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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PORTRAITS OF DECAY from @saltheartpress.bsky.social is eligible for all those cool awards folks are talking about!
If you're a fan of weird fiction in the vein Padgett, Fawver, Jackson, Ligotti, and Cushing, check it out!
If you're a fan of weird fiction in the vein Padgett, Fawver, Jackson, Ligotti, and Cushing, check it out!
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
PORTRAITS OF DECAY from @saltheartpress.bsky.social is eligible for all those cool awards folks are talking about!
If you're a fan of weird fiction in the vein Padgett, Fawver, Jackson, Ligotti, and Cushing, check it out!
If you're a fan of weird fiction in the vein Padgett, Fawver, Jackson, Ligotti, and Cushing, check it out!
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I admittedly would love a Cummie. I have a handful of awards eligible stories this year if you feel so inclined. Perhaps with y'all's recommendations and a...stroke of luck, I can achieve it...
I appreciate any and all consideration! 💜🤘💀
I appreciate any and all consideration! 💜🤘💀
Admit it, you want to win a Cummie.
The most important award in the horror industry is open for nominations until the end of the month. Publishers, authors—I'm going to need you to step up and tell us about your favorite books.
forms.gle/ye4fmWyuyhd6...
The most important award in the horror industry is open for nominations until the end of the month. Publishers, authors—I'm going to need you to step up and tell us about your favorite books.
forms.gle/ye4fmWyuyhd6...
The Dead Languages' Cummies
For the second year in the row, we are proud to announce the annual Dead Languages' Cummies award.
What are the DLP Cummies?
The Cummies will juicily celebrate horror authors and presses. These a...
forms.gle
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I admittedly would love a Cummie. I have a handful of awards eligible stories this year if you feel so inclined. Perhaps with y'all's recommendations and a...stroke of luck, I can achieve it...
I appreciate any and all consideration! 💜🤘💀
I appreciate any and all consideration! 💜🤘💀
Admit it, you want to win a Cummie.
The most important award in the horror industry is open for nominations until the end of the month. Publishers, authors—I'm going to need you to step up and tell us about your favorite books.
forms.gle/ye4fmWyuyhd6...
The most important award in the horror industry is open for nominations until the end of the month. Publishers, authors—I'm going to need you to step up and tell us about your favorite books.
forms.gle/ye4fmWyuyhd6...
The Dead Languages' Cummies
For the second year in the row, we are proud to announce the annual Dead Languages' Cummies award.
What are the DLP Cummies?
The Cummies will juicily celebrate horror authors and presses. These a...
forms.gle
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Admit it, you want to win a Cummie.
The most important award in the horror industry is open for nominations until the end of the month. Publishers, authors—I'm going to need you to step up and tell us about your favorite books.
forms.gle/ye4fmWyuyhd6...
The most important award in the horror industry is open for nominations until the end of the month. Publishers, authors—I'm going to need you to step up and tell us about your favorite books.
forms.gle/ye4fmWyuyhd6...
Happy bday to one of my favorite writers—Patrick Barb!
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Happy bday to one of my favorite writers—Patrick Barb!
The paperback of PORTRAITS OF DECAY is on sale for $14.99 right here: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
I did the cover, formatting, everything for this book—and I'm so proud of it. If you're into Ligotti, Evenson, Jackson, and Barron, give it a shot.
I did the cover, formatting, everything for this book—and I'm so proud of it. If you're into Ligotti, Evenson, Jackson, and Barron, give it a shot.
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The paperback of PORTRAITS OF DECAY is on sale for $14.99 right here: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
I did the cover, formatting, everything for this book—and I'm so proud of it. If you're into Ligotti, Evenson, Jackson, and Barron, give it a shot.
I did the cover, formatting, everything for this book—and I'm so proud of it. If you're into Ligotti, Evenson, Jackson, and Barron, give it a shot.
Truly words I live by!
"I’m a big advocate of DIY ethos. If you want to see something cool? Make it!"
[email protected]
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Interview with authors of We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower
Ligotti, community, encrimsoning
ivygrimes.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Truly words I live by!
Passed 50k on my latest novel. Turning the corner into act 3!
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Passed 50k on my latest novel. Turning the corner into act 3!
Writing is tough and a lot of the time I’m constantly stuck on what’s wrong. And believe me, there’s plenty of gripes to be had. But let’s also give some notice to what’s dope in horrorlit right now.
What’s something in horror publishing that you’re excited about?
What’s something in horror publishing that you’re excited about?
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Writing is tough and a lot of the time I’m constantly stuck on what’s wrong. And believe me, there’s plenty of gripes to be had. But let’s also give some notice to what’s dope in horrorlit right now.
What’s something in horror publishing that you’re excited about?
What’s something in horror publishing that you’re excited about?
TimeSplitters 2 is one of the greatest shooters ever made. So much content, weirdness, whimsy, and an incredible multiplayer.
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
TimeSplitters 2 is one of the greatest shooters ever made. So much content, weirdness, whimsy, and an incredible multiplayer.
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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
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social @carsonwinter.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social @carsonwinter.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social @carsonwinter.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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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.
open.spotify.com/episode/6gc6...
open.spotify.com/episode/6gc6...
Episode 134: The Annual Dead Languages DnD Extravaganza (Part 2)
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
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!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
This is how it's done. Fantastic in every sense of the word!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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...
www.goodreads.com
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.
Reposted by Carson Winter
For love and justice comes today's challenge story! (Prompt from @carsonwinter.bsky.social )
www.plmcmillan.com/blogging/spo...
www.plmcmillan.com/blogging/spo...
Spooky Challenge - Day 4 — P.L. McMillan
Slendermoon appears! (Prompt from Carson Winter)
www.plmcmillan.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 AM
For love and justice comes today's challenge story! (Prompt from @carsonwinter.bsky.social )
www.plmcmillan.com/blogging/spo...
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.
spotify.link/HCVls2pNRXb
spotify.link/HCVls2pNRXb
Episode 133: The Annual Dead Languages DnD Extravaganza (Part 1)
Spotify video
spotify.link
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.
Reposted by Carson Winter
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
youtu.be
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.”