Kristin Houlihan, Writer
@kristinwrites.bsky.social
Poet, Wife, Mom, LongCovid/MECFS. Looking to connect and learning to advocate. EIC, Poetry @epistemiclit.Bsky.social, @nimblewitlit.bsky.social. Micropoetry chapbook Lift the Mask available widely. www.kristinhoulihan.com
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Lift the Mask: a short collection of poetry and lyrical prose
Lift the Mask: a short collection of poetry and lyrical prose - Kindle edition by Houlihan, Kristin. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Lift the Mask: a short collection of poetry and lyrical prose.
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Who would like to buy my book today?
$0.99 in ebook
$3.46 in audio
$4.99 in paperback
29 micropoems about family, motherhood, and chronic illness
#BookSky
www.amazon.com/Lift-Mask-co...
$0.99 in ebook
$3.46 in audio
$4.99 in paperback
29 micropoems about family, motherhood, and chronic illness
#BookSky
www.amazon.com/Lift-Mask-co...
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The Dirigible Balloon poetry submission window will open on Monday December 1st and close on Sunday December 14th.
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
a colorful hot air balloon flies over a mountain range at sunset
ALT: a colorful hot air balloon flies over a mountain range at sunset
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The Dirigible Balloon poetry submission window will open on Monday December 1st and close on Sunday December 14th.
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
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The Dirigible is my go-to resource for encouraging poetry and reading poetry when I'm in school. A fantastic compendium of some of the best children's writers we have! @northernjim.bsky.social
The Dirigible Balloon poetry submission window will open on Monday December 1st and close on Sunday December 14th.
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
a colorful hot air balloon flies over a mountain range at sunset
ALT: a colorful hot air balloon flies over a mountain range at sunset
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The Dirigible is my go-to resource for encouraging poetry and reading poetry when I'm in school. A fantastic compendium of some of the best children's writers we have! @northernjim.bsky.social
I tempted fate and ate Thanksgiving leftovers yesterday (I typically do ok with one-day leftovers) and the mast cell overlords were not pleased. Sweating, agitation, and insomnia are the mildest (least scary/dangerous) MCAS symptoms tho so all around it was ok. But no more leftovers for me.
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I tempted fate and ate Thanksgiving leftovers yesterday (I typically do ok with one-day leftovers) and the mast cell overlords were not pleased. Sweating, agitation, and insomnia are the mildest (least scary/dangerous) MCAS symptoms tho so all around it was ok. But no more leftovers for me.
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If you're at all interested in science fiction and fantasy, please download a copy and read "Fire in the Library"!
AVAILABLE NOW: The latest issue of #SciFanSat Magazine is ablaze with talent and hot off the presses at scifansat.com! Enjoy sizzling speculative stories of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More!
We light a signal fire of thanks to all our contributing #SFF authors, and the readers just like you!
We light a signal fire of thanks to all our contributing #SFF authors, and the readers just like you!
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If you're at all interested in science fiction and fantasy, please download a copy and read "Fire in the Library"!
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Want to be part of this issue? You can. Subs permanently open to make this popup micro issue an ongoing and growing apothecary of joy. You’re welcome to contribute to or just borrow and browse.
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JOY, Temple in a City special pop-up edition
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
templeinacity.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Want to be part of this issue? You can. Subs permanently open to make this popup micro issue an ongoing and growing apothecary of joy. You’re welcome to contribute to or just borrow and browse.
templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
Taking out the Christmas things has resulted in finding stuff (lunchbox, snow gear the kids have outgrown) and giving it away! Weeee! Emptied a whole bin!
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Taking out the Christmas things has resulted in finding stuff (lunchbox, snow gear the kids have outgrown) and giving it away! Weeee! Emptied a whole bin!
Does anyone have access to the full article?
A Google software engineer won his battle against MetLife to receive disability benefits for Long Covid.
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
MetLife Owes Disability Pay to Software Engineer With Long Covid
A Google LLC software engineer suffering from long Covid won his lawsuit seeking long-term disability benefits from Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Does anyone have access to the full article?
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The Sick Times: 'You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely.'
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. - The Sick Times
If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.
thesicktimes.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Sick Times: 'You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely.'
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
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Beautiful @thesicktimes.org essay on how to be a friend to your friends who are affected by Long Covid—and why you should.
Def worth a few minutes of your time.
Def worth a few minutes of your time.
The Sick Times: 'You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely.'
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. - The Sick Times
If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.
thesicktimes.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Beautiful @thesicktimes.org essay on how to be a friend to your friends who are affected by Long Covid—and why you should.
Def worth a few minutes of your time.
Def worth a few minutes of your time.
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I highly recommend this! A great gift for the readers in your life.
ICYMI earlier!
Flash sale on our hard copy anthology of Issues 1-4 — it’s a gorgeous (fat!) volume! Don’t miss it!
www.amazon.com/Epistemic-Li...
www.amazon.com/Epistemic-Li...
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I highly recommend this! A great gift for the readers in your life.
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I am thrilled to share this free event, happening in January of 2026: A poetry reading with two poets I admire, on the topic of "Motherhood, Faith, and Caregiving."
We'd love to see you.
Clickable registration link follows in the thread...
We'd love to see you.
Clickable registration link follows in the thread...
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I am thrilled to share this free event, happening in January of 2026: A poetry reading with two poets I admire, on the topic of "Motherhood, Faith, and Caregiving."
We'd love to see you.
Clickable registration link follows in the thread...
We'd love to see you.
Clickable registration link follows in the thread...
Tree is decorated!
My job is to sit and unwrap the ornaments from a pile in my lap and spouse and kids hang them. Spouse replenishes my pile from the box. Tried a new setup with support pillows on the couch this year and it went better than usual.
Still - nap time. #LongCovid #MECFS
My job is to sit and unwrap the ornaments from a pile in my lap and spouse and kids hang them. Spouse replenishes my pile from the box. Tried a new setup with support pillows on the couch this year and it went better than usual.
Still - nap time. #LongCovid #MECFS
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Tree is decorated!
My job is to sit and unwrap the ornaments from a pile in my lap and spouse and kids hang them. Spouse replenishes my pile from the box. Tried a new setup with support pillows on the couch this year and it went better than usual.
Still - nap time. #LongCovid #MECFS
My job is to sit and unwrap the ornaments from a pile in my lap and spouse and kids hang them. Spouse replenishes my pile from the box. Tried a new setup with support pillows on the couch this year and it went better than usual.
Still - nap time. #LongCovid #MECFS
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I’m feeling shameless! Please consider buying my new short story collection, Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain! It received a lovely review by Lisa Timpf for the Seaboard Review of Books! Here’s where you can learn all about it: wp.me/PcJR4y-Th #SpoonieAuthChat
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I’m feeling shameless! Please consider buying my new short story collection, Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain! It received a lovely review by Lisa Timpf for the Seaboard Review of Books! Here’s where you can learn all about it: wp.me/PcJR4y-Th #SpoonieAuthChat
“If access to books means people are less likely to return to prison once they are released, is that not a lesson that should also be shared at school and library board meetings?”
#PrisonReform #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead
bookriot.com/reading-and-...
#PrisonReform #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead
bookriot.com/reading-and-...
Reading and Resources for Prison Banned Books Week: Book Censorship News, October 17, 2025
Next week is Prison Banned Books Week. Here are some readings and resources in preparation.
bookriot.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“If access to books means people are less likely to return to prison once they are released, is that not a lesson that should also be shared at school and library board meetings?”
#PrisonReform #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead
bookriot.com/reading-and-...
#PrisonReform #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead
bookriot.com/reading-and-...
I wonder if teen will be as angry about being woken up by the vacuum as she is about when her younger siblings get rambunctious in the mornings. Spouse isn’t waiting lol
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I wonder if teen will be as angry about being woken up by the vacuum as she is about when her younger siblings get rambunctious in the mornings. Spouse isn’t waiting lol
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As we work toward our fundraising goal, we will share the glow by lighting up community rewards. Together as a community, we can be a place of respite and maybe even some joy.
DONATE TODAY: meaction.net/donate
DONATE TODAY: meaction.net/donate
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
As we work toward our fundraising goal, we will share the glow by lighting up community rewards. Together as a community, we can be a place of respite and maybe even some joy.
DONATE TODAY: meaction.net/donate
DONATE TODAY: meaction.net/donate
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Flash sale on our hard copy anthology of Issues 1-4 — it’s a gorgeous (fat!) volume! Don’t miss it!
www.amazon.com/Epistemic-Li...
www.amazon.com/Epistemic-Li...
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Flash sale on our hard copy anthology of Issues 1-4 — it’s a gorgeous (fat!) volume! Don’t miss it!
www.amazon.com/Epistemic-Li...
www.amazon.com/Epistemic-Li...
Hey, I’ve sold four copies this month! Super cool! Thank you!
Maybe you’ll like it too? (Also — it’s a nice size for putting in stockings. Just saying)
Maybe you’ll like it too? (Also — it’s a nice size for putting in stockings. Just saying)
Who would like to buy my book today?
$0.99 in ebook
$3.46 in audio
$4.99 in paperback
29 micropoems about family, motherhood, and chronic illness
#BookSky
www.amazon.com/Lift-Mask-co...
$0.99 in ebook
$3.46 in audio
$4.99 in paperback
29 micropoems about family, motherhood, and chronic illness
#BookSky
www.amazon.com/Lift-Mask-co...
Lift the Mask: a short collection of poetry and lyrical prose
Lift the Mask: a short collection of poetry and lyrical prose - Kindle edition by Houlihan, Kristin. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Lift the Mask: a short collection of poetry and lyrical prose.
www.amazon.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hey, I’ve sold four copies this month! Super cool! Thank you!
Maybe you’ll like it too? (Also — it’s a nice size for putting in stockings. Just saying)
Maybe you’ll like it too? (Also — it’s a nice size for putting in stockings. Just saying)
Book 99 of 2025: Banned Together, Ed by @ashleyhopeperez.bsky.social - #ReadAloud with my teen. Sparked many many important life conversations and generated a reading list for both of us. Essential reading. #BannedBooks #YoungAdult #BookSky #FreedomToRead
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers' Rights
A dazzling YA anthology that spotlights the transformat…
www.goodreads.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Book 99 of 2025: Banned Together, Ed by @ashleyhopeperez.bsky.social - #ReadAloud with my teen. Sparked many many important life conversations and generated a reading list for both of us. Essential reading. #BannedBooks #YoungAdult #BookSky #FreedomToRead
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
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Three more days!!!
Woohoo for subs!!! Keep them coming please!
Open thru Nov 30!! Tell your kids/students!
Open thru Nov 30!! Tell your kids/students!
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Three more days!!!
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From now to the end of the year we’re offering 15% off anything we’ve got with code MALARKEY. Will post book links below but this is a great opportunity to join the book club even cheaper. A year of book mail for $120 but with the discount it’s $102.
malarkeybooks.com/store/2026bo...
malarkeybooks.com/store/2026bo...
2026 Book Club — Malarkey
Buy a year’s worth of books and zines with the Malarkey Book Club. In 2026 you’ll get copies of: The Walls Are Closing In On Us , a novel by Joshua Trent Brown Terrestrial , a novella by Suzy...
malarkeybooks.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
From now to the end of the year we’re offering 15% off anything we’ve got with code MALARKEY. Will post book links below but this is a great opportunity to join the book club even cheaper. A year of book mail for $120 but with the discount it’s $102.
malarkeybooks.com/store/2026bo...
malarkeybooks.com/store/2026bo...
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If you want to give/get signed books by me for the holidays, you can place an online order with Hyperbole Bookstore (a family-owned indie) in College Station, TX hyperbolebookstore.com and ask for signature via their email contact for the Murderbot books, Witch King, Queen Demon, anything in print.
Hyperbole Bookstore
A family-owned independent bookstore in College Station, TX
hyperbolebookstore.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If you want to give/get signed books by me for the holidays, you can place an online order with Hyperbole Bookstore (a family-owned indie) in College Station, TX hyperbolebookstore.com and ask for signature via their email contact for the Murderbot books, Witch King, Queen Demon, anything in print.
Turned up the heat. Should’ve done that me of the bazillion times I woke up cold in the night.
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Turned up the heat. Should’ve done that me of the bazillion times I woke up cold in the night.
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I haven't made a sale in over a week! I depend on this income, as it's the only thing I can do with my disabilities for any money. These prices are highway robbery (of me). Buying my knitting makes me feel more like a human with worth than the mutual aid which outnumbers my sales by a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I haven't made a sale in over a week! I depend on this income, as it's the only thing I can do with my disabilities for any money. These prices are highway robbery (of me). Buying my knitting makes me feel more like a human with worth than the mutual aid which outnumbers my sales by a lot.