Carson Winter

1 Apr

SURPRISE RELEASE! THE CORPSE PRIEST is out today! This is a strange beast of a novella, a bloody cocktail of sword & sorcery, Ligottian pessimism, and cosmic horror. I’m going to talk a little about how this release came to be, inspirations, and more—SO PREPARE FOR A THREAD!!!

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J. Ichabod Whateley

@divershands.bsky.social

Beginning the week of Samhain correct with @carsonwinter.bsky.social ‘s ‘A Spectre is Haunting Greentree’ (published by the fine folk @tenebrouspress.bsky.social ). Isn’t it time you started preparing your mind for the horrors to come?

Day 4/7. "Worry for Every Living Soul"—a 500 word prequel story to THE CORPSE PRIEST.

Been doing the 7 stories/7 days challenge. Day 3 completed. Day 1: Welcome to the Death Planet Gorgamesh (2021 words) Day 2: The Orgy Was Great, But (994 words) Day 3: You Are Eligible For Existential Annihilation Assistance Services (345 words) Feel free to throw me some prompts! 4 more days!

No quite finished, but shaping up to be one of my fav reads of the year.

Keith Rosson@keithrosson.bsky.social

CRONE has been out for a month as of today. You folks have SHOWN UP for this novel, and I thank you for it so much. Continually amazed I get to do this, thank you for giving these books a shot.

Update: just finished. Sticks the landing. Loved it.

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Keith Rosson

@keithrosson.bsky.social

THE HOLLOWLANDS Pub date: September 21st, 2027. Random House Stooooked.

Starting the 7 stories in 7 days challenge. Throw me some prompts!

youtu.beThe MouthYouTube video by Carson Winter

My wife and I started a Halloween short film tradition. No budget, shot on phones, DIY as fuck. I wrote the script and managed to recruit a couple friends to join our small cast. This is our metaphorical wicker man, our sacrifice to Autumn. Go out and make something. Enjoy: youtu.be/9Fe2GPe7xyk

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Cursed Morsels

@cursedmorsels.bsky.social

See you in two days at the Bloodcurdling Book Bash! It's also my birthday weekend, so everyone is legally required to come to our booth and buy a Cursed Morsels book.

Cursed Morsels@cursedmorsels.bsky.social

Twin Cities folks: we'll see you at the Bloodcurdling Book Bash in about a week and a half! Come meet some horror authors and publishers, pick up some creepy books, pet some puppies (no, seriously), and get your tarot read. Snag a ticket here for cheap: www.eventbrite.com/e/bloodcurdl...

docs.google.com2026 DLP Drabble ContestIt's that time of the year again! Time for the feral DLP drabble contest! Deadline: Oct 17th midnight Word limit: 100 words Theme: corrupt writing groups/associations (don't use real people's names ...

The Dead Languages Podcast needs drabble subs for its yearly drabble contest. Prize is DLP merch, top 13 stories will be read on the air. Theme is corrupt writing organizations. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Any of you follow author Patreon's? Any favorites? Why do you like them?

@deadlanguagespod.bsky.social

Made cards for my next event!

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Dead Languages Podcast

New episode! Time to dig into Gendered Genres, with author @cjsubko.bsky.social. Learn what we really think of Pink Horror, Guy-Fi, Mantasy, and Weird Girl Lit: open.spotify.com/episode/3L0k...

nightmare-magazine.comGordon B. White is creating Haunting Weird Horror - Nightmare MagazineYou’ve enjoyed a few of his stories and you follow each other on Twitter, so when you see that horror and weird fiction author Gordon B. White has started a Patreon, you think, “Sure, I’ll throw him a...

Quite enjoyed this story from @gordonbwhite.bsky.social. Meta, funny, with a creepy kick: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/gord...

forms.gle2026 DLP Drabble ContestIt's that time of the year again! Time for the feral DLP drabble contest! Deadline: Oct 18th midnight Word limit: 100 words Theme: corrupt writing groups/associations (don't use real people's names ...

We need YOU to submit a drabble. Top 3 winners get some DLP merch. Theme this year is corrupt writing organizations/groups.

Dead Languages Podcast@deadlanguagespod.bsky.social

It's time to send us your drabbles Word limit: 100 Due: Oct 18th Theme: corrupt writing associations Prizes: 1 -3rd places will get merch Winners will have their drabbles read on the podcast forms.gle/U2fvkBrsnbyP...

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Dead Languages Podcast

@deadlanguagespod.bsky.social

I'll be tabling at this event on October 17—come by and see the incredibly rich Twin Cities horror lit scene in person!

eventbrite.comBloodcurdling Book BashAHHHHHH!!! Horror/thriller authors, crafters, tarot readers, themed drinks, and more at this horror-filled book bash!

Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/bloodcurdl...

Horror is best in short form, right? If you're looking for a spooky read this season, check out my debut collection, PORTRAITS OF DECAY. Featuring stories of internet mysteries, weird Halloween decorations, and tender apocalypses. $1.99 ebook: carsonwinter.com/product/port...

pseudopod.orgPseudoPod 801: The Bear Across the WayI paid no more attention to the bear than I would have any new neighbors. Despite what my husband might tell you, the fact that he was a bear played into my curiosity very little. It was his behavior…

Listened to this last night on @pseudopod.org and quite enjoyed it. Recommended for fans of surreal whimsy and massive bummers. Also, it features a bear, which is like one of my favorite things. pseudopod.org/2022/03/11/p...

What's your greatest attribute and weakness as a writer right now? I feel like I need to work on challenging myself more. But I'm very happy with my work ethic and productivity. What about you?

19 Sept

Short fiction is as fundamental to horror as one word paragraphs and dream sequences. This was a great collection—check it out.

D. Matthew Urban@breathinghead.bsky.social

Storygraph giveaway! Now's your chance to meet everyone's favorites: the obliteration consultant, the clawed and fanged saint, the grandmother with a stinger and the one without, the children who play fire's music...all the stars are here!

19 Sept

Saw this for the first time last night and have to say it's incredibly slept on. Great flick, with fantastic a villain and lots of dark mayhem.

15 Sept

Just finished the fifth draft of my novel LOLCOW. I think it's ready. Holy shit, FINALLY! Time to find some yummy submissions.

15 Sept

So bored. I wanna write more books.

A lot has and will be said about @danielkraus.com ANGEL DOWN, but having just finished it this afternoon, I wanted to jot down some thoughts. First off, I loved it. THREAD

Every page is filled with quotable language that begs to be read closely. And just as its themes are heady, complex, and appropriately gargantuan, so are its genre mix. Is it a horror novel? A fantasy? Literary? Weird fiction?

The argument could be made for all, and many more. What it does so effectively though is in the gestalt of its influences, crafting an ambitious narrative from the spare parts of postmodernism and pulp fiction. Highly recommended.

A lot has and will be said about @danielkraus.com ANGEL DOWN, but having just finished it this afternoon, I wanted to jot down some thoughts. First off, I loved it. THREAD

ANGEL DOWN places itself within a grand tradition of violence, bloodshed, and war stories—standing alongside THE ODYSSEY, BEOWULF. etc.—which combined with its speculative elements, elevates a grounded historical event into modern myth.

But its the poetic center that provides the novel with an antediluvian rhythm that hints at a foundational darkness at the center of humanity. With each “and,” it’s a return to the cycle (of love, violence, ignorance, greed) and no matter where we left off previously, we are doomed to continue.

A lot has and will be said about @danielkraus.com ANGEL DOWN, but having just finished it this afternoon, I wanted to jot down some thoughts. First off, I loved it. THREAD

And there is that, of course. But what surprised me was actually how Kraus’ stylistic constraint shaped the text. On the page, each paragraph is separated into a block—mimicking stanzas—and each new block begins with the word “and.”

The ultimate effect is an aesthetic kinship with another mode of storytelling, the epic poem.

A lot has and will be said about @danielkraus.com ANGEL DOWN, but having just finished it this afternoon, I wanted to jot down some thoughts. First off, I loved it. THREAD

From the first page though, I noticed that the one-sentence conceit did more than provide a gimmick, but shaped the text and my perception of it. I had expected the book’s single sentence conceit to provide a stream of consciousness, action-heavy take on a weird central concept.

I imagined something that would primarily capture forward-momentum—soldiers trapped in a conflict, constantly being pushed forward by the great engine of human violence. That sort of thing.

A lot has and will be said about @danielkraus.com ANGEL DOWN, but having just finished it this afternoon, I wanted to jot down some thoughts. First off, I loved it. THREAD

It’s a gloriously ambitious, muscularly stylish speculative war novel that conjures comparison to BLOOD MERIDIAN and SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE, and like those it tells a real, human story that pulls from the breadth of the literary (and genre) toolbox to communicate its intent.

What really struck me about ANGEL DOWN though was how its initial pitch does a disservice to its execution. For those who don’t know, this is the Pulitzer prize-winning novel about WWI soldiers finding an angel on the battlefield, told breathlessly in one single, 285 page sentence.

Rewatched THE DARK HALF last night and I have to say it might top my list of Stephen King adaptations. It's not an elevated classic like THE SHINING, but it does exactly what it sets out to do, totally unashamed of its genre leanings. An author's story... about an EVIL AUTHOR!

THE DARK HALF also manages to touch on some recurring anxieties of King in interesting ways. There's the literary vs pulp stuff that also runs through MISERY, but here we have an actual personification of the proverbial pulpist—George Stark.

And in true King fashion, when we stare into the void—a greaser stares back.

The funniest part for me, as an author, is to see the vision of a writer's life I grew up with—now with adult eyes. The idea of someone blackmailing me about any of my books, let alone my identity, is the pinnacle of absurdity.

I'd forgotten though how surreal and nightmarish it can be at certain points, led by Hutton's dual performance which oscillates from a warm, introspective creative to a strutting, slithering psychopath. There's a continued sense that this dude is having the time of his fucking life.

Dan LK, WXXT Morning Show Host

9 Sept

Which is insane considering this project was 100% community based. No slush, no acceptances, no rejections, no press. Anyone who dug the original story was welcome to participate. This is your sign to do something cool because you can.

Dan LK, WXXT Morning Show Host@2ndlevelbard.bsky.social

I thiank that, by a *narrow* margin, this one edges out The Grimscribe's Puppets as the top Ligotti tribute antho, maybe because the singular focus brought in such an interesting array of perspectives on its theme story.

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@2ndlevelbard.bsky.social

9 Sept

Joe Koch@horrorsong.blog

A reminder that a few brilliant friends & I did a completely free Ligotti tribute anthology. Download free to read my story "Jar Of Arms" and other fine scribblings. dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b

dl.bookfunnel.comGet your FREE copy of We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower“The ruined factory stood three stories high in an otherwise featureless landscape…” With these words, Thomas Ligotti begins one of the most influential short stories in the canon of horror and weird ...

carsonwinter.comThe Corpse Priest (Signed Paperback + ebook) - The Official Page of Author Carson WinterPaperback signed by the author + ebook (US only) Corpse is a priest who spreads a doctrine of death. When he begins to question the teachings of his tribe, he travels to Dross Toll—a city under the ty...

9 Sept

Have you ever been rejected by THE DARK? This week on the Dead Languages Podcast we review a recent issue to see what one of the most famously quick horror mags is really looking for! open.spotify.com/episode/7IHb...

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R Lochlann

@runesword.bsky.social

8 Sept

Unstoppable barbarian mainlines Ligotti's Conspiracy Against the Human Race, now it's everyone else's problem

Carson Winter@carsonwinter.bsky.social

Signed paperbacks of THE CORPSE PRIEST available for US readers from my website! carsonwinter.com/product/the-...

8 Sept

Signed paperbacks of THE CORPSE PRIEST available for US readers from my website! carsonwinter.com/product/the-...

4 Sept

The Great Restocking is complete! I’ll be selling these at local events, with Portraits and The Corpse Priest also available on my website.

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Kai Delmas

@kaidelmas.bsky.social

3 Sept

Publication day! 🥳🎉🙌 My collection "After You Were Lost" was published by WATG Press today. It's a collection that means a lot to me, and I'm excited that people will finally get to read it. All of the 23 flash and micro stories within deal with grief in different ways. Something I know much about.