The Middle Shelf
The Middle Shelf is a sci-fi and fantasy book review blog with an emphasis on diverse stories, novellas & stand alones. Posts by C. (they/them)
Reviews & review policy: http://www.themiddleshelf.org
@heatherika.bsky.social
Author, environmentalist & egalitarian based in Bristol UK. Novels EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU and THE UNDOING OF ARLO KNOTT published by Orbit books. Rep Julie Crisp. www.heather-child.co.uk
@tadethompson.bsky.social
Writer: Rosewater, Murders of Molly Southbourne, Far from the Light of Heaven, Making Wolf, Jackdaw, shorts, screenplays. Arthur C. Clarke Award winner. Hugo nominated. Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Etcetera Opinions mine. He/him
@jupitersghost.bsky.social
Love Science, Science Fiction & Fantasy especially books. Chair & Newsletter Editor for Birmingham SF Group (BSFG). Reviews for Parsec magazine and BSFG. Recently fell down the rabbit hole of #Cdrama & #Kdrama.
@sarahash7.bsky.social
Fantasy author. Currently reviews editor at Anime UK News (we also review manga, manhwa, light novels, danmei etc.) https://www.sarah-ash.com/
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford. Readers: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk Visitors: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
@hammywinchester.bsky.social
Just a middle aged weirdo trying to get through each day aided by the liberal application of geeky stuff. Probably won't post much here, and I promise none of it will be memorable, so if that's your thing, welcome aboard!
@geekcliche.bsky.social
Geek. Metalhead. Bookworm. Beardy. Devout introvert. Bad puns. NHS IT Engineer. Anxiety/depression disaster. Usually hungry. Put all my faith in a loud guitar. https://linktr.ee/geekcliche
@palaeopat.bsky.social
Former archaeologist/tour guide now a desk jockey. I read fantasy and science fiction, and Star Wars. I occasionally post about and review books on Instagram, play TTRPGs, and Mechwarrior. All views my own. (He/him) https://instagram.com/palaeopats_books
@idakeogh.bsky.social
Neurospicy BSFA and British Fantasy Award winning SFF author and occasional mermaid. Equality and Diversity Officer for the British Science Fiction Association. she/her
@subjectivechaos.bsky.social
The SCKA has been running since 2018. Created by a group of enthusiastic and dedicated readers, it celebrates the best in genre fiction every year, while acknowledging the subjectivity of our choices. https://subjectivechaoskindofawards.wordpress.com/
@genni.bsky.social
African Australian author, editor. Solstice Award. British Fantasy Award. Shirley Jackson, PK Dick, World Fantasy Award finalist. Twice Otherwise honoree for exciting work in speculative fiction. eugenbacon.com Rep: Bieke van Aggelen
@writingandcoe.bsky.social
Sometime writer, editor, maker of cakes. Mostly anxious. Always a fan of cats. TL;DR: no longer working in SFF publishing thanks to severe burn-out, but madly cheering for all my authors from the sidelines (while eyeing my ever-growing TBR.)
@geekychappy.bsky.social
Ray Harryhausen fanatic. Film fan. Retro gamer, board gamer. All round geek.
@aknighton.bsky.social
Writer of sff + comics. Rearranging words for a living since 2013. he/him Mailing list: https://eepurl.com/Zviqn The Executioner's Blade: https://www.northodox.co.uk/product-page/the-executioner-s-blade-paperback Also found at andrewknighton.com
@leighowyn.bsky.social
SF fan, both books and TV/film. Scottish. Dog Auntie. General geek.
@krisvm.bsky.social
Reviewer of books, bunny snuggler, Non-Binary & Genderqueer (they/them), god of excel & filled with geeky squee. Mastodon: @KrisVM@wandering.shop
@danhartland.bsky.social
Writes, variously. Reviews Editor, Strange Horizons. Columns at Ancillary Review. Songs over at Bandcamp. Also see @savinglives.bsky.social.
@hierath77.bsky.social
Fantasy writer and editor, hound mum, permaculturist, woke hobbit. Writes, reads, games, gardens. Trying to leave it better than I found it. Ideologically opposed to bigots of all stripes. She/her. Cymru.
@celianeri.bsky.social
Scifi & fantasy writer (they/them). Stories in Apex Mag, Three Crows & Rosalind's Siblings. I often type without my glasses because I like living dangerously. Pardon my French. http://www.celianeri.com
@adancewithbooks.bsky.social
Book Blogger | Reader | Mom | Dutch | She/Her Loves cats, dragons, books, bujo and drawing
@sjgroenewegen.co.uk
SFF author, trans-inclusive feminist, gay, enby, autistic. Website: https://www.sjgroenewegen.co.uk - includes links to all my publications. Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/sjgroenewegen - new posts every Wednesday on politics and/or writing.
@mariahaskins.com
Swedish-Canadian SFFH writer. Editor at Ruadán Books. Part of Many Worlds. She/her. Work in Best Horror of the Year, Lightspeed, Deadlands & more. 📚: WOLVES & GIRLS+SIX DREAMS ABOUT THE TRAIN🔗 http://linktr.ee/MariaHaskins Rep: Eric Showers.
@schenior.bsky.social
Ukrainian & Austrian, Linguistics PhD - viva done!! 🥳 Admin of a Ukrainian-refugees-in-Austria online community. I mainly post about books and politics, in Eng, Ger, and Rus. (she/her)
@carturo222.bsky.social
Ignyte-winning, Hugo-winning reviewer at Nerds of a Feather. Member of Strange Horizons and Galactic Journey. Judge at the British Fantasy Awards. Black belt in 積ん読. Alignment: 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼🏳️🌈🇺🇳☮️♾️ mybook.to/ToClimatesUnknown arturoserrano.site
@hesper.bsky.social
Author of speculative fiction. She/her 🧜🏿♀️🦄🔮🧚♀️🗡️🚀 Website: https://hesperleveret.com Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/hesperleveret https://ko-fi.com/hesperleveret Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️
@scarletferret.com
Curated Special Edition ebooks & digital magazines! 80% of what you pay goes to the author, and you get exciting DIGITAL EXTRAS 🎁 with every DRM-free #ebook for all your reading devices! Made in Cumbria. Sold all over the world. ScarletFerret.com
@catamaroon.bsky.social
Speculative fiction author of The Coral Bones, Paris Adrift, The Osiris Project trilogy. When There Are Wolves Again coming October 2025. Repped by Margaret Halton at PEW Literary. https://geni.us/WhenThereAreWolves www.ejswift.co.uk
@atthisarts.com
Indie press out of Detroit, Michigan ✨ dedicated to the author's authentic voice, thoughtfulness, and community - 🌈 editor @edebell.com
@adragoninspace.bsky.social
sff reader, big fan of robin hobb and her RotE series ✨ posting/reposting both in french and english 📚 libraire bd/manga/comics passionnée de littératures de l’imaginaire - she/her 🖖
@clarkeaward.bsky.social
The Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction book of the year. https://beacons.ai/clarkeaward
@qospress.bsky.social
Queen of Swords Press is a small press publisher of stories from out of this world. Queer AF. Catherine Lundoff, publisher. Minneapolis, MN. https://www.queenofswordspress.com
@fictionfanspod.bsky.social
Weekly (mostly) SFF book podcast hosted by @svmcaro.bsky.social & @lillyscribe.bsky.social // We're fans of fiction, and have a lot of opinions // skeets mostly by Sara // https://linktr.ee/fictionfanspod
@xcrini.bsky.social
A (gender)queer, aro/ace Space Witch with ADHD, shouting about queer adult SFF 🌈📚. Excessive audiobook listener + knitter https://crini.de/links/
@oliverklangmead.bsky.social
CALYPSO out now from Titan Books // Lecturer at Lancaster
@squidfromspace.bsky.social
That dude who does all the yelling. Marxism, maths, mirth, mTrek. https://www.idfc.co.uk/
@littlebadger.bsky.social
Hi! I’m the bestselling author of Elatsoe & A Snake Falls to Earth & Sheine Lende. I <3 lifting heavy weights, playing video games, & writing stories. Sry I don’t check DMs. She/her. Lipan Apache.
@rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
Word Person | BFA winner | Best of British SciFi '19, '20 & '23 | THE QUEEN OF THE HIGH FIELDS (Luna Press) | HOME SICK (2026, Solaris) | She/Her Rep'd by Dorian Maffei at Kimberley Cameron & Associates https://rhiannongrist.wordpress.com
@drkarenlord.bsky.social
Author of THE BLUE, BEAUTIFUL WORLD. Home: Barbados, West Indies 🇧🇧. More info on me and my books at karenlord.wordpress.com
@dlibris.bsky.social
Weegie bookseller and book enthusiast. SFF reader. Buying books and reading books are two separate, imperfectly correlated hobbies. Angry queer. Nonbinary. They/them.
@caramalines.bsky.social
Publicity Manager at Angry Robot Books (fantasy, scifi, horror, wtf) and Datura Books (crime fiction) Caroline (at) angryrobotbooks (dot) com
@avramargariti.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🇬🇷 writer, poet, editor /any pronouns words: Strange Horizons, The Deadlands, F&SF, Podcastle, Asimov's, Vastarien, Baffling, Nature, Gamut, FFO, Dark Matter, Best Microfiction 📧 avra.margariti@gmail.com https://ko-fi.com/avramargariti
@ecastroianni.bsky.social
Fiction in Uncanny, Clarkesworld, Fireside, BCS, Strange Horizons, PodCastle | pronouns: any http://eleannacastroianni.com
@foxesandroses.bsky.social
Your friendly nemesis. Shirley Jackson Winner, Hugo, Ignyte, Locus, Nebula, WFA finalist. Reactor.com, Uncanny, Strange Horizons, & more. ClarionWest '19. She/Her. Rep: Jessica Friedman @SterlingLordLit
@suyidavies.com
Author of LOST ARK DREAMING (2024 Nebula Award Finalist), & the Nameless Republic trilogy. He/him. https://suyidavies.com/links
@danaiwrites.bsky.social
VILE LADY VILLAINS (Michael Joseph 2026) ✨Rep: Lauren Bieker✨Editor: khōréō ✨Poetry & Reviews: HavenSpec✨Assistant Lit. Agent: Tobias Literary Agency✨she/they🏳️🌈🇬🇷 lnk.bio/danaiwrites
@alexkhlopenko.bsky.social
ceo of ads @ based.marketing, edited Three Crows Magazine
@glenatron.bsky.social
GM and producer and music composer for Crudely Drawn Swords, lead guitarist for The Patient Wild, Game Designer for The Hallowed Walk and Trilogy, Programmer, Horse Trainer, dork-ass-loser and now apparently novelist?