Hard Return
Personal and book review blog.
A one-woman book club.
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@toomuchbrudders.bsky.social
Happily retired. Voracious reader (mostly Folio Society editions), family-tree researcher, TooMuchBrudders.com family blogger. Married to 5th generation farmer. My grandson calls me Goose. ๐๐โ๏ธ
@libro.fm
๐ง The audiobook company that shares profits with independent bookshops ๐ Social Purpose Corp ๐ Shop, sign up, find bookshops, & more: www.libro.fm
@roxanegay.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@librarymary.bsky.social
She/her, Reader, Dog Person, School Librarian, LFL Steward, Pop Culture curious, Consistently inconsistent Also on ๐ฉ๏ธ
@builtbybittle.bsky.social
Walnut Dice Daggers Restocked! https://ko-fi.com/builtbybittle
@littlehux.bsky.social
hello I am here too now. writing fantasy kidlit and swoony romcoms. queer disabled joy always. โพ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐โฟ๏ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ Make You Mine This Christmas, Under the Mistletoe With You, Hits Different & the Vivi Conway series they/them and mayhem www.lizziehuxleyjones.com
@hannahlock.bsky.social
Illustrator. Chaotic Egg. Clients include NYT, Bronte Parsonage Museum, Mother Jones and Politico.
@kevin-gallant.bsky.social
Canadian Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. ๐ก๐ก๐ฎโจ๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธ https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9 Singer for Violet Outburst ๐ธ๐ค https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf4w9Ze38rLniADBEGKSp?si=AcWduGX
@vcyarr.bsky.social
Unapologetically "Ambiguously Brown" ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐๐ writing my debut fantasy novel ๐ MCAD comic art alum โ18 -uses degree to just doodle ocs โ ๏ธ Freedom for all ๐ต๐ธ๐จ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ท๐บ๐ฆ
@xiranjayzhao.bsky.social
#1 New-York-Times-Disqualified & Hugo-Award-disqualified author of IRON WIDOW and ZACHARY YING AND THE DRAGON EMPEROR (They/Them)
@ingloriousgigi.bsky.social
Call me Gigi! (they/them) ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Best selling author of diverse LGBTQ+ romance books and episodic serials. I also publish dark romance and paranormal romance books as Jasper Hyde. ๐ADULTS ONLY! https://tinyurl.com/ypee4v36
@earthtokb.bsky.social
they/them | 2023 NEA fellow | author of 3 books โ my latest is PRETTY | repโd by Annie DeWitt & The Shipman Agency https://earthtokb.com/
@cozydubois.bsky.social
Author of sweet and spicy adult romance for radical dreamers and queer disasters. ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐๐ They/them https://www.cozydubois.com/
@brynswriting.bsky.social
Author of YA LGBT Fantasy Song of the Dark Servant of Fear out 3/10/25 ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ฉท๐๐ they/them
@ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social
#1 bestselling author, trans autistic monster boy โข HELL FOLLOWED WITH US โข up next: YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN (Sept 9) โข he/him โข andrewjosephwhite.com โข mostly crossposting
@queerenigma.com
author of gay fantasy webserials. I have opinions about elves, holmes, & byronic heroes. current serial: FRACTURED MAGIC em or emeric || he/him ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ || twin cities https://www queerenigma.com
@cknightwrites.bsky.social
Editor / Author / Gamer / Narrative Designer / N7 ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐จโ๐ฆฝ๐ชถโก๏ธ๐ต๐ธ ๐๐ดโโ ๏ธ TEMPEST, TAKE ME HOME out now! buttpirates.carrd.co All links ๐๐ผ cknightwrites.carrd.co
@charliejane.bsky.social
Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (Tor Books, 2025), about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic โย and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. SFF book critic @WashingtonPost.com. Co-host @ouropinions.bsky.social.
@lmjuniper.bsky.social
He/They Trans writer of sapphic romantasy & queer post-apocalypse with a lot of zombies and a lot of heart. HOW WE END ๐งโโ๏ธ is available โฌ๏ธ ๐ Married to Neve Gallus. ๐๐ https://1link.st/lmjuniper
@jrdawson.bsky.social
She/They. The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World (Tor, 2025). The First Bright Thing (Tor, 2023). Goldie award winner. โก๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jrdawsonwriter Rep: Stevie Finegan
@linnfoster.com
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Trans, nonbinary, queer, 30s. (THEY/THEM) ๐ Indie fantasy, sci-fi, & romance author, poet. ๐จ Casual artist, equally casual gamer. ๐บ Might be a werewolf. ๐ Obsessed with the band Ghost. ๐ http://linnfoster.com ๐ Art credits: http://linnfoster.com/credits/
@blueeyedbeta.bsky.social
30+. Artist and gamer. Very disabled. Autistic migraine sufferer (among others) He/him pan but homo-leaning demiromantic transmasc with two service dogs and a cat. https://ko-fi.com/blueeyedbetaart
@fiversdream.bsky.social
disabled deafblind writer, editor and reviewer, he/it/she, 29, transmasc genderqueer anarcho-communist feminist, chaos gremlin. 18+ only, please. icon by @papayaOLP! https://linktr.ee/elliottdunstan
@ashthestampede.bsky.social
Social justice bard and "avowed asexual", former TTRPG designer, and queer romance author writing trans stories. ashkreider.com https://ko-fi.com/akreider #WritingCommunity #QueerWriter
@hellostarshine.bsky.social
๐ 33. he/him. m/m (dark) erotica. big awful meanie and kinky freak. don't like, don't read. #hssthreadfic no minors, no ai, no soliciting. Sorry I Kissed Your Dad! out now: https://hellostarshine.carrd.co/#sikyd ๐27/01/20 ๐ช 13/09/21 ๐
@thornyfilth.bsky.social
thorney if you're nasty. 30+ transmasc writer of filth & fuckery. boypussy enthusiast. mean DILF connoisseur. ๐ frequently nsfw site: https://thornyfilth.carrd.co/ pfp by: @wolfehorror.itch.io also writing monsterfucking at @porterotica.bsky.social
@greethewriter.bsky.social
Game designer, writer, and world-builder. Lead Writer at Ultima Studios. Creator of the Bloodied Rose: Verses of Midnight setting. Commissionable and hireable editor. 30, he/they, agender. Proud Eastern European, green anarchist coalitionist.
@iwriterobots.com
I'm here to kiss robots and make Magic: the Gathering Video Essays. Vorthos, Sci-Fi Writer, Trans person in Magic Pfp by @amkitani [he/they/any]๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Find my work at: https://linktr.ee/iwriterobots Business: motherhenn.tales@gmail.com
@cozywitch.bsky.social
Author of SAILS OF BLACK AND BLOOD: THE REVENGE OF CAPTAIN VESSIA, out NOW! Punk witch of a trans lady. Librarian. Autistic. I write murder gays on boats. Unceded Mi'kma'ki. She/her |๐| linktr.ee/leslieiswriting
@whirloglyphics.bsky.social
Book Reviewer | Book Blogger | Writer | Artist | Editor | They/ He | ๐๐ป๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | 18+ only Reads: Mostly BIPOC authors- all genres BSc: Natural Resources- Conservation Rangeland Ecology BSc: Sustainability Oregon State University Alum
@drakochan.bsky.social
30s. Nonbinary, queer af, Transmasc. They/He. Cat Parent. Gamer. Writer. CO born & raised. Obsessed with FFXIV. ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ minors/terfs unwelcome. No AI ๐ซ. Leftist. Probably NSFW ๐. FFXIV @DrakoXIV pfp https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/1855819
@shrikepublishing.com
Author of #EraofSilence, designer of furious tabletop RPGs, nightmare girl. The views expressed here absolutely reflect the views of Shrike Publishing. Go to hell. โฅ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ linktr.ee/shrikepublishing shrikepublishing@gmail.com
@chumboy.bsky.social
Transmitting the only thoughts I can Horror & Speculative Fiction โข Historian โข NYC Editor of Writer's RedEye subscribepage.io/zKlXnV ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐| IG : chumboy.charlie| he/him
@astramachina.bsky.social
I write stuff. Sometimes books, sometimes plays, almost always of the horror variety. [๐ต๐ทโ๐ฝ/๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ/๐ณ๏ธโ๐] โข They/He โข Here there be geekery. ๐น https://astramachina.neocities.org/
@moosenetz.bsky.social
MG and YA author. They took the boy out of the trailer park and now there's a trailer park rolling through NYC. Frightens children.
@tinyawoo.bsky.social
* Lucian! (They/Them) * Furry * Writer/Published Author * Werewolf * Obsessed with Visual Kei and My Chemical Romance * Lover of all things spooky and horror * ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ * Will not shut up about Magic the Gathering * http://lucianclark.com <-- support my writing!
@tjalexandernyc.bsky.social
they/them. Bestselling author of ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ romances. A GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN out now. In 2026: A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS (spring), LOVE AND LAKE MONSTERS (fall). Rep: Larissa Melo Pienkowski @ Azantian Literary Agency https://tjalexander.carrd.co
@okwrites.bsky.social
He/Him/They/Them Author! Fantasy and Comic Writer. LGBTQ+, disabled, neurospicy, and proud. Vive le resistance.
@jenncraftfantasy.bsky.social
Aspiring trans lesbian Fantasy/SciFi author I also write erotica! She/Her Gamer, nerd, cat lover, lover of dark stories laced with hopeful messages. Harry Potter fans blocked on sight Current project: Shattered Sun, a standalone dark YA fantasy novel
@casperfalls.bsky.social
Transmasc story ghost ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ป Disabled. auDHD. Polyam Bi. Passionate about disability justice & intersectionality. 31. No AI Poetry: SURVIVAL & OTHER SURPRISES Stories: ARTIFICE & ACCESS, REVERENT www.linktr.ee/casperfalls Pfp: https://werewolfprez.carrd.co/
@socallahanauthor.bsky.social
๐ Reader || Writer || Baker || Cat Mama ๐พ ๐ Author of Fella Enchanted + Fella Ever After โจCo-author of Fae & Human Relations Series
@kayworx.bsky.social
South African queer comic creator and author. ๐ฟ๐ฆ Current fixations: bird watching He/They ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ https://www.kayworx.com https://kay-claire.carrd.co/