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nicholasbelardes.bsky.social
Writes horror, Chicano fiction | THE DEADING | TEN SLEEP (June ‘25) | sad and angry for America | MFA https://linktr.ee/nicholasbelardes
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As they say, it's a new day. Ohtani pitched an inning yesterday. Wordle in two. Got a new book to read. Sunny out.

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Book mail! Re-posting the post since I had a typo blunder. Now I’m too lazy to write something bookish. 🤓✌🏽

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It's weird. Publishing is strange. Second book is coming out in a week. Very proud of TEN SLEEP. Strange though, the best thing I've written isn't horror, but the Chicano fiction novel AMERICAN FADE. Yet, oddly no one has acquired it. Really is one of the things that keeps me up at night.

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This, homies and homegirls . . .

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Almost done with my second @blacktopkid.bsky.social novel. Both have been great craft studies while I make a temp switch from horror. More than one white writer tried to get me not to read these. More of a reason FOR my Chicano ass to read and enjoy them. Thanks, S.A.

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Started watching BEAU IS AFRAID. Quickly turned off BEAU IS AFRAID.

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Anyone have a good alternative to Substack that is working for ya? Admit: I dislike Substack and its weird popularity contest, so rarely publish newsletters.

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Social media needs junk folders.

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While I was leaving things, finally left eBird. Still wish there was a cool way to log birds in the field. Bumma. eBird is too vampiric in nature. "Come as you are, children . . . but conform, you must conform . . . you will be one of us . . ." (all while birds don't give a fuck).

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I don't think anyone even noticed I left FB. Lol.

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The Survivors kept my attention. Now diving in to Echo Valley.

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Wondering how much coke LAPD & LASD are doing before each southland protest. Asking for a friend . . . www.mediaite.com/media/news/y...

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Deactivated my Facebook. Feels like an uncertain victory.

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In the strangest of ironies, yesterday I received my first-ever passport. Feels like I can make an escape plan!

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Father’s Day is definitely one of the most depressing days of the year. I plow through. Try to remember the good times and focus on work.

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Every time the U.S. Government flexes and fucks up, another joins the fight. Read to the end of the tale. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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No kings, baby. No kings.

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Interesting how the attacks were timed to just before the US military parade tomorrow for full propaganda effect.

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I'm so happy to have another essay accepted to @crimereads.bsky.social. It will be coming out within the next few weeks, if not sooner, and is relevant to current events in L.A., U.S. history, writing about the American West, and the craft of horror writing. 🥰

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in just under the wire before StokerCon: the June horror list, feat. new books from @raewilde.bsky.social, @patrickbarb.bsky.social, @barbaratruelove.bsky.social, Ivy Pochoda, Riley Sager, @anndavilacardinal.bsky.social, @nicholasbelardes.bsky.social, & more: readjumpscares.com/2025/06/10/a...

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Our future is so bleak, that I have no words to write such unimagined horrors. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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It me! TEN SLEEP hits shelves very soon!

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