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Megan Abbott

@meganabbott.bsky.social

NYT-bestselling author of EL DORADO DRIVE (out June 24, 2025), BEWARE THE WOMAN, THE TURNOUT, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, YOU WILL KNOW ME, THE FEVER, etc. Co-creator/showrunner: DARE ME on Netflix. www.meganabbott.com

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β€œSome perfect wife I am. I’ve been married four times, divorced four times, have no children, and can’t boil an egg.”

HBD, πŸ‘‘ Myrna Loy …

02.08.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 352    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

highest compliment!

01.08.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much, Howard!

01.08.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha! I love this so much. πŸ–€

31.07.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is excellent and I'm at the point where I don't trust any BD book that presents a "solution."

30.07.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Black Dahlia Illuminating and captivating, New York Times bestselling author of Tinseltown and Bogart offers the first definitive account of the Black Dahlia mu...

I've read at least a half-dozen books on the murder of Elizabeth Short. This is by far the most trustworthy. It offers no grand theory. Instead, it does important work at busting myths & exposing the brutal misogyny that has always dominated the story.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Black-...

30.07.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

The fine grit of nostalgia for small things is kind of a displacement for feeling the pain of the big things that I have lost.

29.07.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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good morning, nyc🟠

27.07.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I guess only Willa can say for sure. ;-)

27.07.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Take it back!" ❀️❀️❀️❀️❀️

26.07.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œNever, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.”

HBD, the extraordinary Stanley Kubrick …

26.07.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!

24.07.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!

23.07.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my favorite conversations, with the great @bradlisti.bsky.social . We cover the waterfront in this one!

22.07.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œEvery time you think the studios have fucked you every way they can, they come up with a new way.”

HBD, the chaotic iconoclast Paul Schrader ...
πŸ“· Steve Pyke 1985

22.07.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much (and sorry about the sleep)!

21.07.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œYou know what I want? I want yesterday.”

Happy birthday, the luminous Natalie Wood....who can make me cry with one look.
πŸ“ΈEarl Leaf, 1955

20.07.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ₯‚πŸ₯‚πŸ₯‚

20.07.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

and such exalted company!

20.07.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Eddington’ Review: Once Upon a Time in the Pandemic

It’s EDDINGTON time baby, and nobody gets to stay neutral www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/m...

17.07.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

Thank you!

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β€œI couldn't stand being passive. I couldn't play the placid girl.”

Happy birthday, noir queen Barbara Stanwyck …

πŸ“· Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1938

16.07.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

❀️

15.07.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! (I was so nervous! And so relieved they were generous with me.)

15.07.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never!

14.07.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI only eat so I can smoke and stay alive.”

HBD, the eternal Harry Dean Stanton πŸ‘‘...

14.07.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you so much, Phil!

14.07.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Every inn is a haunted inn.

11.07.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so grateful.
*plus, our synchronous color-blocking is on point.

10.07.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

🎯🎯🎯

10.07.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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