Travis Wade Beaty
@traviswbeaty.bsky.social
Writing crime, horror, and fantasy. Sometimes all three at the same time!
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Hoosier Noir, Vol. 6: Turner, N.B., Held, Shari, White, Robb, Nedecky, Joel, Beatty, Brian, Sweazy, Larry D., Kondek, Charlie, Beaty, Travis Wade: 9798880200788: Amazon.com: Books
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Sometimes I write stories about things that should be beautiful, such as friendship, and turn them into a kind of nightmare. "Self-Defense" is about the friendship between two young men, and, of course, murder.
Find it here in Hoosier Noir Vol. 6
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Find it here in Hoosier Noir Vol. 6
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One way to feel old is to have your Google acct decide to use the profile pic you used 15 years ago instead of your current one and everyone in the Zoom call is like "Wow, that does not look like you AT ALL." 👍👌👍👴
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
One way to feel old is to have your Google acct decide to use the profile pic you used 15 years ago instead of your current one and everyone in the Zoom call is like "Wow, that does not look like you AT ALL." 👍👌👍👴
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SUBS OPEN NOW THRU NOV. 22! We want stories that detail life at the bottom or at the margins of human society. Make it sad. Make it dark. Make it the tiniest bit hopeful. More info here: bit.ly/4onmEBw
November 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
SUBS OPEN NOW THRU NOV. 22! We want stories that detail life at the bottom or at the margins of human society. Make it sad. Make it dark. Make it the tiniest bit hopeful. More info here: bit.ly/4onmEBw
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My hot take is that none of these are structure. These are all recipes that describe structure.
Structure is the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat of writing.
3-Act/Hero's Journey etc are recipes.
You can make great meals without using a recipe if you understand the principles of structure.
Structure is the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat of writing.
3-Act/Hero's Journey etc are recipes.
You can make great meals without using a recipe if you understand the principles of structure.
So #WritingCommunity how do we feel about structure?
Do you use the 3 act structure? The 5 act?
Hero's Journey? Save the Cat? Super Structure Method? Story Genius Method?
Something else?
What have you got?
Do you use the 3 act structure? The 5 act?
Hero's Journey? Save the Cat? Super Structure Method? Story Genius Method?
Something else?
What have you got?
October 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My hot take is that none of these are structure. These are all recipes that describe structure.
Structure is the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat of writing.
3-Act/Hero's Journey etc are recipes.
You can make great meals without using a recipe if you understand the principles of structure.
Structure is the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat of writing.
3-Act/Hero's Journey etc are recipes.
You can make great meals without using a recipe if you understand the principles of structure.
The male urge to post breaking news on your social media page without adding any personal feelings as if you yourself are some kind of news outlet.
September 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The male urge to post breaking news on your social media page without adding any personal feelings as if you yourself are some kind of news outlet.
Having a dog can be good because they really don't give a shit about anything but squirrels and balls and weirdos staying out of their yard. "Oh, are the online's bad today? Buck up, mister, its time to go for a walk!"
September 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Having a dog can be good because they really don't give a shit about anything but squirrels and balls and weirdos staying out of their yard. "Oh, are the online's bad today? Buck up, mister, its time to go for a walk!"
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AVAILABLE NOW: When the dog makes the heist.
When life gives you a chance to make a connection after all these years.
One swing of the machete solves all your problems . . .
Best eaten cold? Small-town revenge stays hot for years. Order your copy of RHP #15 today: amzn.to/4peTqW6
When life gives you a chance to make a connection after all these years.
One swing of the machete solves all your problems . . .
Best eaten cold? Small-town revenge stays hot for years. Order your copy of RHP #15 today: amzn.to/4peTqW6
September 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
AVAILABLE NOW: When the dog makes the heist.
When life gives you a chance to make a connection after all these years.
One swing of the machete solves all your problems . . .
Best eaten cold? Small-town revenge stays hot for years. Order your copy of RHP #15 today: amzn.to/4peTqW6
When life gives you a chance to make a connection after all these years.
One swing of the machete solves all your problems . . .
Best eaten cold? Small-town revenge stays hot for years. Order your copy of RHP #15 today: amzn.to/4peTqW6
I have a story out in the latest edition of Rock and Hard Place Magazine. It's called "Heist at The Picker's Paradise," and its about a couple who rope their dog into a heist at a flea market. Things go sidewise, wouldn't you know it?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPMJ5KJS
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Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 15: Fall 2025
Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 15: Fall 2025 - Kindle edition by Press, Rock and a Hard Place, Adams-Toomey, Colin, Barrows, Brandon, Beaty, Travis Wade, Boufis, Christina, Brightwell, Colin, Budryk, Zack, Hart, Gabriel, Kimbrough, Philip, Milliken, Sally. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 15: Fall 2025.
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September 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I have a story out in the latest edition of Rock and Hard Place Magazine. It's called "Heist at The Picker's Paradise," and its about a couple who rope their dog into a heist at a flea market. Things go sidewise, wouldn't you know it?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPMJ5KJS
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPMJ5KJS
Not to worry folks, if AI hallucinates our summer reading lists we can just have it hallucinate the texts into being and then we can have AI hallucinate the cliff notes and we can all pretend to have read the hallucinations. Where there's a fake will, there's a fake way. 👍
May 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Not to worry folks, if AI hallucinates our summer reading lists we can just have it hallucinate the texts into being and then we can have AI hallucinate the cliff notes and we can all pretend to have read the hallucinations. Where there's a fake will, there's a fake way. 👍
I will not self-reject. I will not self-reject. I will not self-reject.
May 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I will not self-reject. I will not self-reject. I will not self-reject.
People will say bear and bull market as if we use those animals to describe anything else in our language in such a way.
May 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
People will say bear and bull market as if we use those animals to describe anything else in our language in such a way.
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The new Neil Halloran documentary on Smallpox has completely changed how I see the RFK Jr. version of the world. Neil (softly) argues that realizing that disease isn't the fault of the sick /or/ the fault of the Gods ushered in a new future where we felt the authority to care for each other.
May 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The new Neil Halloran documentary on Smallpox has completely changed how I see the RFK Jr. version of the world. Neil (softly) argues that realizing that disease isn't the fault of the sick /or/ the fault of the Gods ushered in a new future where we felt the authority to care for each other.
Something charming about those people with FB accounts they don't use so their timelines are just a series of people wishing them happy birthday each year.
May 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Something charming about those people with FB accounts they don't use so their timelines are just a series of people wishing them happy birthday each year.
Something strange about getting older is that a teen can just decide to get into the era when you came of age and just mainline it for 2 weeks straight and move on and you're just like "That's...that's not how I did it..."
April 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Something strange about getting older is that a teen can just decide to get into the era when you came of age and just mainline it for 2 weeks straight and move on and you're just like "That's...that's not how I did it..."
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I'm in my 40s and have lived through three iterations of "both parties are the same OH WAIT THEY'RE NOT THIS SUCKS" (2000, 2016, 2024).
April 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I'm in my 40s and have lived through three iterations of "both parties are the same OH WAIT THEY'RE NOT THIS SUCKS" (2000, 2016, 2024).
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WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN is now in the top ten bestselling collections / anthologies on Amazon. If you haven’t picked up your copy, do so in the thread below!!
Coming soon from Rock and a Hard Place Press
The day one bestselling collection from award winning author @cwblackwell.bsky.social:
WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN
available for preorder right now, coming July 18th.
The day one bestselling collection from award winning author @cwblackwell.bsky.social:
WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN
available for preorder right now, coming July 18th.
April 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN is now in the top ten bestselling collections / anthologies on Amazon. If you haven’t picked up your copy, do so in the thread below!!
The work is mysterious and important.
-me when I try to close a plot hole in my novel and it opens another plot hole.
-me when I try to close a plot hole in my novel and it opens another plot hole.
April 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The work is mysterious and important.
-me when I try to close a plot hole in my novel and it opens another plot hole.
-me when I try to close a plot hole in my novel and it opens another plot hole.
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The ACA was cool because it made it illegal to deny you access to health care for needing access to health care
the things it banned were so horrifying that people straight up don't believe they were real
the things it banned were so horrifying that people straight up don't believe they were real
March 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The ACA was cool because it made it illegal to deny you access to health care for needing access to health care
the things it banned were so horrifying that people straight up don't believe they were real
the things it banned were so horrifying that people straight up don't believe they were real
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SHORT FICTION FRIDAY
Songs of a Dead Forest
Travis Wade Beaty Old songs can bring new life.
A beleaguered dryad in search of safe harbor in a land ravaged by an invasive fungus finds herself at odds with a young dryad who wields the blasphemous magic of men.
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Songs of a Dead Forest
Travis Wade Beaty Old songs can bring new life.
A beleaguered dryad in search of safe harbor in a land ravaged by an invasive fungus finds herself at odds with a young dryad who wields the blasphemous magic of men.
waterdragonpublishing.com/product/song...
Songs of a Dead Forest by Travis Wade Beaty
Travis Wade Beaty Old songs can bring new life. A beleaguered dryad in search of safe harbor in a land ravaged by an invasive fungus finds herself at odds with a young dryad who wields the blasphemous...
waterdragonpublishing.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
SHORT FICTION FRIDAY
Songs of a Dead Forest
Travis Wade Beaty Old songs can bring new life.
A beleaguered dryad in search of safe harbor in a land ravaged by an invasive fungus finds herself at odds with a young dryad who wields the blasphemous magic of men.
waterdragonpublishing.com/product/song...
Songs of a Dead Forest
Travis Wade Beaty Old songs can bring new life.
A beleaguered dryad in search of safe harbor in a land ravaged by an invasive fungus finds herself at odds with a young dryad who wields the blasphemous magic of men.
waterdragonpublishing.com/product/song...
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Coincidentally read this part of Terry Pratchett's "Guards! Guards!" over lunch. (My first Pratchett book.) Here, the soon-to-be-former heads of the city are realizing there's a new monster in charge, each wishing one of the others would stand in protest. I heard Pratchett was incisive, but dang. 👀
February 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Coincidentally read this part of Terry Pratchett's "Guards! Guards!" over lunch. (My first Pratchett book.) Here, the soon-to-be-former heads of the city are realizing there's a new monster in charge, each wishing one of the others would stand in protest. I heard Pratchett was incisive, but dang. 👀
First draft of my fantasy thriller novel is complete. It's a mess but it's also clear in my head what this thing is now.
February 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
First draft of my fantasy thriller novel is complete. It's a mess but it's also clear in my head what this thing is now.
On top of everything else, it now seems we're all being forced to participate in one giant reality show.
February 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
On top of everything else, it now seems we're all being forced to participate in one giant reality show.
Tempted to create a podcast with my wife suggesting healthy screentime habits but use AI to turn our voices into the voices of my children's favorite podcasters.
February 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Tempted to create a podcast with my wife suggesting healthy screentime habits but use AI to turn our voices into the voices of my children's favorite podcasters.
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Once you notice it, you can’t unsee it: a lot of Dem political strategy is driven by narcissistic self-absorption, the belief that people are paying attention to Dems ALL THE TIME, and thus all Dems have to do is figure out how to be their absolute best selves and they’ll win a bunch of votes.
Saw a "Democratic strategist" say "we have to earn people's trust back." Just mind-boggling that so many don't understand how this works.
Did voters in 2024 say "I trust the Republican Party"? No. They were mad at those in power. Democrats have to get them mad at Republicans. It's not complicated.
Did voters in 2024 say "I trust the Republican Party"? No. They were mad at those in power. Democrats have to get them mad at Republicans. It's not complicated.
January 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Once you notice it, you can’t unsee it: a lot of Dem political strategy is driven by narcissistic self-absorption, the belief that people are paying attention to Dems ALL THE TIME, and thus all Dems have to do is figure out how to be their absolute best selves and they’ll win a bunch of votes.
It's got to be so if you see someone smoking an actual cigarette (not a vape) you're like, wow, I thought they all went extinct.
January 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's got to be so if you see someone smoking an actual cigarette (not a vape) you're like, wow, I thought they all went extinct.