Writer. Seeker. Swimmer. Bard.
I make maps and tell stories.
I make maps and tell stories.
Robert Walikis is a writer, playwright, poet, and songwriter.
His short stories “Terrafir” and “Peak Child” were semifinalists for the North American Review’s 2023 and 2022 Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prizes. His creative nonfiction essay "Most Non-Compete Clauses are Legally Unenforceable" was runner-up for Grist Journal's Issue 16 ProForma Contest. His very short story “Funerary Rumors” was second runner-up for PRISM International’s 2022 Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V Short Forms.
Rob’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Post Road, Grist Journal, PRISM International, Bridge Eight, Barzakh, Literary North, Pif Magazine, and Masque & Spectacle. His self-published poetry site is opentank.com.
Rob graduated from Cornell University and lives in Maine with his wife-partner-writer Diana Mullins. He is a member of the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance and sometimes imagines he is following in the footsteps of Thomas Pynchon.
Rob makes maps and tells stories.