Kit Whitfield - fantasy writer
@kitwhitfield.bsky.social
Novelist ‘as tart, dark and juicy as a summer pudding’. World Fantasy Award finalist. She/her.
Timeline cleanse queen.
The Gyrford series: tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
Horror reviews: https://tinyurl.com/5cyf7x5v
Agent: Sophie Hicks.
Timeline cleanse queen.
The Gyrford series: tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
Horror reviews: https://tinyurl.com/5cyf7x5v
Agent: Sophie Hicks.
Pinned
Art by my husband illustrating one of the creatures of my IN THE HEART OF HIDDEN THINGS. (tinyurl.com/nvvetupj)
The brambles had been talking to themselves for a while, but it’s only when someone uprooted one that they started to get really stroppy…
The brambles had been talking to themselves for a while, but it’s only when someone uprooted one that they started to get really stroppy…
Time for GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S FRANKENSTEIN DISCOURSE!
I keep seeing people worry about whether del Toro properly did justice to Mary Shelley. And I have to ask: why is that del Toro's job more than anyone else's?
And also, didn't he?
And also, how could he? He's not a mother. 1/
I keep seeing people worry about whether del Toro properly did justice to Mary Shelley. And I have to ask: why is that del Toro's job more than anyone else's?
And also, didn't he?
And also, how could he? He's not a mother. 1/
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Time for GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S FRANKENSTEIN DISCOURSE!
I keep seeing people worry about whether del Toro properly did justice to Mary Shelley. And I have to ask: why is that del Toro's job more than anyone else's?
And also, didn't he?
And also, how could he? He's not a mother. 1/
I keep seeing people worry about whether del Toro properly did justice to Mary Shelley. And I have to ask: why is that del Toro's job more than anyone else's?
And also, didn't he?
And also, how could he? He's not a mother. 1/
There's something about the word 'doublet' that makes it unsuitable for emotional scenes. I cannot take even the best character seriously if I have to talk about his doublet.
November 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
There's something about the word 'doublet' that makes it unsuitable for emotional scenes. I cannot take even the best character seriously if I have to talk about his doublet.
Editing notes for the day:
"Let’s calculate journey time for familiar spirits here."
"Let’s calculate journey time for familiar spirits here."
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Editing notes for the day:
"Let’s calculate journey time for familiar spirits here."
"Let’s calculate journey time for familiar spirits here."
Today in editing: THE DREADED TIMELINE. It's like writing, but with maths!
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Today in editing: THE DREADED TIMELINE. It's like writing, but with maths!
Finally saw SINNERS ... and am I cancelled if I say it was breathtakingly good up to the multi-generational party scene, but after that I felt the vampires didn't quite land?
Here's my problem: evil vampirism has to look worse than humanity. But their music was too bloody good. Which matters. 1/
Here's my problem: evil vampirism has to look worse than humanity. But their music was too bloody good. Which matters. 1/
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally saw SINNERS ... and am I cancelled if I say it was breathtakingly good up to the multi-generational party scene, but after that I felt the vampires didn't quite land?
Here's my problem: evil vampirism has to look worse than humanity. But their music was too bloody good. Which matters. 1/
Here's my problem: evil vampirism has to look worse than humanity. But their music was too bloody good. Which matters. 1/
Management: So, we’re marketing to young men. Nutrition technology. Sleek machines for superfood optimisation. High-performance healthmaxing.
Copywriter: You mean cookware?
Management: You’re fired.
Copywriter: You mean cookware?
Management: You’re fired.
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Management: So, we’re marketing to young men. Nutrition technology. Sleek machines for superfood optimisation. High-performance healthmaxing.
Copywriter: You mean cookware?
Management: You’re fired.
Copywriter: You mean cookware?
Management: You’re fired.
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Embracing the chill of late autumn as the days grow shorter and the light gets lower.
Tisha Mark ©2025, Quietly Darker, oil on gessobord, 8"x8"
Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/quie...
#Scape #art #painting #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm
Tisha Mark ©2025, Quietly Darker, oil on gessobord, 8"x8"
Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/quie...
#Scape #art #painting #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Embracing the chill of late autumn as the days grow shorter and the light gets lower.
Tisha Mark ©2025, Quietly Darker, oil on gessobord, 8"x8"
Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/quie...
#Scape #art #painting #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm
Tisha Mark ©2025, Quietly Darker, oil on gessobord, 8"x8"
Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/quie...
#Scape #art #painting #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm
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PHOTO OF THE DAY. A policeman stops traffic to let a man carrying an inflatable rubber giraffe cross the road on his way to the British Industries Fair in London (1935)
📷 google images
📷 google images
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY. A policeman stops traffic to let a man carrying an inflatable rubber giraffe cross the road on his way to the British Industries Fair in London (1935)
📷 google images
📷 google images
History buddies, I need a swear. In 1620ish, what would you call a man you really disliked, something equivalent to 'bastard' or 'asshole'?
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
History buddies, I need a swear. In 1620ish, what would you call a man you really disliked, something equivalent to 'bastard' or 'asshole'?
I just learned that if you spray dry shampoo on immediately after you wash and dry your barnet, it stays clean way longer.
Feel like I should share this with my fellow straighties!
Feel like I should share this with my fellow straighties!
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I just learned that if you spray dry shampoo on immediately after you wash and dry your barnet, it stays clean way longer.
Feel like I should share this with my fellow straighties!
Feel like I should share this with my fellow straighties!
Writing question: what would a Jacobean gentleman wear? Not an aristocrat, but a respectable, educated young man who wasn't interested in looking fashionable?
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Writing question: what would a Jacobean gentleman wear? Not an aristocrat, but a respectable, educated young man who wasn't interested in looking fashionable?
All hail the sensory sensitivities queen.
Ladybird book in the spotlight.
‘The Princess and the Pea’ 1967
Artist: Eric Winter
‘The Princess and the Pea’ 1967
Artist: Eric Winter
November 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
All hail the sensory sensitivities queen.
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Words I am using in notes to the editor on my latest book:
Metacognition
Interoception
Homoiousian
Between that and quoting Wittgenstein on a @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social panel, I am starting to suspect I might be just a tad, er, chatty. Yeah, let's call it chatty.
Metacognition
Interoception
Homoiousian
Between that and quoting Wittgenstein on a @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social panel, I am starting to suspect I might be just a tad, er, chatty. Yeah, let's call it chatty.
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Words I am using in notes to the editor on my latest book:
Metacognition
Interoception
Homoiousian
Between that and quoting Wittgenstein on a @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social panel, I am starting to suspect I might be just a tad, er, chatty. Yeah, let's call it chatty.
Metacognition
Interoception
Homoiousian
Between that and quoting Wittgenstein on a @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social panel, I am starting to suspect I might be just a tad, er, chatty. Yeah, let's call it chatty.
Writing question:
It's the 1620s. You're a servant talking to a young gentleman (ie not a full-blown aristocrat, but of a propertied family that employs you). His name is Henry Jansen.
What do you call him? Is it Master Henry as a boy and Mr Henry by his late teens?
It's the 1620s. You're a servant talking to a young gentleman (ie not a full-blown aristocrat, but of a propertied family that employs you). His name is Henry Jansen.
What do you call him? Is it Master Henry as a boy and Mr Henry by his late teens?
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Writing question:
It's the 1620s. You're a servant talking to a young gentleman (ie not a full-blown aristocrat, but of a propertied family that employs you). His name is Henry Jansen.
What do you call him? Is it Master Henry as a boy and Mr Henry by his late teens?
It's the 1620s. You're a servant talking to a young gentleman (ie not a full-blown aristocrat, but of a propertied family that employs you). His name is Henry Jansen.
What do you call him? Is it Master Henry as a boy and Mr Henry by his late teens?
Photo by Thierry Ardouin. A clematis seed in flight.
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Photo by Thierry Ardouin. A clematis seed in flight.
Come join us!
Counting down the days now... a massive day of Gothic fiction and ghost stories incoming, with a superb array of British talent taking part! WINTER HAUNTS runs on the 15th November... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-hau... #writers #writing #workshop #workshops #talks #fiction #gothic #ghoststories
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Ooh, a couple of non-fiction books I didn't think to mention at the panel! But you might like these too, @tiffaniangus.bsky.social.
Animals In Translation by Temple Grandin. Autistic advocate and livestock expert Grandin describes how she believes animals experience the world. 1/
Animals In Translation by Temple Grandin. Autistic advocate and livestock expert Grandin describes how she believes animals experience the world. 1/
We had a fascinating panel at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social on 'Embodying the Non-Human' brilliantly chaired by David Watkins. @tiffaniangus.bsky.social asked me to remind her of the books I recommended on the subject, so here you go: a thread! 1/
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ooh, a couple of non-fiction books I didn't think to mention at the panel! But you might like these too, @tiffaniangus.bsky.social.
Animals In Translation by Temple Grandin. Autistic advocate and livestock expert Grandin describes how she believes animals experience the world. 1/
Animals In Translation by Temple Grandin. Autistic advocate and livestock expert Grandin describes how she believes animals experience the world. 1/
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Study of a fir tree, c.1842 by Emily Brontë, best known for her classic novel 'Wuthering Heights' #WomensArt
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Study of a fir tree, c.1842 by Emily Brontë, best known for her classic novel 'Wuthering Heights' #WomensArt
We had a fascinating panel at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social on 'Embodying the Non-Human' brilliantly chaired by David Watkins. @tiffaniangus.bsky.social asked me to remind her of the books I recommended on the subject, so here you go: a thread! 1/
November 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We had a fascinating panel at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social on 'Embodying the Non-Human' brilliantly chaired by David Watkins. @tiffaniangus.bsky.social asked me to remind her of the books I recommended on the subject, so here you go: a thread! 1/
@worldfantasy2025.bsky.social was fantastic, but after four days living on takeaway the fresh fruit needs to GET IN MY FACE.
November 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
@worldfantasy2025.bsky.social was fantastic, but after four days living on takeaway the fresh fruit needs to GET IN MY FACE.
Bye bye Brighton, @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social and so many lovely people!
November 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Bye bye Brighton, @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social and so many lovely people!
Day 4 of @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social and I am staring tired, but MAN I love the SFF community!
November 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Day 4 of @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social and I am staring tired, but MAN I love the SFF community!