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Chris Patrick Carolan 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Author, Editor, Hovercraft Enthusiast. THE NIGHTSHADE CABAL released 2020 by Parliament House Press. Best First Novel finalist, Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence. (He/Him)

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Chris Patrick Carolan 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @cpcwrites.bsky.social · Mar 24

Hi, new friends and follows! I'm Chris, and I write stuff. My book, The Nightshade Cabal, is an historical urban fantasy mystery tale set in 1880s Halifax. It was a finalist for the Crime Writers of Canada 'Best First Novel' award!
From @parliamentbooks.bsky.social

LINK: books2read.com/u/490zOw

Image shows the cover of The Nightshade Cabal against a chalkboard background with a light blue skull. Captions read: "Victorian Era Mayhem and Mystery, Thrilling Inventions, Reanimated Corpses, Found Family, Dueling Spellcasters, Canadian Setting, Surly Fae, and Award Nominated."

The first page of The Nightshade Cabal. Text Reads:

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, 1881

"I’m telling you, Jonathon, these so-called stage magicians are nothing more than charlatans and hucksters of the highest order.” Isaac Barrow said, raising his voice to be heard over the din of the crowded Theatre Royale. "The act is nothing but mirrors and wires and other trickery making you think you've seen something you haven’t.”

Inspector Jonathon Eddings chuckled heartily, shaking his head. "And I keep telling you, Barrow, being fooled is the whole point of the bloody show!” Fifteen years in Halifax had done little to blunt the edge of his thick Mancunian brogue.

His friend’s retort failed to quell Barrow's annoyance. The inspector's
invitation had had all the cordiality of a press gang. Eddings had bought the tickets to thank Barrow for his help with a recent investigation. He hadn’t skimped, either; they sat just three rows back of the orchestra pit. The notion of putting down hard-earned coin with the express intention of being hoodwinked by some sham of a magician struck Barrow as inordinately foolish. He knew of the occult and the dangers of flirting with its deadly secrets. Real magic being
his stock-in-trade, he considered the pretend variety, popular on stage, mildly offensive at best. It. was only on his friend's repeated insistence that he had finally, against his own better judgement, agreed to attend the performance.

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Chris Patrick Carolan 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @cpcwrites.bsky.social · 3d

Dear reader, if I were describe a character as having her hair "pinned up in victory rolls," would you know what I was on about?

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Chris Patrick Carolan 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @cpcwrites.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: my back just to know your name
Seventeen tracks and I've had it with this game

Chris Patrick Carolan 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @cpcwrites.bsky.social · 8d

There's a floating nautical-themed pub for sale in Nanaimo Harbour, folks, so I'm gonna need to borrow $3,600,000 from one of you (or sell a whole bunch of books).

Chris Patrick Carolan 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @cpcwrites.bsky.social · 8d

The story so far: On April 30, 1993, the World Wide Web was made available to the general public. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

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Steve Stred @stevestred.bsky.social · 8d

TOMORROW! I have these six books featured in Horrorsmith Publishing's Terrify Your Tablet! One day only - a BUNCH of books will be on salw at 99c or free! Mine will be 99c so grab 'em all! Sign up at the Horrorsmith website to get the details!

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Viva La Vivian @vivalavivian.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you! x

My first collection, which comes out on the best day of the year(Halloween) is up for pre-order! 🎃

mybook.to/AllsWell

All's Well That Ends Well

Read it now

mybook.to

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Ryan Leslie @ryan-leslie.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks, Gabino!
Today! @scribeofhades.bsky.social and I will be at BookPeople in Austin promoting our new books, Shitshow and The Garden of Before. If you're around, we'd love to see you! If not, give 'em a read and join the club!
@bookpeople.com

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Chris Patrick Carolan 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @cpcwrites.bsky.social · 8d

Amazing news and certainly well-deserved!

Chris Patrick Carolan 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @cpcwrites.bsky.social · 8d

For the longest time, I thought the lyrics were "I'm looking for this man, to sell him to other men, to make his fiction famous."

Yeah, I guess I thought the song was about a literary agent or something.

a man wearing sunglasses and a mohawk is standing in a black and white photo .

ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a mohawk is standing in a black and white photo .

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Chris Patrick Carolan 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @cpcwrites.bsky.social · 8d

Go! Swarm! Obtain!

@gabino.bsky.social knows how it's done!

Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 8d

It’s #FridayReads time and still Latine Heritage Month! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a (45% off!) Stoker/Locus/Goodreads finalist that’s perfect for spooky season: dark magic, old gods, revenge, blood, and ghosts.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

Chris Patrick Carolan 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @cpcwrites.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks for another #FridayReads, Gabino!
Horror, crime, magic, friendship, violence, and monsters?
Check, check, etc!

Check out the book Craig DiLouie(!) called "a powerful Victorian adventure, rich in detail and set in a fully realized world ... A stunning debut!"

LINK: books2read.com/u/490zOw

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Chris Patrick Carolan 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @cpcwrites.bsky.social · 10d

I remember being called an alarmist when I tried to tell folks what a Wildrose government would look like. Well, here we are, and here it is. Keep your arms inside the car at all times while the ride is in motion.