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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is the spooky season schedule for Spider, Spider! Next up is a discussion on witches with Anna Caig at Beloved Books in Boroughbridge on the 16/10. Head to my website for booking. 🕷️🕷️🖤

A poster for autumn events for Spider, Spider. All info can be found on my website.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I've got a book bub promo for my book! If you fancy the look of Spider, Spider and are a book bub subscriber, now is your moment.

The cover of Spider, Spider by LC Winter. It features various flowers over a black background, crows at the top of the image and gold lettering.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I'll be talking about Spider, Spider with Dormouse Books in Belper later this month! Belper Library Thursday 21st May at 7pm #derbyshire #booksky #histfic #gothiclit

Dormouse Books in Belper - a very attractive old stone shop on a hill.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

'Dozens of novels are published annually that fall into this subgenre, but this is one of the most original in recent years.' Sunday Times - Nick Rennishaw. 'Gloriously gothic' DV Bishop Links are in my bio. #histfic #booksky #gothiclit

A large pile of books with dark pink edges. On top is a book facing outwards showing the cover of Spider, Spider by LC Winter.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

My friend's book is out this week and it's so good. She listens to the hidden voices of phenomenal women and brings them out in her writing. #booksky #histfic The Wise Witch of Orkney by Anna Caig

The cover of The Wise Witch of Orkney by Anna Caig.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

If you're interested in reviewing my book it's now available on NetGalley! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Text reads 'Now available for request on NetGalley' above an image of the cover of the book Spider, Spider by LC Winter. Spider webs decorate the corners of the image.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

And the very bottom of the hall.

An empty wine cellar. Dimly lit, it is a brick lined tunnel.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Did the hidden histories tour at Wollaton today so I got to see the very top...

A very intricate sandstone turret with lead roofing in the foreground.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

It's getting close to party time! Just a few days to go. The proofs for my gothic historical novel Spider, Spider are going to be available at the book party which is very exciting!

Text reads: I'll be at the book party, Enchanted Summer, Saturday July 5th, Bristol. The background is a forest lit with fairy lights.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

My proofs came today! Molly was not very excited, but I was.

A bound proof of Spider, Spider by LC Winter leans up against Molly, a grey tabby cat. She is snoozing and pretending not to notice.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

For such a short book it's taken me a long time to read this. I've spent much of it on the verge of tears. A beautiful book that I've consumed in small nibbles.

The cover of Orbital by Samantha Harvey.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

A calm moment after the rain.

A droplet hangs from an unfurling bracken leaf. Tiny versions of the leaves behind it can be seen inside the drop.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Sitting on the back doorstep with a glass of fizz, celebrating my book announcement with the cat (not pictured: husband, also celebrating).

Some legs, a glass of fizzy wine, a cat and a garden in the background, complete with hose and weeds.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

My book Spider, Spider is coming in March 2026. Revenge takes root as poison blooms.

A book cover of Spider, Spider by LC Winter. 'Revenge takes root as poison blooms.' The cover has a black background and plants around gold text.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Raided @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social again today. They'll be banning me soon.

Three books on a sofa - Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin, How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev and East End 1888 by William J Fishman

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

At the National Justice Museum in Nottingham today.

The women's cell window lets in dim light. A small table with jug and basin stands below the window with a bench and a bare wooden floor.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

One of the side effects of choosing cats partly because they looked so angry in their shelter photos is now I have cats that look pissed off in every photo. Did not think this through.

A cat sits on a garden bench looking grumpy. A daffodil peeks in one side of the picture.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Dropped into @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social today and left with some pretty cool loot.

Four books piled on a cushion. They are 'The Vampire' by Nick Groom, 'Monsters' by Claire Dederer, 'Unwinding Anxiety' by Dr Judson Brewer and 'The Poison Path Herbal' by Coby Michael.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Lily has recently discovered the twin joys of laps and the sofa and seems to be feeling like the cat who found the cheat codes to life. And yet in every photo she looks kinda grumpy.

A grey cat is curled up tightly on a red blanket. She peers out from under her eyebrows.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Had a trip to page45 recently and bought a small pile of graphic novels. This one was wonderfully unsettling. Now for volume two...

'The nice house on the lake' published by DC black label, this is volume one. The top half of a frightened woman's face emerges from water full of bones, a lit building in the background.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I love robins in cold weather. Like fluffy balls with beaks and spindly legs. Apologies for the crap photo

A robin, fluffy in the cold, at the base of a tree.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Rolled well on the Xmas book loot table again...

A pile of books on a sofa. They are a 2025 almanac, how not to write a novel, a book on forensic science, the first in a crime series, Christmas ghost stories, world of winners, underworlds and a book of knitting patterns inspired by Tolkien.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Pretty knitting stuff came in the post today. I don't have the skills for any of this stuff yet 🤣

The front cover of the book 'Magical Knits from the North: by K Sarjanoja and M Mort. A navy blue cover with yellow-gold writing has a picture of a woman wearing a knitted capelet in blue with brown wolves worked in colour work.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Poppy the dog says welcome to all the new blue sky folks.

A black cocker spaniel lies on her back between a person's feet, ears spread, a bone in her mouth and a doggy smile on her face.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Lily not looking welcoming here, looking a bit forbidding tbh, but in reality she's very friendly and welcomes you with purrs and requests for treats.

A cat sits on a fence post in front of a house. She looks very stern and upright.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

More friends from work. This one's a particularly fun guy. Sorry sorry sorry.

An attractive, bell shaped fungi in the leaf litter of a wood. I think it's a shaggy ink cap. The edges of its cap are disintegrating and turning upwards.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Well, I got the cats neatly stacked, so that's one job off the list.

Two cats in a cat tree. A grey one is awake in a lower bed, a grey tabby sleeps in the top bed.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Made a friend at work yesterday.

A toad sits among the autumn remains of a hemerocallis plant.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

Fingerless mitts finished! I get really cold hands working on the computer in winter, even if the rest of me is ok. So I made some ready for the cold weather with left over yarn from my stash.

Dark purple fingerless gloves worn with the hands palm out to the camera.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

New feline overlords acquired.

A grey short hair cat sits in front of a grey tabby.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

These woods have a hidden industrial history. Arches and strange level places and bricks where there shouldn't be bricks.

A high stone bridge over a stream in the middle of woodland.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 10/08/2024

Feeling a touch autumnal out in the field.

A thistle flower and cobweb with dew hanging from them.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 28/12/2023

Funniest Xmas present - this tee from my MIL. I don't think she knows.

A t-shirt with a print of a green man. His face is made up of cannabis leaves.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 10/12/2023

Just finished this. Really good, I'm going to be thinking about for ages.

A kindle e-reader displays the cover of 'End of Story' by Louise Swanson.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

It's been raining a lot again.

A small tree with red needles stands in water, a row of leafless trees and a building are on the background, also surrounded by water. I'm pretty sure the tree is a Swamp Cypress - Taxodium distichum.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Joined some bell ringers for a tour and demonstration last night. The approach was pretty atmospheric!

The porch of a church at night. It is lit by a bright light above the entrance and a stone path flanked by gravestones leads up to it.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

I'm currently doing research on the history of lighting for my next book idea and I'm lucky enough to have an expert in the family. He's sent me an absolute pile of books and the most brilliant little pamphlet he authored himself for an exhibition he ran when I was a kid. Fascinating stuff.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Since others have covered the actual question (I vote mouse) I'll just say Aww he's lovely and he looks a lot like my old boy Ridcully. Here shown with Rincewind.

Two cats on a sofa with a woman's lap, one is grey and looks at the camera and the other is beige and sleeps on the woman's foot.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

This cat. Butter wouldn't melt. But his gaseous emissions are something else this morning. Totally over powering my incense. Nice.

A beige cat sits on a red blanket on a person's lap.

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Current reading. Really good so far - atmospheric and intriguing.

Paperback copy of The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola

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L.C.Winter @lcwinter.bsky.social · 11/09/2023

Ridcully rocking his rainbow look

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