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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 1h

9 hour flight and @garthnix.bsky.social new book lined up. fingers crossed the kids leave me be

cover of Garth Nix’s Massif, showing an astronaut on a red landscape

Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

for absolutely no reason whatsoever except it is a joy to say, I love everything @tkingfisher.com writes that I have read.

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm reading Briar Book of the Dead by @angelaslatter.bsky.social The only problem I have is how long I waited. I don't like books being this good when they sat in my TBR pile. www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...

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The Briar Book of the Dead

Set in the same universe as the acclaimed All the Murmu…

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I love Freya’s work, don’t miss this!

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

everyone should read Countess, it is the real deal.

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Please consider stepping up to judge these awards if you're part of the Oz spec fic community. I've done it - it's really interesting and you get a lot of insight

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

these guys move like they’re in the middle of the worst hangover of their lives

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Sometimes I love my job a lot. Also, Robber Crabs gotta show off when a camera is on

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

An update on the Aurealis Awards. QWC have published this open letter talking about the changes they've made following the outpouring of community concern around the management of the awards. queenslandwriters.org.au/aurealis-awa...

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Aurealis Awards Open Letter — Queensland Writers Centre

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

ICYMI, "Branches" is a short story in our 🌟January 2026 issue🌟 by @mktighewrites.bsky.social about how sometimes every path you take can lead to loss. Read this one for its bittersweet multiverse and the impossibility of letting go havenspec.com/fiction/bran...

An excerpt of the short story "Branches" by Matt Tighe, in Issue 21 of Haven Spec Magazine (January 2026). The text reads:

You smile when you see her across the street again.

She laughs when you ask her the way to the station. It is right there behind her, South Entrance in huge letters, people bustling in and out of the oversized doorway.

She asks where you are from—don’t they have trains there—and you smile and shrug. A version of you exists in almost every branch of reality, but part of you, the part that hurts, that knows how she holds your heart, has only just arrived in this world.

The background is the issue's cover art, titled Pile, by Aimee Cozza. It shows a figure with blood around their mouth and on their neck and chest, cuddling a pack of wolves.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Aussie spec-fic friends, please have a look here and add your signature if you agree. Thanks! www.facebook.com/alanbaxterau...

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Do you like sci-fi and fantasy stories? Tricky aliens and sad titans and people made of stone? Giant Hares and dead people builing boats? Market of Loss: A Collection is CHEAP at @Smashwords as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! at www.smashwords.com/books/view/2... #SWSale2026 #Smashwords

Dark book cover with green, string-tied bottle and red cut-away showing glowing interior

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Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️‍⚧️ @didichanoch.northsky.social · 28/06/2026

This book is very good, and a bargain at this price!

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

this is Paul. He hangs out next to my office most days.

Large buck Kangaroo on the grass outside an office building

close up of swole buck kangaroo not super keen on having his photo taken

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Out of interest I made my new collection of short stories free on Smashwords for a week. Then I did a few different social media posts spaced over a week. Obviously your own mileage will vary depending on lots of things, but this is what happened...

chart showing collection downloads from Smashwords after different social media posts. Biggest response was following a repost to bluesky to match USA time instead of Australian time.

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

This poem should be read. Patrick should be remembered, and we should all WANT to be better for each other. Be the bridge, not the undertow.

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I agree, also Suzan’s writing is amazing!

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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Where can you get five stories—read by their authors, no less!—in under an hour? The latest Story Hour! Enjoy these bite-size tales from Beth Goder and Matt Tighe! @bethgoder.bsky.social @mktighewrites.bsky.social youtu.be/TnJgjgHNkXM

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June 3, 2026 Story Hour: Beth Goder and Matt Tighe

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I had such a lovely time and was chuffed to read with @bethgoder.bsky.social - I love her writing, it is quirky and full of heart

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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

It’s time for a flash fiction festival on Story Hour! Between them, Beth Goder and Matt Tighe plan to read a total of five fun-sized SFF stories. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! @bethgoder.bsky.social @mktighewrites.bsky.social #Booksky www.storyhour2020.com

Head-and-shoulders color photo of author Beth Goder, a fair-skinned woman with long blond hair parted in the middle. She wears a pink knit top and glasses with blue-green frame. She poses in front of blurred greenery and looks into the camera with a dreamy smile.

Head-and-shoulders color photo of Matt Tighe, a man with tanned skin, short brown hair, and a graying, neatly trimmed beard. He wears a charcoal-gray button-up. He poses in the outdoors and looks straight into the camera with a warm smile.

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It's alive! My collection of bittersweet sci-fi and fantasy is now out, but you can only order it if you have good taste. Includes: a giant hare, a sad titan, spaceship dudes making diamonds, a dead man who builds boats, and a gravity-eating slug. Plus some weird stuff. books2read.com/MarketofLoss

Book cover with title 'Market of Loss: A Collection'. Depicts a green jar with red luminous cut-away of interior, all on a black background with small transparent green bubbles. Author's name 'Matt Tighe' below the image. Above cover a blurb 'Darkly Delicious' - Samantha Murray, multi-award winning author. Below cover a blur 'Why do you write this sort of stuff?' - a supposed friend (but not Samantha)

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

do you like fantasy stories about love and sacrifice? Bittersweet sci-fi? Weird giant hares with human faces? out on the 1st June, pre-order now if you like!

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 23/05/2026

I mean, who could say no to doom-spotting? Certainly not us. Samantha Murray's story in our 11th issue is a sweet and bittersweet story of adolescence, and of course, doom:

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The Stars That Fall - Small Wonders

When Sara asks me if I wanted to go doom-spotting I say yes. Of course I say yes.

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Eugen Bacon @genni.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

#bookmail Bookplates are here! 💞 @badhandbooks.bsky.social badhandbooks.com/ebooks/muntu

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

i bet this is going to be good!

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Madeleine D'Este @madeleinedeste.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

FREE for one more day, book worm friends 🖤💙📚🇦🇺

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Emmi Khor - Writer @emmikhor.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Matt's stories always hit a spot. I encourage everyone to pick up his book!! #shortstories #Australianwriter #SFFH

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

You can pre-order this now. I guarantee* you will love it. *not a guarantee But also... you might books2read.com/MarketofLoss

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Market of Loss: A Collection by Matt Tighe

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I've heard that Leanbh has excellent taste! This has award winning and finalist stories, plus new stuff... Pre-order books2read.com/MarketofLoss

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Market of Loss: A Collection by Matt Tighe

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

You can preorder my new collection now! It includes my Aurealis Award winning story, and some other award finalist stories, plus a whole bunch of new stuff (like, heaps of new stuff, so very much). All sci-fi and fantasy, and even some poems (gasp!) books2read.com/u/b66gw0

Two copies of Market of Loss: A Collection. A green jar on a dark background, with a red cut-away exposing the interior of the jar.

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Leanbh Pearson (Any) @leanbhpearson.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Currently reading MARKET OF LOSS by @mktighewrites.bsky.social A gorgeous, moving and deeply resonating speculative fiction. From a king of horror is a new genre but just as brilliantly written. #amreading #speculativefiction #arc #bookstoread

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

my dentist: “you have several cracked teeth from grinding your teeth and clenching your jaw” me: “what should i do about it?” dentist: “I’m not a psychologist”

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

New collection coming at the start of June - includes award winning and shortlisted stories plus new stuff! Pre-orders up soon

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Also, Maddison is insightful and cool to work with.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Any help spreading the word about this series of unashamedly Australian horror would be massively appreciated. Thanks! 🖤

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

This story will win awards if there is any sanity left in the world

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Duffer Falls in Washpool National Park and World Heritage Area.

Waterfall view from the top, showing two pools and a range of eucalyptus trees and understorey plants

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Alan's small town horror is amazingly crafted and delivered. True masterpiece stuff - a tapestry of so much to get lost in, and creeped out by

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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 09/02/2026

I'm a big fan of Alan's writing, but the Gulp trilogy is perhaps my favourite "We hear the warnings. We read the reviews. We know this place swallows people. And yet, with Baxter as our guide, we can’t resist stepping out of the truck and into the dark, welcoming streets."

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