Katie Walsh

Kicking off 2026 with a re-intro!
I’m Cailin, a writer focused on grounded spec fic.
Current projects:
🐐The Magic of Now, about a woman reincarnated as a goat, and the cult her sister infiltrates to figure out why, and
🐦Pigeon WIP, an unhinged exploration of the Birds Aren’t Real conspiracy

Oh thank you so much! It’s been really lovely to see responses of appreciation, it’s a rough job sometimes 😅 I’ll check out the rec!!

I Have One of the U.S.’s Most Controversial Jobs. Moments Like This Make It All Worth It. I’m a librarian, which means I’m also a therapist, personal assistant, and first responder.

I have one of the U.S.’s most controversial jobs. Moments like this make it all worth it. slate.trib.al/P9rDNzy

I Have One of the U.S.’s Most Controversial Jobs. Moments Like This Make It All Worth It. I’m a librarian, which means I’m also a therapist, personal assistant, and first responder.

Being a librarian is challenging and rewarding in ways I never expected, support your local library!

South Georgia library manager fired for trans-inclusive display The branch manager at the Pierce County Library was fired after displaying a trans-inclusive children's book in a public display.

Lavonnia Moore, the librarian fired for including one of my books on a display after a child requested it, sounds incredible and what happened to her should be a crime. roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/07/05/l...

Drawings of a left hand, under the heading "Tips on your first transformation" with next line "Remove all jewelry". In the first image, it's a regular human hand with a ring on the third finger. In the second, the hand is getting hairy, the nails are sharper, and the section beyond the ring is black. By the third image, the hand is a werewolf's claw, with the ring finger much shorter, deformed, and completely black. (From "The Werewolf's Guide to Life: A Manual for the Newly Bitten", a 2009 humorous book by Bob Powers and Ritch Duncan)

Tumblr post by chongo blog from August 22, 2019: Can't wait for, like, 2025 when we look back on the 2018/2019 era and say "hey, remember when we were all freaking depressed? That was a crazy time. Glad we aren't like that anymore" Reply by Ampersketch from May 10, 2025 (marked yesterday): Hey Reply by chongo blog, same day: Don't say anything

Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Off Sometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.

Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.

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Get thee to a nunnery ✝️

Goat reincarnation, female cult leader, farmers’ markets, fun nuns, older complicated protagonists who can handle their shit, this book HAS 👏 IT 👏 ALL 👏