Mel
neuroscientist | writer of speculative fiction & poetry
spoken word set to original electronic music
Viable Paradise ‘23
sciencegeekmel.com
iambicbeats.bandcamp.com
@daviddegraff.bsky.social
Astronomer and science fiction writer Stories in Lightspeed, F&SF, Translunar Traveler’s Lounge, and Carbide Tipped Pens #VP21 #Codex https://DavidDeGraff.com
@jgownder.bsky.social
VP analyst @Forrester. Opinions mine alone. Future of work + tech. Viable Paradise 2024 (sci-fi/fantasy writers' workshop) graduate. Multiracial POC. 🏳️🌈 Harvard MA, BA. I regularly delete all posts and likes.
@devzmiller.bsky.social
Writer of sapphic SFF fiction and poetry, cyborg, Seattleite, plant nerd. devzmiller.com
@andtatcat.bsky.social
Fantasy writer. Bi. Tamer of feral cats. Lurker. (They/them)
@lauracranehill.bsky.social
Strange motherings and odd bodies. Weird horror written by a weird horror. 🌈 WIFE SHAPED BODIES coming in 2026 from Saga Press Lauracranehill.com
@chrisrose.bsky.social
Spec fiction writer, engineer, owl. Stories in Asimov's, F&SF, Interzone. Avionics in NASA spacecraft. #ViableParadise #SFF #VP23 #SFWA #Codexian #SciFi #CharmCitySpec #writingcommunity BLM 🇺🇦
@jonathandanz.bsky.social
writing, reading, sff, soccer, mtb, coffee, beer - in any order VP21 (2017)
@jayxwolf.bsky.social
sff writer & dev editor, author-illustrator, lapsed podcaster, sculptor, fabricator, Viable Paradise alum, online community specialist, queer as in here, they as in them, kennywood enthusiast. writes books as @mdanielmcdowell.bsky.social
@mdanielmcdowell.bsky.social
ink-stained wretch & nom de guerre of jayxwolf.bsky.social. Song of the Scourgelands book 3 CROWN OF THE WORLD UNBOUND out 2025! Start @ Book 1: Bringer of the Scourge, spfbo x semifinalist: https://books2read.com/bringer https://linktr.ee/mdanielmcdowell
@ph-low.com
THESE DEATHLESS SHORES (Orbit US/Angry Robot UK) • 🇲🇾🇺🇸🏳️🌈 (they/them) • Rhysling & Locus noms • words in Strange Horizons, Reactor, Fantasy &c. • #PW21 • #VP2019 • linktr.ee/lowph
@outseide.bsky.social
Tea drinker, Seattleite, queer femme, erstwhile writer, dilettante, librarian, birder, renter, traveler. If you reply-guy me, I will block you. Pronouns: she/her www.slowbloom.com/blog
@johnpmurphy.bsky.social
Science fiction and fantasy writer, author of RED NOISE, THE LIAR, and others. Coffee enthusiast. No idea what I’m doing. https://johnpmurphy.net
@lizardskinshoujo.bsky.social
Pursuing the peccary with pardine limers. Lapsed academic. PhD in Japanese Art History. Writing, sewing, painting, and other assorted endeavors. Viable Paradise 2024. Short fiction in Old Moon Quarterly vol. 8. She/her www.elizabethmorrissey.com
@amandaghelms.bsky.social
Writer of SFF and sometimes H. Fiction in/forthcoming from LIGHTSPEED, Uncanny, FIYAH & elsewhere. Editor at Diabolical Plots. Parent. Biracial. She/her. Rep: Paul Lucas
@jomiles.bsky.social
they/them - Sci-fi and fantasy writer repped by @AnneTibbets at DMLA. Stories in Lightspeed, F&SF, and more. Read WARPED STATE, a queer optimistic space opera: https://www.jomiles.com/books/warped-state/
@traewrites.bsky.social
SFF writer 💫 rep: @keiralekseii.bsky.social Words in Augur Mag #ViableParadise2023 he/him
@leahmiller.bsky.social
Writing and Narrative Design. previously: Wizards of the Coast, Wildstar, Dark Age of Camelot, Star Wars. now: secret quests at System Era @culturalgeek on twitter
@cjdugas.bsky.social
A coffee-drinking 🦄 protector. Writing fantasy/sci-fi . VP XIX. Previous first reader Viable Paradise, F&SF. she/her
@beaniezee.bsky.social
Fantasy writer by night, cat herder 24/7, will jump out of a moving car to pet your dog | 💍 | NJ➡️PNW | VP22 / Viable Paradise 2018 I’m also on the others apps as [@]beaniezee
@falconesse.bsky.social
Writer, bookseller, gamer, geek. she/her. queer. Artist at peculiarityshop@bsky.social Staff at viableparadise@bsky.social
@ash-howell.bsky.social
Writing about magic, queers, tech ethics, and the evils of capitalism. Work in Astrolabe, All Worlds Wayfarer, Baffling Mag, & Lightspeed | #vp2023 They/them. https://www.ash-howell.com/
@drowsyzot.bsky.social
SFF writer, feral parent, history nerd, nascent bog witch #actuallyautistic, #invisibledisabilities, #POTS, #EDS
@pnh.nielsenhayden.com
VP and editor-at-large at the Tor Publishing Group. Series editor, Tor Essentials. Winner of three Hugos and a World Fantasy Award for editorial work. Opinions mine, not Tor’s. Happily working out of Tucson, AZ. He, his. Anti-trans dingbats, get lost.
@lenorarose.bsky.social
Writer, potter, clerk. Canuck. She/her. Cis but knows trans women are women. Where there is tea, there is hope.
@karigrafia.bsky.social
Academic, writer, immigrant. Queer vegan. I spend a lot of time thinking about different kinds of minds. | they/them Profile picture by @ancientwinters.bsky.social
@sooguy68.bsky.social
Canadian writer of speculative fiction who buys more books & comics than he can ever hope to read. Viable Paradise (VP19), Codex, TWUOC, CSFFA, Playwright Junction. Cancer Survivor. He/Him
@dmbeucler.bsky.social
Author of Memory and Magic, Coming in the fall of 2025 from Luna Press Expert Onion. Cat herder. 2 kids, 3 cats, infinite chaos. #VP21 #Codex she/they Knit 2, Purl 1, Sow kind chaos.
@donfoolery.com
He came from some. Where. Back in your long ago... Health admin factotum Viable Paradise XX he/him/his donfoolery.com 🇵🇭 🇺🇸
@deuceofgears.bsky.social
Author of NINEFOX GAMBIT, CODE AND CODEX (forthcoming). Rep'd by Seth Fishman. MFA student at ThinkSpace (Media Composition & Orchestration). He/him. My life is asplode. Triaging to Essentials and Fun Stress Relief.
@scalzi.com
I enjoy pie. Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
@brigittewinter.bsky.social
Writer. Photographer. Game designer. Co-Founder of Scryptid Games. Viable Paradise ‘23.
@alecjmarsh.bsky.social
Writer of fantasy | Freelance Editor | Viable Paradise 2023 They/them | PNW Hire me & see my books at alecjmarsh.carrd.co
@tbonejenkins.bsky.social
Science fiction and fantasy writer. Editor of GigaNotoSaurus Magazine. Anime watcher and knitter. Follower of Womanist theology. She/Her. Also, pie.
@juliavee.bsky.social
I write stuff with monsters and dumplings. ('23 Ebony Gate, TOR) ('24 Blood Jade, TOR) 🩷Pearl City July 15, 2025🩷 Viable Paradise 21.
@jakekerr.com
Podcast drama writer. Screenwriter. Award-nominated scifi author. Technologist. Voting rights advocate. Former morning show DJ, music journalist, record company exec, biz dev consultant. Current IHeartMedia. He/Him https://jakekerr.com
@akstories.bsky.social
Lover of bright colors and tea VP2023 She/Her/Mx Neurodivergent Reads for Fusion Fragment
@sr-spieler.bsky.social
Aspiring author, rapid reader, interior decor enthusiast, dumpling addict, millennial parent, rep'd by @antoinight.bsky.social at Looking Glass #viableparadise2023, she/her.
@ccastellani.bsky.social
'wright | Team Oxford Comma | Codex | Viable Paradise 2023 | https://linktr.ee/cmcastellani
@crkellogg.bsky.social
Writer of horror, weird, speculative and generally unhinged stories. Boy mom. #VP2023 Chaos gardener. A lot of opinions about food. Recent Stories: "The Blackbrush" in https://tinyurl.com/sp7wjty5
@stephcharette.bsky.social
Hello! "Scribofelidae" else-Web. Writer, stationary stan, cat wrangler, pizza freak. Work in Podcastle 🏰, Shimmer ✨, GigaNotoSaurus 🦕 and Nature 🌎! SWFA Associate, CODEX, VP alum, Taos Toolbox, & TWS.
@fade.bsky.social
Classicist, writer, that sort of stuff. Currently teaching Latin to the youth. Yes, my dog's name is Adverb.
@karenosborne.bsky.social
Velocity girl. Honey badger. A/V hooligan. Nebula, Locus, Sturgeon finalist. Violin & theremin. Author: THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN from Erewhon ('27), ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY & ENGINES OF OBLIVION from Tor. Ad astra via caffeine. Rep: Dorian Maffei, KC&A
@mediapathic.bsky.social
Word Guy. Viable Paradise 2017. Fiction, parafiction, and game writer; Chicago Manual of Style enjoyer; sword swinger. Recreational taxonomist. "Steen, occasionally I forget how extra you are but something always reminds me" -- Elizabeth Bear #sf
@thecrownedvic.bsky.social
Writing for my life Viable Paradise 2023 New Year, New Year available now https://linktr.ee/newyearnewyoustories
@ramseyhootman.bsky.social
Author of COURTING GRETA, SURVIVING CYRIL, and CYRIL IN THE FLESH. Viable Paradise class of 2024 (!!!) "Well-developed and nontoxic" according to my doctor's notes. www.ramseyhootman.com
@flowerhorne.com
Writer, Quaker, candlestick maker. Open source technologist and occasional tailor. Fiction in F&SF, Futurescapes, Fireside, Friends' Journal, and places that don't start with F. They.