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@mvmelcer.com

pronounced *meltzer* SFF writer and perpetual student. Author of REFRACTIONS and INVERSIONS. Repped by Lisa Rodgers at JABberwocky. SFWA, BSFA, Codex. Polish-born/UK-based she/her https://mvmelcer.com/ https://linktr.ee/mvmelcer

@megbontra.bsky.social

Author of Horror and SFF | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD (Orbit, July 2026) | she/her | rep: @literaryclara.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈 https://linktr.ee/megbontra

@mbaustin.bsky.social

Writes, reads, and raves about badass women in love and danger. Queer/pan/bi supporter of sapphic lit, trans ally.

@mayadeane.bsky.social

mayadeane.com. I wrote Wrath Goddess Sing, a book that drags other books behind its chariot and boasts about it.

@maryannjohanson.bsky.social

do not obey in advance | born at 325ppm of CO2 | pioneering online film critic at FlickFilosopher.com since 1997 | London via NYC | find me elsewhere online: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/09/where-else-to-find-me-online.html

@phoebewalker.bsky.social

Dynamic duo; author of urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and zombie-apocalypse romance. HEAs always! MIRROR WITCH and DEAD WEIGHT out now! https://www.phoebewalkerwrites.com

@momteacherwriter.bsky.social

Author of 10+ books for kids including Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest, Wildseed Witch, and the Secret Society of Rebel Girls. Chaos gardener. Dragon dreamer. (Former) Classroom teacher with theater kid heart.

@marthajallard.bsky.social

Author of the novel Black Light, avid crocheter and junk journal maker.

@marlenafrank.bsky.social

Author, Kitty Mom, Creator of fantastic and weird worlds. https://linktr.ee/MarlenaFrank

@marissalingen.bsky.social

Science fiction writer, poet, essayist. Minnesota nerd par excellence. Tisanes, leaves, Moomins, snow. She/her. Repped by Kurestin Armada. www.marissalingen.com tinyletter.com/MarissaLingen

@marisca.bsky.social

makes things 🏳️‍🌈 | RIVERS (Android Press, Apr '23) | EVERY DARK CLOUD (@ghostorchidpress.com Mar '25) | Stonecoast MFA '21 | HWA & SFWA 🐉 | https://linktr.ee/mariscarp

@marisawolfson.bsky.social

Vegan filmmaker, cookbook author. NYer. Mama. Cat person and fishkeeper. Hobby cake decorator and genealogist. Goofball.

@reasie.bsky.social

Hugo and Nebula nominated author with over 90 works in print, computer programmer, weirdo from Cleveland. Class-conscious science fiction. Unionize the world.

@marieparks.bsky.social

Award-winning 🖤ace💜 fantasy author in NM 🔎 Unrelenting (2022) and Undeniable (late 2025) with @notapipe.bsky.social 🗡️ Flightless (April 2026) with @apbooks.bsky.social 🖋️ Creator of Sandia Starforgers Writing Retreats starforgers.com

@swantower.bsky.social

Author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent. Also one half of M.A. Carrick. She/her.

@mariebilodeau.bsky.social

SFF Author. Professional storyteller. Can*Con Chair. D&D player. Caffeinated geek. She/her.

@mdeblassie.bsky.social

Award-winning mestiza author & professor. Bruja. Believer in everyday magic. Lover of bodice rippers, HEAs for all, spooky stuff & witchy business. she/her https://linktr.ee/mdeblassie

@mariness.bsky.social

I write things. Occasionally they get published. Also occasionally on other sites, including marikness.wordpress.com, https://medium.com/@marikness, https://www.patreon.com/mari_ness. Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/mari_ness

@authormdressler.bsky.social

Novelist, author of The Last To See Me, surfer, dog lover and artist, howling, calling to my pack

@mcnamaraluna.bsky.social

I write about historical women and forgotten gods. PSYCHE & EROS ‘23 (🇬🇧 - https://bit.ly/3TqLRL1 🇺🇸 - https://bit.ly/3HywKgd). Harvard MTS. Rep @hatteatime

@morbidloren.bsky.social

No rest for the morbid! Still Wish You Were Here, 222 Cemeteries to See Before You Die, Death's Garden Revisited, This Morbid Life: Essays, Lost Angels, & Unsafe Words: Stories. she/her

@lizawemakor.bsky.social

Writer | Clarion West ‘23 | English Ph.D. student @ UC Riverside | ‘Loving Safoa’ sapphic vampire novella available @ Neon Hemlock Press https://linktr.ee/lizawemakor

@livstrom.bsky.social

Swiss-Swedish writer of retold myths and fairytales with kick-ass women https://www.livstromwrites.com/

@lmariewood.bsky.social

Award-winning horror author, screenwriter, educator & essayist | Ph.D., MFA | Founder, Speculative Fiction Academy | VP HWA | member, HWA, SFWA, SFPA, RWA, MWA | Rep: TheTobiasAgency

@engagereaders.bsky.social

Author. KINGDOM OF DUST (8/20/24), A COMB OF WISHES, HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books. Educator integrating literacy, equity, & social justice. Rep @lindsaydauld

@lindseyduncan.bsky.social

Fantasy writer, pastry chef, harper (traditional lever harp).

@leticiaasu.bsky.social

(she/her) Tejana writer and teaching artist of the weird. Author of Las Criaturas with @flowersongpress.bsky.social and The Remedy is the Disease, forthcoming spring 2026 from @undertakerbooks.bsky.social 💗 Find my work at: http://linktr.ee/lurieta16

@lenanguyenauthor.bsky.social

Author of science fiction and fantasy. Also indie game developer. Writer of WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE, a sci-fi mystery thriller published by DAW Books and Penguin Random House. She/her. https://www.lena-nguyen.com/

@terri3713.bsky.social

@lcwall.bsky.social

Author/Editor/Artist/Rock Executive editor and co-founder of Speculation Publications Author of LADY and MUSE she/her linktr.ee/lcwallingham

@teffeau.bsky.social

Speculative fiction writer | A HUNGER WITH NO NAME - Fall 2024 | Award-nominated IMPLANTED w/ @AngryRobotBooks! | Persistent AF | The future is now | she/her | www.laurencteffeau.com

@ledaniels.bsky.social

bram stoker/aurealis/shadows awards finalist editor/author/poet active hwa, ahwa, iped american in australia

@renbolger.bsky.social

Horror writer startled by most sounds. Kill Radio out now with Malarkey Books. The Barre Incidents out Oct 2025! My website: https://www.laurenbolger.com/ Jewish 🇵🇸

@lauralaakso.bsky.social

Author of the urban fantasy series Wilde Investigations. Writer, dog trainer, always in need of more sleep and snacks.

@silversatire.bsky.social

Bustling wordery. In CHM, Five South, The Deadlands, Paperbark, Salamander, Lucky Jefferson. Chap INVISIBLE. Reader CLMP. MFA loading, University of New Orleans. 🏳️‍🌈 https://lauramcphersonwriter.com

@pronouncedlahra.bsky.social

Shirley Jackson Award-winning writer: Nightmare, The Future Fire, AaFS. Copy editor @thedeadlands.com. Cohost @storyhour.bsky.social. Website & newsletter signup at pronouncedlahra.com. HWA, SFWA. BLM. She/her. Photo: Jodi Foucher. Rep: Jake Lovell, SDLA.

@ktbryski.bsky.social

Award-winning fantasy author, dapper gent, Canadian. Stories in many places. Debut novella LOVELY CREATURES out from Psychopomp.com. 🇨🇦

@kristygardner.bsky.social

Bi writer & reader of much SFF ★ THE STARS IN THEIR EYES ★ THE DARKEST STARS ★ THE STARS INSIDE US ★ She/Her 🏳️‍🌈🖤🌟 https://kristygardner.com/links

@ksmithsf.bsky.social

Spec fic writer. Joiner of coffee clubs. She/ her. BJ jackal. BookView Café member. https://www.kristine-smith.com Sign up for my quarterly (more or less) newsletter: https://www.subscribepage.com/b9f0b6

@kristinawkelly.bsky.social

Author of sci-fi + fantasy. TAVERN TALE sapphic cozy fantasy 1.7.2025. IMAGINARI SFF poetry and photography out now. Lover of tea. Trumpet player. Indiana

@kristimcmanus.bsky.social

Young Adult Author. OUR VENGEFUL SOULS (06.06.23) HOW TO GET OVER YOUR (BEST FRIEND'S) EX (06.11.24) https://linktr.ee/kristimcmanus

@ixtumea.bsky.social

Author, staff reviewer at YA Books Central, educator, and activist. Amazon-Candle In Wind: https://www.amazon.com/Candle-Wind-Kim-Baccellia-ebook/dp/B0DMKWVSJP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3UBBIQXZD6CFX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.y3CnG6ip52QYY46F9R923Q.3GHS08Oo7OEmUzu7eAIM8Y

@kiburabooks.bsky.social

Writer-artist-healer-traveler navigating the sweet flypaper of life.

