Paleontologist & 2-time World Fantasy Award winning F&SF author. McWane Sci. Center & University of Ala. research assoc. (mosasaurs, turtles, PETM). Humanist. Classical liberal. Irish Appalachian. Math nerd. Anti-fascist. Trans; LGBTQ+ They/them/she/her.
Publisher of cutting-edge SFF short fiction.
Readercon is an annual conference on imaginative literature. It's run entirely by volunteers and has been since it began in 1987. For more information: readercon.org
The App for Connecting Open Social Web
Mastodon, Bluesky, Nostr, Threads in ONE app, in ONE feed ✨
https://openvibe.social
Likes: social history of the Royal Navy, children's lit, SFF, cats. I also make pots. She/her.
We're bidding to bring Worldcon (the World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention) to Brisbane, Australia in 2028!
brisbane28.org
instagram.com/brisbanein28
facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560635493177
facebook.com/groups/820231129668459
9 May 2026, join us for Northern Ireland’s newest Science fiction and fantasy convention. Panels, talks, gaming, dealers room and all the craic
Subject of benevolent cat overlord.
Scottish 🏴
She/her 🏳️🌈
Education, Art, Poetry, AEW Pro Wrestling Photography
BA Primary lecturer at UEL. Children's fantasy literature researcher. Podcast host at Fantasy Book Swap. Trans rights are human rights.
No DMs without asking first. I am a prolific blocker.
Eccentric, compassionate, caring witch (according to my daughter) (she/her)
https://linktr.ee/cypayseur
Locus and Ignyte Award winning co-editor of We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction. Hugo and Ignyte Award finalist critic/fan writer. Destroyer of Science Fiction. Bisexual all day. He/Him They/Them
Writer, editor, artist, folklorist. Winner of ten World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award (for The Wood Wife), the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFWA Solstice Award. Wanderer of the deep, dark forest of story in language and paint.
Dartmoor, Devon, UK
SF&F reader, cat lover, *VERY* happily retired.
Writer, Scientist, Teacher, Photographer. Addicted to panels.
Sapphic Scottish specfic duo E&M. Fungi fanatics, lurcher lovers, gin guzzlers.
The Needfire NOW OUT out with Solaris Books!
Repped by John Baker @ BLM.
https://linktr.ee/mkhardy
Reader, writer, gamer, chill swimmer, rugby fan, SFF geek, conrunner (currently Chair of Octocon); back in Wales after many years in Ireland. She/her
Sunday Times-bestselling author of Winter’s Orbit and Ocean’s Echo. Now down to two remaining houseplants.
Social Media Manager & Moderator for Daily Tech News Show dailytechnewsshow.com
Travel when I can. Drink coffee always. Crochet & knit sometimes. Teach seniors tech skills often. Sense of humour most of the time.
Crisp-loving nerd. Bioinformatician and molecular microbiologist focused on tropical diseases. Live in Bangkok, do a podcast, drink coffee, go to the beach.
when I was 23 I wanted to write the next Great American Filesystem
gardening and parenting posts these days
Mixed media artist working in inks and resin. Hugo winner, con runner, president of ASFA and mom. And of course maker of tiaras.
HWS run events, including Fantasycon 2023 and World Fantsy Convention 2025, as well as other creative projects.
Posts by Karen (she/her).
Glasgow's bi-annual(ish) series of science fiction conventions.
Satellite 9 will be held on 22nd – 24th May 2026, Clayton Hotel, Glasgow https://nine.satellitex.org.uk/
'This Is My Glasgow' is a photographic project from Colin M. Drysdale, author of 'Glasgow Uncovered: 18 Walks Through its Past, Present and Future.' All images are my own.
Looks like I'm going to have to get a better profile pic. Brace yourselves!
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Note : this is the better profile pic.
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Historian. Writer. Jumbie & Duppy Conqueror. Rambler of Things. Doer of Stuff. Brotha From Another Planet | pdjeliclark.com
She/Her. A woman growing into her identity.
Mostly active as aardvark179@mastodon.scot
I tweet about science fiction fandom and Ireland and other strange things. Last Worst hope for peace. He/Him
World Fantasy Convention, Brighton UK
Dates: Thursday 30th October - 2nd November 2025
Venue: Double Tree by Hilton Brighton Metropole
Website: https://worldfantasy2025.co.uk
#WorldFantasyConvention2025 #WorldFantasy25
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smofnews.substack.com - Weekly newsletter about fan conventions, published every Wednesday.
reader, critic, fan, he/him
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
Social Worker, Convention Runner, Hockey Fan. Former Midwesterner now in Seattle. Kalamazoo College grad, Loyola University Chicago MSW grad.
Master of Eyebrows, Writer of Stories, Organiser of Conventions, Lead Dragonrider at Dragonmeet, Gamesmaster, Hair by Lego, Fierce Friend, Patient Enemy. Not the Hero you needed, the Monster you wanted...
Queer. Arab-American. Disabled. Tax Accountant/Bookkeeper. Conrunner. Mixed Media Artist (mostly fiber and paper). They/Them. All opinions are my own.
Here. Mostly over at wandering.shop. I'd love to follow you from the Fediverse, so if you don't mind, please follow @ap.brid.gy
Bridged profile here: https://bsky.app/profile/offby1.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy
I'm a co-editor and frequent contributor with The Drink Tank and a nine-time finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine with Team Journey Planet. I also work for my local government doing crisis intervention counseling. chuckserface.com
We're SFSF.
We used to hold regular Fantasy, Science Fiction and other genre events for readers and writers in Sheffield... and we're back!
You like Genre? We like Genre... Let's Talk!
BSFA and BFA award winning artist, SF writer, book nerd, NHS GP, goblin. Art editor of BFS Horizons. Long suffering minion to an elderly rescue cat.
Website: Jennicoutts.com
Rep: @harryillingworth.bsky.social
Lesbian Asexual 🏳️🌈
Founded in 1971, the BSFG is a non-profit-making organisation that meets monthly and provides an informal atmosphere in which SF fans can meet one another and professionals in the field.
www.birminghamsfgroup.org.uk
contact@brumsfgroup.org.uk
Software developer, sci-fi fan, LEGO builder, general nerd, tinkerer.
SMOFcon 42 will be held in Stockholm.
5-7 Dececember 2025.
https://www.smofcon42.com/
Author | 28 | he/him | 🌈 | REFORGED | REBORN | RECLAIMED | VOLATILE MEMORY OUT JULY 22ND 🌌 | rep’d by Maeve MacLysaght I linktr.ee/sethhaddon
SFF convention fan, book reader, geocacher, trainee toastmaster
Hugo Award winner for @octothorpecast.bsky.social and @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Fowler Award winner for solar-terrestrial science. I play games, read and watch SF, volunteer at conventions, and communicate science. He/him.
Minneapolis fan living at Toad Woods in Wales, MA USA (greater Minneapolis area).
mathematician, depressive, agnostic, European, SF fan, ancestor. (he/him/his).
Assistant Professor in Maths and Economics at the University of Warwick.
Mastodon: @njj4@mathstodon.xyz
Instagram: dr.nicholas.jackson
SF fan. Convention goer and occasional volunteer. Also middle class woman of a certain age.
WorldCon in Montreal in 2027.
https://bid.montreal2027.ca/en-ca/
Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor of Astrophysics, Edinburgh University. Director of the German Centre for Cosmological Lensing, RUB. @astronomerroyal on insta (She/her)
The Pacific Northwest's premier Science Fiction and Fantasy convention. Norwescon 48 (#nwc48) will be April 2–5, 2026.
Arisia is New England’s largest and most diverse Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention Join us in Boston January 16-19, 2026! https://arisia.org/
Your friendly local agender trauma merchant.
Bereaved and current Corgi parent. Cat chew-toy.
Visually impaired. Posts may contain typos. You'll be OK.
Any pronouns.
https://ravenswordpress.com/
https://ko-fi.com/akfaulkner
Foodie. Movie buff. Cats. SF fandom stuff (retired).
We want to invite the SFF fandom world to ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan), also known as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in 2030… www.edmontonin2030.org
Writer. Revenant. Wrote THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS (2023, Nebula, Ignyte, Crawford, and Locus awards) & RAKESFALL (2024, Le Guin Prize and Otherwise award.) Colombo/New York. https://vajra.me
A small independent publisher specialising in Speculative Fiction, based in the South East of England, established in 2011.
Posts here will be by Peter, Editorial Director and general factotum.
#SFF
Author of A Half-Built Garden, Winter Tide, and Deep Roots. Freelance consultant on science policy, policy science, and the future of democracy, governance, and networks. Queer Jewish parent, foodie, cognitive science nerd, collective decision-making wonk.
SFF author & professional hermit. Wrote some novellas and a novel, was nominated for some awards, still not sure what they're doing. Queer and tired. (they/them)
Autistic. Bestselling author and award winning screenwriter. Agent: Lauren Gardner.
Winner of Blue Peter Award & Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize, 21. Emmy nominated #AKindOfSpark streaming on BBC iPlayer!
Author, punster, baseball fan, whisky lover, cocktail maker. Limericks happen here. Written on the Dark now released, Canada, U.S., U.K. Print, ebook, audiobook.
I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
She/her. British European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. "Erotically charged"--Good Housekeeping. I ignore unsolicited advice. Death to GenAI. http://kjcharleswriter.com
Hugo & Nebula winning SFFH writer, singer/songwriter, dog person, horse person, queer, Baltimorean by choice, mediocre but enthusiastic gardener and artist. She/her. Repped by Kate McKean, HMLA.
Smashing the space patriarchy one novel at a time. Amy, Haley, & Lori talk. Kevin edits. Lori posts here.
Nomad of the Time Streams.
