Peppermint Waffles
@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social
Writer. Poet. Editor. Nerd. Managing Editor Interstellar Flight Press. Author of NUMINOUS STONES, THE SMALLEST OF BONES, GLIMMERGLASS GIRL. She/They
Website: www.Hlwalrath.com
Website: www.Hlwalrath.com
Pinned
Erasure of Wind in the Willows. The poem reads:
Wayfarers
The others always
depart
we miss them
the land
the air
the waterside
a stream
a field
the great sea of
love
Wayfarers
The others always
depart
we miss them
the land
the air
the waterside
a stream
a field
the great sea of
love
In January I'm teaching my popular genre workshop. The challenge? Write 30 new genre stories in 30 days. www.hlwalrath.com/wo...
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
In January I'm teaching my popular genre workshop. The challenge? Write 30 new genre stories in 30 days. www.hlwalrath.com/wo...
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Some writers have support from a spouse or a parent. Or have zero debt. So they can afford to do more. This is important to remember when we compare ourselves to others.
I hosted a party and someone said, "Everyone here is a writer but me." I said, "Every writer here has a real job."
I hosted a party and someone said, "Everyone here is a writer but me." I said, "Every writer here has a real job."
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Some writers have support from a spouse or a parent. Or have zero debt. So they can afford to do more. This is important to remember when we compare ourselves to others.
I hosted a party and someone said, "Everyone here is a writer but me." I said, "Every writer here has a real job."
I hosted a party and someone said, "Everyone here is a writer but me." I said, "Every writer here has a real job."
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I’m terribly behind on self promo this year, so I’ll try to share what I worked on in 2025.
First, my story Paper Dolls” in this anthology. It’s about a little girl who slowly starts to question her own reality as her paper dolls come to life, with a sci-fi twist. www.amazon.com/Crack-Code-S...
First, my story Paper Dolls” in this anthology. It’s about a little girl who slowly starts to question her own reality as her paper dolls come to life, with a sci-fi twist. www.amazon.com/Crack-Code-S...
A Crack in the Code: Stories of Cybertronic Rebellion
A Crack in the Code: Stories of Cybertronic Rebellion - Kindle edition by Sheridan Rose, Rie, Hartness, John, Nichols, Rey, Saulson, Sumiko, Lacy, EM, Preisler, Maya, Bondoni, Gustavo, Chvatal, Vicki, Henderson, Luke W., Collier, Alexei. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A Crack in the Code: Stories of Cybertronic Rebellion.
www.amazon.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I’m terribly behind on self promo this year, so I’ll try to share what I worked on in 2025.
First, my story Paper Dolls” in this anthology. It’s about a little girl who slowly starts to question her own reality as her paper dolls come to life, with a sci-fi twist. www.amazon.com/Crack-Code-S...
First, my story Paper Dolls” in this anthology. It’s about a little girl who slowly starts to question her own reality as her paper dolls come to life, with a sci-fi twist. www.amazon.com/Crack-Code-S...
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I have a new flash story out today! “How To Set Up Your Mourning Robot” is now free to read in @lightspeedmagazine.com!
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-...
How to Set Up Your Mourning Robot - Lightspeed Magazine
Fill tear ducts with provided saline solution. Do not mix or combine with non-approved third-party solutions. Open the mouth of your robot when ready to activate. Press the purple button under the to...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I have a new flash story out today! “How To Set Up Your Mourning Robot” is now free to read in @lightspeedmagazine.com!
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-...
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Do you write about disability and illness? Here are some places which publish such things. sickmagazine.org/resources
resources — sickmagazine.org
RESOURCES & PUBLICATIONS Print & digital publications with a chronic illness/disability focus Able Zine: a publication and creative agency based in London,...
sickmagazine.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Do you write about disability and illness? Here are some places which publish such things. sickmagazine.org/resources
I’m terribly behind on self promo this year, so I’ll try to share what I worked on in 2025.
First, my story Paper Dolls” in this anthology. It’s about a little girl who slowly starts to question her own reality as her paper dolls come to life, with a sci-fi twist. www.amazon.com/Crack-Code-S...
First, my story Paper Dolls” in this anthology. It’s about a little girl who slowly starts to question her own reality as her paper dolls come to life, with a sci-fi twist. www.amazon.com/Crack-Code-S...
A Crack in the Code: Stories of Cybertronic Rebellion
A Crack in the Code: Stories of Cybertronic Rebellion - Kindle edition by Sheridan Rose, Rie, Hartness, John, Nichols, Rey, Saulson, Sumiko, Lacy, EM, Preisler, Maya, Bondoni, Gustavo, Chvatal, Vicki, Henderson, Luke W., Collier, Alexei. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A Crack in the Code: Stories of Cybertronic Rebellion.
www.amazon.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I’m terribly behind on self promo this year, so I’ll try to share what I worked on in 2025.
First, my story Paper Dolls” in this anthology. It’s about a little girl who slowly starts to question her own reality as her paper dolls come to life, with a sci-fi twist. www.amazon.com/Crack-Code-S...
First, my story Paper Dolls” in this anthology. It’s about a little girl who slowly starts to question her own reality as her paper dolls come to life, with a sci-fi twist. www.amazon.com/Crack-Code-S...
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At the moment, I’m regrettably not reading Edgar Allan Poe whilst having cappuccinos and croissants in a dimly-lit quaint café on a cobblestone street in Prague during a snowstorm, so no, I’m afraid your email did not “find me well.”
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
At the moment, I’m regrettably not reading Edgar Allan Poe whilst having cappuccinos and croissants in a dimly-lit quaint café on a cobblestone street in Prague during a snowstorm, so no, I’m afraid your email did not “find me well.”
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I have a new little flash up today at @yourimpossiblevoice.com
The ants are coming, you might want to just lie down and accept it.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/the-ants/
The ants are coming, you might want to just lie down and accept it.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/the-ants/
The Ants | Your Impossible Voice
Holly Lyn Walrath — "You lie in the grass and let ants crawl all over you. You lie so perfectly still that they start to think you’re just another part of the landscape—a rock, a log, a statue."
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I have a new little flash up today at @yourimpossiblevoice.com
The ants are coming, you might want to just lie down and accept it.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/the-ants/
The ants are coming, you might want to just lie down and accept it.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/the-ants/
I have a new essay up at Writing Workshops all about genre: What is it, how do we define it, why it matters, and more!
writingworkshops.com/blogs/news/w...
writingworkshops.com/blogs/news/w...
What IS Genre? It's More Than Just a Marketing Tool
Discover what genre really is: a marketing tool, a way to organize books, and a description of form. Learn how to use tropes creatively.
writingworkshops.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I have a new essay up at Writing Workshops all about genre: What is it, how do we define it, why it matters, and more!
writingworkshops.com/blogs/news/w...
writingworkshops.com/blogs/news/w...
My confessional poetry workshop starting Dec. 1 is ON SALE this week! www.hlwalrath.com/workshopsapp...
Workshops
Confessional Poetry DATE: 4 Weeks Starting December 1st, 2025 TIME: Asynchronous via The Poetry Barn Where does the line between poet and poem blur? The poetry of Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton,...
www.hlwalrath.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
My confessional poetry workshop starting Dec. 1 is ON SALE this week! www.hlwalrath.com/workshopsapp...
See you later Boston ✌️
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
See you later Boston ✌️
I got my film back from my France trip so please enjoy this totally normal pic of Notre-Dame. Taken with my father’s 1959 Ambi Silette.
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I got my film back from my France trip so please enjoy this totally normal pic of Notre-Dame. Taken with my father’s 1959 Ambi Silette.
I'm hosting a book launch with Interstellar Flight Press for Nicola Lombardi's newest horror novella CLUB MAGRITTE. The book's translator J. Weintraub will be there to chat about what it's like being a horror translator. www.eventbrite.com/e...
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I'm hosting a book launch with Interstellar Flight Press for Nicola Lombardi's newest horror novella CLUB MAGRITTE. The book's translator J. Weintraub will be there to chat about what it's like being a horror translator. www.eventbrite.com/e...
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Do you have a favorite design among our swag?
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Do you have a favorite design among our swag?
I have a new little flash up today at @yourimpossiblevoice.com
The ants are coming, you might want to just lie down and accept it.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/the-ants/
The ants are coming, you might want to just lie down and accept it.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/the-ants/
The Ants | Your Impossible Voice
Holly Lyn Walrath — "You lie in the grass and let ants crawl all over you. You lie so perfectly still that they start to think you’re just another part of the landscape—a rock, a log, a statue."
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I have a new little flash up today at @yourimpossiblevoice.com
The ants are coming, you might want to just lie down and accept it.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/the-ants/
The ants are coming, you might want to just lie down and accept it.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/the-ants/
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Tuesday #Flashfiction: The Ants by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social will make your skin crawl (in a great way)!
“You lie in the grass and let ants crawl all over you. You lie so perfectly still that they start to think you’re just another part of the landscape—a rock, a log, a statue.”
“You lie in the grass and let ants crawl all over you. You lie so perfectly still that they start to think you’re just another part of the landscape—a rock, a log, a statue.”
The Ants | Your Impossible Voice
Holly Lyn Walrath — "You lie in the grass and let ants crawl all over you. You lie so perfectly still that they start to think you’re just another part of the landscape—a rock, a log, a statue."
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Tuesday #Flashfiction: The Ants by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social will make your skin crawl (in a great way)!
“You lie in the grass and let ants crawl all over you. You lie so perfectly still that they start to think you’re just another part of the landscape—a rock, a log, a statue.”
“You lie in the grass and let ants crawl all over you. You lie so perfectly still that they start to think you’re just another part of the landscape—a rock, a log, a statue.”
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I didn’t become a poet because I love the moon, I became a poet so I could tell you about the moon 🌙
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I didn’t become a poet because I love the moon, I became a poet so I could tell you about the moon 🌙
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freaky friday but its a not yet medically transitioned trans woman and a trans man swapping bodies and just having the best fuckin day ever
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
freaky friday but its a not yet medically transitioned trans woman and a trans man swapping bodies and just having the best fuckin day ever
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YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.
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i put my pants on the same way as everyone else: screaming
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i put my pants on the same way as everyone else: screaming
I didn’t become a poet because I love the moon, I became a poet so I could tell you about the moon 🌙
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I didn’t become a poet because I love the moon, I became a poet so I could tell you about the moon 🌙
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In self-interest but also general interest, folks: Black Friday is coming up, and small publishers/independent creators will always be a better choice than megacorps.
When the sales drop, please remember that!
When the sales drop, please remember that!
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In self-interest but also general interest, folks: Black Friday is coming up, and small publishers/independent creators will always be a better choice than megacorps.
When the sales drop, please remember that!
When the sales drop, please remember that!
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I've made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Keep sending your links my way!
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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I've made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Keep sending your links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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one massive thing you can do to help this normative holiday season is to simply refrain from shaming people who do not drink alcohol. you can also not demand an explanation for why…& for mega-bonus you can even be the shield if someone is being bullied about what they do or don’t consume.
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
one massive thing you can do to help this normative holiday season is to simply refrain from shaming people who do not drink alcohol. you can also not demand an explanation for why…& for mega-bonus you can even be the shield if someone is being bullied about what they do or don’t consume.
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maybe inventing writing was a mistake
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
maybe inventing writing was a mistake