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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I’m so thrilled to share the news that my new novel PENITENT will be published by @doubledaybooks.bsky.social, with Thomas Gebremedhin editing! Thanks as always to my agent Kirby Kim for his wise advice and for finding my book its best possible home. Coming Spring 2028! I can't wait.

Author of APPLESEED and contributor to Best American Mystery Stories and Best American Fantasy Matt Bell's PENITENT, a future-set novel cast in a medieval-like world in which a dutiful subject is called to war by his queen and, after killing seven men, must undertake a grueling journey of atonement-one year of pilgrimage for each life taken-only to find his path complicated by encounters with uncertain allies, hidden enemies, and the queen herself, whose plans grow ever more at odds with his own, forcing a reckoning with faith and violence as he struggles to return to the wife and unborn child he left behind, to Thomas Gebremedhin at Doubleday, by Kirby Kim at Janklow & Nesbit (NA).

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

as far as i’m concerned there is only one song in the whole world. and it is this

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

it sure can be!! unless i would like to “relax” (i keep hearing that word but don’t know what it is)

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

one of the big things of my life is that I cannot figure out how to not do anything. like this week I came home for spring break and was like wooooo let's give this whole 'nothing' thing a go and all of a sudden I have a 9,000-word short story that I lost myself in for three straight days. whyyyyyyy

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

not me neither!! but I’ll sure take it!

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Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Look at us, @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social. Who would’ve thought? Not me!

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Emily Greenberg @egreenberg.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

We are accepting submissions for one more month! The most recent book from this list, Show Me Where the Hurt is by @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social, was just named a PEN/Bingham finalist! Could you be next? What do we want? Boundary-breaking prose which we interpret broadly…

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

thanks so much Sabrina!!! 😄😄 hope you enjoy!

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

thank you so much!!! and hahaha I’ll take some Spanish!

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

thank you thank you thank you Matt!!!!

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Congratulations to @asuenglish.bsky.social MFA alum @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social, whose debut collection SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS is a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection!

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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 29/01/2026

Congratulations to @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social! Here's an conversation about SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS with Maya Chari. necessaryfiction.com/interviews/u...

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Unraveling the Mask: An Interview With Hayden Casey – Necessary Fiction

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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 29/01/2026

HELLO AND YES THIS IS GOOD NEWS! We're ecstatic to share that @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social's story collection SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS has been named a FINALIST for the @penamerica.bsky.social 2026 Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection!

copy of the PEN announcement, shows Hayden's book along with the four other finalists for the Robert Bingham Prize

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

thank you pal!!!!! twas an honor to share the noms!

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

BURN, a new novel by @stephanieaustin.bsky.social, drops next month (2/3) from Cowboy Jamboree Press 🚬🔥

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

i've been in novel-writing mode for so long that writing a short story feels like a vacation!!!!! school's out for winter!

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

mrs caliban is one of my forever favs ♥️

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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 01/01/2026

GOOD MORNING!!! It's a NEW YEAR, and that means it's a NEW OPPORTUNITY for you short fictioneers to find your book a home! We're now OPEN for your short story and flash fiction books. Our SS/FF editor @egreenberg.bsky.social + our fantastic SS/FF reading team are eager to read your book, so SEND IT!

blue background with the text "OPEN CALL: FLASH FICTION & SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS, Reading period January 1 - March 1, Submit at splitlippress.submittable.com"

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Emily Greenberg @egreenberg.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy new year! We're now open for fiction collections. The most recently published book from this list, Show Me Where the Hurt Is b @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social, was recently longlisted for the PEN/Bingham award. Could YOU be next? Dust off that manuscript, and send it to us!!!

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

thanks so much!!! I’m still pretty much in disbelief hahahah

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

WE HAVE BEEN ALL-CAPS SCREAMING AT SLP HQ SINCE WE FOUND OUT!!! CONGRATS, @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social!!!

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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 18/12/2025

We're hugging everyone we see because we're so thrilled: @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social 's book, SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS, is longlisted for the 2026 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection!!!

photo of Hayden Casey and his book, SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS, against a golden confetti-laden background!

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

thank youuuuu Abby!!! I will do my best!!!

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

holy shit is right!!!!! thank you so much!!

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my book is on here???? i am unable to comprehend this occurrence

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

you are every residency's dream guest!

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

writing a scene involving a flood and it's very difficult. there are only so many ways to say there's water everywhere

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

It was such a pleasure to celebrate the launch of @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social's debut novel A HARVEST OF FURIES last night at Changing Hands in Phoenix! A fantastic reading and a great conversation.

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Department of English at Arizona State University @asuenglish.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

It's been a busy autumn 🍂 9 ASU English faculty announce 2025 work 🥳 Here are nooks & journals by @beelzebebout.bsky.social, @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social, G. Castle, L. FastHorse/M. Garcés, @elizhoran.bsky.social, @nnedi.bsky.social, A. Thompson & N. Zweig. Details: ow.ly/qhnG50XmSzi #ASUHumanities

Covers of books and journals written or edited by ASU English faculty Lee Bebout, Hayden Casey, Gregory Castle, Larissa FastHorse, Michael John Garces, Elizabeth Horan, Nnedi Okorafor, Ayanna Thompson and Noah Zweig.

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

spent 40 min this morning trying to get the ugly AI popup to disappear from Word made me think fondly of Scrivener... who would never do such a thing to me... I might have to make The Switch...

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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

ahhhhh thank you so much!!! what a joy!

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