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Macsen Matthews
@macsenmatthews.bsky.social
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Dyslexic Horror Writer, Dyspraxic Illustrator, and Village Witch 🦇 💀 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Malevolent force behind @thehawthornfiles 🦇

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Macsen Matthews @macsenmatthews.bsky.social · Nov 29
My debut horror novel, Mr Grim, is coming next year 💀 follow for updates and general spooky stuff
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Victor Frankenstein is a bad father
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Happy pre-made Friday! Please peruse my wares and let me know if you like what you see.

All these bad boys are £200 and you can see more here:

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November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Does anyone else ever think there aren’t enough Octobers in a year?
October 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Are you a #horror author? I’ve got three more premade book covers up for grabs!

Check them out! Buy one if you like! Or let me design one just for you! Just drop me a message! I don’t bite (much) 💀

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October 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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That feeling when you’re finishing off a cover design and everything crashes until you’re left with an unrecoverable corrupted file ☹️ If anyone needs me, I’ll be crying
October 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Hello Folks & Fiends!

Did you know that I have a selection of pre-made book covers for sale? (Like this one!)

I also do custom covers for every budget.

Drop me a message and find out more below 💀

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#books #horror #art #indibooks
October 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Managed to give myself a panic attack by *checks watch* writing too fast. It’s not even like it was anything scary.
September 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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The older I get the more susceptible I am to jumpscares. Thanks FNAF 4
September 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Come and explore the ruins of Piercefield House with me and JD!

#urbex #paranormal 👻

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Exploring the ruins of Piercefield House | Spookanatural Explorers
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June 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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My word brain has been disengaged for too long
June 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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I’ve crossed the threshold into video media with the launch of Spookanatural Explorers, with my lovely JD!

Subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on instagram to be beguiled by my grating voice and effeminate mannerisms!

We post new episodes every Friday! 👻

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St Mary's Church and Graveyard Expedition Tintern | Spookanatural Explorers
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June 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Late to the party, as always, but I just finished watching Bojack Horseman and omg
May 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Imposter Syndrome Or Am I Genuinely Not Good Enough? - a novel by me
April 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Come join baby’s first protest 🖤
transaid.cymru Trans Aid Cymru @transaid.cymru · Apr 17
JOINT STATEMENT AND CALL TO ACTION
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Slide 1 Image text: Cardiff March for Trans Liberation. Monday April 21st 1PM. Aneurin Bevan Statue, Queen Street, Cardiff. Join us to protest the Supreme Court ruling excluding Trans women and femmes from womens spaces. There will be indoor space available after to rest, decompress, and support each other. The logos for We Exist, Trans Pride Cardiff, Black Lives Matter Cardiff & Vale, and Trans Aid Cymru are across the bottom. An image of people wearing progress and trans pride flags is in the background. Statement: On April 16, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the definition of a “woman” as stated in the Equality Act 2010 refers to ‘ biological women and biological sex.” The case relates to an appeal by anti-trans group For Women Scotland, against the Scottish Government. This ruling legally excludes trans women—even those with Gender Recognition Certificates—from protections designed for women, setting a dangerous precedent that reinforces the authority of the state to dictate our bodies and right to self determination. This decision was made without a single trans voice permitted to speak in court. Three of the four intervenors were explicitly anti-trans, and a retired trans judge, Victoria McCloud, was blocked from offering evidence. The court’s ruling was not only unjust, it was engineered to be. When the people most affected are denied the right to speak, it is a show trial in service of state violence. This ruling does precisely the opposite of what it has claimed it will. It will not reduce violence against women. It will not progress women’s liberation. It will expand the misogynistic far-rights power to gender police and strengthen the state’s power to divide, dominate, and control women whose bodies and expression do not conform to its norms. The ruling is not a win for feminism, it tramples on the sacrifices of global feminists who have fought to redefine what it means to be a woman on our own terms. It harms all women, and tries to weaken our collective power by turning us against one another. This ruling isn’t isolated—it is the same system that profits from division, exploitation and suffering. The same government that has weaponized this ruling also fuels the ongoing genocide in Palestine. The same forces that target the trans community also drive the destruction of the planet. It is the capitalist-state that allows a few to determine all of our lives.
April 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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I don’t know where my brain is today, but it’s certainly not in my head.
April 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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any bed can be a waterbed if you cry hard enough
April 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Civilization goes down, and the strong arise.

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#booksky
April 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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A chilling story to dive into by @edonald.bsky.social

Find it on our Shopify!

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The dead know no peace
April 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Reminder
"A computer can never be spiteful or horny Therefore a computer must never make art"
March 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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We gathered among the stones for the spring equinox and waited for the sun to rise.
We waited and waited but the sky remained dark. I checked my watch. Sunrise was supposed to be fifteen minutes ago.
chaoticauthor.online Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Mar 26
#HorrorWritersChat question 4 (last question but stick around in ten minutes for the outro):

Write a horror story or poem using the word “equinox”. Keep the length to a single post.

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March 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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#HorrorWritersChat
How does horror make me happy?

By using fiction to explore all the horrible things we struggle to deal with in real life
chaoticauthor.online Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Mar 26
#HorrorWritersChat question 3:

International Happiness Day was on the 20th March. How does horror make you happy?

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March 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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#HorrorWritetsChat

When did I scare myself with my own writing project? Pushing the cannibal theme in this latest manuscript WIP as far as it will go. Yes, even that far.
chaoticauthor.online Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Mar 26
Tell us about a time you scared yourself with your own writing project

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#HorrorWritersChat
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March 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Hello #HorrorWritersChat
I’m Macsen Matthews and my debut novel, Mr. Grim, is out this year from @falstaffbooks.bsky.social

Here’s a line from my current short story WIP:

“The dahlias slept well that night, as did the rhododendrons and the sunflowers. Margaret Pickle, however, did not.”
chaoticauthor.online Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Mar 26
#HorrorWritersChat question 1:

Introduce yourself: Tell us who you are, what you write, and the scariest line from your current WIP

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March 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Took a glimpse back into the agent querying trenches and was immediately ✨overwhelmed✨
March 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM