Michael Downs
Writer. A few books, plenty of journalism, and a sword-and-sorcery comics tale from Heroic Signatures! http://michael-downs.net
"It is not time that is lacking, only focus." – Zagajewski
@madisyn-writes.bsky.social
Your Local Unrepentant Queer | Short Story Writer | Antifascist | Lover of cats, cakes, and other sweet things | Read my short fiction in Grub Street #72 Currently working on: Short fiction, poetry, & surviving in America without losing it
@mocounderground.bsky.social
MoCo Underground is a free, bimonthly get-together in Sandy Spring, MD, where awesome writers can share their work with a live audience. More info: https://justscribbling.com/mocounderground/ OR mocounderground@gmail.com.
@sayanniething.bsky.social
culture writer, editor @ LARB, mother in the DC suburbs // here for the nuanced takes, the good faith arguments, and the jokes
@yappelbaum.bsky.social
Deputy Executive Editor, The Atlantic. Author of "Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity." https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700580/stuck-by-yoni-appelbaum/
@splc.org
Free legal help and info for student journalists. Champion of their First Amendment rights. 🏛️ Legal Hotline for student journalists: SPLC.org/legalhelp ✉️ Subscribe for the latest: SPLC.org/newsletter 🤝 Support student press freedom: SPLC.org/donate
@neonpajamas.bsky.social
Writer published in Fence, Conduit, HAD, Wigleaf, Sixth Finch // book with Okay Donkey, book with X-R-A-Y // neonpajamas.com // free writing prompt every Sunday on my Substack (neonpajamas) // editor at @pizamapress.bsky.social
@janefriedman.com
I report on the publishing industry through my paid newsletter, The Bottom Line, and educate writers on the business of authorship in THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER (University of Chicago Press).
@heywritergrace.bsky.social
Bmore's sleepiest journo, reporting for bedtime. Contributing writer and editor for @baltbeat. Previously: @Baltimoremag. Enjoys a nice candle✨
@jolloyds.bsky.social
Writer The Earth Thy Great Exchequer Ready Lies UK Something Wonderful US BBC National Short Story Award #bbcnssa O Henry Shortlisted Edge Hill She/her Ally
@garrykasparov.bsky.social
Vice-president of the World Liberty Congress. Founder & Chair of the Renew Democracy Initiative. Board of the Human Rights Foundation. Father, activist, author, speaker, 13th World Chess Champion.
@bdralyuk.bsky.social
My Hollywood & Other Poems (Paul Dry Books); translate Babel, Zoshchenko, Kurkov, et al.; odds & ends NYRB, @thetls.bsky.social, etc.; teach at the University of Tulsa; EiC @nimrodjournal.bsky.social
@thebaltimorebanner.com
Local news you can trust. We report stories that make Maryland better. Follow @sports.thebaltimorebanner.com for Orioles and Ravens coverage.
@lizbowie.bsky.social
Education reporter for The Baltimore Banner, a nonprofit news organization.
@celticstoic.bsky.social
Chipping away at literature, history, and other interests, whilst navigating stormy seas & a lee shore.✨📖 #Booksky #TodaysPoem Locus: Massachusetts & the abyss of MECFS / FQAD Sol Omnibus Lucet – Petronius
@artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social
I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
@joyousk.bsky.social
Retired teacher. Nature nerd. Wildlife rehab volunteer. Atheist. Wikipedia editor for over 20 years. Rainy-day enthusiast, living my best life on Washington's Pacific Coast. she/her
@ericheidle.bsky.social
@ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social
they/them horror/SF/F writer of THE FAMILIALISTS and THE COSMIC COLOR Stories in Ghoulis Tales, Shadows Over Main Street Vol 3, Dead Letters, Timber Ghost, Bag of Bones Press
@hlillywhite.bsky.social
3 grandkids. Beautiful wife. 2 fine sons. Teach writing at a university in Baltimore. Very lucky.
