Bar Cart Bookshelf Authors
Authors who have been featured on Bar Cart Bookshelf, a series where Elias Eells (author of COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES) crafts custom cocktails and mocktails inspired by recent works of speculative fiction.
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@eliaseells.bsky.social
@robertjbennett.bsky.social
https://www.robertjacksonbennett.com/the-french-drain-i-dug-back-in-2019
@sharangbiswas.bsky.social
Games, interactive theatre, writing, art. ENnies, IndieCade, IGDN winner. Teaching games at NYU & Fordham Words: Eurogamer, Lightspeed, Augur, Strange Horizons, Baffling. SFWA member My book THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS is now out (from Neon Hemlock Press)!
@csecooney.bsky.social
World Fantasy Award-winning author of SAINT DEATHβS DAUGHTER & BONE SWANS. Audiobook narrator. Bandcamp: Brimstone Rhine. Repped by RHA Literary. https://linktr.ee/csecooney
@lmanusos.bsky.social
She/Her | Indie Bookseller | 2 x Pushcart Nominee | Fiction in Reactor, F&SF, The Deadlands, Lightspeed, etc. | Senior Contributor for Book Riot | Rep: Eric Showers at Morhaim Literary Debut novella FROM THESE DARK ABODES available now!
@fondalee.bsky.social
NYT bestselling, World Fantasy Award-winning author of the Green Bone Saga & other books. Breath of the Dragon out now. News: http://eepurl.com/O9JDn
@indrapramitdas.bsky.social
aka Indra Das, author of THE DEVOURERS and THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR, Lambda, Shirley Jackson & British Fantasy Award winner, Crawford Award finalist. he/they/she indradas.com
@edmcdonald.bsky.social
Epic fantasy author of The Raven's Mark series and The Redwinter Chronicles. Web page: https://edmcdonaldwriting.com/ Rep: Alex Cochran edmcdonaldauthor@gmail.com
@al-distortion.bsky.social
Artist and author of cozy sci-fi π³οΈβππ WORLD RUNNING DOWN KEY LIME SKY @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social
@elianeboey.bsky.social
She/her | SFF, technothriller writer | πOTHER MINDS '23, CLUB CONTANGO '24 | Stories in Clarkesworld, Solarpunk, Galaxy, et al | π https://linktr.ee/elianeboey | Rep: Paul Lucas
@kellylink.bsky.social
unserious moonlight www.kellylink.net Always happy to make book recommendations if you tell me two writers you love & what youβre in the mood for. If you'd like signed copies of my books, you can find them at www.bookmoonbooks.com.
@lincodega.bsky.social
writers room assistant IWTV S3βjournalist, co-founder rascal newsβdebut novel: MOTHEATER, !!!OUT NOW!!!βπ³οΈββ§οΈ they/themβa bit of a killjoy
@emmasternerradley.bsky.social
Fantasy author. Lesbian. Cancer-survivor. Cat-owner. Married. Coffee addict. Swede living in the U.K. (Chester at the moment.) SNOWBLOODED - out now! @solarisbooks . Agent: Fabienne at Ki Agency. She/her.
@alixeharrow.bsky.social
hugo-award winning and NYT-bestselling author in charlottesville va; agent: kate mckean; she/her
@karinlow.bsky.social
πΈ storyteller. film/tv columnist for fandsf.com. rep: @tetrameter.bsky.social. THE CROWNS OF ISHIA out now @solarisbooks.bsky.social. linktr.ee/karinlow
@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.
@nghivo.bsky.social
Spec fic writer. It probably didn't happen, but it should have, could have or might have. Represented by Fox Literary. Cis, queer, she/her.
@nicholasbelardes.bsky.social
Writes eco-horror, Chicano fiction | THE DEADING | TEN SLEEP (June β25) | seeker of night birds | MFA: UCR Palm Desert https://linktr.ee/nicholasbelardes
@voidcricket.bsky.social
SFF writer, writing mentor, editor, reader, fan πͺ Author of Under Fortunate Stars βοΈ Forthcoming: An Unbreakable World & The Legend Liminal π« Rep: Ernie Chiara @ Fuse Literary π she/they π³οΈβπ
@bendibarrett.bsky.social
spec fic writer, sfwa member, assistant editor @ baffling mag, queer weirdo, etc. (he/him)
@eddierobson.bsky.social
Novelist, scriptwriter, journalist, incompetent guitarist. I span the genres. https://eddierobson.wordpress.com
@kjcharleswriter.com
She/her. British European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. "Erotically charged"--Good Housekeeping. http://kjcharleswriter.com
@tkingfisher.com
Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
@silviamg.bsky.social
Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/
@amalelmohtar.com
Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War. Next book: The River Has Roots, March 4, 2025. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
@maxgladstone.bsky.social
NYT bestselling writer. Newsletter and updates at maxgladstone.com.
@ecatherine.com
writer/editor | she/her | SFWA | EIC @thedeadlands.com | senior editor @psychopomp.bsky.social | Folley & Mallory Adventures | Jackson's Unreal Circus & Mobile Marmalade | Rep: @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social DMLA | #BroncosCountry | ecatherine.com
@therisingtithes.bsky.social
πΉπΉ Poet, SFF writer, TTRPG designer. Poet Laureate of Worldcon 2025 in Seattle. Podcaster @speculate.bsky.social & @skiffyandfanty.com . Author of CAN YOU SIGN MY TENTACLE? and other things. Thank God for words. http://www.brandonobrien.xyz/
@clayharmon2.bsky.social
Occasionally publishes books. Fantasy man who dabbles in romance. Health & fitness person. Lover of caffeine and telling people fun facts I learned that day. Rep: Angeline Rodriguez of WME. He/him
@kmayquist.bsky.social
Author of TRIPPING ARCADIA (Dutton) and lover of all things spooky and gay. He/Him π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπ currently revising ππͺ¨π§ drafting πͺ»π₯π«π· andπ²ππͺ Repβd by Erin Clyburn at Howland Literary
@elijahkinchspector.com
KALYNA THE CUTTHROAT out now from Erewhon Books! Novelist. Dandy. British Fantasy Award finalist. Bay Area counterculture kid. Now New Yorker he/him https://linktr.ee/elijahkinchspector
@macarrick.bsky.social
Joint authors of the Rook and Rose trilogy and the upcoming duology, The Sea Beyond! https://www.macarrick.com/
@slconey.bsky.social
Writer. Author of Wild Spaces out now from TorDotCom Publishing. Lover of dogs, art, and the written word.
@anoteinpink.bsky.social
illustrator, writer, parrot butler - Strange Horizons fiction editor - birds, fashion, history, ttrpgs - she/her π³οΈβππ¦ πst. paul, minnesota
@eudaemaniacal.bsky.social
literal wizard & bookseller. helped write a novella called UNCOMMON CHARM. as an upright gentleman it is embarrassing for you to hold rabbits
@eakilcoyne.bsky.social
Kentuckian who writes about dead things. William C Morris Award Finalist. Author of WAKE THE BONES. π³οΈβππ¦π»
@noahmedlock.bsky.social
Author of queer weird fiction - he/him A BOTANICAL DAUGHTER - March 2024
@drslayton.bsky.social
Gay, geeky author of urban and epic fantasy. Books available everywhere from Blackstone Publishing in print, audio, and ebook. Repped by the Seymour Agency.
@levacrosen.bsky.social
Author of books for all ages including Lavender House, Camp, Emmett, Lionβs Legacy, and others.
@cadwellturnbull.bsky.social
Award-winning SFF author of THE LESSON and NO GODS, NO MONSTERS, founder/member of Many Worlds. 1/5th of Darkly Lem.
@alychelms.bsky.social
1/2 of M.A. Carrick. Author, gamer, dreamstress, queer/genderqueer person in tech, they/them
@jeremyteg.bsky.social
BFA nominated author of The Hand of the Sun King, The Garden of Empire, and The Pattern of the World from Gollancz. Other books cookin' website: www.jtgreathouse.wordpress.com
@hironennes.bsky.social
British fantasy award-winning author of LEECH and THE WORKS OF VERMIN (Oct 14, 2025) preorder it you cowards Represented by Alexander Cochran @acochran.bsky.social
@magicrobotcarnival.com
she/they β¨ THE HERESY OF THIEVES coming Fall 2026 from Dark Matter Ink β¨ Queer SFF author, cocktail enjoyer, native plant enthusiast, animal rescuer and snuggler π³οΈβπ Codex, TLDR Press https://lnk.bio/miavmoss
@emdashliu.bsky.social
π€i write β astounding award & BFA finalist β IF FOUND, RETURN TO HELL + THE DEATH I GAVE HIM + work in Clarkesworld https://emdashliu.com/
@meredithmooring.bsky.social
SFF writer, employment lawyer, blind/albinism, guide dog user. REDSIGHT out now
@isaac-fellman.bsky.social
Writer and archivist. NOTES FROM A REGICIDE (just out!), THE TWO DOCTORS GΓRSKI (Fall '22), DEAD COLLECTIONS (Spring '22), THE BREATH OF THE SUN ('18, Lambda winner). He/him. π³οΈββ§οΈ Rep Kate McKean. .
@ktbryski.bsky.social
Award-winning fantasy author, dapper gent, Canadian. Stories in many places. Debut novella LOVELY CREATURES out from Psychopomp.com. π¨π¦
@alexwhite.bsky.social
Novelist: The Salvagers Trilogy, The Starmetal Symphony, Every Mountain Made Low, Alien and Star Trek Games: Alien: Rogue Incursion and [CLASSIFIED] I make blades on an anvil and music on synthesizers. She/They, y'all!
@alexgrecian.bsky.social
One of those writer people. I'm not great at social media and I don't have a lot of hot takes. Feel free to preorder my next book anyway. https://alexgrecian.substack.com
@trip.bsky.social
He/Him. Fantasy Author. Londoner. π³οΈβπ Mythopoeic Award Finalist. A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY (Titan); Editor & Co-Founder @bonabooks.bsky.social; FAERIEβS BARGAIN (Choice of Games); Rep: Max Edwards, AppleTree Literary https://linktr.ee/TripGaley
@jedediahberry.com
Author of The Naming Song, The Family Arcana, and The Manual of Detection. Co-creator of the Ennie Award-winning Valley of Flowers adventure game setting. Publisher, Ninepin Press / Phantom Mill Games. linktr.ee/jedediahberry
@jennlyons.bsky.social
Author, artist, old-school nerd who likes to write books with dragons in them. x2 Astounding nominated author of the A CHORUS OF DRAGONS series and THE SKY ON FIRE from Tor books. Rep'd by Chris Lotts.
@prashanthsrivatsa.bsky.social
Writer. The Spice Gate - July 2024 (HarperVoyager) Catsfather.
@ladzwriting.bsky.social
I only write dark fantasy that f*cks | cetacean needed | π | sad wanking connoisseur | ICE UPON A PIER (2023) | THE FEALTY OF MONSTERS (2024) | THE CRADLE OF ETERNAL NIGHT (2024) header by Aleta PΓ©rez #thefealtyofmonsters https://ladzwriting.carrd.co
@khanwong.bsky.social
SFF Author, 2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalist, retired hula hooper & bohemian weirdo π³οΈβπ DOWN IN THE SEA OF ANGELS out April 22, 2025 from Angry Robot Books. THE CIRCUS INFINITE out now! rep: Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary khanwong.com
@cbarzak.bsky.social
π³οΈβπ Author: One for Sorrow, The Love We Share Without Knowing, Wonders of the Invisible World, Before & Afterlives, The Gone Away Place, Monstrous Alterations, and A Voice Calling. Shirley Jackson Award for Best Single Author Collection. Stonewall Honor.
@erinmevans.bsky.social
Author of EMPIRE OF EXILES and RELICS OF RUIN (Orbit, out 4/24)| Brimstone Angels Saga | Dungeon Scrawlers DM and Concentration Check host | co-host of Writing About Dragons and Shit | she/her
@sunyidean.com
~Reader, writer, occasional thinker // multi-award-losing author // rep: Harry Illingworth @harryillingworth.bsky.social
@leemandelo.bsky.social
phd in gender studies - writer of books (gay southern gothic Summer Sons + t4t appalachian historical The Woods All Black + forthcoming anthology Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity)- he/him
@christopherrowe.bsky.social
Writer, reader, cyclist, cook, traveller. THE NAVIGATING FOX, starred review in Publishers Weekly, out now from Tordotcom Publishing.
@emcandon.bsky.social
THE ARCHIVE UNDYING (June, 2023) Wrote a Star War (RONIN, 2021) escaped academic 4 mediocre robot she/they
@shelleyparkerchan.bsky.social
Sunday Times & USA Today bestselling author of SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN and HE WHO DROWNED THE WORLD. Winner of Astounding & British Fantasy Awards. Unhealthily into monks, eunuchs, monsterfuckers shelleyparkerchan.com/learn-more
@caitlinstarling.com
Award-winning and bestselling author of THE LUMINOUS DEAD, THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE, LAST TO LEAVE THE ROOM, and others. She/her.
@daviddemchuk.com
Fine writing for foul minds. π³οΈβππ¨π¦ Sunburst winner; Giller Prize, Amazon, Aurora & Shirley Jackson nominee. The Butcherβs Daughter. RED X. The Bone Mother. Gay/Queer. Cis. Old. #NSFW. https://linktr.ee/ddemchuk
@samitbasu.bsky.social
Novelist. Out last, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport (Tor, 23). I also make films, comics, and other typing-based lifeforms. Currently the lead instructor for the inaugural Clarion West novel-writing workshop. https://samitbasu.com
@rykaaoki.bsky.social
Science-fiction writer and stuff. β¨π»π©ππ΅π Agent: Meredith Kaffel Simonoff.
@kyliu99.bsky.social
SFF author, speaker, lawyer, programmer; Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy; rep by Russ Galen; The Dandelion Dynasty & βThe Paper Menagerie"
@victormanibo.com
Author of THE SLEEPLESS (2022), ESCAPE VELOCITY (2024), DEAD NOTE (5/15/2025), and THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED (11/25/2025) β’ Lambda Literary Fellow β’ New York via Manila β’ he/him π³οΈβπ linktr.ee/victormanibo
@understatesmen.bsky.social
Author of The Dawnhounds and The Sunforge (Saga Press). KΔi Tahu/KΔti Huirapa. Rep: @arleysorg.bsky.social. She/her/ia. Header by @layahimalaya.bsky.social Sign up for my newsletter at: https://the-trying-times.ghost.io/
@brentclambert.bsky.social
Writer. Black SFF always! Hugo Award Winner. One of the co-hosts for Just Keep Writing. he/him http://brentclambert.com
@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. π³οΈβπ Portland, OR - plant nerd, foot traveler - she/her, they/them https://linktr.ee/wendynwagner
@sentencebender.bsky.social
Gay shit. Sometimes even award-winning gay shit. BLACKFISH CITY is an NEA 2025 Big Read book! Also ART OF STARVING; etc.
@emnays.bsky.social
writer in the further regions of experience β¦ Narrative Director/Cofounder @ Perfect Garbage β¦ FROM THE BELLY out now β¦ LET ME OUT Oni Press Lit Rep: Tamara Kawar β¦ Film/TV: Sean Berard, Grandview www.emmettnahil.com
@older.bsky.social
nerd with narrative disorder β’ humanitarian β’ sociopunk β’ evidence-based creativity β’ speculative resistance β’ predictive fictions β’ INFOMOCRACY β’ THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES β’ β¦AND OTHER DISASTERS β’ GlobalVoices.org β’ ASU-CSI β’ opinions my own
@kateelliottsff.bsky.social
Science fiction & fantasy writer. World builder. Reader. Outrigger canoe paddler. I β€οΈ my schnauzer. Hawaii. β‘οΈποΈ She/her. Where Should I Start With Your Novels, a guide: https://imakeupworlds.com/index.php/2015/02/where-should-i-start-with-your-novels/
@richardkadrey.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of the Sandman Slim series. Kadrey also plays music with the band A Demon in Fun City. His podcast with Violet Blue is Raised By Horror.
@aijiang.bsky.social
π¨π³π¨π¦ || she/her || Changle -> Toronto ||Ignyte, Bram Stoker, Nebula Winner || Hugo, Astounding, Locus nominee || Odyssey β23 || BA,MSc || rep: UTA & The Tobias Literary Agency || A PALACE NEAR THE WIND (Titan Books β25) https://aijiang.carrd.co/
@thesuiway.bsky.social
π³οΈβππΊπ¦ | Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, Pushcart nominee | rep: Shannon Lechon | SFWA | THE DRAGONFLY GAMBIT(NOW OUT)| THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA (Erewhon Books, 2026) | https://linktr.ee/thesuiway |
@freyamarske.bsky.social
Writer, ice skater, gin drinker. She/her π³οΈβπ. THE LAST BINDING trilogy and SWORDCROSSED out now. CINDER HOUSE out October 2025.
@paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award winner. Micheal L Printz Award winner. National Book Award finalist. Wrote NAVOLA, THE WINDUP GIRL, THE WATER KNIFE, and SHIP BREAKER, among others. windupstories.com
@vandroidhelsing.bsky.social
It's pronounced PECK-a-check. Artist, Crawford Award-winning writer, third thing now and then. He/him. Seattle. https://linktr.ee/jpechacek repped by Jennifer Azantian. Debut novel THE WEST PASSAGE out now from tordotcom!
@vajra.me
Writer. Revenant. Wrote THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS (2023 Nebula, Ignyte, Crawford, and Locus first novel winner) & RAKESFALL (2024 Nebula finalist) http://vajra.me/books Colombo, Sri Lanka. https://vajra.me
@stgibson.bsky.social
Sunday Times bestselling author of A DOWRY OF BLOOD and other gothic romances, she/they. EVOCATION out now, SAVAGE BLOOMS coming fall 2025.
@eliaseells.bsky.social
Kentucky-based author, writer of the fantastic and delectable. Host of Bar Cart Bookshelf. COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES (Fall '24). Freelance publicist. He/him π³οΈβπ Professional Inquiries: elias.eells1@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/eliaseells