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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 17h

The scene where the government invades Elliot's home in E.T. really fucked me up.

An employee of the United States government in a hazmat suit with a globe helmet invades Elliot's home in the movie ET the extraterrestrial.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 22h

"oh you're working on a new book? can i read this one?" "mom it's about Hell" "well that's no good"

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 03/10/2026

Let's keep going, October! Here's a 2nd interesting doc from Mathias Clasen exploring the psychology of why we looooove to be scared. Sorry it's ted talk format but you can listen without watching... lol... youtu.be/6St5R2bYMOY

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Lessons from a terrified horror researcher | Mathias Clasen | TEDxAarhus

Horror researcher Mathias Clausen tells us the science of why we love to be scared half to death. Mathias Clasen is a specialist in horror media and has spent years getting to the bottom of the…

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 03/10/2026

The veil is thinnest Sunday at @tomboftreasure.bsky.social at 3pm. I'll be reading for the first time from my story "Feast of Apples". Joining me are the phantasmic @nickrwriter.bsky.social and @spookachu.bsky.social. We'll be on hand afterwards with a few books to sign! #HWA #IndieHorror #BookSky

The image is reminiscent of a dark, atmospheric book cover titled "FEAST OF APPLES" by Walsh Wettengle written in a sharp, stylized white font across the top. The background is a dense, shadowy apple orchard filled with green foliage and scattered red apples hanging from branches and littered across the dark ground. Tucked into the deep shadows on the left side, a creepy, decaying green zombie face with bare teeth and glowing red eyes peers out from behind the leaves.

Event poster titled "The Thinnest Veil: Haunted Readings From the Seattle Chapter of the Horror Writers Association."

The poster features a dark, spooky theme with a black background overlaid by purple cobwebs. In the upper-left, a skeleton sits on a skeletal throne, holding up a paperback which features a vampire on the cover, her mouth open displaying her fangs.

The event details are written in stylized, dripping purple and white fonts:
Date: Sunday, October 4th
Featured Authors:
- Walsh Wettengle, author of Snowman
- Nick R. Anderson, author of Ghost Town
- Maria Giakoumatos, author of The Infernal Symphony series

Schedule: Readings from 3:00 to 4:00 PM, followed by a signing from 4:00 to 5:00 PM

Location: The Tomb of Treasure in White Center, WA.

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 02/10/2026

I was forced to go to a mall today... it's ok. I'm all right. The things you have to endure to get your annual pumpkin cupcake foaming soap from B&BW. 😭

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 02/10/2026

We are October Official today and while I swim in the waters of horror year-round, some only partake this time of year. WHAT? The psychology of horror fascinates me and I love telling peeps it's healthy! youtu.be/gA7FSlcS5-g

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Nightmares In Red White and Blue...The Evolution of the American Horror Film Horror

Nightmares In Red White and Blue...Horror Film Documentary #horrordocumentary #nightmaresinredwhiteandblue #horrorfilms #horrormovies #georgeromero #johncarpenter #halloween #texaschainsawmassacre…

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 27/09/2026

𝒮𝑒𝓅𝓉𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝓌𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓎-𝓈𝒾𝓍𝓉𝒽, 𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓉𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝓌𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓎-𝑜𝓃𝑒

B&W photo of all the authors and vendors at the inaugural Massacre on the Mountain at the eldritch keep known as Timberline Lodge. I'm the mostly bald one.

Photo ripped, with respect, from Andrew Najberg. 😁

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 26/09/2026

Find me at these 7 amazing shops or support your fave indie bookstore by ordering online at bookshop.org. Just added The Infernal Annex in Olympia, Washington's only all-horror bookstore. Ebooks are also available for both of my titles via the usual online haunts. #IndieHorror #IndieAuthor #BookSky

A flyer from WALSH WETTENGLE noting where to find his books in creepy font outlined in toxic avenger green. There is a QR code that leads to www.walshwettengle.com.

