Mark Matthews
@markmatthews.bsky.social
Author of Milk-Blood, All Smoke Rises
Editor of Orphans of Bliss, Lullabies for Suffering, Garden of Fiends.
Shirley Jackson Award Finalist
Recent Releases: Kali's Web & To Those Willing To Drown
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Editor of Orphans of Bliss, Lullabies for Suffering, Garden of Fiends.
Shirley Jackson Award Finalist
Recent Releases: Kali's Web & To Those Willing To Drown
linktr.ee/MarkMatthews
"The one pink ribbon that holds me together."
January 29, 2026 at 12:22 PM
"The one pink ribbon that holds me together."
post a perfect album from the '90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
I listened to The Verve "Urban Hymns" on repeat for weeks on end, and still go back and revisit and it hits just as hard.
I listened to The Verve "Urban Hymns" on repeat for weeks on end, and still go back and revisit and it hits just as hard.
December 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
post a perfect album from the '90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
I listened to The Verve "Urban Hymns" on repeat for weeks on end, and still go back and revisit and it hits just as hard.
I listened to The Verve "Urban Hymns" on repeat for weeks on end, and still go back and revisit and it hits just as hard.
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Merry Christmas!
My novella, KALI'S WEB, from @crystallake.bsky.social / Torrid Waters, is on sale for 0.99¢ this week!
Imagine if Cronenberg remade Trainspotting with characters from Les Miserables after reading Charlotte's Web to his daughter—KALI'S WEB
*Check it out:⬇️
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#booksky
Imagine if Cronenberg remade Trainspotting with characters from Les Miserables after reading Charlotte's Web to his daughter—KALI'S WEB
*Check it out:⬇️
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#booksky
December 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My novella, KALI'S WEB, from @crystallake.bsky.social / Torrid Waters, is on sale for 0.99¢ this week!
Imagine if Cronenberg remade Trainspotting with characters from Les Miserables after reading Charlotte's Web to his daughter—KALI'S WEB
*Check it out:⬇️
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
#booksky
Imagine if Cronenberg remade Trainspotting with characters from Les Miserables after reading Charlotte's Web to his daughter—KALI'S WEB
*Check it out:⬇️
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#booksky
Check it out! Big November blowout!
All these paperbacks are just $9.99 on Amazon
*TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN
*THE HOBGOBLIN OF LITTLE MINDS
*GARDEN OF FIENDS
*LULLABIES FOR SUFFERING
*ORPHANS OF BLISS
Sale Ends 12/1/25
—> tinyurl.com/39bax68v
all works are also in #kindleUnlimited
#booksky
All these paperbacks are just $9.99 on Amazon
*TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN
*THE HOBGOBLIN OF LITTLE MINDS
*GARDEN OF FIENDS
*LULLABIES FOR SUFFERING
*ORPHANS OF BLISS
Sale Ends 12/1/25
—> tinyurl.com/39bax68v
all works are also in #kindleUnlimited
#booksky
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Check it out! Big November blowout!
All these paperbacks are just $9.99 on Amazon
*TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN
*THE HOBGOBLIN OF LITTLE MINDS
*GARDEN OF FIENDS
*LULLABIES FOR SUFFERING
*ORPHANS OF BLISS
Sale Ends 12/1/25
—> tinyurl.com/39bax68v
all works are also in #kindleUnlimited
#booksky
All these paperbacks are just $9.99 on Amazon
*TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN
*THE HOBGOBLIN OF LITTLE MINDS
*GARDEN OF FIENDS
*LULLABIES FOR SUFFERING
*ORPHANS OF BLISS
Sale Ends 12/1/25
—> tinyurl.com/39bax68v
all works are also in #kindleUnlimited
#booksky
Tattoo loading, first Friday in December
Branding my calf and taking this with me to the grave.
#Florence+theMachine
Branding my calf and taking this with me to the grave.
#Florence+theMachine
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Tattoo loading, first Friday in December
Branding my calf and taking this with me to the grave.
#Florence+theMachine
Branding my calf and taking this with me to the grave.
#Florence+theMachine
As seen on Bookbub, FREE until Thursday.
ON THE LIPS OF CHILDREN
—> www.amazon.com/LIPS-CHILDRE...
"One of the scariest novels I've read this year”
—The Horror News Network
"This is dark fiction at its visceral, chilling best"
—author Jan Kozlowski
ON THE LIPS OF CHILDREN
—> www.amazon.com/LIPS-CHILDRE...
"One of the scariest novels I've read this year”
—The Horror News Network
"This is dark fiction at its visceral, chilling best"
—author Jan Kozlowski
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
As seen on Bookbub, FREE until Thursday.
ON THE LIPS OF CHILDREN
—> www.amazon.com/LIPS-CHILDRE...
"One of the scariest novels I've read this year”
—The Horror News Network
"This is dark fiction at its visceral, chilling best"
—author Jan Kozlowski
ON THE LIPS OF CHILDREN
—> www.amazon.com/LIPS-CHILDRE...
"One of the scariest novels I've read this year”
—The Horror News Network
"This is dark fiction at its visceral, chilling best"
—author Jan Kozlowski
In Twisted Spines, horror fiction connoisseur Jason Cavallaro listed BODY OF CHRIST as #10 in his top 13 ten favorite Halloween reads.
Check it out:
www.amazon.com/BODY-CHRIST-...
Check it out:
www.amazon.com/BODY-CHRIST-...
October 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In Twisted Spines, horror fiction connoisseur Jason Cavallaro listed BODY OF CHRIST as #10 in his top 13 ten favorite Halloween reads.
Check it out:
www.amazon.com/BODY-CHRIST-...
Check it out:
www.amazon.com/BODY-CHRIST-...
Boys and girls of every age, would you like to read something strange?
BODY of CHRIST is FREE for Kindle all week long.
www.amazon.com/BODY-CHRIST-...
Warning: this is a very freaky book. The kind you don't take home to mother (but it will never let your spirits down)
#booksky
BODY of CHRIST is FREE for Kindle all week long.
www.amazon.com/BODY-CHRIST-...
Warning: this is a very freaky book. The kind you don't take home to mother (but it will never let your spirits down)
#booksky
October 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Boys and girls of every age, would you like to read something strange?
BODY of CHRIST is FREE for Kindle all week long.
www.amazon.com/BODY-CHRIST-...
Warning: this is a very freaky book. The kind you don't take home to mother (but it will never let your spirits down)
#booksky
BODY of CHRIST is FREE for Kindle all week long.
www.amazon.com/BODY-CHRIST-...
Warning: this is a very freaky book. The kind you don't take home to mother (but it will never let your spirits down)
#booksky
Latest review of KALI'S WEB, from @crystallake.bsky.social / Torrid Waters.
Just $4.99, also available on #kindleunlimited ⬇️
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Just $4.99, also available on #kindleunlimited ⬇️
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
October 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Latest review of KALI'S WEB, from @crystallake.bsky.social / Torrid Waters.
Just $4.99, also available on #kindleunlimited ⬇️
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Just $4.99, also available on #kindleunlimited ⬇️
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Scenes from Salem, MA
October 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Scenes from Salem, MA
White Mountains, New Hampshire
October 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
White Mountains, New Hampshire
Check it out: Win one of Five paperback copies of KALI'S WEB from @crystallake.bsky.social
Last day to enter. Winners picked at Midnight
"Amazing" "Intense""Highly recommended"
Enter Here ⬇️
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Last day to enter. Winners picked at Midnight
"Amazing" "Intense""Highly recommended"
Enter Here ⬇️
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September 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Check it out: Win one of Five paperback copies of KALI'S WEB from @crystallake.bsky.social
Last day to enter. Winners picked at Midnight
"Amazing" "Intense""Highly recommended"
Enter Here ⬇️
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Last day to enter. Winners picked at Midnight
"Amazing" "Intense""Highly recommended"
Enter Here ⬇️
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Enter to win ONE of FIVE paperback copies.
Offer ends 9/30/25. Check it out↓
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Offer ends 9/30/25. Check it out↓
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September 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Enter to win ONE of FIVE paperback copies.
Offer ends 9/30/25. Check it out↓
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Offer ends 9/30/25. Check it out↓
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the lake speaks most honestly...
TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN
—a glance at Goodreads reviews
Novel is available in Kindle / Audiobook / Paperback
And #KindleUnlimited
—check it out↓
www.amazon.com/Those-Willin...
#Folkhorror #Booksky
TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN
—a glance at Goodreads reviews
Novel is available in Kindle / Audiobook / Paperback
And #KindleUnlimited
—check it out↓
www.amazon.com/Those-Willin...
#Folkhorror #Booksky
September 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
the lake speaks most honestly...
TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN
—a glance at Goodreads reviews
Novel is available in Kindle / Audiobook / Paperback
And #KindleUnlimited
—check it out↓
www.amazon.com/Those-Willin...
#Folkhorror #Booksky
TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN
—a glance at Goodreads reviews
Novel is available in Kindle / Audiobook / Paperback
And #KindleUnlimited
—check it out↓
www.amazon.com/Those-Willin...
#Folkhorror #Booksky
Excited to share that TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN is getting the Signed, Limited Edition Hardcover treatment from @thunderstormbooks.bsky.social YAY! Look for it this fall.
August 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Excited to share that TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN is getting the Signed, Limited Edition Hardcover treatment from @thunderstormbooks.bsky.social YAY! Look for it this fall.
"Grabbed my attention from the very first page and never let up"
Happy Pub day to KALI'S WEB from @crystallake.bsky.social
$4.99 for Kindle $10.99 for Paperback
GET SPUN! Check it out here⬇️
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
*also on #KindleUnlimited!
Happy Pub day to KALI'S WEB from @crystallake.bsky.social
$4.99 for Kindle $10.99 for Paperback
GET SPUN! Check it out here⬇️
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
*also on #KindleUnlimited!
August 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"Grabbed my attention from the very first page and never let up"
Happy Pub day to KALI'S WEB from @crystallake.bsky.social
$4.99 for Kindle $10.99 for Paperback
GET SPUN! Check it out here⬇️
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
*also on #KindleUnlimited!
Happy Pub day to KALI'S WEB from @crystallake.bsky.social
$4.99 for Kindle $10.99 for Paperback
GET SPUN! Check it out here⬇️
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
*also on #KindleUnlimited!
KALI'S WEB from @crystallake.bsky.social is live!
$4.99 for Kindle $10.99 for Paperback
GET SPUN! Check it out here⬇️
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
*also on #KindleUnlimited!
$4.99 for Kindle $10.99 for Paperback
GET SPUN! Check it out here⬇️
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
*also on #KindleUnlimited!
August 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
KALI'S WEB from @crystallake.bsky.social is live!
$4.99 for Kindle $10.99 for Paperback
GET SPUN! Check it out here⬇️
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
*also on #KindleUnlimited!
$4.99 for Kindle $10.99 for Paperback
GET SPUN! Check it out here⬇️
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
*also on #KindleUnlimited!
August 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
KALI's WEB from @crystallake.bsky.social releases in 10 Days!
Order a copy by 8/31/25 & send proof of purchase to WickedRunPress@gmail for a chance at one of FIVE copies of TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN—Paperback or Audiobook/your choice (US only/sorry)
KALI'S WEB⬇️
amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
Order a copy by 8/31/25 & send proof of purchase to WickedRunPress@gmail for a chance at one of FIVE copies of TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN—Paperback or Audiobook/your choice (US only/sorry)
KALI'S WEB⬇️
amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
August 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
KALI's WEB from @crystallake.bsky.social releases in 10 Days!
Order a copy by 8/31/25 & send proof of purchase to WickedRunPress@gmail for a chance at one of FIVE copies of TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN—Paperback or Audiobook/your choice (US only/sorry)
KALI'S WEB⬇️
amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
Order a copy by 8/31/25 & send proof of purchase to WickedRunPress@gmail for a chance at one of FIVE copies of TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN—Paperback or Audiobook/your choice (US only/sorry)
KALI'S WEB⬇️
amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
KALI's WEB from @crystallake.bsky.social releases in 10 Days!
Order a copy by 8/31/25 & send proof of purchase to WickedRunPress@gmail for a chance at one of FIVE copies of TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN—Paperback or Audiobook/your choice (US only/sorry)
KALI'S WEB⬇️
amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
Order a copy by 8/31/25 & send proof of purchase to WickedRunPress@gmail for a chance at one of FIVE copies of TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN—Paperback or Audiobook/your choice (US only/sorry)
KALI'S WEB⬇️
amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
August 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
KALI's WEB from @crystallake.bsky.social releases in 10 Days!
Order a copy by 8/31/25 & send proof of purchase to WickedRunPress@gmail for a chance at one of FIVE copies of TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN—Paperback or Audiobook/your choice (US only/sorry)
KALI'S WEB⬇️
amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
Order a copy by 8/31/25 & send proof of purchase to WickedRunPress@gmail for a chance at one of FIVE copies of TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN—Paperback or Audiobook/your choice (US only/sorry)
KALI'S WEB⬇️
amazon.com/dp/B0FHWCT1GK
Who’s got two thumbs and at the Grateful Dead 60th anniversary festival?
This guy⬇️
This guy⬇️
August 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Who’s got two thumbs and at the Grateful Dead 60th anniversary festival?
This guy⬇️
This guy⬇️
On my way to San Francisco tomorrow ready to cause big trouble in little China and face down that Tsunami because remember what Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake...
July 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
On my way to San Francisco tomorrow ready to cause big trouble in little China and face down that Tsunami because remember what Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake...