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://linktr.ee/crossingwinter
☆ rep: @keiralekseii.bsky.social @ azantian ☆
https://linktr.ee/crossingwinter
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My unicorn flash piece, "This, too, is magic," is out now in @plotthoundmag.bsky.social ! Huge thanks to @thaisibir.bsky.social for bringing this story out into the world.
Friendship is magic, motherfuckers. I hope you'll check it out!
✨ plotthoundmag.com/issues/
✨ Art by www.kristy-serpa.com
Friendship is magic, motherfuckers. I hope you'll check it out!
✨ plotthoundmag.com/issues/
✨ Art by www.kristy-serpa.com
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Hammajang Luck is up for a Goodreads Choice Award in the science fiction category!!! if you enjoyed my heist lesbians, you can vote in the first round here
mahalo nui loa!!!
mahalo nui loa!!!
Opening Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction of 2025!
Discover the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
www.goodreads.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Hammajang Luck is up for a Goodreads Choice Award in the science fiction category!!! if you enjoyed my heist lesbians, you can vote in the first round here
mahalo nui loa!!!
mahalo nui loa!!!
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“Why are you banging your head against the wall?” asked Frog.
“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.
“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“Why are you banging your head against the wall?” asked Frog.
“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.
“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.
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I'm absolutely thrilled to share that my dragon riding romantasy story, "On the Wing of a Prayer," will be published by Flame Tree Press next March in the anthology OF LOVE AND DRAGONS! 🥳
You can check out the TOC and preorder here: blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
#WriteSky #BookSky
You can check out the TOC and preorder here: blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
#WriteSky #BookSky
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I'm absolutely thrilled to share that my dragon riding romantasy story, "On the Wing of a Prayer," will be published by Flame Tree Press next March in the anthology OF LOVE AND DRAGONS! 🥳
You can check out the TOC and preorder here: blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
#WriteSky #BookSky
You can check out the TOC and preorder here: blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
#WriteSky #BookSky
I love that United tries to sell me internet for $10 when it is providing me what I need (several hours disconnected from reality) for free.
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I love that United tries to sell me internet for $10 when it is providing me what I need (several hours disconnected from reality) for free.
Delighted to announce that my short story, "Not Yet, Little Witch" will be appearing in Flame Tree Press' first Romantic Fantasy anthology! It, along with 22 other #romantasy short stories, will be available in March of 2026!
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Delighted to announce that my short story, "Not Yet, Little Witch" will be appearing in Flame Tree Press' first Romantic Fantasy anthology! It, along with 22 other #romantasy short stories, will be available in March of 2026!
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—NY Dems flip Onondaga County & Dutchess County legislature, first in decades
—Dem mayors in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincy...
—Seattle GOP city attorney trails big
—MN Dems defend state Senate
—Dems flip legislative seats in MS
—Dems defend swing legislative seats in NY, WA
—Dem mayors in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincy...
—Seattle GOP city attorney trails big
—MN Dems defend state Senate
—Dems flip legislative seats in MS
—Dems defend swing legislative seats in NY, WA
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
—NY Dems flip Onondaga County & Dutchess County legislature, first in decades
—Dem mayors in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincy...
—Seattle GOP city attorney trails big
—MN Dems defend state Senate
—Dems flip legislative seats in MS
—Dems defend swing legislative seats in NY, WA
—Dem mayors in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincy...
—Seattle GOP city attorney trails big
—MN Dems defend state Senate
—Dems flip legislative seats in MS
—Dems defend swing legislative seats in NY, WA
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—Coloradoans fund free school meals
—JD's half-brother loses
—PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff
—PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once ground 0 of conservative takeover
—Charlotte approves transit tax
—Dems flip CT towns like New Britain.
(And that's not all!)
—JD's half-brother loses
—PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff
—PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once ground 0 of conservative takeover
—Charlotte approves transit tax
—Dems flip CT towns like New Britain.
(And that's not all!)
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
—Coloradoans fund free school meals
—JD's half-brother loses
—PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff
—PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once ground 0 of conservative takeover
—Charlotte approves transit tax
—Dems flip CT towns like New Britain.
(And that's not all!)
—JD's half-brother loses
—PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff
—PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once ground 0 of conservative takeover
—Charlotte approves transit tax
—Dems flip CT towns like New Britain.
(And that's not all!)
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What we know, 12:10am
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
What we know, 12:10am
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My #Writing12in12 update for October is I wrote a short piece and also a flash piece, both of which I am submitting to magazines! I also have the roughest of drafts for another short piece that I hope will get heftier with revisions.
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My #Writing12in12 update for October is I wrote a short piece and also a flash piece, both of which I am submitting to magazines! I also have the roughest of drafts for another short piece that I hope will get heftier with revisions.
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Two by Two by Two by @crossingwinter.bsky.social from Issue 6
bonded witches; devious magics, murder she spelled
www.heartlines-spec.com/two-by-two-b...
bonded witches; devious magics, murder she spelled
www.heartlines-spec.com/two-by-two-b...
Two by Two by Two
Two by Two by Two by Celia Winter
www.heartlines-spec.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Two by Two by Two by @crossingwinter.bsky.social from Issue 6
bonded witches; devious magics, murder she spelled
www.heartlines-spec.com/two-by-two-b...
bonded witches; devious magics, murder she spelled
www.heartlines-spec.com/two-by-two-b...
And with my own post, I am reminded of my weary decade long desire for someone to do a klezmer cover of the Rains of Castamere
Not all instruments were made for a genre of music the way the clarinet was made for Klezmer I said what I said
October 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
And with my own post, I am reminded of my weary decade long desire for someone to do a klezmer cover of the Rains of Castamere
Not all instruments were made for a genre of music the way the clarinet was made for Klezmer I said what I said
October 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Not all instruments were made for a genre of music the way the clarinet was made for Klezmer I said what I said
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I wonder if Lorien Testard knows just how much he’s changed my life.
I hope he is having a good day.
I hope he is having a good day.
October 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I wonder if Lorien Testard knows just how much he’s changed my life.
I hope he is having a good day.
I hope he is having a good day.
The short term “oh hell yeah not meetings today” is growing increasingly stale as I know that it will condense the timelines on stuff that needs to get done in Q4…
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The short term “oh hell yeah not meetings today” is growing increasingly stale as I know that it will condense the timelines on stuff that needs to get done in Q4…
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
Sometimes being a writer is opening up what you thought was an entirely unused notebook and seeing ONLY THIS and having no GODLY IDEA what you were doing
October 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Sometimes being a writer is opening up what you thought was an entirely unused notebook and seeing ONLY THIS and having no GODLY IDEA what you were doing
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
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There are FIVE DAYS LEFT in our Kickstarter!! There’s still tons of awesome critique rewards, from poetry to short fiction to query letter critiques from some amazing folks.
AND if you want to play a TTRPG with us, that’s up for grabs too 👀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
AND if you want to play a TTRPG with us, that’s up for grabs too 👀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!
A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.
www.kickstarter.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
There are FIVE DAYS LEFT in our Kickstarter!! There’s still tons of awesome critique rewards, from poetry to short fiction to query letter critiques from some amazing folks.
AND if you want to play a TTRPG with us, that’s up for grabs too 👀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
AND if you want to play a TTRPG with us, that’s up for grabs too 👀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
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There's only ONE WEEK LEFT to fund Apex Magazine in 2026, and we JUST unlocked our 70% reward!!
The Apex editors will host a live affirmation critique of the Internet's most beloved amateur horror stories! 📸🌲🥩
🎃 Help us reach our funding goal and donate TODAY! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
The Apex editors will host a live affirmation critique of the Internet's most beloved amateur horror stories! 📸🌲🥩
🎃 Help us reach our funding goal and donate TODAY! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
October 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
There's only ONE WEEK LEFT to fund Apex Magazine in 2026, and we JUST unlocked our 70% reward!!
The Apex editors will host a live affirmation critique of the Internet's most beloved amateur horror stories! 📸🌲🥩
🎃 Help us reach our funding goal and donate TODAY! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
The Apex editors will host a live affirmation critique of the Internet's most beloved amateur horror stories! 📸🌲🥩
🎃 Help us reach our funding goal and donate TODAY! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
i'm having this fascinating experience of poking at a manuscript i haven't touched in three years. i wrote it during a spiral, and coming back, man, past celia really trusted her memory and left 0 helpful notes, didn't she. god damn it.
October 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
i'm having this fascinating experience of poking at a manuscript i haven't touched in three years. i wrote it during a spiral, and coming back, man, past celia really trusted her memory and left 0 helpful notes, didn't she. god damn it.
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RFK Jr. is an ableist racist transphobic eugenicist who is making everyone less safe. So I wrote a satire about it.
"Mission Report From the Tiny Alien Piloting RFK Jr’s Body"
Mission Report 892:
Project Destroy Humanity v2: RFK Jr
To: Kelvian Central Control, Planet Kelvian D
1/16
"Mission Report From the Tiny Alien Piloting RFK Jr’s Body"
Mission Report 892:
Project Destroy Humanity v2: RFK Jr
To: Kelvian Central Control, Planet Kelvian D
1/16
October 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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We've been cooking up some fun plans and today felt as good a day as any to share them! INTRODUCING:
TEN YEARS OF #REYLO
FOUR DIFFERENT FANFICTION EVENTS TAKING PLACE OVER THE NEXT 14 MONTHS
Details for each event can be found in 🧵
TEN YEARS OF #REYLO
FOUR DIFFERENT FANFICTION EVENTS TAKING PLACE OVER THE NEXT 14 MONTHS
Details for each event can be found in 🧵
October 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We've been cooking up some fun plans and today felt as good a day as any to share them! INTRODUCING:
TEN YEARS OF #REYLO
FOUR DIFFERENT FANFICTION EVENTS TAKING PLACE OVER THE NEXT 14 MONTHS
Details for each event can be found in 🧵
TEN YEARS OF #REYLO
FOUR DIFFERENT FANFICTION EVENTS TAKING PLACE OVER THE NEXT 14 MONTHS
Details for each event can be found in 🧵
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Chandelure 🕯 Pumpkaboo 🎃 Duskull 💀
October 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Chandelure 🕯 Pumpkaboo 🎃 Duskull 💀