Dustin Grinnell

❤️ Writer of Sci-Fi With Heart
📚 Author of THE HEALING BOOK & THE EMPATHY ACADEMY
🎙Host of CURIOUSLY with Dustin Grinnell
🏆 2024 Best Indie Book Winner

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ANNOUNCEMENT:

Here’s the cover for my next book. It’ll be published by the University of California Health Humanities Press in a few months.

It’s a sci-fi novella and medical thriller that follows a young psychiatrist who opens a psychiatric institute to push the boundaries of his field, with disastrous results.

I started this project five years ago, and it has been a long and challenging journey. Many people reviewed it, and I revised it countless times. I added new material, removed sections, and even did a major revision last month based on feedback from the publisher.

Now it’s finished, and it explores so many themes I care deeply about: how the mind influences the body, integrative and alternative medicine, doctors who write about medicine, and the fascinating science of post-traumatic growth. It’s also set in one of my favorite places: Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts.

I’ll be reviewing the final proofs in a week or two, and then I’ll have a publication date. For now, expect it sometime in the spring. If you’d like to receive an ARC for a blurb, please shoot me a message.

I can’t wait to share this story with the world. You’ll soon meet the man on the cover, Dr. Calvin Bloom, a doctor who turns his breakdown into a breakthrough.

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Five years ago, I started writing Bedridden and spent a long time trying just about every possible route to publication.

The book’s premise, centered on deliberately making someone sick to trigger a post-traumatic breakthrough, was understandably a tough sell in a post-pandemic world.

When I pitched it to the University of California Health Humanities Press, which publishes work exploring health, illness, and medicine, I thought it might finally find the right home. Fortunately, I was right.

Just seven months after signing the contract, Bedridden is here. If you’d like to buy a copy, you can do so here: https://t.co/Wf2f50Zo4x

And if you’d like to hear me talk about the book over a beer, join me at Aeronaut Brewing Company in Somerville on Wednesday, June 10, at 6:30 PM.

Register Here: https://t.co/C3mTTIMhoR.

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Not all that glitters is gold. Some of it is microplastic.

I produced a video profile about a Rockport entrepreneur who invented a better kind of sparkle.

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No guests for this episode. Just me, 18 film scores, and some commentary to bring each piece to life. Grab some popcorn, get comfortable, and settle in for a night at the movies. Listen here: https://t.co/jELJH2rOiG

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Here’s a Q&A where I talk about my short story collection with @AuthorAAvina, how I drew from lived experience, and why I think stories and books can be powerful tools for healing. https://t.co/3FInaYuClh

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@angelasjaded Endure.

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Can writing actually be taught?

In this episode of Curiously, three writers unpack MFA programs in creative writing... the promise, the reality, and what nobody tells you before applying.

From workshops and readings to posturing and politics, we get into the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Listen here: https://t.co/dJs2CMwFQw

@Samanthaecooke @MEarlBITW37

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@emmysteuer Wut.

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Join me at @AeronautBrewing on Wednesday, June 10, from 6:30-7:30 PM for a reading from my new book Bedridden, followed by a conversation and Q&A. Hope you can make it!

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@katrosenfield We all make mistakes, soldier

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My podcast turns three this month, and I’m celebrating with my most ambitious project yet: a dramatic reading of my new sci-fi short story, “Micro.”

The story follows a woman who shrinks herself to microscopic size and enters a human brain in a desperate attempt to rescue her estranged husband. The idea was inspired by one of my favorite childhood shows, The Magic School Bus.

This project aims to bring science fiction to life through voice performance and immersive sound design, drawing on the tradition of classic radio storytelling like Orson Welles’ 1938 broadcast of War of the Worlds and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

The story was beautifully performed by voice actor Laura Neibaur and scored by Brad Parsons of Train Sound Studio. I’m excited to finally share it.

Listen at https://t.co/SEB4bXno2w or wherever you get your podcasts.

https://t.co/kHHvVfw5zt

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@lololeereverie 🎯

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@BStulberg There are just so many incentives not to.

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@AndrewYang Keep spreadin’ that fear, Andrew

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@OutlawsPoetic So LinkedIn, got it.

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@zyahbelle This book was suprisingly useful https://t.co/ZjW1a2L0Hw

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Fun to share stories like Chasing Fireflies at Midnight and Trail Magic with @tendonmag. Honored to be in their contributor spotlight.

Both are in The Healing Book if you’d like to read more: https://t.co/zwzACELCjg

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Dustin Grinnell is a Boston-based writer who explores the intersection of medicine & the humanities. His short fiction & essays have appeared across numerous literary journals & magazines. Dustin is also the creator & host of Curiously. He can be found at https://t.co/cLa1nAiANt.

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@OutlawsPoetic No.

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@neet_sol Say this on LinkedIn. They need to hear it.

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@gabydvj Vomit draft.