The 8 booksellers are all represented by their shop logos:
- Page Turner Books (Kent, WA)
- Infernal Annex (Olympia, WA)
- Third Place Books (Seattle and Lake Forest Park, WA)
- Bundok Books (Puyallup, WA)
- Charlie's Queer Books (Seattle, WA)
- Couth Buzzard (Seattle, WA)
- Tomb of Treasure (White Center, WA)
- Bookshop.org (online)

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 26/09/2026

Seeing The Shining at one of the Overlooks on a full moon during a flash snowstorm just hits different.

A projection screen in a large ballroom at Timberline Lodge showing the scene from The Shining of the family inside their car headed up the mountain and neither Danny nor Tony is wearing a seatbelt.

exterior view of the Timberline Lodge lit up at night.

The full moon hidden behind clouds but super bright anyway.

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 25/09/2026

Woah! Massacre on the Mountain made the news. Very cool. See ya Saturday!

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 25/09/2026

Thanks to @tomboftreasure.bsky.social and La Cueva for hosting us! Hope to see you on October 4 in White Center for spooky tales from beyond the veil. #HWA #IndieHorror #HorrorWriters #BookSky

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 22/09/2026

Coming to see us all on Saturday at the Overlook on Mt. Hood? Come say hi at Table 17! *blasts "The Shining" by Black Sabbath* #MassacreOnTheMountain #IndieHorror #HWA

The event floor plan map detailing vendor booth assignments inside a rectangular hall for Massacre on the Mountain. The diagram features a visual layout on the left and a numbered list of vendors on the right.

The layout shows tables arranged along the perimeter walls and in four vertical central rows, numbered 1 through 35. Booth 17 is located along the top wall and is highlighted with a rough red circle drawn around it. A red arrow on the bottom right points directly to vendor 17, Walsh Wettengle, in the list.

The full list reads:
1 & 2. Merch
3. Sammy Scott & Matt Lutton
4. Donation Boxes
5 & 6. Grimm's Boutique
7. Jyl Glenn & David K Slater
8. Chris Heinicke & Kate Reedwood
9. Michael Stone
10. David Washburn & John Ward
11. Philip Fracassi
12. Francois Vaillancourt
13. Tyler Jones
14. TJ Payne
15. Joie Higgins
16. Mimi's Haunted Lanterns
17. Walsh Wettengle
18. Brooklyn Ann
19. PakHye Goods
20. Nikki Noir & Jonathan T. Cross
21. R.E. Sargent & Jed Kent
22. Sam Whittaker
23. Crimson Curiosities
24. Stephen H & Sharon Provost
25 & 26. Desiree Horton
27. Dorian Jack Sinnott & T. L Beeding
28. Megan Stockton
29. Eric Butler
30. Joshua Millican & Bitter Karella
31. Jason Nickey
32. Dan Shrader
33. Justin Holley
34. Heather Ann Larson & Kyle Rolinatis
35. Ryan Danley & Kimber Kraft

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 22/09/2026

Looking for the perfect place to read your spookiest tales? We've got room for ya. HMU asap. #IndieHorror #SeattleWriters #WriterSky #WritingCommunity

A body of text with a veiled face in the background that reads:

Seattle & PNW Horror Writers!
We have a couple reading slots left for Oct 4 @ 3pm in White Center with the local HWA chapter. Hit me up here or Insta for deets @walshwettengle.com! Theme is the thinning of the veil this timeof year but general horror also considered. Bring your most terrifying!

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 09/09/2026

🕷️🕸️vs 🤷‍♂️☕ Ok, that battle had 2 full turns but I'm afraid to announce that spider won. Please excuse the spilled coffee all over the patio.

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 06/09/2026

Finally reading the King in Yellow* and even in 1895, CA and the PNW won't cow to the federal dystopian oligarchs. *Not the 2nd Act, though

"The country follows the state, and the portion that will not, I mean California and the Northwest, might better never have been inhabited. I shall not send them the Yellow Sign." - Mr. Wilde "The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 05/09/2026

Infernal Annex in Olympia has their soft opening this weekend! #HorrorSky #BookSky #IndieBookstores

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 30/08/2026

Ready for a bloody good time on Mt. Hood? I can't wait! #MassacreOnTheMountain

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 25/08/2026

I love this. It's important to read Hailey Piper's advice... and then read it again. It's not always a simple thing to be unapologetically yourself in your writing. Reminders help. 🤘 horror.org/pride-month-...

