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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 2h

Many have asked: “Clay, where do you get your ideas?” Well, my friends, wonder no more. I’m giving away all of my creative secrets in this inspirational how-to at the Barnes & Noble blog. Learn how you, too, can write such devastating stories as the ones featured in ACQUIRED TASTE: bit.ly/3L4s8SH

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 2h

None needed whatsoever!!! Our google hits have crossed for a long time and I love that she has a book out!! Thank you for helping promote it—we authors need all the help we can get! 😂

Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you so much!!!

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Lord Samper @lordsamper.bsky.social · 16h

I'm not sure where the week went but here we are. Have some quick thoughts on the superb 'Rest Stop' by @natcassidy.bsky.social (and then promise yourself that you'll never help someone find their inhaler...)

lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/10/rest-stop-nat-cassidy-shortwave.html

'Rest Stop' - Nat Cassidy (Shortwave Publishing)

Page Count: 124 Pages I’ve got enough of a ‘book buying problem’ as it is so as a rule, I try not to act on other people’s recommendations...

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 11h

Woke up in Fairfax. Took a car to DC. Took a train to Manhattan. Took another train to Queens. Took another car to the airport. Took a plane to Albuquerque. About to take another car to a hotel. Now that’s a travel day. 🙃

(Managed to get 2k of a short story done along the way, too.)

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Laura Blackwell (she/her) @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 15h

HWA folks! Have you recommended others' work to the Recommended Reading list for the Bram Stoker Awards? Horror writers, have you submitted your own work to the juries? Here's how! You can even click through to the full rules if you're intrepid! www.thebramstokerawards.com/submissions/

Submissions – The Bram Stoker Awards

www.thebramstokerawards.com

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 18h

Quite the opposite, probably! But it’s for a video game, so it involves facial imaging and I gotta give them a clean face 😭

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 18h

Spoiler: he admits he learned everything from me and Rachel

Talking Scared Podcast @talkscaredpod.bsky.social · 19h

A self-indulgent moment on Talking Scared. @natcassidy.bsky.social and @rachelharrison.bsky.social come onboard to grill ME about my debut GOOD BOY.

We talk about the inspirations, the struggles, the characters, and what I’ve learned in 5 years of talking to authors.

All podcast platforms

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 18h

Haha - this is actually for the OTHER Nat Cassidy, but now that we’re both officially actor/authors, I feel like we have to do an event together somehow.

KarenKisreading @karenkisreading.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you @hqstories.bsky.social for a gorgeous book post parcel, including a signed copy of Happy Days by @natcassidy.bsky.social to celebrate publication day.

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 21h

a man in a suit and tie is holding his eyes closed and saying `` i get it '' .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding his eyes closed and saying `` i get it '' .

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 21h

I have very unfortunate news for anyone planning on attending my upcoming appearances.

No, I’m not canceling anything. It’s just … I booked an acting gig that requires me to shave all my facial hair on Monday and it’s gonna be weird for a while. I’ll understand if you need to rethink your plans.

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 1d

Such an absolute delight!!! And, Alma, you’re always the best. Thank you, @fallforthebook.bsky.social!!
(Also I swear my hair wasn’t that grey before this booktour!)

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Alma Katsu (FIEND is out now) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to everyone who came to the @fallforthebook.bsky.social event yesterday. Lots of writing students there made for lots of craft questions & hopefully we did not disappoint. @natcassidy.bsky.social enthralls the crowd

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 1d

I always knew me, @rachelharrison.bsky.social, and @claymcleod.bsky.social would wind up on Page Six because of our shenanigans. Thankfully, we look goooooood in these photos.

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V.Castro @vlatinalondon.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so grateful for this community. I wrote this wanting to write an action character who was more than a tough woman kicking ass in the streets in steel toe boots and brass rings. She’s also vulnerable. She bleeds.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2d

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 1d

I’m soooo excited to read this. Happy bookday, @manylittlewords.bsky.social!!!

Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 1d

My hands are shaking a little as I type this but...ITCH! IS OUT TODAY!!

I'm finally a big 5 published author!

Feminist, formication folk horror with creepy crawlies, ancient traditions, unsolved murders, weird processions, masks, an old pub and an excellent dog.

www.hachette.co.uk/titles/gemma...

Gemma Amor dressed in pink holding a copy of ITCH!

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 1d

THIS IS SUCH A GOOD BOOK! and @manylittlewords.bsky.social is a truly amazing human x

Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 1d

My hands are shaking a little as I type this but...ITCH! IS OUT TODAY!!

I'm finally a big 5 published author!

Feminist, formication folk horror with creepy crawlies, ancient traditions, unsolved murders, weird processions, masks, an old pub and an excellent dog.

www.hachette.co.uk/titles/gemma...

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday and hugest congratulations, @talkscaredpod.bsky.social. May this book thrive for all of its nine lives.

Wait. Wrong animal.

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, as always, I’m shamelessly piggybacking on Neil’s hard labor by stealing his promo posts—but I also figured, if these dog pictures and blurbs don’t get you to buy the book, nothing will.

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 1d

Neil’s done so much to promote our books, so it woulda been the least we could do to return the favor. BUT THEN this sodden git goes and writes something brilliant and beautiful and which we’d all be crowing about regardless of who wrote it. Missed opp, Neil; you really coulda phoned this one in.

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 1d

It’s @talkscaredpod.bsky.social’s birthday and we got him the best present of all: debut release day neuroses!!

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 1d

Why, you could order WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME, MARY, NESTLINGS, *and* REST STOP and save enough money on shipping to buy some other, not-by-me book! All for a good cause!

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

This is going to happen a lot. Going in expecting to see Bill and Ted sing and dance and getting Beckett instead lol.

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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