The Self Publishers
A list of authors pushing the boundaries of self publishing by creating stories that equal, and in many cases, surpass traditional published titles. This isn’t vanity. This is great indie writing at root level. (Included are authors who also traditional publish too)
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@craigwallwork.bsky.social
@kathyswriter.bsky.social
#Writer #Author #WritingCommunity KathySteinemann.com: #WritingTips Facebook.com/KathySWriter Kathy Steinemann is a writer who loves #words, especially when they're frightening or futuristic or funny. Author of The Writer's Lexicon series.
@cnrowan.bsky.social
Multi award-winning author of the ImPerfect Cathar series. New series The Broken Hotel for Magical Misfits coming this year. Father. Husband. Possibly the true King of Albion but hasn't yet found a sword to pull from a stone. https://www.cnrowan.com
@akritchie.bsky.social
Canadian. Author. Music obsessed. Available now: AFTER THE PARTY | READY TO FALL
@akasher.bsky.social
🖋️ Queer author of MM erotic romance 🫶🏼 You can call me Ash 📕 Debut novel coming JULY 2025 📩 Sign up for updates akasher.com
@thewriterscottage.bsky.social
Author of multiple genres, novels, short stories, poetry, songs, and limericks. And lover of wordplay. Books tinyurl.com/2s3fw49z
@ferretlord.bsky.social
R. E. Ferret, 29, 🇲🇽🇮🇪🏳🌈🏳⚧🏴 Disabled autistic polyamorous genderfluid queer furry Anarcho-communist vegan feminist Science fiction author Multimedia artist Science advocate History enthusiast Yu-Gi-Oh and chess player Collector of various things
@armandauthor.bsky.social
Full-time crime thriller and horror author. Drinker of bourbon
@adamhulse.bsky.social
Girl Dad 🖤 Northern. Writer of working-class dystopia - Below Economic Thresholds, The Growth, The Forgotten War, Not a Good Fit At This Time. https://linktr.ee/adamhulseauthor
@michaelshotter.com
Author - http://michaelshotter.com Co-Host - @postmortemreport.com
@ttothehaz.theroadrunner.co.uk
I draw. I write. I clean. New episode available on the horror pod. ‘The Death of Simon Stephens’ out now https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/brokenboneshorrortheatre https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=1HxDnbULaAkxLfwFnQf7da2ykKw9OHJ95lwxIcEmjsU
@josh.aguayo.ca
I'm an artist living in Calgary. (He/Him) Author of 'Cybernetic Mages': A cyberpunk/fantasy novel about depression, drugs and fighting mega-corporations. Available at: https://tinyurl.com/CyberneticM
@dimreaper.bsky.social
(they/them) author, mom, martial artist, indigenous, communist. FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸 Published Works: www.tdgonzalez.com
@weaver.wtf
A person, author, editorish. 📰 Weaver’s Deep Thoughts newsletter. 📚 Author of Mercedes Masterson Detective Stories. 🏳️🌈 Leave LGBTQ+ folks alone. DMs are always open just not to bots or spam. Weaver.wtf | WeaversDeepThoughts.com | MercedesMasterson.com
@kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social
Irish guy stranded in Ohio. Bram Stoker Award-winning writer of books, graphic novels, and screenplays. Speaker of Gaelic; baker of cakes. Total eejit. www.kealanpatrickburke.com
@sahuntbooks.com
S. A. Hunt (she/her) ✒️ Author of Cult Classic Horror & Scifi 📯 Gunslinger 🇦🇫 Veteran Rep'd by @loriperkinsrab.bsky.social • BURN THE DARK • I COME WITH KNIVES • THE HELLION https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250306432/burnthedark 📚💙🏳️⚧️ #TransAuthor
@jeffwarshaw.bsky.social
Dog walking science fiction/fantasy writer from Haworth, NJ, living in Toronto. I love cats, redheads, punk rock, heavy metal, film noir, good books, spicy foods, comic books, model airplanes, steampunk and dragons!
@talyndraconmore.bsky.social
🪿AuDHD Art Goblin 🌻 🎨 Witchy & Whimsical Watercolor Artist 🐌 Childrens book author/illustrator 📚 🛡 Renaissance Festival Vendor. 🐝 Glitter and Googley eye afficionado. 🍂 🐦⬛ Two crows shy of a murder 🐦⬛ 🧝♀️ Sidhe / her
@kerrielegend.bsky.social
💭 writer / designer, author of “WHAT IS THIS FUCKERY?” #SkyWriters 📝 hobby: journaling, calligraphy 🌌 Star Wars nerd 🖊️ Scrivener weirdo & Pinterest expert 🖍️ redhead, GenX, sarcasm, introvert KerrieLegend.com #tiktokrefugee
@robertkluver.bsky.social
Horror novelist & proofreader. Avid reader of fiction. Co-Chair HWA Sacramento. robertkluver.net
@geoffjones.bsky.social
RULE OF EXTINCTION Post-Apocalyptic | Science Fiction | Monster Horror | Action & Adventure 4.3 ★★★★⯪ 59 global ratings at Amazon (Read or listen to the sample and see what 𝘺𝘰𝘶 think.) https://linktr.ee/geoffjoneswriter
@jdbuffington.com
“Bullies need victims. But victims don’t need bullies.” —A.R. Moxon ~ Wizard of the Wavering Place Anti-Generative AI Pro-Live & Let Live Trans & Women’s Rights Are Human Rights Author of Horror and Science Fiction, HWA https://linktr.ee/JD.Buffington
@catherinemccarthy.bsky.social
Welsh author of dark fiction. A Moonlit Path of Madness (Nosetouch Press) The Wolf and the Favour (Brigids Gate) Mosaic and The House at the End of Lacelean Street (Dark Matter Ink) Death of a Clown (May '25) https://www.catherine-mccarthy-author.com
@tcparker.bsky.social
Weird, (Neuro)Queer, Here 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ rights, always. 🤖 GenAI, never 1/2 of Nefarious Bat Press. Writer: HUMMINGBIRD, SALTBLOOD, TRADWIFE PhD in media & politics, so old it's gathering dust. Rage as deep as the abyss Books at: https://tinyurl.com/mr2rd9bj
@pippinacious.bsky.social
Author of horror and wholesome. Voice actress. REAP, SOW, out now! BOTTLING HIS GHOSTS, coming July 15, 2025 from @rdspress.bsky.social I'm better in writing. HWA. Profile pic by MoonPendent13. Header by CarrionHouse.
@yolandasfetsos.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Horror freak. Bibliophile. Books: ONLY DARKNESS, MELANCHOLY DELUSIONS, NUMB, & THROUGH THE BLUR. TV/Film Rep: Alec Frankel at IAG. NO AI!! She/her. Find me here: https://linktr.ee/yolandasfetsos
@antoniarachelward.com
Author of dreamy and unsettling things. New novella ONDINE’S CURSE coming Feb 2025. EIC @ghostorchidpress.com https://antoniarachelward.com
@nicoleeigener.bsky.social
Nicole Eigener🏳️🌈🇫🇷♾️ she/they/iel Queer author of literary, gothic, vampire romance | lover of 17th century French culture and the Gothic | 🩷💜💙 | Meet my books here: https://thevampire.org or https://beacons.ai/nicoleeigener
@beverleylee.bsky.social
♱ I write atmospheric horror/creeping dread/haunted broken boys - sometimes altogether! ♱ Lover of male vampires kissing and all the Feels. ♱ Ally 🏳️🌈 www.beverleylee.com beacons.ai/beverleylee
@craigwallwork.bsky.social
Author of the Tom Nolan horror thriller series, as well as Human Tenderloin, Quintessence of Dust, The Skin We Feel Most Comfortable In (2025), and The Sound of Loneliness. Horror lover and movie geek. #BookSky #FilmSky