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clpolk

clpolk

@ceepolk@wandering.shop

WFA winner. Hugo, Canada Reads, Ignyte, & Nebula finalist. Bestseller. They/them. Repped by Caitlin McDonald of DMLA.

C. L. Polk

C. L. Polk

@clpolk@wandering.shop

WFA winner. Hugo, Canada Reads, Ignyte, & Nebula finalist. Bestseller. They/them. Repped by Caitlin McDonald of DMLA. Image: a light-skinned black person with short hair and their fingers interlaced over their mouth.

A. P. Howell

A. P. Howell

@aphowell@wandering.shop

SF/F/H writer. Stories online and in anthologies (bibliography and updates on my website). Member of SFWA and Codex. Pronouns: she/her.

Sir Appearing on Mastodon: writerly things, very good dogs, miscellaneous life stuff.
Sir Not Appearing on Mastodon: awesome kids, other miscellaneous life stuff.

Avatar: Selfie of me, a white woman with long brown hair, wearing a mask, standing in front of a brick wall
Header: Pink bleeding hearts in bloom

Nicholas Whyte

Nicholas Whyte

@nwhyte@wandering.shop

He/him. International affairs strategist & expert, science fiction fan, psephologist; #APCOWorldwide, toots personal. Will block rude people and bigots.
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu

Sarah Jackson

Sarah Jackson

@sarahijackson@wandering.shop

Writing SFF, horror, and historical fiction. Codex and BFS member.

Likely to be tooting about ghosts, robots, feelings, books, moss, volunteering, Star Trek. She/they. Bi/pan. 40ish.

Pic shows a smiling white person with short, brown hair, green eyes, wearing glasses with dark red frames and a mustard yellow jumper.

T. Thorn Coyle 🖤

T. Thorn Coyle 🖤

@thorncoyle@wandering.shop

A professional writer and amateur photographer. 
I take a lot of walks and talk to squirrels, trees, and crows. I believe in the power of mutual aid to help build strong communities. 

I write books. A lot of books. Like, really a lot of books.


Magic is real. Justice is worth fighting for. Many Gods. No Masters.
Queer with a chronic illness. They/Them
#AmWriting #IndieAuthors #Writing #SFF #SocialJustice #Magic #SpiritualPractice #bookstodon #photography

Violinknitter

Violinknitter

@Violinknitter@wandering.shop

violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things

profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout

header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads

Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️

Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️

@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop

Author of #LGBTQIA+ #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy #Books. Teacher of scientific writing. Lover of natural history. Faculty at UMass Amherst. Presiding Officer of the Faculty Senate. Full SFWA member. Straw Dog Writers' Guild. #WesternMass カワウソになりたい (he/him)

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Managing Barista and Janitor

@proprietor@wandering.shop

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Avatar: "Pachyderm Monday" by Christopher Michel is lic. under CC BY 2.0.

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mjfgates

mjfgates

@mjfgates@wandering.shop

Very old, at least on the internet.

Jon Lasser is Hanging in there

Jon Lasser is Hanging in there

@disappearinjon@wandering.shop

Writer, Shy Nerd. #ClarionWest 2016 aka #TeamArsenic. Bi. I probably talk a lot about food, music, technology, writing, and my #LungCancer. Codex, SFWA.

Stories out in Interzone, Underland Arcana, elsewhere. Forthcoming: Lightspeed, Analog, On Spec.

MarkRDavid

MarkRDavid

@MarkRDavid@wandering.shop

I endured a long career consulting to investment managers, during which time I published several articles in professional journals. That behind me, I now blissfully write fiction all day, then transform into house chef for my multi-species family.

Profile pic: Dolly (the first cloned sheep), now stuffed and encased in glass at the National Museum of Scotland. And me, an old white-haired man next to —Dolly's the pretty one.
Background pic: artist's conception of a neural net - cells, flashes.

David D. Levine

David D. Levine

@daviddlevine@wandering.shop

Hugo- and Nebula-winning writer of THE KUIPER BELT JOB, the ARABELLA OF MARS trilogy, and over 50 science fiction and fantasy stories. He/him. :heart_bi:

Pete Bleackley

Pete Bleackley

@PeteBleackley@wandering.shop

Conlanger, mad (data) scientist, Contributing Editor of Speculative Grammarian, Member of the LCS Board of Directors

Swapna Krishna

Swapna Krishna

@skrishna@wandering.shop

#space | #science | #startrek | #gaming | #scicomm
I write a space newsletter called Ad Astra. I also make YouTube videos about space. I usually live update about space things as they’re happening.

Occasionally: Fast Company, Wired, NPR, Science Friday, StarTrek dot com

Author of A POCKET GUIDE TO STARGAZING (Chronicle Books, 2023) and co-editor of SWORD STONE TABLE (Vintage, 2021).

I live outside Philly.

Christina DLR

Christina DLR

@xtinadlr@wandering.shop

Been there, done that, still trying to figure it all out.

B Haas

B Haas

@belehaa@wandering.shop

Chemistry professor, neurodivergent mom of two
(she/her)

Valerie Aurora

Valerie Aurora

@vaurora@wandering.shop

Systems consultant, writer, cat appreciator

I post about computers, nuclear stuff, science fiction, and science fact. I have ADHD so I'm into things that are Novel, Interesting, Challenging, and Urgent.

Annalee Newitz 🍜

Annalee Newitz 🍜

@annaleen@wandering.shop

I write science fiction and science nonfiction. Author: Stories Are Weapons, The Terraformers. Bylines: NYT, New Scientist, The Atlantic, etc. Pod: Our Opinions Are Correct. Sometimes a professor of media studies. I love noodles.