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Charlie Winter @awinterplace.bsky.social · Jul 20

Absolutely wonderful -- and well deserved -- news of IWTTO being shortlisted for Best Anthology at the British Fantasy Awards. Well done to everyone involved, and especially to Bona Books's fantastic team.

Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · Jun 23

I Want That Twink… Nominated?! 🤯

We’re over the moon (and beyond) that IWTTO! is a finalist at the BFAs.

FINALIST

British Fantasy Awards 2025

Best Anthology

And a picture of the deluxe hardback of "I Want That Twink Obliterated!", surrounded by tentacles.

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · May 29

Baubles From Bones Issue 5 is out!

We have NINE new short stories and THREE poems about the different forms of love, how they shape us, and the heartaches they leave behind 📚🪐 💀

An issue of Baubles From Bones Issue 5 sitting amidst a tangle of green leaves.

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Charlie Winter @awinterplace.bsky.social · Jun 1

Absolutely fantastic news to see my story, 'Idesvied Defied', now collected in Baubles From Bones Issue 5 -- and with incredible cover art inspired by my piece! Even more fantastic to see @kitcalvert.bsky.social's work in there alongside mine 💙💚

Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · May 22

BFB5 coming May 28th!!

Lucas Kurz is back again with another beautiful cover! The story this cover is inspired by is "Idesvied Defied" by Charlie Winter. We absolutely adore Lucas's work and love how this one turned out -- cute and cozy but still with an underlining moodiness. 📚🪐 💀

Cover of Baubles From Bones Issue 5. Wrapped in a velvet cape, a boy king sits criss-cross, holding a kitten while two others lay beside him. The boy king has a soft look of surprise on his face as he looks up and out of frame.

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · Feb 25

We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art.

-Ursula K. Le Guin

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Hexagon SF Magazine @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social · Feb 22

Cover art and TOC for Hexagon’s 20th issue! 🧡 🐸

“Ant Soup” by Jordan Hirsch
“To m’Pa, Between Two Planets” by Uchechukwu Nwaka
“Seeds of Hope” by Sylvia Heike
“What Was Lost Can Be Returned” by Carol Scheina
“When We Go, the Frogs Persist” by Kit Calvert

Cover art by @elainemwill.bsky.social

Two space-suit-wearing figures are reflected in a pool of water surrounded by bright fungus and pink dander. A frog watches them walk away on the cover of Hexagon’s 20th issue.
Featuring work by Kit Calvert, Sylvia Heike, Jordan Hirsch, Uchechukwu Nwaka, and Carol Scheina. Edited by JW Stebner.

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Charlie Winter @awinterplace.bsky.social · Feb 22

My spectacular partner is out there sharing her brilliant words with the world 🐸🍄

kit ✸ @kitcalvert.bsky.social · Feb 22

an excellent birthday present - my froggy, fungus-y sci-fi story is out in the latest issue of hexagon for patreon readers today!

Hexagon SF Magazine @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social · Feb 22

Early access is available to subscribers in just a few hours! 🐸

Featuring stories from @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social, @kitcalvert.bsky.social, @carolscheina.bsky.social, @sylviaheike.bsky.social, and Uchechukwu Nwaka! 🧡

Patreon.com/hexagonmagazine

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Wyngraf @wyngraf.bsky.social · Feb 14

Happy Valentine’s to you evening scrollers! Our new #cozyfantasy romance special is PAY WHAT YOU WANT! Spread the love. 🍓🦔

Wyngraf @wyngraf.bsky.social · Feb 14

Happy Valentine’s Day! Our 2025 Romance Special is here… and it’s PAY WHAT YOU WANT on itch and PayHip!

Download, enjoy, share, and spread the love.

wyngraf.itch.io/wyngraf-roma...

payhip.com/b/PKf1I

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cara mast @digicara.bsky.social · Feb 5

a poem from me for your reading pleasure, part of @smallwondersmag.com issue 20!

Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · Feb 5

We're thinking today about power, and how it changes things. Today, sit with "three queens" by @digicara.bsky.social and explore the possibilities:

smallwondersmag.com/...

three queens - Small Wonders

The crown sits heavy on my head / but my neck is strong; I’ve been wearing it as long as I can remember.

smallwondersmag.com

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Trip Galey @trip.bsky.social · Jan 31

So honoured that our book has been longlisted, and so proud to have done this with @robwillb.bsky.social and @chrismccartney.bsky.social and all our wonderful contributors and readers!

Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · Jan 31

Chuffed beyond words that I WANT THAT TWINK OBLITERATED has been longlisted for a BSFA Award! Congrats to all the other amazing works and people on the list! BSFA members have until 28 Feb to vote for their favourites!

So for your consideration...

www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Vote for the BSFA Awards

www.bsfa.co.uk

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Charlie Winter @awinterplace.bsky.social · Jan 27

Thank you!

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Charlie Winter @awinterplace.bsky.social · Jan 27

In a liminal place where extinct species walk beside the souls of lost humans, Osian, ferrier of the dead, must rediscover how to be human after being tasked with caring for his murdered siblings’ living children.

Piranesi x The Cautious Traveller's Guide to The Wastelands

#2025Pit #A #SPF #LGBT

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Charlie Winter @awinterplace.bsky.social · Jan 27

Happy 17th birthday to this old bean! Here's to 17 more.

cat in an oodie, peeking out. very good whiskers.

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · Jan 24

This is still the greatest email ever.

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Charlie Winter @awinterplace.bsky.social · Jan 25

This was mine! Thank you for these thoughts -- what an uplifting find on my first day on this platform!

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