Excerpt from The Nudge, by Night Vale co-creator Joseph Fink
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Excerpt from The Nudge, by Night Vale co-creator Joseph Fink

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 18, 20269 min
  • Fiction & stories

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And I have my first new novel in five years coming out on September 1st.

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Hi there, this is Joseph Fink, creator of Alice Isn't Dead co-creator of Welcome to Night Vale. And I have my first new novel in five years coming out on September 1st. It's called The Nudge. It's a scary little story.

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If you are a fan of Night Vale or Alice Isn't Dead, I promise you it will be up your alley. I'm doing a short book tour in California, going to San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, San Diego. And on September 1st, on launch day, I'm doing an event at Vroomlands in Pasadena with Mara Wilson. If you're in one of those cities, please come out to the book event.

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It's so scary doing a book event and worrying you're going to just show up to a sea of empty chairs. So if you're in that place and you're like should I go you should go if you're not one of those cities please buy the nudge wherever you get your books it's available as a

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