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
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!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
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
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My latest issue of THE WEIRD CIRCULAR is live! This one includes three writing prompts themed around the idea of liminality. Full of submission calls, music to write by, and other good writery news. newsletter.hlwalrath...
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My latest issue of THE WEIRD CIRCULAR is live! This one includes three writing prompts themed around the idea of liminality. Full of submission calls, music to write by, and other good writery news. newsletter.hlwalrath...
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ONE TINY WEEK left for our nonfiction book submissions period--after December 1, you'll have to wait nearly an entire YEAR to send us your essay collection or your memoir! It's Dead Week! No one's really working anyway! Polish 'er up and send 'er in!
splitlippress.submittable.com/submit
splitlippress.submittable.com/submit
Split/Lip Press Submission Manager
splitlippress.submittable.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
ONE TINY WEEK left for our nonfiction book submissions period--after December 1, you'll have to wait nearly an entire YEAR to send us your essay collection or your memoir! It's Dead Week! No one's really working anyway! Polish 'er up and send 'er in!
splitlippress.submittable.com/submit
splitlippress.submittable.com/submit
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Finally added 2025 eligibility to my website, with a couple of flash & short stories at the top & my full 2025 bibliography below. I'd be honored if you consider any of these for your awards noms. ☺️
2025 Eligibility& Bibliography
For awards season, I’d be honored if you’d consider these stories: Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery (4054 words), Translunar Travelers Lounge, Issue 12, February 15, 2025. Genre: SF, …
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November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Finally added 2025 eligibility to my website, with a couple of flash & short stories at the top & my full 2025 bibliography below. I'd be honored if you consider any of these for your awards noms. ☺️
I didn’t become a poet because I love the moon, I became a poet so I could tell you about the moon 🌙
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I didn’t become a poet because I love the moon, I became a poet so I could tell you about the moon 🌙
My latest issue of THE WEIRD CIRCULAR is live! This one includes three writing prompts themed around the idea of liminality. Full of submission calls, music to write by, and other good writery news. newsletter.hlwalrath...
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My latest issue of THE WEIRD CIRCULAR is live! This one includes three writing prompts themed around the idea of liminality. Full of submission calls, music to write by, and other good writery news. newsletter.hlwalrath...
TFW you realize you’re old enough to apply to the “over 40” writing contests 🥲
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
TFW you realize you’re old enough to apply to the “over 40” writing contests 🥲
If you're a speculative poet, I'm seeking pitches for the SFWA blog series on speculative poetics. You don't have to be a member to write for the blog and it pays! I'm facilitating this series and I would love to expand it: www.sfwa.org/planetside/h...
Planetside: The Online Magazine of SFWA - Highlights - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
Series and categories published by SFWA Publications over the years. Names in all uppercase indicate permanent series, while the others are either limited or topical.
www.sfwa.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
If you're a speculative poet, I'm seeking pitches for the SFWA blog series on speculative poetics. You don't have to be a member to write for the blog and it pays! I'm facilitating this series and I would love to expand it: www.sfwa.org/planetside/h...
Spent months going back and forth to find a new primary care doctor and get my medications refilled. Picked them up finally about two weeks ago, and promptly lost them.
I need a new brain.
I need a new brain.
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Spent months going back and forth to find a new primary care doctor and get my medications refilled. Picked them up finally about two weeks ago, and promptly lost them.
I need a new brain.
I need a new brain.
Millennials: we would like to pay our student loans pls
Govt: No we have removed your payment plan.
Us: Can we have a new plan?
These jokers: maybe, apply and pray
Us: okay 😭
Them 9 months later: here’s your new plan it starts right before Christmas!
Govt: No we have removed your payment plan.
Us: Can we have a new plan?
These jokers: maybe, apply and pray
Us: okay 😭
Them 9 months later: here’s your new plan it starts right before Christmas!
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Millennials: we would like to pay our student loans pls
Govt: No we have removed your payment plan.
Us: Can we have a new plan?
These jokers: maybe, apply and pray
Us: okay 😭
Them 9 months later: here’s your new plan it starts right before Christmas!
Govt: No we have removed your payment plan.
Us: Can we have a new plan?
These jokers: maybe, apply and pray
Us: okay 😭
Them 9 months later: here’s your new plan it starts right before Christmas!
I am teaching several new workshops in the new year! The next one starts in December but I have a ton more on my website. My teaching philosophy is WRITE WHAT YOU LOVE, LOVE WHAT YOU WRITE. Come write with me: www.hlwalrath.com/wo...
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I am teaching several new workshops in the new year! The next one starts in December but I have a ton more on my website. My teaching philosophy is WRITE WHAT YOU LOVE, LOVE WHAT YOU WRITE. Come write with me: www.hlwalrath.com/wo...