Penstricken
Penstricken is an online literary journal featuring short fiction and poetry from new and established authors. 📚✍️
www.penstricken.com
@poetry-with-hart.bsky.social
I'm a little witchy, probably haunted, definitely in need of repairs, and always good for a cup of tea. I'm a poet most of all. My work is currently available here and on my website. Take care of each other out there 🤗 https://www.poetry-with-hart.online
@danielrolphauthor.bsky.social
Daniel Rolph grew up in the UK foster care system, experiencing firsthand the challenges that come with it. Now, he's channelling those experiences into his debut novel, Shattered Paths Buy Now: https://geni.us/OEi75Gh
@storyvalley.bsky.social
Official Story Valley account! Writers helping writers. Follow for tips & fun #writingcommunity interaction. Join our online writing conference in August, meet our favorite professionals. Send questions to storyvalleywriters(at)gmail.com
@aruwriting.bsky.social
We're a creative writing research centre based at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, organising and posting both research and community writing events. We repost lit subs calls! https://creativeshowcase.aru.ac.uk/research/cambridge-writing-centre/
@christafairbrother.bsky.social
Gulfport, FL poet laureate ☀️ (she/her) chronic illness warrior writing embodied poems 💪 Author of Water Yoga (Singing Dragon 2022) I love to connect with poets & poetry lovers Lover of tea and avocados 🥑 christafairbrotherwrites.com
@dellsweet.bsky.social
Writer since the early eighties. 3D Model and game creator. Married to the novelist A L Norton. No DMS Unless I know you.
@mikeslavinauthor.bsky.social
Author of fast-paced action-oriented crime/ thrillers. -KIll Crime: a Vigilante series -Spike, 35 Kills and Smiling (Think Reacher meets Dexter) West Pointer, Support Democracy. Always learning. Free prequel at the website https://mikeslavinauthor.com/
@thebodyreclaimed.bsky.social
poetry, dad jokes, gaming, music, disability stuff 👩🦽 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 IG: @thebodyreclaimed
@bookshelfie.bsky.social
The Self-Pub Hub (Indie Book Review Site) Accepting book submissions now! https://book-shelfie.com/submit-book/
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
A national charity dedicated to changing lives with reading and writing. Home of Bookbug, Book Week Scotland and Reading Schools.
@csignymaraine.bsky.social
Wordlarker. Writing teen horror fiction and rum poetry. Author of DREAD THE BOARDS - at Kobo, Indigo, B&N, Booktopia, (Libby) OverDrive. At Amazon: https://a.co/d/ghXKLrv Taking a break from social media to get some writing done. Be back soon <3
@writingfactory.bsky.social
Old fashioned storyteller, bestselling #author 30+ books, keynote speaker, television, film, radio. #MoneyLaundering #Fraud #FinancialCrime. #Fiction Linkedin.com/in/authorjeffreyrobinson https://linktr.ee/jeffreyrobinson WEBSITE: jeffreyrobinson.com
@byallmeanswrite.bsky.social
New to this platform! Literary Poet (author of Cult Life) www.kyerenregehr.ca Artistic Director of Planet Earth Poetry www.planetearthpoetry.com Host of The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social 7th Poet Laureate of Victoria (2025-2026)
@poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social
A luminous space for listening Each month: one poet, one moment Hosted by Kyeren Regehr 7th Poet Laureate of Victoria www.kyerenregehr.ca/poetlaureatepodcast Recorded at Haus of Owl on lək̓ʷəŋən homelands (Victoria BC)
@mdflynwriter.bsky.social
she/her Writer extraordinaire and perpetrator of geekery. Lover of all things fantasy, scifi, and otherwise weird. MDFlyn.com #ProtectTransKids #LGBTQ #GoodTrouble
@micropoetry.bsky.social
poet & author MadVerse.com linktr.ee/jdnelson poetry micropoetry poem writer writing book chapbook e-book Dada Surrealism experimental weird literature haiku ecopoetry nature wildlife animal tree kindness Boulder Denver Colorado Christus Super Omnia +
@kgstarke.bsky.social
🖤Dark fantasy author & dark humored artist🖤 📚 Author of the Afterlands Anthologies 🎨 Artist of the #MorallyGrayAffirmations WIP: 📚Storm Mountain Using dark fantasy and laughter to model healing in the wake of disaster.
