Queen of Grimdark
Author of critically acclaimed grimdark epic fantasy novels, THE COURT OF BROKEN KNIVES, THE TOWER OF LIVING AND DYING, THE HOUSE OF SACRIFICE, A WOMAN OF THE SWORD. A SWORD OF BRONZE AND ASHES out now. PhD, ASD, dyslxic, dyspraxic.
@heatherlincoln.bsky.social
Business & Education Librarian at Imperial College. Helps out at the LILAC conference @lilacconf.bsky.social.
@darransf.bsky.social
Self published author. Fantasy, SciFi, Horror. Love mountains, space, food, animals. Humanist. ADHD wonder junkie. Atheist cancer survivor. Straight Edge. Kitchen legend and trophy husband.
@sfsignal.bsky.social
3-time Hugo Award-winning SF/F/H blog. 🚀🚀Best Fanzine + 🚀Best Fancast = Awww yeah. Mmm...bagels...
@juliarez.placid.horse
Queer SF writer / Girl techno DJ / thing builder / music botherer / femme unix top. she/her/root. Acceptable collateral damage. BFS award winner, weirdly enough.
@rozc.bsky.social
Writer, editor, farmer, retreat host with the most ghosts. Living with chronic pain and fatigue but would still ride naked into battle for Michael Sheen. Zora_db on xitter, Zora-db on tumblr she/they
@krgreen.bsky.social
🏳️🌈Creative Writer & Educator (MSc) for driven seekers. 🔥Merging science, wellbeing, & spirit to reinvent ourselves. 💚Mermaid+Muse: Brielleohelle.bsky.social🏳️⚧️ 📷@rootedreinvention on IG
@swanseastones.bsky.social
Books. Doors. Coffee. Gifts. Events. Zeppelin towers. Albino spiders. Grade 2 listed ex-cinema.
@innsmouthgold.bsky.social
Rob Poyton / Innsmouth Gold, publishing Lovecraftian-themed books and music. Co-founded the Innsmouth Literary Festival, co-host Innsmouth Book Club and Strange Shadows podcasts. Run the Dragon's Teeth gaming channel on Youtube. https://innsmouthgold.com
@seanhalpin.bsky.social
I'm an avid fantasy fan and that's about all there is to my personality...
@trnapper.bsky.social
Nuance is Punk Debut collection: Neon Leviathan (2020) Debut novel: 36 Streets (2022) Ghost of the Neon God (2024) The Escher Man (2024) Website: https://nappertime.com/
@susanjmorris.bsky.social
Author of STRANGE BEASTS and WAYWARD SOULS (March 2026), out from Hodderscape and Bindery Books. Bi. She/her. Rep: @jenazantian.bsky.social at Azantian Literary Agency
@wadegarret.bsky.social
SciFi&Fantasy Author; Beer Drinker; Tattoo Enthusiast; Gray Jedi; Dad; Paper-or-Plastic hustler, Comic Book Librarian #amazon #goodreads
@peterallison.net
Husband, father, journalist, writer and podcaster. 🎲 Founder of @MythicEchoes.bsky.social and editor for @geekpride.bsky.social ✍️ Articles in BBC, Guardian, Independent and others 🎙️Occasionally on BBC Radio 🧬 They/them 📌 Derby, UK 🔗 www.peterallison.net
@bengalley.bsky.social
Epic & dark fantasy author: Emaneska Series & Scalussen Chronicles, Chasing Graves, Heart of Stone, Scarlet Star Trilogy, Bloodwood Saga. Archer. HEMA. Mischievous 🇬🇧/🇨🇦 www.linktr.ee/bengalley
@ofwolfandmouse.bsky.social
Double Whisky. No ice. Apprenticeship in novel writing going badly wrong. Unhealthy focus on Mongol Empire. Fully grown child stuck in a broken adult's body.
@benedictpaddy.bsky.social
Author of the Card Mage, Darkstar and Yarnsworld books.
@devinmadson.bsky.social
Izzy. Author. Drinker of tea. Killer of plants. Pan/genderfluid 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (He/she/they) Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Australia Rebecca Ide: THE GENTLEMAN AND HIS VOWSMITH (queer romantasy) Devin Madson: BETWEEN DRAGONS AND THEIR WRATH (queer fantasy)
@starkholborn.bsky.social
Author of the Factus Sequence, Nunslinger & Triggernometry. Lead Writer on Shadows of Doubt and on Cloudpunk follow-up Nivalis. Visiting Lecturer in Narrative at Glasgow School of Art 🏳️🌈 https://linktr.ee/starkholborn
@marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social
Fantasy author. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/marklawrenceauthor
@nodarknessbutours.bsky.social
Podcast and YouTube channel where Simon Bestwick and Gemma Files discuss all things horror. Reviews, interviews, deep dives, stories and more. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC31_Y6SvEB64ih852snqOgg https://creators.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/episodes
@realexin.bsky.social
Geek, socialist, cat lover, fan fiction writer and reader, gamer, atheist, feminist, pro-choice, ace. On Mastodon at @[email protected]
@hollytinsl3y.bsky.social
Fantasy writer, Princess Grimdarling. SPFBO7 Finalist. Author of The Vanguard Chronicles. DM/boardgame nerd at http://pagechewing.com. Chief instigator and co-organiser of Spotlight Indie www.spotlightindie.co.uk writer events. Generally OK.
