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ICYMI, the rat pack is BACK 🐀 Now with a sneak peek at the first two tracks of HOT WAX! So grateful to the whole @wildfirebooks.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social team for making this such a scream #books #horror www.waterstones.com/book/graveya...

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The reviews are in and the reviews are weird! Here's how to deal mlriodiscursions.substack.com/p/feedback-l... #writing #books

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My little rat-baby is out in paperback in the UK today (and there might be a sneak peek at HOT WAX in the back 👀) www.waterstones.com/book/graveya... #books #graveyardshift @headlinebooks.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social

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What we're up to this week 😎 #books #indiebookstores @simonbooks.bsky.social

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Need something nice and naughty to get you in the mood? Pull up to the drive-in and flag down @drinkswithnick.bsky.social to keep you cool until this hot stuff drops 🍒 #books #hotwax @simonbooks.bsky.social

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Signed book haul from the book fest today! Grabbed a book from each of the #cozymystery panelists and had @mlrio.bsky.social sign a book I brought!

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Stoked to share this story with all the incredible indie booksellers out there! Next week the hot squad hits the road 😎 @simonbooks.bsky.social #books #indiebookstores

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feeling so lucky with my three pretty best friends... 3 of my most anticipated 2025 releases, ready to read and review! @manylittlewords.bsky.social @hodderbooks.bsky.social @mlrio.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social 💖

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This weekend! Come for Morbid Comedy Hour with me @natcassidy.bsky.social & @alexgrecian.bsky.social, stay for a book signing and cocktail hour for a good cause? www.carnegielibrary.org/event/a-nove...

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Good morning have a little quality doom mlriodiscursions.substack.com/p/hot-wax-we... #music #nickcave

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Aw mannnnn am I excited for this! Saturday, May 31st, come on out to Pittsburgh and get bump-in-the-night'd in the afternoon with me, the great @alexgrecian.bsky.social, and the great @mlrio.bsky.social!

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The work vibes don't suck! 🌵 #music #vinyl

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Girl same

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SIGNED BOOK NEWS! Hot Wax is the new novel by ML Rio @mlrio.bsky.social (author of the wild "If We Were Villains" & "Graveyard Shift"). So happy to be able to offer SIGNED copies of this. Out in September. Check out this link for more info (and to order!) biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

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Fresh weekend roundup 🥁 mlriodiscursions.substack.com/p/weekend-ro... #books #writing

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Resurrecting this post today because of all the ~discourse~ lately about publishing and what moves the needle open.substack.com/pub/mlriodis... #books #writing #publishing

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EVERYBODY ON THE BUS, THIS FREAK SHOW IS HITTING THE ROAD ⚡ linktr.ee/HotWaxEvents #books #hotwax @wildfirebooks.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social

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Embarrassing how many tries it took me to get a fucking banner to work on this here Bsky thing (Why would you tell me the pixel dimensions and then resize it as soon as I click "save"?? Rude)

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Just saw a post complaining that IWWV is "unethical" and I... My child, it's not a how-to manual, the moral gray areas are the ENTIRE POINT

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Got rejected for another thing today! Just in case you needed a reminder that that is every day in writer life and you’re normal and it’s fine and not a final judgment on your work #writing

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First batch of swag from @simonbooks.bsky.social 🤩 #books

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Love when a residency rejects me and two minutes later sends an email fishing for donations, that's ~class~

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Vonnegut, as always, saw it coming

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A manuscript thread for birders in particular! Last year I wrote a post showcasing all the beautiful illuminated #birds in @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS Bodl.264, but there were many I couldn't identify. Maybe a group effort can help fill the gaps? 🧵 majnouna.substack.com/p/dawn-chorus

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I am thrilled to introduce my titles for the second half of 2025: Debut novels by Libby Buck and Yiming Ma, @mlrio.bsky.social's breakneck rock novel Hot Wax, and the first three titles in @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's Marvel Age of Comics series. Hit me up with those galley requests.

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Seeing that Agatha Christie AI bullshit floating around again and if anyone ever tries to AI me after I've shuffled off, I will come back from the dead just to make you wish you'd never been born

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Snag your backstage pass 🎫 Live now on @netgalley.bsky.social from @wildfirebooks.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social

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Happy Mother's Day 😘

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Reading for pleasure? Groundbreaking mlriodiscursions.substack.com/p/road-to-pu... #books

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First trip laptop-free in like ten years 🥹 #books

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Going on a five-day trip without my laptop for the first time in I literally cannot remember how long and I'm on a blurb moratorium so I can just read whatever I like and I'm so relieved I might cry? Normal

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I'll be moderating the "Bump in the Night: Horrifying Fiction" panel at the Greater PGH Book Fest on 5/31! I'm excited to talk to @natcassidy.bsky.social @mlrio.bsky.social & @alexgrecian.bsky.social (hi, guys 👋🏼😁) abt their work & horror fiction 👻 I'll pop a link w/details below. See yinz there!

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Needs some nuts-and-bolts advice for creative research? You're in the right 'stack. open.substack.com/pub/mlriodis... #writing #books #research

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Is there any better feeling than finishing all your current reads at the same time and having a blank literary slate to start from? Yes but it's only if that happens right before a long trip

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Get inked 🖊️ Pre-order it signed from @waterstones.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/book/hot-wax... #books #hotwax

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My friend is planning a seating chart for her wedding and her mom keeps telling her to put me at the tables with the problematic family members because "They would be cooked and I want to watch the fireworks," so evidently I've earned myself a reputation

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So many good writers in my orbit consistently turning out incredible work. I'm rooting for everyone. I wish I had more time to read. Everything sucks but fuck, at least we've still got (human-authored) ART. Defend it like our goddamn lives depend on it because they really do.

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Catch us in Pittsburgh! events.humanitix.com/nat-cassidy-... #books #horror

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