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Nicholas Kaufmann
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Bestselling author of 100 FATHOMS BELOW, THE HUNGRY EARTH, THE MIND WORMS and more!
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A great action shot from my reading at @boskone.bsky.social this morning! (Photo by Alexa.)
Me, standing in front of a table with my arms spread like I'm measuring the fish that got away.
February 15, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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Two more great readings at @boskone.bsky.social today: F. Brett Cox and Hildy Silverman!
F. Brett Cox sitting at a table and reading from a laptop. Hildy Silverman sitting at a table and reading from a paperback book.
February 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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I heard three great readings at Boskone today: Randee Dawn, Karen Heuler, and Bracken MacLeod!
Randee Dawn sitting at a table and reading from a laptop. Karen Heuler sitting at a table and reading from a laptop. Bracken MacLeod standing by a table and reading from a paperback book.
February 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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The "Body Horror" panel yesterday at @boskone.bsky.social, with @rebeccarowland.bsky.social, Gillian Daniels, @brackenmacleod.bsky.social, RJ Taylor, and @justinkey.bsky.social. A great discussion! We could have gone for another hour!
The six panelists behind a long table, all looking directly at the camera.
February 14, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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The "Podcasting As an Author" panel yesterday at @boskone.bsky.social, with @courtney-floyd.com and @erinunderwood.bsky.social. The audience was very interested and engaged!
The three of us behind microphones at a table. I'm displaying a tote bag with the Spooky Science Lab logo on it.
February 14, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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"What I saw that bothered me were the names of at least six men that have been redacted that are likely incriminated by their inclusion in these files." - Rep. Thomas Massie, after viewing the supposedly unredacted Epstein files at the DOJ "Our bigger concern is that there's still a lot that's redacted, even in what we're seeing." - Rep. Ro Kanna, after same "Today I saw a worldwide sex trafficking ring with people in other countries sourcing young children for Jeffrey Epstein, co-conspirators, names, men and women...Over-redaction, dramatic over-redaction, it looks like intentionally so. [Nobody knew] why they were still redacted." - Rep. Jared Moskowitz, after same
February 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Special thanks to my last-minute replacement table mate @luciennediver.bsky.social for helping to make it such a fun time!
Lucienne Diver and me smiling for the camera.
February 7, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Big, big thanks to @randeedawn.com for shepherding the Brooklyn Books & Booze Author Book Fair today in Industry City! The brutally cold weather kept a lot of readers away, unfortunately, but that didn't stop us from having a good time!
Me sitting behind my table with my books for sale.
February 7, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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R.I.P. Mass market paperbacks. You were my first love. You had the best cover art. To me, you were--and always will be--the perfect format.
A stack of mass market paperbacks, mostly Ray Bradbury titles, on my own bookshelf.
February 7, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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Happening THIS Saturday! Why not fend off the winter chill by picking up some new books to cozy up with? Free admission! Don't miss it!
A promotional graphic for the Brooklyn Books & Booze Author Book Fair, Saturday, February 7th, 11 AM - 5 PM, Barrow's Intense Tasting Room in Industry City, 86 34th Street in Brooklyn.
February 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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King Meow graciously allowed Noodle to keep him warm this morning.
Noodle, a gray cat, half-lying on top of King Meow, an orange cat, while they're both on the bed.
February 3, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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Come join me and a host of other great writers for the very first @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social Author Book Fair THIS Saturday, February 7th, 11 AM to 5 PM!

Buy books and get them signed by the authors! Pitch your latest project to an agent (must sign up in advance)! Get free stuff in a raffle!
A promo pic of me for the Brooklyn Books & Booze Author Book Fair at Barrow's Intense Tasting Room in Industry City, 86 34th Street, in Brooklyn.
February 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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I got my author's copy of the COLD WAR CTHULHU limited edition hardcover, which includes my story "The Endless Black Cathedral," and it's a beauty!
Dust jacket art by the great Bob Eggleton, a watercolor of great Cthulhu himself against a fire-reddened sky. The endpapers, also by Bob Eggleton. A pen-and-ink rendering of a nuclear mushroom cloud that forms the tentacled head of Cthulhu. The signature page, featuring the signatures of all the authors involved, including yours truly!
January 29, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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Forty years ago, a national tragedy defined my generation.

I was 16 when the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after lift off on this day in 1986. It was all over the news, the image shown over and over. We were all traumatized.
The gleaming white space shuttle Challenger on the launch pad and waiting for lift off.
January 28, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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King Meow wants to know why you haven't gotten up and fed him yet.
An orange cat on the bed, partially under the covers and looking intently into the camera.
January 23, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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The best kind of mail!
A package full of Girl Scout Cookie boxes!
January 23, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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Amazing view from the top floor of the Whitney Museum.
View from an elevated height of a highway, then a snow-dusted field, then the Hudson River, and in the distance, the New Jersey skyline, all beneath an expansive blue sky.
January 21, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Today is my beloved Alexa's birthday! She doesn't like to make a big deal of it, but I think she's worth celebrating, today and every day!
My wife Alexa putting her face through the hole in an oversized Gruss vom Krampus card.
January 21, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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As we celebrate the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. today, let us continue to work toward his goal of a better future for all.
A black-and-white photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. waving to a large crowd gathered on the National Mall in 1963.
January 19, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Please caption this photo.
An orange cat sits on top of a Costco box, looking down with apparent interest at a gray cat on the floor below, who is licking her own butt.
January 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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New Blu-rays from the recent @arrowvideo.bsky.social sale at B&N: THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE and THE RED QUEEN KILLS SEVEN TIMES, two notorious giallo films by Emilio P. Miraglia!
January 15, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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Deep cut for my fellow DOCTOR WHO fans out there!
January 14, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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They're touching butts!
Noodle, a gray cat, and King Meow, an orange cat, sitting on the couch together but facing opposite ways, butt-to-butt.
January 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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Come join me and a host of other great writers for the very first @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social Author Book Fair on Saturday, February 7th!

Buy books and get them signed by the authors! Pitch your latest project to an agent (must register in advance)! Get free stuff in a raffle! (1/2)
January 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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Happiness is a toasted pumpernickel bagel with lox spread.
January 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM