Reading the Weird
Authors who've been covered on Reading the Weird: https://reactormag.com/columns/reading-the-weird/
Created by
@r-emrys.bsky.social
@maryrobinettekowal.com
Hugo-award winning author, narrator, and professional puppeteer. Also has a talking cat. The Martian Contingency is available where books are sold.
@hildur.bsky.social
Icelandic writer. The Night Guest is already out! // Dead Weight coming in 2026!
@gailguerrero.bsky.social
Author and cat lady 🐈 / Mexican / ESL / aro-ace / she|her / BSFA awards nominee and finalist / First reader at Diabolical Plots and The Skull & Laurel / Short stories and poems here: beacons.ai/abigailguerrero
@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/
@victorlavalle.bsky.social
Doing what I dreamed of since I was a kid. Books: Lone Women, The Changeling, The Ballad of Black Tom, The Devil in Silver, Big Machine & more. TV: The Changeling (EP), The Terror: Devil in Silver (Creator, Showrunner) Comics: Destroyer, Eve, Sabretooth
@bymattruff.bsky.social
Author of Lovecraft Country, Fool on the Hill, Bad Monkeys, and various other novels. https://www.bymattruff.com
@marthawells.com
SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
@robindlaws.bsky.social
Writer, game designer, podcaster. Winner of the Diana Jones Award, 8 Gold and 5 Silver ENnies. Translated into 11 languages.
@ada-hoffmann.bsky.social
Spec fic writer, poet, autist. They/them. Philip K. Dick Award finalist, Rhysling & Elgin nominee, & author of the OUTSIDE series. Canadian. More about me and my books at http://ada-hoffmann.com/
@samkendrea.bsky.social
#writer, #director, #producer of #films and #digitalcontent, avid learner, lover of life. Host of @thecreativeseat podcast.
@jeremiahtolbert.com
Freelance Web/WordPress Developer for Authors and Publishers TTRPG Enthusiast SF/F Writer Believer in the power of imaginative empathy to make a better world. https://www.clockpunkstudios.com/ https://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/
@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
@aptshadow.bsky.social
Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
@kerismcd.bsky.social
Associate editor for Call of Cthulhu at Chaosium. Writer. LARPer. Owner of greyhounds.
@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
@hernibsen.bsky.social
She/her. Nebula&Hugo-nommed queer Bengali lady geek/gamer/editor/writer/dice&jewelry maker. ADHD. Cat mom. Too many hobbies; always hungry. 🌺patreon.com/hernibs 📷https://www.instagram.com/her_nibs/ 💎https://www.peculiarityshop.com/nibs-corner
@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
@strantzas.bsky.social
Author of BURNT BLACK SUNS. Editor of AICKMAN'S HEIRS. Finalist for four Shirley Jackson Awards, two British Fantasy Awards, and the World Fantasy Award. Probably won’t follow you back. 🌎 https://strantzas.com 📘 PREORDER: https://tinyurl.com/2ektv9ty
@scottrjones.bsky.social
#KeepingItRlyeh anti-guru, author, WHEN THE STARS ARE RIGHT (R'lyehian Spirituality) SHOUT KILL REVEL REPEAT (12/19) STONEFISH (02/20) DRILL (0824), seeking representation scottrjoneswriter.com
@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
@wendynikel.bsky.social
Sci-fi & Fantasy Writer. Book cover designer. Member of SFWA & Codex. www.wendynikel.com
@cgolden.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of Road of Bones, The House of Last Resort, Ararat, and many others. Writes a lot of comics with Mike Mignola. Co-wrote/co-directed Slayers: A Buffyverse Story with Amber Benson. Screenwriter. Anti-fascist.
@yoshiki-shibata.bsky.social
ソフトウェアエンジニア@個人事業主（現在：Digital Platformer社 / @kauche_inc ）。著書『Web API設計実践入門』『プログラマー”まだまだ現役続行“』、翻訳書『プログラミング言語Go』『Effective Java第3版』『Go言語100Tips』『Linuxシステムの仕組み』ほか多数
@teachrobotslove.bsky.social
Author of Girl Like A Bomb and The Crooked God Machine. / Writes the Teach Robots Love newsletter / Repped @ Inkwell Management
@crashwong.bsky.social
Nebula⚡️World Fantasy⚡️Locus Award-winning SFF + comics writer for Star Wars, Marvel, DC. Eisner + GLAAD nominated. Your favorite they/them femme. 🏳️🌈
@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
@ethereallad.bsky.social
Author of A SPECTRAL HUE and other books. 3 Time Lammy Finalist. DC Native http://craiglaurancegidney.com
@aimeeogdenwrites.com
Nebula Award Finalist for WHAT ANY DEAD THING WANTS; new novella STARSTRUCK out June '25 🌱🦊🪨 👦🏽 Rep: Eric Showers at Morhaim Lit. Bi. She/her. American werewolf in Noord-Brabant. Fix your hearts or die. https://www.aimeeogdenwrites.com
@brianevenson.bsky.social
Short story writer, novelist, television writer. Married to the excellent Kristen Tracy.
@gracepchan.bsky.social
@sarahpeploe.bsky.social
writing and drawing Header from THE BERG, by @bobgoblynn.bsky.social!
@renfestklingon.bsky.social
Writer of weirdness, reader of everything Power to the people
@gormanghast.bsky.social
@gordonbwhite.bsky.social
Horror/weird fiction writer. Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award nominee. Best Horror, Clarion West, dog dad, critically acclaimed (not in that order). He/him.
@taracampbell.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, speculative fiction and flash fiction Books, events, and classes at http://taracampbell.com #WritingCommunity #scifi #sff #speculativefiction #flashfiction
@silviamg.bsky.social
Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/
@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
@mygeekblasphemy.bsky.social
Writer. Shirley Jackson Award Finalist. NOC shift and sleep deprived. List of published works and pop culture nonsense at mygeekblasphemy.com. Ace. She/her.
@ceruleancynic.bsky.social
she/her. Helsing books: STRANGE PRACTICE, DREADFUL COMPANY, GRAVE IMPORTANCE, BITTER WATERS; STRANGE NEW WORLD (2025) Orbit; THE HELIOS SYNDROME (Lethe); short fiction (Uncanny, PseudoPod, The Deadlands); editor; jeweler. Rep: https://x.com/Stephen_Barbara
@babblewocky.bsky.social
Spec Fic Author. SFWA. Voodoonaut. Words in FIYAH Mag, Nightmare Mag, Baffling, Fantasy Mag, The Deadlands, EscapePod, Truman Capote Lit Trust 2022. A watched plot never thickens. http://ebrownwrites.com
@angelaslatter.bsky.social
AKA AG Slatter. All The Murmuring Bones, The Path of Thorns, The Briar Book of the Dead, The Crimson Road @TitanBooks. Some Awards. Hellboy Universe. PhD.
@glvalentine.bsky.social
Writer. Bad-movie lover. She/her. Out now: TWO GRAVES from Image.
@willowylungs.bsky.social
Your cozy goth ghoulfriend. Writer. Editor. Vulture enthusiast. FUNERAL SONG coming 2026 from Dead Sky Publishing. Words in Cosmic Horror Monthly, Haven Spec, The NoSleep Podcast.
@deborahldavitt.com
Award-winning author, science fiction, fantasy, horror; Elgin-nominated poet, Gates of Never, Bounded by Eternity, From Voyages Unreturning. TTRPG "Mists & Memory" available now as well. www.deborahldavitt.com
@callytaylor.bsky.social
British crime author. Sunday Times bestseller. Richard & Judy pick. Mum, dog owner, knitter, crocheter, maker, watches a lot of TV.
@mollytanzer.bsky.social
Award-winning author of novels and short stories, including the official, Jirel of Joiry revival “Jirel and the Mirror of Truth”. S-rank manga adaptrix. AI-generated media disliker. Abolish ICE! (She/her) https://www.patreon.com/one_true_sentenc
@byzantienne.bsky.social
speculative fiction (Teixcalaan series, ROSE/HOUSE), climate & energy policy (New Mexico, all statements my own), Byzantinist (nonpracticing but never not true). unfortunately, I care about power lines now she/her. halfway between Santa Fe and NYC.
@kjy1066.bsky.social
Putting the hater in creator. Stories in Strange Horizons, BCS, khōreo, more. Host of Podside Picnic. He/Him
@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.
@nadiabulkin.bsky.social
Horror writer (SHE SAID DESTROY, RED SKIES IN THE MORNING, ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY forthcoming from Ghoulish). Co-editor of WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST LEAVE. 📍 DC, raised in Jakarta/Nebraska, she/her ♠️💜 https://linktr.ee/nadiabulkin
@kieralesley.bsky.social
SFFH writer, reader, tea drinker. Aurealis award winner. AHWA. Codex. Words in: Nightmare, Andromeda Spaceways, Factor Four etc. Naarm/Melbourne https://linktr.ee/kieralesley
@omersarae.bsky.social
THE GRYPHON KING (@titanbooks Summer 2025) | ✍️: The Dark, PodCastle, Small Wonders, & more | rep @lanewriteswords | she/her https://linktr.ee/omersarae
@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
@sarahpinsker.bsky.social
Hugo & Nebula winning SFF Writer, singer/songwriter, dog person, horse person, queer, Baltimorean by choice, mediocre but enthusiastic gardener and artist. New book HAUNT SWEET HOME out September 2024 from Macmillan/Tordotcom. She/her.
@nnedi.bsky.social
*THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
@caitlinrkiernan.bsky.social
Paleontologist & two-time World Fantasy Award winning F&SF author. McWane Science Center & University of Alabama research associate (mosasaurs & turtles). Humanist. Classical liberal. Appalachian. Math nerd. Anti-fascist. LGBTQ+ They/them.
@meganflchee.bsky.social
🇸🇬 sci-fi & fantasy writer. Published in Clarkesworld, Uncanny, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, The Year's Best Fantasy etc. Translated in Science Fiction World. Website: https://meganchee.carrd.co/ Agent: Stevie Finegan at Zeno Agency
@gregvaneekhout.bsky.social
Writer of Happy Town, Voyage of the Dogs, Cog, Weird Kid, California Bones, etc. Californian by birth, Indo by ancestry. Repped by Holly Root at Root Literary. www.writingandsnacks.com he/him
@aimeepicchi.bsky.social
Associate managing editor at CBS News’ CBS MoneyWatch, covering business and money. My other hat: science fiction and fantasy short stories. Nebula Award finalist. Opinions are my own. Email: aimee.picchi@viacomcbs.com Signal: aimeepicchi.59
@tkingfisher.com
Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
@pdjeliclark.bsky.social
Historian. Writer. Jumbie & Duppy Conqueror. Rambler of Things. Doer of Stuff. Brotha From Another Planet | pdjeliclark.com
@maxgladstone.bsky.social
NYT bestselling writer. Newsletter and updates at maxgladstone.com.
@pennyvixen.bsky.social
Horror/fantasy writer and geek about almost everything. Left of left. She/her. Best known for THE GOBLIN EMPEROR (Tor, 2014). Books coming in 2025: THE ORB OF CAIRADO (Subterranean Press) in January and THE TOMB OF DRAGONS (Tor Books) in March.
@matociquala.bsky.social
Multiple award winning science fiction author. Cat furniture. Horse patsy. Almost certainly two ornimegalonyxes in a trenchcoat. Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/matociquala Next book: THE FOLDED SKY June 2025 https://books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ
@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
@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
@seananmcguire.bsky.social
I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
@r-emrys.bsky.social
Author of A Half-Built Garden, Winter Tide, and Deep Roots. Hopeful futures and sympathetic monsters. Future of democracy, governance, and networks. Queer Jewish parent, foodie, cognitive psychology nerd, collective decision-making wonk.