@hws.bsky.social
HWS run events, including Fantasycon 2023 and World Fantsy Convention 2025, as well as other creative projects. Posts by Karen (she/her).
@philipoverby.bsky.social
Grimdark Fiction Readers and Writers Admin, Author of Splatter Elf series, Game Designer, Rat Person
@lucyasnyder.bsky.social
Author of SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER and other works of horror and science fiction. Keeper of many terrariums and aquariums and dwellers therein. Expect posts about my menagerie of herps, fish and cats and my books. Website: www.lucysnyder.com
@liviajelliot.com
Literary fantasy with a touch of philosophy for grimdark hearts 📚 | Host of BOOKS UNDONE 🎙️ | Lead writer of UNEARTHED STORIES (interactive fiction) Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/liviajelliot/dance-with-me
@joncronshawauthor.bsky.social
Hi, I’m Jon – an SFF author living in England. I’m legally blind and have been a full-time indie author since 2017. My books include the Wasteland series, Ravenglass Chronicles, and Guild of Assassins. Dark tales with glimmers of hope and humour.
@grimwoodshire.substack.com
🏳️🌈✍🏼✨🐉🦄🔮🧙♂️🧝♀️🏹🛡️⚔️📚☕️☂︎ Blog: https://grimwood-notice-board.tumblr.com Publisher for grimdark fantasy, and cybergrimpunk. Ran by Cornelius Grimwood.
@jolwalton.bsky.social
Principal Research Fellow - Arts, Climate & Tech | BSFA editor-at-large | https://linktr.ee/jolwalton Writing a book, After Capitalism: The End of the End of the World
@wishusdonna.bsky.social
Writer. Editor of Best of British Science Fiction and other things. Chief word wrangler at The Slab Press. Occasionally a comedian. www.donna-scott.co.uk
@alisera.bsky.social
@annecharnock.bsky.social
Writer. Dreams Before the Start of Time - Arthur C Clarke Award. Other novels - shortlists Philip K Dick, BSFA, Kitschies Awards. Coastal hiker, bird watcher, cyclist. Rep’d Sarah Such.
@solarpunklitmag.bsky.social
A bimonthly online publication of radically hopeful science fiction and fantasy. https://linktr.ee/solarpunkmagazine
@erpredefinito.bsky.social
Italian sociologist, sysadmin, translator, antifascist and Science Fiction writer 🚀 Costruisco mondi perché in questo non tornano i conti. https://linktr.ee/francescocotrona
@ragemachinebooks.bsky.social
Publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery and Horror
@johnfocook.bsky.social
Researches climate & vaccine misinformation at the University of Melbourne. Founded SkepticalScience.com. Published Cranky Uncle vs. Climate Change. Developed the games Cranky Uncle (crankyuncle.com) and Cranky Uncle Vaccine (crankyunclevaccine.org)
@joelcornah.bsky.social
Author | Media Archivist | They/Them | Maker of the Miliverse | Dungeon Master | “A great bloke" according to Ed Miliband
@decastell.bsky.social
I write swashbuckling fantasy novels such as Traitor’s Blade, Spellslinger, Play of Shadows and Malevolent Seven. My books have been translated into fifteen languages and are available in ebook, hardback, paperback and audiobook.
@kevinbeckett.bsky.social
In a city sometimes colder than Mars. I ran a monthly newsletter on Swords and sorcery. Now I write stories at Pro Se Productions, Water Dragon Press, Bronze Knuckles Magazine and Swords & Sorcery. https://linktr.ee/kevinbeckett
@justinleeanderson.com
Scottish fantasy author of Carpet Diem as well as The Eidyn Saga from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. The Damned King coming August 2025. He/Him. #Edinburgh, @afc.co.uk and @scottishgreens.org Author support at: TheWriteAdvice.co.uk Costa cup guy ☕️
@mytholder.bsky.social
He/Him. Novel THE SWORD TRIUMPHANT out May '25. Currently writing: Black Iron 4, A Different Unannounced Novel, Shires Out, Terraforming Mars rpg, other stuff.
@worldbuildcast.bsky.social
4x Hugo Award Finalist podcast about fantasy worldbuilding, hosted by nerds who love to overcomplicate things: Marshall Ryan Maresca, Cass Morris, and Natania Barron worldbuildingformasochists.podbean.com
@bakkaphoenix.bsky.social
Canada's oldest Speculative Fiction bookstore, founded in 1972. www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com. We are located in Toronto, Ontario.