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Brigitte Winter

@brigittewinter.bsky.social

Author. Photographer. Game designer. Co-Founder of Scryptid Games. Viable Paradise ‘23. SFWA. HWA. Rep’d by Sara Megibow.

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Brigitte Winter@brigittewinter.bsky.social · last mo.

The Goodest Girls, my sitcom-inspired game about aging shelter animals living their best lives together, won the 2026 CRIT Award for Best GM-less TTRPG!! I’m floored! And now you can get the game for 20% off through 10/4 (the discount code is my pup’s name 🐕 🩷). scryptidgames.com/discount/FABLE

Scryptid Games

At Scryptid Games, we make story games for cryptids. We love strange, liminal, punk, and outsider stories—and players who find meaning and community beyond the mainstream. From trash animals to alien ...

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Scryptid Games@scryptidgames.bsky.social · last mo.

Congrats, @brigittewinter.bsky.social and @natmesnard.bsky.social! Brigitte’s The Goodest Girls won the 2026 CRIT Award for Best GM-less TTRPG and Nat’s Assemblage was a finalist for Best Multiplayer TTRPG! Celebrate with 20% all of our games through 10/4. scryptidgames.com/discount/FABLE

Allison Pottern@apottern.bsky.social · last mo.

Y'all, this book is fire. @brigittewinter.bsky.social's debut has genuine characters, slow burn sapphic romance, spooky-true-crime, cryptids, humor and horror, oh and if you can't tell from this incredible cover, there are cicadas. Lots and lots of cicadas. And now YOU can pre-order it!!

Brigitte Winter@brigittewinter.bsky.social · last mo.

My debut sapphic cryptid romance, The Normal Monster Club, is now available for preorder! If you identify The X-Files as a queer root, this book is for you. 👽 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Allison Pottern@apottern.bsky.social · last mo.

Apparently my lil' blue stationwagon needs new brakes AND new tires. So I'm once again looking for a few extra fall clients/workshops. I'm a writer, editor & marketing coach. My sweet spot is helping authors w forthcoming titles navigate the book marketing engine + plan for launch. (pottern.com) 🧵

"Writing and Marketing consults with Allison Pottern Hoch. You've spent years crafting your book to get it out into the world — and I've spent 20+ years helping authors develop and market theirs. Now let me help you! Does publishing or marketing overwhelm you? Are you a debut author with book launch jitters? Does it feel like your publisher isn't giving you the marketing guidance you need? Do you need help getting your speculative fiction novel over the finish line? Are you struggling to figure out what publishing path is right for you? Book a consult today: pottern.com/book-a-session"
Scryptid Games@scryptidgames.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Last chance to vote for @natmesnard.bsky.social and @brigittewinter.bsky.social for CRIT Awards! Voting closes 8/23.

Scryptid Games@scryptidgames.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Goodest Girls by @brigittewinter.bsky.social and Assemblage by @natmesnard.bsky.social are Crit Awards finalists! Vote The Goodest Girls as Best GMless TTRPG and Assemblage as Best Multiplayer TTRPG before August 23 & help bring the spotlight to these awesome games: www.critawards.org

Chris Campbell@chriscampbell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I wrote this piece at @viableparadise.bsky.social and I owe a big thanks to @dragons.bsky.social @traewrites.bsky.social and @avani.bsky.social for staying up way too late with me while I finished it.

Chris Campbell@chriscampbell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My story, The Lure, is this month's featured free story in The Sunday Morning Transport. www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-lure Discover what secrets wait beneath the surface at the island of Saint Helena: "For hunger, like justice, only waits so long."

Allison Pottern@apottern.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’m still so friggin proud of this story in all its dark, edgy weirdness. Wish it wasn’t still so relevant.

Haven Spec Magazine@havenspec.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ICYMI, "Bootcut" is a short story in our 🌟January 2026 issue🌟 by @apottern.bsky.social about women finding solidarity and battling back against their abusers (and also a particularly well-fitting pair of jeans). Read this one for its mighty vengeance and rage havenspec.com/fiction/boot...

An excerpt of the short story "Bootcut" by Allison Pottern, in Issue 21 of Haven Spec Magazine (January 2026). The text reads: Running your hand along the clothing rack, your finger catches on a Goodwill miracle: a pair of jeans that actually fits. They have no tag—no name brand—just a questionable stain below the left front pocket, no big deal. It’s like maybe these jeans have lived a more exciting life than you have. Maybe if you put them on, a bit of that excitement could rub off on you. The flared, dark-washed jeans look like once upon a time they were very expensive. Now that they’re in your broke hands, they’re merely “vintage.” But in the claustrophobic changing room mirror, they make your... The background is the issue's cover art, titled Pile, by Aimee Cozza. It shows a figure with blood around their mouth and on their neck and chest, cuddling a pack of wolves.
Ava Eerys@avaeerys.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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 · 4mo ago

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 👩‍🍳 💋 .

Allison Pottern@apottern.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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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Leveling up your writing and publishing journey with book marketing & writing advice, interviews, tips, and news. Often speculative fiction flavored. Also tea. Click to read Books, Marketing, & More, ...

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Brigitte Winter@brigittewinter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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 · 7mo ago

Whoa! 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!

Brigitte Winter@brigittewinter.bsky.social · 7mo ago

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 · 7mo ago

Tales 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/...