When I say a movie “looks cheap and has no payoff” it becomes a pretty Schrödinger-level puzzle if I like it, when you realize how many mumblecore films I’ve rated highly on Letterboxd.
24.01.2026 15:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0When I say a movie “looks cheap and has no payoff” it becomes a pretty Schrödinger-level puzzle if I like it, when you realize how many mumblecore films I’ve rated highly on Letterboxd.
24.01.2026 15:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I'm working on a project and plan to send out approximately 5 PDF ARCs. It's for something I wrote. If you're interested and can actually read it in the next couple of weeks, DM me.
Mostly looking for glaring errors, all of the text has gone through... years of editing.
@littlevillage.bsky.social Reviewed my new album with Bryon Dudley... I think they liked it.
littlevillagemag.com/album-review...
Time for the Literary Nasties. Dark fiction. Weird. Mean. Uncomfortable. The type of fiction that doesn't play well with others.
Vote for your favorite work of the year on the Filthy Loot website.
Please share. 🥰
new @filthyloot.bsky.social haul arrived just in time for halloween, hell yeah
30.10.2025 15:18 — 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
Do you like poetry? Me neither. Buy my poetry book. 🥰
I’ve been a little facetious about this book since it came out, but it’s two older OOP chapbooks that are some of my favorite poems I’ve written.
Southwest Review's current horror issue open to an illustration of a figure that may be either masc or fem, may be running, dancing, or falling, or something else, and whose thoughts are made of _________ .
Finally had a chance to crack open my copy of the @southwestreview.bsky.social horror issue and found my story illustrated by @lumierebelge.bsky.social whose work I've followed for a few years. I'm not sure if the editors knew this; if so, thanks! If not, amazing confluence of energies, thanks!
17.10.2025 18:52 — 👍 63 🔁 12 💬 7 📌 0
IT'S ALIVE
dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
Sometimes a review for one of my books pops up, and I go, “Oh yeah, I write.” 🪦
I might have to take my publisher hat off for a few days and finish the story I started last month.
I'm a little safe from Adam. I've finally finished up my Abyss collection. Haha. I'm sure I'll find some records to give him some of my money. I'll have to check out those other places.
07.10.2025 19:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
16.5 going through Indianapolis, Dayton, Columbus, Zanesville, Cambridge, Wheeling, Washington, New Stanton, Breezewood, Carlisle, Gettysburg.
Still want to go to Xenia, like we talked about last time. But I think it said that’d be an extra 30 minutes not even getting out of the car. Haha.
Weird question: I’m driving to PA this week (for VoidCon—be there) and never know if I should just drive until I can’t feel my legs, then find a museum or bookstore to recover… or actually plan the stops. Do people plan their cities ahead of time?
06.10.2025 22:24 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 5 📌 0
A surreal coming together of worlds, my music has been played on L'étranger, and now, a piece of a story. 🫶
Nice to be there alongside other people like @jackskelley.bsky.social @houseofvladpress.bsky.social Scab Magazine and Blake Butler!
Link below.
Seriously one of the best horror lit events I've ever been to! Iowans love weird horror!
10.09.2025 14:18 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks again to everyone who came out to One of Us last weekend!
If you didn't come, you're just not getting a thank you. Are you? If you're thanks-incentivized, you'll have to remember that for next time.
Full 5 💀 review of HAIRS by @filthyloot.bsky.social @eyerarat.bsky.social is on. goodreads .
The stories included in this collection exemplify what drew me to Iras writing, and has deepened my appreciation of his craft.
#💙 #📚🩸 #booksky #horrorsky #hairs #iowa #filthyloot #bookreview
Just got interviewed about ONE OF US. When asked why I'm doing it, I compared myself to George Mallory, who said he climbed Everest "because it was there!" I jokingly said this was "because it wasn't."
This... is a lie. I responded by making a "uhhhhhhh" sound like Tina Belcher for 20 minutes.
A quick reminder Bryon Dudley and I recorded an EP called City Dead, full of lo-fi 70s Italian horror movie-inspired music. It's coming out on cassette soon, and you can order it now from my Bandcamp.
irarat.bandcamp.com/album/city-d...
Release the Horse, by Matthew Mitchell, paperback cover.
Release the Horse, by Matthew Mitchell, paperback.
@filthyloot.bsky.social Mail Day!
Release the Horse, by @matthewmitchell.bsky.social
Been waiting for this one.
Only the good ones...
12.08.2025 15:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Reason #382 Why I Hate Digital Media: I decided to start linking the previous interviews, etc. on irarat.com I would say for every six that I've done, one still exists... 🤷
12.08.2025 15:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
TFW, you realize that your zine wasn't on your webpage for god-knows-how-long.
If you liked "I Preferred His Underground Stuff," you might enjoy this one... Or not, thems the breaks, it's a poetry chapbook. I'm not going to provide a money-back warranty. 🚬
Vlad Mag #6 (Part Two): “Bummer Summer,” edited by Brian Alan Ellis, is OUT NOW on the website! New work by @eyerarat.bsky.social (@filthyloot.bsky.social), @malsmart.bsky.social (@maudlinhouse.bsky.social), @budsmith.bsky.social, @formermissnj.bsky.social and others 🦩
11.08.2025 16:55 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Long live @filthyloot.bsky.social
09.08.2025 06:13 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Follow the link on the Filthy Loot website for... a little bit more information.
05.08.2025 14:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
MIDWEST Horror writers who want to drive to Iowa City to table at a horror event. The entry for the lottery is now open! Even if you have just one book, you're welcome! Look for the previous post, as putting the URL in it might have limited its reach.
15.07.2025 14:27 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Sorry that it's a lottery, we have more interest than space. ❤️
15.07.2025 14:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Horrorists from around Iowa! The lottery is now open!
A reminder: we're seeking both established horror authors and publishers, as well as newcomers to the field. As long as you have a book to sell, you're One of US!
forms.gle/zbu5c1182JAU...
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a piece on cannibalism, philosophy, Hannibal (the gay icon of our hearts), and Fleischerei by Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin.
open.substack.com/pub/squiggly...
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