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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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Those things aren't just annoying. They're an accessibility nightmare.
a man with long hair and a beard is talking to another man while holding a sword .
ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is talking to another man while holding a sword .
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November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Josh Groban's Heavy Metal Christmas? 😎
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Yes. And I live in a place where the local sports team(s) wear red, so a red cap is a common enough sight that I should be dead to it... but the politics here are toxic enough that it still hits.
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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my latest MS is under consideration with my publisher, any chance kind words from @saderotica.bsky.social @pnwscribe.bsky.social or @scribeofhades.bsky.social gets you to grab my debut today is a chance I’ve got to take! a.co/d/9zhXl43 if you already have, review it, and thank you! 🙏
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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I have a preorder up for the sequel story to Welcome to Cemetery!

Off with their Sleds is a fun, dark Christmas mystery just in time for the holidays.

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November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Thanks for another #FridayReads, Gabino!
There's a chill in the air, and it runs deeper than just the turn of the season

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
Cover art for The Nightshade Cabal by Chris Patrick Carolan. Image shows a mail figured dressed in black, with his back to the viewer. A Victorian city scene in the background is shrouded in mist. Caption reads "Only the dead know the secrets of the Cabal..." A Crime Writers of Canada 2021 Awards of Excellence Finalist badge has been added. 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.
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Local billionaire and ugly shirt collector Brett Wilson.
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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But it's haaard...

Oh, well! Back to work!
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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My Brain: Why haven't they looked at it yet? Did they... did they not get the attachment?
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Situation Update:
November 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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And we didn't get those things by asking nicely.
October 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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My theory is syphilitic dementia.
October 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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AAA-0000, werewolves of Edmonton. AAA-0000!

(Sorry, couldn't resist)
October 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Put me down as a cautious yes, because I still definitely prefer printed copies of magazines... but the shipping costs I've seen for things coming into Canada from *vague gesture* lately have been something of a non-starter.
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM