Changing the world since 1451 ๐ | #TeamUofG #WorldChangingGlasgow https://www.gla.ac.uk/
SMOFcon 43, Dec 4-6, is a convention for people who run conventions and for people who are interested in doing so. The members have a background of organising SFF, Horror and Gaming events covering all media and all sizes. smofconlisbon.org
Stories in F&SF, Strange Horizons, Apex, Shimmer, BCS.
Repped by Caro Clarke
A Million Points of Light out now https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0GMRMJTRC?source_code=ASSORAP0511160007
https://clhellisenlanding.carrd.co/
They/them, Scotland + S. Africa
Writer. Listener. Reader.
Explorer. Gallus. Remote.
He/Him. GSFWC. WGB.
Glasgow.
Devourer of Words.
Destroyer of Words.
I want to be a stranger.
Become a shape changer.
(banner by Andrew Morrison)
https://linktr.ee/remotecore
(she/her) SFF writer based in Lanark, Scotland. Her first novel, THE OUTCAST MAGE, combines a coming-of-age narrative with thrilling magic and found family. Out now from Orbit UK/US in hardback, paperback, ebook and audiobook.
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
Three storeys of books to discover in the heart of Glasgow ๐ with a charming cafe and exciting programme of events.
Scottish fantasy and horror author. Chair of the British Fantasy Society. Avid Reader. Vaguely gothic. She/her www.shonakinsella.com
Game designer | RUNE, LUMEN, NOVA, HUNT, Slayers | IGDN award winner | cognitive psychologist | He/Him
gilarpgs.com
Your favourite independent, genrefluid fiction publisher, bringing you the very best in SF, F & WTF!?
IG/X: @angryrobotbooks
Scottish fantasy author. Archaeology & history fiend. The Maleficent Seven and The Last Shield out now from Angry Robot Books, represented by Ed Wilson at Johnson & Alcock. www.cameronjohnston.net
Neurodivergent (ADHD), I pretend to be an SFF writer, but I wish I had more time to write. I like boardgames, and video games, and tech stuff former SWE.
Scotland, but originally from the โMiddle Eastโ.
He/Him
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 ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Advocacy, networking, promoting Scottish & Scotland-based writers of colour, literary events & spaces. scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org
Est. 1986, GSFWC is a critique workshop for writers of fantastical literature based in Scotland.
Official website, anthologies and more: https://linktr.ee/gsfwc
SFF author, trans-inclusive feminist, gay, non-binary, autistic. BEM.
Website: https://www.sjgroenewegen.co.uk - includes links to all my publications.
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/sjgroenewegen - new posts every Wednesday on politics and/or writing.
#Tolkien expert, Professor of #Fantasy and Childrenโs Literature at the University of Glasgow. Substack: https://dimitrafimi.substack.com
Website: http://dimitrafimi.com
Writer, and mediaeval historian (the latter as Kari Maund). With cats. Sometimes political (on the Left). Sometimes musketeers. Cis, demi, she/her. Draws sheep, badly.
Crisp-loving nerd. Bioinformatician and molecular microbiologist focused on tropical diseases. Live in Bangkok, do a podcast, drink coffee, go to the beach.
Literary agent for SF, Fantasy and Horror, after 15 years as a publisher in London.
http://www.johnjarrold.co.uk/
World's #2 Shadow the Hedgehog fan. Heather for queer scottish literary SFFH, Hex for love stories and online ephemera.
I like watching horror movies, reading history books, playing video games and knitting.
https://heathervalentinewriting.com/
The 2026 Worldcon in Los Angeles, California
Visit LAcon.org for more details
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August 27-31, 2026
โจ๏ธ Adventure Awaits!
Writes epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. She/her. All opinions absolutely my own. For more, see www.julietemckenna.com
Reader, writer, gamer, chill swimmer, rugby fan, SFF geek, conrunner (currently Chair of Octocon); back in Wales after many years in Ireland. She/her
Historian, reader, sf convention organiser.
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.
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)
Cosplayer, knitter and book nerd. Part of the @srfantasyclub.bsky.social organising team, and co-organiser of www.fantasybookclub.org with @katepreach . Occasional conrunner. โจShe/her
The 2027 Eastercon in Glasgow
https://linktr.ee/GlasgowEastercon2027
Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
A day of wargames and boardgames with a focus on the large, long or complex games. Next con will be 16th & 17th May 2026
SMOFcon 42 will be held in Stockholm.
5-7 Dececember 2025.
https://www.smofcon42.com/
SF/F writer & narrator. Hugo-winning senior podcast editor @strangehorizons.bsky.social, host @thewritesong.co.uk. Lapsed film critic; now BSFA's theatre columnist. Team ADHD. Greek!
๐ London, UK
โจ she/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
๐๐ darthj.uno
๐๐ธ etc: linktr.ee/darthjuno
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.
