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Cool on the Outside, Screaming on the Inside is a transmission from the ongoing farce of modern poise-a modern guy's guide to projecting stability with style, assuming you're comfortable with the whole thing being a finely tuned illusion. Charlie O'Neill tracks the background noise beneath the curated calm: the flickers of doubt, the quiet internal catastrophes, the mental fire drills that somehow scan as ""totally fine."" These fast, punchy pieces slip through the daily improv act we call adulthood, where everyone's bluffing and the spotlight never blinks. It's not advice. It's a knowing half-smile from someone who looks composed while his thoughts hunt for the escape key. If you've ever passed for functional while your mind plotted a jailbreak, you'll recognize the terrain.

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This is a deadpan user's guide to looking cool when inside you're at red alert with self-doubt. And what is ""cool?"" Coming across as confident, self-assured, being comfortable in your own skin. Or as Charles O'Neill says, its ""that emotional distance [that] almost guarantees a cult following on Spotify."" But for so many of us who are lacking it's affecting grace under pressure when we have none. So, for those unfortunates, O'Neill offers fifteen brilliantly witty laugh-out- loud performances to look like you're Mister Cool when you're unraveling in your head. Lessons such as how properly to smirk; how to dress above the latest trend; how to smile without showing your teeth; how to ask smart questions that reveal nothing about yourself. Not only are O'Neill's advice insightful -even profound-- but they're brilliantly witty and entertaining. If you're looking for some great laughs while making you think, pick up a copy of this cool little book. -- Gary Braver, pen name of Gary Goshgarian, is the internationally best-selling and award-winning author of RUMOR OF EVIL and TUNNEL VISION. January 17, 2026

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Charles O'Neill is a writer and professional observer of modern absurdities. He turns corporate language, masculinity, and middle-aged doubt into stories. He is the author of Cool on the Outside, Screaming on the Inside and the creator of the Panopticon Agency universe. His work blends satire, memoir, and field-manual realism for people who look put-together and feel slightly lost. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and an aging motorhome

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