Matt Tighe
@mktighewrites.bsky.social
Aurealis and Australian Shadows Awards Winner. Ditmar finalist. AHWA, SFWA. Tired, but trying to be kind. (he/him) https://matttighe.weebly.com/
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Matt Tighe
@mktighewrites.bsky.social
· Oct 15
A great review of my debut collection from @runalongwomble.bsky.social
Available now at books2read.com/drowninginth...
Available now at books2read.com/drowninginth...
Reposted by Matt Tighe
I'm a big fan of Alan's writing, but the Gulp trilogy is perhaps my favourite
"We hear the warnings. We read the reviews. We know this place swallows people. And yet, with Baxter as our guide, we can’t resist stepping out of the truck and into the dark, welcoming streets."
"We hear the warnings. We read the reviews. We know this place swallows people. And yet, with Baxter as our guide, we can’t resist stepping out of the truck and into the dark, welcoming streets."
I just posted a new video where I read the opening of each novella in THE RISE. Please help me spread the word, good friends. Out on Friday 13th!
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
youtu.be/42m5CC7ojOk
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
youtu.be/42m5CC7ojOk
Reading the opening of each story in The Rise
YouTube video by Alan Baxter
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I'm a big fan of Alan's writing, but the Gulp trilogy is perhaps my favourite
"We hear the warnings. We read the reviews. We know this place swallows people. And yet, with Baxter as our guide, we can’t resist stepping out of the truck and into the dark, welcoming streets."
"We hear the warnings. We read the reviews. We know this place swallows people. And yet, with Baxter as our guide, we can’t resist stepping out of the truck and into the dark, welcoming streets."
Reposted by Matt Tighe
Reviewed A.G. Slatter’s ‘A Forest, Darkly.’ A dark, atmospheric witch tale with a standout older heroine. More than just a fantasy, it’s about found family and survival.
#AGSlatter #DarkFantasy #BookReview
@angelaslatter.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social
gnofhorror.com/a-forest-dar...
#AGSlatter #DarkFantasy #BookReview
@angelaslatter.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social
gnofhorror.com/a-forest-dar...
A Forest Darkly By A.G. Slatter: A Witch's Story For Grown-Ups - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
Read our review of A.G. Slatter's A Forest, Darkly. We analyze the dark fantasy novel's strengths, writing style, and its impact on the genre. Is it a must-read? Find out.
gnofhorror.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Reviewed A.G. Slatter’s ‘A Forest, Darkly.’ A dark, atmospheric witch tale with a standout older heroine. More than just a fantasy, it’s about found family and survival.
#AGSlatter #DarkFantasy #BookReview
@angelaslatter.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social
gnofhorror.com/a-forest-dar...
#AGSlatter #DarkFantasy #BookReview
@angelaslatter.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social
gnofhorror.com/a-forest-dar...
I don't often write stuff about writing. But I wrote something about writing. And awards and how often my eventually recognised stories got rejected.
matttighe.weebly.com/thoughts/do-...
matttighe.weebly.com/thoughts/do-...
Do rejected stories dream of award recognition?
Lots of writers like to say stuff about writing, and almost all of them have stuff to say about publishing. We all know the landscape of short fiction (yeah, I'm not touching manuscript length...
matttighe.weebly.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:03 AM
I don't often write stuff about writing. But I wrote something about writing. And awards and how often my eventually recognised stories got rejected.
matttighe.weebly.com/thoughts/do-...
matttighe.weebly.com/thoughts/do-...
Reposted by Matt Tighe
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "Branches" is a short story by @mktighewrites.bsky.social about how sometimes every path you take can lead to loss. Read this one for its bittersweet multiverse and the impossibility of letting go.
havenspec.com/fiction/bran...
ICYMI, "Branches" is a short story by @mktighewrites.bsky.social about how sometimes every path you take can lead to loss. Read this one for its bittersweet multiverse and the impossibility of letting go.
havenspec.com/fiction/bran...
Branches, Haven Spec Magazine
"Branches" by Matt Tighe
havenspec.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "Branches" is a short story by @mktighewrites.bsky.social about how sometimes every path you take can lead to loss. Read this one for its bittersweet multiverse and the impossibility of letting go.
havenspec.com/fiction/bran...
ICYMI, "Branches" is a short story by @mktighewrites.bsky.social about how sometimes every path you take can lead to loss. Read this one for its bittersweet multiverse and the impossibility of letting go.
havenspec.com/fiction/bran...
