Picket Fire
Independent press. Publisher of novels of high literary value.
picketfire.com
@leftoverbooks.bsky.social
Born in Rochester, NY in 2021. Publishing books ignored by the mainstream. Submissions always open. leftoverbooks.com
@emilyfmaloney.bsky.social
Author of COST OF LIVING (Holt), now in paperback. New book forthcoming. I also make pots and ride horses. Incoming Artist in Residence at the University of Central Oklahoma. she/her www.emilymaloney.net
@shelbyhinte.bsky.social
Author of HOWLING WOMEN (2025) | Editor at Write or Die Magazine | she/her
@electricsheepsf.bsky.social
Spec fic discussion group & reading series. Flash & shorts. Celebrating SFFH authors & magazines. Read along with us! https://mynachang.com/electric-sheep/
@jeradalexander.bsky.social
Writer. Author of VOLUNTEERS: GROWING UP IN THE FOREVER WAR. Rep'd by Massie & McQuilkin. Substack feed: https://tinyurl.com/mwezn823
@tmcallister.bsky.social
Author of novels HOW TO BE SAFE and THE YOUNG WIDOWER'S HANDBOOK. New book of essays IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE coming from Rose Metal Press in May 2025. Co-host of Book Fight! podcast. @Barrelhouse.bsky.social NF Editor. South Jersey. Tom.mcallister.ws
@apocalypseparty.bsky.social
A heavy metal acid trip via literature. Publishing books for the end of the world. apocalypse-party.com/books
@crobertcargill.bsky.social
Lvl 49 Writer of Wrongs. SINISTER 1 & 2. DOCTOR STRANGE. THE BLACK PHONE 1 & 2. THE GORGE. V/H/S/85. SEA OF RUST. DAY ZERO. WE ARE WHERE THE NIGHTMARES GO. Six books, seven movies. Podcaster with JUNKFOOD CINEMA. Tio do Churrasco. Misfit toy.
@sentencebender.bsky.social
Gay shit. Sometimes even award-winning gay shit. BLACKFISH CITY is an NEA 2025 Big Read book! Also ART OF STARVING; etc.
@nateknapp.bsky.social
Author of DAYBOOK, a novel (Splice, 2024). Native Okie, live in Nashville, teach in Clarky.
@johnchrostek.com
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
@jameygallagher.bsky.social
AMERICAN ANIMISM out now! https://bookshop.org/p/books/american-animism/19e3bcc5fc6e8b6c?ean=9781960329714&next=t&next=t Community college writing teacher I read and write: literary stuff, crime stuff, weird stuff https://jameyg0.wixsite.com/jameygallagher
@willelm.bsky.social
Fantasy writer. Reader of everything. Exhausted parent. Searching for a perfect cup of tea. Debut novel SHADOW OF THE ELDERS out now a.co/d/9WRy4Bt (ebook, paperback) https://ko-fi.com/willelmauthor (paperback, direct sales) he/him willelmauthor.com
@amysullivan.bsky.social
Once and future journalist • Religion, politics, gender • Alum: TIME, Yahoo, Washington Monthly, Harvard Divinity, University of Michigan • Sojourners Board of Directors
@alanmaceachern.bsky.social
Researcher, writer, & teacher of stuff Canadian, historical, & environmental. https://www.mqup.ca/maceachern--alan-contributor-106525.php
@stephenfishbach.bsky.social
2x Survivor loser. Pushcart Prize-winning writer. Host of the Paraphrase Podcast. Novel forthcoming in January 2026. Your reskeets of me are endorsements.
@johnmoe.bsky.social
Host/creator: Depresh Mode, Sleeping with Celebrities, The Hilarious World of Depression. Host/co-creator/head writer: Wits. Author: The Hilarious World of Depression. Lead singer: Math Emergency. Dogs owned: 2.
@ibogost.bsky.social
Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, Writer at The Atlantic. https://linktr.ee/ibogost
@petekeeley1.bsky.social
Avid reader, music obsessive, NCFC supporting socialist.. Honoured to be an MD ANT. Mainly post about books, music and beer.
@johndevore.bsky.social
This is a Phantom of the Opera fan account My debut memoir, 'Theatre Kids,' is on sale now
@cmattwrite.bsky.social
Old with wandering. Probably sore from it, too. Author of TWENTYMILE (“taut, page-turning”—Atlanta Journal-Constitution). Stories: Mystery Mag., Close to the Bone, Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir. www.cmattsmithwrites.com.
@bradlisti.bsky.social
author of books. host of the otherppl podcast. in-depth interviews w writers. hermit. good at walking. https://linktr.ee/bradlisti #booksky
@scalzi.com
I enjoy pie. Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
@meproctor.bsky.social
Crime fiction writer. Declan Shaw PI series: "Love You Till Tuesday". Short story collection: "Family and Other Ailments". Stories in Shotgun Honey, Mystery Tribune, Bristol Noir, Vautrin, Black Cat Weekly. Punk Noir Magazine guest editor.
@claymcleod.bsky.social
Books. Comic books. YA/middlegrade books. Film/TV. Podcasts. You can visit me at www.claymcleodchapman.com
@bryndonovan.bsky.social
Author, blogger at BrynDonovan.com, freelance book editor at LuckyAuthor.com, and hopeful romantic in Chicago. Get my romcom novel HER KNIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: https://amzn.to/3CxgpYF
@danrussell.bsky.social
Pushcart nominated author of Lies We Choose To Believe - Anxiety Press. Poor Birds - Cowboy Jamboree Press, Coming May 2025. Buy books here: https://tinyurl.com/2e5de79j
@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Press & online rag dedicated to grit lit & rural writing with rough edges. Survival is triumph enough. We dig Folk & Old Country music: @npcountrycovers.bsky.social. EIC: @vanwinkle.bsky.social www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
@justinlee.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Pushcart Nominated Author. Words can be found at Cowboy Jamboree, Punk Noir Magazine, Reckon Review, Bristol Noir, among a few others.
@zakariah.bsky.social
Writer. Walker. Banjo Player. Progeny of Cannibals. Author of MINK: SKINNING TIME IN WISCONSIN and EGG ON HER FACE: STORIES OF CRIME, HORROR, AND THE SPACE IN BETWEEN. https://substack.com/@pteratorn731655
@davechisholmcomics.com
Rochester, NY. Cartoonist w/ a doctorate in music. Eisner-nominated and Ringo winner. I give readers synesthesia. SPECTRUM issue 4 out March and PLAGUE HOUSE issue 1 out April! davechisholmcomics@gmail.com http://davechisholmcomics.com/links
@robertarjoyan.bsky.social
Writer | Editor | Erstwhile Director arjoyan.com Maudlin House🧿Deadlands🧿JMWW🧿Ghoulish Tales🧿River Styx🧿Gone Lawn🧿Shotgun Honey🧿Roi Fainéant🧿Cold Signal🧿Hooghly Review🧿Cleaver🧿Door Is A Jar🧿Hobart Soon in Silk & Sinew🔮Pleiades🔮Allegory Zine
@mikedrucker.bsky.social
Emmy-nominated TV writer and comedian. My new book “Good Game, No Rematch” is out April 1st. Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/ytjvhjsb Email: mikedruckerisdead @ gmail .com
@meganabbott.bsky.social
NYT-bestselling author of EL DORADO DRIVE (out June 24, 2025), BEWARE THE WOMAN, THE TURNOUT, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, YOU WILL KNOW ME, THE FEVER, etc. Co-creator/showrunner: DARE ME on Netflix. www.meganabbott.com
@clairehopple.bsky.social
Author of six lil books. Fiction editor at XRAY. Stories in Wigleaf, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Forever Mag, HAD, etc. clairehopple.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
@miriamgershow.bsky.social
Writer w FOMO. SURVIVAL TIPS: STORIES (Propeller). THE LOCAL NEWS (Spiegel & Grau). Next: CLOSER (Regal House June 3 2025). www.miriamgershow.com 📚💙 Wrangling “100 Notable Small Press Books 2025” into existence. #100smallpress
@lindzmcleod.bsky.social
Scottish writer/editor. Queer AF. Terrible workaholic. PhD student in Creative Writing. President of the Edinburgh Writers' Club. Repped: @lzats.bsky.social (literary) Kim Yau at Echo Lake (film/TV) Bae: @pegasusunder.bsky.social www.lindzmcleod.co.uk
@beautysurroundsyou.com
Passionate Nature photographer. I run premier, small group photo tours in Patagonia, Namibia, Canada and Greenland. The world is full of beauty. Let me take you there! https://beautysurroundsyou.com Montreal, Canada 🍁
@robertchazzchute.bsky.social
Author of This Plague of Days, Endemic, AFTER Life, The Night Man, Citizen Second Class, Wallflower, The Night Man, among others. Former journalist, I am an OCD Canadian writing from a blanket fort in Other London. Fifteen writing awards (if you care).