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.
THREAD/
To kick off PORTRAITS’ birth, I wanted to talk about some of the works that served as its inspiration.
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So many projects!
-folk horror novel is on sub
-finished the third draft of LOLCOW and it’s out to betas
-outlined a crime thriller
-about to start the second draft of a weird horror novel
-then I’ll be editing my sci fi noir novel
-considering prepping a dark fantasy novella for surprise release…
-folk horror novel is on sub
-finished the third draft of LOLCOW and it’s out to betas
-outlined a crime thriller
-about to start the second draft of a weird horror novel
-then I’ll be editing my sci fi noir novel
-considering prepping a dark fantasy novella for surprise release…
February 11, 2026 at 11:05 PM
So many projects!
-folk horror novel is on sub
-finished the third draft of LOLCOW and it’s out to betas
-outlined a crime thriller
-about to start the second draft of a weird horror novel
-then I’ll be editing my sci fi noir novel
-considering prepping a dark fantasy novella for surprise release…
-folk horror novel is on sub
-finished the third draft of LOLCOW and it’s out to betas
-outlined a crime thriller
-about to start the second draft of a weird horror novel
-then I’ll be editing my sci fi noir novel
-considering prepping a dark fantasy novella for surprise release…
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Thanks to Carson Winter and PLM for having me on their podcast to gossip about fairy tales and stuff!
This week we’re talking fairy tales with @ivygrimes.bsky.social! Check out the new DL here: open.spotify.com/episode/3lGx...
February 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Thanks to Carson Winter and PLM for having me on their podcast to gossip about fairy tales and stuff!
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I want to thank a few people that helped me get this out. @interrobangbus.bsky.social for their amazing edits and suggestions. Ruth Anna Evans for the killer cover. @carsonwinter.bsky.social for the layout.
These people rock and you should look to them for your projects!
These people rock and you should look to them for your projects!
The Dogmen Fudge Incident is officially out today!!!! Please check out this wild cryptid story that is a wacky chocolatey bloody adventure!!!
Links below...
And let me know if you'd like a signed copy...
Links below...
And let me know if you'd like a signed copy...
February 11, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I want to thank a few people that helped me get this out. @interrobangbus.bsky.social for their amazing edits and suggestions. Ruth Anna Evans for the killer cover. @carsonwinter.bsky.social for the layout.
These people rock and you should look to them for your projects!
These people rock and you should look to them for your projects!
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Thrilled to say FEEDING THE WHEEL has earned a Cummie Award for the "novels are too long" novella category. I say this without hyperbole; this is the height of my writing career. Extremely honored and grateful. I am going to turn my vagina statuette into a rapper chain and wear it to formal events
January 28, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Thrilled to say FEEDING THE WHEEL has earned a Cummie Award for the "novels are too long" novella category. I say this without hyperbole; this is the height of my writing career. Extremely honored and grateful. I am going to turn my vagina statuette into a rapper chain and wear it to formal events
Very cool to see PORTRAITS OF DECAY make the long list at the BSFA awards!
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
January 27, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Very cool to see PORTRAITS OF DECAY make the long list at the BSFA awards!
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
I think this should be a new best practice for all indie authors. Great idea @brandenburgdm.bsky.social
Check out my essay about promoting writers like a punk in @angrygablepress.bsky.social!
It's my call to action to use your book as a way to promote those that might not have the same reach as you.
angrygablepress.com/2026/01/27/t...
It's my call to action to use your book as a way to promote those that might not have the same reach as you.
angrygablepress.com/2026/01/27/t...
The Angry Gable #29
Featuring Matt Brandenburg
angrygablepress.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I think this should be a new best practice for all indie authors. Great idea @brandenburgdm.bsky.social
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Back with another SSBA Finalist Spotlight!
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Today, it's Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social author of A Spectre is Haunting Greentree!
@specawards.bsky.social
www.blog.melodyemcintyre.com/2026/01/cars...
Today, it's Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social author of A Spectre is Haunting Greentree!
@specawards.bsky.social
Carson Winter - A Spectre is Haunting Greentree - SSBA Horror Finalist
Hello again! Slight schedule change on the SSBA posts. Last time, I promised 1 every Sunday, but instead I got sick and missed one. The curr...
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January 25, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Back with another SSBA Finalist Spotlight!
www.blog.melodyemcintyre.com/2026/01/cars...
Today, it's Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social author of A Spectre is Haunting Greentree!
@specawards.bsky.social
www.blog.melodyemcintyre.com/2026/01/cars...
Today, it's Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social author of A Spectre is Haunting Greentree!
@specawards.bsky.social
Fuck ICE. I can’t summon the words to express the rage I feel after seeing their latest murder. What you’ve heard is correct—they are Nazis, sadists, bullies. If there’s any justice in the world, we’ll get to see every one of their heads drop from a guillotine.
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Fuck ICE. I can’t summon the words to express the rage I feel after seeing their latest murder. What you’ve heard is correct—they are Nazis, sadists, bullies. If there’s any justice in the world, we’ll get to see every one of their heads drop from a guillotine.
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January 24, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Back cover art for @santiagoeximeno.bsky.social's ALICIA IS IN THE BASEMENT by @jennacha.bsky.social, alongside lovely words from our buds @emmaemurray.bsky.social & @carsonwinter.bsky.social
Preorders are coming later on, but you can subscribe to our 2026 Book Club NOW:
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Preorders are coming later on, but you can subscribe to our 2026 Book Club NOW:
store.tenebrouspress.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Back cover art for @santiagoeximeno.bsky.social's ALICIA IS IN THE BASEMENT by @jennacha.bsky.social, alongside lovely words from our buds @emmaemurray.bsky.social & @carsonwinter.bsky.social
Preorders are coming later on, but you can subscribe to our 2026 Book Club NOW:
store.tenebrouspress.com
Preorders are coming later on, but you can subscribe to our 2026 Book Club NOW:
store.tenebrouspress.com
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Dead Languages is back for a recap of our favorite books we read from the last half of 2025. open.spotify.com/episode/0Krl...
January 21, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Dead Languages is back for a recap of our favorite books we read from the last half of 2025. open.spotify.com/episode/0Krl...
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Ever find yourself with a taste for something short, sharp & stabby, but you can't quite narrow down the specific taste?
SPLIT SCREAM is here to help.
Two novelettes; two authors; two heaping helpings of WEIRD.
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SPLIT SCREAM is here to help.
Two novelettes; two authors; two heaping helpings of WEIRD.
store.tenebrouspress.com/collections/...
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Independent, award-winning publisher of Horror/Sci-Fi/speculative books, magazines and merchandise. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Ever find yourself with a taste for something short, sharp & stabby, but you can't quite narrow down the specific taste?
SPLIT SCREAM is here to help.
Two novelettes; two authors; two heaping helpings of WEIRD.
store.tenebrouspress.com/collections/...
SPLIT SCREAM is here to help.
Two novelettes; two authors; two heaping helpings of WEIRD.
store.tenebrouspress.com/collections/...
I don’t read a lot of newsletters, but I read @cjsubko.bsky.social’s. I always enjoy her insight, honesty, and vulnerability about the absolute beast that is writing.
Today's newsletter, I talked about confidence and believing in yourself.
You know; my "strong" suits. 😆 #writing
cjsubko.beehiiv.com/p/believing-...
You know; my "strong" suits. 😆 #writing
cjsubko.beehiiv.com/p/believing-...
Believing in the "yet"
Confidence, publication, and the art of hope
cjsubko.beehiiv.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I don’t read a lot of newsletters, but I read @cjsubko.bsky.social’s. I always enjoy her insight, honesty, and vulnerability about the absolute beast that is writing.
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
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Putting this on my TBR list right now. Looking forward to it. I'll post a link in the comment section. ❤️
Alright, I did the Year in Review thing. Bad year? Or good year with bad expectations? You be the judge.
mailchi.mp/b541c2a43694...
mailchi.mp/b541c2a43694...
December 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Putting this on my TBR list right now. Looking forward to it. I'll post a link in the comment section. ❤️
Alright, I did the Year in Review thing. Bad year? Or good year with bad expectations? You be the judge.
mailchi.mp/b541c2a43694...
mailchi.mp/b541c2a43694...
December 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Alright, I did the Year in Review thing. Bad year? Or good year with bad expectations? You be the judge.
mailchi.mp/b541c2a43694...
mailchi.mp/b541c2a43694...
Pay: 4
# of readers: 1
Award chances: 1
Vibes: 3
Hard copy: 0
Community: 0
# of readers: 1
Award chances: 1
Vibes: 3
Hard copy: 0
Community: 0
Short story writers — how do you pick markets to try? (All else being equal, e.g. 'takes open submissions' and 'editor not a jerk.') You get 10 points to allocate. Feel free to add categories if you want to play.
Me, often:
# of readers: 3
Pay: 3
Award chances: 0
Vibes: 1
Hard copy: 2
Community: 1
Me, often:
# of readers: 3
Pay: 3
Award chances: 0
Vibes: 1
Hard copy: 2
Community: 1
December 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Pay: 4
# of readers: 1
Award chances: 1
Vibes: 3
Hard copy: 0
Community: 0
# of readers: 1
Award chances: 1
Vibes: 3
Hard copy: 0
Community: 0
Not a big Christmas guy, but I will say being sick on Christmas fucking blows. Free day off and we have to spend it sniffling? Fuck that noise.
December 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Not a big Christmas guy, but I will say being sick on Christmas fucking blows. Free day off and we have to spend it sniffling? Fuck that noise.
These Cummies aren't gonna vote for themselves... I was taking a look at the back end and we have a couple of ties that need to be broken.
Come on and vote for the dumbest award in horrorlit: forms.gle/J2KVcpWcb8tu...
Come on and vote for the dumbest award in horrorlit: forms.gle/J2KVcpWcb8tu...
Cummies Award Final Ballot
Born from the bowels of your favorite irreverent horror writing podcast, the Dead Languages crew is proud to present the first annual Cummies Award!
After a month long round of nominations, we've no...
forms.gle
December 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
These Cummies aren't gonna vote for themselves... I was taking a look at the back end and we have a couple of ties that need to be broken.
Come on and vote for the dumbest award in horrorlit: forms.gle/J2KVcpWcb8tu...
Come on and vote for the dumbest award in horrorlit: forms.gle/J2KVcpWcb8tu...
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Reminder that if you can't afford an artist, you can create the cover yourself. @carsonwinter.bsky.social painted his own cover.
Not only was it free, but it's also completely unique and representative of him as an artist and author.
No AI, no stealing, no excuses, no slop.
It's that easy.
Not only was it free, but it's also completely unique and representative of him as an artist and author.
No AI, no stealing, no excuses, no slop.
It's that easy.
December 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Reminder that if you can't afford an artist, you can create the cover yourself. @carsonwinter.bsky.social painted his own cover.
Not only was it free, but it's also completely unique and representative of him as an artist and author.
No AI, no stealing, no excuses, no slop.
It's that easy.
Not only was it free, but it's also completely unique and representative of him as an artist and author.
No AI, no stealing, no excuses, no slop.
It's that easy.
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Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
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Check out "The Children of the Event" by @carsonwinter.bsky.social, which starts as a kaiju story, then takes a surprising turn into... The Sneetches? and then settles into another, hyper-relevant story about how societies deal with change and transformation. Fascinating stuff.
🦑 Episode 1007…
“The first person to see the wave was a fisherman.”
The Children of the Event, by Carson Winter
Narrator: Matt Arnold
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
pseudopod.org/2025/12/12/p...
This story was first published in the collection ‘Portraits of Decay’
“The first person to see the wave was a fisherman.”
The Children of the Event, by Carson Winter
Narrator: Matt Arnold
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
pseudopod.org/2025/12/12/p...
This story was first published in the collection ‘Portraits of Decay’
PseudoPod 1007: The Children of the Event
The first person to see the wave was a fisherman. Like most of his kind, he was strong, fond of water, and a heavy drinker; he wore rubber boots and a yellow coat slicked with salmon guts.
pseudopod.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Check out "The Children of the Event" by @carsonwinter.bsky.social, which starts as a kaiju story, then takes a surprising turn into... The Sneetches? and then settles into another, hyper-relevant story about how societies deal with change and transformation. Fascinating stuff.
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such a banger story depicted perfectly. don't miss x
🦑 Episode 1007…
“The first person to see the wave was a fisherman.”
The Children of the Event, by Carson Winter
Narrator: Matt Arnold
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
pseudopod.org/2025/12/12/p...
This story was first published in the collection ‘Portraits of Decay’
“The first person to see the wave was a fisherman.”
The Children of the Event, by Carson Winter
Narrator: Matt Arnold
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
pseudopod.org/2025/12/12/p...
This story was first published in the collection ‘Portraits of Decay’
PseudoPod 1007: The Children of the Event
The first person to see the wave was a fisherman. Like most of his kind, he was strong, fond of water, and a heavy drinker; he wore rubber boots and a yellow coat slicked with salmon guts.
pseudopod.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
such a banger story depicted perfectly. don't miss x
It’s always a great day to have a story on Pseudopod. Proud of this one.
And if you really dig it and want more, check out my collection PORTRAITS OF DECAY!
And if you really dig it and want more, check out my collection PORTRAITS OF DECAY!
🦑 Episode 1007…
“The first person to see the wave was a fisherman.”
The Children of the Event, by Carson Winter
Narrator: Matt Arnold
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
pseudopod.org/2025/12/12/p...
This story was first published in the collection ‘Portraits of Decay’
“The first person to see the wave was a fisherman.”
The Children of the Event, by Carson Winter
Narrator: Matt Arnold
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
pseudopod.org/2025/12/12/p...
This story was first published in the collection ‘Portraits of Decay’
PseudoPod 1007: The Children of the Event
The first person to see the wave was a fisherman. Like most of his kind, he was strong, fond of water, and a heavy drinker; he wore rubber boots and a yellow coat slicked with salmon guts.
pseudopod.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It’s always a great day to have a story on Pseudopod. Proud of this one.
And if you really dig it and want more, check out my collection PORTRAITS OF DECAY!
And if you really dig it and want more, check out my collection PORTRAITS OF DECAY!
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This is a terrific story from @carsonwinter.bsky.social, beautifully narrated by @fluidityaudio.bsky.social.
I don’t think we’ve run a story with footnotes before. It works brilliantly, with huge thanks to @kibitzer.bsky.social for the audio wizardry! 🦑
I don’t think we’ve run a story with footnotes before. It works brilliantly, with huge thanks to @kibitzer.bsky.social for the audio wizardry! 🦑
🦑 Episode 1007…
“The first person to see the wave was a fisherman.”
The Children of the Event, by Carson Winter
Narrator: Matt Arnold
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
pseudopod.org/2025/12/12/p...
This story was first published in the collection ‘Portraits of Decay’
“The first person to see the wave was a fisherman.”
The Children of the Event, by Carson Winter
Narrator: Matt Arnold
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
pseudopod.org/2025/12/12/p...
This story was first published in the collection ‘Portraits of Decay’
PseudoPod 1007: The Children of the Event
The first person to see the wave was a fisherman. Like most of his kind, he was strong, fond of water, and a heavy drinker; he wore rubber boots and a yellow coat slicked with salmon guts.
pseudopod.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This is a terrific story from @carsonwinter.bsky.social, beautifully narrated by @fluidityaudio.bsky.social.
I don’t think we’ve run a story with footnotes before. It works brilliantly, with huge thanks to @kibitzer.bsky.social for the audio wizardry! 🦑
I don’t think we’ve run a story with footnotes before. It works brilliantly, with huge thanks to @kibitzer.bsky.social for the audio wizardry! 🦑