Christy Climenhage

@cclim

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

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Christy Climenhage@cclim· 14h

Monarch sighting! I have been nurturing every milkweed plant that grows in my yard in hopes of attracting some of these butterflies.

Beautiful orange, black and white butterfly sitting on a milkweed plant against a grey brick background.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· 4d

I’m been aware of this game by @bcdreyer.social for a couple of years and could never get hold of a copy. Today I found it in my local indie bookstore. Now I just need to find another grammar nerd to play it with.

A small box held up in front of a book store window. It says: STET! Dreyer’s English: A Game for Language Lovers, Grammar Geeks and Bibliophiles. Benjamin Dreyer.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Jun 7

Chaos puppy accomplished a thing! He passed Basic Obedience and we were all stunned!

Black fluffy teenaged barbet behind a certificate of achievement. In the background you can see a corner of baseboard clearly chewed by a dog.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· May 8

Highway sunset

Pink sunset with violet highlights with an overpass in the foreground, a 4 lane highway with cars with headlights visible and three skyscrapers in the distance.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· May 4

Spring underway.

Spring birch trees starting to bud against a blue sky with a sliver of river visible behind them.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Apr 26

Happy Belated Canadian Independent Bookstore Day! (Made it to two bookstores today!)

A black bookmark with “Canadian Independent Bookstore Day” on it with an illustration that includes a shelf of books, a red balloon and a green arm. It sits on a freshly purchased copy of LOVE GALAXY by Sierra Branham.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Apr 3

Hey proud Canadian science fiction and fantasy community! Tomorrow is the last day to nominate Canadian SFF works you loved this year so hop on over and share your favourite discoveries. If you enjoyed my debut novel THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT, it’s eligible.

Book on a book stand entitled THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT with pinkish red tentacles alongside a Can*Con coffee mug, Lamy Safari fountain pen and brook street hotel napkin from Can*Con 2025.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Mar 23

Happy National Puppy Day from my floof to yours.

Black fluffy puppy with ears flapping up, clearly in full flight against a snowy driveway.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Mar 3

Last night: A dumpster fire across the street. Not a metaphor, a real fire that the fire department had to come and put out.

Yellow flames overtop a large dumpster and turn the whole scheme orange, eliminating tall pine trees and casting bright shadows on a frozen drive.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Feb 24

Makwa says it’s cold outside.

Fluffy black puppy sits tidily in a ski track surrounded by snow. His muzzle is white with snow.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Feb 23

I see people posting about this so: ✨ELIGIBILITY 2025 for awards ✨ Sci-fi novel: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT Sci-fi short story: Underwater Fireflies I’d be honoured to be nominated if you enjoyed my work this year.

Beautiful Brown barbet with short haircut laying beside a copy of the book The Midnight Project

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Jan 28

Another snowy day during the longest January on record.

Setting sun behind a snow covered pine tree.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Jan 26

Makwa the puppy sends you joy. ❤️

Black barbet puppy in blue coat on a snowy trail/

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Jan 26

I absolutely can’t wait! Excited to talk about puppies too!

Makwa absolutely slaying in a blue plush doggy jacket. In my defence, it’s -25C out!

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Jan 26

Beautiful snowy morning… again??!?

Snow-covered trail with trees frosted by snow on either side. The fence to the right has little snow piles along the top. Cross country ski tracks visible on both sides.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Jan 25

You know the weather outside is frightful and there is a lot going on. I’m looking forward to brighter days and a book event Feb 21st! Join me and @julieczerneda.bsky.social Feb. 21 at Indigo South Keys.

Photos of two fabulous looking authors holding their books with the caption:

Debut author Christy Climenhage and Hall of Fame author Julie E. Czerneda in Conversation

South Keys Indigo
February 21st 2026, noon till 2 pm.

They will sign their books and give a short reading.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Jan 20

If you stare hard enough at this picture, you will see a puppy-shaped rift in the space-time continuum.

A very black puppy lying on a white tile floor.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Jan 19

Hey BlueSky, the universe has flung a puppy at me. Meet our family’s newest addition, Makwa.

A black barbet puppy lying on a blue and white fleece in front of a blue crate in a kitchen.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Jan 11

Snowy day and so many woodland creatures on the move! I think these are rabbit tracks.

Animal tracks across pristine deep snow.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Dec 31

Well 2025 is nearly gone and what a year! I reached a bunch of milestones and firsts with my writing and I am both proud and humbled by it. I transitioned from an unpublished writer to a published writer with the debut of my sci-fi novel: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT. 1/x

A display copy of THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT along with a mug with the book cover on it and four plush octopuses, sitting on top of a bookshelf. (Apparently I’m a person that people gift tentacles to, now)

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Dec 29

A bit of freezing rain last night and the roads are terrible. But they were calling for even more.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Dec 23

Pretty snowy hereabouts.

A snowy landscape with snow covered trees and snow covered plant stalks in the foreground.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Dec 23

I love decorating the tree every year. This ornament came to me from my grandmother. Always brings a smile.

Plastic ornament of an old lady on skates with a dog on skates holding onto her for dear life. Hanging on a Xmas tree.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Nov 29

Wild turkeys out in force today.

Turkey prints on snow: a long line up the middle with shorter lines radiating from 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Nov 16

Quite a bit of ice still on the trees after last night’s freezing rain.

A branch covered in ice in the foreground with a single ice-covered leaf still clinging to it. In the background, a snow covered trail.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Nov 9

Okay but I feel like it was 25C, like, 5 minutes ago!

A snowy trail covered in white white snow.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Nov 7

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.

A row of buildings,one brightly lit, overlooking the Ottawa River.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Nov 6

Last night’s sunset.

Pink clouds with dark purple tops over a dark treed skyline.

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Nov 2

Okay Blue Jays, GAME SEVEN let’s go!

Christy Climenhage@cclim· Nov 1

I’ve been a Blue Fans a long time. How long? Exhibit B: