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Josh Gauthier
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Author of Land of Outcasts. Writer. Playwright. Comics reviewer @noflyingnotights.com. He/him. Opinions my own.
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I'm not a huge sports fan, but I'm very glad I got to watch Messi score a goal live at least once.
A soccer pitch showing the Nashville and Miami teams warming up with the word Nashville written across the stands on the far side.
November 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
A photo of Feathers McGraw from Wallace and Gromit, a claymation penguin disguised as a chicken by wearing a red glove on his head. He is wearing a large remote around his neck and looking nefarious
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Mark your calendars!

I'll be going live on YouTube with @thomasha.bsky.social in a couple weeks to discuss Uncertain Sons and Other Stories from @undertow.bsky.social.

I'm very excited and would love to have you join us live or replay the event afterwards on YouTube.
Event Graphic reads "Writers and Readers Livestream with Thomas Ha. Tuesday, October 7th. 10 pm EST / 7 pm PST. Live on YouTube with Josh Gauthier. YouTube.com/@JoshGauthier83." The graphic also shows an author headshot of Thomas Ha and the cover image of Uncertain Sons.
September 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Some Saturdays just call for watching Weird Al play the local amphitheater
A photo of Weird Al from a concert where he is playing the accordion
September 21, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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"Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?"
An image of Large Marge from Pee-wee's big adventure, face distorted with giant eyes and a gaping mouth. They're old special effects but enough to scare an unsuspecting child all the same.
September 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Copy acquired! @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social
A copy of Death Valley Blooms by S.M. Mack where the stylized purple cover shows flowers blooming, giving way to bones and roots in lower layers of dirt
August 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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It's here, it's here! @jrdawson.bsky.social
A photo of the book The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson on a bookshelf beside the author's first book The First Bright Thing and assorted other titles.
August 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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It's not a new observation that spelling and grammar checkers are actively getting worse, but they continue to surprise with just how inane their recommendations can be.
A screenshot from a word document with the words "own good." ending a sentence. The suggested correction is to remove the quotation marks because "one punctuation mark is all that's needed" despite the clear and obvious fact that this is both the end of a sentence AND the end of someone speaking.
July 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Finally made WIP progress tonight including a brief appearance from small toad friend. He's far from a major figure in the story but I like him.

"They sat together, and it seemed even the toad joined them in surveying the night sky, the same expanse of stars it had probably always known." #writing
Just a little guy of a toad sitting causally on a log. He's just vibing, thinking deep toady thoughts. (Photograph by Gabrielle Wright)
July 8, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Got home from seeing Final Destination Bloodlines and what should be waiting for me the moment I step out of my car? iykyk
A penny just laying there on the pavement all innocent-like. There's a scuff or a burn on poor Abe's head. A penny never caused anyone any trouble, right?
May 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Hey @adamcesare.bsky.social, I just got back from watching Clown in a Cornfield. What a fun, excellent, creepy time. Loved it.
A creepy toy of Frendo the clown popping out of a music box with his arms spread wide. Oh also there's a much more real clown face lurking in the darkness behind it
May 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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My work summed up
Five knights crouching by an embankment in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grain Frodo carrying Sam up Mount Doom in Lord of the Rings Return of the King The alien from Alien being a terrifying menace Glen Powell and Adria Arjona being romantic on the dance floor in the movie Hit Man
May 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Have I... actually opened the manuscript for book 2 again? Is this what progress feels like?
A screenshot of a microsoft word document with a header that says "In the North" above the following text: "Doolan normally took pride in being captain of the guard in Boulder. Theirs was a simple village, full of artisans, miners, and trappers. People worked, raised families, obeyed the rules. The greatest threat they faced was the occasional bear or wildcat wandering down from the peaks" All of which, when combined, makes up the current and tentative opening of the long-awaited and sure-to-be-a-masterpiece second book in the Land of Outcasts fantasy series whenever it's actually completed.
April 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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I read this in one sitting and Kevin Barry continues to have such a way with words. There were so many sentences I'd stop and reread, just to savor the feel of them.
A picture of the novel The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry featuring a stylized silhouette of two people riding a horse towards the sun while the landscape morphs into a heart.
April 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Bringing the book trailer for Land of Outcasts over here too. The book's been out for a few years now, but I still love this video.
Available wherever books are sold.
April 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Not my typical content, but why not make my Skylight debut with some live music from the Young Dubliners.
April 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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The livestreams are back!

Mark your calendars for 2 weeks from now for our event over on YouTube talking all things writing with guests D.C. Corvino and Naseem Jamnia.
An event advertisement for a "Writers and Readers Livestream with guests D.C. Corvino and Naseem Jamnia. Thursday, April 17th. 9:00 pm EST / 6:00 pm PST. Live on YouTube with Josh Gauthier. Followed by the web address YouTube.com/@JoshGauthier83. All of this is set against a stary background and features headshots of the two guests.
April 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Caught an IMax showing of Princess Mononoke tonight. It had been a while since I last watched it but it remains just, so good--especially on a screen that big.
An animated picture of a young woman wearing a red mask and white fur head-covering standing in front of a large white wolf in the forest, from the film Princess Mononoke.
March 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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It's here it's here! @marisca.bsky.social
A picture of the book Every Dark Cloud by Marisca Pichette sitting on a table beside a plant and framed photo of a sunset
March 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Our boys are back together!
An exhausted, bearded Frank Castle having an altercation with buttoned-up Matt Murdock from the show Daredevil: Born Again because these two messy vigilantes can't help but see each other clearly as each pushes every button the other has as they debate ethics and morality and continue to deliver some of the best scenes contemporary mainstream superhero screen media has to offer.
March 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Still getting everything in order in my new library setup, but I'm quite proud of my developing @elizabethhand.bsky.social collection.
A bookshelf containing 21 books from author Elizabeth Hand which are unfortunately slightly out of order but compose a wonderful collection all the same.
March 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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The River Has Roots by @amalelmohtar.com is a gorgeous, poetic, lovely book full of love and magic and y'all need to read it.
A copy of the book The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar sitting on a shelf between two plants.
March 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Look what showed up at my door today. It's so pretty!
A picture of the book The River Has Roots by the fabulous Amal El-Mohtar with the white cover depicting a stylized river-like line and brightly colored flowers.
March 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Currently demonstrating to myself that I have very little self control when it comes to preordering books for the coming year. And can you blame me? Look at this lineup!
A screenshot of an online order purchase cart featuring the following books: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw, Cathedral of the Drowned by Nathan Balingrud, Katabasis by R. F. Kuang, The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar, and The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J. R. Dawson. Part two on an online order cart featuring the books Below the Grand Hotel by Cat Scully, The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig, and Every Dark Cloud by Marisca Pichette.
February 6, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Come on, scammers, is this supposed to be convincing?
A screenshot of a text message stating an individual has been added to a group text followed by this message: "[Amazon] We regret to inform you that the seller has increased the price of the items in your recent order by 35%. However, rest assured, in line with Amazon's customer-centric policies, you are entitled to claim a refund for the price difference. Please click [suspicious link deleted here) to request your refund within 24 hours." Immediately after, the recipient was removed from the group.
January 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM