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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

GRIMDARK SHREK UPDATE: it's been a tough winter and my dawg Christopher Bown and I are getting through it with some illustrated ultraviolence fantasy-fic

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

the best part of being a guest speaker at the hs horror writing workshop was when the kids asked if we *actually* thought The Blair Witch Project was real-- I took great joy in explaining to them that there was a fake TV special that fully warped my reality lmao

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I was the guest speaker for a class of horror writing high schoolers yesterday and it was surreal! My biggest takeaways were that they hate AI with a passion (based) and will shower you with finger claps (nice)

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Bryan Holm @holmbry.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Release the Horse - by @matthewmitchell.bsky.social Published by @filthyloot.bsky.social This is a killer collection. Ozarkian horror exploring the darkest corners of American rot. Favorites include Muscular Devotion, Little Man, and The Band. Seek this one out.

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

my new book RELEASE THE HORSE got a killer review in the latest issue of BEYOND THE LAST ESTATE 🙏

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

do any other lapsed CoS stans look back at photos like this and ask themselves: wtf was I thinking?

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I probably keep it too light on social media (we can talk dystopian shop off-mic) and there are so many more pressing things to post about...but we DO all understand what the WB purchase means for our only culturally and politically important industry, right? bye, bye Western cinema 💔

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

"very cool writer" posts their music taste and immediately loses half of the aura

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

ope, big bearded man season in swing AKA its cold and biology begs you to hit on the fat guy 🎅

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

James Cameron for the Last 16 Years: "If you don't like this furry shit, you can get the fuck out." James Cameron as of Last Month: "So, what would you think if I maybe never went back to Pandora?"

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

read some good fiction in memory of Daniel Woodrell today hometown hero, an incredible talent, and the writer I looked up to most

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

when I tell folks I get paid to write, I think it's important to include that I also have to work full-time at a grocery store for health insurance 'Merican artists need to stop fibbing when it comes to the harsh reality of this world, even if it makes you sound less cool

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

if anyone over 25 refers to themselves as a punk, you should stop talking to them

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

listening to positive FRANKENSTEIN takes from normally rational friends and lovers

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

dawg, I could not have asked for a more personally affecting review lmao bless @southwestreview.bsky.social and the incredible Andy fuckin Davidson

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

"I’ll see y’all there and we can sing together and shake our heads over all the meanness in the used-to-be."

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

this might look like a blursed senior photo, but it's really just the demeanor of a man who is always happy to get high in the forest beside some fallen structures

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

there's always one guy that incessantly talks to you about becoming a writer, and he will never read your book

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

it's going to get harder for creatives to survive, so when you're fighting, remember this: we cannot let rich kids make all the art

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

can someone explain why the dems used their illuminati powered weather control to make third summer? goddamn libs will stop at nothing smdh

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

starting a new non-fic writing gig this week! once I get through the research jitters, it'll be real swell to flex some more of my *useless* pop-media knowledge

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

there's a beautiful neo-folk track on the latest AFI record, and it might be my new favorite AFI song because I love guilt-free neo-folk

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

drugs, weird guitars, illuminati, Dune references, and Cher; who could say no?

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

no woman should ever be held responsible for the crimes of men...however, I saw six fellas dressed as three different Jokers for Halloween 2025 and ALL of them appeared to have partners please do not fuck a Joker, we can fix this

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I got two tickets to a fancy weed dinner but realized I don't know ANY other stoners! Maybe I'll just eat both portions and completely lose my mind at a public restaurant.

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

GDT's NIGHTMARE ALLEY is streaming in b&w right now; it still (somehow) needs another half hour in the last chapter to fully work, but this version is undoubtedly the best way to see it

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

15: it will be cool to do drugs 25: this is cool 35: I have to exercise daily if I want to be cool and do drugs and not die

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

happy Halloween from the kid in the obscene latex mask

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

no Gods, no masters, no writing groups, no author collectives, amen ☮

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

alright, let's say you're in school and a giant hillbilly walks in to teach you about writing horror...would you prefer the hillbilly talk about A.) flash-fiction and the power of brevity in genre or B.) voice and the ability to show it through first-person narratives/dialogue lmk!

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I got my lesson plan this morning and did not expect to be reading my work out loud to teenagers lmao real glad I wrote BIG BABY because the idea of saying CHAINDEVILS things to a class sounds like a bad trip

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

genre writers really can't stop themselves from doing the: "OH, YOU DIDN'T GET INVITED TO WRITE A SHORT STORY FOR THE CORNCOB-PIPE HORROR ANTHO FROM ASS-WORMS PUBLISHING? THAT'S SO WEIRD, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD, ESPECIALLY SINCE CHARLES ASS-WORM ASKED ME PERSONALLY FOR A STORY, so sorry to hear that"

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

asked my mentor for advice on talking to a horror writer's workshop for high schoolers (he's a professor) and he said: "you're going to scare the shit out of them, which is good" 💀

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

wooly bear caterpillar scrying; fuzzy fates claim she'll be a mild one 🤞

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

clown in a dunk tank disses ur bf, wyd?

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

it's finally animatronic screaming head in the window season

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

talking fashion with a co-worker and admitted that I'll occasionally wear a cowboy hat quickly followed up with the: "I swear I'm not one of those Look At My Crazy Hat type of guys" because, as a writer, I see some fuckass hats

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

stumbled into The Muppets reddit where someone made a great protest sign with puppets and their responses to bigots were so good-- like, "I am a non-tolerant liberal, so eat shit" or "I love watching you cry from my high-horse" and "if you're a fascist, The Muppets fucking hate you." great energy

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

if you ever wanted to learn about the band BOSTON, I got your ticket right here! psyched to have worked on this script for the lovely folks at MYSTERY TREEHOUSE - follow them for a HUGE upcoming series I'm very proud of youtu.be/bBEd4jMnsJA?...

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How Boston Fooled Everyone and Changed the Music Industry Forever

YouTube video by Mystery Treehouse

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

when I was in my 20's and needed grass, it was like: "do I have to go see the graverobber, the guy with the machine gun, or the dancer who gets off at 4 am" now its like: "I can't FUCKING believe only one drive-thru lists the terpenes"

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I wish genre writers gave as much attention to dialogue as their concepts and stingers. Would love to read your story about a slasher who raises tadpoles, but everyone talks like it's OOPS! All A.D.R. on a late era episode of Arrested Development

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

lol got the opportunity to pitch comic scripts at an incredible publisher that I love and adore, but I am 37 now, and I don't just *hang out and make friends* with illustrators anymore where have all the homie artists gone? some real Twilight Zone "I have all the time in the world" type shit

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

losing grip on sanity, all week I been hitting my friends/lovers with the: "HEY, I'LL BET IF THAT GOODMAN 'FLINTSTONES' FLICK DIDN'T FREAK EVERYONE OUT THEY'D HAVE MADE A 'JETSONS' WITH JIM CARREY, HUH" and they're like "yeah, sure, dawg(?)" whomst reality is this www.thewrap.com/jim-carrey-j...

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Jim Carrey in Talks to Lead Live-Action 'The Jetsons' Movie, Colin Trevorrow to Direct | Exclusive

Jim Carrey is in talks to lead a live-action “The Jetsons” with Collin Trevorrow in talks to to direct the project, TheWrap has learned.

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

chained to my writing desk all day, but VERY excited because my client ordered a script on the drama surrounding one of my favorite failed HBO shows 👀🏀🍀

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

watch out for this guy at the pinball hall: will try to seduce you into betting quarters on the glass and taking drugs in the alley

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

THE BEAN KNIGHT COMING FOR THEM BEANS ⚔

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Matthew Mitchell @matthewmitchell.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

the european RE4 cover really speaks to me

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