Nathaniel Swift

Nathaniel Swift

@writernatswift.bsky.social

Author of time travel stories BLUE SKIES (in The Accidental Time Travelers Collective Volume 1) and FROM NOW ON (Vol. 3). Working on PBs, MG Sci-fi, and haiku as @haikuformykids.bsky.social (he/him)

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1. I've lived in Chicago for almost 30 years, and we all know somebody who knows him.

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net

To flip some discourse script for a bit: what’s y’all’s Obama number (ie degrees of separation with the former president)? Mine is 3

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It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I bring you the perfect spooky season read: monstrous babies, bloodthirsty deities, ghosts, magic, vengeance, and creatures from beyond the reef! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

Tell 'em President Large Marge sent ya.

Reuters Pictures@pictures.reuters.com

Lights are reflected off a bulletproof screen as President Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina. More photos of the week: reut.rs/4yGkBNh 📷 Evan Vucci

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Since I found my lost notebook, I thought I should publish the new chapter so I don't ever have to worry about that again. So here's chapter 8 - The Tunnel. Or you can jump back to chapter 1 if you want - they're all free. I'm writing 9 now, and I still have no idea what's going to happen next...

patreon.comDaddy School - Chapter 8 (fiction) | Writer Nat SwiftCHAPTER EIGHT - THE TUNNEL I stare at the screen. Nine numbers. Ten if you count the zero. Plus two strange symbols; I don’t know what the

And another draft of an Onion article has to be tossed into the garbage, as writers scramble desperately to find something more absurd than reality.

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social

Scoop from @brettlogiurato.bsky.social: CBS has sold its local election night coverage to DraftKings, stirring more controversy inside the David Ellison-owned company. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-draftk...

Our school is having a Family Literacy Night after school today. Kids are dressing up as favorite characters (and one of the teachers is crushing her Dog Man costume), they're excited to get new books and bookmarks, and it's just pretty awesome all around.

They had to make a Cary Elwes dummy for The Princess Bride because he couldn't stop giggling during the Miracle Max scene. (to be fair, I can't either)

Amy "Thunderjam" Chase@amythunderjam.bsky.social

We all know the "Viggo broke his toe" story but what's another movie fact you're personally compelled to bring up every time without prompting? For me, it's the fact that Robin Tunney is wearing a wig in The Craft because of having just shaved her head to save her job filming Empire Records.

Since I found my lost notebook, I thought I should publish the new chapter so I don't ever have to worry about that again. So here's chapter 8 - The Tunnel. Or you can jump back to chapter 1 if you want - they're all free. I'm writing 9 now, and I still have no idea what's going to happen next...

patreon.comDaddy School - Chapter 8 (fiction) | Writer Nat SwiftCHAPTER EIGHT - THE TUNNEL I stare at the screen. Nine numbers. Ten if you count the zero. Plus two strange symbols; I don’t know what the

UPDATE: IT WAS IN THE MUSIC ROOM!

Nathaniel Swift@writernatswift.bsky.social

I think I lost one of my notebooks. It's got a bunch of story ideas, rough drafts, and a chapter and a half of Daddy School that I haven't transcribed to a computer yet. It has my phone number and email address, so I'm hoping for the kindness of strangers to save it. Cross your fingers for me.

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1) I'm on the board of the Ray Bradbury Center 2) I am co-editing a new anthology (with Carrie Cooper, Assistant Director of the Ray Bradbury Center and public humanities scholar).

I think I lost one of my notebooks. It's got a bunch of story ideas, rough drafts, and a chapter and a half of Daddy School that I haven't transcribed to a computer yet. It has my phone number and email address, so I'm hoping for the kindness of strangers to save it. Cross your fingers for me.

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“Kick over the wall 'cause government's to fall How can you refuse it? Let fury have the hour, anger can be power Do you know that you can use it?” ✊ Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello covering The Clash “in these days of corrupt presidente!” ❌👑 #NoKings #VoteBlue2026 #Springsteen

youtu.beClampdown (Bruce Springsteen y Tom Morello), Power To The People fest 3 octubre 2026 | 🎥 Joan Colet YouTube video by The Stone Pony | Bruce Springsteen Club

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Replying to @muellershewrote.com

I consulted for a long time many people in the field and they said, "Absolutely, you can call yourself a lawyer, you watched My Cousin Vinny."

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