ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cassandra Crossno | Author of “HOLY SH*T, THEY’RE GONE”

This space isn’t for the soft-spoken or the sugarcoated. I’m Cassandra Crossno—writer, Navy veteran, lifelong rebel, and unapologetically raw voice behind “HOLY SH*T, THEY’RE GONE: Navigating the F*cking Aftermath of Loss Without the Bullsh*t”.

I don’t write to comfort. I write to cut through the lies we’re fed about grief, survival, and the bullshit expectations society throws at the broken. When I lost Patrick—the love of my life—I didn’t find peace. I found rage, silence, betrayal, and a fire that refused to go out. That fire became this book. And this Substack? It’s the fallout shelter where truth lives and grief doesn’t have to wear a polite face.

Here you’ll find unfiltered blog posts, behind-the-scenes chaos, brutally honest takes on love, loss, family estrangement, and the climb back to something that almost feels like living again.

Why subscribe?

Because this isn’t just a newsletter—it’s a rebellion.

Subscribers get the rawest parts of my story, early access to new writing, bonus chapters, fierce community, and zero bullshit. No filters. No water-down fairy tales. Just the truth we’ve all been dying to say out loud.

If you’re done pretending everything’s fine…

If you’re over the “thoughts and prayers” culture…

If you want real talk, real pain, real power—you’re in the right place.

This is more than grief—it’s a reckoning.

Welcome to the aftermath.

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