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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 7h

Can*Con, Ottawa's SFFH convention, begins Friday night! I'll be on three panels this weekend and hope to make it to the Spooky Social for horror enthusiasts Saturday Night. Hope to see you there! More info at can-con (dot) org. @canconsffh.bsky.social

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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 · 09/10/2026

This is a panel I wish I was moderating. Envy aside, go check it out. I've known Jed for ~2 years and he's sharp, smart and insightful—great qualities in a moderator. Oh, the panelist are good, too. :-)

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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

How is your mech outfitted? For love.

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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 · 21/09/2026

I like the writer/director combo.

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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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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 01/09/2026

A reminder to our American friends that Montreal Worldcon 2027 is a great opportunity to support Canadian SFFH authors, publishers and readers, see a truly beautiful city and learn more about your Northern neighbours, and meet many Canadians (and others) who cannot as easily come to visit you.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

With him gone, all we need is a little energon, and a lot of luck.

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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

This criticism isn't directed at you, but how the heck is that concrete slab a "park"? Given the city's track record in downtown, that vegetation will be cut down in a year or two.

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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 · 29/08/2026

That's one of several things that turned me off on the show.

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wendy norris @wendynorris.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's been such an awful couple of years. Let's honor one of the best people on the planet.

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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 · 12/08/2026

What's in the room next to Agent Cooper's in the Black Lodge.

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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 · 21/07/2026

"Look, Snake, from here the angle... Oh, look who I'm talking to, Mr. SATs." RUNNING SCARED was one of the few movies we could watch in my house with my dad. BEVERLY HILLS COP and MIDNIGHT RUN were in the same camp.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Visiting Chicago was me finding locations from The Dark Knight, Ferris Buehler, The Blues Brothers and Running Scared.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"I can't believe that you missed all six shots."

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

So sorry to hear you got flooded. The stories are heartbreaking.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Meanwhile, Ottawa's other hero NIMbleBEE could be very powerful, but his powers only manifest in areas with low BIPOC residents, only single family homes and high car ownership.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Ottawa hero Bureauc stops crimes in progress by having the criminals form endless committees, subcommittees and approval processes. They famously stopped an assassination attempt on the Prime Minister by having the assassins argue over who had signing authority for the getaway car.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Is this the lost verse from Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"? Cheers, friend.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

HOUSE OF LEAVES called to say "Damn. That's hardcore." If we have to define inline every word in the inline definition, and do so recursively… Metafiction just called to say "Nope, I'm out." I'd love to see someone pull this off. "For sale: baby shoes, never worn" as 250K word novel.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Hey @canconsffh.bsky.social - Panel idea right here. "Rich vocabulary, too obscure, or showing how deep your research is? When are you too sesquipedalian?" (Alternate title: Writing for Effortless Readers.)

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I doubt they're even consulting a dictionary. Or any reference material. Shaking my head.

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Matt Moore @mattmoorewrites.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The simple solution is to put a glossary in the back of your book. Be sure to include every word with which they may not be familiar. Since you don't know what those are, include every single word in the book, including "the" and "and".

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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

Huck and Jim take an Uber to Illinois because Jim had a job interview.

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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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