Nightmares for sale. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Sunburst winner; Giller Prize, Amazon, Aurora & Shirley Jackson nominee. The Stone Garden. The Butcher’s Daughter. RED X. The Bone Mother. Gay/Queer. Cis. Old. No AI. https://linktr.ee/ddemchuk
🏳️🌈 Queer SFFH author in Seattle
📚 Fiction forthcoming/in Escape Pod, PseudoPod, Small Wonders, Heartlines Spec, elsewhere
🪼 Viable Paradise 2025
🥋 Jiujitsu purple belt
bio.site/scmills
Publisher of cutting-edge SFF short fiction.
Poetic storyteller nourished by presence, soul-filling food, truthful stories, among other delights. Voodoonauts, S.E.E., & R.W.W. alum. SISTORIES LEI fellow. khōréō magazine copyeditor. Anathema | In Verse coeditor. jeanedridges.carrd.co.
Writer. Flâneuse. Spy. Bi sky at night, sailor's delight. Co-creator of The Pasithea Powder. Writing all over the place. She/her 🪩
www.jacquelinhedeman.com
Writer (they/he). Koream.
SFWA. Stories in: Clarkesworld / Strange Horizons / The Dark / PodCastle / Cosmic Horror Monthly / more.
www.louisinglishall.com
We publish experimental literary speculative fiction, poetry, reviews & translations. Read us at http://orions-belt.net. Support us at http://patreon.com/orionsbeltmag. EiC: @gessicasakamoto.bsky.social
Autistic, queer, polygender author and poet writing speculative fiction/poetry for adults & books/poetry for kids. Resisting fascism however I can. https://www.sarahgracetuttle.com/
Author of Night Beast | Co-founder, Nightjar Arts Collective | Instructor at Hugo House & StoryStudio | Novellas Editor at Reckoning | Contributing Ed. at Copper Nickel | Codex | Queer | Bolivian American
www.ruthjoffre.org
www.nightjarartscollective.com
Fantasy and science-fiction writer. Cat mom and dessert aficionado
https://vivianmliu.com/
Working in mental health doing peer support and other things. Writing speculative fiction extremely slowly. She/They.
https://sarah-i-jackson.ghost.io/
Reader, writer of codes (not the fun secret kind) and maybe sometimes other things
she/her. author, voidwitch, word mercenary for Flesh and Blood TCG.
read Killing Gravity and Repo Virtual. or don't, I'm not your mum.
Naarm, "Australia"
coreyjwhite.com // https://bookshop.org/contributors/corey-j-white
Librarian by day, word scribbler at night. Find said words in Gavagai, GrendelPress, Plott Hound, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Apex’s Strange Locations, Malarkey, and elsewhere. Genre: Midwest weird. Codex
Bulgarian expat writer of SFF living in Germany. Still clinging to the white hair tips of the rabbit of existential wonder. Fiction in PodCastle, Short Circuit, Escape Pod. Website: catchingwords.com | Newsletter: sendfox.com/catchingwords | SFWA | Codex
Bringing Sci-Fi down to Earth 🌎🌨✨
A ~*soilpunk*~ quarterly
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I write stories occasionally.
grant-collier.com
Poet and writer of weird stories
Queer / nb / chronically ill / neurodivergent.
Body of a cyborg with the heart of a forest demon.
🏳️🌈 🇨🇦 |🟨⬜️🟪⬛️| 💉
London-dwelling writer of dark and sometimes silly speculative/SF fiction, double bass plucker, professional luddite. robgillham.com
🇹🇭 Thai writer, born and based. Bram Stoker Finalist
✒️ Stories in Reactor and Nightmare
🫶🏼 Clarion West, Tin House, Banff Centre, Faber Academy
Poet, dancer, textile artist ✨ they/them disabled trans queer
art (science fiction) collector (anthologist)
beautiful tropical fish and professional do-gooder. data manager by day, trash panda by night. Bi/pan, she/her, ADHD. Some things I like: SFF short stories, books of all sorts, cats, artists, queerness, human rights.
lives in south india. dreams in indigo cotton. gender is a relation.
currently running Neeli Dyeing House, playing with Desperate Attune (@desperateattune.bsky.social), thinking about colonialism, and wearing as much handwoven cotton as possible
COMING SOON: Rogue Star - an online magazine of science fiction and fantasy news, reviews, interviews, and commentaries featuring authors, books, magazines, events, and more.
www.roguestarmag.com
Author Romie Stott, who is the same person as filmmaker and musician Romie Faienza. Poetry editor at Strange Horizons. Texan in Massachusetts. Capisco italiano un po. ⚥ Sign up for my mailing list at romiesays.kit.com.
❤️ abstract mixed media artist
🧡 Still blogging like it's 2003
💛 Corgi wrangler: Anwyn & Feferi
💚 Newsletter: https://pencilbooth.com/mgranade
💙 misty.granades.com
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Author (cosy historical fantasy romance) : avid devourer of information : librarian by day : knitter : general geek in several directions. https://celialake.com and https://www.celialake.com/links/
historian of cryptography, computers, and information; doing mom stuff and writing in chicago
occasional newsletter @ jillianefoley.com
Author of ANOTHER LIFE (Stelliform Press) and STEEL TREE (Android Press)
Publicist, University of New Mexico Press
She/Her
http://www.SarenaUlibarri.com
EU-based demi sff author and independent researcher. Writes predominantly about asexuality, aromanticism and cosy sff. She/They.
Direct shops: https://payhip.com/dovelynwriter / https://dovelynnwriter.itch.io/
Website: https://www.dovelynnwriter.com
National Book Award-winning author of unrealisms—mostly for young readers. SUNWARD, my first novel for grownups, is out now from Saga Press. He/him.
www.willalex.net
She/her. Queer Romantic Speculative Fiction writer, artsy craftsy person, and certified bog witch. 🚫AI
Website: lizzieblackwood.com
Mastodon: https://wandering.shop/@lizzie_blackwood
Award-winning sf/f, erotica and romance writer. Just your typical biracial bigender bisexual. All pronouns valid, she/her for society’s convenience. https://linktr.ee/ceciliatan
Formerly the account of Hell Itself Magazine. Please follow @hellitself.bsky.social instead.
Writer and archivist. NOTES FROM A REGICIDE (Spring '25), THE TWO DOCTORS GÓRSKI (Fall '22), DEAD COLLECTIONS (Spring '22), THE BREATH OF THE SUN ('18, Lambda winner). He/him. 🏳️⚧️ Rep Kate McKean.
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🇺🇸&🇯🇵 SFF author | 📚: THE DEEP SKY, THE STARDUST GRAIL, SALTCROP (Flatiron). ENVOY (2027) (Tor). Any opinions expressed are my own only. (http://linktr.ee/yumekitasei)
reader, critic, fan, he/him
she/her. southern geek feminist and scholar of boning. bylines at NYT Book Review, Booklist, Strange Horizons, Lady Business, Reactor. author of SFF romance column Ships in the Night for Reactor.
25+ years supporting speculative fiction that explores & expands gender roles & concepts. Formerly known as Tiptree.
https://otherwiseaward.org/
Epic romantic fantasy HOUSE OF DUSK out now! Lover of dogs, fairytales, and geometry. She/her.
Newsletter: https://devafagan.com/newsletter/
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Everything else: https://linktr.ee/devafagan
This is a bot that posts a quote by Ursula K. Le Guin every 2 hours. Was ursulabot on twitter
Miller Award-winning writer of Persian monstrosities and naftpunk. BFA-winning and Hugo/Ignyte-nominated audio producer. Co-editor of IRAN+100. ایرانی He/him.
Story Game Designer for MTG at Wizards of the Coast. Opinions are my own. #WotCStaff
Neon SFF, TTRPGs, and gaudy boots. Pub'd in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, &etc. She/her. #vp23; James White Award shortlist.
stories @ https://sarahpauling.com/
she/her. Jeopardy! champion. Clarion 2025 alum. Writer (mostly sci-fi), MLIS student, runner, knitter, tabletop gamer, crossword enthusiast. Ex-software engineer. California, USA. Three cats.
Writer, researcher, screenwriter. Named after Anaïs Nin, still processing it. Unicorn by trade. Cinephile by affliction. CW 2025. EN/SP
Writer, student, possibly a ghost. Good at haunting, even better at flickering in and out of consciousness. Originally from Karachi. Clarion West 2025 graduate, CompLit 2026 graduate (hopefully) from Purdue University, Fulbright scholar.
Daily #ShareGoodNewsToo
Novelist (SF fantasy), historian (UChicago Renaissance, Enlightenment, Italy, classical reception), composer (filk, Norse myth), disability (chronic pain), manga/anime (Tezuka), food, history pics #SomethingBeautiful Blog exurbe.com
We publish #SouthAsian #SciFi #Fantasy & #Horror short stories 👁🌌
🚀 Issue 014 is out!
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Antifascist middle-aged mall goth. Book rep: Stacia Decker at DCL; film rep: Tara Timinsky, Grandview LA. Contact - Cherie.priest@gmail.com
co-constructor of other worlds. viable paradise ‘25. codex. tin house summer workshop ‘18. www.laurenstark.com
Author, dad, professor, doodler, loafer
https://www.fulmerford.com
they/she ✨ THE HERESY OF THIEVES (Dark Matter Ink, 2026) ✨ Queer SFF author, cocktail enjoyer, intense plant witch vibes per my therapist, animal rescuer + snuggler 🏳️🌈 Codex, TLDR Press
https://lnk.bio/miavmoss
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Sci-fi, fantasy & horror writer. Viable Paradise '25. Codex. Slusher for Apex Magazine. Also: Knitter, fountain pen enthusiast, PC gamer, Oxford comma fanatic, and neurologic physical therapist.
literary agent. newsletter: http://publishingishard.com
they/she
Shapeshifter/Comic Bookstore Shop Boy/Wordsmith/Storyteller/Bread Loaf 2010/Viable Paradise ‘25/Codexian/he-him
www.ky-phongtran.com
Spec fic writer and digital artist. Publishes under R. J. Howell. Stonecoast MFA grad. Fiction in Worlds of Possibility, Giganotosaurus, Flame Tree, and Luna Station Quarterly, among others. Codex, SFWA. Queer, Ace. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/rjhowell
Short fiction recommended by Best Horror of the Year and nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Stories in Portland Review, Bridge Eight, Maudlin House, and others. Viable Paradise ‘25.
Writer of books, short stories, comics, and other things. Friend to cats and sometimes people. She/her. https://www.kathowardbooks.com/ and https://epigraphtoepilogue.substack.com/
sff writer/playwright · pop culture critic at Reactor, Lit Hub, Den of Geek, NPR Books · stories at PodCastle, Icarus Writing Collective · Viable Paradise 2025 · PlayPenn Playwright Entrepreneur Program 25/26 · she/her
VP 2025
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Writer and doodler | Work in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Translunar Travelers Lounge, The Bombay Literary Magazine, and more | Associate Editor @escapepod.org | Viable Paradise 2025 |abhijeetmakesthings.com (WIP)
speculative fiction + litfic writer | short stories in haven spec, fusion fragment and more | incoming clarion west nww, granta '26 | viable paradise ‘25 | she/her
🥝 🦘 on gadigal land
https://thelialao.com
queer adult epic fantasy author, library dweller. taos toolbox '24, viable paradise '25. first reader at @apexmag.bsky.social, active codex member. she/they.
https://www.cm-sullivan.com
I live with a cat named after a baseball player. This is probably the most interesting thing about me. she/her/hers
https://linktr.ee/leperez585
"for straightforward combinatoric reasons a free and equal republic of sluts"
writer, futurist, math tutor, two Pushcart Prizes, Steinbeck Fellow, MacDowell Fellow, Clarion West Board of Directors
Joint authors of the Rook and Rose trilogy and the upcoming duology, The Sea Beyond! https://www.macarrick.com/
Author. Reps: Alex Slater (Greenburger), Will Watkins/Josie Freedman (CAA). henrylien.com
Mother, Weirdo, Author of THE ROCKEATERS and forthcoming TIME'S AGENT. Rep'd Michelle Brower @ Trellis Literary
Writer. Activist. Traveler. Outdoorsy. Queer.
Current projects: hopepunk fungi-post-apocalypse novel, and kabuki onnagata actor turned consulting detective series.
SFWA, HWA. Clarion West grad & board member. he/they.
Award winning author of WE ARE HERE TO HURT EACH OTHER. Developmental editor. Hellraiser obsessive. Queen of Martyrs. She/her. 🏳️🌈 ✊🏽. Opinions = mine alone. Rep: Lane Heymont
https://linktr.ee/pauladashe
A one-day SFFH event held on August 14, 2025, in Seattle, WA. Built and run by humans who may also be sparkle unicorns.
concurrentseattle.weebly.com
Writer of (mostly) horror. Also trans, queer, polyam, and Jewish. theodorehill.weebly.com for contact info, publication credits, and super strange testimonials. Co-Editor @dielaughingmag.bsky.social / Wario of @cassandradaucus.bsky.social
(he/him) Writes things and edits things. Mostly SFF, mostly queer. Managing Director and Co-Founder of @BonaBooks.bsky.social
Queer, nerd, lefty. Views my own.
reader, writer, translator. PhD French. I like running, gardening, baking, and outdoorsy stuff. I live in Minneapolis.
liaswopemitchell.com
🏅Award-winning SFF Author | Acquiring Editor @FIYAH Literary Magazine | Tin House ‘26
tonjakjohnson.com/links
An online queer science fiction and fantasy convention that's free to all. More info (including videos from past years) at www.rainbowspacemagic.org
Join us on October 4 & 5 2025!
Science fiction in San Francisco, and also, sometimes, cats.
black author, artist, veterinarian, and aspiring renaissance man 🌿 clarion west '23 🌿 words in strange horizons, baffling, fantasy, and lightspeed
https://lowrypoletti.wordpress.com/
Writer. Poet. Editor. Nerd. Managing Editor Interstellar Flight Press. Author of NUMINOUS STONES, THE SMALLEST OF BONES, GLIMMERGLASS GIRL. She/They
Website: www.Hlwalrath.com
writer & educator & academic.
cthulhu(s)cene queen.
hwa; codex.
banff writer residency '25.
words in strange horizons, ergot., cosmic horror monthly, & more.
co-founder antilogos press.
pioneered a field of posthuman witchcraft.
Queer | Codex | SFWA | fibercrafter, language nerd
Science Fictioner & Veteran Against ICE | Creative Writing MFA ‘27 | Editor @Radon Journal | Your Local Queer Muscle
she/her/hers
A podcast for writers. By writers. To keep you writing.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-keep-writing/id1453881131
Writer, editor, teacher, and jazz banjoist based in Lawrence, Kansas. Fiction, mostly speculative, appearing in Escape Pod, Small Wonders, Inner Worlds, Saros, and more. Say no to AI. 🏳️⚧️🚲🍃
Author, artist, poet, & Indigiqueer swamp hag. Grew up on the land & off the grid. Work appears in The Deadlands, Augur, Nightmare, The Malahat Review, Strange Horizons, On Spec, etc. Aurora finalist and total weirdo.
shanmonster.dreamwidth.org
they/she/he | kānaka maoli + hapa haole | māhū + lesbian | SF writer | rep = Keir Alekseii | https://linktr.ee/makanayama | HAMMAJANG LUCK & THE OBAKE CODE out now!
Math, history, science fiction, string theory, games with string.
yarntheory.net
Magazine of speculative fiction from marginalized writers
www.iftheresanyoneleft.com
bsky pitch event for unagented creators from marginalized communities
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genderqueer disabled metalsmith, multidisciplinary artist, and writer. former mortician. hEhlers-danlos et al. living in florida. i post pics of spiders
https://linktr.ee/mortuaryreport
Lambda Literary, celebrating LGBTQ+ storytellers since 1985. Home of the Lammy Awards, Writers in Schools, the Emerging Writers Retreat for LGBTQ Voices, and the Lambda Literary Review.
lambdaliterary.org
lambdaliteraryreview.org
linktr.ee/lambdaliterary
she/they | 🏳️🌈 | Freelance Editor, http://www.hmarinliterary.com | Novelette Editor, @foofarawpress.bsky.social | Former Managing Editor, @radonjournal.bsky.social | MFA ‘26 | find my words in various places
