Brigitte Winter
@brigittewinter.bsky.social
Author. Photographer. Game designer. Co-Founder of Scryptid Games. Viable Paradise ‘23. SFWA. HWA. Rep’d by Sara Megibow.
So excited to share this!! One of my first book covers! And for it to be for @brigittewinter.bsky.social 's book has me over the moon! Even more excited to see it in the wilds!!
Brigitte Winter@brigittewinter.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Normal Monster Club has a cover!! I'm so excited that Generous Press chose @avaeerys.bsky.social for this project. She really captured the essence of these characters and the weird sapphic horroromance vibes of this book. And the typography and layout by @beccafoxdesign.bsky.social are 👩🍳 💋 .
The Normal Monster Club has a cover!! I'm so excited that Generous Press chose @avaeerys.bsky.social for this project. She really captured the essence of these characters and the weird sapphic horroromance vibes of this book. And the typography and layout by @beccafoxdesign.bsky.social are 👩🍳 💋 .
I'm writing an issue of my newsletter pottern.substack.com (still lives there, atm) on marketing short stories and I'd love to hear from short story publications & short fiction writers: What, if any, marketing do you do for your stories? How do readers find them? What do you find moves the needle?
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Dawwww I love this. ❤️✨
Tabletop Bookshelf@tabletopbookshelf.com · 3mo agoWatch some furry friends get into and out of trouble in this one shot actual play of The Goodest Girls from @scryptidgames.bsky.social Starring @dani-bryn.bsky.social as Mabel @afluffygoomba.bsky.social as Bernice @mozzarelle.bsky.social as Dahlia @itstennyy.bsky.social as Elvira @ablacksparrow.com
Thanks, @igdn-official.bsky.social 🤘! This is so cool.
Scryptid Games@scryptidgames.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe Goodest Girls and @brigittewinter.bsky.social are nominated for an Indie Groundbreaker Award! Celebrate with 20% off this sitcom-inspired TTRPG about senior shelter animals living their best lives. (Discount Code: Sophia) scryptidgames.com/discount/Sop...
Congrats, @apottern.bsky.social ✨🥰! I love this story so much!
Allison Pottern@apottern.bsky.social · 3mo agoOMG @mariahaskins.com reviewed my novelette for @locusmag.bsky.social and had such very lovely things to say. Am I dreaming?? "Mother, Darling" @strangehorizons.bsky.social: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
We’re officially in the final stretch! 🤩
Anathema Magazine@anathemamagazine.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe're officially at the 30-day mark of our Kickstarter campaign! Thanks to everyone who has supported us so far ✨ We must reach our goal of $5,000 or Kickstarter returns every dollar. Let's give queer writers of color the home they deserve. Back us today 💜 #SFF #Queer #bipoc #qtpoc #anathema
Wow! You all really showed up. We are now well beyond our max for fiction subs, so we will close to stories 4/30. (Games, poetry, and ephemera are still open until 5/15.)
Scryptid Games@scryptidgames.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhoa! We've already hit our cap of 100 fiction subs for Tales from the Cryptids, but @brigittewinter.bsky.social is so delighted by what she’s read that we're keeping the portal open until we hit 200 or reach our May 15th deadline. Keep 'em coming, and get us your #ttrpg and #poetry submissions too!
Awww thank you!!! Congratulations on the launch of One Hundred Thousand Lives After Death!! I can’t wait to read it. I need more spiders. 🕷️
megan lee beeees@meganleebees.bsky.social · 4mo agoI heard Brigitte read at Broad Universe at #norwescon and now I am so excited for this novel <3
Gimme gimme.
Scryptid Games@scryptidgames.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhoa! We've already hit our cap of 100 fiction subs for Tales from the Cryptids, but @brigittewinter.bsky.social is so delighted by what she’s read that we're keeping the portal open until we hit 200 or reach our May 15th deadline. Keep 'em coming, and get us your #ttrpg and #poetry submissions too!
I continue to be very proud of this book.
Allison Pottern@apottern.bsky.social · 4mo agoThere's has been a lot of discourse lately about reviews, especially for older and indie titles. NEW YEAR, NEW YOU, released in 2024, got lovely coverage from indie & mainstream reviewers alike. I wanted to highlight them again w/ a big THANK YOU 🧵 (and we're still happy to give out review copies!)
Editing this anthology means I get delicious bite-sized cryptid-themed treats in my inbox every day. Thanks for sending me my favorite thing, weirdos! ❤️ Keep these excellent subs coming.
Scryptid Games@scryptidgames.bsky.social · 5mo agoTales from the Cryptids is open to submissions! Send us your weirdest fiction, poetry, and TTRPGs. 10 cents/word. Open until May 15. Let us peek into what might be—at the edge of what is known. Don't solve the mystery. Be the mystery. #callforsubmissions scryptidgames.moksha.io/publication/...
An absolutely amazing recap of our #AWP26 panel "Poetry, Prose, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice" from @amandatien.bsky.social!
amandatien.bsky.social@amandatien.bsky.social · 5mo agoLoved this session! I wrote a recap with lots of quotes at @punishedbacklog.bsky.social here: punishedbacklog.com/prose-poetry...
I loved speaking on this panel so much! This is a great recap, @amandatien.bsky.social 🎲. Thanks for writing it.
amandatien.bsky.social@amandatien.bsky.social · 5mo agoMy fave #AWP26 sesh was Prose, Poetry & Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice w/ @natmesnard.bsky.social, @brigittewinter.bsky.social, Erin Roberts, @sharangbiswas.bsky.social, @davering.bsky.social. I wrote a recap at @punishedbacklog.bsky.social: punishedbacklog.com/prose-poetry...
This panel was so joyful. Love the energy at @awpwriter.org around game design as a literary practice!
Scryptid Games@scryptidgames.bsky.social · 5mo agoOur panel Prose, Poetry, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice at #AWP26 was amazing yesterday, with brilliant insights from @natmesnard.bsky.social @sharangbiswas.bsky.social @brigittewinter.bsky.social @nirele.bsky.social @davering.bsky.social! If you attended, let us know your takeaways ✨
Great reading happening during #AWP26 w/ our "Prose, Poetry, and Play" panelists @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @davering.bsky.social!
Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · 5mo agoreminder that we are throwing an event on thursday (yes the same night as literally every other queer reading) at current space gallery. 530-9pm, two sets of readings, bar with NA options, free. come hang out.
Looking forward to @awpwriter.org #AWP26 this week, where I'll be moderating my panel "Story Game Presses: Pitching, Submissions & Publishing" with some incredible publishers: @domsdickey.bsky.social @nearfutures.bsky.social @justinsirois.bsky.social @natmesnard.bsky.social
So excited for @awpwriter.org #AWP26 this week, where I'll be moderating my panel "Prose, Poetry, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice" with some incredible designers/writers: @sharangbiswas.bsky.social, @davering.bsky.social, @nirele.bsky.social, and @brigittewinter.bsky.social! Join us 🎲
Come say hi if you are at AWP this week!
Scryptid Games@scryptidgames.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe're bound for @awpwriter.org #AWP26 in Baltimore, MD this week! If you'll be around, come by the panels @brigittewinter.bsky.social and @natmesnard.bsky.social are running on games/writing, and visit us at Booth #T425 on the showroom floor.
Excited for the opportunity to discussTTRPGs as literature with these rad creators at AWP next week!
Sharang Biswas@sharangbiswas.bsky.social · 5mo agoNext week will be my first time at the AWP Conference! I’ll be on a panel about games & literature with @natmesnard.bsky.social, @davering.bsky.social, @nirele.bsky.social, & @brigittewinter.bsky.social!
Of potential interest to fans of 2025's "Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn" anthology from Middle West Press: Baltimore-based @scryptidgames.bsky.social is crowd-funding an anthology comprising story-telling TTRPG, fiction, and poetry! Campaign ends Feb. 27, 2026! Info: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Tales from the Cryptids: Games, Stories, & Uncanny Ephemera
A book of games and writing that flips the lens on conventional cryptid lore. In this zine, cryptids are beings with vivid lives, goals, and stories of their own to share. Don’t solve the mystery. Be ...
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“In the Palace of Science” by Chris Campbell...In a sense, it could be seen as a story that bridges readerships, but all told, it’s just damn good storytelling." www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/b...
Book Review: The Best Weird Fiction of the Year Volume One by Michael Kelly, ed. - Lightspeed Magazine
If you're looking for a gorgeously curated selection of stories, Arley Sorg suggests you check out The Best Weird Fiction of the Year Volume One edited by Michael Kelly.
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It’s gonna be so good, y’all. You don’t even need to attend #AWP26 to come. Just come hear trans folks read, listen to our amazing MC be amazing, then dance to rad trans DJs.
LittlePuss Press@littlepuss.net · 6mo ago🫵 YO 🫵 💫 BALTIMORE 💫 💃 AWP-GOERS 💃 We're throwing a rager on the Thurs! March 5! Free! There will be DJs! Tons of readers! including 💪 GWEN AUBE 💪 📗 with her new book 📗 🏀 MISSED CONNECTIONS WITH TALL GIRLS 🏀 DID WE MENTION IT'S FUCKING FREE March 5, 7 PM readers, 9 pm dancing ☠️ BE THERE ☠️
