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Matt Bliss

@mattjbliss.bsky.social

Speculative Fiction Writer | Reader | Probably thinking about food or looking for used books at a thrift store flow.page/mattbliss

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This cover!!! πŸ‘€ and wouldn't you know, l've got a story in it! Check it out for all the monsters madness
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20.10.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Writing a book is hard.
Editing is hard.
Selling your book is hard.
Selling yourself is hard.
Finding readers is hard.
Do the hard things.
Do what’s difficult.
Do what others cannot.
Go where others will not.
Because you can.
Because you must.
Because it’s hard.

17.02.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I still think about this random desk and chair I found in the desert at times. It was gone the next week I went there, but I just liked the idea of sitting down and writing in the middle of the desert. Nothing is stopping me I suppose... Have an odd place you like go to read or write?

10.02.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œJust be yourself.”

Me:

03.02.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Storyborne: A Collection of Short Stories eBook : Thomas, George L: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store Storyborne: A Collection of Short Stories eBook : Thomas, George L: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

STORYBORNE: A Short Story Collection.

Encounter the bleak landscapes of dystopian realities, feel the hair-raising presences lurking in shadowed corners (or at windows), and brace yourself against the violent whims of a certain 'man in red'.

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14.11.2024 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Woohoo! Signed a contract for a short middle grade horror story of mine for a super cool project! Details to come!

31.01.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Science Fiction Writing Contest from Emirates Literature Foundation A new writing contest has been announced today by the Emirates Literature Foundation, in collaboration with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai. The MBRSC Short Story Award: New Voices in…

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30.01.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Plunge into a dark world of nightmares with twenty sickeningly sadistic short stories! πŸ©ΈπŸ“š #indieauthor #indiehorror #booksky #shortstories

30.01.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Even has some photos inside with crazy captions πŸ§›β€β™‚οΈ I need more books like this

30.01.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m obsessed with novelizations of films! Something we need more of nowadays. But this is just a cool looking book. Those red edges 🩸🩸

30.01.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my favorite paperbacks is this 1979 novelization of the Werner Herzog Nosferatu film.

30.01.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This a wondrous and heart-wrenching piece of flash fiction! Give it read and feel all the feels

29.01.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The cover for SPREAD ME features a geometric hab in scratchy shades of grey. The base of the hab explodes into reaching, penetrating tendrils that invade the letters of the title. The image is on an orange and yellow gradient field.

The cover for SPREAD ME features a geometric hab in scratchy shades of grey. The base of the hab explodes into reaching, penetrating tendrils that invade the letters of the title. The image is on an orange and yellow gradient field.

🚨 COVER REVEAL 🚨
I am so beyond thrilled to share the cover for SPREAD ME! With art by Anders RΓΈkkum, designed by Esther S. Kim, this cover is every bit as nasty and invasive and delicious as the book itself. I couldn't possibly love it more βœ¨πŸ‘ΎπŸ«¦

27.01.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 807    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 38

I think my floating dream detective story was orphaned. Sucks, but it’s not the first time thats happened to me. Projects and publishers come and go in this world. Against my better judgement, I might make it into something longer and weirder now.

27.01.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m pretty sure if my cat could talk, he would sound like Bill Skarsgard in Nosferatu.

*wheeze*
β€œThe midnight hour has come and passed, and still my food bowl is empty.”
*wheeze*
β€œYou have three minutes to give me what I desire before a terrible fate falls upon you.”
*meows non-stop”

26.01.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

First, I’d like to apologize to all the unread ebooks on my kindle. Especially the ones I bought, forgot about, and read a physical copy instead. My bad…

Also, thank you for not staring and silently judging me like all the unread paperbacks and hardcovers on my bookshelf.

11.12.2024 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We're running a one-day Cyber Monday special on our 2024 releases Why Didn't You Just Leave (an anthology of ghost stories) and The Nightmare Box and Other Stories (Cynthia GΓ³mez's superb debut collection). The paperbacks are only $9.99 today--saves you five bucks!
www.cursedmorselspress.com

02.12.2024 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Zooscape, Flash Fiction Online, and Escape Pod: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur Zooscape 8/24 Flash Fiction Online 8/24 Escape Pod 8/22/24 The latest from Zooscape features a fresh twist on the Little Red Riding Hood story in Erin Brown’s intense β€œThe Cloak”. Flipping the scri…

Zooscape, Flash Fiction Online, and Escape Pod: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur locusmag.com/2024/12...

02.12.2024 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks 😊

30.11.2024 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Amazon.com

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#WriterCommunity #horror #books #collection

30.11.2024 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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😈 IT’S RELEASE DAY! 😈

Ill-Gotten Things, my first horror short story collection, releases today!

Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen!

Links are in the reply

30.11.2024 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ill-Gotten Things Ill-Gotten Things [Bliss, Matt] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Ill-Gotten Things

4 days until release day!!!

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26.11.2024 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Look what I got! Super stoked to be included in this amazing TOC!

22.11.2024 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thrift store pickup. This cover… πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

21.11.2024 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ SUBMISSIONS OPEN πŸ“’
Short fiction/poetry call.
Share pages with the art and words of our very own @cutfingers.bsky.social 🐁
Find the finer details on our website πŸ–€
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19.11.2024 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 170    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 10

Hello new followers. We are a small publishing company that does horror, sci-fi, zines, and reprints. We pay HWA pro rates for anthologies and generous royalties for single-author works. We pay our cover artists and our guest editors. Check out frombeyondpress.com for more info.

19.11.2024 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Only 13 days until my collection of horror stories is out!
Preorder is still available

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#horror #shortstories #collection #horrorfam #writingcommunity

18.11.2024 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI wish I had Jessie’s squirrel” πŸ˜‚

17.11.2024 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0