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nataliezed.bsky.social
Natalie Zed 🍁
@nataliezed.bsky.social
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Author of HENCH. She/her. Spec fic, videogames, heavy metal, horror, MMA, comics, TTRPGs, LARP. CanLit Tank Girl. Extremely unlikely. Rep'd by Ron Eckel at CookeMcDermid.
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FRIENDS I have a gift for you! I just finished proofing pages for VILLAIN and it's been a joy to jump back into the text, so:

Pick a page between 1 and 447 and I will post a spoiler-free phrase or sentence from the manuscript. :D
The cover of a novel entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. The cover is magenta, the title Villain in deep blue and teal, and thee author's name in yellow. depicting the silhouette of a woman in a suit holding a cane, surrounded by the figures of four superheroes in capes striking dynamic poses.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
nataliezed.bsky.social
Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
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the cover for a book entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. the cover is a bright magenta with dark blue and teal lettering for the title, and the author's name is in yellow. there is an image of the silhouette of a woman carrying a cane, surrounded by the silhouettes of five superheroes.
October 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
nataliezed.bsky.social
at last, my time has come
a two-panel meme. the first panel consists of a cartoon dog sitting at their kitchen table with a coffee cup, the room in flames around them. in the second panel, the same scene is pictured but them camera is zoomed in, and a speech bubble above the dog reads "so i have a book coming out"
October 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
nataliezed.bsky.social
me
the muppet, Gonzo the Great, stands against a white background with their hands on their hips, they are wearing a pink and blue superhero leotard, with a bright red cape
July 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
nataliezed.bsky.social
It was my birthday on Saturday which means I have an excuse to show you all one of my favourite things: the extremely normal and optimal way that @jairuskhan.bsky.social cuts a birthday cake.
a birthday cake covered with white icing sits inside a cardboard box. it is decorated with three hot pink flowers and the words "Happy Birthday Natalie" A birthday cake with white icing sits in a cardboard box. A rectangular slice has been cut out of the centre and the two halves pressed back together, so the phrase "Happy Birthday Natalie" written in pink icing has become "Hay Birtay Natie." it is decorated with one and a third hot pink roses.
July 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
nataliezed.bsky.social
portrait of a happy dork in Epinal
A smiling woman with blonde hair and black-rimmed glasses holds a paper coffee cup in her right hand. She is standing behind a table covered by a red tablecloth, holding many copies of a novel entitled "Sbires." behind her, several other authors sit at their tables, while people crowd around for signed copies.
May 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
nataliezed.bsky.social
i just had a meal so good i feel high
a slate blue ceramic bowl holds gnocchi and mushrooms, smothered in green-flecked cream.
May 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
nataliezed.bsky.social
the cover of the French version of Hench is so fucking cool
A copy of the novel Sbires by Natalie Zina Walschots (the French translation of her debut Hench) sits on a table with a red tablecloth. the book has a yellow cover and features a pop-art style illustration of a woman's face. She is wearing red lipstick, wearing a superhero mask and smoking a cigarette.
May 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
nataliezed.bsky.social
hello tiny coffee in Paris
a tiny white ceramic espresso cup rests in a saucer. it sits atop a bone-coloured enamel table.
May 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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it is with great and terrible dismay i bring you all the news that Dot Matrix, my tiny evil cat, has learned to operate my standing desk.

this would be less terrible if she hadn't used this knowledge to nearly destroy everything on it (by lowering the desk onto my chair and levering it over)
a small brown tabby cats stands on a desk, looking down intently at a panel of buttons. she has an air of menace about her
April 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
nataliezed.bsky.social
Post a picture of you that isn’t actually you.
A still of the character Jillian Holtzmann from the 2016 reboot of Ghostbusters. She is wearing a black leather jacket and goggles and has a tube of Peingles tucked under one arm.
