Hally Rae Winters
@hallywinters.bsky.social
Writer from LA • CalArts Fellow • shortlisted for FracturedLit’s ELSEWHERE prize • SundressPub ‘24 resident • Writing: Masters Review, LA Review, Thirty West & more
Had a great time at Skylight last night as @ilanaslightly.bsky.social discussed her new novel BEINGS. Always down for an alien abduction narrative
September 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Had a great time at Skylight last night as @ilanaslightly.bsky.social discussed her new novel BEINGS. Always down for an alien abduction narrative
Loved attending this book launch. Great talk and very excited to read about heartbreak, one of my fav topics
September 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Loved attending this book launch. Great talk and very excited to read about heartbreak, one of my fav topics
Shhh my show is on 💕💕💕
September 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Shhh my show is on 💕💕💕
Absolutely loved HORSE GIRL FEVER by @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social one of the best books of the year by far. A tight read packed with emotion and sentences that will blow your mind away! @clashbooks.bsky.social losangelesreview.org/horse-girl-f...
Horse Girl Fever by Kevin Maloney Reviewed by Hally Rae Winters - The Los Angeles Review
Horse Girl Fever by Kevin Maloney Reviewed by Hally Rae Winters Publisher: Clash Books Publication Date: January 7, 2025 ISBN: 9781960988362 Pages: 140 Horse Girl Fever is a tight fourteen-story col...
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August 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Absolutely loved HORSE GIRL FEVER by @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social one of the best books of the year by far. A tight read packed with emotion and sentences that will blow your mind away! @clashbooks.bsky.social losangelesreview.org/horse-girl-f...
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An Afterimages debut! @hallywinters.bsky.social reviews @richlange.bsky.social's JOE HUSTLE, a ‘lean and gritty, thoughtful and nuanced’ neo-noir that was published last year. Please read it now and scoop up a copy for a powerful Memorial Day weekend read.
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Joe Hustle by Richard Lange - A Book Review
Written by Hally Winters
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May 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
An Afterimages debut! @hallywinters.bsky.social reviews @richlange.bsky.social's JOE HUSTLE, a ‘lean and gritty, thoughtful and nuanced’ neo-noir that was published last year. Please read it now and scoop up a copy for a powerful Memorial Day weekend read.
thirtywest.substack.com/p/joe-hustle...
thirtywest.substack.com/p/joe-hustle...
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May Afterimages
Newsletter on our vendor events & The Blooming Series.
A book review by @hallywinters.bsky.social
A flash memoir by Avery Irene Stewart.
Flash fiction by Elijah Sparkman.
@mpmcsweeney.bsky.social’s Dream Stories next month
You’re not seeing double, just quality literature.
Newsletter on our vendor events & The Blooming Series.
A book review by @hallywinters.bsky.social
A flash memoir by Avery Irene Stewart.
Flash fiction by Elijah Sparkman.
@mpmcsweeney.bsky.social’s Dream Stories next month
You’re not seeing double, just quality literature.
May 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
May Afterimages
Newsletter on our vendor events & The Blooming Series.
A book review by @hallywinters.bsky.social
A flash memoir by Avery Irene Stewart.
Flash fiction by Elijah Sparkman.
@mpmcsweeney.bsky.social’s Dream Stories next month
You’re not seeing double, just quality literature.
Newsletter on our vendor events & The Blooming Series.
A book review by @hallywinters.bsky.social
A flash memoir by Avery Irene Stewart.
Flash fiction by Elijah Sparkman.
@mpmcsweeney.bsky.social’s Dream Stories next month
You’re not seeing double, just quality literature.
Another banger from Brittany Menjivar’s column at @littleengines.bsky.social : “And isn’t there something special, something revelatory, even, about the fable’s inherently participatory nature, which Luhrmann’s film so cleverly put its finger?”
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Based On, If Any: The Great Gatsby (2013)
West Egg from a Bird’s-Eye View
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March 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Another banger from Brittany Menjivar’s column at @littleengines.bsky.social : “And isn’t there something special, something revelatory, even, about the fable’s inherently participatory nature, which Luhrmann’s film so cleverly put its finger?”
www.littleengines.pub/p/based-on-i...
www.littleengines.pub/p/based-on-i...
I was obsessed with Emily Dickinson in college, and I’ve returned to her poems this week as I struggle with my eyesight after eye surgery. I love how this little poem consistently yields more and more
February 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I was obsessed with Emily Dickinson in college, and I’ve returned to her poems this week as I struggle with my eyesight after eye surgery. I love how this little poem consistently yields more and more
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Ladies, Ladies, Ladies has been launched and it was epic, packed, and so freaking beautiful.
February 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Ladies, Ladies, Ladies has been launched and it was epic, packed, and so freaking beautiful.
Happy Valentine’s Day 🌹
February 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Happy Valentine’s Day 🌹
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Omg, y'all.
PRE-ORDER ANNOUNCEMENT
@writesloud.bsky.social Hannah Grieco's captivating debut short story collection introduces us to women hungry to know who they are outside the expectations of others.
Pre-order one of the most anticipated books of the summer!!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
@writesloud.bsky.social Hannah Grieco's captivating debut short story collection introduces us to women hungry to know who they are outside the expectations of others.
Pre-order one of the most anticipated books of the summer!!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
February 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Omg, y'all.
Stories about a small town??? I’m so down
My copies of Oakaville finally came in! It’s very cool to be holding this book after so many years writing, revising, and submitting it—it’s real!
Get your copy here:
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Get your copy here:
amzn.to/4jP1v0Y
February 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Stories about a small town??? I’m so down
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longtime dream of mine to host my book launch party at my local brewery and folks? we’re doing it. other readers to be announced! limited space so RSVP here, if ya nasty (please):
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February 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
longtime dream of mine to host my book launch party at my local brewery and folks? we’re doing it. other readers to be announced! limited space so RSVP here, if ya nasty (please):
www.eventbrite.com/e/santa-barb...
www.eventbrite.com/e/santa-barb...
