Carson Winter
@carsonwinter.bsky.social
Author, punker, raw nerve. PORTRAITS OF DECAY out now. Co-host of the Dead Languages Podcast. Social media at CHM.
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Carson Winter
@carsonwinter.bsky.social
· Jun 16
PORTRAITS OF DECAY is out NOW! I couldn’t be prouder of this book—the short story is such a fundamental part of the horror genre, it feels especially exciting to see my work collected.
To kick off PORTRAITS’ birth, I wanted to talk about some of the works that served as its inspiration.
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To kick off PORTRAITS’ birth, I wanted to talk about some of the works that served as its inspiration.
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A Spectre is Haunting Greentree by Carson Winter has a unique take on creepy small towns and what they cultivate. #Horror #BookSky 💙📚 #SSBA2025
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November 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A Spectre is Haunting Greentree by Carson Winter has a unique take on creepy small towns and what they cultivate. #Horror #BookSky 💙📚 #SSBA2025
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social @carsonwinter.bsky.social
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@tenebrouspress.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social @carsonwinter.bsky.social
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Your friendly semi-regular reminder that the single greatest way to help your favorite authors is to rate and review the books you've read. Goodreads, Itch, Kindle, they all give you the opportunity to rate/review and it REALLY helps us get visibility!
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Your friendly semi-regular reminder that the single greatest way to help your favorite authors is to rate and review the books you've read. Goodreads, Itch, Kindle, they all give you the opportunity to rate/review and it REALLY helps us get visibility!
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Will our daring team make it or will Impostor Syndrome take us all down? Stay tuned DnD fans to @deadlanguagespod.bsky.social and listen to the 2nd half of our shart filled adentures.
Part 2 of our annual DnD episode is up! Featuring @ninamiller.bsky.social @kaidelmas.bsky.social and @erikmchatton.bsky.social.
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Episode 134: The Annual Dead Languages DnD Extravaganza (Part 2)
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November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Will our daring team make it or will Impostor Syndrome take us all down? Stay tuned DnD fans to @deadlanguagespod.bsky.social and listen to the 2nd half of our shart filled adentures.
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I'm thinking about how creative ideas are a dime a dozen and an artist's concern over idea "theft" often indicates a fear that their voice is replaceable. To assuage that fear, an artist must develop confidence that their voice matters, even in a crowd.
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm thinking about how creative ideas are a dime a dozen and an artist's concern over idea "theft" often indicates a fear that their voice is replaceable. To assuage that fear, an artist must develop confidence that their voice matters, even in a crowd.
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PORTRAITS OF DECAY by Carson Winter & STRAW WORLD AND OTHER ECHOES FROM THE VOID by Erik McHatton were both excellent, especially if you like your horror dripping with existential despair. I highly recommend both these collections. 🖤🖤
I don’t have a debut horror of my own to promote this year.
I don’t have a debut horror of my own to promote this year.
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
PORTRAITS OF DECAY by Carson Winter & STRAW WORLD AND OTHER ECHOES FROM THE VOID by Erik McHatton were both excellent, especially if you like your horror dripping with existential despair. I highly recommend both these collections. 🖤🖤
I don’t have a debut horror of my own to promote this year.
I don’t have a debut horror of my own to promote this year.
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My 5-Star review of STRAW WORLD AND OTHER ECHOES FROM THE VOID! A brilliant collection of existential horror by the inimitable @erikmchatton.bsky.social -submitted for Shirley Jackson Award consideration
This is how it's done. Fantastic in every sense of the word!
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This is how it's done. Fantastic in every sense of the word!
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R.B. Shifman's review of Straw World and Other Echoes from the Void
5/5: It's clear from start to finish why this collection has been submitted to be considered for a Shirley Jackson Award. I greedily devoured every bite in this meaty set of stories, which are brillia...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My 5-Star review of STRAW WORLD AND OTHER ECHOES FROM THE VOID! A brilliant collection of existential horror by the inimitable @erikmchatton.bsky.social -submitted for Shirley Jackson Award consideration
This is how it's done. Fantastic in every sense of the word!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
This is how it's done. Fantastic in every sense of the word!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Back on the novel train for November. Fuck the NaNo org, but the challenge lives on!
Started strong with 3455 words written today.
Started strong with 3455 words written today.
November 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Back on the novel train for November. Fuck the NaNo org, but the challenge lives on!
Started strong with 3455 words written today.
Started strong with 3455 words written today.
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"It took me a long time to acclimate to my bog eye. If you are not a mutant like me, what you see and hear and feel is what you are...Mutants like me are the inverse."
Today on ergot.: 'Bog Eye' by RSL @rsljnr.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/RSL/...
Today on ergot.: 'Bog Eye' by RSL @rsljnr.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/RSL/...
