Writer by day. Comedian by night.

From late-night stages to late-night writing sessions.

ChadO behind the stage
ChadO at Comedy Mothership Austin, TX 2025 (photo credit Troy Conrad)

Telling stories.

Chad Olshavsky aka ChadO splits time between writing dark fiction, performing stand-up, and building weird things that somehow turn into businesses. He’s the author of psychological thrillers RoomMate and DreaMT, host of Toking Today and ATX Comedy Review, former screenwriter, and a longtime troublemaker with a laptop and a mic.

Psychological Thriller Novels

ROOMMATE

RoomMate is a  dark psychological thriller that follows the mind of a psychopathic female serial killer.

DREAMT

DreaMT is a mind-bending psychological thriller about when your dreams stop being dreams.

Beyond the Stage

HERBAL RISINGS

Cannabis education for people bored of the ordinary

CBD MSA

A CBD marketplace rooted in simplicity and nature.

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