Short Humor Writing
Folks to follow if you're interested in short prose humor of the kind you find on McSweeney's and in The New Yorker
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@lukevburns.bsky.social
@seemoreevil.bsky.social
“Local prankster.” -NBC. Author of How to Dodge a Cannonball & Everything Abridged. Chaos vendor at 1-900-HOTDOG, fake sign hobbyist. Constant satire on my perfect newsletter: https://www.extra-evil.com/
@oktulio.bsky.social
ham and cheese on a roll with an orange drink if you know you know
@bizzycoy.bsky.social
www.bizzycoy.com + Author of PERSONAL SPACE: Short humor from The New Yorker, McSweeney's and beyond + New Yorker cartoon captionista + Freelance copywriter + Missing from Twitter since 2023
@cnissan.bsky.social
Writing in @NewYorker @Mcsweeneys @NewYorkTimes @Onion // Voice actor // Copywriter // http://www.colinnissan.com
@evoooooooooooo.bsky.social
Writer for The New Yorker, McSweeney's, The Believer, The Millions, Points in Case, Weekly Humorist, The Novelizers (forthcoming) https://www.evanallgood.com/
@lanaschwartz.bsky.social
@mckayleygourley.bsky.social
girl writer associate editor @reductress writing in @newyorkerhumor @mcsweeneys @theonion twitter @_chase_____ https://www.instagram.com/mckayg/ she/her
@emilykling.bsky.social
Humor writer with words in @mcsweeneys.net, @pointsincase.com, @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social, & more. https://www.emilyannekling.com
@shadesofgreaves.bsky.social
I satirize stuff | Columnist @mcsweeneys.net | Check out my newsletter for humor with heart in your inbox 👇🏾 shadesofgreaves.substack.com
@mdunigan.bsky.social
Writer 🐛 and friend 🦕 Debut satire+essay collection, READ THIS TO LOOK COOL, coming soon from Sourcebooks! // Writing in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, Reductress // maevedunigan.com
@brookeknisley.bsky.social
Writer. Comedy. Tech Bro(oke). Disabled. Bylines in HuffPost, Paste Magazine, Vulture, McSweeney's, Weekly Humorist, Shouts & Murmurs, etc. she/they 🩸If you DM me, I'll probably throw up blood.
@caitlinkunkel.bsky.social
Funny writer of fiction and satire. INSIDE JOKES: A COMEDY AND CREATIVITY GUIDE FOR ALL WRITERS out Jan 2026. My newsletter on our creative wells: https://inputandoutput.substack.com/
@mikedrucker.bsky.social
Emmy-nominated TV writer and comedian. My new book “Good Game, No Rematch” is out April 1st. Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/ytjvhjsb Email: mikedruckerisdead @ gmail .com
@davepowers.bsky.social
Writer of code and humor. 🏠 https://davepowers.me/ 🐘 https://mastodon.social/@davepowers ❌ https://twitter.com/dave_powers
@johnmoe.bsky.social
Host/creator: Depresh Mode, Sleeping with Celebrities, The Hilarious World of Depression. Host/co-creator/head writer: Wits. Author: The Hilarious World of Depression. Lead singer: Math Emergency. Dogs owned: 2.
@maureenmcely.bsky.social
Director and writer of screenplays, short humor, short fiction, and now, apparently, “skeets”! (Are people still calling them skeets? Did they ever??? I genuinely don’t recall.) Anyway, hi!
@jasonroeder.bsky.social
Former senior editor, The Onion. jasonroeder.net Out now! "Griefstrike! The Ultimate Guide To Mourning." McSweeney's: http://shorturl.at/bmqOY Amazon: http://shorturl.at/fjPS7
@inkfish.bsky.social
Science journalist, humor writer and aspiring cephalopod. Working on a book about the evolution of caretaking. elizabethgpreston.com elizabethgpreston.substack.com
@kevinseccia.bsky.social
I’m gonna wait to see if this place sticks before adding a description.
@lynnihsu.bsky.social
Cartoonist at The New Yorker Writer of funny and dark stories lynnihsu.com 🎨IG: @loopyline
@taylorleeisme.bsky.social
humor writer. mcsweeney's, points in case, weekly humorist, the hard times. jtaylorlee.xyz
@seanmcgowan.bsky.social
ooh ow OUCH (im runnin barefoot on gravel rn) owie ow ouch headlines & features @theonion & @clickhole ouch ooh owie currently writing @jackboxgames YEEEOWWWW
@nickmorgan.bsky.social
Writer, lawyer, dad in Seattle. Work in @mcsweeneys @pointsincase @frazzledhumor, etc. "Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.” Seeking fellow writers and #writingcommunity, especially mystery #novelists and humorists
@tomellison123.bsky.social
-Climate change, foreign policy, & security -Humor in McSweeney’s, New Yorker, etc. -Rule of 3 enthusiast https://www.tom-ellison.com/ Personal views
@tomsmyth.bsky.social
writer (vulture, the cut, la times, vogue, new yorker, mcsweeney’s, the onion, etc)
@todbrubaker.bsky.social
Fucking upwardly. Humor writer McSweeney’s, Points In Case, Slackjaw, Little Old Lady Comedy. todbrubaker.com Header image by Emily Clouse
@halliepritts.bsky.social
Writer. Finalist, Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize ‘24, Sewanee Writers ’22. CHTQA fellow. NZ writer-in-residence. Words in Mcsweeneys, MissouriReview, LitMag, Barrelhouse, TheBelladonna, OffAssignment, etc. Rode a bike across the US once. #nativeplants
@kathrynbaecht.bsky.social
Humor/Satire at McSweeney's, LA Times, Boston Globe Austin, Texas
@julievickwriter.bsky.social
Humor writer and author of a humorous advice book for introverted parents. Words in New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and my phone’s notes app. Substack with funny stuff and writing tips: https://julievick.substack.com/
@justinecotter.bsky.social
Creative Director @ advertising Humor & Satire Writer 👩💻 McSweeney's, Weekly Humorist, The Belladonna Comedy, Little Old Lady 📍NYC 🗽✌️
@devorahblachor.bsky.social
Author of 'The Feminist’s Guide to Raising a Little Princess', novels, humor. Working on a new book and also a time travel machine https://www.devorahblachor.com/
@aknott21.bsky.social
Sweeping off the trampoline right now. Editor of Frazzled. Author of Love’s a Disaster (2024) and Fatherhood (2016). https://andrewknott.substack.com/
@rachelrosekeller.bsky.social
Words in The Onion, Reductress, McSweeney's, the void I scream into Part time chronic ill-fluencer
@lilliekoi.bsky.social
@onyxaminedlife on Twitter. Chicago trans woman/entity/entities. She/her or they/them. A short story writer and all around pretentious person. Weird jokes, political rants, some positivity. Friendly!
@miriamjayaratna.bsky.social
Clinical psychologist and writer of humorous things Work in The New Yorker, NYT, WDJ, McSweeney’s, Reductress, The Boston Globe, VQR, et al
@iangoldstein.bsky.social
👀 writer/comedian featured in the NYTimes and ABC News talking about Healthcare ✍️ humor featured in the New Yorker and McSweeney's 💊 crohn's disease haver 🐍 not a fan of U.S. Healthcare https://outofnetworknetwork.substack.com/
@johnathanappel.bsky.social
Writer Last Week Tonight; words in New Yorker & Mcsweeneys; I talk about my cats like they're my children but when I do it, it's funny
@pointsincase.com
Daily literary humor publication featuring enlightening and irreverent comedy, since 1999. pointsincase.com
@dankennedyny.bsky.social
Developed/hosted The Moth Podcast, Story Consultant on "True Story w/ Ed and Randall” on Peacock, 3 books, GQ, McSweeneys, Screenwriting work at Paramount/Amblin/F/X. Los Angeles. https://linktr.ee/dan_kennedy
@lisaborders.bsky.social
Massachusetts-based writer, cat lover, alt rock fanatic. New novel, Last Night at the Disco, coming from Regal House in October 2025. Humor in McSweeney’s & more. I run the Novel Reactor workshops. Pro-science, anti-fascist. https://www.lisaborders.com/
@scarletkmeyer.bsky.social
400 year old shark occasionally coaxed back to society for comedy purposes.
@hellotherexu.bsky.social
Comedy writer (McSweeney’s, reductress), TTRPG performer & GM (Kollok, Stool Pigeons), actor, she who exists in the void
@samallemang.com
• comedy screenwriter from Toronto • winner of WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab '24 for “Valley Dicks” • guitar in grungy punk band, Lunchmeat http://samallemang.com // lunchmeat.band
@taylorkayphillips.bsky.social
Writer @ Last Week Tonight Author of “A Guide to Midwestern Conversation” Substack: https://tkp.substack.com/
@suegelber.bsky.social
Writer, runner, dog person • Words in New Yorker, McSweeney's, Electric Lit, etc. • Humor Editor at The Museum of Americana lit review • Fiction judge at NYCMidnight • Sometimes funny, often tired suedgelber.com
@keflann.bsky.social
Writer, 4 books, incl. How to Survive a Human Attack: A Guide for Werewolves, Mummies, Cyborgs, Ghosts, Nuclear Mutants, and Other Movie Monsters. Words in McSweeney’s, Boston Globe, WaPo, Slate, HuffPo. Member HWA, SFWA www.kathyflann.com
@kristenmulrooney.bsky.social
Gilmore Girls Official Cookbook. How Not to be a Basic Peasant. Editor of The Belladonna. Writing in The New Yorker & McSweeney’s Letters to Mom column.
@virginiadickens.bsky.social
Headlines in the onion/reductress :) Host of Hyperfocus: A Neurodivergent Podcast linktr.ee/v_dcknz
@heysweeney.bsky.social
Writer and voice actor (hi, I’m the voice of Skyrizi commercials) and third thing www.sweeneyproject.com
@sashastewart.bsky.social
One Girl. Three kidneys. All the jokes. WGAE Councilmember. Writer: Dying for Sex (FX), Amend: The Fight for America (Netflix), The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (Comedy Central), New Yorker, McSweeneys, other stuff.
@felipetmedina.bsky.social
Comedian from a country you misspell 🇨🇴 Writer @ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert BUY MY HUMOR BOOK https://allmylinks.com/felipetorresmedina
@mikebsacks.bsky.social
Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, 12 Books, Writer, Whistler, Finger-Cymbals, New Book with Jon Hamm, Patton Oswalt, Amy Sedaris, Chris Meloni, Paul Reubens, THIS IS HOW WE LOVE, just out, https://tinyurl.com/2y6ywhhr https://mikesacks.com
@crmonks.bsky.social
Editor of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Author of The Ultimate Game Guide to Your Life. Dominator of waiting rooms. Fragile fan of the Dolphins, Sixers, and Red Sox.
@mcsweeneys.net
The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books. .
@alexblechman.bsky.social
Writer, game designer Former Staff Writer @TheOnion & @ClickHole. Words for Netflix, Jackbox Games, High On Life, Starship Troopers: Terran Command, Saints Row, Kraft Heinz, Darkhorse, Team Coco, other places alexanderblechman.com
@dcpierson.bsky.social
Actor, author, comedian. A good one, even. Dcpierson at gmail dot com Www.dcpierson.com/newsletter
@petridishes.bsky.social
I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
@jamesfolta.com
// staff writer @literaryhub.bsky.social // // managing editor @pointsincase.com // // hangin' tuff @nyc // // jamesfolta.com //
@lukevburns.bsky.social
Writing funny stuff/weird stuff. New Yorker, McSweeney's, NY Mag, etc. Translator of MASTERS OF THE NEFARIOUS, on shelves now. https://lukevburns.tumblr.com/writing (He/Him) Header image by Lucas Adams