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celia winter 🦋

@crossingwinter.bsky.social

☆ she/her ☆ award winning knitter ☆ sffh author ☆ member of codex ☆ bisexual disaster ☆ neurodivergent disaster ☆ disaster ☆ only here sporadically ☆ ☆ rep: @keiralekseii.bsky.social @ azantian ☆ https://celiawinter.kit.com/profile/links

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 2d ago

this post is so good and necessary and everyone should read it

My Favorite Thing: The Cat That Hates Me + That One SFF Author Who Hates Everyone (Thoughts on Exile) | Micaiah Johnson

The first time I fed Sasha she sliced open my hand and bit my leg so hard it bruised. The second time I fed Sasha she hissed and swiped, but

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Micaiah Johnson@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social · 3d ago

Very nervous about tomorrow’s blog on Patreon so have some out of context quotes from it as a treat 💜

Indigo background, white text. Text reads: "There are cats you will never want to pet.
Feed them anyway.
"
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Micaiah Johnson @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social · 3d ago

Very nervous about tomorrow’s blog on Patreon so have some out of context quotes from it as a treat 💜

Indigo background, white text. Text reads: "The space between feeling and reacting is where our morality gets to live.
It is the space where we can prevent our cultural indoctrinations from controlling us, where we can keep our preference for comfort from becoming the means we use to betray ourselves."
patreon.com/micaiahiohnson

Indigo background, white text. Text reads: "Your community is not just people you find funny, young, interesting, successful or attractive enough to post on your social media.
It is also the people you would want to help, the people who would help you, the people who would be part of your resource network as this administration hollows out traditional avenues of aid and security."
patreon.com/micaiahjohnson

Indigo background, white text. Text reads: "As a 90s child, I have a lot of models in media of a Helga Pataki, Oscar the Grouch, Squidward archetype.
But we don't have grouches anymore.
We put unpleasant encounters into a matrix of either injustice or psychology:
That person isn't just an asshole; they must be a narcissist.
That person isn't just rude; they must be a sociopath.
..and by pathologizing those we dislike, we give ourselves license to exile them."
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celia winter 🦋@crossingwinter.bsky.social · 2d ago

i appreciate so much that every time i have my first call of the day, beau thinks i'm talking to him and comes into the office and yells at me until i pick him up, which means my teammates get some insight into the reality in which i spend my days.

celia winter 🦋@crossingwinter.bsky.social · 2d ago

My author copies of OF SWORDS AND ROSES arrived the same week the art my friend @owlrodeo.bsky.social made as a story cover came back from the framer. Did I ask her to hand paint it and embroider it? Decidedly not. But I cried when she handed it to me. (Of course the frame is sword themed).

Copy of “Of Swords and Roses” held up next to an embroidered painting of a leather glove and a gauntlet clasping hands.

Copy of “Of Swords and Roses” open to “Sometimes a Sword is Like a Lover” held up next to an embroidered painting of a leather glove and a gauntlet clasping hands.

Detailed photo of the cover art: embroidered painting of a leather glove and a gauntlet clasping hands.

celia winter 🦋@crossingwinter.bsky.social · 3d ago

I do feel like 60% of my energy these days is devoted to 1) bullying my friends into writing short fiction if they don’t 2) if they do write short fiction, aggressively sending them listings that might work for their stories

Elmo Fire: Green Elmo in Flames

ALT: Elmo Fire: Green Elmo in Flames

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celia winter 🦋@crossingwinter.bsky.social · 4d ago

It’s a new story day for me! Poison It, Burn It, Cut It Out is in Issue IV of Waxen, available today! This horror story has a cancer/chemotherapy content warning. www.waxen.org/store/p/waxe...

Cover of Waxen Issue IV: a travelers guide for the summer of 2026

Jac Mac @jacmacandsneeze.bsky.social · 3d ago

oh for fuck's sake come on

Research suggests women with ADHD enter perimenopause years earlier than those without the disorder and experience more severe symptoms during this menopausal transition.

NPR@npr.org · 3d ago

For decades, ADHD was viewed as a childhood condition that mostly affected boys. Researchers now know ADHD manifests differently in girls, but many still go undiagnosed until adulthood.

Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 3d ago

Damn... 300% higher yields for peppers 200% for tomatoes. 65% lower water use for jalapenos. #agsky #agrivoltaics ,🌱🌞🔌..

hoergen@hoergen.bsky.social · 3d ago

*American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity* #Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik energiesmedia.com/solar-panels…

celia winter 🦋@crossingwinter.bsky.social · 4d ago

It’s a new story day for me! Poison It, Burn It, Cut It Out is in Issue IV of Waxen, available today! This horror story has a cancer/chemotherapy content warning. www.waxen.org/store/p/waxe...

Nahal Toosi @nahaltoosi.bsky.social · 4d ago

Yeesh. Amazing quote in this story by Kathy Gilsinan: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Adventitious.@adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨TREND ALERT🚨 Your How To Guide for the ideal Hot Bouleutophagy Summer courtesy of @elijah.mea.rs!

Parody 'trend alert' graphic styled after a viral listicle template. Dark header reads 'ADVENTITIOUS TREND ALERT: HOT BOULEUTOPHAGY SUMMER, RULE #2' with sun and cutlery emoji and a cartoon astronaut. Below, bold text reads 'YOUR GETAWAY CAR SHOULD BE OUT OF GAS, By Labor Day,' with three polaroid-style photos labeled 'The Statehouse,' 'The Checkpoint,' and 'Safe Zone?' A hooded traveler with a backpack and boots slung over their shoulder walks alone down a desert highway toward distant mountains. Body text jokes that 'eating your local elected official' is summer's hottest trend, with a checklist reading 'Get a knife. Steal a car. Avoid the mobs. Stay hydrated.' A black callout bar reads 'It doesn't matter which state falls first, as long as you're moving and you brought someone you love to argue with.' The bottom strip, over a blurred image of a raised-fist crowd at dusk, reads 'New hungers. Miles from safety. Unforgettable summer.'

P.A. Cornell (She/Her)@cornellwriter.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m not worried about trans women in bathrooms, I’m worried about walking into one and seeing JK Rowling taking pictures there.

val - V.M. Ayala 🏳️‍🌈@spacevalkyries.bsky.social · 6d ago

it's short story dayyy!! do you want a slightly pensive story about change, giant robot bird watching, and a toxic ex that left you behind in the ruins of civilization? read "If a Discarded God Can Change, So Can I" over at @lightspeedmagazine.com ✨ 🪶 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/if-a... 🪶

If a Discarded God Can Change, So Can I - Lightspeed Magazine

Green Plumed Orbital Line A; viridis metamorphos A Common sighting; Flies along the forty-fifth latitude every 12 minutes Traveler’s addendum: Last functional line along a northern latitude; southern ...

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Elijah J. Mears @elijah.mea.rs · 4d ago

HELLO AMERICA IT IS OFFICIALLY HOT 🥵 BOULEUTOPHAGY 🍔 SUMMER 💃

Adventitious.@adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 4d ago

Americans, finally pissed enough, start eating their politicians. (Yes, it's a love story.) "Saul & Noah's Hot Bouleutophagy Summer" by @elijah.mea.rs has: 🚗two boys in a beater at the end of society ❤️queer love 🗽courage vs American fascists 🦺a safe zone? www.adventitious.net/stories/saul...

ceej @ceej.online · 5d ago

ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil

Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 6d ago

If anybody was excited that Science Fiction Weekly is aiming to "revive" Daily Science Fiction, you should know they are straight-up lying about having gotten permission from writers to republish DSF stories on their website. (Yes, I have sent a DCMA takedown notice.)

celia winter 🦋@crossingwinter.bsky.social · 6d ago

GO VINNY LET’S FUCKING GO

Barack Obama@barackobama.bsky.social · 7d ago

It’s that time of year again: here are some of the books I’ve enjoyed this summer. If you’ve read any good ones, let me know!

Barack Obama's 2026 Summer Reading List:

Kin by Tayari Jones
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
A World Appears by Michael Pollan
Whistler by Ann Patchett
This Land is Your Land by Beverly Gage
Vigil by George Saunders
One Sun Only by Camille Bordas
Seek Immediate Shelter by Vincent Yu
Data Empire by Roopika Risam
Transcription by Ben Lerner
Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead

S.H. Cooper @pippinacious.bsky.social · last wk.

Marketing your book in 2026

celia winter 🦋@crossingwinter.bsky.social · 6d ago

I was chatting with a friend who is gearing up for the query trenches a few weeks back. And while doing so, I realized how much my own relationship with rejection has shifted in the past few years. She said my words helped her, so here I am, sharing that reframe out in a wildly rare blog post.

The Beauty of Rejection — Irresponsible Storytelling

If you’d told me five years ago I’d be writing this blog post, I would have thought you were mad. Mad because there’s nothing beautiful in rejection. Rejection is a punch to the throat, a silent enemy...

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Neon Dystopia Network @realneondystopia.bsky.social · last wk.

What's in a vote? An election? When the punishment for revolution is unreality, is politics as we understand them even worth it? How do you fight back? Elim Geary brings us a story about the aftermath of revolution and politics in Election Day. www.neondystopia.com?p=100043648

celia winter 🦋@crossingwinter.bsky.social · last wk.

I was home this weekend and my dad took out a block of parmigiana regianno and cut himself some just as a snack. I did the same. It was heaven.

Tom & Lorenzo@tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · last wk.

People on Bluesky sigh and talk about The Discourse as if it were something required of them instead of something they opt to partake in, day in and day out. You really don't have to. Post about your favorite cheese

Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · last wk.

So, what have I been up to all month long? The One-Page RPG Jam 2026 that's what! I finally finished my project: "Y/N", a TTRPG of live, competitive fanfiction to get folks reading short fiction! It's free/PWYW, PDF downloads, with color, B&W, and text-only options. I hope you enjoy!

Y / N by Catherine Tavares

A self-insert TTRPG to help you discover and immerse yourself in stories!

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Sophie Burnham @sophieburnham.bsky.social · last wk.

dare I propose: muppet odyssey

Rachel A @rachiea.bsky.social · last wk.

I have a new story out today!!

Gavagai@gavagai.com · last wk.

The cargo is tea. The destination is a glittering city. Between them lies a desert filled with heat and strange visions. It's Brewed Tea on Cold Desert Nights by Rachel A. Read it for free at gavagai.com

Cover card for Brewed Tea on Cold Desert Nights by Rachel A. on Gavagai.

celia winter 🦋@crossingwinter.bsky.social · last wk.

I just love that cats exist so much. I have had a headache and possibly an aura migraine today actually and my cats are perfect that is all.

E.M. Anderson | THE LORD OF THE WOOD is out now!@elizmanderson.com · last wk.

new pinned post 🧵 hellooooooo I'm E (they/she) the #author of THE LORD OF THE WOOD (2026) and THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS (2025), as well as various short stories more links are threaded, but here's a link to more info about about my two current novels: www.harpercollins.com/blogs/author...

E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood and The Keeper of Lonely Spirits against a starry night background, above a link: ElizMAnderson(dot)Com(slash)Links. The Lord of the Wood's cover is blue, paler at the center and darker at the edges, with a stag of flowers and foliage growing from a twisted tree with flowers growing around it and black ooze dripping from a branch overhead. the title "The Lord of the Wood" is in large white serif text to the left, with foliage growing through the letters closest to the tree, and the author "E.M. Anderson" is in all-caps yellow text at the bottom. the tagline, in smaller yellow text, reads, "Even a beastly woodland protector needs saving..." The Keeper of Lonely Spirits's cover features a lonely cottage, surrounded by headstones, with smoke drifting from the chimney, atop a tall green hill dotted with trees and yellow flowers, against a starry sky. the title "The Keeper of Lonely Spirits" is centered in all-caps sans-serif yellow text, with "E.M." Anderson in smaller white text at the bottom. Tagline in still smaller text at the top reads, "Living forever can be mighty lonesome."

"When lonely clockmaker Arthur Throckmorton loses his way in an enchanted forest, he meets the hero of his childhood bedtime stories: the Lord of the Wood. But instead of the mythical figure of his dreams, the Lord of the Wood is a grim man turning into a beast and losing power over a dying forest. If they can’t save the forest before he becomes a beast completely, Arthur will lose the man he's falling for—and never see his family again." E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood: out now. The cover is blue, paler at the center and darker at the edges, with a central image of a stag of foliage and flowers growing from a tree whose upper branches drip black ooze and the tagline, "Even a beastly woodland protector needs saving..." Text and book cover are in a translucent textbox against a photo of a silhouetted stag in a misty golden meadow.

"An old man cursed with immortality hunts ghosts rather than making mortal friends who will die one day. When residents of an Ohio town beset by a vengeful spirit adopt him as their own, he must decide: leave to protect his heart, or stay to save their lives?" EM. Anderson's The Keeper of Lonely Spirits: out now. The cover features a lonely cottage, surrounded by headstones, with smoke drifting from the chimney, atop a tall green hill dotted with trees and yellow flowers, against a starry sky, wiht the tagline, "Living forever can be mighty lonesome..." Text and cover in a translucent textbox against a photo of yellow flowers in the sunset.

Davis Bickford @davis.social · last wk.

I saw this elsewhere and had to share it. Jimothy is just too darn cute.

celia winter 🦋@crossingwinter.bsky.social · last wk.

My short story "Project_Golem" will be appearing in this anthology! You can pre-order through any platform you'd like, but ordering through the publisher directly will yield a higher contribution to the donation pool!

Quills and Cosmos Press@quillsandcosmos.bsky.social · last wk.

COVER REVEAL! I'm thrilled to finally share the cover for Hope Is Not Passive. Featuring 21 original stories that explore hope as something sought, fought for, and protected. Publisher proceeds benefit Kids in Need of Defense. And pre-orders are officially open! buy.bookfunnel.com/fu975njpyr

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