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Rick Hollon

@mimulus.bsky.social

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Genderqueer SFF writer & poet. They/them. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Words in F&SF, Strange Horizons, Analog, Kaleidotrope, Crow & Cross Keys, ALOCASIA, Trollbreath, Prismatica. Loves dinosaurs, wildflowers, photography, human rights. ACAB. mimulus.weebly.com

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Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 9d

My poem “Shapeshifters Local” has been published in the Autumn 2025 issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, alongside what looks to be an amazing TOC. Read my poem here: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon

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Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 5h

Eeeee! It’s always a delight to get a mention from @cypayseur.bsky.social!

Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 5h

I also really liked Rick Hollon's poem "Shapeshifters' Local" which is kind of about liminal beings in folklore finding power and community with each other after getting a bad reputation thanks to the abuses of the more powerful gods. There's an organizing aspect to the piece that is empowering

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 23h

Haven’t gotten to that point yet in my journey, but I had planned on self-editing. I’d be open to trading if I found a trade partner with similar tastes, though I’m not counting on it.

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you. 💚

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you, I appreciate that.

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 1d

I appreciate that! 💚

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Thank you. 💚

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I really appreciate that 💚

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much 💚💚

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. 💚

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. 💚

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. 💚

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, and same right back at you.

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. 💚

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you 💚

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. 💚

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 1d

Another massive family emergency over the weekend, very much like the one from this time last year. So tired. So very tired.

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Ignyte Award-Nominated Writer/Editor LP Kindred @lpkindred.bsky.social · 2d

Support Queer Writers! Support Writers of Color! Support Bad Bitches! Support the Revolution!

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 2d

This sounds amazing! I’m excited for it.

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sarah clark (they) @sarahclark.bsky.social · 2d

if you want to support a nanticoke who makes little magazines this indigenous peoples day, here are the little magazines i make

www.ANMLY.org — intl art & lit that's never boring
www.beestungmag.com — non-binary, two-spirit, & genderqueer writing
www.ALOCASIA.org — a journal of queer planty writing

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 3d

I’m excited to read it!

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 3d

Archosaur affirmations.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 4d

RFK’s kids have their shots. The orange one got his COVID shot. Vance’s in-laws are immigrants.

The rules they dictate are not going to apply equally, and that, alongside every horror they inflict, should piss you off royally.

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 5d

I’m in my 40s and have yet to publish a single book. I began my current WIP in January; the first draft is only about two-thirds complete.

Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 5d

Authors, in the interest of helping readers spot gen ai 'authored' books, how many novels do you publish a year?

I publish one 80-100k+ word (epic fantasy) novel, and I can only do that because I drafted 8 novels before I started publishing any. 📚💙

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 5d

Midwestern Gothic.

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 6d

We inadvertently inherited them (temporary cat-sitting turned permanent thanks to the housing market), so it’s still strange to think of them as “our” cats, but that’s what they’ve become.

Photograph of a tabby cat napping on top of a tuxedo cat in a blue cat bed on a wooden floor.