Rainbow Spec Fic Starter Pack
Here’s a list of some queer spec fic / horror authors and or authors who write work that has a queer bend! Give them a follow and support their work.
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@cybergodwrites.bsky.social
@zinrock.bsky.social
ZinRock.com author of the award-winning FLOWERS FOR THE SEA. preliminary editor and sensitivity reader. horror, grimdark, and dark fantasy obsessed. weirdo. Queer Black af depressive. toss a coin? https://ko-fi.com/zinrock
@ethereallad.bsky.social
Author of A SPECTRAL HUE and other books. 3 Time Lammy Finalist. DC Native http://craiglaurancegidney.com
@larissaglasser.bsky.social
I wrote F4. I like bunnies, heavy metal, medieval history, Clark Ashton Smith. My dad was an anti-Franco spy during the Spanish Civil War, a mafia lawyer, and told Nixon where to stick it. Antifa4Life, Trans rights now, DeathToMAGA
@davering.bsky.social
writer. publisher at Neon Hemlock. anthologist. co-editor of Baffling. shirley jackson award winner. lambda, locus & ignyte award finalist. he/him.
@izzyxen.bsky.social
Educator, writer, radical. Queer & trans. THESE FRAGILE GRACES, THIS FUGITIVE HEART is out now!. All views my own. she/her. 🌈🚀
@wnwagner.bsky.social
Horror writer (GIRL IN THE CREEK due out 2025, Tor Nightfire); editor-in-chief of NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE, senior editor, LIGHTSPEED. Rep'd by Lane Heymont. 🏳️🌈 Portland, OR - plant nerd, foot traveler - she/her, they/them https://linktr.ee/wendynwagner
@scumbelievable.bsky.social
Beyond the grace of God, a wanderer in the outer darkness. Best-selling author of MANHUNT and CUCKOO, out now from Tor Nightfire, and BLACK FLAME, coming 2025
@brandonperras.bsky.social
Co-creator of DEATH DROP GORGEOUS, SAINT DROGO and QUEEN OF THE RATS. MONSTER MAKEUP PRODUCTIONS. Author of THE WHITE BISHOP, RECESSIVE NATURE. Lover of animals, black metal and noise rock. https://linktr.ee/brandonperrassanchez
@sofiaajram.bsky.social
Queer horror writer 🏳️⚧️ all pronouns Jewelry designer & metalsmith sofiazakia.com Editor of Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror Coup de Grâce 🚇 (Titan Books) out now! https://linktr.ee/sofiaajram
@daviddemchuk.com
Fine writing for foul minds. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Sunburst winner; Giller Prize, Amazon, Aurora & Shirley Jackson nominee. The Butcher’s Daughter. RED X. The Bone Mother. Gay/Queer. Cis. Old. #NSFW. https://linktr.ee/ddemchuk
@acwise.bsky.social
Author and reviewer. Novels Wendy, Darling and Hooked. Collection The Ghost Sequences. Sunburst Award winner. Nebula, World Fantasy, Stoker, Locus, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, Lamba, and Ignyte finalist. She/her. www.acwise.net.
@aarondries.bsky.social
Author/screenwriter — Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, Australian Shadows, Ditmar award-nominated and Aurealis winner. DIRTY HEADS, CUT TO CARE, HOUSE OF SIGHS, A PLACE FOR SINNERS, THE FALLEN BOYS, and WHERE THE DEAD GO TO DIE. Repped by Annie Bomke.
@jonathanlees.bsky.social
Writer of horrors and other things feat. in: Long Division, Fear of Clowns, Other Terrors, Even in the Grave & The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors +++ more ✒️📚🏳️🌈☠️🩸 Director, Video: ex-Complex & ex-Tidal https://linktr.ee/jonathanlees
@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social
Writer. Poet. Editor. Nerd. Managing Editor Interstellar Flight Press. Author of NUMINOUS STONES, THE SMALLEST OF BONES, GLIMMERGLASS GIRL. She/They Word art: www.erasurepoetrybyholly.etsy.com Website: www.Hlwalrath.com
@vinceliaguno.bsky.social
Award-winning writer, anthologist, editor, critic, and an occasional poet. Healthcare administrator by day, pop culture enthusiast by night. My jam: books, slasher films, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Member: HWA, ITW, and NBCC.
@sumikoska.bsky.social
Bram Stoker Nominated horror poet, author of Afrosurrealist and multicultural sci-fi and horror, comic zine maker
@lucyasnyder.bsky.social
Author of SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER and other works of horror and science fiction. Keeper of many terrariums and aquariums and dwellers therein. Expect posts about my menagerie of herps, fish and cats and my books. Website: www.lucysnyder.com
@ericlarocca.bsky.social
(He/They) 3x Bram Stoker Award finalist and Splatterpunk Award-winning Author | AT DARK, I BECOME LOATHSOME OUT NOW | Lit Rep: Priya Doraswamy Official website: ericlarocca.com Profile picture by Jessica Hayworth
@haileypiperfights.bsky.social
Make horror gay AF, Stoker Award winner Aug 12: A GAME IN YELLOW Sept 16: TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS she/her; rep: Lane Heymont haileypiper.com
@cybergodwrites.bsky.social
Servant to the Cyber Gods | Bram Stoker Award Nominated Prose Poet | Author of Oblivion in Flux | Bleeding Rainbows and Other Broken Spectrums | anOther Mythology https://linktr.ee/cybergodwrites