February 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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WAIT I WAS WRONG, @jairuskhan.bsky.social just found a canonical reference and it seems like it is proportional! (Incredible Hulk #398)
A panel from Incredible Hulk #398 (Peter David's run) that references the size of the Hulk's genetalia.
February 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
nataliezed.bsky.social
We in fact still have them! Have I ever shown you this gem?
A screenshot of a tweet from the official Pinkerton account celebrating pride month 2022 A screenshot of a tweet from the official Pinkerton account celebrating pride month 2022
February 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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She just loves water
A silver-grey tabby kitten sits in a white porcelain sink. The edges of the sink are full of toiletries.
February 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
nataliezed.bsky.social
Hey just so you know, you can put apple pie in a waffle iron
Three slices of apple pie sit on a light blue ceramic plate, with a small fork on the top right. The pie bears the distinctive marks of having been cooked in a waffle iron.
February 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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I make a lot of bespoke memes just for @jairuskhan.bsky.social but he said I should share this one.
A version of the "Tony Stark was able to build this in a cave!" Meme, with replacing Tony Stark with DeepSeek and NVivia's logo over the head of the scientist. Obadiah Stain's head has been replaced by an image of NVidia's stock prices crashing, and an A800 chip lies forlornly on the table.
January 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
nataliezed.bsky.social
Medieval Times, and especially the unreasonably delicious garlic bread.
A pewter plate rests on a wooden table. On the plate are two large slices of texas-toast garlic bread. Beyond the table, some distance away, the viewer can just make out the silhouette of a knight on a horse, about to joust.
January 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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All of my tattoos, but at this moment, especially this one. Done by @artofwurmzilla.bsky.social in Montreal.
A close-up photograph of a woman's left thigh, prominently featuring a medium-sized tattoo. The woman is seated. The tattoo is a black and white piece of line art depicting an unlit lightsaber, which has the phrase "this machine kills fascists" written on it.
January 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
nataliezed.bsky.social
Cool weird bugs
Two people gently hold a massive green insect, nearly the length of a human hand. One person supports it;s back set of legs and abdomen as it crawls forward onto the second person's hand. The insect is camouflaged so that parts of it's body resembles leaves and sticks.
January 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
nataliezed.bsky.social
Heavy metal, especially live. (This is the lead singer of Blackguard, the photographer is by my friend Adam Wills, and this remains one of my favourite photos of me ever taken)
At a heavy metal concert, the frontman crouches down, mic in one hand, and rests his other hand on the head of a much smaller blonde woman in the front row. She is screaming in delight. A bass player headbands behind him, while the rest of the crowd looks on.
January 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
nataliezed.bsky.social
LARPs and other fully immersive roleplay experiences, from multi-day blockbusters to emotionally harrowing parlour games.
A black and white photo of a woman with short blonde hair, taken from above. Her eyes are closed and she is wearing a set of small deer-likr antlers. Only the top of her head, half her face and shoulders are visible
January 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Vintage pink pyrex
Four pieces of vintage Pink pyrex cookware laid out on aoght wooden table. There is a square baking dish, a round baking dish, and two pie plates.
January 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
nataliezed.bsky.social
Playing support in hero shooters and still getting top frag
A still from the anime After War Gundam X. A man in a lab coat holds a gun, checking to see if it is loaded. The caption reads, "I'm a healer, but"
January 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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It doesn't have a print date, but it says the women's committee was formed in 1967, and there is a statement from Alex Campbell who was premier from 1966-78. So certainly not recently!!
An old, amateur-made cookbook is flipped open the the first page, held in a woman's left hand. A photograph of the int3rior flyleaf of an old cookbook, containing a greeting from former PEI premier Aled Campbell. The book is held in someone's left hand.
January 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Any cookbook that looks like this, the weirder the organization that produced it the better.
An old, extremely stained cookbook with with plastic spiral binding, not professionally printed, entitled Favourite Recipes. The cover also contains the text "Women's Committee, Price Edward Island Symphony Society, Charlottetown PEI"
January 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM