Some writers I like (not comprehensive)
This is a list of some writers I like on here, who are good at writing and also posting. If you're not on it, it's because I like you too much to include you in such an undignified activity, and no other reason, which is why you should never ask about it
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@tmcallister.bsky.social
@aaronburch.bsky.social
Author: A KIND OF IN-BETWEEN; YEAR OF THE BUFFALO; STEPHEN KING'S THE BODY; BACKSWING Editor: HAD; Short Story, Long (on Substack) https://linktr.ee/aaronburch
@johncotter.bsky.social
Author LOSING MUSIC, UNDER THE SMALL LIGHTS, and pieces for NYT Magazine, Guernica (RIP), Raritan, New England Review, Commonweal, Prairie Schooner ...
@substockman.bsky.social
BLM. Teaching Prof., Northeastern. Reviewer @nytbooks @washpost @BostonGlobe, elsewhere. he/him Newsletter at https://sebastianstockman.substack.com/
@embfitz.bsky.social
Is: writer, reader, string cheese eater, zine maker, note taker, pen/paper nerd, Barrelhouse clergy. Is not: the voice artist, putting down my pen, smiling more. Need an editor, teacher or content designer? I can help! linktr.ee/embfitz
@stephanieaustin.bsky.social
Formerly @lucysky on Twitter IG: @stephanie.d.austin and @mugshot_writers2 SOMETHING I MIGHT SAY, essays, out now with WTAW Press BURN, a novel, coming ‘26 from Cowboy Jamboree Substack: https://stephanieaustin.substack.com/ stephanieaustin.net
@hmwendt.bsky.social
Novel HEADING NORTH (Braddock Avenue Books) out now! Free newsletter: hmwendt.beehiiv.com. Words in Shenandoah, Fourway Review, Memorious, & c. Writer, educator, enthusiast. they/them
@todgoldberg.bsky.social
Crooks. Gangsters. Rabbis. Burned spies. Noir holidays. todgoldberg.com
@stephcha.bsky.social
Author of Juniper Song novels and Your House Will Pay. Series editor of Best American Mystery & Suspense. TV writer.
@kathleenmrooney.bsky.social
Poet / novelist / essayist in Chicago Professor at DePaul University & Editor at Rose Metal Press Writings at https://kathleenrooney.com/ Typewritings at http://poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com
@roykesey.bsky.social
Some things I do: write (Jonathan Cape/Random House, Residenz Verlag, Dzanc), translate (Soho Press, Serpent’s Tail), read, bind, photograph. All photos mine unless otherwise noted. Ideal job: walking around looking at stuff. Profile tintype by Amy Güth.
@paullisicky.bsky.social
My seventh book, SONG SO WILD AND BLUE: A LIFE WITH THE MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL, is out now from HarperOne. 🏳️🌈🦌🐊🦀
@alinapleskova.bsky.social
poet-in-residence of the astral realm / fog aficionado / Toska (Deep Vellum, 2023) / 🥨 Philly IG: @alina_pleskova alinapleskova.com
@shimmer.bsky.social
Occasional novelist, regular walker. Probably that guy you saw looking at something on the ground. Faculty at Emerson College and editor at https://necessaryfiction.bsky.social/. http://www.stevehimmer.com
@livesinpages.bsky.social
Author, I'm Not Hungry but I Could Eat | 2021 NYFA Fiction Fellow | Husky chismoso 🇵🇷 🏳️🌈 📍 Brooklyn, NY // Providence, RI
@toddedillard.bsky.social
“Ways We Vanish” from Okay Donkey, “Ragnarök at the Father Daughter Dance” from Variant, poetry editor of The Boiler, poems in Threepenny, Southern Review, APR, HAD, etc.
@isaacbutler.bsky.social
Cultural critic and historian, author, podcaster, non-Zionist Jew. Co-host: CHARM OFFENSIVE. Writer: THE METHOD: HOW THE 20TH CENTURY LEARNED TO ACT
@sannewman.bsky.social
Writer (Julia, The Heavens, The Men, How Not to Write a Novel, etc.) she/they
@michaelschaub.bsky.social
Journalist, @bookcritics.bsky.social vice president, nervous, sleepy.
@lucaswmann.bsky.social
On the feelings beat. Books: CAPTIVE AUDIENCE, LORD FEAR, CLASS A Next One: ATTACHMENTS (spring 2024) IG: @lucaswmann NEA fellow United States Artists fellow
@catherinenichols.bsky.social
@housleydave.bsky.social
Writer of The Other Ones, Looney, Howard & Charles at the Factory, This Darkness Got to Give, more. Editor @ Barrelhouse, primary organizer of the Barrelhouse conference in DC in the Spring. Web @ PSU. Goofy gentleman. He/him.
@adremily.bsky.social
Author of SEDUCTION THEORY (Little, Brown 2025). Stories in Granta, The Point, and Joyland. Editor at Great Place Books.
@jaimealyse.bsky.social
Author of THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE | series editor of THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING || she/her || jaimegreen.net
@mikemeginnis.bsky.social
Author of DROWNING PRACTICE, FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY, and a story about a fake videogame. Cohost of the best/only competitive marital gift giving podcast, Gift Horse.
@jrobertlennon.com
Books include CRITICAL HITS (with Carmen Maria Machado), Graywolf; HARD GIRLS, Mulholland; BUZZ KILL, Mulholland, Spring 25
@tmcallister.bsky.social
Author of novels HOW TO BE SAFE and THE YOUNG WIDOWER'S HANDBOOK. New book of essays IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE coming from Rose Metal Press in May 2025. Co-host of Book Fight! podcast. @Barrelhouse.bsky.social NF Editor. South Jersey. Tom.mcallister.ws