Thrilled to see my story chosen as a finalist for Flash Frog’s annual Blue Frog contest! A big thank you to the readers and editors at FF! 🐸💙
February 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Thrilled to see my story chosen as a finalist for Flash Frog’s annual Blue Frog contest! A big thank you to the readers and editors at FF! 🐸💙
This column always gives me life. @littleengines.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This column always gives me life. @littleengines.bsky.social
I’m thrilled to crack open HEY YOU ASSHOLES early. Big fan of @kylerseibel.bsky.social work, and I’m glad to see it beautifully bound up in this collection from @clashbooks.bsky.social
January 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I’m thrilled to crack open HEY YOU ASSHOLES early. Big fan of @kylerseibel.bsky.social work, and I’m glad to see it beautifully bound up in this collection from @clashbooks.bsky.social
Excited to dive in! GIRL ON GIRL stories by @emilylauracosta.bsky.social 💚💚💚 @rejectionlit.bsky.social
January 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Excited to dive in! GIRL ON GIRL stories by @emilylauracosta.bsky.social 💚💚💚 @rejectionlit.bsky.social
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hey there fella, got a lil sumpin sumpin over at @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social today. give it a readski, huh? a widdle minute for a story? pweez daddyyyyyy??
fr fr thanks to @troyjamesweaver.bsky.social and @wadrewhawkins.bsky.social for helpful notes here.
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2024/12/29/s...
fr fr thanks to @troyjamesweaver.bsky.social and @wadrewhawkins.bsky.social for helpful notes here.
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2024/12/29/s...
December 29, 2024 at 6:35 PM
hey there fella, got a lil sumpin sumpin over at @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social today. give it a readski, huh? a widdle minute for a story? pweez daddyyyyyy??
fr fr thanks to @troyjamesweaver.bsky.social and @wadrewhawkins.bsky.social for helpful notes here.
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2024/12/29/s...
fr fr thanks to @troyjamesweaver.bsky.social and @wadrewhawkins.bsky.social for helpful notes here.
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2024/12/29/s...
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Please enjoy Stanchion's final 2025 Pushcart Prize nominated story, Good On Paper, by @amygcb.bsky.social from Issue 15.
www.stanchionzine.com/post/good-on...
2024 was a remarkable year for Stanchion Magazine. There are a few copies left of issues 14, 16 & 17. Get 20% off each/all with code: 20OFF
www.stanchionzine.com/post/good-on...
2024 was a remarkable year for Stanchion Magazine. There are a few copies left of issues 14, 16 & 17. Get 20% off each/all with code: 20OFF
December 28, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Please enjoy Stanchion's final 2025 Pushcart Prize nominated story, Good On Paper, by @amygcb.bsky.social from Issue 15.
www.stanchionzine.com/post/good-on...
2024 was a remarkable year for Stanchion Magazine. There are a few copies left of issues 14, 16 & 17. Get 20% off each/all with code: 20OFF
www.stanchionzine.com/post/good-on...
2024 was a remarkable year for Stanchion Magazine. There are a few copies left of issues 14, 16 & 17. Get 20% off each/all with code: 20OFF
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Honored to have this piece in 100 Word Story! Thank you to the editors. ❤️🌵
100wordstory.org/saguaro/
100wordstory.org/saguaro/
Saguaro - 100Words
By Sabrina Hicks An ancient rain sticks to creosote and sage the way my memory clings to childhood the way your ashes adorn these peaks circled by hawks the way...
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December 28, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Honored to have this piece in 100 Word Story! Thank you to the editors. ❤️🌵
100wordstory.org/saguaro/
100wordstory.org/saguaro/
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Hey LA!!! I’ll be reading with this rock star lineup on Jan 10 at @storiesbooksandcafe for the launch of HORSE GIRL FEVER. Hope you can make it 🐎👧🔥
December 27, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Hey LA!!! I’ll be reading with this rock star lineup on Jan 10 at @storiesbooksandcafe for the launch of HORSE GIRL FEVER. Hope you can make it 🐎👧🔥
The only reason I checked my mailbox, was in hopes HORSE GIRL FEVER was in there!!!! I’m vvvv exciting to dig in 💗💗💗💗 @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 7:11 PM
The only reason I checked my mailbox, was in hopes HORSE GIRL FEVER was in there!!!! I’m vvvv exciting to dig in 💗💗💗💗 @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social
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Thank you @yourimpossiblevoice.com for this BSF nom for my much-loved (and previously much-rejected) story that isn't really about cake! I am so chuffed! Congrats to my fellow nominees as well!
Read it here: www.yourimpossiblevoice.com/when-i-final...
Read it here: www.yourimpossiblevoice.com/when-i-final...
December 13, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Thank you @yourimpossiblevoice.com for this BSF nom for my much-loved (and previously much-rejected) story that isn't really about cake! I am so chuffed! Congrats to my fellow nominees as well!
Read it here: www.yourimpossiblevoice.com/when-i-final...
Read it here: www.yourimpossiblevoice.com/when-i-final...
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Hey Portland!!! Mark your calendars! I'll be doing my official book launch for HORSE GIRL FEVER at @powells.bsky.social Books Downtown in convo w/ Jay Ponteri! Jan. 7 @ 7pm. Hope you all can make it 🐎👧🔥
December 13, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Hey Portland!!! Mark your calendars! I'll be doing my official book launch for HORSE GIRL FEVER at @powells.bsky.social Books Downtown in convo w/ Jay Ponteri! Jan. 7 @ 7pm. Hope you all can make it 🐎👧🔥