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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 · 14h

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 · 14h

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 · 14h

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 · 14h

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 · 14h

It's me I'm some people

Michael “Mike” Roberti—Traitor-verse Author @mikesroberti.bsky.social · 1d

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 🤷‍♂️

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 16h

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 · 17h

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Alt: Giggles GIF

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 17h

She's pretty smart.

Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 18h

You're right; I should have cut it. 😁

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 1d

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.

#TimeTravelAuthors

#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 · 1d

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

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

"Yes, I'll hold."

"Forever?"

"Um, okay."

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 1d

His reading of "and tiny Tim, who did NOT die" is absolutely perfect.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 1d

His reading of "and tiny Tim, who did NOT die" is absolutely perfect.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 1d

I think pages should be dog-eared.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for sharing this with me Joel!

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 2d

Mine too!

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 3d

Day 11:

“This is the Projection Room. You’ve spent most of your life in this room — physically, at least. Except apparently, you haven’t. Journey-72 has, but you’re not her, despite the fact that you are inhabiting her body.”

I don't know what the hell any of that means.

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October 2025 prompts
Day 11: Saturday excerpt (optional word: most)

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 4d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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