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David Corse @itsmedavidcorse.bsky.social · 1d

Coming this November!

Cerulean Sky is a story about absolution set in an America that’s been ravaged by a disease that turns people incorporeal.

It’s my love letter to The Stand!

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 3d

“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help,” man Ronald Reagan must have been the worst horror writer in history

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 3d

What kind of burger meat is the puck made of? I always thought it was beef but I’ve heard they switched to Impossible Pucks?

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 3d

My cat is having some health issues lately but she’s still willing to help me write (provided that I am writing about cats [which I am])

Tuxedo cat sitting on my lap looking very interested in something

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 4d

The real best use for a Time Machine is to go back and stop whoever owned your house before you from doing that DIY thing that’s gonna cause you giant headaches in thirty years

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 4d

Me: just made it through some unexpected expenses. Gonna spend this next month trying to save some money!

The thing about to go wrong with my house: Bet.

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 6d

Judas will be paid DLC for the next update

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 7d

Swifties and horror fans haven't been this excited together since sharing a hotel at Pittsburgh StokerCon 2023

Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 7d

HUGE NEWS DAY!

We have a new @egallagher.bsky.social SPLIT SCREAM cover to share!

(In lesser news, there's a new T-Swift album! And that is literally all the news.)

Anyway! SPLIT SCREAM: CURSED PLACES! Featuring novelettes from @sonorataylor.bsky.social & @matthewtpritt.bsky.social

April 2026🖤☠️

Cover art: the two illustrations feature a foreboding, wildly framed mirror and a human silhouette in the reflection; and two hands clutching a mysterious organic, vaguely heart-like mass; plus a blurb from M.Shaw.

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 8d

Is his argument that we…shouldn’t have playoffs?

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 8d

A good rule of thumb is just to read anything Alex writes

Alex Woodroe @alexwoodroe.com · 8d

"Horror sci-fi banger" is an incredibly generous interpretation of the genre chaos magic going on in this book that I am SO FREAKING EXCITED TO GET TO TELL YOU ABOUT oh my gosh this is gonna be so fun

Author of Whisperwood and editor-in-chief of Tenebrous Press Alex Woodroe's TATRATEA in which a lone researcher arrives at an ancient Romanian manor to investigate the source of a virus driving the world insane, but is quickly locked in and caught between local hyperactive flora, invasive cosmic forces, and her own ability to remain lucid, to Christoph Paul at CLASH for publication in fall 2026

Clash Fall 2026 Alex Woodroe (photo of the author wearing a tenebrous press shirt and wielding a mean rusty axe)

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 8d

Seeing a lot more AI-generated or narrated ads on YouTube, and i just gotta say, what a great way to make sure i have the most negative possible association with your product!

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 9d

You ever donate to an organization one time, and then they spend way more than the original donation on mailers trying to get you to donate again?

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 10d

Great work!

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 14d

3 fantasy leagues: One at work where you can side text w your colleagues about your boss’s awful trade proposals, one with your high school friends with a group chat where no one ever talks about their personal lives, one 14 team dynasty league that’s so deep you end up streaming Tyler Allgeier

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 15d

Does anyone have any good home remedies for treating the aching void inside the dark hearts of men

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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 16d

Trve Cvlt turns 1 today! If you asked me what my 30s would look like, I wouldn't have guessed it'd be this. Thank you @tenebrouspress.bsky.social Drums by yours truly. Guitars/vocals/production by @rynstonecowboy.bsky.social
I have the coolest friends and
I'm grateful for all of you 💀💜🤘

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 18d

I promise you, the only way I manipulated anything in this picture was lifting my hand to get my cat to look up. She placed the string in the heart shape and she placed herself beside it. I can only assume she’s saying she loves me.

Gray cat on red floor mat, sitting beside a beige string laid out in a heart shape.

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 19d

Turning Point USA is a political organization, not a religious one, and the fact that Christians can’t recognize that is why we’re in this situation to begin with.

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 22d

Quote with your GOTYs!

2025 so far: Clair Obsure: Expedition 33
2024: Black Myth: Wukong
2023: Lies of P
2022: Elden Ring
2021: Kena: Bridge of Spirits
2020: Ghost of Tsushima
2019: Sekiro
2018: Celeste
2017: Breath of the Wild
2016: Dark Souls 3
2015: Bloodborne
2014: Bravely Default

Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 22d

Quote with your GOTYs! Not sure I've got one for every year though.

2023: Baldur's Gate 3
2022: Dave the Diver
2021: Resident Evil: Village
2020: TIE - Omori / Ghost of Tsushima
2018: TIE: Red Dead Redemption 2 / Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass
2017: TIE: Horizon Zero Dawn / Night in the Woods

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 22d

Quote with your GOTYs!
2024: Balatro
2023: Tears of the Kingdom
2022: Elden Ring
2021: Tie: Returnal/Grime/Inscryption
2020: Spelunky 2
2019: Outer Wilds
2018: Tie: Celeste/Return of the Obra Dinn
2017: Hollow Knight
2016: Tie: Hyper Light Drifter/Dark Souls 3/INSIDE
2015: Witcher 3

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 22d

why do you need espn, you're going to start all the wrong guys in your fantasy football lineup anyway. get weird instead

Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 22d

So the Disney/Hulu/ESPN bundle is $29.99/month.

For no reason at all, I'd like to point out that you can get our entire 2025 lineup, or all 4 issues of THE SKULL & LAUREL in eBook, for less than that.

No reason🖤☠️

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 25d

oh no i'll be at a cognitive disadvantage*, which is preferable to wearing the stupid things and being at a social disadvantage.

*(i don't expect i'll be at a cognitive disadvantage either, considering the mental atrophy people who rely on chatGPT suffer)

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David Corse @itsmedavidcorse.bsky.social · 28d

New banger just dropped!

But seriously, this is the most challenging story I’ve written.

TY to @mathildazeller.bsky.social for her thoughtful feedback

Horrific Scribblings @horrificscribs.bsky.social · 28d

NEW SCRIBE ALERT! @itsmedavidcorse.bsky.social joins HORRIFIC SCRIBES with his #horrorstory "All My Angry Selves," a #bizarre blend of #bodyhorror and #revenge... you might be horrified... you might cheer... you might be horrified that you're cheering.... Read for free: horrificscribblings.com

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 28d

it can't be a good thing that so many of us have seen actual videos of people dying. not just the most recent one, but that too. before i left twitter, several accounts got boosted that were just videos of people getting killed. without warning, pasted onto my feed. how can we not get desensitized?

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · 29d

As a culture, it is infinitely better to have a few people making great art than to have everybody making terrible art. The “democratization of art” as they like to present it lowers the ceiling for what we as a people can accomplish

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · Sep 10

Still trying to adjust my expectations. When I was a kid, the promise of future tech made life look so cool, and now all I see is "Tech startup raises $14B to make a robot that cuts your hands off and pets your dog with them."

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Matthew Pritt @matthewtpritt.bsky.social · Sep 9

my favorite music group lately released an album last week that kinda sucks. it happens, and i still love them, but it's also a good reminder for myself. i've written some cool things in the past. i've got some good stuff ahead of me. i've been slumping lately, but i've still got it in me somewhere.

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