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Daniel David Froid

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Writer, reader, desert-dweller, and minor demon. Chapbook: MY HOME IS NOT THERE (Bottlecap Press). Stories in Nightmare, Lightspeed, Post Road, Black Warrior Review, elsewhere. 😈🏳️‍🌈 danielfroid.com

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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Dec 16

Very excited to share that I'm publishing a chapbook with Bottlecap Press! I'll be upfront: MY HOME IS NOT THERE is about losing your dog. I wrote this as a tribute to my own beloved canine friend. It's weird and prickly and quasi-mystical. You can preorder now. :) bottlecap.press/products/not...

The cover of my chapbook, My Home Is Not There

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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thanks so much! This is one of the stories I'm most pleased with, so the praise means a lot.

Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Feb 13

Happy to share my new story, now on JAKE's website (@publishedbyjake.bsky.social): "A Wickedness." I'm really proud of this one. I think it's one of my more innovative pieces. It's not a horror story; it's a grief-horror-anxiety-anger-resentment story.

A Wickedness

He wanted witnesses, always.

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Suzy Eynon @suzyeynon.bsky.social · Feb 11

Just finished reading MY HOME IS NOT THERE by @froid.bsky.social and am moved by it. The loss is relatable, never sentimental: wanting to keep an archive of the lost, the irritation at those who don't get it, not feeling at home on this planet. Beautiful work and a worthy tribute.

MY HOME IS NOT THERE by Daniel David Froid, blue cover with constellations against a blue blanket and cloud patterned pillow, with sleeping gray cat in background of photo

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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Feb 11

Suzy, thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts! You’ve described so much of what I hoped to do in this chapbook. 💜

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Cold Signal Magazine @cold-signal.com · Jan 27

With all submissions answered, I'm pleased to share the cover for Cold Signal, Issue Three: Underworld!

A massive thank you to all submitters, whether chosen for inclusion or not 🙏 Putting this issue together is already and will continue to be very cathartic. Can't wait to share it with you all!

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Your daily Inland Empire screenshot @bluetomorrows.bsky.social · Jan 21

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · Jan 17

RIP, king

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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Jan 16

David Lynch’s influence and the potency of his work seem almost impossible to express. He’s been in my own brain for almost 20 years. Rest in peace.

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Your daily Inland Empire screenshot @bluetomorrows.bsky.social · Jan 16

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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Jan 16

Do it! 2666 is totally absorbing and worth the time. After I read it a couple of years ago, I had to agree that it deserves all those accolades.

Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Jan 13

Thanks, John. I really appreciate it. She was 16 and quite ill, so it was time, but I still think of her daily as well. It did help to turn those feelings into a story and then to see the story as a physical object.

Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Jan 13

Thank you so much!

Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Jan 13

Here it is: my chapbook, alongside my beloved dog. Losing her inspired this weird little tale. I wanted to write a story about loving a dog (among other things) that was surreal and challenging and not sentimental; I hope I succeeded. You can get a copy here: bottlecap.press/products/not...

A framed picture of a miniature pinscher resting her head on an armchair, in front of a crowded bookshelf; a blue chapbook with astronomical symbols on the cover

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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Jan 8

I’m sad to hear this. I published my first short story in Coffin Bell. Thank you for reading, publishing, and promoting our work.

COFFIN BELL || a journal of dark literature @coffinbell.bsky.social · Jan 8

Please see our blog for the rest of the post

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Your daily Inland Empire screenshot @bluetomorrows.bsky.social · Jan 7

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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Jan 1

Nice. Very excited for more from Veres and Musolino and thrilled about Pedraza!

Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Dec 31

My last read of 2024 was also one of the best ever. Miss MacIntosh, My Darling is my new religion.

Cover of Miss MacIntosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young

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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Dec 31

"We’re having coffee, me and my sister-in-law Sharon, when Sharon says, “It would be nice if we had some apple pie to go along with this.”

A pie arms race that goes off the rails--don't miss the delightfully absurd/absurdly delightful "Pie" by @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social , new on hex today !

Pie by Hugh Behm-Steinberg

We’re having coffee, me and my sister-in-law Sharon, when Sharon says, “It would be nice if we had some apple pie to go along with this.” Being a good host, I happen to have a supermarket pie in th...

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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Dec 20

The one skill that I am possibly the very worst at in all the world is wrapping presents. Cannot do it. Gifts wrapped by me have an uneasy aura, like non-Euclidean geometry. They will drive you insane if you look at them too long.

Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Dec 17

I read all four of Renee Gladman’s Ravicka novels earlier this month. They help to balance out my last read of 2024 (or first of 2025?), Miss MacIntosh, My Darling.

Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Dec 17

Thank you—I really appreciate that.

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · Dec 17

Malarkey was nominated for an award entitled "Publisher least likely to screw you over."

They're not fancy or run through a prestigious uni program or publishing house owned by lit nobility. Alan didn't go to Harvard or Iowa. He just loves writers and literature.

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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Dec 17

I published "An Offering from the Void" in Nightmare: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/an-o...

An Offering from the Void - Nightmare Magazine

There is something uniquely squalid and sad about estate sales. To traipse through a cluttered house, one of a teeming crowd here to bear witness to the end of a life and all that it held, not to pay ...

www.nightmare-magazine.com

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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Dec 16

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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · Dec 16

Thank you! 💜