Natalie Zed
@nataliezed.bsky.social
Author of HENCH and VILLAIN. She/her. Spec fic, videogames, heavy metal, horror, MMA, comics, TTRPGs, LARP. CanLit Tank Girl. Extremely unlikely. Rep'd by Ron Eckel at CookeMcDermid.
Self-care also means wearing earplugs at concerts (and frankly anything loud).
ceej@ceej.online · 2w agocool older dad at the show you respect because of his experience and deep knowledge of the local scene who you will definitely not describe to your friends at the after party as “probably like, seventy years old”: hey kids, take it from me: plug em up
I had an absolute BLAST being a part of the first TriCon earlier this year; I am so glad I got to launch VILLAIN as a part of it. I'm thrilled they'll be back and can't wait to attend!
TriCon@tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 2w agoWE HAVE DATES! We are delighted to confirm that TriCon Halifax will be returning in 2027! May 21-23 2027 at the NSCAD Port Campus. And TODAY ONLY we are taking EARLY-Early bird weekend pass registrations at the @halconscificon.bsky.social Stories from the Stars book fair!
I had the great pleasure of being interviewed by @mattearoach.bsky.social on CBC Bookends about VILLAIN, some of the weirder work experiences I've had, and supervillainy as a career. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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I'm at Word on the Street: Lethbridge today, presenting on Villain and disaster math.
For folks in Calgary: Next week, September 17th, I'll be reading at Shelf Life Books! It's been over a decade since I've visited Calgary. Hosted by Jani Krulc, with Jill Hartman also reading and music by Doug Waite. shelflifebooks.ca/events/62791...
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aside from everything else, it's very funny to pretend that hiring "GHOST writers" ever made you, yourself, an author. you are simply describing two types of guys who did not write a book
Lincoln Michel@thelincoln.bsky.social · last mo."the raw data of a novel" 🙃 The way AI evangelists talk about art is truly alien to me. (From a comment left on an article of mine.)
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
Lord Of The Rings Helmet
Alt: Lord Of The Rings: Return of the King, eowyn takes off her helmet
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dr. hazel 🕸️🕷️@hazelmonforton.com · last mo.Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
I don't know if I have the bandwidth to cope with an SCP right now
Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · last mo.A mysterious, never before seen island in Canada made waves after it was photographed adrift on Williston Lake, British Columbia before supposedly vanishing. Video footage of the island shows a thickly forested landmass undulating surreally on the water. But did it really disappear?
EGG HEAD - “HARD CORE!” A witless, victorious smile adorns his face. “HARD CORE TO THE MEGA!”
I try to be a pretty positive person but after having a string of debilitating migraines since Tuesday, the worst I have had in a decade, I woke up today with a stye in my right eye so existence is cancelled
Just finished Villain by @nataliezed.bsky.social - literally just closed the thing - and I'm completely fucking poleaxed. Hench was a glorious pandemonium, but Villain is an absolute fucking Armageddon. Complex, genuine, disturbing, hilarious, it's a goddamned literaturical singularity. #BookSky
Things are crappy -- honestly, I don't know how to deal with the state of the world anymore -- so here is a US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of Hench, by @nataliezed.bsky.social, which I have, have read, have loved, and have given out before. And will hopefully do so again.
Villain absolutely floored me. I loved Hench, but was, truthfully, unprepared for the brutal rawness in Villain in how it so deftly examines how we become who we are. Just beautiful, will stay with me for quite awhile
Been having a hard go of it lately for personal reasons, so I’ve been reading so much this past week. Finished and adored all three of these this week: Villain by @nataliezed.bsky.social Dead Weight by @hildur.bsky.social Puck by @samanthaallen.bsky.social
every job i see these days is like: LEAD CONTENT ANALYST, Puppy Killing Factory (remote). $350,000 - $500,000. You will edit our internal newsletter (circulation 500). Associate Editor, Nonprofits, Global Good Magazine (in office, NYC). $27,000 - $28,000. Lead ALL of our fundraising efforts!
game developers are now the 1000 psychers a day being sacrificed to the emperor of fiduciary duty
team We Support Women's Wrongs
booscotron@boscotron.bsky.social · 4mo agoLong Live Evil and All Hail Chaos by @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social are both amazing, Hench and Villain by @nataliezed.bsky.social are both amazing, and I will probably never get over The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social - all perfect for a reading binge!
I got to judge the Specultative Fiction category for the 2026 Emerging Writer's Prize, and every single book on the shortlist was fantastic. Congratulations to Marcus Kliewer for absolutely blowing my mind with We Used To Live Here.
kobobooks@kobobooks.bsky.social · 4mo agoLast night, we gathered to celebrate the winners of Rakuten Kobo's 2026 Emerging Writer's Prize. 🥂 Major congratulations to our winners: 📖 The Finest Hotel in Kabul by @Lyse.Doucet 📖 The Sapling by @MarcBendavid 📖 We Used To Live Here by @Marcus_Kliewer
I am so overwhelmed with sheer delight at how VILLAIN DAY went yesterday. Infinite thanks to @audrawilliams.bsky.social, Haritha, @jairuskhan.bsky.social, the staff at Rosefinch, and @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social for their fantatsic Q&A, and everyone who came for teas & readings & conversations <3
just finished villain by @nataliezed.bsky.social , profoundly amazed and delighted by her depiction of a woman in the midst of an abusive relationship but unwilling to describe it as such. the confidence of the book and the way it leaves matters established but still plausibly deniable is Fantastic
Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of Hench by @nataliezed.bsky.social, which I *have* and *have read* and *have enjoyed* and there's a sequel out now which is, somehow, *better*. This books is a very biting commentary on the effectiveness of police forces.
back at one of my favourite places in the world: the camper at Rosefinch. 🩷 I'm so happy i get to have a launch party here tomorrow; it's one of those comically right things.
The new Antigen Shift record is out today on @artoffact.bsky.social, and it is a monster of an album. I feel so lucky I got to watch so much of it take shape up close. @jairuskhan.bsky.social and Nick Theriault have made something wonderful. antigenshift.bandcamp.com/album/verifi...
Verified Unidentified, by Antigen Shift
15 track album
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this whole article is of course incredible, but holy fuck do I need this shirt to exist very badly
Katie Moussouris (she/her/she-hulk/she-ra)🌻@k8em0.bsky.social · 4mo agoI wrote about what was actually in that #Fable guardrail bypass research paper, and why it should never have triggered an #AI model export control. We can't export control our way to cyber resilience. So many tshirt ideas. www.lutasecurity.com/post/the-fab...
Natalie Zina Walshots's Villains returns to the world of Hench, where, as @vanessa-armstrong.com puts it, "corporatized super-powered people exist and the good guys are kinda terrible." Read the review:
Super Feelings and Spreadsheets: Villain by Natalie Zina Walshots - Reactor
Vanessa Armstrong reviews the complex sequel to Hench by Natalie Zina Walshots.
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a tribute to Them 💚🐍🌒 Drifter and Eris have been my favorite characters since I started playing D2 in 2020, and the subject of the majority of my fan art since... only fitting to draw them again now as D2 retires 💫 #Destiny2 #Destiny2Art #drifteris
