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Nat Cassidy
@natcassidy.bsky.social
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USA Today bestselling horror noveler (MARY: AN AWAKENING OF TERROR; NESTLINGS; REST STOP). TV actor. Musician. Out now: WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME, April 22, 2025, Tor Nightfire. (he/him)
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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · Nov 13
Do these introduction-y posts do anything? I guess we shall see! Hi, new followers and/or The Curious: I write spookyangry horrorbooks like MARY, NESTLINGS, REST STOP, and the upcoming WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME. I've also maybe appeared as a scumbag on your favorite crime procedural TV show!
A snarling, too-many-teethed wolf lurking outside a dirty window. The cover for WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME, by Nat Cassidy, a book you should totally preorder. A bloody tile floor with some googly eyes and the title REST STOP spelled out with various cut-out letters. The cover of a novella by Nat Cassidy, which you should totally buy. A skeletal bird creature hovering over a nest with a human skull, with the New York City skyline in the distant background. The cover of the book, NESTLINGS, by Nat Cassidy, which you should totally buy. A woman relaxing in a bathtub with a journal and a glass of wine, but also with a pillowcase over her head and an additional, unaccounted-for arm coming out of the water. The cover of the novel, MARY, by Nat Cassidy, which, you guessed it, you should totally buy.
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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 6m
Also a great smart chat about books i’m excited to read etc
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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 7m
This is gonna be accent catnip for me.
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Talking Scared Podcast @talkscaredpod.bsky.social · 22h
This week we get into the Northern Weird Project

For Part One, i'm joined by Ariell Cacciola - the genius behind the project, plus Gemma Fairclough, author of THE RETREAT and Katherine Clements, author of TURBINE 34

We talk haunting, unsure landscapes, manipulation and more.

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 1h
In commemoration of last night’s event at the NY Public Library celebrating the release of @raforall.bsky.social’s essential WHY I LOVE HORROR, I thought I’d reshare the post Becky graciously invited me to write as part of the WILH Extended Universe. It’s just the first of several, so check em out!
31 Days of Horror: Day 2-- Why I Love Horror by Nat Cassidy
Welcome to the first Why I Love Horror essay of 31 Days of Horror 2025. Today I am featuring Nat Cassidy. Why is he first and today? Many r...
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The Vampires Library @vampireslibrary.bsky.social · 1h
This is the perfect read for this time of year. It’s not just for people who have a hard time with horror movies per se. It’s for people who love horror point blank. Such a smart and cool book.
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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 2h
oh hey if you’ve been meaning to pick up Horror For Weenies, Bookshop is having an anti-prime day free shipping sale (also a slight discount on the book!): bookshop.org/a/293/978168...
Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch
Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch
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Matt Freeman @mfreemanwriter.bsky.social · 2h
Pam’s book comes out in just under a week! Pre-order a copy!

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Magic Maker: The Enchanted Path to Creativity
The Enchanted Path to Creativity
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 3h
This is hands down the best comms work I’ve seen from Chuck, probably ever.

It ain’t perfect, but I gotta give him big props here. Him and his team clearly are trying new things — and they’re making progress!
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 16h
The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:
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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 3h
Today’s the day @barnesandnoble.com recommends you read WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME. They are professionals; who are we to disagree with their assessment??
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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 4h
The NYC subway, pithily summing up my current novel-in-progress.
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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 4h
Upon further reflection, I’m not sure how I’d feel if my fiancée, the most popular musician in the world decided to write a song about my genitalia and felt the need to repeatedly clarify, “It ain’t hard to see.”
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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 19h
hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵
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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 14h
Not too long ago I would have refused to post something like this, but life is short and I am trying to make dreams come true. I'm proud of this work and I want it to be out there.

Share the stuff you're proud of without reservations.
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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 21h
One week into Halloween Season, so here's your reminder that I wrote a slasher novel about teenagers trying to pull a quick heist who find a masked killer waiting in the basement of a mansion.

It's fun, it's scary, and it needs a good home.

#amquerying #amwriting #horrorsky
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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · Jan 27
NIGHT OF THE SKULL

Clown in A Cornfield x Don't Breathe

Three desperate teens try to save their families by robbing the local slumlord's mansion, and find a legendary slasher who terrorized their Texas town 50 years earlier is hiding in the basement.

#2025pit #H #YA / #A (crossover appeal)
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 23h
New Book Releases: October 7, 2025
New Book Releases: October 7, 2025
Visit our bookshop.org page to purchase this week’s new books and support your local bookstore. And us! Allen, Mike: Trail of Shadows (Broken Eye Books 978-1940372723, $21.99, 276pp, formats:…
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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 23h
Distribution is THE under-reported story in book publishing (outside of the trade publications) and losing B&T is going to have untold ripple effects on the industry, small presses, and authors.
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d
seems very bad www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down
At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.
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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 1d
I ran outta characters to tag everyone involved in the NM event, but just look! @keithrosson.bsky.social @ceejthemoment.bsky.social @pfracassi.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com @claymcleod.bsky.social @jenngivhan.bsky.social Brian Asman Ramona Emerson @webobpodcast.bsky.social! Cup = overflowething!
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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 1d
Oooo boy am I excited for these li'l nasties to ruin your day . . .
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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 1d
Out today! The next two installments in @natcassidy.bsky.social's From the Cassidy Catacombs chapbook series!

"Jubilee Juncture" and "Laughlines" are available exclusively from our shop:
shop.shortwavepublishing.com/collections/...
The chapbook covers of "Jubilee Juncture" and "Laughlines", featuring a broken doll with her eyes X'ed out, and a portrait of a nobleman with his face scratched out and replaced with a laughing jester emoji.
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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 1d
Out today! The next two installments in @natcassidy.bsky.social's From the Cassidy Catacombs chapbook series!

"Jubilee Juncture" and "Laughlines" are available exclusively from our shop:
shop.shortwavepublishing.com/collections/...
The chapbook covers of "Jubilee Juncture" and "Laughlines", featuring a broken doll with her eyes X'ed out, and a portrait of a nobleman with his face scratched out and replaced with a laughing jester emoji.
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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 1d
Tomorrow (Oct 8th)!! Come join me, along with the inimitable @almakatsu.bsky.social and @kristinaten.bsky.social, at the @fallforthebook.bsky.social Festival in Fairfax, VA, while we talk all things monstrous!

Then, hop a flight to NM for this stacked, all-star horror event on the 10th!
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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 1d
Stoked to be chatting monsters, curses, and the uncanny tomorrow (Wednesday) with @almakatsu.bsky.social and @natcassidy.bsky.social at @fallforthebook.bsky.social! DC area folks, come on by.
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Alma Katsu (FIEND is out now) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 2d
Fall for the Book is this week! VA/DC/MD peeps, join me Oct. 8 (Weds) at 4:30 pm at GMU w/ @natcassidy.bsky.social @kristinaten.bsky.social
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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 1d
Aw, thank you!!! I'm so glad you dug it! The thing I love most about the collection is how each story is so uniquely its own thing - so many incredible voices in there!!
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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 1d
Will Neil survive having to relisten to an episode where @rachelharrison.bsky.social and I praise him effusively, or will he spontaneously combust before he can release it? ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
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Talking Scared Podcast @talkscaredpod.bsky.social · 2d
I’m celebrating my book coming out (and my birthday) by releasing THREE episodes this week!

— Tuesday: Northern Weird panel 1
— Wednesday: Northern Weird panel 2
— Thursday: Rachel and Nat interview me about Good Boy.

(Now just to edit/produce them)
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Alma Katsu (FIEND is out now) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 1d
What to make of the fact that they started with a female character, not a male? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
Opinion | When A.I. Came for Hollywood
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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 3d
And I think all the time about how the entire antebellum period was compromise after compromise after compromise. And then Reconstruction was ended after the compromise of 1876. The entire blasted history of this country, compromising with evil. And look how it works out.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d
Seems a bit weird that a position held by about 2/3 of american jews (israel is committing war crimes against palestinians) can get you fired for antisemitism
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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 4d
THAT IS DISPUTED AT BEST
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