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Nathaniel Swift

@writernatswift.bsky.social

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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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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · Dec 8

Happy Release Day to my short story FROM NOW ON and 11 more awesome time travel stories from 11 more awesome #TimeTravelAuthors! Get your copy today, and let me know what you think!

Unless you hate it. Then maybe don't let me know.

But you won't hate it!

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Front cover of The Accidental Time Travelers Collective Volume 3, with a mysterious figure standing in an open doorway.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 3h

I know it's the word for a scene break in a chapter, but I swear my sister used to call me "dinkus."

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 3h

I've seen these on sidewalks all over Chicago this week. I remember this kind of marketing working well when I was an undergrad.

Sidewalk chalk reads "NO KINGS PROTEST THIS SAT 10/18"

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 3h

I've seen these on sidewalks all over Chicago this week. I remember this kind of marketing working well when I was an undergrad.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 17h

Definitely a formative moment in my young life 😁

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 2d

Just read a short story draft and I don't think I'm done. I wrote myself this note at the end.

Anybody want to read a rough draft and help me figure out what it is?

A handwritten note in a journal reads "Chekhov's gun is still on the table - what is it?"

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 1d

7 drew this at school today. Not sure if I'm more proud of his talent, or his choice of subject.

Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 1d

Truly magical times.

two men are sitting in the back seat of a car giving each other the middle finger .

Alt: Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are dancing in a car in one of the Rush Hour movies.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 1d

I don't remember what film my family took me to see when I was 8 or 9, but I do remember watching Cujo out the car's back window.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 1d

Name a FIlm you saw at a Drive In Theater.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 1d

I forgot to say it's Day 15.

That's all.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 1d

"He unzipped the pocket that held his emergency parachute ripcord, and gave it a tug.
Nothing happened.
He gave it a much harder tug.
Still nothing."

Yeah, that's from BLUE SKIES. And yeah, it sucked.

And it wasn't even close to the worst thing that happened to me that day.

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October 2025 prompts
Day 15: post-sized snippet (optional word: give/gave)

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 2d

Yes - I would love to share this with you! I do have to type it first, so it might not be tonight...

Thanks!

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 2d

The media often seems to think that the second half is that all the rest of the apples are just fine and dandy.

Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 2d

Just read a short story draft and I don't think I'm done. I wrote myself this note at the end.

Anybody want to read a rough draft and help me figure out what it is?

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a captain america uniform is sitting in a room and saying `` i understand that reference . ''

Alt: a man in a captain america uniform is sitting in a room and saying `` i understand that reference . ''

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 2d

It's me I'm some people

Michael “Mike” Roberti—Traitor-verse Author @mikesroberti.bsky.social · 3d

Have you got your signed copies yet? Next person who orders I’ll sign it with what my greatest fear is!

Plus some people say they are pretty good 🤷‍♂️

t.co/ZBgXsDN4ce

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 2d

We've had one, yes. What about second chapter seven?

a man with curly hair says i get it

Alt: Pippin says i get it

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 2d

Giggles GIF

Alt: Giggles GIF

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 2d

I enjoyed Tale of Two Cities, but there are definitely some sentences that could be a page or two shorter.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 2d

She's pretty smart.

Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 2d

You're right; I should have cut it. 😁

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 3d

I tried to write like Dickens for a little while; it was a time of eloquence, it was a time of overindulgent verbosity.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 3d

I tried to write like Hemingway for a while. It was good.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 2d

Day 13:

I know, I'm late. Sorry. It's been a crazy couple of days.

What does someone else think of me? Well, Annie loves me. I'm sure of that. She also thinks I'm an idiot for going skydiving for Dave's 50th birthday.

I don't know, maybe she's right.

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#TimeTravelAuthors
October 2025 prompts
Day 13: what does someone else in the story think about you?

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 3d

Sidewalk chalk in Chicago reads "NO KINGS PROTEST THIS SAT 10/18"

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 3d

I tried to write like Dickens for a little while; it was a time of eloquence, it was a time of overindulgent verbosity.

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