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Walsh Wettengle
@walshwettengle.com
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Walsh Wettengle creates tales
that cross dimensions, where the
fantastical and foreboding
collide.

Author of "Absinthe & Iron Cages" and "Snowman".

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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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That feeling when you're editing a short story you wrote ages ago and yeah... there's a clothes chute in your MC's double-wide. 😶‍🌫️

#WriterSky
#AmWriting
#Editing
#HorrorAuthors
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Huge love to Third Place Books for adding Snowman to their shelves at both Lake Forest Park and Seward Park shops. I have stars for eyes right now that the book is now a few feet away from where I got a pic with @chucktingle.bsky.social on his Lucky Day tour!

www.thirdplacebooks.com/book/9798998...
Screenshot of the book Snowman, by Walsh Wettengle, on thirdplacebooks.com. "Our Price" listed at $21.99, 24% off of the list price. Options to add to cart or wish list. Includes notation that 2 copies are on the shelf at the Lake Forest Park location as of 11/10/25 in the Horrror A-Z section.
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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It is a great lineup, though.

#Horror
#MovieNight
A social media post by shinyhappygoth on October 11 with the title "The Least Specific Movie Night Ever" followed by a bulleted list of movie titles: "The Thing," "The Stuff," "The Substance," "The Entity," "It," and "The Others."
November 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN is out today 🪱

My horror novel about worms, cults, unwanted pregnancy, Roe V Wade, undiagnosed autism, and trans men’s invisibility in discussions about reproductive justice…

I can’t believe it’s on shelves. Thank you ALL 😩💕
A pale hand holding a copy of YOU WERENT MEANT TO BE HUMAN by Andrew Joseph White against a black sweatshirt.
September 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Spotted today at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park (Seattle suburb), the best review of @scumbelievable.bsky.social's Manhunt everrrrrr...
A close-up photograph of several books on a shelf. In front of the books, a handwritten note is attached, which reads: "Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin" Below the title is a paragraph: "If the pages of this gruesome horror dystopia could make sounds, they would include the following: SNIP SNIP, AHHH!, FFFFFT, PEW PEW!, SHHHLUNK, PLOP!, sniffsniff, PBBBBT, CRRRREEEAK, AHHHHHHH!, swooooosh, mmmm, CHOMP, and SPLAT!" At the bottom left of the note is a logo for "THIRD PLACE BOOKS". On the bottom right, a red label with "Sarah C" and "STAFF PICK" is visible.
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Just caught up on the new "Welcome to Derry" show, based on @stephenking.bsky.social's "It" and purportedly a prequel series to the part 1 and 2 movie adaptions.

😳 Huh. Well... I no longer feel self-conscious about the first few chapters of "Snowman" now.
November 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Happy Hallowe'en! Make sure to visit your local Indie horror bookstores!

writeyourstorynow.org/blog/2024-10...
20 Horror & Genre-Based Bookstores to Visit for Halloween - San Diego Writers, Ink
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October 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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"While many indie bookstores are bulking up on horror, several entrepreneurs are taking it a step further by opening stores exclusively dedicated to scary reads."
Booksellers Ride the Horror Wave
At least four horror-themed bookstores have opened in 2025, with more to come.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Does your library use @hoopladigital.bsky.social for ebooks? If so, you're in luck!
Grateful to see Snowman featured in horror ebooks right now!

#LocalLibrary
#IndieHorror
#ChristmasHorror
#eBooks
#WitchyHorror
Search results for "Horror" on HOOPLA showing the author's ebook, Snowman, among several other horror ebooks currently available.
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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This is informative AF. I've seen a lot of review-bombing for genre works written by trans authors that made me wonder if we even read the same book. This gets to the crux of it all and I can't wait to get to Wrath Goddess Sings in my way-too-long TBR list.

kaichengthom.substack.com/p/how-to-rea...
How To Read A Trans Fem Writer
an essay, an instruction manual, a trans fem writer manifesto, a plea, and a prayer by Maya Deane & Kai Cheng Thom
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October 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Felt cute. Might read from Snowman later.
An invitation with the following text posted by Mr. B's Mead Center: You are cordially invited to the Autumn Cyborg Unicorn Story Hour (CUSH) at Mr. B's Mead Center in White Center! Halloween themed! Costumes are encouraged but not required! :) Cyborg Unicorn Story Hour is an open mic reading series in the Seattle area. We will have up to fifteen or so seven-minute open mic slots. (Yes, that is more than an hour, but I like the phrase "story hour" too much!) Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror stories are encouraged but not required. Songs and other kinds of performances are also welcome! Please come on by if you are interested in sharing or listening to strange tales! Sign up for open mic starts at 5:30 PM. Readings will begin at 6 PM. Feel free to invite other writers, performers, or fiction fans that you know!
October 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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It's haunt season and if you're participating in the upcoming national economic boycotts as gift-shopping time creeps up on us, now is the perfect time to pick up this holiday horror. 🪓⛄️

#IndieHorror
#Slasher
#BookSky
#Christmas
#WitchSky
#QueerAuthors
The book cover for "Snowman: A Christmas Horror Story" by Walsh Wettengle features a dark, scratchy illustration on a black background. The title "SNOWMAN" is at the top in large, jagged white letters. Below, a two-tiered snowman is depicted with black eyes and a wide, dotted grin. The snowman's body has a lined texture, and it holds a large, sharp axe with a dark handle in its right hand. White dots representing snow fall around the snowman. The bottom of the cover has text that reads "A CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY BY Walsh Wettengle" and "walshwettengle.com". There is also a QR code and text that says, "Available on your favorite ebook and retail platforms". The book is a novel of occult Americana and horror released on June 21, 2025.
October 25, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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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
October 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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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.
October 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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laviecestmoi.bsky.social
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.

psychopomp.com/fantasy/augu...

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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...
psychopomp.com
January 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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laviecestmoi.bsky.social
"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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January 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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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.
October 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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“Papa, can you fear me?”
October 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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"I got dragged so much in my BFA program for using alternatives to 'said' that I still rarely, rarely use anything else," Walsh sighed.
septimusbrown.com Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · Oct 15
"Damn right," he behemothed hoarsely.
October 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Oh hell yes, downloading this one!
October 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Snowman: spruce, vetiver, and octenone
Absinthe & Iron Cages: Sampoerna clove menthol milds

#BookSky
#Goth
#WitchSky
#Horror
ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🍂 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · Oct 15
What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?
October 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Welp. Now I know what brain canisters smell like.
Just imagining salt water and ozone pulled me back into the world of Deep Roots!
r-emrys.bsky.social Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · Oct 15
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.
ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🍂 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · Oct 15
What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?
October 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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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
comicuno.bsky.social Kat Calamia @comicuno.bsky.social · Oct 14
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...
October 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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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.
October 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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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
October 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM