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Holly Lyn Walrath’s poetry and short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Fireside Fiction, Luna Station Quarterly, Liminality, and elsewhere. She is the author of Glimmerglass Girl, (Finishing Line Press, 2018). She holds a B.A. in English from The University of Texas and a Master’s in Creative Writing from the University of Denver. She is a freelance editor and host of The Weird Circular, an e-newsletter for writers containing submission calls and writing prompts. Find her online at her website or on Twitter.

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	Glimmerglass Girl 3.85 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Space: Shorts & Poetry from the Houston Community by Holly Walrath (Goodreads Author) (Editor & Contributor), Holly Lyn Walrath (Goodreads Author), Layla Al-Bedawi 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Medias Res: Stories from the In-Between by Holly Walrath (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Holly Lyn Walrath (Goodreads Author), John Dutterer 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 2017 Rhysling Anthology: The best science fiction, fantasy & horror poetry of 2016 selected by the Science Fiction Poetry Association by David C. Kopaska-Merkel (Editor), Lore Bernier (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Holly Walrath (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Undead: A Poetry Anthology of Ghosts, Ghouls, and More by Bianca Lynne Spriggs (Editor), Katerina Stoykova-Klemer (Editor), Tony Barnstone (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 2019 Rhysling Anthology: The best science fiction, fantasy & horror poetry of 2018 selected by the Science Fiction Poetry Association by David C. Kopaska-Merkel (Editor), Beth Cato (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Peter Ullian (Contributor) 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 2018 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Poetry of 2017 Selected by the Science Fiction Poetry Association by Linda D. Addison (Editor), Holly Walrath (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Sara Tantlinger (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Each day Marda gets closer. The sub circles coral reefs off the coasts, where mermaids are said to like the colors of the schools of fishes, and train them to swim around their necks like jewelry or live behind their ears, beneath their long hair. Sometimes mermaids like shallow places, but mostly they like the dark and the beautiful, uncharted, abandoned, soulless parts of the undiscovered world.”
― Holly Walrath, Pulp Literature Issue 7 Summer 2015

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“We live in a world of unfulfilled fairytales.”
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“But he goes all quiet. His ghost eyes roll / up in his head, white-on-white-on-white, / and he runs his shaking hands over his scars, / looks up like he’s going to wish on a / star.”
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“We live in a world of unfulfilled fairytales.”
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“When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin

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“It’s amazing how much easier it is to bake a cake when you’ve got an eternity to get it right.”
― Holly Walrath, Luna Station Quarterly: Issue 030

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“War is what happens when language fails.”
― Margaret Atwood

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“fluttering amidst the stars / stands the thin black/ stalk / of a glimmerglass girl /”
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