Christy Climenhage
@cclim.bsky.social
SFF author. Muddling through the pre-apocalypse. CSFFA SFWA. She/her. 🐙🐾
Unceded Algonquin territory. 🇨🇦 Debut 2025: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT with Poplar Press (Wolsak & Wynn). Rep’d by Sara Megibow. Views my own.
www.christyclimenhage.com
Unceded Algonquin territory. 🇨🇦 Debut 2025: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT with Poplar Press (Wolsak & Wynn). Rep’d by Sara Megibow. Views my own.
www.christyclimenhage.com
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Christy Climenhage
@cclim.bsky.social
· May 20
🎉 BOOK BIRTHDAY 🎉
Today is THE DAY my debut SF thriller makes its way out in the world!
This is a dream I’ve held close to my heart for decades and I am so happy and grateful.
With a HUGE thank you to the large village of people who have made this possible.
Today is THE DAY my debut SF thriller makes its way out in the world!
This is a dream I’ve held close to my heart for decades and I am so happy and grateful.
With a HUGE thank you to the large village of people who have made this possible.
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New research led by @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social shows that 30 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras are found in areas proposed for deep-sea mining, and nearly two-thirds are already threatened with extinction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.09.019
#deepseascience #deepsea
#deepseascience #deepsea
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
New research led by @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social shows that 30 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras are found in areas proposed for deep-sea mining, and nearly two-thirds are already threatened with extinction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.09.019
#deepseascience #deepsea
#deepseascience #deepsea
Just sharing my eligibility list since I haven’t made a graphic yet…
2025: I DID THINGS! YAY!!!
A novel
A short story
WOOT WOOT
2025: I DID THINGS! YAY!!!
A novel
A short story
WOOT WOOT
My debut sci-fi novel, The Midnight Project:
bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
And a short story: “Underwater Fireflies” published in F(r)iction Oceans anthology 24:
frictionlit.org/magazine/the...
bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
And a short story: “Underwater Fireflies” published in F(r)iction Oceans anthology 24:
frictionlit.org/magazine/the...
The Midnight Project by Christy Climenhage
In this near-future science fiction thriller, Christy Climenhage has created a frighteningly real world on the verge of collapse. As disaster strikes, the two friends need to decide whether to cling t...
bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Just sharing my eligibility list since I haven’t made a graphic yet…
2025: I DID THINGS! YAY!!!
A novel
A short story
WOOT WOOT
2025: I DID THINGS! YAY!!!
A novel
A short story
WOOT WOOT
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this is how you lose the dish war
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
this is how you lose the dish war
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evergreen
It's always a great fuckin day to read my short story about a plague that kills billionaires ✨️
escapepod.org/2025/07/24/e...
escapepod.org/2025/07/24/e...
Escape Pod 1003: Billionaire’s Tears
I wake up to the sound of screaming, and know I’m going to die. I shoot out of bed, calling for my mother. First thing I’ve spoken clearly in two days. “Maria!” My mother bursts into my room. “Baby…
escapepod.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
evergreen
Quite a bit of ice still on the trees after last night’s freezing rain.
November 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Quite a bit of ice still on the trees after last night’s freezing rain.
I relate to the second photo except it’s awfully neat and doesn’t include the pile of books on the floor next to the night stand 😂
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I relate to the second photo except it’s awfully neat and doesn’t include the pile of books on the floor next to the night stand 😂
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Also, when you get your library to buy my book, it's on your library's shelves. A hundred extra people might lay eyes on it a week, in person, and pick it up on a whim. How many books that you love have you stumbled across just because you liked the cover or saw it in a library display?
Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Also, when you get your library to buy my book, it's on your library's shelves. A hundred extra people might lay eyes on it a week, in person, and pick it up on a whim. How many books that you love have you stumbled across just because you liked the cover or saw it in a library display?
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Really great article about @onspecmag.bsky.social in Canada's national broadcaster's website today.
Please consider nominating On Spec for a Semiprozine Hugo Award in 2026, as well as Dinana Walton for Best Editor short form.
They have done so much good for the genre.
www.cbc.ca/arts/on-spec...
Please consider nominating On Spec for a Semiprozine Hugo Award in 2026, as well as Dinana Walton for Best Editor short form.
They have done so much good for the genre.
www.cbc.ca/arts/on-spec...
Canada’s premier speculative fiction magazine calls it a day after 35 years | CBC Arts
Edmonton-based On Spec, which showcased authors like Julie E. Czerneda, Tony Pi and a young Cory Doctorow, will publish its final issue in December
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Really great article about @onspecmag.bsky.social in Canada's national broadcaster's website today.
Please consider nominating On Spec for a Semiprozine Hugo Award in 2026, as well as Dinana Walton for Best Editor short form.
They have done so much good for the genre.
www.cbc.ca/arts/on-spec...
Please consider nominating On Spec for a Semiprozine Hugo Award in 2026, as well as Dinana Walton for Best Editor short form.
They have done so much good for the genre.
www.cbc.ca/arts/on-spec...
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Me: I write dystopian fiction
The Universe, softly smiling: Do you.
The Universe, softly smiling: Do you.
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Me: I write dystopian fiction
The Universe, softly smiling: Do you.
The Universe, softly smiling: Do you.
Okay but I feel like it was 25C, like, 5 minutes ago!
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Okay but I feel like it was 25C, like, 5 minutes ago!
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We do not need to mine the deep sea.
How deep-sea mining could threaten a vital ocean food source
As the US races toward deep-sea mining, scientists urge caution.
www.theverge.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We do not need to mine the deep sea.
Enjoyed a book launch party last night at this lovely brew pub.
Congratulations to Ian H. McKinley on the publication of THE RUNE SLATE, fourth in The North Fire series.
Congratulations to Ian H. McKinley on the publication of THE RUNE SLATE, fourth in The North Fire series.
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Enjoyed a book launch party last night at this lovely brew pub.
Congratulations to Ian H. McKinley on the publication of THE RUNE SLATE, fourth in The North Fire series.
Congratulations to Ian H. McKinley on the publication of THE RUNE SLATE, fourth in The North Fire series.
Last night’s sunset.
November 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Last night’s sunset.
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The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Indigenous Author Submissions
On November 3rd, we will be opening for speculative fiction stories written by Indigenous authors. We will be capping submissions at 500.
strangehorizons.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Okay Blue Jays, GAME SEVEN let’s go!
November 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Okay Blue Jays, GAME SEVEN let’s go!
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Toronto! Come to the Cecil Centre Sunday Nov 2 for an amazing gathering of small presses! If you're passionate about supporting independent artists and publishers, this is a great opportunity to pick up some quality hard to find literature!
Plus there's a raffle to win a basket of indie books!
Plus there's a raffle to win a basket of indie books!
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Toronto! Come to the Cecil Centre Sunday Nov 2 for an amazing gathering of small presses! If you're passionate about supporting independent artists and publishers, this is a great opportunity to pick up some quality hard to find literature!
Plus there's a raffle to win a basket of indie books!
Plus there's a raffle to win a basket of indie books!
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In times of great spiritual tumult it can be helpful to revisit the old legends. Accordingly: Joe Carter's locker, jerseys from Olerud and Tony Fernandez, Molitor's WS MVP trophy, Duane Ward's glove, etc. May they visit blessings on their descendants.
November 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In times of great spiritual tumult it can be helpful to revisit the old legends. Accordingly: Joe Carter's locker, jerseys from Olerud and Tony Fernandez, Molitor's WS MVP trophy, Duane Ward's glove, etc. May they visit blessings on their descendants.
I’ve been a Blue Fans a long time. How long?
Exhibit B:
Exhibit B:
November 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I’ve been a Blue Fans a long time. How long?
Exhibit B:
Exhibit B:
I’ve been a Blue Jays fan for a long time. How long?
Exhibit A:
Exhibit A:
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I’ve been a Blue Jays fan for a long time. How long?
Exhibit A:
Exhibit A:
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My Halloween costume this year is lazy writer in a bathrobe, with cats, wild that Spirit Halloween had this specific costume in a bag
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My Halloween costume this year is lazy writer in a bathrobe, with cats, wild that Spirit Halloween had this specific costume in a bag
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Weli Skɨtekmujuiaʼtimk / Happy Halloween, everybody! 🎃🖤
October 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Weli Skɨtekmujuiaʼtimk / Happy Halloween, everybody! 🎃🖤
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This is it. We know exactly how to fix the climate crisis. We have all the technology and we know what actions we need to take. What people are hoping for is a technology that will fix everything without us having to change anything at all, and that's a fantasy. We have to do the work.
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This is it. We know exactly how to fix the climate crisis. We have all the technology and we know what actions we need to take. What people are hoping for is a technology that will fix everything without us having to change anything at all, and that's a fantasy. We have to do the work.
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Hang it in the National Gallery of Canada.
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Hang it in the National Gallery of Canada.
I went to Louise Penny’s book launch at the National Arts Centre last night and it was a balm to my soul to see so many people happily celebrating books they love. A really wonderful evening.
October 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I went to Louise Penny’s book launch at the National Arts Centre last night and it was a balm to my soul to see so many people happily celebrating books they love. A really wonderful evening.
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As a science fiction writer/astrophysics professor I think I’m gonna need this book.
Would aliens describe the Universe the same way we do? Many physicists think "obviously, yes!", but that confidence is built on lots of untested assumptions.
My book, "Do Aliens Speak Physics?" unpacks those assumptions and makes a lot of dad jokes.
Here's what Sean Carroll thought of it:
My book, "Do Aliens Speak Physics?" unpacks those assumptions and makes a lot of dad jokes.
Here's what Sean Carroll thought of it:
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
As a science fiction writer/astrophysics professor I think I’m gonna need this book.