Sophie Essex
Poet. Photographer. Softcore Bunny 💖. Editor at Saló Press & Eibonvale Press & Black Shuck Books.
@chiaroscuro1897.bsky.social
Poet | Writer | Freelance Art Historian UK https://juliabiggs1.wixsite.com/juliabiggs
@norwichpoetryclub.bsky.social
The place to discover & promote all things poetic (& literary) in our fine city.
@glasgowsurrealist.bsky.social
Glasgow author of more than 20 books of speculative fiction, including novels; Ultrameta, Sylvow, Mechagnosis, Apoidea, The Brahan Seer, The Rhymer, The Suicide Machine, Barking Circus, Stray Pilot, and Retrovival.
@rachelartsmith.bsky.social
Artist | Poet | Lecturer Producing Vispo and Artists books using Drawing, Photography, and Writing. Co-Editor of intergraphia books www.rachelartsmith.com
@rosannerabs.bsky.social
Writer, reader, ranter. Finalist for British Fantasy & Shirley Jackson awards. Lover of loud music, whisky and chocolate.
@sarahocwrites.bsky.social
Writer, Poet, Theatre goer, Music lover, Irishwoman abroad she/her http://linktr.ee/SarahOCwrites
@vikkicwrites.bsky.social
Writer & musician | WHERE SANDS RUN FINEST (DarkWinter Press)| THE ART OF GLASS HOUSES (Alien Buddha Press) | Nominations: Pushcart, BotN, Orison Best Spiritual Literature | Contributing editor: The Winged Moon Magazine linktr.ee/vikki_c._author
@paulmfeeney.bsky.social
Indie writer, mostly horror. Avid reader, movie/TV watcher, guitarist, occasional reviewer at This is Horror. Find me: https://linktr.ee/PaulFny75 (he/him)
@stephenauthor.bsky.social
Author of music, anthropology & genre fiction books. Musician, atheist & materialist. Likes tea, T Dream, Pink Floyd, Stranglers, Steve Reich. Considers the nature of consciousness a lot. #EmbraceTheRandom
@steepgloss.bsky.social
Tape label for collaborations: dada, sound-art, sinister, bewildering, dislocating, melancholy. Ross = Diurnal Burdens/Liminal Haze/RODA https://steepgloss.bandcamp.com
@lydiaunsworth.bsky.social
Poet. Manchester. Buildings. NWCDTP-funded PhD @MMU, Centre for Place Writing. Latest: Arthropod (death of workers), Gag (above / ground), Mortar (Osmosis).
@maudmarianw.bsky.social
✨ Weird & Speculative fiction writer. 💜 Rare bookseller at La Doyenne. 🏳️🌈 ENG/SPA/FRE (She/Her) https://linktr.ee/marianwomack
@wendycaitlin.bsky.social
*forthcoming Art Sundays with Galia Admoni at Salo Press* Portrait in Mustard - Seren Books PhD candidate: Barbara Hepworth, Creative Writing & Art History at Manchester Writing School, MMU Represented by Laetitia Rutherford at Watson Little Agency
@timlebbon.bsky.social
New York Times bestselling writer of novels, screenplays, audio dramas, computer games. Father, husband, triathlete. Loves real ale, cake, countryside. Love is the fing. Be kind. AMONG THE LIVING out now.
@calquepress.bsky.social
A small & occasional press of pamphlets, short-length books and anthologies. We work at the intersection between languages, ideas, crafts, genres. Now Out: OUT OF THE WINDOW, INTO THE DARK (Marian Womack) https://linktr.ee/calquepress
@jimmmmmbo.bsky.social
Author of The Bygones (Tangerine Press) Best British Short Stories 2023 (SALT) Nightjar Press, The Quietus, 3am Magazine Co-founder of Hand Job Zine and Hi Vis Press Rural working class literature ✌ https://jimgibsonauthor.com/home
@wooperark.bsky.social
✒️Writer of prose and poetry. 📚Published in Stand, Grist, Pennine Platform, Allegro Poetry, et al. PhD student. 💻Website ⬇️ https://linktr.ee/josephblythewriter
@drjamesbailey.bsky.social
Writer who lives in Manchester. Rep’d by Creative Artists Agency. LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD, my biography of Muriel Spark, is out in April 2026 🐈⬛ Instagram.com/drjamesbailey
@ggaffa.bsky.social
Writer, Arts Council manager, musician. Concrete Fields (Salt 2023) Out Of The Dark (Confingo 2021) graphic novel Rivers (Top Shelf 2021) www.davidgaffney.org
@emmaxraccoon.bsky.social
🔞 18+ / NSFW 🏳️🌈 Lesbian 🧚She/They 🔁 Switch 👋 Spanko 😂 Tickle fetishist 📝 Writer of F/F spanking/discipline fics 🦝 Secretly 3 raccoons in a trenchcoat 🖊️ See my blog: emmasstorycorner.wordpress.com ✒️ And my Patreon patreon.com/emmasstorycorner
@everydayghost.bsky.social
She/Her. 28. Soft, bi, alt, goth. An amateur photographer/model who loves going on adventures.