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
Pale. Curious. Game-maker. Writer. (de-)Archivist. Goon.
Goblinesque. Demi. ADHD. She/Her.
Current things:
- Darkened Hill & Dale ๐ฒ๐๐๏ธ
- TERMINUS ๐ฒ๐๐
- Trick or Retreat ๐๐ฒโโบ๏ธ
links.patchworkfez.co.uk
Short, rumpled Scotsman. Has a terrible pain in all the diodes down his left hand side.
Not on social media as much as he used to be but if he is, it will be occasional writing and a lot of stupid bollocks.
He/Him
https://munchkinstein.co.uk
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
Weegie bookseller and book enthusiast. SFF reader. Co-head of Programme, Eastercon 2027. Angry queer. Nonbinary. They/them.
9 May 2026, join us for Northern Irelandโs newest Science fiction and fantasy convention. Panels, talks, gaming, dealers room and all the craic
The National Irish Science Fiction Convention 11th & 12th of October 2025 Sci Fi, Fantasy & Horror. http://octocon.com
He/him. International affairs strategist & expert, science fiction fan, psephologist; posts personal. Will block rude people and bigots.
http://fromtheheartofeurope.eu
Software developer, sci-fi fan, LEGO builder, general nerd, tinkerer.
Independent publisher, award-winning books. EIC: Angel Belsey. Hello Booksky!
https://deixis.press
https://linktr.ee/deixispress
reader, critic, fan, he/him
World's leading SFF book community! Posts by ๐น @kitvaria.bsky.social & ๐ @jennieivins.bsky.social. Hater of trolls. Lover of books. Probably not a real dragon. ;)
http://fantasy-faction.com/
Feed: https://bsky.app/profile/fantasyfaction.bsky.social/
Reader, dilettante, intermittent blogger, agitator.
"McVeigh is an extreme example" - Paul Kincaid
Likes: social history of the Royal Navy, children's lit, SFF, cats. I also make pots. She/her.
Irish gamer, reader, organiser ( #Dublin2029 ), community member ( #WSFS, #RIPE, #GรANT), human. He/Him. Has opinions on society & politics; geek. Runs services for HEAnet. All opinions my own. @natural20 in a variety of places.
Story-teller
Sometimes a PhD researcher at the University of Stirling.
Occasionally a solicitor.
https://linktr.ee/annelouisefortune
Irish-Indian software developing geek who's adopted Glasgow as his home. No longer has a turret at the University. Still a European. He/him. All posts entirely personal
Website: https://lordofthemoon.com
Mastodon: @lordofthemoon@mastodon.scot
Glasgow-based SF fan, Viking reenactor, Hash House Harrier and Nordic walker.
Weird but cute original designed T-shirts and gifts. Our designs are influenced by everything we love, all done with a distinctly Genki style.
Website https://genkigear.com/
Writer, historian, educator, foodie. Maker of seriously bad jokes.
Booze and cocktail history nerd. I host the My Tiny Bottles podcast & YouTube series (mytinybottles.com), and teach cocktail classes online and in-person as Tammy's Tastings (tammystastings.com). Also a SMOF, so may occasionally post about SF conrunning.
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.
Words and music. Glasgow, Scotland
he/him https://linktr.ee/neilwilliamson
๐ Latest thing: Blood In The Bricks
https://bit.ly/3IJxwKs
๐ Next thing: The Packet
http://bit.ly/46sS6am
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.
I tweet about science fiction fandom and Ireland and other strange things. Last Worst hope for peace. He/Him
BSFA Award winning SFF author represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency. Anthropologist who wandered into a business school. Author of Management Lessons from Game of Thrones (2022).
https://drfionamoore.com
https://www.fiona-moore.com
Writer, editor, publisher. Science fiction and fantasy, also queer history. Welsh. May rant about rugby.
SFFH Author/Critic. BSFA & British Fantasy Award Winner. Shoreline of Infinity columnist. GSFWC. #SGSAH funded. #StrathLife
Queer Neurodivergent Human with Chronic Illness.
Stories and more: https://linktr.ee/ruthejbooth
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, writer etc etc. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟAuthor of The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein and Rhetorics of Fantasy. Publishing a book on Joanna Russ's The Female Man with Luna Press in 2026. Pre Order now! Supporter of ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ต๐ธ Pronouns: Farah/they
Publishing radical queer Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror from London, UK. Founded by @trip.bsky.social, @chrismccartney.bsky.social and @robwillb.bsky.social.
๐ธI Want That Twink OBLITERATED! (2024)
๐งฑWrath Month (2025)
https://linktr.ee/bonabooksltd
Publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, and Other Speculative Fiction
The official account for Worldcon (World Science Fiction Convention) that will be hosted in Glasgow in 2024.
https://glasgow2024.org/
SFF writer/editor. ATL/SEA. Literary nonprofit person. Ignytes mother. Awards doer. Hugo/Locus Winner. Conrunner. LEGO builder. Joy enthusiast. 77% Cake. Bi. Grumpy. She/her/chef. Read at Ldlewiswrites.com. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ YEAR OF THE MER (Saga/Titan, 4.7.2026)
Queen of Swords Press is a small press publisher of stories from out of this world. Queer AF. Catherine Lundoff, publisher. Minneapolis, MN. https://www.queenofswordspress.com
Latest news updates and reviews from the British Fantasy Society Community. Home to readers, writers, artists and gamers. Love SFFH? Come join us! www.britishfantasysociety.org
We are an indie publisher&distro. We make cool books, podcasts & RPGs with lovely people. ๐LUCKY FOR NONE IN SPACE on Kickstarter...
Podcaster, GUFF delegate, Hugo winner, avid idler.
The British Science Fiction Association. Est 1958. Publisher of Vector, Focus, and the BSFA Review. Join us at http://bsfa.co.uk/join-the-bsfa
Award-winning Scottish science fiction & fantasy writer. Podcastle, Strange Horizons, Shoreline of Infinity, ParSec, Best of British SF anthology. More: emfaulds.com
#scruffyGarden
Runs @bibliotta.bsky.social
Can't get DMs, sorry
Locus Magazine: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. The Guide to the World's Imagination.
https://locusmag.com
linktr.ee/locusmagazine
Worldbuilding software, campaign manager and novel writing software. Created by two nerds, run with love & passion, supported by the friendliest community on the internet ๐ฅฐ๐ฅณ Learn more at www.worldanvil.com
He/Him. Fantasy Author. Londoner. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Mythopoeic Award Finalist. A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY (Titan 2023); Editor & Co-Founder @bonabooks.bsky.social & Fantabulosa!; Rep: @onechaptermore.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/TripGaley
Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
The internet's definitive source for reliable factually accurate barely news and almost information about science fiction. Inexplicably a 5-time Hugo finalist. hugoclub.blogspot.ca
Engineer. SFF Writer. Triple Nebula Award winner. Viแปt (Kinh)/French. Asian auntie. Weird. She/They. Queer. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Loves tea. Profile:
@yendraws
@readatmidnight
Award-winning powerhouse publisher of SF ๐ Fantasy ๐งโโ๏ธ Spec Fic โจ, and Horror ๐ง Part of Rebellion Developments ๐ https://linktr.ee/solarisbooks
(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.
Novelist, scriptwriter, imaginative futurist, 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 Bridge.
That freelance Audible-bestselling, British Fantasy Awards-losing SFF author with Very Tall Hair. Guitarist, singer, occasional DJ. (d)eaf, queer. He/him.
All queries to @losbennett.bsky.social at Liverpool Literary Agency
www.mikebrooks.co.uk
Author. Hugo, Astounding, and World Fantasy Award winner; Clarke and Le Guin finalist. Rep: Kurestin Armada at Root Literary.
Out now: THE INCANDESCENT - https://tinyurl.com/theincandescent
The bid for the Dublin 2029 World Science Fiction Convention ๐ฎ๐ช
linktr.ee/dublin2029
The Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction book of the year.
clarkeaward.com
Publisher. CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS. CEO and Editor-in-Chief: @jendiagammon.bsky.social. Staff: @garethlpowell.bsky.social @authorhelengj.bsky.social @scarlettralgee.bsky.social @denniskcrosby.bsky.social @kcgrifant.bsky.social starsandsabers.com
Scott Edelman is a Stoker Award-nominated writer and Hugo Award-nominated editor of SF, fantasy & horror. And host of the Eating the Fantastic podcast! (He/Him)
Award Winning Small Press. SFF in Fiction and Academia. Est. 2015. Member of Publishing Scotland. https://www.lunapresspublishing.com
Award winning fantasy author. Gad about, small tree grower and procrastinationist to the stars. Truly, I am RJ Barker in all departments.
"their worlds are completely and entirely original." BFS
Agent: @teddyfromtheblock.bsky.social
Managing Editor @titanbooks.bsky.social. Ran multiple award-winning Unsung Stories. Writer: HINTERLANDS @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social. European (yes, still). Empathy, compassion & ice cream pls.
AGENCY out 11th Feb https://shorturl.at/iqPUx
SFWA promotes, advances, and supports science fiction and fantasy storytelling by educating, promoting, and empowering its creators and the larger community. This account is for informational purposes.
SFF author (Planetfall sequence, Split Worlds series, The Vengeance), audiobook narrator, podcaster, tea drinker. Loves LARP, dressmaking and nerdery. Co-host of the Starship Alexandria podcast. www.linktr.ee/emma_newman
Neil Clarke: Editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, The Best Science Fiction of the Year series, and more. Four-time Hugo Award Winner for Best Editor Short Form. Four-time Chesley Award-winning art director.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
neil-clarke.com
