Holly Wade Matter

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Writer. White-knuckle knitter. Bunny mom. Superannuated Pre-Raphaelite stunner. Punk- and Goth-adjacent. My novel, Damned Pretty Things, and my related novella, The Circus, the Garden (and Mario Lanza), are out from Aqueduct Press. I like perfume.

The gray ruins of a clapboard farmhouse and two outbuildings, and a tree.
Gray salt water, dark island, hazy blue mountain range, and cloudy gray sky.
A small brown and white mini rex bunny lying on her side, half in and half out of her litter box.
A ceramic wind chime of Hello Kitty in a bee-stripe onesie and wings. She holds a black pot labeled "honey," and three yellow blobs if honey are dripping out of it
Worker standing on a barely supported horizontal ladder and affixes golden-brown boards to a three-story house.
A pair of teal/green embroidered, lace-up boots. Period ranges from 1870 to 1900.
Text message: I'm tired and sweaty after 10 minutes of weefing Weeding
A small brown and white mini rex bunny lies on her side partially in a pool of sunlight.
The Barely-There Hiking Sandal Is the Official Shoe of the Summer Vogue. A pristine white foot wearing a red, stringy flipflop. Zippered red leggings at the ankle.
In a black and white photo, Clark Gable lifts the trunk of a young, hip-high elephant.
A mass of purple clematis growing near a fencepost. Creeping thyme, gravel, and a weathered metal raised bed in the background.
Figure of a child with a burlap head covering, yarn hair, one open eyehole, the other eye, nose, and mouth painted on. He wears a turquoise smock and what looks like a whistle on a chain. El Orphanato, 2007.
A small brown and white mini rex bunny grabs metal tubes in her mouth and arranges them to her liking.
A half-full bottle of amber perfume with a steepled stopper,.and a bas relief Statue of Liberty.
A small brown and white mini rex bunny stretched out in two carpet tiles, with her supper veggies in the background.
Rich purple clematis flowering on a rusted wire fence.
The author with curly hair and both eyes fully open smiles terrifyingly - one of her two facial expressions.
Strappy red Jambu "Sugar" sandal with a wedge heel. Ten years old, but I still think they're cool-looking.
Three green aliens look in wonder and delight at a holographic projection of a Sound Transit train.
In the nearest of three metal raised beds, house finches perch on a trellis and hop down to eat seeds from a flourishing borage plant.
A gray Flemish giant fights her reflection in a big mirror and grooms herself, while a gray Netherlands dwarf hangs out near her.
A man with a pipe sitting cross-legged, feeding a crow who is perched on his shoe. The author, age five, is crouched at a distance, one hand on her father's knee.
A small brown and white Eastern cottontail lying on a rustic paving stone in the shade.
Three cats perched on G.'s lap, taking treats.
A small brown and white mini rex bunny lounging next to a blue bowl holding a bottle of ice.
A three story new construction with red window frames.
A small Eastern cottontail bunny nibbling vegetation on a strip of lawn.
One Upon a Classic in ornate lettering on a scroll
Cover for The Circus, the Garden (and Mario Lanza) by Holly Wade Matter, Conversation Pieces. A photo of an infant herb garden.
The author, covering up her still-bruised eye, holds a copy of The Circus, the Garden (and Mario Lanza) and smiles like the goonerhead she is. The cover features a photo of an infant herb garden, and says "Conversation Pieces" down one side.
A small brown and white mini rex bunny with her face up against a two-liter bottle of frozen water.
A small brown and white mini rex bunny with ears hidden looks at the camera in astonishment.
A simplified capybara plushie wearing furry bunny pajamas with one striped ear.
A mostly yellow hand knit pullover with one red sleeve and a red sunburst featuring the logo of Suntory Boss Coffee- a man with a mustache and pipe.
Late Autumn: Hyun Bin and Tang Wei, both in winter coats, walk away from the Kings Inn motel.
View of empty Northbound I-5 on the Ship Canal Bridge, in Seattle, taken from inside the car. Bonus clouds and a small stuffed pica.
Eastern cottontail munching on violets in the front yard.
A grey knitted top with a v back, lacing up the back, and a lace border at the hem.
The tail and hind feet of a small brown and white mini rex bunny lounging on a carpet square.
Two white roses with green foliage in a red, gold, and blue vase
Black and white poster of Robert Doisneau's "The Kiss." A man embracing and kissing a woman on a busy sidewalk. Some time in the 1950s?
Cows in a field, blue sky above.
A sticker on a concrete wall of a face in black, with crosses for eyes and a white hat with a squiggle on it. The mouth looks like a cardiac readout. Underneath is the word FORGET
The top of a turret, clad in blue scales, with one large window and a couple of dormer windows above. The dormers feature gingerbread in white, and the roof of the turret is peaked, with a ball on top.
A view of Mt. Shasta with clouds. Evergreen Forest in the foreground.
From Asimov's, Mr. Pacifaker's House. Illustration of an impish-looking old man with fairy wings standing in front of an old truck and a horse. Text: In September 1993 we published one of Holly Wade's first stories, "The Cool Place." Since then, the author has married, added her husband's name to her byline, and moved from Clarksville, Arkansas, to Seattle, Washington. Ms. Matter returns to our pages with a strange tale about the goings-on at MR. PACIFAKER'S HOUSE Holly Wade Matter Illustration by Laurie Harden
A small brown box with a gray label that reads "The Museum of Jurassic Technology" and "Tell the Bees..." There is a little drawing of a bee.
The back end of a small brown and white mini rex bunny, underneath an exercise step. Her hind feet are crossed.
The sun sets behind a hill. Wispy clouds and a pond.
A ball of purple, hot pink, blue and yellow yarn.
A small brown and white mini rex bunny asleep under a Reebok step. She is lying near her black and green treat puzzle.
Light purple violets and white-flowering meadowsweet grow against a mossy, concrete step.
A large, open-work shawl in shades of red/pink, green, and white. Displayed on a dress form. General clutter in the background.
The blissed-out face of a small brown and white mini rex bunny, eyes closed, chin on the ground.
All the above mentioned bottles of perfume in a cloth-lined wicker basket.
Blue expanse of Lake Superior from a beach of boulders.
A small brown and white mini rex bunny repeatedly lifts and drops a frayed Flor carpet tile amidst other frayed and disarranged carpet tiles
Engraving of seven men with oblong black tickets (?) for heads. The tickets read DRESS OVERCOAT DOUBLE BREASTED SACK SUIT MELTON OVERCOAT A BUTTON CUTAWAY CHEVIOT SACK SUIT THE NEWPORT THE HARROW Center text: DON'T FAIL To see our immense line of MEN'S AND BOYS' Fall Suits AND Overcoats The most Fashionable Line of FALL CLOTHING Ever shown west of Chicago.
Dr. Fink, keyboardist for Prince, playing keyboards in green scrubs.