@kerriefayebooks.bsky.social

Author, Wife, Mom ✝️🐶🏈🏔️✈️🏝️🍷 🚨DEAD GIRL, YA Paranormal Thriller AVAILABLE NOW! 🚨 https://linktr.ee/kerriefayebooks QUERYING: YA Romantasy ❤️‍🔥(Rome inspired Gladiator meets Bridgerton but with Magic & gryphons!) ⚔️

@katenauthor.bsky.social

Award-winning author who brings heroines to life in a variety of blended LGBTQ romantic spec fic genres. She/Her BI & TRANS ALLY Social Media Mgr. for Flashpoint Publications 💕Married💕 Fanfic Ships: Supercorp~Catradora~Korrasami~CaitVi

@kelliowen.bsky.social

Thriller & Horror Author of adult & YA fiction. Member #HWA & #ITW. #IndieFilm producer. Seeking Agent. kelliowen.com #horrorwriter

@kcgrifant.bsky.social

~Award-winning author of horror, fantasy, scifi & weird west stories in podcasts, magazines & Stoker-nominated anthologies ~Author of Monster Gunslinger series & SHROUDED HORROR ~HWA San Diego co-founder/chair ~SFWA member https://linktr.ee/kcgrifant

@yourfaceispretty.bsky.social

Streamer of Streams. Siller of Silliness. Writer and Illustrator of Amazon best-selling graphic novel, "We Are No One".

@katsilvaauthor.bsky.social

Grief horror author. 🏳️‍🌈 The Wild Oblivion | The Deadlands 2024 | BOREAL Feb. 25th| VULPINE CURSE Apr. 30th | Where The Soul Goes - Fall '25 w/ @nwreader.bsky.social. EIC @strangewildspress.bsky.social. she/her https://www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/links

@katemaru.bsky.social

Writes, teaches, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles. ALTERATIONS @runningwildpress THE COLLECTIVE @writlargeprojects https://linktr.ee/katemaruyama

@kateheartfield.com

Novels: Mercutio (2026). The Tapestry of Time. The Valkyrie. The Chatelaine. The Embroidered Book. Games. Assassin's Creed books. Former journalist. University instructor. Ottawa, Canada. She/her. Trans rights or gtfo 🏳️‍🌈 https://kateheartfield.com

@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

@karenheuler.bsky.social

Writer of real & unreal stories in Asimov's, Conjunctions, F&F, Reactor.com. Last novel, The Splendid City, has Stan, the offensive man/cat; Eleanor, the novice witch who made a mistake; an outrageous president, and Texas secession. karenheuler@aol.com.

@kareneisenbrey.bsky.social

She/her. Writer, reader, musician, band name aficionado. Fantasy and Sci-Fi author. A Quest for Hidden Things, coming 4/29/2 Into Truth, Justice, Rock & Roll. https://kareneisenbreywriter.com/

@kaaronwarren.bsky.social

Reader, writer, podcaster at "Let the Cat In". Shirley Jackson Award Winner. Author of The Underhistory Slights Tide of Stone The Grief Hole World Fantasy and Stokercon GOH

@thisjulieday.bsky.social

Prone to a ❤️ of ginger & greyhounds. Novella | Collection | Lambda finalist | 40+ stories. Publisher & Editor Essential Dreams Press. Newsletter, books, & other things me at linktr.ee/thisjulieday. (she/her)

@julieczerneda.bsky.social

SF/F author and editor. Biologist, Canadian, and friendly person. Optimism rules me. All you need to know about my books (including links) is at https://www.czerneda.com (with bonus silly photos.)

@juliahuni.com

I write science fiction that’s easy on the science and heavy on the fun. My book series: Space Janitor, Tales of a Former Space Janitor, Krimson Empire, Colonial Explorer Corps, and Recycled World.

@joanmarieverba.bsky.social

She/her. Autistic author of science fiction and fantasy novels. Web developer. Website: http://joanmarieverba.com

@jessiemihalik.com

Author of SF/F romance featuring dangerous women & smitten men. Game geek. Introvert. She/her. Agent: Sarah Younger. www.jessiemihalik.com

@kwakjessie.bsky.social

Author of sci-fi shenanigans, ghostwriter of business books, organizer of the Author Alchemy Summit. She/her

@jlgeorge.bsky.social

Author of THE WORD and various other things. She/they | hi/nhw. http://www.jl-george.com http://www.parthianbooks.com/products/the-word

@jessicapeter.bsky.social

Horror writer, editor of Howls from the Scene of the Crime. Social worker, health researcher (under a slightly different name), health policy PhD student. Loves books, plants, tea, beer. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada http://www.jessicapeter.net

@steampunkenglish.bsky.social

Author of The Children of Menlo Park from Falstaff Books. Writer of Souther Gothic horror stories, nerd, RPG gamer, mom, sister, lover of cats, human-in-training. www.jessicanettlesauthor.com

@jessicalewisauthor.bsky.social

Author of many genres and books! Rep: Holly Root Out now: 🐍Monstrous Coming soon: 💖Nav’s Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love

@jcageauthor.bsky.social

USA Today Bestselling Fantasy Author Renewed WWE fan

@hannafordjenny.bsky.social

Dragon Queen, Fantasy author, Ocean Spirit. #SPFBOX Finalist, accidental GM(Humblewood Perchmaster) Indie Syndicate. Selkies with a twist, or telepathic hounds. Choose your series! (No refunds for accidental dragons.) https://linktr.ee/jehannaford

@jenniferbrozek.bsky.social

Wordslinger & Optimist! Hugo/Bram Stoker/BFA nominated author, editor, and media tie-in writer. Winner of multiple Scribe awards. Beloved of the Husband, collector of many antique occult books. Rep: Cherry Weiner. http://www.jenniferbrozek.com

@jennamoquin.bsky.social

Author of Stalks, The Cemetery Spot, and other dark fiction https://www.jennamoquin.com/

@jeanmarieward.bsky.social

Fiction, Nonfiction, and Everything In Between

@jd-rivers.com

Writer. I like what I like. She/her/they/them. Scif-fi/fantasy/magical, sometimes romantic. Yes, they're gay. Find me: https://jdrivers.carrd.co/ | https://jd-rivers.com | http://ko-fi.com/jdrivers | BUY MY NOVEL: https://jdrivers.itch.io/

@janstinchcomb.bsky.social

Dark/Horror/Speculative Fiction VERUSHKA is out now (JournalStone) Stories in Gamut Magazine, Bourbon Penn, Tales to Terrify, Wigleaf janstinchcomb.com

@galactoglucoman.bsky.social

Intergalactic peddler of fiction and fungi. Intersex and not bashful about it (they/them) | Agent orphan | http://patreon.com/jsfields

@jacquelinewest.bsky.social

Author (MG/YA: THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE, LAST THINGS, LONG LOST, etc.). Poet. Parent. Cemetery wanderer. Usually covered with ink and dog hair. HWA, SFPA. www.jacquelinewest.com

@jrdawson.bsky.social

She/They. The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World (Tor, 2025). The First Bright Thing (Tor, 2023). Goldie award winner. ✡️🏳️‍🌈🍉Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jrdawsonwriter Rep: Stevie Finegan

@ioannapauthor.bsky.social

Art Historian, Fantasy Author. Reader at Bourbon Penn. Debut Novel WINTER HARVEST OUT NOW!

@ikallick.bsky.social

Kindness advocate, known to create images and text

@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

@holleycornetto.bsky.social

Professor. Librarian. Author THEY ARE CURSED LIKE YOU and WE HAUNT THESE WOODS. Active member HWA. I write the Horror Tree's weekly newsletter. https://www.holleycornetto.com/

@heatherrosejones.bsky.social

Author of queer historic fantasy, amateur historian, Hugo finalist. I blog and podcast as The Lesbian Historic Motif Project, with resources and discussion about sapphic historical fiction. For more info, see my website alpennia.com

@hanalee.bsky.social

author of ROAD TO RUIN (@SagaSFF 5/14/24) & FLIGHT OF THE FALLEN (6/10/25) | words in Uncanny, Anomaly, Fantasy, etc | creator of http://thepublishingcalculator.com | linktr.ee/khanalee | 28 | she/they | repped by Paul Lucas

@gloriaoliver.bsky.social

Spec fic author and feline, canine, and book slave. I write YA, fantasy 👸, SF 🚀, historical mysteries 🕵️, urban fantasy 🔮, and more. For extra info, freebies, and sample chapters go to http://gloriaoliver.com

@gsmithauthor.bsky.social

Author of space opera The Rush's Edge from Angry Robot Books. 🚀SFF toy collector and Twilight Zone super fan. Currently querying a horror novel! 💀

@gillianlynndaniels.bsky.social

Writer, illustrator, cat person since I was born, fan of horror and romance fiction. Rep: Jenna Satterthwaite at Storm Literary Agency This isn’t an active account! Find me on insta at @gillianlynndaniels and my website http://www.gilliandaniels.com.

@gabbygilliam.bsky.social

poet, educator, mom

@drfionamoore.bsky.social

BSFA Award winning SFF author represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency. Anthropologist who wandered into a business school. Author of Management Lessons from Game of Thrones (2022). www.fiona-moore.com www.adoctorofmanythings.com

@authoremlacey.bsky.social

I brew fiction with a dash of caffeine. I write/read: dark fantasy, dystopian, horror and speculative tales filled with diverse characters.

@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

@erinswan.bsky.social

@lydiaprime.bsky.social

Autistic horror author, editor, publisher and professional lurker...

@emmielina.bsky.social

Author who writes in Finnish and English. Arthur C. Clarke & Philip K. Dick Award nominee, Otherwise Award honor listed, Premio Salerno Libro d'Europa finalist. She/her. 💫🌍 http://www.emmiitaranta.com

@eskaftun.bsky.social

Writer, editor, graphic designer. Irony enthusiast, amateur taxidermist, roller girl. Short story collection LIVING FOREVER & OTHER TERRIBLE IDEAS. Get postcard stories @ www.patreon.com/skaftun.

@ellenbirkettmorris.bsky.social

Author of Beware the Tall Grass: A Novel, winner of the Donald L. Jordan Prize selected by Lan Samantha Chang, Lost Girls: Short Stories, poetry chapbooks Abide and Surrender. https://www.ellenbirkettmorris.com, https://linktr.ee/ellenbirkettmorris

@easchechter.bsky.social

Romance Writer. Mom. Unscrewer of the inscrutable. President of The Lord Ruthven Assembly www.elizabethschechterwrites.com/

@sylviawoodham.bsky.social

Gothic Romance "The White Umbrella" ebook out 2024. Paperback coming soon. Managing Editor @wclanthology.bsky.social Stories come to me as dreams, https://sylviawoodham.wixsite.com/home/projects-2

@elizmanderson.com

THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS (Mira 2025). THE REMARKABLE RETIREMENT OF EDNA FISHER (Midnight Meadow 2023). BLM. Queer. ND. She/they. Rep: Keir Alekseii, ALA. elizmanderson.com

@eabwrites.bsky.social

Scientist and author of YA fantasy. Next release: LOVELY DARK AND DEEP from Fierce Reads in Winter 2025. Agents: Natalie Lakosil and Antoinette Van Sluytman. She/her eabonnin.com

@elinolausson.bsky.social

Writer | GROWTH (Dark Ink Books), SHADOW PATHS (Tales From Between), SILVER (Bookea), GNISTREGN (Ravenheart) | Psychological horror, fantasy, historical fiction | Reader at Uncharted Magazine | 🇸🇪 | https://linktr.ee/elin_writes

@elaineburnes.bsky.social

I (she/her) write stories about women who are bold, flawed, and love other women. SF: Endurance and Tenacity (books 1 & 2), Wishbone, and A Perfect Life and Other Stories. More at https://elaineburnes.com/

@effies.bsky.social

SFF/middle-grade fiction writer. Strategy/marketing consultant. Bagel the Dog's human. Dadjoke teller. Sentence-fragment lover. Disabled with #MECFS She/her effieseiberg.com/stories