Jim Tomlinson
Fictioneer, NEA Literature Fellow, author of THINGS KEPT, THINGS LEFT BEHIND and NOTHING LIKE AN OCEAN. Perpetually working on a novel.
@therumpus.net
Independent since 2009. Read The Rumpus Magazine. Become a Member. Receive Letters in the Mail from Authors. Join a dynamic, global community. http://linktr.ee/The_Rumpus2.1
@barrelhouse.bsky.social
Proudly independent literary magazine & small press, established in 2004. Books + print issues + online issues + conferences + writing retreats + other stuff. https://barrelhousemag.com/
@mcsweeneys.net
The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books. .
@robinslick.bsky.social
✡️☮️🥥🌴Writer, vegetarian, mom of bassist Julie Slick (Adrian Belew), drummer Eric Slick (Taylor Swift, Kevin Morby, Dr. Dog), and singer Natalie Prass https://linktr.ee/robinslick
@maryannestahl.bsky.social
@ellenmeister.bsky.social
Busy bestselling novelist who was once a clue on Jeopardy. (I couldn't believe it, either.) Admin of Dorothy Parker FB page, mother of 3 humans and 2 dogs. Proud dem, angry feminist. DMs closed.
@taniahershman.bsky.social
Queer writer of odd things: stories/poems/hybrids. New hybrid CNF book coming 2025. Permissioner, founder of Unbox Your Words. She/they 🏳️🌈 www.taniahershman.com; https://taniahershman.substack.com/; https://www.instagram.com/tania_hershman_writes
@danchaon.bsky.social
Novelist and short story writer. New novel, ONE OF US, due out Sept. 23, 2025 Signed/personalized copies of my books here: https://www.macsbacks.com/dan-chaon
@ellentparker.bsky.social
Writer and editor. Founder and editor of Frigg: A Magazine of Fiction and Poetry (www.friggmagazine.com). Desperately seeking sanity.
@kimchinquee.bsky.social
Mom, writer, professor, editor, dog-lover, triathlete, veteran, vegan. USAT Certified Official. www.kimchinquee.com
@susanrukeyser.bsky.social
New novel out now: The Worst Kind of Girl 🌈🌵(Braddock Avenue Books) susanrukeyser.com
@robdsmith.bsky.social
Writer of crime, horror, and dark speculative fiction. Editor at Rock and a Hard Place Press. Author of pulp thriller Good-Looking Ugly. Find more about me at https://robdsmith.carrd.co/
@bradlisti.bsky.social
author of books. host of the otherppl podcast. in-depth interviews w writers. founder of DeepDive. hermit. good at walking. https://linktr.ee/bradlisti #booksky
@eliot-parker.bsky.social
Writing Prof at Ole Miss. Award-winning writer. Thriller DOUBLE-CROSSED and short story collection TABLE FOR TWO out now. Host of podcast “Now, Appalachia,” on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. Sometimes chill, sometimes anxious.
@lizprather.bsky.social
Writer, poet, teacher https://www.heinemann.com/authors/100500.aspx
@alanbeard.bsky.social
Short Story/Flash writer. Two collections: Taking Doreen out of the Sky (Picador, 1999); You Don’t Have to Say (Tindal Street Press, 2010). Third collection ‘Afternoon Drinking’ out 2025. Tom Gallon Award. Best British Short Stories; Best Microfiction etc
@1martincloutier.bsky.social
Author of Waiting for Something Else, an irreverent, unrequited sex comedy. Pre-order now at: https://www.martincloutier.net/
@anhourofplay.bsky.social
Improviser in Kansas City (mostly at The Bird) Alumnus of Unexpected Productions (Seattle) Founding Editor (Emeritus): SmokeLong Quarterly Currently reading fiction submissions for FRiGG
@sequoian.bsky.social
Prof & Writer - How High We Go in the Dark, a National Bestseller and NYT Editors’ Choice & Where We Go When All We Were is Gone. Minneapolis by way of the SF Bay Area and Hawai’i http://SequoiaNagamatsu.com - Star Trek 💫 and wristwatch ⌚️ obsessed.
@rachelyoder.bsky.social
the original Nightbitch, novelist, screenwriting prof at UIowa, WGA West, "Every ending is a beginning, motherf**ker." -Lidia Yuknavitch
@rebeccamakkai.bsky.social
Pulitzer finalist for THE GREAT BELIEVERS; new novel, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, out now. Artistic Director at StoryStudio Chicago. Trying to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. You should, too. rebeccamakkai.substack.com https://rebeccamakkai.com
@shteyngart.bsky.social
Gary Shteyngart is a book writer. garyshteyngart.substack.com http://facebook.com/shteyngart
@adamdalva.bsky.social
Writing in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The New York Review of Books, etc. Contributing Fiction Editor, Yale Review. President, National Book Critics Circle. Rep: Duvall Osteen
@aimee-bender.bsky.social
writer, teacher, author of fiction including The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake and Willful Creatures. Happy to be on here.
@reeamilcarscott.bsky.social
Camouflage fatigues & dashikis. Somewhere in between Ralph Ellison and PE 📚:🔥INSURRECTIONS🔥(PEN/Bingham winner) and THE W🌍RLD DOESN’T REQUIRE YOU I write love notes to black people & dis songs to white supremacy. 90% love. 10% dis. I deserve it all.
@tsvoboda.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, memoir, biography, translation and poetry. Husband calls me Spitfire. Oy!
@deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social
WINNER PEN/Faulkner Award, Story Prize, LA Book Prize, and National Book Award finalist for THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES| DMs open for shenanigans + life-changing offers only, not for business or requests. See contact info for reps @ deeshaphilyaw.com
@christopherallen.bsky.social
Publisher and EIC of SmokeLong Quarterly. 2023 Flash Fiction Judge Bridport Prize. #BestSmallFictions #FlashFictionAmerica. Nomad. Very much a back-office guy. He/him
@urrealism.bsky.social
Author and reader, husband & grandpa, scribbler in notebooks, wanderer. Team Urrea is always on the scenic route.
@sejalshah.bsky.social
Award winning author of This Is One Way to Dance: Essays, an NPR best book of the year & How to Make Your Mother Cry: fictions. Words in Conjunctions, Kenyon Review, Lit Hub, the Guardian, The Rumpus & others. More at www.sejal-shah.com.
@mauricenow.bsky.social
Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way. 💐 Middling Writing Advice at my Substack: Sitting in Silence.✍️🏿https://mauricecarlosruffin.substack.com/
@gwenekirby.bsky.social
author of SHIT CASSANDRA SAW // stories in One Story, Guernica, Tin House, Smokelong, and elsewhere // corgis, baking, knitting, swearing // she/her gwenekirby.com
@housleydave.bsky.social
Writer of The Other Ones, Looney, Howard & Charles at the Factory, This Darkness Got to Give, more. Editor @ Barrelhouse, primary organizer of the Barrelhouse conference in DC in the Spring. Web @ PSU. Goofy gentleman. He/him.
@yalitza.bsky.social
WICW Fellow | Rona Jaffe Award | Best American Short Stories | Steinbeck Fellow she/her www.yalitza.com
@sawers.bsky.social
Mixed (gender)queer Thai American writer. Author of THE ANCHORED WORLD, finalist for the 2023 PEN/Bingham Award for Debut Short Story Collection. Senior editor at SmokeLong Quarterly. Kundiman and Lambda fellow. Fiction editor at Blanket Gravity. They/them
@bonniejo.bsky.social
Writer, berry picker, donkey wrassler, lover of freedom. Author of six books of fiction, including THE WATERS (2024).