Maxwell I. Gold
Servant to the Cyber Gods | Bram Stoker Award Nominated Prose Poet | Author of Oblivion in Flux | Bleeding Rainbows and Other Broken Spectrums | anOther Mythology
https://linktr.ee/cybergodwrites
Starter Packs
Created by Maxwell I. Gold (1)
Rainbow Spec Fic Starter Pack
Here’s a list of some queer spec fic / horror authors and or authors who write work that has a queer bend! Give them a follow and support their work.
@annieneugebauer.bsky.social
2x Bram Stoker Award® finalist. Author, poet. Equal parts macabre & squee. Lit: Alec Shane, Writers House. Film/TV: Sean Berard, Untitled Entertainment. THE EXTRA, 9/9/25 YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BLEED THE OTHER THE SPARE https://annieneugebauer.com/
@christinogle.bsky.social
Bram Stoker Winning first novel, BEULAH. Work in Apex, Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, 3LBE, etc. Three Collections from Flame Tree Press. Rep: Lane Heymont. Working on a new novel! https://linktr.ee/christinogle
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
Horror Author. 3x Bram Stoker Award Winner. Lambda Literary Award Winner. Potato Chip Connoisseur.
@raforall.bsky.social
Matching books w/ readers thru the library especially #HorrorForLibraries. Jersey Girl in exile. Reviews for LJ & Booklist. HWA Sec. Rep @laneheymont.bsky.social. WHY I LOVE HORROR (Saga Press) out 9/23/25. Pre-Order now! https://bit.ly/WhyILoveHorror
@mor1233.bsky.social
I am a writer. I have lived in 5 countries (including one that no longer exists), written 6 novels, and 160 stories (more, actually, but who’s counting?). And when I am not writing fantasy and horror, I am writing about fantasy and horror written by others
@hntdove.bsky.social
Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
@horrormakesushappy.com
We (lightly) psychologically profile creators in the horror biz to uncover the REAL reasons people love horror. https://linktr.ee/horrormakesushappy
@emilyhughes.bsky.social
Horror bitch. HORROR FOR WEENIES on sale now. Reviews etc in the NYTBR, Vulture, Slate, Reactor, & more. She/her. 🍉 readjumpscares.com
@prestonfassel.bsky.social
Columnist at Dread Central. 2x IPPY Awards winner. Author of Beasts of 42nd Street from CemeteryDance and lotsa other grody fun at Encyclopocalypse. Fassel=Fossil Rep: @YRGPartners
@cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
Bram Stoker Award & Int’l Latino Book Award winning author| VANISHING DAUGHTERS, Thomas & Mercer| GHOSTS OF WHERE WE ARE FROM, Atria/Primero Sueño| LOTERÍA & CHICAGO SAGA, Hachette| School of the Art Institute MFAW, PhD English candidate | Rep-Lane Heymont
@eldonmacwood.bsky.social
✍🏼✨🐉🦄🔮🧙♂️🧝♀️🏹🛡️⚔️📚☕️🌆🌈☂︎ Blog: https://grimwood-notice-board.tumblr.com Author of #Grimdark Fantasy and #Cyberpunk (I call it cybergrimpunk) #writingcommunity #ProAI CHECK PINNED TWEET THREAD BELOW:
@peacheschrist.com
Filmmaker / Cult Leader Terror Vault Co-Creator Midnight Mass Podcast Co-Host
@ericlarocca.bsky.social
(He/They) 3x Bram Stoker Award finalist and Splatterpunk Award-winning Author | AT DARK, I BECOME LOATHSOME OUT NOW | Lit Rep: Priya Doraswamy Official website: ericlarocca.com Profile picture by Jessica Hayworth
@writingben.bsky.social
Founder of http://HouseBlackwood.net. Editor of the OMNIPARK series and THE WILLOWS. Novelist & horror / weird fiction author. Backpacker in 40+ countries.
@wrathjw.bsky.social
Horror Author, Poet, Muay Thai and boxing trainer, humanist, and all around badass motherfucker who enjoys doing badass things with other bad motherfuckers.
@ethereallad.bsky.social
Author of A SPECTRAL HUE and other books. 3 Time Lammy Finalist. DC Native http://craiglaurancegidney.com
@shereereneethomas.bsky.social
Award-winning author, poet, Hugo Award-nominated editor NINE BAR BLUES: Stories from the Ancient Future MARVEL'S Black Panther: PANTHER'S RAGE novel AFRICA RISEN and TROUBLE THE WATERS NYTimes bestselling collab w/ Janelle Monáe on THE MEMORY LIBRARIAN
@lesleyconner.bsky.social
Editor in Chief at Apex Magazine. Coffee drinker. Book reader. She/Her
@cindyoquinn.bsky.social
All things horror💀HWA Bram Stoker Award winning author. Elgin, Rhysling, & Dwarf Star nominated poet. Living haunted.🔥
@ladyhazmat.bsky.social
Bram Stoker Award Finalist. Pathologist. Painter of Plagues. Loves cats, beaches, and dreaming about quitting her day job. Central Oregon. Bi - she/her/they/them https://diagnosisdiabolique.com/ https://www.bexxart.com/
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
Award-Winning Publisher of New Weird Horror + More. @AlexWoodroe.com, Editor in Chief. @MattBlairstone.bsky.social, Publisher. SUPPORT INDIE. Hail the Tenebrous Cult🖤☠️ https://linktr.ee/TenebrousPress
@pedroiniguez.bsky.social
Bram Stoker & Elgin Award-nominated SF/H writer. Rhysling Finalist, Pushcart Nominee. FEVER DREAMS OF A PARASITE (Out Now!) ECHOES AND EMBERS (Stars and Sabers Publishing, 07/15/2025) THE FIB (Gloo Books, 10/07/25) Find me at: www.pedroiniguez.com
@datlow.bsky.social
Award-winning editor of short sf/f/h. I live & die by the Oxford comma & I skeet about my passions, take it or leave it. I block mooks-don't be one. she/her
@genni.bsky.social
African Australian author, editor. Solstice Award. British Fantasy Award. Shirley Jackson, PK Dick, World Fantasy Award finalist. Twice Otherwise honoree for exciting work in speculative fiction. eugenbacon.com Rep: Bieke van Aggelen
@zojestage.bsky.social
(ZOH-yuh, she/her) USA Today/internationally bestselling author of BABY TEETH, WONDERLAND, GETAWAY, MOTHERED, DEAR HANNA, MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST. #Pittsburgh https://linktr.ee/zojestage
@madnessandmonsters.bsky.social
Author with a head full of monsters 👹 | UP FROM THE DEEP, TOUCHED BY SHADOWS, DEEPSPORE, and SOUTHERN CROSS
@theandydavidson.bsky.social
Writes horror. Feeds cats. Author of THE HOLLOW KIND, THE BOATMAN’S DAUGHTER, IN THE VALLEY OF THE SUN, and future stuff.
