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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 03/10/2026

Back home from Chicago just in time to spend a day at the Colorado Gold Writers Conference. Good to be with my people. Lots of good sessions on craft, but I’m attending more business and marketing today as that’s where my head is right now. #CoGo

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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026

AHHH, BLUESKY! DON'T YOU DARE BE SOUR! CLAP FOR YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS! AND FEEL THE POWER!!! #Booksky It's BUY A BOOK FRIDAY, yes it is! The rules are simple, you see a book by myself or one Bluesky's talented artists, YOU BUY THAT BOOK! Help support us and enrich yourself! 🧵 BELOW, LET'S GO!!!

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 02/10/2026

Good morning from the vicinity of the giant corn cobs.

A photo of the Marina City buildings, near the river in Chicago. With their tall cylindrical shapes and their curved inset windows, they really do look like corn cobs.

A view up the river from the bridge on State Street in Chicago. It is morning, and the river is flanked by tall buildings.

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AAAAHH-lex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 02/10/2026

happy october

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 01/10/2026

If you see this post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.

Two faces of the same character. On the left: a white man looks into the camera. On the right: the same man, with the fangs and crazy glowing eyes of a vampire. Who is he? He’s Nick Knight, cop/vampire hero of the Canadian TV series FOREVER KNIGHT.

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Margaret Mizushima @margmizu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I love a book discount! So happy to see DYING CRY on sale this week! #reading #K9 #mystery @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social @akalit.bsky.social

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 29/09/2026

1. Waterbender 2. Earthbender 3. Firebender 4. Airbender

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 29/09/2026

Re-upping this question as the Ephemeral Industries store prepares to launch: Do you buy #ebooks? Do you buy ebooks directly from publishers? If so, what formats do you prefer? EPUB? PDF? Something else? Multiple choices/formats? #books #reading

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 26/09/2026

#PennedPossibilities 1138: Tell us about a time your MC forged their own path? In my Mod Murder novel*, my MC uses a tiny inheritance to open a jazz club. It doesn't go all that smoothly, what with the murder and all. *Still looking for a home!

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cathode ray tubetop @nightelectricity.com · 07/03/2025

new saddest six word story just dropped

Facebook marketplace listing for "Full Podcasting set up (Hardly used)

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 24/09/2026

Generative AI has “democratized art” in the same way that anti-vax dipsticks have “democratized science.”

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 24/09/2026

Mountain Time is the Generation X of time zones.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ways to help authors you love: - Review their books. - Share their posts. - Tell people about their books. - Learn the true name of the universe and manipulate it to make their book a bestseller. - Get your library to order in their books. - Ask local events to book them for appearances.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I can't argue with this. "Three films a day, three books a week and records of great music would be enough to make me happy to the day I die." —François Truffaut

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 17/09/2026

Question for #readers who buy #books directly from publishers: What #ebook formats do you expect or prefer? EPub? PDF? Something else? A choice? And no, we won’t be using any proprietary DRM-laden nastiness.

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 14/09/2026

#PennedPossibilities 1128 – Does your MC have a name that’s unique? A WIP has a main character named Ward. He's a lock picker and locksmith, so I'm having a bit of fun with that name.

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 14/09/2026

#PennedPossibilities 1128 – Does your MC have a name that’s unique? MC in QUESTIONS FOR THE DEAD is named Rodak. Not necessarily a unique surname, but it is rare. It’s from a Polish/Czech/Slovak word meaning “fellow countryman.” And it’s a little clue about something revealed during the story.

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IMMP @immproject.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

And on one of our first “We Kept Watching” episodes, they dug into the second season of Space 1999. For their sins. www.immproject.com/045

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WKW - SPACE: 1999, PROJECT U.F.O. and THE THIN MAN

On this We Kept Watching special, Ian and Matthew return to three series and dive into their later seasons and movies.

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IMMP @immproject.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As we observe Space 1999 Breakaway Day, allow us to note that on an early episode of the IMMP podcast Matthew and Ian talked about this classic 1970s Gerry Anderson sci fi series. #breakawayday www.immproject.com/022

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SPACE: 1999

In Sylvia Anderson and Gerry Anderson’s SPACE: 1999 the moon starts as an outer space landfill, then becomes a rocket ship carrying humanity to rendezvous with danger, adventure and space hippies galo...

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 12/09/2026

Isn’t that a lovely sight. (And a big obstacle sitting in my front hallway, but that’s beside the point.) #books #writing

An open shipping box containing paperback copies of QUESTIONS FOR THE DEAD, a psychic mystery novel by Matthew Porter. The book’s cover shows a gray and black silhouette of the Denver skyline with the Rocky Mountains in the background.

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 12/09/2026

I think David Corenswet also captures a good deal of that Clark Kent / Kal El dynamic. I liked the 2025 movie. But agreed, Christopher Reeve was the best.

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 11/09/2026

As a kid I was enthralled by him as Captain Nemo in the 1961 MYSTERIOUS ISLAND. Many years later I realized that this was the same actor gleefully chewing up scenery as Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movies.

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 11/09/2026

It’s a target-rich environment when it comes to grounds for impeachment, but an unambiguous offer to pay money for votes must be an easy one.

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 09/09/2026

After the shameful Lake Ontario business, #Apple is going all-in on the concept of “folding.”

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 08/09/2026

Don’t know much about this but it sounds pretty weird. I’ll know more soon. #movie #DrafthouseDiary

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 06/09/2026

Quick, someone inform Trump that the name “America” comes from an Italian. He’ll spin himself blind trying to figure out how to rename everything.

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IMMP @immproject.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Big thanks to everyone who came to our Digimon panel this morning at #NDK. Great crowd, great discussion. Ian and Matthew certainly had fun — hope you did too! Look for the recording soon at IMMProject.com or your favorite podcast source. #nandesukan

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IMMP @immproject.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Let’s try this again with the hashtag spelled properly. #nandesukan

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IMMP @immproject.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If you’re at Nan Desu Kan, Colorado’s premier #anime convention, come to our live IMMP podcast! 11 am, panel room 1. Ian and Matthew will be talking DIGIMON TAMERS! #nandedukan #NDK2026

Poster for Digimon Tamers. A group of kids, and their variety of digital monsters, ready for action in a cyber-grid landscape.

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 03/09/2026

Post your favorite 40k kill team, wrong (right?) answers only.

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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 02/09/2026

*SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION* The Backerkit for STAY WOKE, my next thriller novel in the vein of Riley Sager and GET OUT will be launching in the next couple weeks! Click the link and sign up to get notified for updates! #Booksky #Writesky #Blacksky www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k...

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STAY WOKE --- A psychological thriller

Get notified when STAY WOKE --- A psychological thriller launches on BackerKit!

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"We need AI to democratize art" I wrote my first spec script at my kitchen table with a bic pen in the hour every morning before I went to work on a natural gas pipeline, based on a screenwriting book I got at the public library. We good

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Gina Dalfonzo @ginadalfonzo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Just finished reading this. A really fun read with a bold and compelling heroine. Check it out! #booksky

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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 30/04/2026

*SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION!* Scandal, social media, tragedy and MURDER!?! My whodunnit murder mystery is a cross between Veronica Mars and Knives Out and you can pick it up on eBook at your favorite retailer RIGHT NOW! #BookSky #WriteSky books2read.com/u/mVJyOp

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Like, Comment, Subscribe, DIE: A Fiona Brooks Murder Mystery by K.C. Clyburn

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 27/08/2026

Hotel breakfast room TV just showed an ad for men's skincare's called "Particle Men." As a They Might Be Giants fan, I kept waiting for their clearly AI-generated silver fox to start fighting Triangle Man.

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Margaret Mizushima @margmizu.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm excited to be in conversation with the fabulous @KatK9writer at this event! Please join us! Fighting Edge can be preordered at Old Firehouse Books here: oldfirehousebooks.com/search?q=Fig... #reading #K9 #books #mystery #readingcommunity @akalit.bsky.social @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 25/08/2026

I wish Colorado had a governor we could count on to stand up and defend our elections. Instead we’ve got Governor Jared Polis @colorado.gov

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 20/08/2026

Terrible news. The OXENFREE games are among my very top favorites. Netflix has now decided to shut down Night School Studio, so a third OXENFREE game is extremely unlikely. And a bunch of talented artists and developers are looking for new positions. variety.com/2026/gaming/...

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Netflix Shuts Down Studio Behind ‘Unhinged’ Game 6 Weeks After Release

Netflix is shutting down two studios, including the developer behind horror game, "Unhinged," which released less than two months ago.

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 19/08/2026

This morning's coffee: Mystery Blend. A collection of coffee beans left from various bags, each too few to brew a cup on their own. Today's version turned out to be pretty good.

A V-60 pour-over cone, being used to brew coffee into a white mug. The mug site on a black coffee scale.

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 19/08/2026

Okay, okay! Anything to protect my ankles. QUESTIONS FOR THE DEAD combines private eye mystery with a chosen family of misfits. Think The Spellman Files with psychic friends. Or low-rent X-Men whose leader has more in common with Jim Rockford than Professor X. ephemeralindustries.com/pub_001/

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Questions for the Dead by Matthew Porter – EPHEMERAL INDUSTRIES

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 18/08/2026

Delightful reason to update the paperback edition of Questions for the Dead: The bookstore at Bouchercon in Calgary will be carrying it. But the back cover did not include the Canadian price! That has been corrected. #Book #Mystery #Bouchercon ephemeralindustries.com/pub_001/

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Questions for the Dead by Matthew Porter – EPHEMERAL INDUSTRIES

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 18/08/2026

Saw TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA last night, and it has cemented Jane Schoenbrun's place on my list of must-see filmmakers. I'll see whatever they choose to make, because so far every one of their movies has kept me thinking for days afterward.

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ByMatthewPorter @bymatthewporter.com · 13/08/2026

If someone read my #book with enough intensity to write notes in it, I’d be overjoyed.

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jay Dragon is unstoppable @jdragsky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

"...this game is just too big. It's impractical. It's silly." — Quinns "I have no idea what people will make of this." — Kieron Gillen "Completely unpublishable." — [publisher name redacted] SEVEN PART PACT HAS 24 HOURS REMAINING www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...

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Seven-Part Pact

A fantastical, ornate TTRPG from Possum Creek about the might and folly of powerful wizards bound by a venerable Pact.

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Catriona McPherson @catrionamcp.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This Sunday, #Sacramento pals! @ellenbyronla.bsky.social is visiting. I have never been more sure that I'll have to pause an interview because I've cracked up so badly I can't breathe.

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IMMP @immproject.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Slight delay in uploading the latest IMMP #podcast, but rest assured it will be available soon. And we think it will be worth the wait!

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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 07/08/2026

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