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Pride Month 2026: An Interview with Hailey Piper

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 22/08/2026

Next month! Are you excited? Over 50 authors at Massacre on the Mountain. Saturday, Sept 26, 2026.

A social media promo for writer, Walsh Wettengle on a corroded metal background.

"Walsh Wettengle appearing at Massacre on the Mountain September 26 from 10am-5pm at the haunting Timberline Lodge in Government Camp, OR."

Includes a b&w image of the author and a QR code that leads to the event info/ticket at https://acrosstheblackveil.bigcartel.com/product/standard-entry-ticket-for-massacre-on-the-mountain

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 06/08/2026

I'm thrilled to share that Snowman made the Honorable Mention list for genre fiction at this year's Hollywood Book Festival. These are awarded to books that in addition to storytelling, have good potential for being adapted into other forms of media.

An award announcement graphic for the 2026 Hollywood Book Festival, featuring an orange and green background decorated with stars and a film camera.

The image displays the book cover of Snowman by Walsh Wettengle, featuring a child standing before a creepy snowman in a bleak landscape, alongside text announcing the book as an Honorable Mention for Genre-based Fiction.

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 31/07/2026

Fellow authors: without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP? "Fuck," I muttered, staring at the DMV entrance. Before getting out of my EV, I watched the crowd for movement. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. Instead, they just stood motionless, baking in the afternoon sun. #ReaderSky #IndieHorror

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 29/07/2026

FUN FACT "SNOWMAN" was written entirely by hand. I... don't think I'll be doing that again. 😉 #IndieHorror #WriterSky #WritingCommunity

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 28/07/2026

Seated for Hadestown @ AMC in my WAIT FOR ME t-shirt.🌹⛏️🤘

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 26/07/2026

Today! @ The Haunted Farmers market in Tacoma, WA

Indie Horror Author Walsh Wettengle booksigning table at The Haunted Farmers Market.

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 25/07/2026

Happening now. Happy first birthday @bundokbooks.bsky.social ! I'm catching up with you @mattdinniman.bsky.social ! 🤣

Bundok Books bestsellers in their window. The local author's book, Snowman, sits at #5 and naturally, Dungeon Crawler Carl, by "another local author" sits at #1.

Walsh Wettengle's booksigning table at Bundok Books featuring both "Snowman" and "Absinthe & Iron Cages" and Snowman bookmarks.

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 24/07/2026

So who did it better? • Cerridwen & Gwion • Merlin & Mad Madame Mim • Dream & Lucifer

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 22/07/2026

Like none of those Greek Isles looked like Mykonos. So when I was visiting Mykonos for a few hours and thinking this was the place that maybe Odysseus encountered the Cyclops I GUESS I WAS WRONG. Historically speaking.

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 21/07/2026

Walsh here. It is Christmas in July, didn't you know? Come celebrate at @bundokbooks.bsky.social this Saturday and see if your xmess sweater is uglier than mine. Dare you. I'm at the Haunted Farmers Market on Sunday all day. Details below in the busiest graphic promo I've ever made if you please.

Horror Writer Walsh Wettengle's Christmas In July booksigning promo dates.

July 25 at Bundok Books in Puyallup from 11:30-1:30. It is their birthday. There will be treats, authors and guests all day, and an ugly sweater contest!

July 26 at the Tacoma Haunted Farmers Market as a guest at Scary Tales Publishing's tent. All day from 10am-4pm.

Images of the book covers for "Snowman" and "Absinthe & Iron Cages."

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The reason young people vibe with liminal horror is that the wealthy have spent the last half century destroying all anthropological spaces they can exist in, leaving *only* non-places en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-place

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Non-place - Wikipedia

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 05/07/2026

The score to Leviticus is SO GOOD!!! This is one of my faves from it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MAd... #JedKurzel #Horror #Soundtrack

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Screen Door

YouTube video by Jed Kurzel - Topic

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 04/07/2026

I love our local PNW horror authors so much. I'm excited to dive into the audiobook for Listen to Your Sister by local Neena Viel and I'm even more stoked b/c I just recognized @childishgamzeno.bsky.social 's voice! My favorite voice from @scumbelievable.bsky.social 's Cuckoo. ❤️

The book cover to listen to your sister by Neena Viel

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 23/06/2026

Well would you check this out? Snowman made #9 on the bestseller list at indie bookshop Bundok Books in Puyallup. So cool!!! #indiehorror #booksky #indiebookstores

An image of a book titled "SNOWMAN: A CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY" by Walsh Wettengle.

The book cover features a grainy, black-and-white photograph of a snowman brandishing an ax in the playground of a park. A "Signed" sticker is visible in the top-left corner of the book. Above the book is a banner that reads "Local Author" in large, colorful letters, with "#9 Bestseller" written below it. The image is a screenshot from social media, with the username "bundokbooks" and a caption mentioning best sellers for June.

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 13/06/2026

Having a Johnette Napolitano, Chrissy Hines, Debbie Harry, and PJ Harvey morning. If you even care. *dances away* youtu.be/--TaZvlR4Jw?...

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Concrete Blonde - Dance Along The Edge

YouTube video by Johanne Blanco

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 12/06/2026

The last day for The Haunted Burrow bookshop is Jun 21 and they still have lots of great horror left for 20% off (with a bunch from indie authors, too). Today's purchase I can't wait to read is The Blood Year Daughter by @ggsilverman.bsky.social!

The paperback of the Blood Year Daughter, a short-story collection by GG Silverman with a bookmark for The Haunted Burrow Bookshop sticking out of it.

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 12/06/2026

Taking a break after book 4 of Dungeon Crawler Carl to read Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, the nicest guy to ever win a Bram Stoker Award and a Nebula Award on the same day during the same week of winning a Will Rogers Memorial Award and a week after winning a Locus.

The cover to Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 06/06/2026

Here's where to find me today at @kentnerdparty.bsky.social! So many great authors at this event inside this space and in booths outside!

A white plastic A-frame sign on a sidewalk holds a poster reading "AUTHORS INSIDE" in bold red text. The poster features comic-style explosion graphics in the corners, yellow emphasis lines around the words, and four red chevrons pointing to the right.

223 1st Ave Kent becomes the author's room for Kent Nerd Party today from 12-7.
Books from the participating authors line the ledge of a window display next to Jurassic Ink Tattoo.

Author Walsh Wettengle's books "Snowman" and "Absinthe & Iron Cages" in a window display.

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 06/06/2026

Find me at the @kentnerdparty.bsky.social tomorrow in the author room at NWBG Activity Center next to Page Turner Books! I'll be at table A5. Address: maps.app.goo.gl/M9tjwBHqj5nE...

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 04/06/2026

I'm thrilled to have my books available at so many local shops. Be sure to visit these indie booksellers and check out their local author and horror sections! @pageturnerbooks.bsky.social @charliesqueerbooks.bsky.social @tomboftreasure.bsky.social @bookshop.org @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 30/05/2026

See you in a week in Kent, WA!

An image featuring author Walsh Wettengle appearing at the "Kent Nerd Party" on Saturday, June 6th, from 12 pm to 7 pm.
The background is a black-and-white, textured photo of a park with a snowman. Walsh Wettengle, wearing a baseball cap and a t-shirt with a skeleton graphic, is centered in the image.
Text includes:

• "Walsh Wettengle" in large blue letters.
• "Appearing at: Kent Nerd Party!" inside a colorful yellow and blue comic-book-style starburst.
• "Saturday, June 6th, 12pm-7pm" and location details for Downtown Kent, WA.
• A note inviting visitors to "Find my table in the Author room for signed copies of Snowman and Absinthe & Iron Cages!"

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

chekov: if a gun is present in the first act, it must be used in the third act. judge: counsel, please remind your client AGAIN, that is not a valid defense

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Walsh Wettengle @walshwettengle.com · 04/05/2026