer of ten books, with FOSTER ROAD out now! Grab a copy on Amazon. Writes screenplays as well, and part of the duo that makes up Pindrop Entertainment (on YouTube). Fan of horror, thrillers, mystery and well-written comedy. No MAGA!
C.S. Fuqua @csfuqua.bsky.social Widowed, father, politically/socially progressive, author, musician, craftsman. I don't buy interviews or reviews. Thanks for following, but don't unfollow after I follow back. It's a dishonest way to gain followers. So don't. https://linktr.ee/csfuqua
Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social I film silly things, I fixed up a creepy old Victorian house, and now I’m getting the gothic horror novel published by Three Dragons Press, coming Fall 2026! Aspiring nepobaby. https://linktr.ee/mikemizov
Christina Kjarval @christinakjarval.bsky.social I write horror, science fiction, and fantasy when I’m not curating my personal natural history museum or studying plants. I read a lot, I ride a bike. No AI.
Twisted Tranquility Productions @twistedtranquility.bsky.social Production company that specializes in original audio drama's. Full content on Youtube, Spotify, and Apple podcast. https://linktr.ee/twistedtranquility
J. Neira - cozy horror author & slush reader @jneiraauthor.bsky.social Formerly a slush reader for Graveside Press Now a slush reader for Translunar Travelers Lounge Hispanic hicklib The Haunting of Lola Barrera coming soon!
Joey Webb Author @joeywebbauthor.bsky.social I'm a published author, film maker and actor. Est. MCMLXXX https://linktr.ee/authorjoeywebb
A. Watson @watson100.bsky.social Author of Suffering and Ecstasy: Nine Macabre Mementos Buy it here: https://a.co/d/8JvCerR
Lea Ryan @authorlearyan.bsky.social Bestselling author of gothic fantasy and horror, blogger, occasional podcaster and audiobook narrator, but mostly just cat servant.
Geoff Jones @geoffjones.bsky.social 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑬𝑹𝑽𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑶𝑭 𝑺𝑷𝑬𝑪𝑰𝑬𝑺 I - Rule of Extinction II - Struggle for Existence III - Beasts of Prey ‎ 4.2 ★★★★☆ (450+) ᴇʙᴏᴏᴋ | ᴋᴜ | ᴀᴜᴅɪᴏʙᴏᴏᴋ | ᴘᴀᴘᴇʀʙᴀᴄᴋ https://linktr.ee/geoffjoneswriter
CTPhipps @ctphipps.bsky.social Bestselling author of The Supervillainy Saga, Space Academy Dropouts, Cthulhu Armageddon, Futurepunk, and United States of Monsters. Pro-LGBTA and democracy. https://ctphipps.com/
Nick Akerman @nakerman.bsky.social 🎮 Author - Beyond Fear: Inside Action Horror Games 🤝 https://bit.ly/4r2Yk8U ✍️ Gaming | Sports writer
Alan Vincent Michaels @alanvmichaels.bsky.social #SFF Speculative fiction author & poet | SFWA & SFPA member | archaeohistorian | genealogist | photographer #Prompt host: #ScifaikuSaturday #SFStoryPrompt #Fantaiku (@Fantaiku.bsky.social) 🌐 https://alanmichaels.com | https://instagram.com/AlanVMichaels
A. Bastedo is trying, okay? @abastedo-writing.bsky.social * (he/him) * Published writer of horror and dark fiction * Human services worker * MFA Arcadia University * Reconciling Lutheran * Totally Not a Furry * Happily Married * Dad Living/Dad Dying * AI art doesn’t exist
nat weaver @weaver.wtf Author and editor. 📰 Weaver’s Deep Thoughts newsletter. 📚 Dark fiction author (horror, thriller, YA). 🏳️‍🌈 Genderqueer and bi (she/her/he/him). natweaverauthor.com
S.R. Gentry @badpilgrim.bsky.social Director, writer, Jungian therapist, cosmic horror enthusiast, theremin virtuoso, long distance walker, AI blocker, bad at lists
Katara Kamen @katarakamen.bsky.social Best-selling #author passionate about #fairytale retellings! Check out the Twisted Fairytales Collection! B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/KuroKoneko%20Kamen Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/KataraKamen DMs r off
Tammy Komoff @tammykomoff.bsky.social Horror/Fantasy writer. Mom of two semi-feral girls and a pack of mutts. Follow for books, short stories & random things I find interesting. Work in LCRW, Uncharted, Abyss & Apex Member of HWA, Codex, SFWA Eugie Award Finalist tammykomoff.com #writer
Alex Bledsoe @alexbledsoe.bsky.social TN writer now in WI. Author of THE HUM AND THE SHIVER, THE GIRLS WITH GAMES OF BLOOD and other oddly-titled novels. Father, husband, pet dad, ally to all LGBTQ+. Website: alexbledsoe.com
Nash @ericnash.bsky.social Writer. (he/him) #Gothic, #ghosts, body and folk #horror are my bag. Words in Dark Moon Books, CreepyPod, Coffin Bell Journal, and others. CORPSE ROAD BLUES out now! 📚🩸📚💙 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ https://linktr.ee/eric_nash
Derek Faulkner @derekfaulkner.bsky.social My name is DEREK but I'm a girl (Please, blame my parents :'D ) Introvert | Bookworm | Aspiring Writer✍️📖 | Passionate about manga & anime 🎌 | Exploring new worlds, one page at a time
Matthew R. Davis @mxrxdx.bsky.social Shirley Jackson Award-nominated horror author. Obscure musician. Partner of Red Wallflower.
Ken Stark @kenstark.bsky.social Multi-award-winning horror writer, questionable painter, unapologetic nerd, and committed beer enthusiast. 🇨🇦 #UBCP/ACTRA https://kenstark.ca
Taylor Z. Adams @tayloradamsbooks.bsky.social she/they | transbian | horror author | toledo, oh mentally ill and writing about it aggressively gay https://taylorzadams.com
Allan Fisher @realallanfisher.bsky.social 🇨🇦Author based in Toronto with my wife, three adult children & many pets. Amazon: https://amazon.com/author/allanfisher Website: https://shorturl.at/NUcjY Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/allanfisher
Iain CM Gray @iaincmgray.bsky.social Writer of stuff, player of music, reader of classics and zombie books. Family, cat and cigar lover. In recovery from drug and alcohol addictions. Find my books on Amazon or iaincmgray.com Find my music on YouTube @The Broadband Busker #Arsenal #Morton
Polly Schattel @pollyschattel.bsky.social Writer • Filmmaker • Partner • Parent • 🏳️‍⚧️ • THE OCCULTISTS • SHADOWDAYS • 8:59:29 • CRATER GIRL • Books, woods, guitars, critters & coffee • Trans rights = Human rights • AVL • I follow writers • Fix your hearts or die pollyschattel.com
Marié Rojas Tamayo @mariewriter1963.bsky.social Published writer, more than 30 books 📚 🖋️ 🔮 Mother of two illustrators. Kid's books, speculative fiction, sci-fi, haunted houses, paranormal, fantasy, poetry, cats. Not looking for agents! #writer #writingcommunity #author #kidsbooks #specfic #book #books
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.
K. Bengston | Horror Author @jackalopehouse.com Horror author of books The Boatman, Mother Dauber, and MOTHMAN Proudly Presents 🤘
J.P. Jackson @jpjacksonauthor.bsky.social Award winning author of Dark LGBTQ Urban Fantasy, MM Paranormal, and Queer Horror. Book reviewer. Proofread Editor. Sensitivity Reader. https://www.amazon.ca/J-P-Jackson/e/B073V799CZ/
Connor Heumiller (he/him) @connorwriteshorror.bsky.social Author of queer horror that gives voice to the voiceless and then turns those voices into screams of terror. Find all my books and other socials here: https://linktr.ee/connorwriteshorror No AI. Ever.
Ayameee @aayame01011.bsky.social Cause life imitates Art *^_^*
Ronald McGillvray @ronaldmcgillvray.bsky.social A Writer of Horror, the Strange and the Mysterious.
D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social lit horror author Winner of the 2025 NYC Midnight Short Story Contest and 2025 NYC Midnight Scary Story Challenge HWA/SFWA https://www.nycmidnight.com/stories/when-dragons-do-laundry
Lamont A. Turner @lamontaturner.bsky.social Writer
Frank Cavallo @fjcavallo.bsky.social Writer of horror and weird fiction. Criminal Defense Attorney. No politics, please. www.frankcavallo.com
GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com A UK-based literary magazine dedicated to dark & unconventional storytelling & poetry, centred on its quarterly digital anthologies. Prose and poetry submissions open for our Deep Roots anthology on Thursday 1 October.
Tony Travis @tonytravis.com Tony is an award-winning author, SFWA member, and lives with his dachshund poodle. He writes in the general style of the 1960's with a few modern touches. He is a fan of Star Trek, Battlestar, and Dune. "Our search for truth is why we are alive."
Mark Allen, Horrorwriter @horrorwriter61.bsky.social Indie horror novelist in Northwest WA state. Retired screenwriter. Retired USN (1980-2001). Proud #HWA and Authors Guild. Cancer survivor, stroke survivor. I can't die yet-- I have too many books to write.
Mike Davis Writes @mikedaviswrites.bsky.social www.MikeDavisWrites.net Published author of short stories. My first novel - BENEVOLENCE, an Urban Fantasy (Highlander x American Gods) will be published by Foundations Books A serial wanderer, trying out “Retirement” in Costa Rica.
Andrew Robertson @andrewawesome.bsky.social 💀 Queer. Horror Writer and Micro-Reviews. Bass for The Blackouts. 💀 My novella, Pressed, and my solo collection, InhuMANities, are available now!
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
Aron Silver @aronsilver.com Author of Mrs. Cleyton & Child of the Moon. Psychological thrillers/horror mystery set in Scotland and the South of England.
Michael barron @barronauthor.bsky.social (he/him) Librarian - Writes Comics - "The Secret Lives of Demon Hunters" - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/secret-lives-hunters/the-secret-lives-of-demon-hunters-a-24-page-horror-comic
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.
Jonny Ward @jonnywardhorror.bsky.social Horror Author of The Dummy Host of The Nerdyverse of Madness Podcast (on hiatus) Love storytelling in all its forms
Queen Anna V 👑 🫜🫜 @annavernerauthor.bsky.social Loves reading and writing Fantasy, Sci-fi, Horror, Spicy. 📚 ⚔ 🚀 👻 🌶 🔥 Sometimes NSFW 🔞 45+ These are my Friends 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ NO AI https://anna-verner.itch.io/
J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com “Bullies need victims. But victims don’t need bullies.” —A.R. Moxon 🇺🇸🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 Wizard of the Wavering Place @s8cpublications.northsky.social Anti-Gen AI Trans & Women’s Rights Are Human Rights Author of Horror & SF, HWA https://linktr.ee/JD.Buffington
Frank Morelli @frankmorelli.bsky.social author • gardener • hockey goon Author of middle grade and young adult literature - Breaking News (Fitzroy Books), No Sad Songs & On the Way to Birdland (FOW Books)
Natalie G. Bergman Author @nataliebergman.bsky.social 📚 Author — Pearl Bound (gothic sapphic horror). #HWA member 🎬 Screenwriter — Says Simon, Angels of War, Exposed etc 🔗 https://linktr.ee/nataliegbergman 🔗 amazon.com/author/ngbergman 🔗On Goodreads (https://bit.ly/4oIpLni) www.nataliebergman.com
Matt Farley, Writer @mattfarley.bsky.social Writer and dad. Discussing movies, games, and books. He/him. Pre-order my upcoming mystery/horror novel, The Last Beacon, coming soon from Inkshares. https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-last-beacon
Marek Bidwell @marekbidwell.bsky.social Book: #SkyeLine Backpacking the Original Skye Trail Nature | Wild camping | Northumberland | Cumbria | Scotland Read about my outdoor adventures on Substack at https://substack.com/search/marekbidwell Freelance Environmental Consultant. IEMA Fellow
Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc Nature, climate, people. Prof at Cambridge. https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain (2022), & Who Owns England? (2019). Forthcoming: The Ghosts of Chalk Country (2027). Agent: @jmlockhart.bsky.social
Ash Routen @ashrouten.com Adventure journalist and editor of 'At the Edge of the Map', covering expeditions and adventure globally. By-lines include ExWeb, Nat Geo, Sidetracked, and Outside. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and The Explorers Club. ashrouten.com
Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social Outdoor writer & photographer, passionate about wild places, long distance walking, & rewilding. https://www.christownsendoutdoors.com
Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social Associate Prof @UoBrisEnglish 🏳️‍🌈 A FLAT PLACE (Hamish Hamilton/MHP 2023) HARD LANGUAGE (OUP 2022) 🐨 AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker 🐈‍⬛ rep: @mfredturner
Dara McAnulty @naturalistdara.bsky.social 20 ~ autistic ~ award winning author of ‘Diary of a Young Naturalist’ and the ‘Wild Child’ series ~ Nature Nerd and biology student ~ University of Cambridge. He/him 📍Co Down / Cambridge https://daramcanulty.com/
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social Co-director of Right to Roam 🥾 Co-editor of WILD SERVICE: Why Nature Needs You 🌿 https://linktr.ee/jonathanmoses
Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social Journalist, travel writer, author 📖 Small Earthquakes (BGTW Travel Narrative Book of the Year 2025), Crossed Off the Map ✍🏽 BBC Travel, National Geographic Traveller, Wanderlust, Geographical 🌎 Latin America / Ex-porteño https://linktr.ee/ShafikMeghji
Nicola Pitchford @npitchford.bsky.social Immigrant. Winner of the inaugural Nature Chronicles Prize (2022). She/her. In Northern California on unceded Coast Miwok land.
James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social Naturalist, ecologist, writer. “How pleasant it would be each day to think, Today I have done something that will render future generations more happy." Richard Jefferies, 1883. Location: east Northamptonshire, UK.
Tim Hannigan @timhannigan.bsky.social Writer from Cornwall: #TheGraniteKingdom, #TheTravelWritingTribe, #ThePathlessLand (forthcoming), Indonesian history; academic stuff on travel writing. Teaches Writing & Literature at ATU Sligo.
Phoebe 'Wander Woman' Smith @phoebesmith.bsky.social Adventurer; #WanderWoman Podcast host; Travel writer/presenter/photographer; author Wayfarer et al; @calm storyteller; co-founder #WeTwo Foundation
Stuart Kenny @stuart-kenny.com Scottish outdoor travel writer 🌲 ✏️: The Guardian, BBC etc.
Kirsten Henton @kirstenjh.bsky.social Edinburger • Weather2Travel editor & travel writer • Words in The Sunday Times, BBC, JRNY, Scotland Mag etc • History, nature, watersports, lover of the great outdoors 🌍
Dan Richards @danzep.bsky.social Writer & Broadcaster – Edinburgh 📚 Holloway • The Beechwood Airship Interviews • Climbing Days • Outpost • Overnight // 📻 Only After Dark / The Bare Necessities – BBC R4 👉 https://www.danrichards.uk/ 👈
Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com Ey up 👋 I’m a #writer and #walker from Yorkshire, living in That London. I write a Substack where I share stories, interviews and writing prompts that explore the places where walking and writing meet. Fancy joining in? https://thewriterswalk.com
Mark Horrell @markhorrell.bsky.social Indie author & mountaineering writer | Bit of a mountain history geek | Baldest digital comms professional to climb Everest (probably) | Occasionally frivolous
Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social Irish ornithologist & wildlife sound recordist. http://www.irishwildlifesounds.com/ Using bird sound as a tool to spread love for Irish nature. Albums: -Wild Silence -Hope Book: Nature Boy (Irish biography of the year 2024) Doc: Birdsong
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
The Detour Effect @thedetoureffect.bsky.social Hiking the world 🥾 Living nomadically 🛻 Blogging about it 📝 Saunterer/Sainte-Terrer/Sans Terre. Recent Detours: Greenland, Kyrgyzstan, Romania TheDetourEffect.com || thedetoureffect.com/linktree
Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social Writer, Editor, Guardian Country Diarist. Author of LAND BENEATH THE WAVES (one of BBC Wildlife Best Books of 2025): https://shorturl.at/PFJPF MA, PGCE, FBNA, Patron #JohnClare Countryside, Trustee of British Naturalists' Assoc. Rep: Joanna Swainson
Matt Gaw @mattgaw.bsky.social Writer. Books: In All Weathers, The Pull of the River, Under the Stars (all with @eandtbooks). Posting #writingeveryday
ROB COWEN @robcowen.bsky.social Author of THE NORTH ROAD (2025) // COMMON GROUND (2015) // THE HEEDING (2021) // and others... Writer // journalist // poet
Lewis Winks @lewis-winks.bsky.social Researcher, writer and campaigner with Right to Roam; social and cultural geography; environmental social science; campaigning to defend the right to wild camp on Dartmoor. Devon based.
Dr Anita Sethi 🍃📚 @anitasethi.bsky.social writer, journalist & broadcaster 📝 Author, I BELONG HERE (“a thing of beauty” - Sunday Times). Winner, Books Are My Bag Award, nominated Wainwright 🏆for Nature Writing, Great Outdoors Award, RSL Ondaatje. Mancunian 🐝 anitasethi.com
John Manning @johnmanningpct.bsky.social Outdoor writer and editor, long distance walker (kinda), father, Beach Boys nut and Whovian (kinda).
James Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social New book The Place of Tides (Allen Lane) now in all good bookshops
Jini Reddy @jinireddy.bsky.social Writer of books & features. WANDERLAND (Bloomsbury) shortlisted for Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year& Wainwright Prize. Royal Literary Fund Advisory Fellow/ @DHHLiterary www.jinireddy.co.uk
Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social Guardian Natural History Writer, author of The Swimmer – the Wild Life of Roger Deakin, Wild Child, Islander, Badgerlands, The Butterfly Isles and a few others. President of Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Special interests: butterflies, trees, restoring nature.
Rebecca Smith @rebeccasmithauthor.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Rural: The Lives of the Working-Class Countryside out now. Published by William Collins Beckcsmith.com
Ari Schneider @arischneider.bsky.social Senior Writer, Mountain Gazette Vermont raised, Colorado based Also in Wash Post, NYT, The Guardian, etc. Mostly investigative and narrative journalism about environmental issues, tech, criminal justice, sports.
Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social Author + campaigner for gender equality and safety in public space + post-war graphics + other stuff. Rants about stately homes here: https://susannahwalker.substack.com Co-founder of @makespaceforgirls and formerly @QuadRoyal
Alastair Humphreys @alastairhumphreys.bsky.social Living adventurously, writing books. www.alastairhumphreys.com
David Cooper @drdavidcooper.bsky.social Literary geographer writing about writing about place. Co-Director of the Centre for Place Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Jon Sparks @jonsparksauthor.bsky.social After more than 30 years, and 60 books, as an outdoor writer and photographer, I’m now fully focused on fiction with the Shattered Moon series. AI-free (and I mean free).
Richard Franks | Travel Writer @richardfranks.co.uk Award-winning travel writer and journalist specialising in Scotland, Birmingham, adventure travel and music. Words for BBC, Nat Geo, Telegraph, Independent, Rough Guides & others. Takes photos too. hello@richardfranks.co.uk www.richardfranks.co.uk
Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland) @featherytravels.bsky.social Hiking/travel writer ◦ Inner Hebrides, Loch Lomond & the Trossachs, Iceland ◦ living in Port Ellen, Islay. Books in this link ⬇️ linktr.ee/katiefeatherstone
Michelle P @snowangelmrsp.bsky.social Craft, book lover, nature photography, wildlife & music. Cat lady! Cancer survivor, hydrotherapy keeps me sane! Happily married. Mum to Bertie cat. Live in my beloved Scotland in the Highlands & I love snow! https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SnowangelMakes
Mike @codingmarine.com 🇺🇸 US Marine Veteran 📓 My Portfolio: https://www.codingmarine.com/ ------ 📱 My Apps: 1. Dont Forget The Spoon (Hiking/Backpacking): https://dontforgetthespoon.com/ 2. Travel Bingo: https://www.vaygobingo.com