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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂
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#AmQuerying THE THEATRE OF CRUELTY

Horror Writer
Mom to 1 baby and 1 dog
Voracious Reader
Instructional Designer
English Literature PhD
Elder Emo
L14 Tiefling Wizard
HWA Member
(not necessarily in that order)

http://caitlinduffy.com
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Ok, it's been a while, but is it cool if I gush about getting to go to the Long Live The Black Parade tour in NJ? I cried, I lost my voice singing, I ascended.
September 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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How far will a desperate actress go to get closer to her character?

THE THEATRE OF CRUELTY has:

🎭Theatre setting
🍷Dionysus
🌳Rituals in the forest
💞Romantic (???) sub-plots
👤Weird shadows
🔥Opening night CHAOS
😈Possession
💁‍♀️Messy FMC

COME CLOSER x MAEVE FLY x BLACK SWAN

#WSPitQ #H #A #WSPit
Moodboard for Caitlin Duffy's novel The Theatre of Cruelty. It features images on a grey background. The images include a portrait of Antonin Artaud, an empty theatre with a single ghost light, the back of a marble head, a moody forest, oil paintings of Dionysus and his bacchants, as well as the covers for three comps: Black Swan, Maeve Fly, and Come Closer
February 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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🔥"I call for actors burning at the stake, laughing at the flames."🔥

Bea Collins is desperate to be taken seriously as an artist and not as the hack everyone thinks she is.

She's so desperate, in fact, that she holds a ritual to Dionysus.

And something answers.

#WSPitQ #H #A
Moodboard for Caitlin Duffy's novel The Theatre of Cruelty. It features images on a grey background. The images include a portrait of Antonin Artaud, an empty theatre with a single ghost light, the back of a marble head, a moody forest, oil paintings of Dionysus and his bacchants, as well as the covers for three comps: Black Swan, Maeve Fly, and Come Closer
February 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Just finished Diavola. Loved how casually cruel Thorne's characters were. And the escalation of ✨️things feeling wrong✨️ was perfecto.
The cover of Diavola by Jennifer Thorne. It features a Renaissance style painting of a pale woman holding a book and wearing an off the shoulders red dress. Her face is blurry.
February 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Bea Collins is finally getting her big break in a production of The Bacchae. But when the director threatens to replace her, she vows to make her performance unforgettable.

What better way to get closer to your character than possession?

COME CLOSER x DIONYSUS x BLACK SWAN

#MiseryPit #A #H #Q
A two frame meme. In the first frame, there are two buttons and a white gloved hand hesitating in between. One button is labeled "learn how to act " and the other is "get possessed by Dionysus." In the second frame is a white man sweating with anxiety, he wipes his forehead with a white handkerchief. He is wearing a white glove.
February 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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The Theatre of Cruelty features Bea, a talentless actress desperate to become a Broadway star—even if that means getting possessed by the god of theatre Himself, Dionysus.

Sometimes, it's far too easy to lose yourself to a role.

COME CLOSER x MAUVE FLY x BLACK SWAN

#MiseryPit #H #A #Q #horror
February 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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COME CLOSER x MAUVE FLY x DIONYSUS

When talentless lead actress Bea learns the director wants to replace her with an understudy, she holds a Dionysian ritual in the woods.

Something answers.

Bea transforms.

And the show must go on.

#H #A #q #miserypit #horror
Moodboard for Caitlin Duffy's novel The Theatre of Cruelty
February 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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COME CLOSER x MAUVE FLY x DIONYSUS

When talentless lead actress Bea learns the director wants to replace her with an understudy, she holds a Dionysian ritual in the woods.

Something answers.

Bea transforms.

And the show must go on.

#H #A #2025pit
Moodboard for Caitlin Duffy's horror novel The Theatre of Cruelty. It is on a tan background. Moving clockwise, there is an image of a moody forest, a photo of a young white woman looking in the mirror, an oil painting of the maenids, a black and white portrait photo of Antonin Artaud, a photo from the stage of a theatre where the red seats are empty and the only thing on the stage is a lit ghost light, a side photo of a sculpture of Dionysus's head, the covers of my three comps: Come Closer, Mauve Fly, and Black Swan, an oil painting of Dionysus overseeing a feast.
January 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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The Theatre of Cruelty features Bea, a talentless actress desperate to become a Broadway star—even if that means getting possessed by the god of theatre Himself, Dionysus.

Sometimes, it's far too easy to lose yourself to a role.

COME CLOSER x MAUVE FLY x BLACK SWAN

#2025pit #H #A
A moodboard for Caitlin Duffy's novel, The Theatre of Cruelty. There are a number of photographs placed haphazardly, in a collage or scrapbook style. These photos include an oil painting of a shirtless white bearded man holding grapes and smiling mischievously, a young white woman staring at her reflection in the mirror, stage lights, moody woods, a person wearing a neutral mask and shawl, a lit candle.
January 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Pitching THE THEATRE OF CRUELTY with one star reviews...

🤢Unlikable fmc!!!! She's not talented, she's mean, she's messy...what's up with Bea?!
😲folk horror...in the theatre?!?!?!?
👿unrealistic, actors act. You don't need to get possessed to play Dionysus.

#YouDeservepIt #H #Q #A
A moodboard for Caitlin Duffy's novel The Theatre of Cruelty. It has a black background and six color images made to look like photographs taped to a board. Going clockwise, the images include: a person wearing a neutral mask with long hair, an empty stage in a theatre except for a single ghost light, an oil painting of a bearded white man holding grapes and grinning mischievously, a lush but moody forest, a person kneeling on stage photographed from an angle behind them, their shadow stretches long behind them and trail cam footage of a deer on its hind legs.
January 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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COME CLOSER x MAUVE FLY x BLACK SWAN

Talentless actress Bea is desperate to become a Broadway star.

When the director threatens to replace her, she holds a ritual to Dionysus.

And something answers.

Sometimes, it's far too easy to lose yourself to a role.

#YouDeservepIt #Q #A #H
January 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
caitduffy.bsky.social
Finally getting around to reading The Hitchcock Hotel and I love it already! The Hitchcock-inspired gothic hotel, the core mystery, the friends who all went to college together in the early/mid aughts... love love love.
Cover of the book The Hitchcock Hotel
January 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Bea Collins is finally getting her big break in a production of The Bacchae. But when the director threatens to replace her, she vows to make her performance unforgettable.

What better way to get closer to your character than possession?

COME CLOSER x DIONYSUS x BLACK SWAN

#P2Ppit #A #H #Q
Meme of two panels. In the first panel, there is a hand hesitating between two buttons, one that says "Learn how to act" the other says "Get possessed by Dionysus." In the second panel, we see the owner of this hand, a white male with brown hair and a red shirt. He wipes sweat from his brow with a white handkerchief. He is having a hard time deciding between these two options.
January 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
caitduffy.bsky.social
Pitching THE THEATRE OF CRUELTY with one star reviews...

🤢Unlikable fmc!!!! She's not talented, she's mean, she's messy...what's up with Bea?!
😲folk horror...in the theatre?!?!?!?
👿unrealistic, actors act. You don't need to get possessed to play Dionysus.

#P2Ppit #Q #H #A
Moodboard for Caitlin Duffy's novel The Theatre of Cruelty that looks like six photographs taped to a black background. Photos include a close-up of a person with long hair and a neutral mask, a single ghost light standing on an empty stage, a trail cam photo of a deer on its hind legs, an oil painting of a white male with a beard and a threatening smile, a photo of a person from behind kneeling on stage in heavy spotlight, a green but ominous forest.
January 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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COME CLOSER x MAUVE FLY x BLACK SWAN

Talentless actress Bea is desperate to become a Broadway star.

When the director threatens to replace her, she holds a ritual to Dionysus.

And something answers.

Sometimes, it's far too easy to lose yourself to a role.

#P2Ppit #Q #A #H
A moodboard collage for Caitlin Duffy's unpublished novel, THE THEATRE OF CRUELTY. Pictures include stage lights, a black and white photo of a man glaring at the camera, an oil painting of Dionysus depicted as a man with a beard holding a clump of green grapes, a female statue wearing a crown of ivy, a white woman staring sadly at her reflection, a stage lit up in black and white, a lit candle near a small pumpkin and bowl filled with spices, a person wearing a neutral white mask and cape, a painting of the shadow of a deer with tall antlers standing in a forest, and a lush forest landscape. There is also a small brick red box near the bottom left containing text in a white, handwriting-looking font that states: "I call for actors burning at the stakes, laughing at the flames."
January 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Passionate and proud of the chaos my @letterboxd.social recent activity brings.
January 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Here is a passage from my novel that I'm querying, The Theatre of Cruelty. #P2Ppit
A passage from my novel, The Theatre of Cruelty," with a person with long hair wearing a spooky mask in the background. Here is the passage: "“Not being on stage. Being. On stage. Just being. Not performing, not thinking, not trying to look or sound a certain way. Just being. Letting go. Allowing a character to take over. To let them fully inhabit your physical, spiritual, and emotional being.” “Oh.” I’m listening to Iris, but I also can’t look away from my reflection and its alien shape. It’s more than just a mask, it’s everything about me–my body, my posture, the way I breathe–it all looks wrong in the mirror. Different."
January 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Bea Collins is finally getting her big break in a production of The Bacchae. But when the director threatens to replace her, she vows to make her performance unforgettable.

What better way to get closer to your character than possession?

COME CLOSER x DIONYSUS x BLACK SWAN
#bluepit 📖 #h #q #a
January 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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COME CLOSER x MAUVE FLY x BLACK SWAN

Bea Collins is desperate to become a respected actress. Unfortunately, she isn't very talented.

When she performs a ritual to Dionysus as an acting exercise, something answers.

Sometimes, it's far too easy to lose yourself to a role.

#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #H
A moodboard collage for Caitlin Duffy's unpublished novel, THE THEATRE OF CRUELTY. Pictures include stage lights, a black and white photo of a man glaring at the camera, an oil painting of Dionysus depicted as a man with a beard holding a clump of green grapes, a female statue wearing a crown of ivy, a white woman staring sadly at her reflection, a stage lit up in black and white, a lit candle near a small pumpkin and bowl filled with spices, a person wearing a neutral white mask and cape, a painting of the shadow of a deer with tall antlers standing in a forest, and a lush forest landscape. There is also a small brick red box near the bottom left containing text in a white, handwriting-looking font that states: "I call for actors burning at the stakes, laughing at the flames."
January 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Please enjoy my alien dog. Her name is Jeepers and she (mostly) comes in peace.
January 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Didn't hit my goal, but I'm still proud of this slow reader! I also had a few DNFs and read a ton of peer work in workshop. Looking forward to more adventures in reading and writing in 2025! 📖
December 31, 2024 at 6:38 PM