C. Matthew Smith
@cmattwrite.bsky.social
Old with wandering. Probably sore from it, too. Author of TWENTYMILE (“taut, page-turning”—Atlanta Journal-Constitution). THE ONES IN THE CORNER forthcoming from Winding Road Stories. www.cmattsmithwrites.com.
“Drunk men frightened her. Coiled just below a surface of good humor lay their strength and their meanness, two guns waiting to go off.”
January 21, 2026 at 3:22 AM
“Drunk men frightened her. Coiled just below a surface of good humor lay their strength and their meanness, two guns waiting to go off.”
Can someone please tell the subtitlers that in Georgia it’s spelled “Dawgs”?
January 14, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Can someone please tell the subtitlers that in Georgia it’s spelled “Dawgs”?
I don’t care what she’s telling me not to do, one look at Sheriff Bilal and I know she’s right. I don’t want that smoke.
January 12, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I don’t care what she’s telling me not to do, one look at Sheriff Bilal and I know she’s right. I don’t want that smoke.
“You think you love her, but I love her different. I always have… I love them all differently than you do. I love them with blood.”
January 8, 2026 at 2:04 PM
“You think you love her, but I love her different. I always have… I love them all differently than you do. I love them with blood.”
I’m 1/3 of the way through this one and good god, if it isn’t one of the best novels I’ve started in a long while. So finely written, such full characters. One thing @keithrosson.bsky.social understands deeply: it doesn’t matter what horrors befall a character if you don’t first care about them.
January 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I’m 1/3 of the way through this one and good god, if it isn’t one of the best novels I’ve started in a long while. So finely written, such full characters. One thing @keithrosson.bsky.social understands deeply: it doesn’t matter what horrors befall a character if you don’t first care about them.
Fantasy football absolutely trolling me.
December 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Fantasy football absolutely trolling me.
Spectacular. Some filmmakers just have *it*. PTA is one of those.
December 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Spectacular. Some filmmakers just have *it*. PTA is one of those.
Our Christmas Eve tradition.
December 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Our Christmas Eve tradition.
Thomas Pynchon-ass fake name.
December 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Thomas Pynchon-ass fake name.
This motherfucker knew for sure.
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This motherfucker knew for sure.
New pen name just dropped. On the nose, maybe, but I was never one for subtlety.
December 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
New pen name just dropped. On the nose, maybe, but I was never one for subtlety.
“White folks went insane after the Old Man done his bit. They was scared out of their minds. I reckon in some fashion they ain’t been the same since.”
December 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“White folks went insane after the Old Man done his bit. They was scared out of their minds. I reckon in some fashion they ain’t been the same since.”
Great news, guys, guess who came back from the dead and emailed me about my writing! May use as a blurb on the next novel.
December 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Great news, guys, guess who came back from the dead and emailed me about my writing! May use as a blurb on the next novel.
You say the right words and this thing unleashes demons or traps your soul or some shit.
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
You say the right words and this thing unleashes demons or traps your soul or some shit.
Finally was able to watch this tonight. As a devotee of Denis Johnson’s novella, it’d be easy to quibble with some of the alterations in the script. But in the end, I really only take issue with one. This is a gorgeously shot, incredibly well acted film about the epic in the ordinary. Well done.
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Finally was able to watch this tonight. As a devotee of Denis Johnson’s novella, it’d be easy to quibble with some of the alterations in the script. But in the end, I really only take issue with one. This is a gorgeously shot, incredibly well acted film about the epic in the ordinary. Well done.
Me and my buddies exploring horror.
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Me and my buddies exploring horror.
“Them fellas was dangerous, but for the simple reason they had a cause. Ain’t no worse thing in the world than fronting up against one of those, for a man with a cause, right or wrong, has got plenty to prove and will make you suck sorrow if you get in the way of him wrongly.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“Them fellas was dangerous, but for the simple reason they had a cause. Ain’t no worse thing in the world than fronting up against one of those, for a man with a cause, right or wrong, has got plenty to prove and will make you suck sorrow if you get in the way of him wrongly.”
When the producers are really scared of the dancers being detained, you workshop a new tagline.
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
When the producers are really scared of the dancers being detained, you workshop a new tagline.
“All your crying don't do no good.
Come on up to the house.
Come down off the cross, we can use the wood.
You gotta come on up to the house.”
Come on up to the house.
Come down off the cross, we can use the wood.
You gotta come on up to the house.”
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“All your crying don't do no good.
Come on up to the house.
Come down off the cross, we can use the wood.
You gotta come on up to the house.”
Come on up to the house.
Come down off the cross, we can use the wood.
You gotta come on up to the house.”