Joshua Blackwood
Horror novelist and curator of ghosts and other specters. 🌲PNW🌲🏳️🌈 Tell your dog I said hi.
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@gregdcurrent.bsky.social
I currently reside in the Pacific Northwest. Follow me on my website: www.gregorydcurrent.com and Substack: gregorydcurrent.substack.com where I speak to what inspires us and the books associated with my science fiction series called, The Sy'Arrian Legacy.
@timwolffauthor.bsky.social
Author of Legacy of Boulom trilogy and The Whisper that Replaced God novella. Partnered with Willow Wraith Press. All books can be found at https://linktr.ee/timwolffauthor?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=9e22841b-0bb2-4406-a88e-f5ae3dae4738
@rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social
⋆Queer Southern Novelist 🌿 ⋆✒️WTMP & 🩵 SmoochPit Mentor 2024 ⋆Rep: @abuckslater.bsky.social @ SJGA ⋆Grad Student/Them in STEM ♿ 🌈⚕️ https://linktr.ee/RowanBrightonBrown
@lilo.bsky.social
Dog ︱ Four legs ︱ Squirrel chaser ︱ Nap pro A corgi dog surviving cancer enjoying life one walk at a time. I enjoy boops and extra treats ❤️ These paws have a passion for graphic design… so get ready! instagram.com/lilothewelshcorgi
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
Horror Author. 3x Bram Stoker Award Winner. Lambda Literary Award Winner. Potato Chip Connoisseur.
@matthewkingart.bsky.social
Artist writing a horror book, 🏳️🌈LGBTQ+ friendly! likes Character design, Game Dev, Reading, DDR, The FGC, EVO, Baki, Capcom, SNK, Cooking, Pro Wrestling, Raccoons, Tokusatsu, The 90's, Board Games & Sharpies!
@hillaryleftwich.bsky.social
Author of Saint Dymphna’s Playbook (Limit Zero, 2025) Aura, & Ghosts Are Just Strangers Who Know How to Knock. Owner at Alchemy Author Services & Writing Workshop. Pro Tarot Reader. Death Worker. Speaks with the dead. www.hillaryleftwich.com
@unicornriot.bsky.social
Official Account ~ UR is a decentralized nonprofit media org reporting underrepresented stories and shedding light on alternative perspectives and systems. linktr.ee/unicornriot
@mcmanlypants.bsky.social
I write queer horror & sci fi. Gay, Appalachian native, infosec professional, 2020 Manly Wade Wellman winner, co-host of Arcane Carolinas. He/him. michaelgwilliamsbooks.com #BlackLivesMatter #TransLivesMatter #SFWA #HWA #LGBTQ
@gravesidepress.bsky.social
A small horror press who thinks everyone should be given a fair chance to be published. Managed by GSP Managing Editor Kell @graveyardgames
@drewsof.bsky.social
he/him writer bookstore manager, Rough Draft Bar & Books podcasts editor at Literary Hub & host of The Lit Hub Podcast head full of pumpkins www.drewbroussard.com
@wordhorde.bsky.social
A publisher of award-winning horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Find us at www.wordhorde.com
@williamjadams3.bsky.social
Sci-fi/Fantasy writer willowwraithpress.com The Tenacious Tale of Tanna the Tendersword (MG fantasy, SPFBOX finalist!!), The Godsblood Tragedy (adult dark fantasy) Reviewer at FanFiAddict.com Father, Ace, he/him https://linktr.ee/williamjadams3
@tundraswanpress.bsky.social
A micropress offering dark fiction. Woman-veteran owned & operated. www.tundraswanpress.com
@cultureshockpdxbar.bsky.social
A queer hip-hop bar in the making with merch for the factor of what queer people really want to say how we feel and funny and sassy as well https://gofund.me/2da76349 to help build funding. www.cultureshockpdx.com IG:cultureshock_pdx #blackgaysky #queer
@pvdhorror.bsky.social
Big terror in a small state. Horror fiends hailing out of Rhode Island.
@cottageinwood.bsky.social
🌙 Joel — a reviewer, poet, artist, and Forest Monster from Wellington, Aotearoa NZ (he/him) Poetry reader for Folly Journal. Published poems featured in Takahē, Poetry NZ, Turbine, Tarot, The Spinoff, & more. Forthcoming poetry in Stone Circle.
@folklorereview.bsky.social
Folklore Review is a literary magazine for magic enthusiasts. We love unique works born from magic, myths, and legends. The weirder, the better. https://www.folklorereview.com/submit
@solarpunklitmag.bsky.social
A bimonthly online publication of radically hopeful science fiction and fantasy. https://linktr.ee/solarpunkmagazine
@markusredmond.bsky.social
Novelist. Rep’d by Jennifer Chevais at The Rights Factory. BLOOD SLAVES, Volume 1 of The Blood Saga (Dafina/Kensington, July 29, 2025) Enter the giveaway: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/411556-blood-slaves
@christopherrippee.bsky.social
Author, Social Worker, Anti-Fascist Meat Bag Screaming into the Void Rep: Jennifer Chevais
@nighttidemag.bsky.social
Horror Magazine feat. fresh & diverse voices in genre journalism, covering film, TV, literature, podcasts, academia & events. EIC @momoshaty.bsky.social for Mourning Manor Media https://nighttidemag.com/
@darkswarmpub.bsky.social
Indie Horror Press. Both English and German translations. Starting soon. Editing services and Translation imprints. Based in Austria, America and England.
@cosmicgrindhouse.bsky.social
🎥 writer & director | ✨nova film company | 📽️ programmer | 🎞️ cult film and tv, horror, dark fantasy, the x-files, doctor who, folk horror, coffee, photography |📍northerner in bristol, bath + LDN 🔗 Instagram.com/lewiscarrofficial 🔗 https://boxd.it/30H6z
@libro.fm
🎧 The audiobook company that shares profits with independent bookshops 💗 Social Purpose Corp 🔗 Shop, sign up, find bookshops, & more: www.libro.fm
@whereiseileen.bsky.social
• Illustrator • Owner of The Little Mandarin in East London • http://eileenkaihingkwan.co.uk eileenkhkwan@hotmail.com
@jerryroth.bsky.social
Author of the horror novel “Bottom Feeders”, the thriller “On the Tip of Her Tongue”, and “Throwing Shadows: A Dark Collection”. More to come!
@jennaschmenna.bsky.social
Author of MADE FOR YOU, out now, THE NEW YEAR'S PARTY (Nov 2025) and BEACH BODIES (PRH UK, summer 2025)/ A KILLER GETAWAY (Sourcebooks) under pen name Sienna Sharpe. Literary Agent at Storm Literary. Tenacious.
@robertgarcia.bsky.social
Congressman, former Mayor of Long Beach, educator, comic nerd, urbanist, progressive & proud American 🏳️🌈
@spiritbored.bsky.social
author of HERE LIES A VENGEFUL BITCH 🍂🪦💋 (out now!) and BODY COUNT 🍬🎡🔪 (coming june 2026)
@dreadfullyqueer.bsky.social
They/them 👻 Avid connoisseur of queer horror 🏳️⚧️ Organizer of the Dreadfully Queer Book Club in Salem, MA 📍 WIP: A weird, sapphic supernatural novella 👁️
@elliottgish.bsky.social
TT, LL. Writer, librarian, too many freckles, not enough sleep. Debut novel GREY DOG available now. She/her. https://linktr.ee/elliottgish
@violetjmcmaster.bsky.social
Bookseller & Events Coordinator @ Big Blue Marble Bookstore Reviewer @inavioletnature (IG) & @violetjamesmcmaster on Substack https://linktr.ee/violetjamesmcmaster
@aquinoauthor.bsky.social
Degenerate Queer Poly Punk Weirdo who writes Existentialist Horror, love my Pug and The Celtics, and my partners (in that order (?) )
@allisonmick.bsky.social
fart noise maker (mouth and butt) HUMBOLDT CUT 🌲🪓 out in 2026 horror/comedy/animation writer. she/they making sicko shit. Books repped by JJBaker at BLM Agency Anim repped by SamGoff at Fourth Wall Mgmt allison-mick.com
@ericawatersbooks.bsky.social
Author of queer Southern horror, Bram Stoker winner, New England transplant. Latest: ALL THAT CONSUMES US. Rep: Lauren Spieller/Folio they/she ericawaters.com
@emroy.bsky.social
writer of weird things. 25. maine. she/they. queer. and other words. 🍂 LET THE WOODS KEEP OUR BODIES (10.10.23, Ghoulish Books) 🍂
@daphnefama.bsky.social
The awkward goth that used to sit in the back of your class. Repped by Dorian Maffe. House of Monstrous Women (August 12). ✨ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207767929-house-of-monstrous-women
@peculiaritea.bsky.social
NYT bestselling Allston rat/author | MY DEAREST DARKEST, THIS DELICIOUS DEATH, and PRACTICAL RULES FOR CURSED WITCHES | they/she | opinions are my own
@lphernandez.bsky.social
Horror author. Active HWA. MBA. Air Force officer. Publisher. Co-owner of Sobelo Books. Metalhead. Robust. Enchanting. Read me in Cemetery Gates, Dark Matter, a truck stop between Lubbock and Amarillo. Client of Becky LeJeune. Punch Nazis. I love you.
@tanyapell.bsky.social
📚author💀HWA😴 narcolepsy 🩷💜💙she/her. 👀 (Gallery, ‘26) HER WICKED ROOTS (Gallery, ‘25) CICADA (Shortwave, ‘24) Rep’d by Marcy Posner @ Folio & Folio Jr. Film rep Rich Green
@tamarajeree.com
indie author of lesbian paranormal romance & gothic horror | bookseller by day | represented by Bethany Weaver | www.tamarajeree.com | they/them art by @northyme.com
@xghorror.bsky.social
nyc media personality. scary movie sista 🤘🏽| Blerdy Massacre Pod 🎙️| words: AFROPUNK, Dread Central, Horror Press LLC + more |🍅-approved | ✉️: xghorror@gmail.com
@ardenpowell.bsky.social
Queer SFF author + artist, they/them 🇨🇦 Flos Magicae, The Carnelian King, Faerie Hounds, The Bayou. March 2025: Flesh & Bone Patreon: https://patreon.com/ArdenPowell Site: https://ardenpowell.mailerpage.io Newsletter: http://subscribepage.io/ardenpowell
@jennykiefer.com
Horror writer and owner of Butcher Cabin Books in Louisville, Kentucky. Author of THIS WRETCHED VALLEY & CRAFTING FOR SINNERS (Oct 25). Bram Stoker Nominee. Fuck fascists & AI
@gaylydreadful.bsky.social
🍅 approved critic. Cohost Dread Central's Rondo Award-nominated Scarred for Life Podcast. Contributor to Second Sight and Vinegar Syndrome Blu Ray Releases. Owner Gayly Dreadful. GALECA member. He/Him. Omaha based.
@anovelescape.bsky.social
Shirley Jackon Award-nom author of BOUND FEET (CGM), IT'S ONLY A GAME (Bloomsbury), and DEMON SONG (Titan '25). Stories/essays in Clarkesworld, Apex, PseudoPod, & more. Rep'd by Jen Azantian. She/her. www.kelseayu.com