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Matthew Rettino

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Posting about 110 stories in The Weird. 💀 #WeirdFictionChallenge. Poetry chapbook Pilgrimages 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 out now. Author in NewMyths.com, Lantern Magazine. Interviewer, blogger. Odyssey '16, Codex. He/him. 🇨🇦 📬 https://buttondown.com/MatthewRettino

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Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 8d

You can buy a copy of my book now!

I'll be selling copies at Can*Con too.

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Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 3h

One more thing about Face/Off. It must’ve totally inspired the prison episode in Andor!

Cage has to wear these electric boots and only escapes by contriving a way to take them off, then escapes by jumping off the oil rig the prison is contained in.

Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 1d

Watched it and for real, dang that movie was awesome.

Thought it was going to end in the church but the whole other seeming 10 minutes of explosion-filled boat chasing I did not regret seeing!

Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna watch Faceoff, that movie where Nic Cage and John Travolta star as forwards for the Canadiens and Maple Leafs and have to stop a terrorist attack at the Bell Centre.

Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 1d

Only thing I’d change would be to show Nic Cage waking up in the hospital again—and you’re unsure if Travolta really changed to his normal face…

Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 1d

Watched it and for real, dang that movie was awesome.

Thought it was going to end in the church but the whole other seeming 10 minutes of explosion-filled boat chasing I did not regret seeing!

Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna watch Faceoff, that movie where Nic Cage and John Travolta star as forwards for the Canadiens and Maple Leafs and have to stop a terrorist attack at the Bell Centre.

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Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna watch Faceoff, that movie where Nic Cage and John Travolta star as forwards for the Canadiens and Maple Leafs and have to stop a terrorist attack at the Bell Centre.

Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 1d

Cozy evening bringing home author copies, drinking some bière Saint-Sacrament, and reading Moon of Crusted Snow As the autumn temperature drops.

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 2d

One week! I just finished printing out some story chapbooks I'll be giving away at my kaffeeklatsch and signing. Premee and I have got our "Holy Shit, How Did We Get Here" plans sorted although we cannot promise we'll arrive at an answer to the question. Here's my schedule.

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Trellis Micro-grants @trellismicrogrants.bsky.social · Sep 8

Montrealers, know your candidates--and don't forget to vote on November 2nd! #montreal

Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · Sep 8

Who’s running for mayor of Montreal?

A snapshot of the five candidates who have entered the race so far.

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On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 2d

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 2d

Something to keep in mind if you’re voting for the Hugos. Thanks for all the great reads @onspecmag.bsky.social.

An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 2d

On Spec has long deserved recognition for best semiprozine at the Hugo Awards, but has never even made the ballot because it's Canadian and most Hugo voters are U.S.-based.

2026 will be your final opportunity to nominate an institution that has been an incubator for so much talent.

On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 2d

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

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Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 2d

Sound on. Here I am at Phoenix Bookstore's Chimera Open Mic reading my latest horror flash story, "The Reindeer Game," out with Flash Phantoms!

Just in time for a spooky October!

www.flashphantoms.net/october

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 3d

Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych

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Ⓙ. 🅱Ⓤ🆁Ⓡ🅴Ⓛ🅻Ⓞ Ⓢ🆄Ⓑ🅼Ⓐ🆁Ⓘ🅽Ⓔ @biginsanehappy.bsky.social · 3d

Toblerones are the Nepali flag of chocolate.

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Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 4d

Analyze This and Analyze That are totally epic. De Niro and Crystal.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 5d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
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Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Ⓙ. 🅱Ⓤ🆁Ⓡ🅴Ⓛ🅻Ⓞ Ⓢ🆄Ⓑ🅼Ⓐ🆁Ⓘ🅽Ⓔ @biginsanehappy.bsky.social · 5d

Why did we clone Dolly the sheep and not Dolly the Parton?

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Matthew Claxton @matthewclaxton.bsky.social · 5d

"Solar and wind are now growing fast enough to meet new demand and begin cutting into fossil generation. As deployment accelerates, Ember expects clean power to outstrip demand growth for longer stretches, pushing fossil fuels into permanent decline."

HELL YES!

Electrek @electrek.co · 5d

In a first, renewables generate more power than coal globally

Solar and wind power aren’t just keeping up with global electricity demand anymore – they’re pulling ahead. According to a new analysis from energy think tank Ember, solar and wind combined outpaced global electricity demand growth in the first half of 2025. That shift led to a drop in both coal and gas generation compared to the same period last year. For the first time ever, renewables generated more power than coal globally. more…

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Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 6d

His eyes are saying Bagel! Not doughnut!

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 7d

Q: what's a ghost's favorite branch of metaphysics?

A: Ooo!*

*Object-Oriented Ontology, commonly abbreviated as OOO, the pronunciation of which aloud as if it were a word and not an acronym would, roughly, sound like the wailing moan of a ghoul from a graveyard on a moonless night

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Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 7d

A sneak peak at my next newsletter.

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Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 8d

You can buy a copy of my book now!

I'll be selling copies at Can*Con too.

devongallant.wixsite.com/cactuspressp...

Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 8d

Here's my Can*Con schedule again, with the date this time.

#poetry #montreal #ottawa #cancon

October 17–19 Matthew Rettino at Can*Con Saturday 10:00 Pilgrimages Book Signing, Sunday 11:30 One Ring to Bind Them: Writing Metaphors Sunday 14:30 Prophecies, Dreams, and Riddles: A Reading of Montreal Speculative Poetry

Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 8d

The Giant Cheese Grater.

Matthew Rettino @matthewrettino.bsky.social · 9d

If you feel like expressing frustrations on social media, might I recommend screaming into the void instead of posting about it.

Just type it in here. You can even just type "ahhhhh" and it'll make the sound.

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SCREAM INTO THE VOID

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Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 9d

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Drimonis: Angry about the state of Montreal? Save it for the ballot box

While many Montrealers are quick to express their dissatisfaction online, the majority don’t bother voting in municipal elections.

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 9d

Every mayoral candidate in the upcoming municipal election should be focused on restoring some of Montreal’s affordability.

If you’re not prepared to fight for us, don’t expect us to vote for you.

An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.

The rent is too damn high, and the worst people imaginable are ruining Montreal

When it comes to the housing crisis, Montreal needs to address predatory speculators, negligent property owners keeping the rent too high.

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