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
Indy publisher of award winning literary fiction You can order books here : www.bluemoosebooks.com
@ajdeane.bsky.social
Pushcart Nominee Spec Poetry & Flash Fic 🪐🪄 www.ajpagefarer.wordpress.com ET3, Broken Spine, From One Line, Urban Pigs, Forgotten Ground Regained, etc Writer. Editor. VO. Cat lover. Geek. 📚 #SpecPo #SFFpoetry #poetry #Writersky www.ajdeane.com
@aliskjones.bsky.social
Teacher, photographer, poet. I write a nature haiku every day as an act of creativity. All photos taken on walks around where I live. Interested in fairytales, folklore, ecology, liminal places, and the more than human. Two published pamphlets.
@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
@julwe1.bsky.social
Neurodivergent poet and editor. Steering editor for 'Lighthouse'. Latest collection 'The Telling' (Nine Arches press, 2022). https://juliawebb.org/ https://visual-poetics.blogspot.com/ https://storymachines.co.uk/portfolio/lighthouse/
@chrisemery.me
WELCOME! AKA Chris Hamilton-Emery, I’m a poet and publisher at @saltpublishing.com. I was born in Manchester, UK, and have published four collections of poetry – a new book, ‘Wonder’, is forthcoming from Salt 🥳. Website: www.chrisemery.me
@carolejohnstone.bsky.social
Award-winning writer; lover of islands and WINE. Author of Mirrorland and The Blackhouse. “Dark and devious” Stephen King Rep Hellie Ogden at WME / carolejohnstone.com IG: carole_l_johnstone
@simonclarkwriting.bsky.social
Denizen of Yorkshire. Writer - short stories, novels, scripts - mainly horror, such as The Blood Crazy series and The Protos Experiment, some Sci-Fi, The Night of the Triffids. Some Big Finish, too. Represented by Dan Fenton: Peters, Fraser and Dunlop
@dannythechurch.bsky.social
Writes horror. Author of THE HOLLOWS and THE RAVENING, both from Angry Robot. Repped by Meg Davis at the Ki Agency. Bi. He/him.
@thebestwick.bsky.social
Butler to Cate Gardner. Writes horror and other weird stuff. Raised in Manchester, living on the Wirral, pining for Wales. Loves dogs, tea, and Pepsi Max. Bi. He/him.
@nepenthepress.bsky.social
Fine Press Publisher of Horror, Weird Fiction & Gothic Literature Illustrated, Limited & deluxe editions. Based in North Yorkshire, UK www.nepenthepress.co.uk
@fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social
Nottingham's city centre independent and radical bookshop, est. 2013 Publishing as Five Leaves since 1995 www.fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk, www.fiveleaves.co.uk We organise about a hundred events a year. Fast ordering service. Four book clubs.
@priya101.bsky.social
@worldfantasy2025.bsky.social
World Fantasy Convention, Brighton UK Dates: Thursday 30th October to 2nd November 2025 Venue: Double Tree by Hilton Brighton Metropole Website: https://worldfantasy2025.co.uk #WorldFantasyConvention2025 #WorldFantasy25
@bsfa.bsky.social
The British Science Fiction Association. Est 1958. Publisher of Vector, Focus, and the BSFA Review. Join us at http://bsfa.co.uk/join-the-bsfa
@georgesandison.bsky.social
Managing Editor @titanbooks.bsky.social. Ran multiple award-winning Unsung Stories. Writer: HINTERLANDS @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social. European (yes, still). Empathy, compassion & ice cream pls.
@giselleleeb.bsky.social
Short story collection, Mammals, I Think We Are Called (@saltpublishing.bsky.social), Edge Hill Short Story Prize '23 Longlist, Word Factory Apprentice '19, Best British Short Stories '17 https://giselleleeb.com/
@davebjeffery.bsky.social
Writer. HWA Mentor of the Year 2022. BFS registered mentor. Creator of 'a Quiet APOCALYPSE'. Anthology editor at Flame Tree Press. I do not use generative AI in my work; nor do I support its use in the arts. No DMs, please.
@dionwintonpolak.bsky.social
Mentor for neurodivergent students / freelance editor at thefinetoothed.com / geek / AuDHD father & husband. He/Him. Fool of a Took.
@ashleystokes.bsky.social
Writer and Ghostwriter Weird-Horror and Comedy https://ashleystokes.net/
@drrachelknightley.bsky.social
Author, Speaker, Writing and Confidence Coach | Founder of The Writers’ Gym membership and podcast | Green Ink Sponsored Write for Macmillan Cancer Support | RachelKnightley.com | WritersGym.com | drrachelknightley.substack.com
@selinalock.bsky.social
Crafter, research librarian, lapsed writer, former editor of The Girly Comic, has ME/CFS, based in Leicester UK https://factorfictionpress.co.uk/