Holly Hefner
@hollyhefner.bsky.social
I’m Holly. I write strategy for ad campaigns. Sometimes I write weird sci-fi as H. Hefner and romance as Selene Grande. “Soul Proprietorship” available to read in Epic Echoes Vol. 4. 💖💜💙 Bi-furious.
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Holly Hefner
@hollyhefner.bsky.social
· Jun 4
Magazine — Epic Echoes
epicechoesmag.com
“Soul Proprietorship” is out in Epic Echoes vol. 4 😱 epicechoesmag.com/magazine
Reposted by Holly Hefner
Wire Mother, in @clarkesworldmagazine.com, which is about being a TEENAGE GIRL and HATING YOUR MOM. also its about AI.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_10_25/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_10_25/
Wire Mother by Isabel J. Kim
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Wire Mother, in @clarkesworldmagazine.com, which is about being a TEENAGE GIRL and HATING YOUR MOM. also its about AI.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_10_25/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_10_25/
Holly peaked at like 200th on the name lists in the mid eighties, and I knew one other Holly in high school.
I keep finding other Hollies on bsky this week who are really cool actually and I want to collect them all.
I keep finding other Hollies on bsky this week who are really cool actually and I want to collect them all.
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Holly peaked at like 200th on the name lists in the mid eighties, and I knew one other Holly in high school.
I keep finding other Hollies on bsky this week who are really cool actually and I want to collect them all.
I keep finding other Hollies on bsky this week who are really cool actually and I want to collect them all.
My goal is to one day send an ARC to my charming, retired high school world history teacher who posts about books, royalty, and neighborhood wildlife on social media.
October 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My goal is to one day send an ARC to my charming, retired high school world history teacher who posts about books, royalty, and neighborhood wildlife on social media.
I am having feelings about my current read. I am confident that the author consumed this very specific piece of media, but I don’t know if they know that I also consumed (and loved!) it.
October 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I am having feelings about my current read. I am confident that the author consumed this very specific piece of media, but I don’t know if they know that I also consumed (and loved!) it.
Yes. I have been conning my friends into LARPing with me for my birthday since 2003.
Do you ever think about how those murder mystery dinner parties that were popular in the 1990s were LARPs?
October 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Yes. I have been conning my friends into LARPing with me for my birthday since 2003.
What is this loud game my children are playing that requires shouting and stomping?
Napping. They are playing napping.
Napping. They are playing napping.
October 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
What is this loud game my children are playing that requires shouting and stomping?
Napping. They are playing napping.
Napping. They are playing napping.
Local community mods just deleted a thread about public magnet schools because it got too political.
The political part? Parents correcting someone in the thread with misinformation about admission requirements and a chip on her shoulder because she wants her zoned school to have a magnet program.
The political part? Parents correcting someone in the thread with misinformation about admission requirements and a chip on her shoulder because she wants her zoned school to have a magnet program.
October 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Local community mods just deleted a thread about public magnet schools because it got too political.
The political part? Parents correcting someone in the thread with misinformation about admission requirements and a chip on her shoulder because she wants her zoned school to have a magnet program.
The political part? Parents correcting someone in the thread with misinformation about admission requirements and a chip on her shoulder because she wants her zoned school to have a magnet program.
I Saw the TV Glow.
I need to go sit and stare at the middle distance now.
I need to go sit and stare at the middle distance now.
October 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I Saw the TV Glow.
I need to go sit and stare at the middle distance now.
I need to go sit and stare at the middle distance now.
Writing a matron of honor speech for baby sister. Have no idea if I am giving it at the reception or rehearsal dinner.
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Writing a matron of honor speech for baby sister. Have no idea if I am giving it at the reception or rehearsal dinner.
September 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
it’s got a dead dog that comes back to life, siblicide, and the main character steals from the British Museum
but mostly it’s about the millennial existential search for purpose
TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG vibes
but also SMALL GODS and definitely THE LIBRARY AT MOUNT CHAR
#UnhingedPit #A #F 🐕
but mostly it’s about the millennial existential search for purpose
TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG vibes
but also SMALL GODS and definitely THE LIBRARY AT MOUNT CHAR
#UnhingedPit #A #F 🐕
September 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
it’s got a dead dog that comes back to life, siblicide, and the main character steals from the British Museum
but mostly it’s about the millennial existential search for purpose
TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG vibes
but also SMALL GODS and definitely THE LIBRARY AT MOUNT CHAR
#UnhingedPit #A #F 🐕
but mostly it’s about the millennial existential search for purpose
TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG vibes
but also SMALL GODS and definitely THE LIBRARY AT MOUNT CHAR
#UnhingedPit #A #F 🐕
I told my kid he was over-complicating a project by trying to write complex sentences for every line of his acrostic poem for science class.
“No, mom, you are UNDER-complicating it.”
“No, mom, you are UNDER-complicating it.”
September 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I told my kid he was over-complicating a project by trying to write complex sentences for every line of his acrostic poem for science class.
“No, mom, you are UNDER-complicating it.”
“No, mom, you are UNDER-complicating it.”
I made the questionable parenting decision to let my 10-y-old read an Adam Ellis horror story, and so made up for it by showing said child adorable cat photos.
Also, everything is terrifying right now.
Also, everything is terrifying right now.
September 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I made the questionable parenting decision to let my 10-y-old read an Adam Ellis horror story, and so made up for it by showing said child adorable cat photos.
Also, everything is terrifying right now.
Also, everything is terrifying right now.
It makes me so happy that everyone got the memo on the dress code for the Garbage concert.
September 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
It makes me so happy that everyone got the memo on the dress code for the Garbage concert.
Silksong is irrevocably linked to our friend Kenny. So here is the lovely eulogy @juxentente.com wrote.
juxentente.com/2024/01/02/a...
juxentente.com/2024/01/02/a...
About Kenny
A week ago as of when I started writing this, I found my best friend Kenny Knapke in his house. He was no longer living. No one is sure when he passed away, exactly; the medical examiner gave us a …
juxentente.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Silksong is irrevocably linked to our friend Kenny. So here is the lovely eulogy @juxentente.com wrote.
juxentente.com/2024/01/02/a...
juxentente.com/2024/01/02/a...
My favorite DragonCon find was a metal bookmark with lovely art of Amalthea and the Unicorn by @kaitlund.bsky.social.
And also my calves still hurt from trying to DDR at 39.
And also my calves still hurt from trying to DDR at 39.
September 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My favorite DragonCon find was a metal bookmark with lovely art of Amalthea and the Unicorn by @kaitlund.bsky.social.
And also my calves still hurt from trying to DDR at 39.
And also my calves still hurt from trying to DDR at 39.
Me: …
Me, again: *giant belch*
@juxentente.com in an entirely different room: Nice!
Being married is sometimes being bros.
Me, again: *giant belch*
@juxentente.com in an entirely different room: Nice!
Being married is sometimes being bros.
August 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Me: …
Me, again: *giant belch*
@juxentente.com in an entirely different room: Nice!
Being married is sometimes being bros.
Me, again: *giant belch*
@juxentente.com in an entirely different room: Nice!
Being married is sometimes being bros.
Why on earth is my package that was at my local distribution center now in Puerto Rico?
August 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Why on earth is my package that was at my local distribution center now in Puerto Rico?
🎶 Using AI to generate your crit in a crit group defeats the purpose of participating. 🎵
August 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🎶 Using AI to generate your crit in a crit group defeats the purpose of participating. 🎵
Not me sobbing in the car while listening to @escapepod.org 1004. 😭
August 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Not me sobbing in the car while listening to @escapepod.org 1004. 😭
Reposted by Holly Hefner
Anyone talking about the 90s like it was a feminist haven free of a manosphere has clearly forgotten about what the 90s was actually like or never bothered to study it
August 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Anyone talking about the 90s like it was a feminist haven free of a manosphere has clearly forgotten about what the 90s was actually like or never bothered to study it
I have a really good opening line swirling in my head. Now I just need to write the rest of it.
July 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I have a really good opening line swirling in my head. Now I just need to write the rest of it.
Reposted by Holly Hefner
We now need $4825 to publish the first all Black women fantasy graphic novel anthology from @burningphoenixpr.bsky.social We are almost there! Please less than 5k now with 13 hours left #sdcc #comicbooks #Blackbooksky www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...
Midnight Mystics: An Anthology of Fantasy Comics By Black W
A comic anthology featuring ten fantasy stories from Black women creators.
www.kickstarter.com
July 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We now need $4825 to publish the first all Black women fantasy graphic novel anthology from @burningphoenixpr.bsky.social We are almost there! Please less than 5k now with 13 hours left #sdcc #comicbooks #Blackbooksky www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...
It is fascinating to listen to the pizza episode of @atp.fm and realize that @siracusa.social and I had nearly identical childhoods and cultural upbringings.
July 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It is fascinating to listen to the pizza episode of @atp.fm and realize that @siracusa.social and I had nearly identical childhoods and cultural upbringings.