Matthew Mitchell
@matthewmitchell.bsky.social
Award-Winning Author of CHAINDEVILS // Co-Editor of HORRORIUM comics //
Freelance Writer for VARIOUS //
Hellbilly Deluxe //
https://linktr.ee/darkcirclecomics
Freelance Writer for VARIOUS //
Hellbilly Deluxe //
https://linktr.ee/darkcirclecomics
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Hidy, I'm a weird fiction author and this is my first collection of short stories! RELEASE THE HORSE: Yarns of Rural Oddity is my contribution to the tradition of Ozarks folk tales and rural horror. Now available for pre-order from Filthy Loot Press 🤠
www.filthyloot.com/product/horse/
www.filthyloot.com/product/horse/
GRIMDARK SHREK UPDATE: it's been a tough winter and my dawg Christopher Bown and I are getting through it with some illustrated ultraviolence fantasy-fic
January 30, 2026 at 7:35 PM
GRIMDARK SHREK UPDATE: it's been a tough winter and my dawg Christopher Bown and I are getting through it with some illustrated ultraviolence fantasy-fic
the best part of being a guest speaker at the hs horror writing workshop was when the kids asked if we *actually* thought The Blair Witch Project was real-- I took great joy in explaining to them that there was a fake TV special that fully warped my reality lmao
January 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM
the best part of being a guest speaker at the hs horror writing workshop was when the kids asked if we *actually* thought The Blair Witch Project was real-- I took great joy in explaining to them that there was a fake TV special that fully warped my reality lmao
I was the guest speaker for a class of horror writing high schoolers yesterday and it was surreal! My biggest takeaways were that they hate AI with a passion (based) and will shower you with finger claps (nice)
January 8, 2026 at 3:36 PM
I was the guest speaker for a class of horror writing high schoolers yesterday and it was surreal! My biggest takeaways were that they hate AI with a passion (based) and will shower you with finger claps (nice)
Reposted by Matthew Mitchell
Release the Horse - by @matthewmitchell.bsky.social
Published by @filthyloot.bsky.social
This is a killer collection. Ozarkian horror exploring the darkest corners of American rot.
Favorites include Muscular Devotion, Little Man, and The Band.
Seek this one out.
Published by @filthyloot.bsky.social
This is a killer collection. Ozarkian horror exploring the darkest corners of American rot.
Favorites include Muscular Devotion, Little Man, and The Band.
Seek this one out.
January 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Release the Horse - by @matthewmitchell.bsky.social
Published by @filthyloot.bsky.social
This is a killer collection. Ozarkian horror exploring the darkest corners of American rot.
Favorites include Muscular Devotion, Little Man, and The Band.
Seek this one out.
Published by @filthyloot.bsky.social
This is a killer collection. Ozarkian horror exploring the darkest corners of American rot.
Favorites include Muscular Devotion, Little Man, and The Band.
Seek this one out.
my new book RELEASE THE HORSE got a killer review in the latest issue of BEYOND THE LAST ESTATE 🙏
December 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
my new book RELEASE THE HORSE got a killer review in the latest issue of BEYOND THE LAST ESTATE 🙏
do any other lapsed CoS stans look back at photos like this and ask themselves: wtf was I thinking?
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
do any other lapsed CoS stans look back at photos like this and ask themselves: wtf was I thinking?
I probably keep it too light on social media (we can talk dystopian shop off-mic) and there are so many more pressing things to post about...but we DO all understand what the WB purchase means for our only culturally and politically important industry, right?
bye, bye Western cinema 💔
bye, bye Western cinema 💔
December 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I probably keep it too light on social media (we can talk dystopian shop off-mic) and there are so many more pressing things to post about...but we DO all understand what the WB purchase means for our only culturally and politically important industry, right?
bye, bye Western cinema 💔
bye, bye Western cinema 💔
"very cool writer" posts their music taste and immediately loses half of the aura
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"very cool writer" posts their music taste and immediately loses half of the aura
ope, big bearded man season in swing AKA its cold and biology begs you to hit on the fat guy 🎅
December 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ope, big bearded man season in swing AKA its cold and biology begs you to hit on the fat guy 🎅
James Cameron for the Last 16 Years:
"If you don't like this furry shit, you can get the fuck out."
James Cameron as of Last Month:
"So, what would you think if I maybe never went back to Pandora?"
"If you don't like this furry shit, you can get the fuck out."
James Cameron as of Last Month:
"So, what would you think if I maybe never went back to Pandora?"
December 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
James Cameron for the Last 16 Years:
"If you don't like this furry shit, you can get the fuck out."
James Cameron as of Last Month:
"So, what would you think if I maybe never went back to Pandora?"
"If you don't like this furry shit, you can get the fuck out."
James Cameron as of Last Month:
"So, what would you think if I maybe never went back to Pandora?"
always watching
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
always watching
read some good fiction in memory of Daniel Woodrell today
hometown hero, an incredible talent, and the writer I looked up to most
hometown hero, an incredible talent, and the writer I looked up to most
November 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
read some good fiction in memory of Daniel Woodrell today
hometown hero, an incredible talent, and the writer I looked up to most
hometown hero, an incredible talent, and the writer I looked up to most
when I tell folks I get paid to write, I think it's important to include that I also have to work full-time at a grocery store for health insurance
'Merican artists need to stop fibbing when it comes to the harsh reality of this world, even if it makes you sound less cool
'Merican artists need to stop fibbing when it comes to the harsh reality of this world, even if it makes you sound less cool
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
when I tell folks I get paid to write, I think it's important to include that I also have to work full-time at a grocery store for health insurance
'Merican artists need to stop fibbing when it comes to the harsh reality of this world, even if it makes you sound less cool
'Merican artists need to stop fibbing when it comes to the harsh reality of this world, even if it makes you sound less cool
if anyone over 25 refers to themselves as a punk, you should stop talking to them
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
if anyone over 25 refers to themselves as a punk, you should stop talking to them
listening to positive FRANKENSTEIN takes from normally rational friends and lovers
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
listening to positive FRANKENSTEIN takes from normally rational friends and lovers
dawg, I could not have asked for a more personally affecting review lmao bless @southwestreview.bsky.social and the incredible Andy fuckin Davidson
“Wondrously weird and utterly familiar and of a world that’s doomed.” 🕳️
RELEASE THE HORSE, Matthew Mitchell’s debut horror collection, is out now via @filthyloot.bsky.social
Only fitting to have our fave horror king Andy Davidson review the goodz 🖤
southwestreview.com/if-you-care-...
RELEASE THE HORSE, Matthew Mitchell’s debut horror collection, is out now via @filthyloot.bsky.social
Only fitting to have our fave horror king Andy Davidson review the goodz 🖤
southwestreview.com/if-you-care-...
If You Care to Go, I Will Follow
By Andy Davidson
southwestreview.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
dawg, I could not have asked for a more personally affecting review lmao bless @southwestreview.bsky.social and the incredible Andy fuckin Davidson
"I’ll see y’all there and we can sing together and shake our heads over all the meanness in the used-to-be."
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"I’ll see y’all there and we can sing together and shake our heads over all the meanness in the used-to-be."
this might look like a blursed senior photo, but it's really just the demeanor of a man who is always happy to get high in the forest beside some fallen structures
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
this might look like a blursed senior photo, but it's really just the demeanor of a man who is always happy to get high in the forest beside some fallen structures
there's always one guy that incessantly talks to you about becoming a writer, and he will never read your book
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
there's always one guy that incessantly talks to you about becoming a writer, and he will never read your book
it's going to get harder for creatives to survive, so when you're fighting, remember this: we cannot let rich kids make all the art
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
it's going to get harder for creatives to survive, so when you're fighting, remember this: we cannot let rich kids make all the art
can someone explain why the dems used their illuminati powered weather control to make third summer?
goddamn libs will stop at nothing smdh
goddamn libs will stop at nothing smdh
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
can someone explain why the dems used their illuminati powered weather control to make third summer?
goddamn libs will stop at nothing smdh
goddamn libs will stop at nothing smdh
starting a new non-fic writing gig this week! once I get through the research jitters, it'll be real swell to flex some more of my *useless* pop-media knowledge
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
starting a new non-fic writing gig this week! once I get through the research jitters, it'll be real swell to flex some more of my *useless* pop-media knowledge
there's a beautiful neo-folk track on the latest AFI record, and it might be my new favorite AFI song because I love guilt-free neo-folk
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
there's a beautiful neo-folk track on the latest AFI record, and it might be my new favorite AFI song because I love guilt-free neo-folk
drugs, weird guitars, illuminati, Dune references, and Cher; who could say no?
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
drugs, weird guitars, illuminati, Dune references, and Cher; who could say no?