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
www.ergot.press
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"It took me a long time to acclimate to my bog eye. If you are not a mutant like me, what you see and hear and feel is what you are...Mutants like me are the inverse."
Today on ergot.: 'Bog Eye' by RSL @rsljnr.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/RSL/...
Today on ergot.: 'Bog Eye' by RSL @rsljnr.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/RSL/...
You're all sleeping on @rsljnr.bsky.social. Check out their new story, "Bog Eye", on @ergot.bsky.social. Reads like a Ligottian eulogy with some fantastic prose.
www.ergot.press/authors/RSL/...
www.ergot.press/authors/RSL/...
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
www.ergot.press
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
You're all sleeping on @rsljnr.bsky.social. Check out their new story, "Bog Eye", on @ergot.bsky.social. Reads like a Ligottian eulogy with some fantastic prose.
www.ergot.press/authors/RSL/...
www.ergot.press/authors/RSL/...
Legit one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.
SOFT TARGETS has never looked better!
@editrixemma.bsky.social models @carsonwinter.bsky.social’s Wonderland-nominated New Weird Horror novel in style 🖤☠️
Cover art by @blackyshep.bsky.social
@editrixemma.bsky.social models @carsonwinter.bsky.social’s Wonderland-nominated New Weird Horror novel in style 🖤☠️
Cover art by @blackyshep.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Legit one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.
His body hung limp on our door, always facing inside, never out.
When I asked my mom about this, she said, “Well, we wouldn’t want to scare the children.”
“It scares me though,” I said. “I’m a child.”
When I asked my mom about this, she said, “Well, we wouldn’t want to scare the children.”
“It scares me though,” I said. “I’m a child.”
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
His body hung limp on our door, always facing inside, never out.
When I asked my mom about this, she said, “Well, we wouldn’t want to scare the children.”
“It scares me though,” I said. “I’m a child.”
When I asked my mom about this, she said, “Well, we wouldn’t want to scare the children.”
“It scares me though,” I said. “I’m a child.”
Happy Halloween! What a month!
This year, we kept a rigid schedule. We had Audio Tuesday nights where we'd listen to a horror story together, we did horror subgenre bingo cards to determine our latest watches, we did Throwback Thursdays to rewatch old classics.
This year, we kept a rigid schedule. We had Audio Tuesday nights where we'd listen to a horror story together, we did horror subgenre bingo cards to determine our latest watches, we did Throwback Thursdays to rewatch old classics.
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Happy Halloween! What a month!
This year, we kept a rigid schedule. We had Audio Tuesday nights where we'd listen to a horror story together, we did horror subgenre bingo cards to determine our latest watches, we did Throwback Thursdays to rewatch old classics.
This year, we kept a rigid schedule. We had Audio Tuesday nights where we'd listen to a horror story together, we did horror subgenre bingo cards to determine our latest watches, we did Throwback Thursdays to rewatch old classics.
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For love and justice comes today's challenge story! (Prompt from @carsonwinter.bsky.social )
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Spooky Challenge - Day 4 — P.L. McMillan
Slendermoon appears! (Prompt from Carson Winter)
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October 31, 2025 at 6:09 AM
For love and justice comes today's challenge story! (Prompt from @carsonwinter.bsky.social )
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www.plmcmillan.com/blogging/spo...
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Feral, unhinged, corprophagic madness... happy to be a part of it all! D&D with horror authors? What could go wrong?
#horrorD&D @carsonwinter.bsky.social @authorplm.bsky.social
#horrorD&D @carsonwinter.bsky.social @authorplm.bsky.social
Join us for our annual Dead Languages DnD episode (1 of 2). We’re pleased to welcome @ninamiller.bsky.social @kaidelmas.bsky.social @erikmchatton.bsky.social onto the show for some very unhinged antics. @authorplm.bsky.social DMs, Carson plays as a turd weasel.
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Episode 133: The Annual Dead Languages DnD Extravaganza (Part 1)
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October 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Feral, unhinged, corprophagic madness... happy to be a part of it all! D&D with horror authors? What could go wrong?
#horrorD&D @carsonwinter.bsky.social @authorplm.bsky.social
#horrorD&D @carsonwinter.bsky.social @authorplm.bsky.social
It’s all true.
This is the wildest haunted house book you’ll ever read.
This is the wildest haunted house book you’ll ever read.
🎃HALLOWEEN READS🎃
Cuz books don't have expiration dates
@jolietoomajan.bsky.social & @carsonwinter.bsky.social's POSTHASTE MANOR takes you on a tour of the most f%&ked up haunted house imaginable. Think HAUSU (Japan, 1977) but middle America
Art @slimyswampghost.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/28ez4hb6
Cuz books don't have expiration dates
@jolietoomajan.bsky.social & @carsonwinter.bsky.social's POSTHASTE MANOR takes you on a tour of the most f%&ked up haunted house imaginable. Think HAUSU (Japan, 1977) but middle America
Art @slimyswampghost.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/28ez4hb6
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It’s all true.
This is the wildest haunted house book you’ll ever read.
This is the wildest haunted house book you’ll ever read.
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My dream of playing the unhinged weirdo in a found footage horror film came true, thanks to @carsonwinter.bsky.social & Sarah’s Halloween holiday greeting “card.”
We filmed this in our house, with a special guest appearance from @patrickbarb.bsky.social as our Expert in the Occult. It was a blast. It was a pain. But I'm so glad we did it. Without further ado: youtu.be/6x1RXIhKhD4
Halloween 2025
YouTube video by Carson Winter
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October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My dream of playing the unhinged weirdo in a found footage horror film came true, thanks to @carsonwinter.bsky.social & Sarah’s Halloween holiday greeting “card.”
We always get a little ambitious around Halloween. This year, my wife and I have done all the usuals—movies, board games, haunted houses, etc. But one project has eclipsed them all.
October 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We always get a little ambitious around Halloween. This year, my wife and I have done all the usuals—movies, board games, haunted houses, etc. But one project has eclipsed them all.
I have completed my 7 stories in 7 days challenge!
Wow! What an awesome journey. Thanks to @authorplm.bsky.social for introducing me to the challenge. All in all, I've written about 15,000 words in the last week and come up with some pretty dope new work. Excited to get these edited up!
Wow! What an awesome journey. Thanks to @authorplm.bsky.social for introducing me to the challenge. All in all, I've written about 15,000 words in the last week and come up with some pretty dope new work. Excited to get these edited up!
October 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I have completed my 7 stories in 7 days challenge!
Wow! What an awesome journey. Thanks to @authorplm.bsky.social for introducing me to the challenge. All in all, I've written about 15,000 words in the last week and come up with some pretty dope new work. Excited to get these edited up!
Wow! What an awesome journey. Thanks to @authorplm.bsky.social for introducing me to the challenge. All in all, I've written about 15,000 words in the last week and come up with some pretty dope new work. Excited to get these edited up!
This is direct to video horror in book form. If you're the type to get misty-eyed at your 90s copy of RUMPELSTILTSKIN, this is for you.
#BuyMyBooks NIGHT OF THE WITCH-HUNTER. My contribution to @shortwavebooks.bsky.social’s KILLER VHS series.
Check out what happens when
THE CRAFT vs. THE CRUCIBLE
Y2K. Time travel. Magic. Witches. Witch-hunters.
Oh my!
Check out what happens when
THE CRAFT vs. THE CRUCIBLE
Y2K. Time travel. Magic. Witches. Witch-hunters.
Oh my!
October 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is direct to video horror in book form. If you're the type to get misty-eyed at your 90s copy of RUMPELSTILTSKIN, this is for you.
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It's the perfect season to take a trip to Greentree, if you've never visited. Just stay out of the cornfields🎃💀
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October 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It's the perfect season to take a trip to Greentree, if you've never visited. Just stay out of the cornfields🎃💀
store.tenebrouspress.com/products/a-s...
store.tenebrouspress.com/products/a-s...
Thank you to @erikmchatton.bsky.social for the books! A great friend and tremendous writer. So proud to have STRAW WORLD (which I wrote the intro for!!!) on my shelf. If you’re into weird fiction, you need to check it out.
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Thank you to @erikmchatton.bsky.social for the books! A great friend and tremendous writer. So proud to have STRAW WORLD (which I wrote the intro for!!!) on my shelf. If you’re into weird fiction, you need to check it out.
See? It’s that easy.
Step one: Read “The Red Tower”
Step two: Devour this anthology in 24 hours.
Step three: Keep talking about the Red Tower.
Step two: Devour this anthology in 24 hours.
Step three: Keep talking about the Red Tower.
COVER REVEAL AND RELEASE
WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
October 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
See? It’s that easy.
Always a delight to see someone connect with a book. A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING GREENTREE is perfect for folks who love autumn AND scarecrow sacrifices. Get it from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Always a delight to see someone connect with a book. A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING GREENTREE is perfect for folks who love autumn AND scarecrow sacrifices. Get it from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social
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Thanks for all the downloads and keep sharing. This one's free, our gift to you.
COVER REVEAL AND RELEASE
WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
October 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thanks for all the downloads and keep sharing. This one's free, our gift to you.
Day 5 of 7 stories in 7 days. Today was an easy one: 500 word story about a robot mummy.
October 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Day 5 of 7 stories in 7 days. Today was an easy one: 500 word story about a robot mummy.