Nat Cassidy
@natcassidy.bsky.social
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!
Me, watching the pilot of PLURIBUS:
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Me, watching the pilot of PLURIBUS:
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
It also goes to show how much guys like Elon hate/fear women. They never respond THIS indignantly when a famous man criticizes them.
I think this one has got to him because he's posted at least three separate responses to this over the last 10 hours:
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It also goes to show how much guys like Elon hate/fear women. They never respond THIS indignantly when a famous man criticizes them.
THIS is what’s truly baffling to me! If you’re gonna fold—especially because you’re trying to mitigate harm—make a fucking show about it at the very goddamn least! Be loud! Get sanctimonious! Don’t do it quietly on a Sunday evening!
They’re not just *weak politicians,* they’re *bad at politics.*
They’re not just *weak politicians,* they’re *bad at politics.*
They also should have just said this aloud. I agree with this post, this is the wrong move, it was the opportunity to say "Trump is hurting you so much when all we're asking for is to make your health insurance less expensive." BUT - we just couldn't stand to see people hurt anymore is
like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
THIS is what’s truly baffling to me! If you’re gonna fold—especially because you’re trying to mitigate harm—make a fucking show about it at the very goddamn least! Be loud! Get sanctimonious! Don’t do it quietly on a Sunday evening!
They’re not just *weak politicians,* they’re *bad at politics.*
They’re not just *weak politicians,* they’re *bad at politics.*
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Check out friend of the show Clay McLeod Chapman's thoughts on his new YA horror novel!
Today on the newsletter, we have our *first ever* guest post, as @claymcleod.bsky.social explains his approach to his YA debut SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE, in bookstores tomorrow!
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GUEST POST - Shiny Happy Horror: Why YA? Why Me? by Clay McLeod Chapman
In this exclusive guest post, bestselling author Clay McLeod Chapman explains his YA debut, Shiny Happy People.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Check out friend of the show Clay McLeod Chapman's thoughts on his new YA horror novel!
Weirdly illuminating: they wanted changed behavior, because they are so politically inept that they can’t recognize changed *perception.*
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Weirdly illuminating: they wanted changed behavior, because they are so politically inept that they can’t recognize changed *perception.*
How 340.1 million Americans don’t all throw middle fingers up at this whiny, bloviating, rich, pampered asshole, I’ll never know.
Now we have Trump blasting air traffic controllers, telling them they hate this country for not showing up without pay.
"I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK... You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record."
"I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK... You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record."
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
How 340.1 million Americans don’t all throw middle fingers up at this whiny, bloviating, rich, pampered asshole, I’ll never know.
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There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
The dark, occulty stuff on EVERYBODY SCREAM rules, of course, but man, “Buckle” is one of the best plaintive, I’ve-got-no-pride-left lovesongs I’ve heard in a long, long time.
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The dark, occulty stuff on EVERYBODY SCREAM rules, of course, but man, “Buckle” is one of the best plaintive, I’ve-got-no-pride-left lovesongs I’ve heard in a long, long time.
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Have R senators? (Like me?) Call Schumer’s office to tell him you will never donate to another D senate campaign again as long as he’s Senate leader. Tell him this deal is a shameful joke and a betrayal.
(202) 224-6542
(202) 224-6542
I just did this and if nothing else it was cathartic. I said I would make it my life’s mission to make sure there’s a primary challenger for any D involved in this deal, it’s fucking embarrassing.
So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Have R senators? (Like me?) Call Schumer’s office to tell him you will never donate to another D senate campaign again as long as he’s Senate leader. Tell him this deal is a shameful joke and a betrayal.
(202) 224-6542
(202) 224-6542
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Exactly this — caving for nothing makes all that pain for nothing.
Further, them caving lends credence to this being just some political scrum when it’s actually much more fundamental than that!
Call those senators, please.
Further, them caving lends credence to this being just some political scrum when it’s actually much more fundamental than that!
Call those senators, please.
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Exactly this — caving for nothing makes all that pain for nothing.
Further, them caving lends credence to this being just some political scrum when it’s actually much more fundamental than that!
Call those senators, please.
Further, them caving lends credence to this being just some political scrum when it’s actually much more fundamental than that!
Call those senators, please.
I know we’ve got a lot of problems to solve in this country, but a not-insignificant one is: other people’s headlights are an absolute fucking menace.
November 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I know we’ve got a lot of problems to solve in this country, but a not-insignificant one is: other people’s headlights are an absolute fucking menace.
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This book is spooky as hell. Thoroughly enjoyed it when I read it last year. HIGHLY recommended.
Ahh!! Almost forgot: this little e-birdie is cheeping TODAY ONLY, wherever you get your e-birds!
November 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This book is spooky as hell. Thoroughly enjoyed it when I read it last year. HIGHLY recommended.
Ahh!! Almost forgot: this little e-birdie is cheeping TODAY ONLY, wherever you get your e-birds!
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Ahh!! Almost forgot: this little e-birdie is cheeping TODAY ONLY, wherever you get your e-birds!
Beware the Stephen Graham Joppelgänger!!!
Headsup, this isn’t me. But it does look like me. bsky.app/profile/step...
November 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Beware the Stephen Graham Joppelgänger!!!
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Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
I know it’s not true or even possible but I always feel like “Jessie’s Girl,” “Is She Really Going Out with Him,” and “Somebody’s Baby” are all written about the same person.
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I know it’s not true or even possible but I always feel like “Jessie’s Girl,” “Is She Really Going Out with Him,” and “Somebody’s Baby” are all written about the same person.
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Richest nation in human history
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Richest nation in human history
“Running Up That Hill” gets all the love and attention (because it rules and because of its objectively perfect use in STRANGER THINGS), but do people know that “Cloudbusting” is so good that regularly listening to it can *actually change your life?*
November 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
“Running Up That Hill” gets all the love and attention (because it rules and because of its objectively perfect use in STRANGER THINGS), but do people know that “Cloudbusting” is so good that regularly listening to it can *actually change your life?*
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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I will never understand the people who can look at this and shrug.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I will never understand the people who can look at this and shrug.
I’m so psyched for this! Right now I’m frantically trying to finish up a few new additions—and there’s also one proposed feature to this release that means so much to me I actually can’t allow myself to think about it until it’s done—but in the meantime, getcher preordering fingers a-whirling!
Cover reveal time! I KNOW A PLACE: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours is a new collection by @natcassidy.bsky.social featuring over a dozen stories, novelettes, and a novella!
The cover was designed by @alandistro.bsky.social
I KNOW A PLACE is out everywhere on May 5, 2026!
The cover was designed by @alandistro.bsky.social
I KNOW A PLACE is out everywhere on May 5, 2026!
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I’m so psyched for this! Right now I’m frantically trying to finish up a few new additions—and there’s also one proposed feature to this release that means so much to me I actually can’t allow myself to think about it until it’s done—but in the meantime, getcher preordering fingers a-whirling!
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*smiles in accountability*
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
*smiles in accountability*
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We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