Terri Windling
@terriwindling.bsky.social
Writer, editor, artist, folklorist. Winner of ten World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award (for The Wood Wife), the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFWA Solstice Award. Wanderer of the deep, dark forest of story in language and paint.
Dartmoor, Devon, UK
Dartmoor, Devon, UK
Pinned
"How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but in oneself? There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light." - Barry Lopez
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Foretelling the Snow. Hannah Willow.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Foretelling the Snow. Hannah Willow.
Friends and work colleagues: I'm still out of the office (due to a health issue), though working as much as I can from home. I'm doing my best to answer urgent work emails, but moving very slowly through the rest. Thank you for your patience while I get back on my feet.
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Friends and work colleagues: I'm still out of the office (due to a health issue), though working as much as I can from home. I'm doing my best to answer urgent work emails, but moving very slowly through the rest. Thank you for your patience while I get back on my feet.
Here's a lovely piece by Gregory Maguire on green men, green children, green folklore, green witches and more....
As the colors of the season fade, here’s a celebration of one of nature’s favorite hues from the writer of ‘Wicked'.
On the color green, verdant words, emerald skin, and leafy witches.
On the color green, verdant words, emerald skin, and leafy witches.
For Being Green, There Is Great Hope
On verdant words, emerald skin, and leafy witches
orionmagazine.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Here's a lovely piece by Gregory Maguire on green men, green children, green folklore, green witches and more....
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I just love the poster for our exhibition opening next month at The Arc, Winchester.
One of William Morris’s most complex textile designs, 'Windrush' required 17 printing blocks.
To see this, & many other Arts and Crafts treasures, tickets available here : www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
One of William Morris’s most complex textile designs, 'Windrush' required 17 printing blocks.
To see this, & many other Arts and Crafts treasures, tickets available here : www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
October 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I just love the poster for our exhibition opening next month at The Arc, Winchester.
One of William Morris’s most complex textile designs, 'Windrush' required 17 printing blocks.
To see this, & many other Arts and Crafts treasures, tickets available here : www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
One of William Morris’s most complex textile designs, 'Windrush' required 17 printing blocks.
To see this, & many other Arts and Crafts treasures, tickets available here : www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
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Georgia O'Keeffe claimed New Mexico as her own. And painted it as thought is was empty. It wasn't. Native populations have always lived there. This is a lovely piece of revisionism from an indigenous writer.
aeon.co/essays/some-...
aeon.co/essays/some-...
Some people refer to New Mexico as ‘O’Keeffe Country’. I don’t | Aeon Essays
Through her paintings, Georgia O’Keefe laid claim to New Mexico’s desert landscape. But it was never hers for the taking
aeon.co
October 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Georgia O'Keeffe claimed New Mexico as her own. And painted it as thought is was empty. It wasn't. Native populations have always lived there. This is a lovely piece of revisionism from an indigenous writer.
aeon.co/essays/some-...
aeon.co/essays/some-...
This piece by Melissa Harrison is simply gorgeous. My beloved dog Tilly also had pancreatitis in her last year, and taking care of her was privilege, not a chore. She'd spent her whole life taking care of me, after all. I still miss her with every breath. mzharrison.substack.com/p/loving-an-...
Loving an old dog
This isn't a sad pet story
mzharrison.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This piece by Melissa Harrison is simply gorgeous. My beloved dog Tilly also had pancreatitis in her last year, and taking care of her was privilege, not a chore. She'd spent her whole life taking care of me, after all. I still miss her with every breath. mzharrison.substack.com/p/loving-an-...
I love this artist's work. You can see more of it here: sophiewoodrow.co.uk/work/
Sophie Woodrow, contemporary ceramics artist who creates ceramic figures #womensart
November 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I love this artist's work. You can see more of it here: sophiewoodrow.co.uk/work/
I think there's been a bit of a name mix-up here, as these ceramic sculptures are actually by UK artist Sophie Woodrow, whose marvelous creations I've long loved. To see more of it: sophiewoodrow.co.uk/work/
November 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I think there's been a bit of a name mix-up here, as these ceramic sculptures are actually by UK artist Sophie Woodrow, whose marvelous creations I've long loved. To see more of it: sophiewoodrow.co.uk/work/
This is a wonderful conversation between two wonderful writers. (And thank you for the kind shout-out, @kellylink.bsky.social.)
If stories are like magic tricks, then Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link are magicians. The two masters of fiction and horror talk shop in this conversation from our fairy-tale issue (a.k.a., perfect mood reading for this spooky week).
People Behaving Badly
Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link on fairy tales and horror
orionmagazine.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This is a wonderful conversation between two wonderful writers. (And thank you for the kind shout-out, @kellylink.bsky.social.)
To colleagues in the fantasy field: I'm afraid I'm not going to the World Fantasy Convention after all. I'm dealing with a sudden health issue (not dangerous, don't worry, but urgent) and therefore cannot travel right now. I'm so sorry I won't be with you in Brighton, and hope you have a good time.
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
To colleagues in the fantasy field: I'm afraid I'm not going to the World Fantasy Convention after all. I'm dealing with a sudden health issue (not dangerous, don't worry, but urgent) and therefore cannot travel right now. I'm so sorry I won't be with you in Brighton, and hope you have a good time.
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Happy Birthday, Jane Morris (née Burden), born #otd 1839.
We're celebrating her life at the heart of the Victorian art world in our new exhibition, opening Nov 15th.
Including this portrait of Jane as 'Blanzifiore' by Rossetti & her little keepsake books too
www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
We're celebrating her life at the heart of the Victorian art world in our new exhibition, opening Nov 15th.
Including this portrait of Jane as 'Blanzifiore' by Rossetti & her little keepsake books too
www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
October 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Happy Birthday, Jane Morris (née Burden), born #otd 1839.
We're celebrating her life at the heart of the Victorian art world in our new exhibition, opening Nov 15th.
Including this portrait of Jane as 'Blanzifiore' by Rossetti & her little keepsake books too
www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
We're celebrating her life at the heart of the Victorian art world in our new exhibition, opening Nov 15th.
Including this portrait of Jane as 'Blanzifiore' by Rossetti & her little keepsake books too
www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
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‘The False Knight on the Road’ process video. Don’t know where the Black Knight came from….!
October 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
‘The False Knight on the Road’ process video. Don’t know where the Black Knight came from….!
For #Dartmoor and #Devon friends, a last reminder that this #nature & #folklore event is happening tonight. I've only just learned that folk musician Jim Causley will be joining us to add a bit of music to the evening. I'm delighted by this, as his work is deeply rooted in Devon folk traditions.
October 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
For my Reading List:
Looking forward to reading this by Matthias Egeler 🧚📚
October 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
For my Reading List:
Another reason to love @themerl.bsky.social:
Thank you to the eternally wonderful Joe and Ollie for guiding me through my first time on a podcast - if intense ramblings about finding queer snippets in rural archives is your thing, give it a listen! @themerl.bsky.social
🐏 New Absolute Units 🐏
Same-sex relationships have always been part of rural England, but they've been underrepresented in our collections.
In the first of 2 episodes, @timjerrome.bsky.social shares his work tracing queer rural lives in The MERL archives.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Same-sex relationships have always been part of rural England, but they've been underrepresented in our collections.
In the first of 2 episodes, @timjerrome.bsky.social shares his work tracing queer rural lives in The MERL archives.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
October 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Another reason to love @themerl.bsky.social:
Highly recommended...as all Geoff's books are.
"Oz came swimming to us out of history, because we needed it, because it needed to be. A book, a film, a television ritual, a thousand icons scattered through advertising, journalism, political cartoons, music, poetry."
October 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Highly recommended...as all Geoff's books are.
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@sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social's In Other Lands steps up at the end of @readingtheend.bsky.socials Dark Academia: A Starter Pack (Tart, Awad, Samatar, & more) in the NYTimes as an answer to the subtitled question “Is there such a thing as light academia?”
Dark Academia: A Starter Pack
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
@sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social's In Other Lands steps up at the end of @readingtheend.bsky.socials Dark Academia: A Starter Pack (Tart, Awad, Samatar, & more) in the NYTimes as an answer to the subtitled question “Is there such a thing as light academia?”
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I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
Good heavens, I didn't know this fabulous video is on YouTube. It's lovely to see my friends and neighbours Brian and Wendy Froud when they were still so very young! I've spent the last year helping them with a new book (we're not allowed to reveal the subject yet), which will be out in autumn 2026.
"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...
October 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Good heavens, I didn't know this fabulous video is on YouTube. It's lovely to see my friends and neighbours Brian and Wendy Froud when they were still so very young! I've spent the last year helping them with a new book (we're not allowed to reveal the subject yet), which will be out in autumn 2026.
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jacques Goldstyn from Sketch, a wonderful (& very grown-up) graphic novel about a child who is drawn differently & is creative, imaginative and unconventional in a strictly conventional community. Skilled, lighthearted cartoon in ink & watercolour. Greystone Kids 16 Oct.
October 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jacques Goldstyn from Sketch, a wonderful (& very grown-up) graphic novel about a child who is drawn differently & is creative, imaginative and unconventional in a strictly conventional community. Skilled, lighthearted cartoon in ink & watercolour. Greystone Kids 16 Oct.
I hear them through my bedroom window at night, from the woods that edge our back garden. Such a beautiful and evocative sound to fall asleep to.
October 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I hear them through my bedroom window at night, from the woods that edge our back garden. Such a beautiful and evocative sound to fall asleep to.
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The best thing you can do for your writing is to take good care of yourself. The work comes easier, faster, and better when you've got full bars.
Corollary: The best thing we can do to get more amazing art from our faves is to take good care of the artists.
Corollary: The best thing we can do to get more amazing art from our faves is to take good care of the artists.
Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.
October 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The best thing you can do for your writing is to take good care of yourself. The work comes easier, faster, and better when you've got full bars.
Corollary: The best thing we can do to get more amazing art from our faves is to take good care of the artists.
Corollary: The best thing we can do to get more amazing art from our faves is to take good care of the artists.
A reminder that this is happening in Chagford on Friday evening. All are welcome. #Dartmoor #Folklore
October 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
On my Reading List:
It is such an honor to have one of my poems within the pages of this collection with so many of my poet heroes. Thank you Luisa A. Igloria, David Hassler, and Aileen Cassinetto for this work of the heart.
October 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
On my Reading List: