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The Ernest P. Worrell of horror fiction. ...And Out Come the Toys coming back soon-ish! Co-host of Staring Into the Abyss. Listening to horror soundtracks, punk/ska. Possibly in Michigan (he/him) Hey, I have a website?! https://matt-brandenburg.com/

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · Apr 29

...And Out Come the Toys is out today!!!!
A blend of Willy Wonka, Saw, Five Nights at Freddy's, five punks explore an abandoned toy factory to discover the toys still want to play!
Order from here: linktr.ee/brandenburgdm
#booksky #horror #punk

Book cover, with the text ...And Out Come the Toys. A red and black centipede crawls around a man in a top hat holding a blue imp with an axe.

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 18h

It's a great week to go to the library (though every week is) and check out a banned book!! www.ala.org/bbooks

Two stickers and one bookmark. All three have the word censorship crossed out then is so 1984. Below that is Read for your rights!

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 18h

It's a great week to go to the library (though every week is) and check out a banned book!! www.ala.org/bbooks

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 20h

I've been thinking about this one for a bit. There's some fun folkloric stuff here in Michigan that I really dig. But...I think I prefer the made up, invented kind. Something about an author putting their fears or feelings into their own thing feels more real and raw to me.
#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 20h

Listen to the Symposium’s finest vocalist, as their tenor bends the living into unnatural angles and swivels them into the air! Tell us, what ghosts do you prefer? Of the folkloric tradition, or those invented by authors? And why?
#HorrorWritersChat

Question Three

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

It is always a delight to see our violinists perform! How the living bend their splintering bones as they float above us all! Tell us, our ghostly compatriots – which of us are better? Of the folkloric kind? Or invented by our shadowy creators?

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 20h

Yes to this!!!!

Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 20h

Hmm, I think I really like more modern haunts. We've seen plenty of gothic manors. Give me malls, office buildings, department stores. And, probably, my top choice: amusement parks! I love seeing something usually full of happiness and joy converted to creepiness and fear!
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 21h

Now, let us begin! Let the flutes bleat and the trumps blare, snatching all the souls of the living away! What are your favourite haunts? Mausoleums? Lavish estates? What secrets do their wraiths protect within?
#HorrorWritersChat

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

Question Two

Ah, the performance has begun! Behold the souls of the living darting into the flutes and trumpets! Now, as you sip your ectoplasmic wine, tell us – what are your favourite locations for ghosts? And why?

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 21h

Hi all!! I write goofy cartoon horror from the arcade in the corner of that dying mall you used to go to when you were a teen. I think my wraithful visage for tonight would probably be that Green Goblin truck from Maximum Overdrive, or maybe that brain thing from Psycho Goreman.
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 21h

Be welcomed to the ethereal music hall! A stringed aperitif is in order… do tell the Symposium what do you write, from where… and what IS, indeed, your wraithful visage for tonight?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 22h

Holy crap, this is amazing!!!!! I need to look him up!!

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Zac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so damn proud of this series. I really think it occupies a unique space on the shelf. I hope now that it’s all collected more folks give it a shot.

My mean mug holding a copy of INTO THE UNBEING PART TWO.

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 1d

Bookshop.org is having a free shipping sale! Now's an amazing time to pick up ...And Out Come the Toys and visit a creepy toy factory full of weird little things with a group of punk kids!
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...And Out Come the Toys

Check out ...And Out Come the Toys - <p></p><p>Every child wants to win a tour of the Challis Toy Factory. That is, until the lucky five go missing, the factory shuts down, and Challis goes into hidin...

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 1d

Some new stickers showed up on the table today!!! Check out @skatunenetwork.bsky.social if you want to order some!!!

Two stickers on a wood table. Top one says Skatune Network in pride colors. The other says Ska Against Transphobia, with people dancing below it.

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 1d

Perfect!!! Then, I'm in!!!

Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 1d

This was such a rad series!!! Highly recommend checking it out

Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 1d

Into the Unbeing Volume 2 is available now! Details: https://bit.ly/3TTwFZq

Picking up right after Part One, Edwin Hall leads a group of explorers into the sweltering jungles of Brazil in search of a fabled leviathan...