Wet Plate Photographer
Sardonicus.eu
A celebration of the French Republican Calendar.
Posts daily at midnight, Parisian time.
Website is https://sansculottid.es
Ping @worstwizard.online if I'm broken
🎮 Charity focused on video game music
🫂 Organised by volunteers
💵 Unfunded
🎵 Arranging music
🔊 Producing concerts
🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ welcoming
🎮 Celebrating #VGM composers
Northern Ireland Charity No NIC108928
https://linktr.ee/ivgo | 日本語OK
A micro-press specialising in non-fiction about science fiction and fantasy. Shop: briardenebooks.uk
Novelist. Won: Astounding, BFA Newcomer. Dabbles: history, poetry, costumes, live roleplay. She/they. Mostly photos of my dog. Repped by @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social
Literary agent for SF, Fantasy and Horror, after 15 years as a publisher in London.
http://www.johnjarrold.co.uk/
Viking enthusiast, phd student, British Museum and Museum of Cambridge volunteer, romance and fantasy reader, writer and editor, con-goer and conrunner, and crafter. (she/they) (storygraph: kate_wood)
Champagne socialist, digital marketer. Would like to think I'm middle aged but am actually old. Likes dancing and science fiction. Social media admin for the 2023 and 2024 Eastercons and on social media team for Glasgow Worldcon. She/her.
The 2027 Eastercon in Glasgow
https://linktr.ee/GlasgowEastercon2027
Recovering journalist, survivor, I will not rest until golf is abolished 🏳️⚧️
💘 @bustyboudica.bsky.social
Award-winning author. Earth bender. Full-time goblin mode. Agent: Juliet Mushens. Partner of Peter Newman. From London, enjoying Bristol.
The Copper Cat Trilogy|The Winnowing Flame Trilogy|The Talon Duology|The Sleepless Duology
Reader, Writer, Raconteur and recipient of the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer and A 2027 Montreal Worldcon Guest of Honor!
Science fiction fan, lawyer, keeper of cattle dogs
Queer deaf PhD student in museum studies; adjunct history professor; museum accessibility consultant. Critical disability theorist supporting the radical model. r/AH mod. Genderqueer. DC-based. Pado! 🌊
On the birdsite, I was @etoile.
http://meredith.cc
Soprano, tech person, fan conrunner. Not usually in that order.
Southern California, past Grand Juror, Statistician, Healthcare, Berkeley MBA, Volleyball, Wordle, Duolingo (ES IT,Music)
fantasy architect, writer, illustrator
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-scorpio-sphere-stephen-willems/1145920551?ean=2940162375050
Author & Screenwriter | I 🩶 Arts & Sciences, Sculpting, Cartography, Cooking, Baking, Fashion, Fitness, Fairytales, & Historical Things.
https://linktr.ee/hollyvalakresch
Comedian. Musician. Writer. Dad. Stepdad. Husband. Friend.
just a they/them commie tommye 🏳️🌈
writer | rewilding enthusiast 🌳
USA Today and Sunday Times Bestselling writer of Dragonfall, Pantomime, Goldilocks, Seven Devils, False Hearts, etc. Writing coach at The Novelry.
Scottish fantasy author of Carpet Diem as well as The Eidyn Saga from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. The Damned King OUT NOW. He/Him. Rep by @canonizer.bsky.social #Edinburgh, @afc.co.uk and @scottishgreens.org
Author support at: TheWriteAdvice.co.uk
"I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."
Wandering. Wondering. Freelancing. Often acquiring and editing SFFH for Angry Robot Books. Live in Edinburgh. Views my own and independent of my employers. Photos my own unless otherwise etc.
Author, biologist, cat herder | BFA & SoA winner, Kavya & Saltire Awards SL | THE SALT ORACLE out now https://geni.us/saltorac | rep Julie Gourinchas | she/her 🏴
http://linktr.ee/raine_clouds
Head of Product Design at Descript, cofounder of @queerdesign.club. Queering design, ethical tech, and dogs. Husband of @seldo.com. I write and speak, no matter how much people beg me to stop 🌎 jovo.design 📍SF / Sea Ranch
writer. she/her 🌈🦇 heart's delight: Bmore, bats, & tattoos; Clarion & Tin House '18; rep'd by @ericshowers.bsky.social ⚡️ kcmeadbrewer.com
ALT pfp: white, blond woman; nervous but anxious
ALT banner: a black cat peeks from around a corner
ESFF is an open writing community for Science Fiction and Fantasy writers in Scotland. Events, resources & support, writing sessions, critique + more.
Web & city map for writers:
https://EdinburghSFF.com
Discord:
https://EdinburghSFF.com/community
Reader.
Bilingual (Spanish/English) author & literary translator. Kidlit. Poetry. SF/F/H. Comics. 🌈
He/él
I’ve translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, George Takei, Juan Villoro, Carmen Boullosa, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Koleka Putuma, etc.
queer SFF author, essayist, poet. he/they 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
https://fozmeadows.wordpress.com
