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Walsh Wettengle creates tales that cross dimensions, where the fantastical and foreboding collide. Author of "Absinthe & Iron Cages" and "Snowman" amazon.com/author/walshwettengle goodreads.com/walshwettengle books2read.com/b/3G6vkO tinyurl.com/WWSNOW

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · Jun 21

The snow is falling. So are the bodies.

❄️ Snowman is out now. ❄️

A slasher in the snow. A story of madness and blood beneath the ice.

My debut horror novel is now available on Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, B&N + more: books2read.com/u/3G6vkO

#Horror
#SnowmanNovel
#BookLaunch
#IndieAuthor
#BookSky

An illustration of a smiling snowman wearing a red knit cap and holding a blood-stained axe. The background is a dark, snowy night with silhouetted trees and a house. The only color in the image is the blood on the ax and the knit cap. Text below the image reads: "THE SNOW IS FALLING. SO ARE THE BODIES. SNOWMAN IS OUT NOW BY WALSH WETTENGLE. Available on amazon kindle."

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 1d

I'm starting to work with an artist for the paperback cover of Snowman, coming in June '26! Why am I just as much excited as when the book first came out?

A: Because he's amazing! LOL!

#WriterSky
#IndieAuthor
#Horror

Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 1d

You can support The Haunted Burrow in-person or pick up a copy of Snowman from them online at bookshop.org/shop/haunted...

Haunted Burrow Books Bookshop

Haunted Burrow Books is a small bookstore that specializes in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, and occult books. As a member of the Horror Writers Association and a part of Seattle’s literary community, the o...

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 1d

Excited to join the extensive #LocalAuthors section at #TheHauntedBurrow bookstore, proudly sammiched b/t Tamara Kaye Sellman/Clay Vermulm & Paul Michael Winters! Signed copies of my newly published novel, Snowman, and my poetry chapbook, Absinthe & Iron Cages.

#Booksky
#IndieAuthor
#IndieHorror

A close-up shot of the bottom shelf of the Local Authors section at The Haunted Burrow bookstore, showing the spines and covers of several books. The books are positioned to be easily read. The most prominent book is in the center, titled "ABSINTHE & IRON CAGES" by Walsh Wettengle, with a green liquid in a goblet on the cover. To the left is a book titled "SNOWMAN" by Walsh Wettengle. To the right is a book titled "TOGETHER IN A BROKEN WORLD" and another titled "THE HAUNTING BETWEEN US" both by Paul Michael Winters. Further to the left of snowman is a book titled "RAIN SHADOW" by Tamara Kaye Sellman and Clay Vermulm.

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 7d

Sounds like Smuckers was just jelly.

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Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social · Jan 19

On its 4th anniv, I'm reposting for bsky my most popular Twitter thread: a defense of the "inactive protagonist," which birthed the essay below, in exactly the way it was written.

But first I need to contextualize how and why it was written.

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We Are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protagonist - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Let me take you through the anatomy of an active protagonist, one that everyone can relate to. We’ll make our protagonist—we’ll call him John—young and healthy, male, of humble origins (perhaps he’s f...

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Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social · Jan 19

"Western editors, readers, and writers are too married to the three-act structure, to the type of storytelling that is driven by conflict, to that go-getter individualism. Please read more widely out of your comfort zone. A lot of great non-western stories do not hinge on these."

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 7d

What is your horror movie trope that absolutely drives you bonkers?

For me, it's when a character's in a tense moment and another character puts a hand on their shoulder from behind. I mean, who touches someone before announcing their presence??? It's a jump scare that's never made any sense to me.

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Matt McDaniel @themattmcd.bsky.social · 8d

“Papa, can you fear me?”

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 8d

Contemplating the baseline eroticism of Ratatouille now.

Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 8d

"I got dragged so much in my BFA program for using alternatives to 'said' that I still rarely, rarely use anything else," Walsh sighed.

Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 9d

"Damn right," he behemothed hoarsely.

Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 9d

Oh hell yes, downloading this one!

Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 9d

Enjoy a free ebook download of BITTER APPLES, our teacher horror anthology written by current and former teachers. This is one of those anthologies that's 100% fictional but feels TOO REAL. #teaching #horror #horrorfiction
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Fictional teacher horror stories, written by teachers.

Cursed Morsels Press presents tales of teacher horror from Corey Farrenkopf, Emma E. Murray, Cynthia Gómez, Christi Nogle, D. Matthew Urban, Eric Raglin, and Aurelius Raines II. These writers have wor...

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 9d

Snowman: spruce, vetiver, and octenone
Absinthe & Iron Cages: Sampoerna clove menthol milds

#BookSky
#Goth
#WitchSky
#Horror

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 9d

What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?

Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 9d

Welp. Now I know what brain canisters smell like.
Just imagining salt water and ozone pulled me back into the world of Deep Roots!

Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 9d

Winter Tide: salt water and old books. Deep Roots: salt water and ozone. A Half-Built Garden: fresh-baked bread. The Sheltering Flame (coming October 30): sawdust and lavender.

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 9d

What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 9d

I used to say there is not enough adult prose or graphic fiction about witches. Then I came to Blue Sky which has a world of independent/small press authors, artists, and creators that I had not been exposed to before. So... check this out. It looks fan freaking tastic!

#WitchSky
#ComicSky

Kat Calamia @comicuno.bsky.social · 10d

WITCHING SEASON - A Witch Horror Comic Anthology is LIVE on Kickstarter!

"A 150+ page Horror Anthology filled with stories about WITCHES, WARLOCKS, and FAMILIARS from some of the biggest names in comics!"

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 9d

A screenshot of a Twitter post by user Lauren Abramo (@LaurenAbramo). The post reads: "No one is more uniquely qualified to take on these weird times than novelists, whose unedited manuscripts often claim that it is both Monday and Thursday and one day ago it was Tuesday and two days have passed in a span of time in which the protagonist has gone to bed five times." The post was made on April 13, 2020, at 8:34 PM via Twitter for iPhone.

Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 10d

Finally started reading Lucky Day by @chucktingle.bsky.social.
If you thought chapter 1 of Bury Your Gays was splatterific just wait until you get to chapter 2 of Lucky Day! It was completely unhinged, I love it!

#Readersky
#Booksky
#QueerHorror
#QueerSciFi
#Horror
#SciFi

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Sharai Bohannon (She/Her) @sharai.bsky.social · 11d

I’m pissy and have 34 minutes before I can check in at my next place. Here’s another unsolicited list of advice for freelancers.

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 11d

My mom used to have a picture of me having fallen asleep dressed up like Wonder Woman in a black halloween wig using a paper burger king crown as a tiara. Man, I wish I could find that!

#Superheroes

Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 11d

When you were a kid, what is the first superhero you pretended to be when you were playing?

I remember being Spider-Man a lot, specifically from Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.

I also had a yellow jacket that I would wear like a cape and pretend I was Robin.

Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 12d

I'm somehow supposed to pick between these two?

It is Deadshot and it is Catman. Catman, shirtless, holds a blade to deadshots neck. Deadshot, in a sleeveless, holds a gun to catman's neck. They greet each other by name.

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 20d

"You are welcome to our fires. Do you know the song?"

Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 21d

Listen, this no-vocal-cord-haver gets a pass for being exceptional. I'll be taking no questions.

a cartoon drawing of a skeleton with a huge mouth

Alt: The talkimg, cartoon skeleton from King Haggard's castle in The Last Unicorn

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 21d

Fantasy trope gripe.

If you are an immortal talking head how are you talking if you don't have lungs? Vocal cords still need air to vibrate them!

I'm talking to you Orpheus and also Nick Chopper from The Tin Woodman of Oz. Also... *gestures at everyone on Futurama*

You got one that peeves you?

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 22d

I honestly think they have no idea how to market anymore. All the marketing ppl who worked the old way, through handshakes and ad placement and Mad Men style relationship-building, are gone, replaced by social media managers who have no idea how to navigate the collapse of social media.

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🎃 Cat-O-Lantern Partsch Conlan 🎃 @catconlan.net · 24d

when I worked in an independent bookstore, the owner told me the most stolen book was one about getting your first period and if I saw anyone walking out with it, I should just let them go.

🎃Spooky Emily🎃 @emmy.baby · 24d

Okay, funny bookstore category

Book section labeled "Most Stolen Books"

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