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…
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A warning to always keep me well away from the 8th-century Anglo-Saxon Franks Casket, because it just looks too delectable and I can't be held responsible for what happens next
February 12, 2026 at 11:20 AM
A warning to always keep me well away from the 8th-century Anglo-Saxon Franks Casket, because it just looks too delectable and I can't be held responsible for what happens next
I didn’t watch the war between the People of Thompson’s field and Gillam’s ditch, but looking at how crestfallen the fairy-mounts are looking in Thompson’s field I’d say the ditch has it.
#AskAFairySmith
Books here: tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
#AskAFairySmith
Books here: tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
How about a rare Colombian moth photographer? 😏
Genus Symphlebia, not very rare but look at that punim!
Genus Symphlebia, not very rare but look at that punim!
February 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
I didn’t watch the war between the People of Thompson’s field and Gillam’s ditch, but looking at how crestfallen the fairy-mounts are looking in Thompson’s field I’d say the ditch has it.
#AskAFairySmith
Books here: tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
#AskAFairySmith
Books here: tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
Middle-aged feminism is when you don't correct doctors who mistake your baby for a girl because they'll be gentler with him, and don't correct officials who write to you as 'Mr' because they'll listen to you more carefully.
February 12, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Middle-aged feminism is when you don't correct doctors who mistake your baby for a girl because they'll be gentler with him, and don't correct officials who write to you as 'Mr' because they'll listen to you more carefully.
Morning all.
Artist: Yu Chengyou
Artist: Yu Chengyou
February 12, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Morning all.
Artist: Yu Chengyou
Artist: Yu Chengyou
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A woman befriends a sea witch at the end of the world, in The Loneliness of Water, first pubbed in @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social hexagonmagazine.ca/wp-content/u...
hexagonmagazine.ca
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
A woman befriends a sea witch at the end of the world, in The Loneliness of Water, first pubbed in @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social hexagonmagazine.ca/wp-content/u...
Bluesky has supposedly added a 'drafts' function, but I'm finding that if I try to save more than one draft, it eats either one or both of them. Anyone else getting that?
February 11, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Bluesky has supposedly added a 'drafts' function, but I'm finding that if I try to save more than one draft, it eats either one or both of them. Anyone else getting that?
#booksky #bookqw word today was 'unbelievable', which stumped me. Went with UNLIKELY.
Sometimes the People dance in an oak grove. The fairy-smiths of Gyrford would be happy to leave them alone, but sometimes the customer insists.
Buy here: tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
Sometimes the People dance in an oak grove. The fairy-smiths of Gyrford would be happy to leave them alone, but sometimes the customer insists.
Buy here: tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
February 11, 2026 at 8:36 AM
#booksky #bookqw word today was 'unbelievable', which stumped me. Went with UNLIKELY.
Sometimes the People dance in an oak grove. The fairy-smiths of Gyrford would be happy to leave them alone, but sometimes the customer insists.
Buy here: tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
Sometimes the People dance in an oak grove. The fairy-smiths of Gyrford would be happy to leave them alone, but sometimes the customer insists.
Buy here: tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
My husband swears this:
He once dreamed he was a noir detective teaming up with a female sleuth. She would have been a more typical dame, except she was, I quote, ‘spending a year in the body of Barry White for tax purposes.’
Their crime fighting was SMOOTH.
He once dreamed he was a noir detective teaming up with a female sleuth. She would have been a more typical dame, except she was, I quote, ‘spending a year in the body of Barry White for tax purposes.’
Their crime fighting was SMOOTH.
February 10, 2026 at 10:13 PM
My husband swears this:
He once dreamed he was a noir detective teaming up with a female sleuth. She would have been a more typical dame, except she was, I quote, ‘spending a year in the body of Barry White for tax purposes.’
Their crime fighting was SMOOTH.
He once dreamed he was a noir detective teaming up with a female sleuth. She would have been a more typical dame, except she was, I quote, ‘spending a year in the body of Barry White for tax purposes.’
Their crime fighting was SMOOTH.
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Today's a great day to support some creators.
Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it.
Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.
Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it.
Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.
February 10, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Today's a great day to support some creators.
Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it.
Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.
Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it.
Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.
There’s owls can talk in the woods this season. Look wise as you please, but it turns out all their insights are about mice.
#AskAFairySmith
tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
#AskAFairySmith
tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
February 10, 2026 at 8:28 PM
There’s owls can talk in the woods this season. Look wise as you please, but it turns out all their insights are about mice.
#AskAFairySmith
tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
#AskAFairySmith
tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
One for the ‘pictures Jane Eyre might have painted’ collection.
Artist: Friedrich Hechelmann
Artist: Friedrich Hechelmann
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 AM
One for the ‘pictures Jane Eyre might have painted’ collection.
Artist: Friedrich Hechelmann
Artist: Friedrich Hechelmann
I need a light backpack and can’t find one I like.
There are, however, plenty of nice tote bags, and I have a sewing machine I want to get the hang of. Has anyone got a beginner-friendly pattern for converting a tote bag into a backpack?
There are, however, plenty of nice tote bags, and I have a sewing machine I want to get the hang of. Has anyone got a beginner-friendly pattern for converting a tote bag into a backpack?
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I need a light backpack and can’t find one I like.
There are, however, plenty of nice tote bags, and I have a sewing machine I want to get the hang of. Has anyone got a beginner-friendly pattern for converting a tote bag into a backpack?
There are, however, plenty of nice tote bags, and I have a sewing machine I want to get the hang of. Has anyone got a beginner-friendly pattern for converting a tote bag into a backpack?
Just saw the first cover mock-ups of THE SNAKESTONE GIRLS!
It's always a head-bender to see covers because it makes something entirely imagined suddenly tangible. But they put a big smile on my face, so that's definitely good news.
It's always a head-bender to see covers because it makes something entirely imagined suddenly tangible. But they put a big smile on my face, so that's definitely good news.
February 9, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Just saw the first cover mock-ups of THE SNAKESTONE GIRLS!
It's always a head-bender to see covers because it makes something entirely imagined suddenly tangible. But they put a big smile on my face, so that's definitely good news.
It's always a head-bender to see covers because it makes something entirely imagined suddenly tangible. But they put a big smile on my face, so that's definitely good news.
Mornington Crescent: a rant.
Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation.
Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin.
1/18
Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation.
Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin.
1/18
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Mornington Crescent: a rant.
Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation.
Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin.
1/18
Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation.
Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin.
1/18
An entirely excellent point.
O’Bannon was a way better draftsman than me though. The designer made sense of it, but it took me about five tries to draw this rubbish.
O’Bannon was a way better draftsman than me though. The designer made sense of it, but it took me about five tries to draw this rubbish.
February 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
An entirely excellent point.
O’Bannon was a way better draftsman than me though. The designer made sense of it, but it took me about five tries to draw this rubbish.
O’Bannon was a way better draftsman than me though. The designer made sense of it, but it took me about five tries to draw this rubbish.
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Neolithic Faerie Cauldron
February 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Neolithic Faerie Cauldron
There's music on cold days if you listen for it, sure enough. Just keep your hands in your pockets and your step light; it's a shame to shake such fine work.
#AskAFairySmith
Artist: Arthur Rackham.
#AskAFairySmith
Artist: Arthur Rackham.
February 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
There's music on cold days if you listen for it, sure enough. Just keep your hands in your pockets and your step light; it's a shame to shake such fine work.
#AskAFairySmith
Artist: Arthur Rackham.
#AskAFairySmith
Artist: Arthur Rackham.
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The wildest dream of a Cormorant🫧
#bird #birdart #illustration #digitalart #fish #bitterling #animalart #creature #artist
#bird #birdart #illustration #digitalart #fish #bitterling #animalart #creature #artist
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The wildest dream of a Cormorant🫧
#bird #birdart #illustration #digitalart #fish #bitterling #animalart #creature #artist
#bird #birdart #illustration #digitalart #fish #bitterling #animalart #creature #artist
Here's a fun fact: when you're writing about a fossil-witch in the Jacobean era, she can't say the word 'fossil' because she wouldn't know it.
At most people said 'fossilia' in Latin, meaning 'dug-up thingy.'
At most people said 'fossilia' in Latin, meaning 'dug-up thingy.'
February 8, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Here's a fun fact: when you're writing about a fossil-witch in the Jacobean era, she can't say the word 'fossil' because she wouldn't know it.
At most people said 'fossilia' in Latin, meaning 'dug-up thingy.'
At most people said 'fossilia' in Latin, meaning 'dug-up thingy.'
You actually can translate ‘gladiator’ as ‘sword guy.’ Nobody can stop you.
February 7, 2026 at 8:48 PM
You actually can translate ‘gladiator’ as ‘sword guy.’ Nobody can stop you.
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Yes, yes - we know - Iguanodon, Iguanodontid, etc - but we couldn't help ourselves
(original reconstruction by Fabio Manucci)
(original reconstruction by Fabio Manucci)
February 7, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Yes, yes - we know - Iguanodon, Iguanodontid, etc - but we couldn't help ourselves
(original reconstruction by Fabio Manucci)
(original reconstruction by Fabio Manucci)
Old Ladybird endpapers.
February 7, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Old Ladybird endpapers.
I see some people wonder ‘Do I actually want to make art, or to “be an artist”?
A way to thread the needle can be ‘be an artistic person.’ That covers making art if you want to, but also loving art, consuming, sharing or discussing art, having arty friends…
Be who you are, do what you like.
A way to thread the needle can be ‘be an artistic person.’ That covers making art if you want to, but also loving art, consuming, sharing or discussing art, having arty friends…
Be who you are, do what you like.
February 6, 2026 at 7:23 AM
I see some people wonder ‘Do I actually want to make art, or to “be an artist”?
A way to thread the needle can be ‘be an artistic person.’ That covers making art if you want to, but also loving art, consuming, sharing or discussing art, having arty friends…
Be who you are, do what you like.
A way to thread the needle can be ‘be an artistic person.’ That covers making art if you want to, but also loving art, consuming, sharing or discussing art, having arty friends…
Be who you are, do what you like.
Calling Wuthering Heights a love story is like calling The Bacchae a play about wine tasting.
February 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Calling Wuthering Heights a love story is like calling The Bacchae a play about wine tasting.