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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

So, who else has big exciting plans for tonight? I was thinking about drinking this whole thing and then going out to the opera, or at least maybe seeing a movie. Don't see why any of that would be interrupted! 😅 #40slife #iykyk

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New healthcare provider, who dis? Best response came from Lauren's brother: "Sounds like a World War One villain. Kaiser Permanente: the only Spaniard working for the Germans."

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A reader recently finished our fantasy novel Dark & Zarus and they loved our story about a phoenix so much they bought us this 🐦‍🔥! Isn't it cool? 😍 Not quite as cool as the feeling when your book connects with somebody unexpected. But almost as cool!

Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Cool cloud cover this morning! Looking south down Woodman towards Ventura Blvd in Studio City/Sherman Oaks.

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Our panel at San Diego Comic Con is tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:30 in room 10! We'll be talking about adapting works across media. The line will be shorter than Hall H. And we'll even sign stuff! @laurencipollo.bsky.social @jennipowell.bsky.social @ryanomega.bsky.social @joebarrette.bsky.social

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It was!! We signed it! Somebody go pick it up. 👀

Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

If you do, send us a pic of your B&N receipt and we'll send you some bonus digital art too! Who will it be???

Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Hey! Look what we found at Barnes & Noble Burbank! First time ever having a book we've written officially on a store shelf and not just online. We decided to sign it and leave some bookmarks inside for the lucky person who decides to pick it up. Maybe you? 👀

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Heard a rumor our fantasy book was available at the Barnes & Noble in Burbank. Time for a field trip to find out! 😎

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

So I moved my mouth slightly yesterday, and pulled a jaw muscle or something?? Throbbing pain for about a minute. Eventually eased to an ache but felt like my teeth were misaligned. Eating dinner was uncomfortable. This morning... fine! So what's the dumbest old person way you've hurt yourself??

Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Thursday morning at Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH! I get to talk about making games AND writing/pitching scripts today, so that's pretty much my happy place.

Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Both Lauren and I have stories in this book. Mine, "Harvest," is about a plant that creates blood pumpkins, and the woman that hates it. Honored to be featured in this compilation for the second year in a row! So many cool authors are a part of this.

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Book release/reading/signing yesterday at Book Carnival in Tustin for the new horror anthology Blood Fiction v.4 curated and edited by Mark Sevi.

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Emmett Furey @emmettfurey.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Shoutout to the Podracer players! @jennipowell.bsky.social & @laurencipollo.bsky.social are still there. @cinevore.bsky.social started there, but was forced to become a Stormtrooper. @mscharff.bsky.social's character died, and @jacksonlanzing.bsky.social joined late. And Scott Ross isn't on here.

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Excited to have been able to throw a little support to the remake of one of my favorite games! If you've never played a Tex Murphy game, check them out (they're on steam) And then check out this campaign! Update #7: A support video from two super fans of Tex www.kickstarter.com/projects/tex...

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Update 7: A support video from two super fans of Tex · Tex Murphy: Killing Moon Rising

We got a support video from two incredible superfans: Hollywood screenwriters with an impressive body of work across books and television, including the beloved Mystery Science Theater 3000. Since thi...

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Nah, he went up there and blew up space Nazis in person!

Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Also the plot of 1994 video game Under A Killing Moon, FWIW.

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Also the plot of 1994 video game Under A Killing Moon!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

@laurencipollo.bsky.social and I wrote on this game! It also happens to be the expansion to our favorite new deckbuilder. And the Kickstarter for it is now live! Chemical Overload: Entropy - Alchemy Tableau & Deckbuilder by Rebirth Games on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/reb...

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Chemical Overload: Entropy - Alchemy Tableau & Deckbuilder

Toxins rise and potions get personal, in this all new full size expansion to the hit deck builder/tableau builder - Chemical Overload!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 20/05/2026

OpenAI Announces Construction Of New Data Center On Top Of Sick Child

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Cover artist is Tom Campana, by the way. Hire him for all your book cover needs. We can't recommend him highly enough.

Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Some shots of our booth at AnaCon this past weekend! We met so many cool people and got to hear all their stories about what draws them to reading, and their favorite books. It was also wonderful to hear how many people wanted Dark & Zarus specifically because it had a real human cover artist! 🥳

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

So cool to see people excited about our books! 🥹

Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Tomorrow, Saturday, May 16th: We'll be signing books and launching our first fantasy novel at the Anaheim Central Library for AnaCon! Be one of the first to snag a copy of Dark & Zarus! We'll also have copies of the complete Parallax trilogy as well. 🥳🚀🦾🐉📚 Come say hi! @laurencipollo.bsky.social

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Ran a session of Cinevore Games' not-yet-released TTRPG Authors of Fate with @laurencipollo.bsky.social and the crew at Super Geeked Up! Join us on a hilarious journey across space and time as they try to rescue Shakespeare from... well, you'll just have to watch. www.youtube.com/live/cqjn_F2...

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Authors of Fate RPG Actual Play with the Game Creators!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

322% funded! Our first fantasy book is becoming a reality! Thank you all so much, we can't wait to bring you all this story. First to our backers with all the special bonuses they've unlocked, and then eventually to conventions and bookstores near you(?).

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

New Stretch Goal achieved! And next Stretch Goal unlocked! Every backer will now receive an original piece of in-world character art along with all the other perks! Now, who wants a Secret Evil Map in the back of their book?? Check out the KS page for more info www.kickstarter.com/projects/cip...

Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

We did it! Let's see what else we can squeeze into the final hours!

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STRETCH GOAL THREE LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Three days left! Journey into a world of psychic undead, sketchy alchemists, mysterious automata, and a world on the edge of ruin, where all hope rests on a band of outcasts raising a dormant Phoenix Back soon or miss out on discounted books and digital rewards! kickstarter.com/projects/cip...

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

We're in our last week on Kickstarter!! We've done a ton so far but there's so much more we could do. Help us hit our next stretch goals and get the coolest book possible! Ebook starts at $8. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cip...

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

My home for the week, in Louisville Kentucky. And my partners from the Cinevore Games team just arrived! We have three prototypes with us and we're on two different panels today, along with a batch of meetings with publishers. Time to find some partners and make some games! #gamaexpo2026

Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

@laurencipollo.bsky.social and I will be on one of our favorite podcasts, Super Geeked Up, tonight at 9ET/6PT. Join us for geeky games and conversation! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgy2...

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Super Geeked Up - Best Bookworms, Scream 7, Super Movie Pitch, Matt Conant and Lauren Cipollo!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Two outcasts vs. an army of undead that can embody your greatest fears, controlled by a force nobody can identify. The only answers lie in a book written by a madman. Check out our Kickstarter page and get yourself a copy of the epic adventure Dark & Zarus in Ebook, paperback or hardcover!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

We had to make a bunch of parody posters as wall decor for the background of scenes in our scifi comedy pilot The Box. This one by Tom Campana was one of my favorites. I think this would make a pretty awesome crew to protect humanity with. Anyone else have favorite props from your own productions?

Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I have learned, knowing as many artists as I do, that whenever somebody asks me if I have five minutes to stand against a white wall and make specific expressions, it is always worthwhile. @laurencipollo.bsky.social makes a good alien for sure.

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

You get a D&Z book in every format AND paperbacks of all three Parallax novels, all signed and personalized by us! You even get bookmarks for both books (Parallax bookmarks not pictured) and cool digital character art. Check out the campaign and see where your interests land. 🦾⚔️🏰🐦‍🔥👾👽

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Clearly our fans love sci-fi AND fantasy. (Maybe that's why you follow us. 🚀🐉) One of our most popular tiers in the Dark&Zarus Kickstarter is the Completionist Level!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

And check out the campaign, we recently added an audio excerpt from an early chapter when our two leads first encounter one another... in a prison cell. Thank you so much everybody who's backed!! I have amazing friends. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cip...

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Dark & Zarus: An Epic Fantasy Adventure Novel

A brand-new book from #1 Amazon-bestselling authors Lauren Cipollo & Matt Conant

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Every fantasy book is better when you have a fantasy map to follow along with, right? Well good news! We're almost halfway to our next stretch goal, which will mean including a Map of the Realm in Dark & Zarus! Join our adventure now and help us get there!

Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

If you get a book through this campaign, your name will appear in the book! Make yourself a part of D&Z lore starting at just $8. Thanks again to everybody who's supported. You are wonderful humans (elves, dwarves, demons, etc.) Link in bio. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cip...

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

What a first day! Our fantasy novel Dark & Zarus launched on Kickstarter yesterday and exceeded our initial goal in under five hours! Now, the first of our stretch goals will mean digging back into our formatted book files but it'll be well worth it... (1/2)