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
I'm so lucky to get to be a teacher of writers. I learn so much from my students, and I love meeting new writers online. Come hang out with me in one of my workshops: www.hlwalrath.com/wo...
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I'm so lucky to get to be a teacher of writers. I learn so much from my students, and I love meeting new writers online. Come hang out with me in one of my workshops: www.hlwalrath.com/wo...
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"In the solitude of a book, we find ourselves a little more willing to be vulnerable to having our mindset challenged." - Nick Raines
The main difference between people who want to ban books and me:
They would feel threatened by that quote.
I feel *energized* by it.
The main difference between people who want to ban books and me:
They would feel threatened by that quote.
I feel *energized* by it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"In the solitude of a book, we find ourselves a little more willing to be vulnerable to having our mindset challenged." - Nick Raines
The main difference between people who want to ban books and me:
They would feel threatened by that quote.
I feel *energized* by it.
The main difference between people who want to ban books and me:
They would feel threatened by that quote.
I feel *energized* by it.
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HUNGRY TODAY? We recommend a little overconsumption of the bloody variety 🩸
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
HUNGRY TODAY? We recommend a little overconsumption of the bloody variety 🩸
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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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HEY, if you're working on your first novel and you're home for Thanksgiving, do NOT tell people what it's about. Make up a decoy novel (Psychic nun who fights crime with martial arts!) and let them be condescending about that one instead.
I've had too many students' novels "ruined" over holidays.
I've had too many students' novels "ruined" over holidays.
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
HEY, if you're working on your first novel and you're home for Thanksgiving, do NOT tell people what it's about. Make up a decoy novel (Psychic nun who fights crime with martial arts!) and let them be condescending about that one instead.
I've had too many students' novels "ruined" over holidays.
I've had too many students' novels "ruined" over holidays.
Obsessed with this graffiti in Portland, Maine. Pure feminine rage.
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Obsessed with this graffiti in Portland, Maine. Pure feminine rage.
Every time I see a pride flag on a church I feel compelled to snap a pic.
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Every time I see a pride flag on a church I feel compelled to snap a pic.
Saw Brendan Fraser’s new movie RENTAL FAMILY and I’m obsessed. Gorgeous film with stunning sound design, beautiful acting. Love love love it
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Saw Brendan Fraser’s new movie RENTAL FAMILY and I’m obsessed. Gorgeous film with stunning sound design, beautiful acting. Love love love it
Shot from the Downeaster to Portland Maine
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Shot from the Downeaster to Portland Maine
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What IS Genre? I've got a new essay up at Writing Workshops on how we define genre, and why! writingworkshops.com...
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 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
What IS Genre? I've got a new essay up at Writing Workshops on how we define genre, and why! writingworkshops.com...
What IS Genre? I've got a new essay up at Writing Workshops on how we define genre, and why! writingworkshops.com...
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 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
What IS Genre? I've got a new essay up at Writing Workshops on how we define genre, and why! writingworkshops.com...
This week only, my Confessional Poetry workshop starting Dec 1 is ON SALE! Put yourself at the center of your poetry. www.poetrybarn.org/p...
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This week only, my Confessional Poetry workshop starting Dec 1 is ON SALE! Put yourself at the center of your poetry. www.poetrybarn.org/p...
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 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?