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I have 2 events this week. 1st: The Village Story Salon on 10/8, 6PM, at the New York Public Library, Hudson Park Branch, 66 Leroy Street. The theme is BLOOD. 2nd: A conversation w/Marie Carter, author of Mortimer and the Witches on 10/9, 7PM, Kew and Willow Books, 81-83 Lefferts Blvd, Kew Gardens.

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Every reasonable person on both sides should have no problem with these suggestions.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The most loved cat where I work needs a home. He is 4 years-old & he was hit by a car. He lost an eye, his broken jaw was wired shut, & a feeding tube was placed. The owners brought him back again for more care, then they went off on vacation & we never saw them again. He only has us now. 1/3

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Screw this building blocking the Empire State Building. I can’t believe was this even allowed (there was a battle). Had I taken the picture a few steps to the left it would have been completely hidden. Of course the building contains “luxury” apartments.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ll be reading at the Village Story Salon on 10/8, 6PM, at the New York Public Library, Hudson Park Branch, 66 Leroy Street. The theme is BLOOD. Leroy Street is one of my favorite blocks in the West Village, and I encourage you to take a walk along the block before or after the reading.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s September 23 and I just spotted my first Halloween decorations (not counting stores, which have already had Halloween items out for sale for weeks). This is New York City, downtown, on my way to physical therapy for twisting my ankle.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Reminder! The Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize Shortlist Readings on 9/25, 7pm (The Killing Fields is on the shortlist). Congratulations to the winners! Emily Hunt Kivel for Dwelling (fiction) & Sarah Aziza for The Hollow Half: A Memoir of Bodies and Borders (nonfiction). tinyurl.com/2zxb64zw

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2026 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize Shortlist Readings | Brooklyn Public Library

BPL Presents and Brooklyn Public Library are excited to welcome you back to this annual Shortlist Reading, featuring Sarah Aziza, Mohammed El-Kurd, Kate Folk, Stacy Horn, Emily Hunt Kivel, and Stephan...

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I have treated myself to Emily St. John Mandel’s latest book, Exit Party. She is one of my favorite living writers. I know most people’s favorite book of hers is Station Eleven, which I adore, but mine is The Glass Hotel. It’s a masterpiece.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Bali (the black cat) loves Bleecker, but Bleecker has mixed feelings. I saw this, had to get a picture, and Bali’s expression is saying, “Okay, but no sudden moves, don’t get too close, for the love of God please don’t ruin this for me."

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Please note that a bunch of Dem Senators have decided to support Abdul El Sayed. That’s because the polls are already showing he is going to win. None have shown up for Angie Nixon. This is infuriating.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Upcoming book events for The Killing Fields of East New York! Details here: stacyhorn.com/events/

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

In May 2002, at the official end of the recovery effort at ground zero, Barbara Horn (no relation, but we’re honorary cousins) sang “I Will Remember You” to all of us. She has a beautiful voice and it made me cry. She sings it every year and every year she makes me cry. 1/2

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

During the recovery effort a ramp was installed behind St. Paul's Chapel to help people see the WTC site. It may seem bizarre, like a tourist attraction, but I understood people's deep need to be there. To see it with their own eyes. To be able to say to their grandchildren I was there.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The next entry in my ongoing series, Faces I Can’t Resist. (I work in an animal hospital and I love your babies.) I took a billion pictures of this baby but none can compete with this shot taken by my co-worker, Young Kim. This little one is the Helen of Troy of Kittens.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

From time to time my friend Joe makes videos of me and my cats. Here is his artistic interpretation of one of my cats responding (objecting?) to my singing.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A portrait of Lillian Spyr Helfenstein, painted by Elsie Southwick Clark. Not very flattering, it has a Gloria Swanson/Sunset Boulevard feel. I prefer Clark’s Portrait of Jane Peterson. Helfenstein’s backstory, if you’re curious, it’s related to my singing book: stacyhorn.com/2013/09/18/j...

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

When writing The Restless Sleep (about the NYPD’s Cold Case Squad) I was able to browse very old crime scene photos. This was a 1950s Brooklyn murder. Boxer George Abdinoor (aka The Sheik) was murdered by boxer Joe Hassan (The turk). Pretty gruesome, but not close to the worst I saw (& didn't save).

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Bali, the black cat, loves Bleecker, who is home on palliative care and won’t be with us for too much longer, although he is doing relatively well now. Bali will still have Bodhi, his brother, but they have mixed feelings for each other. 1/2

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My book made the non-fiction shortlist for the Brooklyn Library Book Prize!! I did my best to do right by Brooklyn, and it is an honor to learn that Brooklyn thinks I did okay. There are 3 events associated with the Prize, on 9/15, 9/25, and 9/27, details here: www.bklynlibrary.org/support/bpl-...

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The next entry in my ongoing series, Faces I Can’t Resist. (I work in an animal hospital and I love your babies.) In the name of all that is holy, how are we supposed to work with this little one around? She was adopted by someone here & I'm guessing there was a cage fight to see who gets her.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Oh. My. God. My book made the non-fiction shortlist for the Brooklyn Library Book Prize!! I am beyond ecstatic. There are several events planned, but in the meantime I am dancing around my apartment, screaming into pillows. @bklynlibrary @zandoprojects www.bklynlibrary.org/support/bpl-...

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The next entry in my ongoing series, Faces I Can’t Resist. (I work in an animal hospital and I love your babies.) Hello sweetie pie! Don’t you look pretty in your bonnet!

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In honor of World Photo Day, this is the last picture I took (yesterday at 12:20pm) at the animal hospital where I work. A tiny, tiny baby and her stuffed animal friends.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The next entry in my ongoing series, Faces I Can’t Resist. (I work in an animal hospital and I love your babies.) Bat-earred pup to tower: requesting permission for takeoff. Tower to Bat-earred pup: gotta remove that catheter first ... 1/1

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Here’s something you don’t see every day in New York City. Not one, not two, but three horses, on West 11th Street in the West Village.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The next entry in my ongoing series, Faces I Can’t Resist. (I work in an animal hospital and I love your babies.) I heard on the news that Halloween decorations are already going up in NYC. Halloween cat is feeling better and is ready to report for duty.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Books I Couldn’t Have Written my Book Without. Once again, I want to give credit where credit is due. This list is actually much longer, but the research in these books helped me to understand what happened in East New York. 1/2

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

When I cut the cable tv cord I ended up watching YouTube videos more than anything else. I want to share channels I adore. Next up: Joe and Nic’s Road Trip. They’re documenting dying & dead towns & cities across the U.S. 1/1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9U7...

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Deep In Poor Country ARKANSAS: Sights Like No Where Else In The USA

YouTube video by Joe & Nic's Road Trip

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We've got to keep banging this drum and more often.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The next entry in my ongoing series, Faces I Can’t Resist. (I work in an animal hospital and I love your babies.) A pretty white cat. Who didn’t try to kill me. Woohoo! I still love the killers, though. Besides, lots of cats are jerks. Amirite? I love them regardless.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The next entry in my ongoing series, Faces I Can’t Resist. (I work in an animal hospital and I love your babies.) It is frequently one of the hardest parts of my job: giving the animals back. Look it this guy. I mean come on. Sob.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Sad post alert. I’ve started putting aside my favorite photographs of Bleecker, my cat who was diagnosed with carcinoma, and who is at home on hospice care. He’s doing well currently, I didn’t expect him to live this long! The 2nd pic is him as a baby. He has always loved to sleep on his back.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I think about where we'd be if Al Gore and Elizabeth Warren had each become president. The progress we would have made with climate change, alternative energy, & financial crimes. Financial crime & corruption is so rampant & unrecognized I don’t know how we'll ever recover. tinyurl.com/36rwzy5e

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Elizabeth Warren to Elon Musk: 'You Don't Get to Slither Around in the Dark'

The Massachusetts senator decries Donald Trump’s vandalism of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Musk’s "Mount Everest of conflicts."

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

And I made another list! The Killing Fields of East New York is a finalist in the Best True Crime category of the 2026 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards. The yearly Killer Nashville writer’s conference where winners will be announced is a famed resource for writers! www.killernashville.com

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Killer Nashville | International Writers’ Conference for Genres Incorporating Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Action, or Romance

Killer Nashville is the premier writers’ conference for all crime genres incorporating mystery, thriller, suspense, action, or romance. Connect with agents, editors, and bestselling authors.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

My book, The Killing Fields of East New York, is on the list for The Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize! This one means a lot to me. It was very important to me that I do a good job. Win or not, the fact that I made this list is heartening. And this is coming from the Brooklyn Public Library!!

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Another favorite YouTube channel: Tia Weston. Also a home renovation channel, but I love this one because of Tia & her father (who works with her) and their relationship. The world would be a better place if we all had a dad like Tia’s. Start with the $1 House playlist . www.youtube.com/@TiaWeston

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

When I cut the cable tv cord I ended up watching YouTube videos more than anything else. I want to share some channels I adore, many of which I never would have guessed I’d love them so much. 1/2 www.youtube.com/@byGrit.andG...

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By Grit & Grace

From hoarded to home... Follow as we turn a hoarded house into a home for our six kids

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Preventing some Iranian villagers from getting drinking water does nothing to prevent the IRGC from firing missiles and drones. Water is a red line. I know those of you who hate the US military and US foreign policy won’t care about the difference, but it’s significant, with very bad implications.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what?

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Every day this guy does something like this and every day the same people who dress him up as a terrifying commie destroyer of civilization do a dozen things to sabotage the public good, to murder and destroy and hate and kill, and I can't anymore handle those who won't see the clear difference.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Star City is just incredible, a tour de force. The acting, the writing, the stories that are breaking my heart. Good god the finale. Every single second of it. Please come back Star City.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The next entry in my ongoing series, Faces I Can’t Resist. (I work in an animal hospital and I love your babies.) Video proof of how much kittens love their stuffed animals.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 14/07/2026

BREAKING: NYC Mayor Mamdani signs new law that says you don't have to go to work if your pet is asleep on you or just being extra cute.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

My book, The Killing Fields of East New York, in the wild! I love how well-read and bookmarked it looks! Thank you for sending this to me, Sharon.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Seen in the New York City subway last night. If you read the fine print, it’s about organ donation. The next sign over read, “How to outlive your ex.” But someone was sitting in front of it, and it felt rude to take a picture.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Everyone is probably sick of fireworks shots by now, but I like the NYC fireworks view from my roof and want to share it. But for the next few weeks I’m working mostly full-time at the animal hospital and I’ll have tons of animal pictures.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The Blue Angels + fly up the Hudson River. The sun was shining in a way that I could not see the screen on my phone. I just pointed and hoped. I’m amazed any shots came out at all! My favorite was that stealth jet. Always looks like something that we reverse engineered from an alien aircraft.

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Researching my book The Killing Fields of East New York involved a back and forth btwn the National Archives & the Eastern District of New York (EDNY, a federal court) about who held the records for the trial I would write about. Turns out the EDNY removed the records from the Archives in 1978. 1/2

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Stacy Horn @stacyhorn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The next entry in my ongoing series, Faces I Can’t Resist. (I work in an animal hospital and I love your babies.) A sleeping puppy in a burrito!

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