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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Spotted this walking my dog & it felt like a perfect encapsulation of local political discourse here in Ottawa. (Pic isn't a statement on a politician, more of a statement on how we see politics.) Regardless, go vote! Advanced voting Oct. 16 & election day is Oct. 26, 2026.

Political flyer for a local Ottawa candidate for mayor with a penis drawn over his face in black magic marker.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A year ago in my #WIP I renamed an area from Cannon Hill to Powell Hill, losing a favourite line from a gun shooting thug: "I put the 'cannon' in Cannon Hill!" Editing today, I realized he can yell: "I put the 'pow' in Powell Hill!" I love it even more.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

RED DRAGON was good, but THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (Thomas Harris) is brilliant. This scene with Starling and Dr. Chilton is a masterclass. Starling, Crawford, Buffalo Bill and Lecter get such depth that their stories are as compelling as the search for Catherine Baker Martin.

Photo of a page from the novel The Silence of the Lambs

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Some nights, you're just in the cut absolutely everything editing mode. #amwriting

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My schedule for CAN*CON 2026 coming up Oct. 16-18 here in Ottawa. Panels on networking, building anticipation (or just frustrating the reader) and good (and bad) adaptations of literary works. Con info at www.can-con.org @canconsffh.bsky.social

Poster for Matt Moore's schedule at CANCON 2026
Networking 101, Friday at 5:30 in Mainstream (3rd Floor)
Speculation or Anticipation, Saturday at 5:30 in Decivers(3rd Floor)
Where the Adaptation Actually Works, Sunday at 2:30 in Network (2nd Floor)

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It must be the apocalypse. No, not politics or war or disease or the economy. My WIP is a fantasy-set love story. We're doomed. #amwriting

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Odd place for an Exit sign. Hope no one tries to get out that way.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Spotted during my trip to PEI a few weeks ago. When I saw this, I banged a uey to go back and take this picture.

A hearse with "We sell used body parts" written on the side.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Great crowds enjoying my neightbourhood of Centretown Ottawa after today's @fiertecappride.bsky.social parade. I hope folks who come downtown for work & never go south of Laurier got a taste of this amazing neighourhood (which, yes, is facing some challenges).

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Continuing my tradition of buying a book of local ghost stories when I travel. This time: Charlottetown, PEI. Grabbed it at Bookmark in downtown Charlottetown. They also had a dedicated horror section with pals Nick Cutter and @daviddemchuk.com on the shelf.

A hand holding a book of ghost stories for Prince Edward Island

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

View through the partially open doors of a not-yet-open Spirit Halloween is like something out of BACKROOMS. (I took this photo about a week ago, which explains the "Closed Until" sign.)

View through the sliding doors of a Spirit Halloween store that are only partially open and the glass is darkly opaque

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Mid-August and they are already appearing. I'm a Halloween guy and I love getting into the Halloween mood but the leaves haven't even started to change, for crying out loud! #TooSoon

A Spirit Halloween Store seen from a nearly empty parking lot

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

For the Gen X 80s kid in me, watching all these lightning strikes as a thunderstorm moves through Ottawa reminds me a little too much of all those nuclear war movies.

Map showing lightning strikes as yellow dots and white circles emanating from them representing thunder

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

We've reached the point in this Ottawa summer where I need a fan in order to sit out on my deck at 7:00 in the evening.

A back deck with a table, chair and rotating fan

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I've been living in Ottawa's Centretown for over 10 years now. It still gets me that there are buildings in this neighbourhood I've never noticed before like this one. Not exactly exquisite architecture, but still interesting and not so much like the bland facades you see down here.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I love the near-sarcastic literalism of this. I must have looked quite unnerving when I started laughing. Another reason I love living in Ottawa's Centretown. (Before you comment, yes I know that the word was put there as instructions for city crews to cover the sign.)

A city street with the word "bag" spray painted on it and an arrow pointing to a street sign that has a bag over it.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Let's F'ing go. This UConn alum saw UConn take its place among greats in women's basketball. But moving to Canada meant missing the W's rise. 25 years later I'm grateful TSN is covering women's hoops. I'm excited to root for both UConn alum and Tempo players. It's time!

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Spotted on a walk around The Glebe in Ottawa. Fan of Courtney Love's band? A warning of what's under the planks? Guess I'll never know.

Wooden planks in a front yard with the word "HOLE" spray painted on them.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Spotted while walking around Ottawa's Centretown. Seems to be a dumpster with the words "Fuck Grok" on it. Not sure if I'm reading that right but thought I would snap a pic and share to see if that's what you see.

A dumpster with the words "Fuck Grok" spray painted on it in pink letters

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Spotted on my walk in Ottawa's Centretown: a mini Stonehenge positioned in someone's front garden.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Funky Adirondack chair on someone's porch here in Ottawa's Centretown. You never know what you're going to find in this diverse, eclectic and amazing neighbourhood.

Adirondack chair painted in rainbow colors on a small front porch.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This seems a very polite, bureaucratic way of saying "There might be poop in the water". Typical Ottawa.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

After seeing the Ottawa Charge win against the Victoire, time for the first back porch writing evening of the season (plus dog, bottom right). I go outside and have a near miss with a bat. No bats in the pics I took, but they are up their and feasting on mosquitos. Good bats!

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Gap in the sidewalk along Bank Street in Ottawa's Centretown. Rather than call 311, someone was a bit more direct in their request.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Glad to see a new business opening on Somerset West in Ottawa's Centretown. Instant du Palais's West African cuisine joins a variety of restaurants on Chinatown's eastern edge.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Out at the Royal Oak on Bank Street to watch the last period (and then first OT) of the @pwhlcharge.bsky.social, but representing my @uconn.bsky.social Huskies & enjoying some of my old college days beer, @buschbeer.bsky.social. Glad to see the Charge make it to the finals!

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Spotted an optimist's take on the coming rainy weather here in Ottawa after a few beautiful days of sun.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Out for pub grub at Centretown's legendary Pour Boy pub and found "PENIS" and "Boobs" carved into the table top. You never know what surprises Somerset West will throw at you. My fish & chips were tasty. Highlight, of course, was my brilliant, funny and stunning wife.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Patios packed and windows open on Elgin Street for the @senators.bsky.social vs 'Canes. Great day for a dog walk and every bar I passed had the game on and people watching. This weather will be gone tomorrow so glad so many are out enjoying it.

Photo from the sidewalk showing bars full of people watching a hockey game.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Canine diem! My dog is loving this unusually warm weather here in Ottawa. I'm glad he can't read the weather to see it's going to be cold and rainy for a few days starting tomorrow, but for now it's all about the hot weather & great smells in the air. (And barking at squirrels. Sorry, neighbours.)

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

More from the "Never know what you'll see in Centretown" file. Walking around Ottawa and saw these shoes neatly arranged on the steps outside a building along Somerset Street West near the Art House Cafe. No idea what the stories is, but that's Centretown for you.

A pair of brown leather shoes neatly placed on the front steps of a brick building with no clue why they are there.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Might be hard to read, but a future entrepreneur wrote in chalk on the sidewalk: Girl Guide Cookies $6.00 ↑ I spotted a number of these messages in Ottawa's Centretown while out walking my dog.

The words "Girl Guide Cookies $6.00" with an arrow written in chalk on a sidewalk

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Something I love about living in downtown Ottawa is you never know what hopeful and supportive surprises you're going to find. I spotted these two stickers on a seemingly out of place "No Stopping" sign in the Percy Street underpass.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Living in downtown Ottawa with its boring and drab buildings, it's easy to forget there's beauty in this city. Went for a walk on this gorgeous spring day and checked out the canal just waiting to be filled up again, Kiweki Point in Major's Hill Park and then down Sparks Street.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

March Madness isn't huge up here in Ottawa, but this Husky is bleeding blue for UConn's men's and women's basketball teams making it to the Final Four! Wearing my Husky gear for walking my dog and the 30-year old UConn banner hanging out front of my house since that Mullins shot went in.

Selfie of Matt Moore with a UConn toque and hoodie on an urban side street.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

What? Oh, nothing, just some lens-less glasses stuck into a street sign pole. Another random find in Ottawa's Centretown on my way to work.

Photo of glasses frames without lenses stuck into a street sign pole on a sunny day in Ottawa, Ontario

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I guess someone is a fan of Dave Chappelle's Rick James sketch about Eddie Murphy's couch and had to leave some graffiti on this couch on the curbside.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Wishing Caroline Ducharme and all the seniors at UConn a happy Seniors Day! Awesome to see her return to the starting lineup!

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Damn, is it New Year's or Halloween? Psycho. Christine. Saw. Us. Session 9. Strange Days. The Wicker Man. The Blair Witch Project. They Live. The Fly. What a great way to comment on 2025.

A cable menu showing a lot of horror movies

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Always a great day when a UConn women's basketball game is on up here in Canada! Let's go, Huskies!!!

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Used book sale at work, so I thought I would delve into some '80s horror.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

A cold, rainy, damp and chilly Halloween here in Ottawa, but put the jack-o'-lanterns out to let the kiddies know we're open.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

"COME DRINK HERE OR ELSE" says the sign out front of Pour Boy just in time for Halloween. #ottawa #somersetwest #centretown #centretownottawa #pourboy

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Remember when spontaneous human combustion used to be a thing? Not sure what to think about these shoes and pants that look kind of scorched that I just found on the sidewalk one day. #spontaneoushumancombustion

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

ME: Walking down the street to run an errand, passed two older ladies out for a stroll. LADY ONE: "I don't care how big he says it is, can he use it right?" ME: Trying not to make my side-eye too obvious. LADY ONE: Seeing me. "His vocabulary!" ME: Walking on, quite amused.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

#WritingTip: If you use the "TK" trick as a marker to easily find a spot in your manuscript, but a pocketknife is major plot point...

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

All right, horror fans, I'm finally going in. I've heard from friends that HOUSE OF LEAVES is a must read so finally taking the plunge. I just never knew how huge a book it is, but I understand it's even bigger on the inside. #houseofleaves #horrorreads

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

New THE RUNNING MAN trailer not my jam. Hoping for faithful adaption of bleak & brutal novel, but seems a remake of Schwarzenegger's glorious neon-infused cheesefest. In some other universe Jeremy Saulnier or Ti West got the nod.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

In an article in the CENTRETOWN BUZZ, my local community paper, about a gap in funding for infrastructure reveal was the epitaph of western civilization: "The 100-year storm is occurring much more frequently."

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