sara matson (she/her)

routine maintenance on a plumbing thing in the house and the plumber that came is a old pal from high school!! getting the hot goss when you don’t know the people is FUN

sometimes you just gotta eat veggie sushi with people you love

An honor and joy to read with these brilliant writers ✨ thank you Ben for curating such fantastic readings! ✨

Mal and Jayne Sunday snugglin’

Wednesday! ✨ I’m reading with extraordinary folks at the Whistler at 6pm ✨ hosted by the fantastic Ben Niespodziany!

daylight & tenfold orioles (2025) DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES is here! It includes 17 poems and 1 work of microfiction by 17 authors. In total, this collection was created by 49 participants & their 55 contributed words. The…

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES is here! this free PDF is packed with writing created by 17 authors that incorporates words contributed by many people!

lots of thanks to all involved! everyone who took part is tagged in this thread!

get the PDF here: tinyurl.com/2025daylight

Halloween 2025 costume reveal: Debbie Jellinsky Addams #whataboutdebbie

And finally: Gary J. Shipley @danikastegeman.bsky.social Saint Nick + Andrew C. Wenaus

It meeeee! I’m so excited, it’s going to be wonderful! If you’re available on 11/5 come to the Whistler 🎉💖🌈

Next up: @matthewkinlin.bsky.social @saramatson.bsky.social Monique Quintana, Ami J. Sanghvi

Let’s goooooo!! 🔥

I miss david lynch 😐

Excellent, thank you!

it’s always disheartening when I find out a love song I thought was about a partner is about heroin. Or worse, god. 😹💀

This is the first Halloween since 2018 I’ll be wearing a wig, send me cooling thoughts at the end of this month 😹🎃👻🦇

It is October and I am, in fact, making weird cardboard bullshit out of old cat food boxes ✨

Griffin’s new chapbook, “LISTEN—“, lays on top of a collection of science fiction-related patches on a black background.

“I had worked hard for nearly two years…”

Author copies are here and I’m thrilled!! Grateful to @mickmakesmagic.bsky.social for the cover, @taylorbyas.bsky.social / @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social / Warren Longmire for blurbs, and of course Holly at @interstellarflight.bsky.social for picking it up!!

Used this reaction image to respond to the group chat asking a ton of questions 😹😹😹😹 I crack myself up, yall

planning a west coast meetup with my California bestie is very exciting & gives me something awesome to look forward to next year 🌈 haven’t seen him in person since 2011!

Zowie thank so much, wonderful Genevieve! 🥹 wish you could teleport here!! Sending so much joy 😻💖😻

Sara! Sara! @saramatson.bsky.social 🤩✨🙂‍↔️ wish I could make this. Chicago, I miss you and your poets

pink peppercorns

red dye from a squeezie teardrop bottle and black lipgloss is the most elite lip combo. also my sink is covered in red food dye now 😹💀

shout out to all the cosplayers that make tutorials, today I’ve learned at least 3 new ways to light myself on fire with my Halloween costume and I’m so glad I know what to avoid 😹😅

YouTube video by Sara Matson Words // Friends Autumn 2025 Hosted by Sara Matson

had an incredible evening with brilliant writers ✨ check out Words // Friends Autumn 2025 Edition on YouTube ✨ featuring readings from Ellis Eden, Ola Faleti, Sandra Marchetti, Skye Jackson, Lemmy Ya’akova, Bob Sykora ✨ it was such a joy!!

youtu.be/IedrB9OGLiw

I am your favorite familiar’s favorite familiar

that’s fantastic timing!

Chicago Transit Hikes

Happy pub day to the second edition of this FANTASTIC guide to green spaces in chicago, written by my bestie Lindsay Welbers ✨ get ur copy from u of I press at the link below 🌈
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

What an absolute thrill to be a part of this wildly fun project, thanks for the opportunity and the bonkers trailer, Oli! 🖤

YouTube video by Psycho Holosuite All The Colour Of The Dark [Long Trailer]

The trailer that was promised for upcoming Psycho H mega project, 'All The Colour Of The Dark', all 9 minutes of it, chock full of amateurish technical errors that I'm gonna lean into from this point on and say are intentional.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=phZJ...