@swellspoken.bsky.social
Writer/Worrywart, Editor/Instructor, She/Her. Repped by lgr literary Millay Arts NJ Council on the Arts Fiction Fellow Words in lit mags https://open.substack.com/pub/alysonmosqueradutemple www.alysondutemple.com
@davigray.bsky.social
Queer, trans, nonbinary poet, writer, performer, artist, activist, and abolitionist. Website: davigray.com. 18+ 🙏🏼 Work published in Poetry, Water~Stone Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Rogue Agent & elsewhere.
@altnps.bsky.social
The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
@humanpoweredcity.bsky.social
Senior editor at Baltimore magazine. Author, “If You Love Baltimore, It Will Love You Back.” Contributor, “The Baltimore Anthology.” Previous careers: swinging a hammer, pouring drinks, pedaling a bike.
@cody-walker.bsky.social
@drobnik.co
Fiction writer, author of VOSTOK & RIVERINE. Words in Split Lip Magazine, HAD, Fractured Lit, Foglifter, etc. He/him
@rjszczerba.bsky.social
Rocket Scientist 🚀 turned Tech CEO; Senior Fellow Lockheed Martin; Notre Dame PhD☘️; Wrote cool stuff for Forbes, & Proud Autism Dad! ♥️
@remypinc.bsky.social
Currently freezing in Grand Rapids, Michigan ❄️ Words in Strange Horizons, Baltimore Review, Passages North 🚀 they/them www.remyreedpincumbe.com
@peasantmagazine.bsky.social
A fantasy & historical fiction literary magazine for lovers of short stories by indie authors. Learn more at: http://fiction.charlesmoffat.com/peasantmagazine/
@elizabethcarls.bsky.social
Poet and essayist (works in River Teeth, Great River Review) Asst. editor of CNF for Water~Stone Review. Lover of hard winters, big lakes, and long walks. Most recent pub, an essay in Under the Sun https://underthesunonline.com/wordpress/2024/316-2/
@heyjudenotjudy.bsky.social
My novel "Babe in the Woods" available. Essays in Los Angeles Times, Women Writers, Women's Books, other places, other times. http://judehopkinswriting.net
@anniemarhefka.bsky.social
Writer. Exec Director @ Yellow Arrow Publishing. HR Consultant @ The Vivi Group. MFA candidate at UBalt.
@stritasbooks.bsky.social
A bookstore that plies the US selling great used books and encouraging serious conversations. https://travelingbookstore.wordpress.com/
@murrayjsiskind.bsky.social
Author of “The Way Things Always Happen Here” and two other books, still in the hopper but cautiously finding their ways over the transoms and through the contests. Born in Maine, grew up in WV, currently avoiding anything Yellowstony in MT.
@sammyzorba.bsky.social
Words. Books. Quotes. Dogs. Horses. All living creatures. Trees! Photography, especially B&W film, painting, drawing. Baseball. Food: married to a great cook. Prefer to follow positive, upbeat people posting about life.
@bjking.bsky.social
Anthropologist, animal advocate, science writer, caretaker of aging cats. Books include How Animals Grieve; Animals' Best Friends: Putting Compassion to Work for Animals; see www.barbarajking.com for more.
@deborahager.bsky.social
Writer | Cat servant | Hiker | Caregiver | Founding editor @32poems | Editor, Bloomsbury Anthology of Jewish American Poetry | Book doctor for 45+ nonfiction books and one novel
@phantom1250.bsky.social
I wondered why the ball kept getting bigger and then it hit me. Life is kinda like that, so I try to follow Joseph Campbell's dictum and be a joyful participant in the sorrow of the world.
@lcarter2626.bsky.social
Enemy of the people. Rebel. Animal lover. Baseball is life. Soccer is good too. Italy. Books. Smart people. Will dance in the street when Tr*mp is dead.
@codyboteler.bsky.social
breaking news, @thebaltimorebanner.com | Washington Spirit, #USWNT fan | #Baltimore | dog dad and wife guy | he/him
@brynndevereaux.bsky.social
@teganoneil5000.bsky.social
Critic for 2017 & 2018 winners of the Eisner in Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism / Writer of Fantasy / NB she/her / https://linktr.ee/teganoneil5000