By @zacthompson.bsky.social, @cleanlined.bsky.social, Jim Campbell

Cover of Into the Unbeing Volume 2, illustrated by Hayden Sherman

Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 1d

Can I bring pizza?

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Chris Panatier @scribeofhades.bsky.social · 2d

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: DAYTIDE

“Black metal Wizard of Oz”

RAPTURE PUBLISHING 2/26/26

Limited to 350 deluxe, hardcover, illustrated (by me) editions.

Order now before they’re gone.

www.rapturepublishing.com/product/dayt...

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 3d

Seeing signs like this around Kalamazoo makes me happy and proud. Fuck ICE

Sign on window. Features a butterfly. Text: No Kings. No Ice. No Fear. Immigrants Are Welcome Here.

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Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social · 3d

Entry 05

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 3d

Seeing signs like this around Kalamazoo makes me happy and proud. Fuck ICE

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 4d

Name: Matt
Current read: It's Always Halloween Here
Last show: Peacemaker
Last Film: Weapons
Fav book this year: Leech by Hiron Ennes
Fav watch this year: Hundreds of Beavers

Something scary:

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 6d

You know that Family Guy scene with Stephen King talking about a scary lamp....

https://kolektiva.social/@noescape_vg 🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @noescapevg.com · 7d

Then what the fuck is the point of you

Important: The Horror Zine does NOT accept any material that contains adult or sexually explicit content; abuse or harming of women or children; any rape scenes; serial killers; slasher; gore for gore's sake, or splatter punk. We do NOT accept any religious or political themes. We do NOT accept any submissions written in Olde English, Victorian, or 19th Century styles. We do NOT accept any submissions told in a diary or letter or journal format, written in numbered chapters, told as memories, or told entirely as dialogue (someone recounting past events). We do NOT accept any submissions created with the use of, or any assistance form, Artificial Intelligence (AI). We do NOT accept fan fiction.

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 6d

What an absolutely amazing review of ...And Out Come the Toys!!! It made me so happy to read it!! Also, it was a ton of fun coming up with death scenes in a toy factory, so it's pretty awesome to see it sticking with people.

#booksky

...And Out Come the Toys is an absolute blast. It has great pacing, and there are gruesome scenes that actually shocked me. I knew there would be death but I didn't expect them to be so brutal. I loved how creative the deaths were and loved that the narration doesn't flinch. You get details, I promise. Typically, it's easy to watch characters get tortured because there is no reason to care. In this story, you do actually learn about the characters and they really are just a group of friends trying to have one last hurrah before being separated by life. There was genuine dread when I read this book because I did care for these kids.

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 6d

I love this album so much!!! It's just so much fun!!!!

Sean Killer @theseankeller.bsky.social · 6d

Who wants a free download code for my first KILLER SOUNDS OF HALLOWEEN? I’m giving away 10 of em today!

seankeller2.bandcamp.com/album/the-ki...

The Killer Sounds of Halloween, by Sean Keller & Friends

18 track album

seankeller2.bandcamp.com

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 6d

Pick up the book here: linktr.ee/brandenburgdm

Or DM me for a signed copy!

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 6d

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JER (They/Them) @skatunenetwork.bsky.social · 7d

Hi yall
Full transparency, I talk about how I don’t tour internationally cause of all the cost of touring
Even when most of our cost are covered, unexpected shit like our plane detouring 12 hours to SFO makes us have to rebook trains and lodging
We threw shirts up, help if you can

JER giving a thumbs up on a mirror selfie wearing a mask. You can see the 30 hours of no sleep in their eyes

Picture of the tv screen on the plane. The flight map shows the plane flying from Chicago, turning around over Alaska, and going to San Francisco

Screen shot of the tune it out shirt on the skatune stor

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Mega Infinity @megainfinity.band · 6d

Our newest music video is premiering now at PunkNews
li.sten.to/mihc

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