Reposted by Matt Tighe
@coreyjwhite.com and @thedescenters.bsky.social write amazing stuff! Check some of it out if you haven’t
February 3, 2026 at 4:48 AM
@coreyjwhite.com and @thedescenters.bsky.social write amazing stuff! Check some of it out if you haven’t
I'm a finalist for Australia's Aurealis Awards - x3! Best Fantasy Story for 'Jericho and the Cursed Forest', best collection for 'Drowning in the Dark and Other Stories' from @ifwgpublishing.bsky.social, and Best Young Adult Story - 'As Brittle As Granite' from @castofwonders.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I'm a finalist for Australia's Aurealis Awards - x3! Best Fantasy Story for 'Jericho and the Cursed Forest', best collection for 'Drowning in the Dark and Other Stories' from @ifwgpublishing.bsky.social, and Best Young Adult Story - 'As Brittle As Granite' from @castofwonders.org
My short story 'As Brittle As Granite' published by @castofwonders.org is a finalist for Australia's Aurealis Awards for Best Young Adult Story
aurealisawards.org
Thanks to the amazing staff at the podcast, editorial, production, narration! Proud to be published by them
aurealisawards.org
Thanks to the amazing staff at the podcast, editorial, production, narration! Proud to be published by them
Aurealis Awards
Australia's premier speculative fiction awards
aurealisawards.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:10 AM
My short story 'As Brittle As Granite' published by @castofwonders.org is a finalist for Australia's Aurealis Awards for Best Young Adult Story
aurealisawards.org
Thanks to the amazing staff at the podcast, editorial, production, narration! Proud to be published by them
aurealisawards.org
Thanks to the amazing staff at the podcast, editorial, production, narration! Proud to be published by them
Very happy to have this coming out, and in such great company! This Haven Spec issue goes hard
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
"Branches" is a short story by @mktighewrites.bsky.social about how sometimes every path you take can lead to loss. Read this one for its bittersweet multiverse and the impossibility of letting go.
Subscribers can read it now!
"Branches" is a short story by @mktighewrites.bsky.social about how sometimes every path you take can lead to loss. Read this one for its bittersweet multiverse and the impossibility of letting go.
Subscribers can read it now!
January 30, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Very happy to have this coming out, and in such great company! This Haven Spec issue goes hard
I finally got to this intriguing sounding story by @emlinden.bsky.social and it was beautiful!
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
DP FICTION #131B: “The Book of Fading Gods” by E.M. Linden – Diabolical Plots
www.diabolicalplots.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:24 AM
I finally got to this intriguing sounding story by @emlinden.bsky.social and it was beautiful!
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
Nice! Everything @atgreenblatt.bsky.social does is gold (as is @uncannymagazine.bsky.social)
New Uncanny Magazine Podcast 68A features “The Doorkeepers” by A. T. Greenblatt, as read by Matt Peters; “No Kings / No Soldiers” by A. M. Tuomala, as read by Matt Peters; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing A. T. Greenblatt! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unca...
January 6, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Nice! Everything @atgreenblatt.bsky.social does is gold (as is @uncannymagazine.bsky.social)
I’ve just discovered the HMRC books by @junodawson.bsky.social. Amazing stuff! So well done
December 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I’ve just discovered the HMRC books by @junodawson.bsky.social. Amazing stuff! So well done
Today my daughter finished breakfast and asked for some ‘walking around bacon’. She might be a genius
December 21, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Today my daughter finished breakfast and asked for some ‘walking around bacon’. She might be a genius
Imagine these scenarios for the hard-to-gift-for person in your life:
1. You buy them my book. They have no idea who I am. Unique gift!
2. You buy them my book. They know who I am. They are intrigued.
3. You don't buy them my book. They still have no present.
books2read.com/drowninginth...
1. You buy them my book. They have no idea who I am. Unique gift!
2. You buy them my book. They know who I am. They are intrigued.
3. You don't buy them my book. They still have no present.
books2read.com/drowninginth...
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Drowning in the Dark and Other Stories by Matt Tighe
books2read.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Imagine these scenarios for the hard-to-gift-for person in your life:
1. You buy them my book. They have no idea who I am. Unique gift!
2. You buy them my book. They know who I am. They are intrigued.
3. You don't buy them my book. They still have no present.
books2read.com/drowninginth...
1. You buy them my book. They have no idea who I am. Unique gift!
2. You buy them my book. They know who I am. They are intrigued.
3. You don't buy them my book. They still have no present.
books2read.com/drowninginth...
I don't mind if I get visited by three ghosts this Christmas eve, but I hope it is all wrapped up by 9 pm.
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I don't mind if I get visited by three ghosts this Christmas eve, but I hope it is all wrapped up by 9 pm.
Ooooo I wonder how much the dead rats in my roof are worth?
Superman edition found in mum's attic is most valuable comic ever at $9.12m
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a new record after Man of Steel comic found in a California home is auctioned.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Ooooo I wonder how much the dead rats in my roof are worth?
My debut collection includes stories that have garnered 13 awards and shortlistings as well as new stuff. @leemurraywriter.bsky.social said lovely things about it and it’s out now - order here!
books2read.com/drowninginth...
books2read.com/drowninginth...
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
My debut collection includes stories that have garnered 13 awards and shortlistings as well as new stuff. @leemurraywriter.bsky.social said lovely things about it and it’s out now - order here!
books2read.com/drowninginth...
books2read.com/drowninginth...
This is going to be great! If you haven’t read the first two volumes they are amazing
THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3 is coming in February 2026, so it's a great time to catch up on vol 1 and 2.
Signed paperbacks of THE GULP and THE FALL, sent anywhere in Australia, only $50 shipping inc.
alanbaxter.com.au?add-to-cart=...
Only in Aus, I'm afraid. And please do spread the word.
Signed paperbacks of THE GULP and THE FALL, sent anywhere in Australia, only $50 shipping inc.
alanbaxter.com.au?add-to-cart=...
Only in Aus, I'm afraid. And please do spread the word.
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This is going to be great! If you haven’t read the first two volumes they are amazing
A great review of my debut collection from @runalongwomble.bsky.social
Available now at books2read.com/drowninginth...
Available now at books2read.com/drowninginth...
October 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
A great review of my debut collection from @runalongwomble.bsky.social
Available now at books2read.com/drowninginth...
Available now at books2read.com/drowninginth...
Which episode of Thomas the Tank Engine is this?
October 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Which episode of Thomas the Tank Engine is this?
Released today and all physical copies sold out at Conflux Canberra!
You can order here
books2read.com/drowninginth...
#Conflux #horror
You can order here
books2read.com/drowninginth...
#Conflux #horror
October 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Released today and all physical copies sold out at Conflux Canberra!
You can order here
books2read.com/drowninginth...
#Conflux #horror
You can order here
books2read.com/drowninginth...
#Conflux #horror
When I see stuff Marissa has done I get excited, and I’m not known for being excited. You should read this, whoever you are
So...guess what I've been doing?
It's the story of an ex-harpy, her harpy ex-girlfriend, and some extremely opinionated weaponry. Pastries! Operettas! Complicated friendships! Coming soon to a page or e-reader near you!
It's the story of an ex-harpy, her harpy ex-girlfriend, and some extremely opinionated weaponry. Pastries! Operettas! Complicated friendships! Coming soon to a page or e-reader near you!
We are so thrilled to announce another book coming from us next year: A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social! We were delighted by the unusual characters and we think you’re going to love them!
September 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
When I see stuff Marissa has done I get excited, and I’m not known for being excited. You should read this, whoever you are
Not for any reason but my favourite short story of the last several years has been 'The Difference between Love and Time' in the antho 'Someone in Time'. Masterpiece of heart and love. Thank you @catvalente.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Not for any reason but my favourite short story of the last several years has been 'The Difference between Love and Time' in the antho 'Someone in Time'. Masterpiece of heart and love. Thank you @catvalente.bsky.social
New story day! Wonderful art by Jacey
This was not going to be easy. He just needed to clear the house and move on. But his mother’s robot wasn’t helping. And there was something else. Something missing. If only he knew what it was, he might know where to look.
#scifi by @mktighewrites.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#scifi by @mktighewrites.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Maintenance
A difficult thing to fix.
www.nature.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
New story day! Wonderful art by Jacey
Reposted by Matt Tighe
“But then something happened that the ring did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable: a shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith, Director of sales, American Light & Fixture.” ✨🎨
September 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“But then something happened that the ring did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable: a shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith, Director of sales, American Light & Fixture.” ✨🎨