John Chrostek
Writer: johnchrostek.com
EIC @cold-signal.com
Bookseller @eveninghouse.bsky.social
BOXCUTTERS, short stories: May 2025 https://malarkeybooks.com/store/boxcutters
FEAST OF THE PALE LEVIATHAN, novel: Aug 2025 https://shorturl.at/WeXfh
Buffalo, NY
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Weird Lit Mags & Publishers
homes for writing that blend genre & lit together (think slipstream, New Weird, speculative fiction, just cool and strange stuff. feel free to ask to add a publication!)
@jordanscarroll.bsky.social
Author of Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right (Hugo Award finalist) Reading the Obscene: Transgressive Editors and the Class Politics of US Literature Words in Kaleidotrope, Polygon, The Nation, and the LARB Opinions my own
@nassos.bsky.social
Aka Nassos. He/they. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 SOUR CHERRY out April 2025 from Tin House (US): https://tinhouse.com/book/sour-cherry/ & Wildfire (UK): https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/natalia-theodoridou/sour-cherry/9781035416165/ Website: http://www.natalia-theodoridou.com
@americantheatre.org
The national magazine for the American professional not-for-profit theatre. Subscribe at http://americantheatre.org/join
@katievanwinkle.bsky.social
Doctor of theatre, student of (pre-)nursing. Adjunct / contingent / conditional. Austin. [she/her]
@lostincult.co.uk
Video Game Culture, Preserved. Award Winning Creative Studio & No.1 Bestselling Book Publisher Est. 2020. lostincult.co.uk
@haymarketbooks.org
radical publisher of politics, culture, current events haymarketbooks.org
@ninthletter.bsky.social
Ninth Letter is a literary magazine edited and produced at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. We aim to present original literary writing of exceptional quality, illuminated by cutting-edge graphic design. https://bit.ly/m/ninthletter
@popheist.com
Hi. We’re Pop Heist, a worker-owned media company stealing pop culture back from the algorithm. popheist.com
@poemsandfungus.bsky.social
I am nearly 40 years old and you just would not believe how often I have to go to the hardware store. Poet and small-time mushroom farmer/homesteader. She/her 🇵🇸 Discord: poemsandfungus
@cjsubko.bsky.social
Writer of SFFH. Snarkwitch. Psych PhD. Approachable goth. Rep: Maria Brannan at Greyhound Literary Words in Small Wonders, Flame Tree, The Deadlands, RED LINE: From Beyond Member of HWA, SFWA, Codex www.cjsubko.com https://cjsubko.beehiiv.com
@alexpenname.bsky.social
he/they. Conlanger, former boy adventurer, Smithsonian alum, PhD at U of Edinburgh (MVAMO). ANDRION was published in 2023. BSFA, BFS, SFWA; BSFA longlisted and Pushcart nominated. Pushcart nommed, Interzone pubbed, SFWA, etc.
@tangledwilderness.bsky.social
Producers of radical culture Podcasts: Live Like the World is Dying, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, The Spectacle https://www.tangledwilderness.org/ https://www.patreon.com/c/strangersinatangledwilderness/
@misternagel.bsky.social
Bullshit essayist. Author of Duplex and Culdesac from Autofocus Books. Father of Costcocore. Dallas kid. www.michaelscottnagel.com
@anna-orridge.bsky.social
Climate crisis, books, corvids and the shakily cheerful evasion of despair. Shabby w/o the chic. Eco-horror novella PHENGARIS out with @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social, May 2025 Author website: https://annaorridge.com/ (thanks to @sonorataylor.bsky.social)
@nefariousbatpress.bsky.social
We're a women-owned independent publisher specialising in queer horror, crime & dark fiction, operated by TC Parker & Shauna Mc Eleney We like intersectional feminism. A lot www.nefariousbatpress.com Absolutely no AI anywhere
@emilymandel.bsky.social
Six books including Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel, and Station Eleven. St. John is just my middle name; the books go under M.
@jamreads.com
Book Blogger | Devourer of Books | Open to ARC/Review Copies | SFINCS judge | Living in Spain 🇪🇸 | He/Him | 28 | ENG / ESP | Contact: jvaquerav@gmail.com linktr.ee/jamedi
@kristenmiller.bsky.social
Sarabande Books Director & EIC Poet, translator, chaos virgo linktr.ee/kristenreneemiller
@maketheroadny.bsky.social
Building power of immigrant, Black, and brown communities to achieve dignity & justice. 28,000+ members. Reposts ≠ endorsements. DONATE: http://bit.ly/supportMRNY
@natcassidy.bsky.social
TV actor. Musician. Horror writer (MARY: AN AWAKENING OF TERROR; NESTLINGS; REST STOP). Next up: WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME, April 22, 2025, Tor Nightfire. (he/him)
@jonwesleyhuff.bsky.social
Writer. Novels. Scripts. Comics. 🏳️🌈. Latest Book: The Master of Shearhaven https://linktr.ee/jonwesleyhuff
@buffaloguild.bsky.social
The Buffalo Newspaper Guild-CWA, Local 31026, represents workers at The Buffalo News, Tonawanda News, Delft Printing, Gallagher Printing, Hodgins Printing. Part of NewsGuild-CWA.
@bbkogan.bsky.social
Senior Director of Federal Budget Policy for the Center for American Progress doing budget, tax, and econ. Formerly: Biden OMB, Biden Transition Team, Senate Budget Committee (Murray and Sanders). CBO and OMB’s biggest fan! Personal account.
@elisabethwolf.bsky.social
Writing gothic fiction. Spending time in graveyards. Eating ice cream. Edinburgh. Writes crime as @alisonbelsham.bsky.social
@craigbuchananwa.bsky.social
Academic & author, living on unceded Whadjak Noongar Boodja; Hon Research Fellow, UWA; cannabis activist; cancer survivor; born 327.45ppm; striving to live in a community, not an economy. Called “a ganja smoking hippy” by PHON’s James Ashby on Sky News.
@roberthelfst.bsky.social
Cosmic horror enthusiast. FCQ editor. Words in Gamut, Chthonic Matter Quarterly, Twin Pies Literary, & more. https://linktr.ee/roberthelfst
@thomasgrayfson.bsky.social
Fantasy and sci-fi author whose works have appeared in Crimson Quill Quarterly, Sword & Sorcery Magazine, and Waystation. www.thomasgrayfson.com
@sirscribblesalot.bsky.social
Writer-Producer ✍️ Here to check-out other creatives 🎭 Sharing my stories ✉️ Growing subscribers 📈 https://neuroticencounter.com/mailing-list/
@nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social
Bestselling author of 100 FATHOMS BELOW, THE HUNGRY EARTH, THE MIND WORMS and more!
@voidcon.bsky.social
VOIDCON is a dark covenant, a consortium of shadowy artists and creators across all media. Gettysburg, PA October 9-11 www.voidcon.wordpress.com
@campaaronapollo.bsky.social
Author. Writer. Podcast host. Progressive Democrat. Sports fan. Nerd. On the autism spectrum. Downstate Illinoisan. I don't fit neatly into any box, figuratively or literally. He/Him/His. https://linktr.ee/campaaronapollo
@norbaikin.bsky.social
2x Writing.com Best Poetry Collection Quill Award winner and blogger. 3x published author. Former child. #BillsMafia #Sabres #LGM #NDIrish Don't mind me; I hate everything. Norbaikin.com/blog
@carlygoodman.bsky.social
Author, editor, professor of history, Philadelphian. Nobody should be deported. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469673042/dreamland/
@bookspotlight.bsky.social
✦ writer | reviewer | book blogger | cheerleader of books, poetry and art | all genres RT’d | resident Tolkien fangirl | linktr.ee/rjcrunden ✦
@juliusgoat.bsky.social
What noisy cats are we. Author of THE REVISIONARIES (2019) and VERY FINE PEOPLE (2024). He/him. Author site: armoxon.com Weekly essays on my free newsletter, The Reframe.
@nightshadesmag.bsky.social
500 Word Speculative Stories. Open soon! https://www.annareser.com/night-shades-mag/
@jdbuffington.com
“Bullies need victims. But victims don’t need bullies.” —A.R. Moxon ~ Wizard of the Wavering Place Anti-Generative AI Pro-Live & Let Live Trans & Women’s Rights Are Human Rights Author of Horror and Science Fiction, HWA https://linktr.ee/JD.Buffington
@jchaplinsky.bsky.social
Author of 'Letters to the Purple Satin Killer', 'The Paradox Twins' & 'Kanye West—Reanimator.' LitReactor Managing Editor (2011-2023).
@enemyoftherose.bsky.social
Poet & Drummer. Music: enemyoftherose.bandcamp.com 🌹 https://linktr.ee/sailingstonesband 🥁 Poetry: https://issuu.com/rattlebear/docs/rattlebear_vol._1_feb._2025_accumulation 📖 https://www.justbuffalo.org/where-we-live-2024/ 📜
@evandahm.bsky.social
fantasist, aesthete, neurotic. nyc. he. 3RD VOICE WEBCOMIC!!!!!!! https://rice-boy.com
@okielele.bsky.social
@maxxddomega.bsky.social
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@mikespry.bsky.social
Writer/Poet. Author of JACK, Distillery Songs, and Bourbon & Eventide. Words: Toronto Star, FLOOD, Indiewire, MTV CA, National Post, McSweeney’s IT, TSN, Washington Sq. Review. TV/film/music/culture @ Narrative Electric Co.: https://mikespry.substack.com
@summer-eternal.bsky.social
A brand new co-operative studio aiming to create revolutionary games. · summereternal.com
@danhoyt.bsky.social
Fiction writer, English professor, founding editor of American Buffalo Books, Rock and Roll Reading curator at #AWP, poisonous blue frog, Novel-in-posts: @spitfirespoutrain.bsky.social
@bcsmagazine.bsky.social
Hugo, World Fantasy, and Ignyte Award finalist online magazine of literary adventure fantasy, since 2008. Read/listen online: https://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com