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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

american bastard came out last week. it's about degenerates and man's search for faith, that sort of shit. small southern towns as islands of misfit toys. like denis johnson + karen russell cowrote an episode of king of the hill. maybe. idk. check out it or don't. aprilgloaming.com/shop/america...

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

My fourth book, american bastard, is now available for preorder: aprilgloaming.com/shop/america...

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Joss's impeccable timing and scene-stealing delivery created one of the most iconic secondary characters in TV history. A tremendous loss.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

No matter how many people are dancing in the streets the day it happens, it won't be enough.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

All right, I know I said this, but Series 7 is far and away the best one since Series 4.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Unfortunately, it has been brought to my attention that I only received one vote of support to be the new pope. We'll get 'em next time.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Got me a fiction shorty up over at Shotgun Honey. Y'all check it out.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Ole buddy met JD and decided he'd rather die than keep on living.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

What could possibly go wrong?

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Our daughter right before her birthday cake gave her and her brother diarrhea

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I liked Val Kilmer in Willow so much as a kid that I started growing my hair out as soon as my parents let me.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Nobody: My hometown newspaper:

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Humble question: Anybody have thoughts on how to go about getting some blurbs for your forthcoming book when you've made very few connections in the literary world? Asking for a friend, and by a friend I mean myself.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The Democratic Party as we know it needs to be dismantled. Maybe a new coalition can rise from the ashes, but it's so abundantly clear that they aren't built to meet this moment.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

May you find some joy today. The same kind of joy our girl, Stevie Nicks Starr, finds in looking out the window from her favorite chair.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Haven't listened to this much Death Grips since 2015. Idk what that means, but I feel like it means something.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Daily reminder that rich people aren't people.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

It was getting to a point where I was beginning to wonder if we'd ever have snow in the North Carolina triangle again, but now the good stuff is coming down and there are several fat cardinals in our tree. In a world gone to shit, it's the little things.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I know that asteroid probably won't hit the earth after all, but if we bribe it will it change its mind?

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

My state senate is debating a bill that would limit the amount of medical procedures insurance providers are required to cover, and this is the lead sponsor's justification. We are being governed by Christofascist lunacy.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

This app is the digital incarnation of Pink Floyd's song, "Is There Anybody Out There?"

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Been making excuses all week to drive so I can go ~7 mph over the speed limit and listen to the new Weeknd. Self-destructive boys, we back.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

You ever just feel like being shot out of a cannon?

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Imagine being held legally accountable for anything after today.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Is there anything better you can do for your mental health than listen to pulldrone on full volume first thing in the morning until you induce a panic attack?

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

For my money, Major League is the greatest sports movie ever made. Bob Uecker was a big reason why.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The pizzagate guy was shot dead in my hometown.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

New Ethel, it's time to get in formation.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

The only thing, and I mean the only thing, that's good about the first couple of weeks after Christmas is the return of Drag Race

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Not sure if I would have made it through this year without NC State's run to the Final Four and Kendrick's annihilation of Drake.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Anybody else regret it anytime they leave the house? Went to a local production of A Christmas Carol, and this family behind us talked through the entire first act. We moved to a new section after intermission, and within the first five minutes this dude on the row in front of us ripped ass.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

If someone were to ask for my most valuable writing advice, I'd give them these three tips: -Coffee. Drink it until you're scared to stop typing. -Editing. Don't stop until the very thought of reading a piece again makes you physically ill. -OCD. Have it. (This one's the most important)

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

If you're like me, and you've lost both parents who really went the extra mile to make the holidays special for you, don't listen to "Christmas Memories" by Alabama unless you want to boohoo.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Dinner with me? I can't cancel that again.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Listening to the king. (Don't judge the dust)

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Don't have Spotify or Apple Music, but these were the dozen or so albums, in no particular order, I fucked with most this year.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

When Stevie was 3 months old, she lost her big sister, a 13-year-old corgi. Now, it seems like every time she goes to daycare, she makes friends with...a corgi. Dogs, man.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Somehow managed to never read The Stranger before now, but it's real good, and this part made me laugh harder than it should have.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I have rendered my verdict for Gladiator II: Shit was corny, y'all.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Don't sweat the mass exodus of journalists if you're still on Twitter, I'm sure PopScoop©®™ and ImDefinitelyNotABot38923 will have you covered.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Struggling to get traction here, which doesn't surprise me given how I've struggled to get traction anywhere else. But at least there's plenty of cat and Muppet content to go around.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

My fourth book, a collection of short stories entitled 'american bastard,' is coming from April Gloaming in November (tentatively) of next year. I promise I'm gonna be really, really annoying about this between now and then, but for now, I'll simply say stay tuned.

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Squillium @squillium.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

We don't need more remakes of old movies. We need more MUPPETS remakes of old movies.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Finally got around to organizing most of my published work to date into a Linktree. It ain't much, but it's honest work. I write essays and short stories and books. Sometimes horror, most times not. Regardless of the form, my work leans heavily on the South. Y'all check it out. linktr.ee/mgstarr919

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mgstarr919 | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

Writer. North Carolina.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I learned a valuable lesson last week: It's probably better to just not have heroes.

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Matt Starr @illmattic919.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Thought I'd stop screaming into the void on Twitter and start screaming into the void on here.

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