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Daniel David Froid

@froid.bsky.social
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Writer, reader, desert-dweller, and minor demon. 😈🏳️‍🌈 Book: IN THE SILVER LIGHT OF A STAR THAT IS NO STAR (Splice) danieldavidfroid.com

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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm excited to announce that my debut novella comes out next year from @thisissplice.bsky.social. This is a strange little book about a detective, a hoax, a fictional language, and a place that doesn't exist (or does it?). It has two halves that unfold in parallel, on the left and right pages.
In the Silver Light of a Star That Is No Star by Daniel David Froid
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Rooted in a true crime, this book spins out details of the crime, brief tales about real and fictional people involved in it, the author’s own travels and research. There’s even a bit of sci-fi. Somehow, it all works! It’s odd and fascinating and unlike anything else I’ve ever read.
A Granite Silence by Nina Allan
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I’m obsessed with this pair of novellas. They pose twin puzzles, with many clues and hints as to what actually happens and how the narratives may intersect. And they are impeccably written. Stephen Beachy maintains a measured tone while giving an almost cosmic register to his lonely characters.
Some Phantom/No Time Flat: Two Novellas by Stephen Beachy
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Mario Bellatin is a fascinating writer. This novella is partly excerpts from a lost (fake?) work by Joseph Roth, partly interpretations of that work, and partly memoir-ish fragments. Recommended if you like seeing a writer pushing, or perhaps breaking apart, the boundaries of form.
Jacob the Mutant by Mario Bellatin
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Second, one for the true JCO sickos (like me). The first novel here, Starr Bright Will Be With You Soon, is wild, almost campy. The other one is good, too, but goes nowhere near the heights of delirium.
A paperback copy of Double Trouble by Joyce Carol Oates
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
It seems to be a hot JCO summer for me. Two recommendations for your reading pleasure. First, Heat, which must be one of her best story collections.
A paperback copy of Heat and Other Stories by Joyce Carol Oates
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Doesn't the phrase "a fictional staple in the literature world" suggest that...the book doesn't actually exist? My favorite fictional staples are the works of Archimboldi. Or maybe the Necronomicon.
Screenshot of the cover of Lord of the Flies with the following blurb: "	A fictional staple in the literature world, Lord of the Flies follows a group of boys stranded on an island, where the fight for survival cascades into brutal chaos."
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Here it is: my chapbook, alongside my beloved dog. Losing her inspired this weird little tale. I wanted to write a story about loving a dog (among other things) that was surreal and challenging and not sentimental; I hope I succeeded. You can get a copy here: bottlecap.press/products/not...
A framed picture of a miniature pinscher resting her head on an armchair, in front of a crowded bookshelf; a blue chapbook with astronomical symbols on the cover
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
My last read of 2024 was also one of the best ever. Miss MacIntosh, My Darling is my new religion.
Cover of Miss MacIntosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Very excited to share that I'm publishing a chapbook with Bottlecap Press! I'll be upfront: MY HOME IS NOT THERE is about losing your dog. I wrote this as a tribute to my own beloved canine friend. It's weird and prickly and quasi-mystical. You can preorder now. :) bottlecap.press/products/not...
The cover of my chapbook, My Home Is Not There
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I recently (re)read all four of Renee Gladman’s Ravicka books (published by @dorothyproject.bsky.social). Brilliant, beautiful, rigorous, weird—these are some of the most fascinating books I’ve ever read.
Four books by Renee Gladman: Event Factory, The Ravickians, Ana Patova Crosses a Bridge, and Houses of Ravicka
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 03/06/2024
I very much enjoyed revisiting this book under its new (old) and far superior title. This is an excellent story collection. Ballingrud conjures Hell and its denizens so vividly and effectively that you wonder if he’s actually been there… (And I say this as someone with a PhD in devil studies! 😈)
The Atlas of Hell: Stories by Nathan Ballingrud
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
I enjoyed reading Adam Golaski’s Stone Gods. These stories very effectively evoke an unsettling vibe. And I like that it is hard to figure out their shape—where they will end up. They follow their own weird logic. Good stuff from NO Press (@basicchunnel.bsky.social)!
Stone Gods by Adam Golaski
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 04/04/2024
LFG!
Two books: Miss Macintosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young and Children of the Dead by Elfriede Jelinek
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 28/03/2024
The Melancholy of Resistance seems to be where Krasznahorkai clicks with me. As translator George Szirtes says, this is a “slow lava flow of narrative.” You have to be willing to immerse yourself in the muck. Give in to the forty-page paragraphs!
The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 19/01/2024
Turtle Diary is a short and strange little novel published by @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social about two lonely Londoners who decide to liberate some sea turtles from the zoo. I loved its sensibility, sense of humor, precise and weird observations. A perfect book.
Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 07/12/2023
Recently read The Shipwreck of the Cerberus by @horrorsong.blog. Full of dense, thorny language and intense imagery—it was excellent! Glad I got a copy while I could!
The Shipwreck of the Cerberus by Joe Koch
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
Marie NDiaye is a fascinating writer. All her novels create a sense of dread—a genuinely dreamlike irreality. There’s nothing supernatural in this book but it feels like it. The main character’s apprehension and difficulty interpreting what goes on around her is so intense and unnerving.
Vengeance Is Mine by Marie NDiaye
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
My copy of The Cozy Cosmic (published by @underlandpress.bsky.social) is finally here! My story, “In Another Distant Land, in a Luminescent Land,” is all about anxiety, social awkwardness, regrets, and melting flesh. It appears alongside a lot of other really cool stories and poems.
The Cozy Cosmic anthology
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
Another winner from @valancourtbooks.bsky.social! I am here for all the world horror they bring to us anglophone readers. My favorite stories were the ones by Steiner Bragi (Iceland), Luciano Lamberti (Argentina), and Viola Cadruvi (Switzerland).
The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Volume 2
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
Finished my reread of The Haunting of Hill House in this beautiful Folio Society edition.
Slipcase of the Folio Society edition of The Haunting of Hill HouseIllustration of the house on front and back covers of the book
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Our Share of Night is one of the best horror novels I’ve read in a long time…maybe one of the best ever?
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
I love Nghi Vo’s Singing Hills cycle. Each novella is totally engaging and offers new facets of similar concerns—the nature of storytelling, who wants, or gets, to tell stories, and how and why.
Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
Lisa Tuttle double feature, starring Valancourt and NYRB Classics! Good October reading. And I’m delighted that Valancourt has kickstarted a Tuttle Renaissance.
A Nest of Nightmares and My Death, two books by Lisa Tuttle
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
I’ve waited for this book for 10 years and have the receipts to prove it! A decade ago, I wrote to NYRB to ask whether they’d considered publishing an unabridged translation of this novel. It was already underway then—and now it’s here! As a former Italian minor & lifelong italophile, I’m thrilled.
Lies and Sorcery by Elsa Morante
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
I guess I’m on a McNally Editions kick. Truly obsessed with Phyllis Paul’s Twice Lost, a highly interior and uneasy gothic novel. It’s a really strange read, not to everyone’s taste, but it’s one of the most intriguing gothic novels I’ve read in a long time.
Twice Lost by Phyllis Paul
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
I highly recommend Kay Dick’s They. I think calling it dystopian doesn’t quite capture its weirdness & subtlety. The subtitle, “A Sequence of Unease,” is precise: it’s a series of brief, anxious episodes about characters drifting through the book’s unsettling world. McNally Editions does not miss!
They by Kay Dick
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
Here’s the cover plus the illustration for my story.
Cover of Illustrated Worlds #3Portrait of a nicely dressed family on a couch, all of whom have disturbing, ghoulish faces
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 14/09/2023
I enjoyed Victory City. I seem to remember that reviews last year were somewhat lukewarm. It may not reach the heights of The Satanic Verses or The Moor’s Last Sigh, but what does? Less-than-excellent Rushdie is still worth reading. “Words are the only victors.”
Victory City by Salman Rushdie
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 09/09/2023
Really enjoyed this collection of strange stories from Charco Press. Not exactly horror, though the stories are full of dread and unease, characters who are displaced and unsettled. Definitely recommended.
Fresh Dirt from the Grave by Giovanna Rivero
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 05/09/2023
Just finished this incredible novel from Dalkey Archive. So inventive and fiendishly complex. I love a frame narrative, and this book takes that concept as far as it can possibly go—and then goes even further. Here’s to more Palol in English someday!
The Garden of Seven Twilights by Miquel de Palol
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 31/08/2023
So excited to share that I have a story forthcoming in Cazimi Ark, an anthology from @moonstruckbooks.bsky.social! A weird old (unreal) movie, haunting dreams, Nebraska, the moon—this story’s got it all. 🎬🌝😎
“The Lake of Sorrow” by Daniel David Froid
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 29/08/2023
Knife + Heart
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 26/08/2023
My next read. I’ve been looking forward to this behemoth for months. I might be a bit of a masochist given that I get much of my reading done on my commute…
The Garden of Seven Twilights by Miquel de Palol
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 20/08/2023
Visited my local indie yesterday and picked up some cool stuff. 📚
Two books: Cousins by Aurora Venturini and Fresh Dirt from the Grave by Giovanna Rivero
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 18/08/2023
First anthology pub! Very excited/proud to be a part of Mirrors Reflecting Shadows, all proceeds from which will go to the Trevor Project. My story splits the difference between Midwestern evangelicalism and cosmic horror…check it out!
Mirrors Reflecting ShadowsThe first page of my story, “Drawing Out Leviathan”
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Daniel David Froid @froid.bsky.social · 12/08/2023
Looking forward to diving into Solenoid!
Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu
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