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Matt Ruff @bymattruff.bsky.social · 8d

I'll be at the University of Chicago on Friday, Oct. 10 as part of the @americanwritersmuseum.org American Prophets series, talking about "Horror Writing & Religion" with Tananarive Due and Juan Martinez.

Details/tickets here: tinyurl.com/bdh6zhtd

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American Writers Museum @americanwritersmuseum.org · 1d

Join us this Friday, Oct. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the University of Chicago as we talk horror writing and religion with @bymattruff.bsky.social, author of LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, alongside Tananarive Due and Juan Martinez. Free to students!

Register here: bit.ly/46EnYIF

Horror Writing and Religion - An American Prophets Program

Leading writers of horror and suspense—Tananarive Due, Matt Ruff, & Juan Martinez—discuss the role of religion in their work and the genre.

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Matt Ruff @bymattruff.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, I loved the idea -- beware the demon sheep! -- but felt like there had to be a better way to do it.

Also felt like Mom Scientist would/should have told the other kids about Nibs' memory wipe and warned them not to tell her (though of course Slightly or Smee would blab).

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Matt Ruff @bymattruff.bsky.social · 5d

(I would like to have seen a flashback arc showing how Cavalier evolved into a Mad King. Even if he was born a batshit crazy narcissist, he had to have been better at hiding it -- and cleverer than the other batshit crazy narcissists -- in order to reach this level of power.)

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Matt Ruff @bymattruff.bsky.social · 5d

Sending the $6 billion dollar kids to check out the spaceship crash is also pretty dumb, but it works because Boy "Not Elon Musk" Cavalier is established right away as an impulsive risk taker who no one can say no to.

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Matt Ruff @bymattruff.bsky.social · 5d

The high water mark is around eps. 5 & 6, but an early example is in ep. 1 where they realize Wendy can use her network link to remotely hack the company computers, and it somehow doesn't occur to them that this is a huge security flaw that needs to be fixed ASAP.

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Matt Ruff @bymattruff.bsky.social · 6d

Finished watching Alien: Earth and really enjoyed it. I'd describe it as the rare example of an idiot plot that (mostly) works, and at some point when I've got time I'll try to unpack that in an essay.

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Matt Ruff @bymattruff.bsky.social · 6d

Same pun occurred to me right after I posted, lol.

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Matt Ruff @bymattruff.bsky.social · 6d

When you've been watching Alien: Earth and find yourself staring at the sourdough containment.

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Matt Ruff @bymattruff.bsky.social · 8d

I'll be at the University of Chicago on Friday, Oct. 10 as part of the @americanwritersmuseum.org American Prophets series, talking about "Horror Writing & Religion" with Tananarive Due and Juan Martinez.

Details/tickets here: tinyurl.com/bdh6zhtd

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Horror DNA @horrordna.bsky.social · 10d

#Kindle #deals! Nothing over $2.99 w/ works by @riverssolomon.bsky.social, @legroff.bsky.social, @paultremblay.bsky.social, @kevinblucia.bsky.social, @caitlinstarling.com, @brianmcwriter.bsky.social, @tananarivedue.bsky.social, @bymattruff.bsky.social & more! #booksky #ad #bookdeal

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Cover for Rivers Solomon's AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS. There's a drawing of a Black person's face staring sternly at you. Her skin is all but translucent, and you can see the stars of the universe through it.

Cover for Lauren Groff's THE MONSTERS OF TEMPLETON. It's a simple but interesting cover in that the title and author's name are in white and take up the front, but the background image appears to be reptilian scales.

Cover for Paul Tremblay's THE BEAST YOU ARE. It's all in red, featuring a wolf with yellow eyes coming in from a left to bite a cow's ear. The cow also has yellow eyes. It could be a buffalo. It looks like one of those woodcuts from way back in the day.

Cover for Kevin Lucia's CARETAKER OF THE DEAD. There's a black crow (or raven; I don't know. I'm just a bird lawyer not an ornithologist.) perched atop a old timey lantern.

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Lisa Gold: Research Maven @lisagold.bsky.social · 12d

Today the ebooks of four of Matt Ruff's novels are on sale in the U.S.:
-- LOVECRAFT COUNTRY is $1.99
-- BAD MONKEYS is $1.99
-- 88 NAMES is $1.99
-- SEWER, GAS & ELECTRIC is $2.99

You can read about all of his novels on his website: bymattruff.com

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Horror DNA @horrordna.bsky.social · 24d

#Kindle deals! Nothing over $2.99 w/ works by @stephenking.bsky.social, @tananarivedue.bsky.social, @bobford.bsky.social, @natcassidy.bsky.social, @joerlansdale.bsky.social, @rebelsam94.bsky.social, @bymattruff.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, & more! #bookdeal #ad

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Cover for Robert Ford's BURNER. A woman's face is smack dab in the middle of the cover, the orange and red lighting behind her makes her appear on fire. Much of her face is covered by her out-of-control hair.

Cover for Stephen King's DOCTOR SLEEP. There's a woman bathed in red and wearing a black top hat looking at you from the center of the cover.

Cover for Nat Cassidy's WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME. A gray wolf is barring its teeth at your from outside a window. DON'T LET IT IN.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24d

Alan Ball sent a postcard to his family during the summer of 1953. Last week, it arrived at his home in Idaho. “It has mostly brought a chuckle to me because, you know, who gets their mail returned after 72 years?”

Postcard Sent From the U.N. Is Returned to Sender After 72 Years

Alan Ball sent the postcard to his family during the summer of 1953. Last week, it arrived at his home in Idaho.

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy @phoebebovy.bsky.social · 25d

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Labubu Feminism and Other Forms of Violence

Kat and Phoebe try to figure out what a Labubu is.

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captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · Sep 13

okay okay OKAY i’ll rank all the Shakespeare plays

1. Nice Night For Fucking
2. The Parallax View
3. Comedy Central Roast of Queen Elizabeth I
4. Romeo and Juliet and Ted and Alice
5. Untitled Richard Burbage Project

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Matt Ruff @bymattruff.bsky.social · 27d

My good friend @nisishawl.bsky.social, the author of Everfair and Kinning, is having a fundraiser for a book she literally dreamed into existence. You can check out the details here:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...

Screen shot of the GoFundMe page for Nisi Shawl's Five Petals of Thought fundraiser.

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Matt Ruff @bymattruff.bsky.social · 27d

My good friend @nisishawl.bsky.social, the author of Everfair and Kinning, is having a fundraiser for a book she literally dreamed into existence. You can check out the details here:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...