@rayhourigan.bsky.social
I've worked in factories, hospitality, cleaning, until my knees and mind went 😅 living a much quieter life, posting stuff I write/make. Irish poet living in Glasgow, I make collages! Just doing my best to help anywhere I can to support artists/activists 💚
@juliatilford.bsky.social
Writer. Sometimes bartender. All-the-time friend to cats and bunnies everywhere. Let's help each other through this. 💕 Website: www.juliatilford.com
@howard-aiken.bsky.social
Blogger, writer and reader. Debut novel The Plague Angel (real world historical fiction) written and re-written. Looking for an agent. Working on the prequel "The Blood Cross" and now a sequel too! Blog: https://unexpectedangles.wordpress.com
@aryder.com
I write immersive adventure stories told through the eyes of animal protagonists. My debut novel, "Ember's Gallop," follows a brave wild mustang as she leads her herd through a raging wildfire. Authentic animal perspectives make my work unique. aryder.com
@d4rkn0va.bsky.social
They / Them | Survivor | 30's | Irish | Queer | Poly | Music Maker | Pansexual | NSFW Themes | Writer | 🔞 Minors DNI | lurkers, or blank accounts = BLOCKED | 🌈 Dialogue Saves Lives! 💖
@duotrope.com
Duotrope is an award-winning writers' resource. Search for publishers and agents, track your submissions & more! https://duotrope.com @duosuma.com is our submission manager.
@katrinaspillman.bsky.social
Debut YA Sci-fi author. Watch for Promise The Sky, coming out April 2027 with Ooligan Press. Check me out at katrinaspillman.com. Scribo, disco, memini.
@caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
She/Her. Writer (Poetry and Flash Fiction) Millennial. Rochester, NY. Recently published in Gone Lawn, Lost Balloon, North of Oxford, EAP Magazine, and The Prose Poem. www.caitlinohalloran.com
@broomxbrush.bsky.social
Ariel Ayres (she / her) 🎨 Self-taught artist with 600+ works 🛍️ Shop wares at Flower Fist Art Market 📚 Internationally published 🩷💛💙 All colors, identities, origins, and orientations are welcome here — you’re all works of art ✌️
@wordsbyalice.bsky.social
Midwesterner. Immigrant. Writer. Allergic to cheese and great at trivia. 🏳️🌈 she/they https://alicelyon.com/
@probablysane.bsky.social
Absolute beginner, Poet, Failing Taoist, Master of none. Billionaires don't impress me. I finished arguing with stupid long ago.
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social
Queer writer l #FlashFiction l Climate change l Contrib ed @nnffr.bsky.social SL Bridport, Bath, Oxford & WestWord Prizes. BSF BMF & Pushcart noms. Published stories: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12OLycEkDPIHts-GvyZpoSmdbYLBzyTYTfSjfGQmsECs/edit?u
@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.
@cdelull.bsky.social
🌈🔗 Pre order Cacoethes - a bisexual sugar baby novel: https://www.northodox.co.uk/product-page/cacoethes-paperback 📽️I'm like if an old man was a girl. She/her. 🎭Novelist & screenwriter, good at funny with a side of sad. 📍Manchester(ish)
@typebarmagazine.bsky.social
An interesting thing to read on the internet.
@wigleaf.bsky.social
Six-time Pushcart Prize winning journal of very short fiction. (Read us at wigleaf.com)
@boulevardlitmag.bsky.social
The finest fiction, poetry, and essays since 1985. Paying market. https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/
@orionmagazine.bsky.social
Inviting readers into a community of caring for the planet—justly, sustainably, and joyously. orionmagazine.org
@thewingedmoon.bsky.social
contemporary poetry magazine with a love of folklore, nature and place and writing that goes beyond the surface. we publish in print and online with amazing art and a vibrant weekly newsletter www.wingedmoon.com
@maureenaitken.bsky.social
Author of The Patron Saint of Lost Girls, winner of the Foreword Review INDIE Gold Prize, The Nilsen Prize; a Kirkus Star, and a Foreword Review Star. Stories in Missouri Review, Prairie Schooner, New Letters.
@theatticmouse.bsky.social
Writer. Lover of words. Stories. Lyrics. Big words, little words. Swear words. #writing #fiction #author (in progress) Just migrated here from ‘the other place’ and need some new like-minded friends x
@leighloveday.bsky.social
Another writer fleeing Twitter. 25+ years of videogame-adjacent scrawling and, more recently, spooky flash fiction. Pics of cats, books and foxes likely.
@crabtalesmagazine.bsky.social
A SFF flash fiction magazine about crabs. Art submissions: OPEN. Fiction submissions: CLOSED. 🦀 EIC @rachelhandley.bsky.social Submit: crabtalesmagazine.com Support: https://ko-fi.com/crabtalesmagazine Dublin
@apexmag.bsky.social
Apex Magazine is a lit zine focusing on strange, surreal, beautiful, and shocking scifi & horror. Also posts for Apex Book Company and Reach Your Apex. https://apex-magazine.com https://apexbookcompany.com https://reachyourapex.com
@splitlipthemag.bsky.social
We’re a literary journal that’s totally bonkers-in-love with voice-driven writing, pop culture, and the kind of honesty that gets you right in the kidneys. https://splitlipthemag.com/