I am applying to so many jobs. I am a job-applying machine. I am a sleek efficient mechanized typist of statements and filler-inner of forms. no job is safe from me. I am a consummate professional. I am vigilant for new postings. the void into which I fire off applications is becoming weary of me.

Save the date! Next Saturday will be the 1st Desert Grit Reading Series at Rift Wine Bar & Taphouse in Scottsdale! Oct 4th at 3 PM! Readings from @mdbell79.bsky.social @shipraagarwal.bsky.social @sabrinahicks.bsky.social @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social @stephanieaustin.bsky.social And me!

just ordered an americano with 4 shots (which is not the point / probably another discussion) at an airport café, and the person behind the counter went, “4 shots of…?” ……???

Just finished an ARC of @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social's A HARVEST OF FURIES, and if you like retellings of Greek tragedies and unusual story structures, it's a pretty striking take on the Oresteia. #booksky

just watched a woman at the airport rip a page of her book in half to use as a bookmark ????,,,?,

340 days... 400 pages... 130,757 words later... I have a draft!

pals spotted on the Small Press Featured Titles shelves at Powell’s—Film Elegy by @laura-n-paul.bsky.social, Leafskin by @mirandarschmidt.bsky.social, & Show Me Where the Hurt Is by @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social 👏👏👏

#nowreading Hayden Casey’s Show Me Where the Hurt Is People finding themselves in predicaments, self-inflicted or not, but somehow come out okay, mostly, usually, on the other side.

finally... fiiiiiinally... on the last chapter of this draft. #26/26. I've spent 11 months with these people!!!

there comes a point in every novel draft where the end is in sight and the words are just, like, falling out. I open the draft and a new paragraph just emerges from the ether. I scroll down and there are three more pages filled. name a better drug (impossible)!!!

new interview up!!!

am I suffering from deep-draft delusion or is this thing I'm working on my masterpiece?

wrote the exact same number of words two days in a row completely by accident. (1,879 if u were wondering)

I am over 100k in this novel draft, which officially makes it the longest thing I've ever written. is that why I'm terrified?

i am finishing this draft this month, dammit. i am finishing this draft this month, dammit. i am finishing this draft this month, dammit. i am finishing this draft this month, dammit. i am finishing this draft this month, dammit. i am finishing this draft this month, dammit. i am finishing this draf

my first-ever galleys arrived today 🥹🥹🥹

I had the good luck of reading this novel as @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social was writing it, and I can’t wait for you all to hold it in your hands. Get a pre-order in now. A gorgeous, ambitious book.

cover reveal cover reveal!!!!

getting back into drafting after a long break is always such a slog. got through 1,000 words and it felt like i pulled each of them out of my gums

🥹 thank you Stephanie!!

first in-person author event tonight!! my pituitary gland has been making me hyper-aware of this for about 24 hours. excited!!

crazi's hot chicken, just up the road from me. beautifully juicy fried chicken, delicious house sauce, great seasoning on the fries. I miss it so much, I put it in my novel acknowledgments

review review review!!! and so kind & attentive! what a lovely thing!

Great to see so many of you at our launch event for @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social's book last night (ASU represent!); also GREAT to get to share this fantastic review for SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS, up now at The Masters Review: mastersreview.com/book-review-...

Drank from the Goodreads kool-aid and found this v nice review of Friendly Fire

super excited to have a piece up at Largehearted Boy about the songs that inspired my brand-new story collection! largeheartedboy.com/2025/04/22/h...

It's SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS day!!! A thousand welcomes to @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social's story collection, which is officially published today, in BOTH print and ebook form (you know where you can get it: www.splitlippress.com/store ) ! Zoom launch is TONIGHT at 7pm CT (link to register in tree)!!

my first book is out tomorrow. tomorrow. to mor row. mere hours away.

Last question before pub day on Tuesday for @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social and SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS!

titles are often horrible for me but this one was kismet!!!

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Forgot to post yesterday's question over here so you're getting a double-dose of @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social this morning: he's got a book out in ONE WEEK; we've got QUESTIONS!

had my first book signing at AWP this year!!!!! thanks @asterismbooks.bsky.social !!

If you'll be at AWP25 in a couple of days, Hayden will be signing copies at the Asterism booth on Saturday from 1:30-2:00--if you're staying home from LA like we are, you can order your copy at splitlippress.com/store with code AWPLA40 and get 40% off!!! No excuses, baby!

Our final burst of praise for SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS comes from the luminous @taraisonwriter.bsky.social, who calls @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social "a wise and lyrical writer who deeply understands both the pains and beauties of love, and our human need for connection."

We're not done yet, not when we've got Kimberly King Parsons saying "Psychologically astute and instantly compelling, Show Me Where the Hurt Is expertly explores connection and dissolution, the wonder and terror of intimacy, and the many ways we show up for each other (or fail to)"! (thx!!!!)

Blurb Week continues for @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social's SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS, a story collection that's "humane, finely crafted, and sometimes brilliantly weird" (thx Claire Fuller!) Order your copy at the link in our bio!

Mine arrived today! Now when is the companion album out? 👀

We continue @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social's Blurb Week with praise for SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS from a fellow SLP author, @kristenarnett.bsky.social (whose new book with Riverhead just dropped yesterday! Make sure to pick hers up as well!): "Quite a few times I wondered aloud: how did he do that?"

My copy of @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social’s story collection SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS from @splitlippress.com has arrived! Major book mail alert, people. Signed sticker too 🔥

😱😱😱 my book is, as they say, out there!!!

Day 2 of Blurb Week for SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS by @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social, "an incredibly inventive, big-hearted writer" who puts "so much joy and wonder on every page here, so much humor & heartbreak in every finely made sentence and every keenly observed detail" (thx @mdbell79.bsky.social!)

It's Blurb Week for @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social's collection SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS, out on 4/22 (but we advise you order now, this book has been selling like hotcakes!) "For an assortment of stories about people who don't know where they belong—they hit awfully close to home" (thx Tatiana!)

huh: this word does not appear once in my almost-92k WIP!

happy pi day. 🥧❤️🖤

A temp break from shipping pre-orders of @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social’s SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS to feature the reason these orders are going out a little later than anticipated: from now on, every book ordered directly from us also gets a bookmark!

I've been meaning to make a newsletter for a while now, and I finally did! subscribe to get updates on book stuff from me every now and then! haydencasey.substack.com?r=8gg7w&utm_...

knowing that copies of my book are in the mail making their way to people is bizarre. I wish they had little trackers. I want to follow them on their little journeys

SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS, @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social’s debut story collection, has arrived in the SLP office! Preorders will begin shipping shortly, so if you were waiting until closer to pub day (April 22) to place your order, there’s no need to delay your gratification! Link in bio to purchase!

Sorry @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social, I couldn't bring myself to wait until the lily in my house died so I could truly mimic the cover correctly