Matt Weber's Starter Pack
Mostly science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comics creators.
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@mattweber.bsky.social
@nmamatas.bsky.social
Buy 120 MURDERS from my local bookstore now! https://www.ebbooksellers.com/item/qHl97caDRCpgW7y8fTG4Pw
@panediting.bsky.social
Indie bookseller. Mom. Wife. Gamer. Artist. Exhausted. Trying. I play Honkai Star Rail too much.
@lynnemthomas.com
Rare Book #Librarian, SFF editor, bereaved parent of Caitlin, #geek. 11x Hugo Award winner. bi/queer. Head of RBML at Illinois; Verity podcast; Uncanny Magazine. Baby #aerialist. My opinions. she/her. I don’t auto-follow. #DoctorWho #bookhistory #SFF
@gavingrant.bsky.social
Gavin J. Grant. He/him. Peely-wally vegan Scottish immigrant. Equality, health care 4 all. BLM. Trans rights are human rights. Long covid 12/21, meh. Tired. Wears masks, asks you to, too. smallbeerpress.com (closed) & LCRW. Occasionally bookmoonbooks.com
@michaeldthomas.bsky.social
Caregiver for awesome daughter w/ Aicardi syndrome. 8-time Hugo-winning Publisher/Editor w/ my wife, @lynnemthomas, at @uncannymagazine. He/Him, They/Them.
@wtalabi.bsky.social
Engineer | Writer | Editor Enjoyer of Equations, Ideas & Assorted Nonsenses Hugo, Nebula, Locus & Caine Prize finalist My novel Shigidi out now: http://tinyurl.com/Shigidi
@sillysyntax.bsky.social
Nebula, Aurora, WFA finalist, Ignyte Co Founder "SKIN THIEF STORIES" Neon Hemlock. COUNTESS out now ECW Press. Goth, plant grower, music enthusiast. She/They, Queer, 🇹🇹 🇨🇦 rep by Michael Curry. Banner: Matt Griffin suzanpalumbo.carrd.co
@nickpinto.bsky.social
Co-founder @hellgatenyc.com. Writing about cops, courts, jails, prisons and NYC. You may have known me on Twitter as @macfathom.
@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
librarian, archivist, historian, author, Ignyte award-winning & Hugo-nominated writer and critic, rat obsessive, hella queer words in reactormag.com, locusmag.com, npr, reader's digest, and elsewhere bookjockeyalex.com
@victoriastrauss.bsky.social
Adult/YA novelist, fanatical gardener, co-founder of SFWA's publishing industry watchdog group Writer Beware. Casting a small light in a wilderness of writing scams (plus an occasional cat pic) https://writerbeware.blog https://victoriastrauss.com
@wiswell.bsky.social
Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Novels: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (2024), WEARING THE LION (2025). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him. https://linktr.ee/johnwiswell
@laurenbeukes.com
Novelist, TV writer, comics writer and recovering journalist. Winner of the Arthur C Clarke and the University of Johannesburg Prize. Author of The Shining Girls (now on Apple TV) Zoo City and multiverse-lost-mother-thriller, BRIDGE - out now
@mikemaihack.com
Cartoonist • Fan • Creator of CLEOPATRA IN SPACE and some SPIDER-MAN books • Draws Batgirl and Supergirl a lot ❤️ linktr.ee/mikemaihack ❤️
@jessnevins.bsky.social
Encyclopedist, college librarian, writer, ttrpg writer. I like to talk about Mesopotamia & Vikings. Always outnumbered, never outgunned. My podcast, "The History of Comic Books in 500 Issues," is at http://500issues.com
@aliettedebodard.com
Engineer. SFF Writer. Triple Nebula Award winner. Việt/French. Asian auntie. Weird. She/Her. Queer. 🏳️🌈 Loves tea. Profile: @yendraws @readatmidnight
@wendyxu.bsky.social
bestselling, award nominated comics person. teaching artist via AAWW. MOONCAKES, TIDESONG, INFINITY PARTICLE. more tk. agent: Linda Camacho. opinions my own. she/they no crypto, no nfts, no ai https://linktr.ee/artofwendyxu
@tananarivedue.bsky.social
Lifewriting Podcast - Exec Producer #HorrorNoire: A History of Black Horror, Writer: Twilight Zone. UCLA Lecturer. Vanity Fair. Author: American Book Award #BLM #blacksky She/Her - https://linktr.ee/tananarivedue
@mattielubchansky.com
award-winning transsexual comics idiot, beautiful giantess // mattielubchansky.com // @nogodsnomayors.com // she/they
@haljohnsonbooks.bsky.social
I'm here to write books and chew bubblegum and…oh, wow, that is a lot of bubblegum I still possess!
@signalbleed.bsky.social
Freelance writer and film/TV critic at KTNV, Tom's Guide, Crooked Marquee, The Inlander, Inverse, Highway Radio, Awesome Movie Year, and more. For hire: signalbleed@gmail.com
@joannarifkin.bsky.social
Computational biologist, plant geneticist, gardener, SFF enthusiast, rock climber, not that kind of doctor, transplanted to Toronto, nonbinary, trans, Jewish, and more! Opinions my own.
@katducduk.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Comedy geek. Trivia nerd. Podcast junkie. Creator of the book Kissability: People with Disabilities Talk About Sex, Love, and Relationships. (she/her)
@cw-snyder.com
Four-time SPFBO Semifinalist. SPFBO 7 & 9 Finalist. WSFA & 2-time Stabby Nominee. Booknest Longlist. Grimmy Award Winner. Reddit Self-Pub Fave. Meat sack. (he/him)
@krystlematar.bsky.social
enby they/she 🇨🇦 — author of SPFBO Finalist Legacy of the Brightwash — fuelled by coffee, whisky, beer, and spite — art is always political https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/182634260/legacy-of-the-brightwash-deluxe-edition
@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.
@authorgracelin.bsky.social
Newbery & Caldecott Honor & Legacy Award & NBA Finalist • contact Hachette Speakers Bureau for appearance requests • https://linktr.ee/authorgracelin
@quenbyolson.bsky.social
A mom and a dancer and a baker and a crocheter and a hiker and a teacher and possibly also an award-winning writer in there. When I have the time. Agent: Bibi Lewis https://linktr.ee/quenbyolson
@unrealfred.bsky.social
Writer, editor, just this guy. Occasional stories: https://www.unreality.net/writings. I also publish the quarterly zine Kaleidotrope. (He/him.) 😷
@kiplet.bsky.social
Writer, phantasist, bon viveur; a litigation support paralegal as needed. Spouse to a cartoonist, parent to an aspiring large-animal veterinarian, three cats to be fed on a regular basis. See also @thecityofroses.com
@danifinnwrites.bsky.social
They/them 🏳️⚧️ 🔞 Fantasy/romance author ✍️ 🐉 💞 Smutfluencer ❤️🔥 Reviewer of queer books 📚 🏳️🌈 My 📚series: THE MAER CYCLE, THE WEIRDWATER CONFLUENCE, THE TIME BEFORE THE WORLD WITHIN, a trans sapphic fantasy romance, out now! 🏳️⚧️ 👩❤️💋👩 🔗 https://linktr.ee/danifinn
@dexterpalmer.bsky.social
Author of The Dream of Perpetual Motion (St. Martin's, 2010), Version Control (Pantheon, 2016), Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen (Pantheon, 2019), and a work in progress (Pantheon, when it's done).
@kercoby.bsky.social
SFF writer—Solarpunk Mag, Fantasy Mag, THIS Mag. @SFWA. CEO @augursociety. Founder/Publisher of Augur Magazine & Tales & Feathers Magazine. Fairy tales, anime, D&D.
@jolantru.bsky.social
Werewolves.(Hugo award winner) Strange Horizons Articles Senior Ed. Cold Open Stories Originals ed. IGDN diversity board. KidlitSEA. SEA SFF. FIRE HEART (2024). COLD STEEL and WOLF'S PATH (2025). Giant Oarfish (imprint, 2025). (She/They/Qar)
@mercwolfmoor.bsky.social
queer non-binary SFFH writer. ace/aro. ADHD. they/them. author of THE WOLF AMONG THE WILD HUNT | SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROBOT | & more coming https://ko-fi.com/mercwolfmoor https://linktr.ee/mercfennwolfmoor
@monicabyrne13.bsky.social
Writer living on the road, currently in Vietnam. Buy THE ACTUAL STAR: https://www.monicabyrne.org/the-actual-star. Reps at CAA, DG&B, and Kaplan/Perrone. She/her. monicabyrne.substack.com patreon.com/monicabyrne
@dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social
Writer of the horrific and weird, recovering sociology PhD w/focus on war and genocide. Christian Druid. Creator of the GONE podcast. Author of YOUR SHADOW HALF REMAINS, out now from Tor Nightfire. They/them. https://linktr.ee/dynamicsymmetry
@madelineashby.bsky.social
I write futures. GLASS HOUSES out 13 August 2024. Come fly with us. https://www.madelineashby.com/contact/
@alasdairstuart.com
Award-winning voice actor. Narrative designer. Pop culture analyst. Podcaster. Game designer. ‘Fantastic Frontal Everything'-Matt Wallace. On the board of the Cool Wives Club. Joy and spite. https://carrd.alasdairstuart.com
@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.
@littlebadger.bsky.social
Hi! I’m the bestselling author of Elatsoe & A Snake Falls to Earth & Sheine Lende. I <3 lifting heavy weights, playing video games, & writing stories. Sry I don’t check DMs. She/her. Lipan Apache.
@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.
@carlaspeedmcneil.bsky.social
I draw comics. I write things. I make miniatures. I teach sequential art. They/them, demi-femme.
@aidanis.fun
Dad, islander, writer, & Hugo winner. Words for WIRED, Vulture, & more. Commodore 1702 enthusiast. he/him. Rep'd by Eric Smith. 🎧 Co-host of @funfactorpod.com ⚔️ Author of FIGHT, MAGIC, ITEMS & SUIKODEN 1 & 2 🛰️ Newsletter: astrolabe.aidanmoher.com
@bruces.bsky.social
Author, journalist, editor and critic combining his time in Turin, Austin, Ibiza, Belgrade etc #BruceSterling
@annijyn.com
she/her/art mother erotica + horror artist all arts + info visit annijyn.com everything else get at me via annijyn at gmail dot com shipping worldwide from a tiny village in england 🍯 https://ko-fi.com/annijyn# 🎁 https://throne.com/annijyn
@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
@kellybarnhill.bsky.social
I used to be an author. But that was in another life. Books, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you. kellybarnhill.com
@alexandraerin.com
Yes, I am that Alexandra Erin. No, I am not quite her anymore. Still figuring out what that means after some brain stuff happened in late 2023-early 2024. 44yo, she/her Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AlexandraErin Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/alexandraerin
@debaoki.bsky.social
Manga addict, journalist & traveler. Posts are 75% comix stuff. 1/4 of the Mangasplaining podcast & manga & webtoons go-to gal at Comics Beat, K-Comics Beat & Publishers Weekly | also @debaoki on Instagram
@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
@weredawgz.bsky.social
The Danny Lore of lycanthropic fame Awe-inspiringly humble Writer, nerd, husband to an awesome lady, @ndmedina.bsky.social They/them
@badmachinery.com
Cartoonist in British-based Leeds. I brought you such comics as Steeple, Bad Machinery, Giant Days, Scary Go Round, Bobbins, Great British Bump-Off and Solver. The nation's favourite. https://badmachinery.com
@paultremblay.bsky.social
Writer person. Horror Movie, A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World, The Pallbearers Club. Not actively planning the demise of John Langan. Eats too much cereal.
@nicolaz.bsky.social
PhD. Novelist (Hild, Spear, Menewood). All things Early Medieval. Here: Cats, crips, queers. Books, beauty, beers. MS ♿️🧪📚 AND NOW: FIGHTING 👊 nicolagriffith.com Banner ID: B&W image—pint of Guinness flanked by 2 books flanked by 2 tabby cat
@maggietokudahall.bsky.social
kids and young adult book author. The horrors never cease but neither do I. Founding member of Authors Against Book Bans. (She/her) blessed stressed depressed ✌🏽 Prettyokmaggie.com
@iamdavidbrothers.com
fraternidad, como Caín y Abel. nobody special. yet and still, I remain beloved. iamdavidbrothers.com
@tadethompson.bsky.social
Writer: Rosewater, Murders of Molly Southbourne, Far from the Light of Heaven, Making Wolf, Jackdaw, shorts, screenplays. Arthur C. Clarke Award winner. Hugo nominated. Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Etcetera Opinions mine. He/him
@nadiashammas.bsky.social
Palestinian-American writer, narrative designer, and award-winning wretch. She/They. From Brooklyn, now Toronto. GAMES: THIRSTY SUITORS, THE AXIS UNSEEN COMICS: SQUIRE, WHERE BLACK STARS RISE, DEAD BY DAYLIGHT
@hazelmonforton.com
senior writer and narrative designer 📚📝 presently Blizzard 💛⚔️ previously Bungie 💙💫 and Arkane 🧡🐀 personal account 🍞🌹 20th century lit phd 🎓🗡 she/her ✨ atx 🌻🦇
@alexdecampi.bsky.social
On your bookshelf: SCRAPPER, PARASOCIAL, BAD KARMA, DRACULA MOTHERF**KER!. On your TV: BLADE RUNNER: BLACK LOTUS, SCAVENGERS REIGN. Lit agent: Nephele Tempest @ Knight Agency. Film/TV: Sean Berard @ Untitled. Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/themagpie
@charlenedraws.bsky.social
🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Illustrator, author (The Pink Pajamas, S&S 2025) | Rep: Tracy Marchini, BookEnds Literary | Co-host @kidlitart.bsky.social chat 🎨 CharleneChua.com ✏️ charlenedraws.bio.link 🚫AI/NFT
@kellylink.bsky.social
unserious moonlight www.kellylink.net Always happy to make book recommendations if you tell me two writers you love & what you’re in the mood for. If you'd like signed copies of my books, you can find them at www.bookmoonbooks.com.
@tulalotay.bsky.social
Artist. Comics - GROUPIES, SOMNA, Barnstormers, DSTLRY, The Devils Cut, All Star Batman, Scarlet Witch, Supreme Blue Rose. Film posters.
@naomialderman.bsky.social
I write novels (eg The Power, new novel is The Future), I make games (eg Zombies, Run!), unorthodox Jew. not-getting-into-pointless-arguments-on-the-internet is an act of revolution. However complex you think things are, they're more complex than that
@older.bsky.social
nerd with narrative disorder • humanitarian • sociopunk • evidence-based creativity • speculative resistance • predictive fictions • INFOMOCRACY • THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES • …AND OTHER DISASTERS • GlobalVoices.org • ASU-CSI • opinions my own
@clpolk.com
I write stuff. I knit stuff. I cook stuff. Ask me about my weird little books. https://www.clpolk.com/
@colleendoran.bsky.social
Official Account. Eisner, Bram Stoker Award, Ringo Award, Locus Award. Graphic novels, comics, illustration. Amazon Affiliate partner. Managed by able and worthy assistant, because deadlines are deadlines and social media is a time and energy sink.
@tomking.bsky.social
Eisner winning writer of Batman, Mister Miracle, The Vision, The Sheriff of Babylon, Supergirl, Human Target, (and more); dad of 3 plus a dog; generally tired.
@runwithskizzers.bsky.social
Author. Opinions=own. She/Her. Writing your fav characters. Rep: Michael Bourret. Co-host on the Official Marvel Podcast. Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot is out now! www.preetichhibber.com Profile illustration by James Lancett
@vor-bokor.bsky.social
(Sometimes Tucović) Comics: The 7 Deadly Sins/First Knife/Slavic Nihilism Games: Cantata/Dread Delusion bio.site/ohotnig OR patreon.com/ohotnig ohotnig.itch.io / ohotnig.gumroad.com inprnt.com/gallery/ohotnig buymeacoffee.com/ohotnig
@cstross.bsky.social
SFF author, triple Hugo award winner, over a million books sold. Mostly on Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
@premeemohamed.com
Writer, scientist, bug. she/her. #yeg. 🇨🇦 🇬🇾 Winner of a Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award! Hugo, BSFA, BFA, Locus, Crawford award finalist. 📚🪲 Rep: Michael Curry. www.premeemohamed.com
@ffrancavilla.bsky.social
NYTimes Best-selling Author, Eisner Award-winning Storyteller, Creator, Comicbook Writer & Artist, Illustrator, Panel Whisperer. Not a Robot. www.francescofrancavilla.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
@juliusgoat.bsky.social
What noisy cats are we. Author of THE REVISIONARIES (2019) and VERY FINE PEOPLE (2024). He/him. Author site: armoxon.com Weekly essays on my free newsletter, The Reframe.
@ericafails.bsky.social
3x Eisner winner. NYT Bestseller. I make comics + clothes. Ehendoart at gmail dot com Patreon.com/ericafails Recent Books: 2024 Harley Quinn Annual, Danger and Other Unknown Risks, Parasocial, Dracula Motherfucker! Photo by Robbins Studios
@chlowski.bsky.social
she/elle | concept artist @UbisoftParis | comic artist & illustrator | IG : @chlo_wski | opinions are my own, not the views of my employer no NFT 🚫 no AI 🚫
@jamesthefourth.bsky.social
I write a lot of your favorite comic books about monsters, UFOs, dead kids, and murder ladies. Eisner Award Winner. GLAAD Media Award Winner. NYT Bestseller. Onion-in-chief. Brooklyn, NY | He/Him | 🏳️🌈 jamestynioniv.substack.com shoptinyonion.com
@kierongillen.bsky.social
Words for sale. Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/KieronGillen/ Website: www.kierongillen.com
@keezyyoung.bsky.social
Ignatz-nominated cartoonist! Gay, they/she, a ghost with a skeleton inside it. I write and draw mystery, horror, and love. HELLO SUNSHINE is coming Sept 2025 ☀️ TAPROOT | SUNFLOWERS http://keezyyoung.com | rep'd by Kurestin Armada
@trungles.com
Minneapolis. Cartoon fellow. Author and illustrator of the award-winning OGN, The Magic Fish. Keeps hens. Tells fortunes. Is queer. I cannot tell if you're joking. He/him, They/them Support my work: patreon.com/trungles Links: https://bio.site/trungles
@jaws-stone.bsky.social
35+🇳🇴 Nebulous They/Them Artist, podcaster and streamer. ✉️ jawscommission@gmail.com 🎙️ @theartofpod.bsky.social 🔞 @only-jaws.bsky.social 📺 http://twitch.tv/jaws_stone 🖼️ https://www.jawsstone.com Icon: @nekomori-art.bsky.social
@charliejane.bsky.social
Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (Tor Books, 2025), about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. SFF book critic @WashingtonPost.com. Co-host @ouropinions.bsky.social.
@ironspike.bsky.social
Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Comics. Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Animation. https://ironcircus.com Executive Producer, Lackadaisy. Writer, Cartoonist. webcomic: http://blikada.com #blikada
@kellysue.bsky.social
Comic Book, Stage & TV Writer. Rep: Jim Ehrich of RBEL Text me: (503) 738-1029 #wgastrong #pdx #visiblewomen (Not much of a shit-poster but ready to learn.) Married to mattfraction.bsky.social
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Absolution. Repped by Joe Veltre at Gersh. Gigs: The Tuesday Agency. he/him
@mckelvie.bsky.social
I make comics. My new book ONE FOR SORROW out now from DSTLRY. I drew The Wicked & The Divine, wrote Captain Carter, designed Captain Marvel & Ms Marvel, amongst others. I have ADHD if you're wondering why I'm like this. www.jamiemckelvie.fyi
@kimhu.bsky.social
Illustrator, Concept Artist, BAFTA Winning Beloved Shitposter. I like Marvel Comics' Taskmaster a normal amount 💀 work acc: @elbowrocket.bsky.social portfolio: https://kim-hu.com 📩hello@kim-hu.com Support me: patreon.com/kimhu https://ko-fi.com/kim_hu
@mattweber.bsky.social
Author: BRIMSTONE SLIPSTREAM, THE DANDELION KNIGHT, &c. He/him. Opinions are mine only. #BlackLivesMatter, #TransRightsAreHumanRights, nobody’s free until everybody’s free. Links: https://linktr.ee/mattweberphd