@zinrock.bsky.social
ZinRock.com author of the award-winning FLOWERS FOR THE SEA. preliminary editor and sensitivity reader. horror, grimdark, and dark fantasy obsessed. weirdo. Queer Black af depressive. toss a coin? https://ko-fi.com/zinrock
@ajodasso.bsky.social
🏳️🌈autistic✡️jewish🧬intersex💙wellesley ‘05🖋️poet (THE STING OF IT)📚novelist (THE PURSUED & THE PURSUING)📝prof @ san juan college🪐poetry ed @ strange horizons📖rep lucy cleland @ calligraph🏳️⚧️ https://www.ajodasso.com https://archiveofourown.org/users/irisbleufic
@nuzo.bsky.social
Writer of African Speculative Fiction. https://linktr.ee/nuzoonoh
@stephellis.bsky.social
Author, Elgin & Rhysling award-nominated poet, and reader. Active Member HWA, member BFS https://stephanieellis.org/
@evavroslin.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Dark fantasy & horror writer. Custodian of books. Disabled AuDHD, nonbinary, queer. Canadian, Αρμένισσα, West & Central Asian descent. J'étudie l'histoire de la Louisianne et Québec. Profile image by @chrisshapedghost; https://roslineva.wordpress.com
@gabino.bsky.social
Writer/reader/speaker/music lover/book reviewer (NPR, Locus, etc)/freelancer/photographer/PhD/New York Times horror columnist. Words in many places. I want to do all the things, so invite me! https://linktr.ee/gabinoiglesias
@wnwagner.bsky.social
Horror writer (GIRL IN THE CREEK due out 2025, Tor Nightfire); editor-in-chief of NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE, senior editor, LIGHTSPEED. Rep'd by Lane Heymont. 🏳️🌈 Portland, OR - plant nerd, foot traveler - she/her, they/them https://linktr.ee/wendynwagner
@andrewsfuller.com
Writer of dark strange fiction. Constellations of Ruin (2023, Trepidatio). Editor at 3LBE magazine (1999-now). Friend of crows and spiders. he/they. https://andrewsfuller.com
@angelayurikosmith.bsky.social
Angela Yuriko Smith, HWA president and Space and Time publisher, is a two-time Bram Stoker Award winner. As a Publishing Coach, she helps writers search less and submit more with her weekly calendar of author opportunities at authortunities.substack.com.
@claymcleod.bsky.social
Books. Comic books. YA/middlegrade books. Film/TV. Podcasts. You can visit me at www.claymcleodchapman.com
@acwise.bsky.social
Author and reviewer. Novels Wendy, Darling and Hooked. Collection The Ghost Sequences. Sunburst Award winner. Nebula, World Fantasy, Stoker, Locus, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, Lamba, and Ignyte finalist. She/her. www.acwise.net.
@strantzas.bsky.social
Author of BURNT BLACK SUNS. Editor of AICKMAN'S HEIRS. Finalist for four Shirley Jackson Awards, two British Fantasy Awards, and the World Fantasy Award. Probably won’t follow you back. 🌎 https://strantzas.com 📘 PREORDER: https://tinyurl.com/2ektv9ty
@jayaprakash777.bsky.social
Author, poet, musician, nebulous whiff of despair and inspiration to be found in Bangalore, India. 47, less cishet than you'd think, he/him/they/them. https://linktr.ee/shelterfromthestorm
@undertow.bsky.social
Indie press in Canada. World Fantasy Award, Shirley Jackson Award, HWA Specialty Press Award, and British Fantasy Award-winner. Endearingly weird. (Posts by Michael Kelly) https://undertowpublications.com/
@cgolden.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of Road of Bones, The House of Last Resort, Ararat, and many others. Writes a lot of comics with Mike Mignola. Co-wrote/co-directed Slayers: A Buffyverse Story with Amber Benson. Screenwriter. Anti-fascist.
@coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
Writer / Librarian. HWA. Work in Electric Literature, the Deadlands, Strange Horizons, Nightmare Magazine, etc… Repped by Marie Lamba of Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. Novel: Living in Cemeteries Collection: Haunted Ecologies CoreyFarrenkopf.com