Matthew Mitchell
@matthewmitchell.bsky.social
Award-Winning Author of CHAINDEVILS // Co-Editor of HORRORIUM comics //
Freelance Writer for VARIOUS //
Hellbilly Deluxe //
https://linktr.ee/darkcirclecomics
Freelance Writer for VARIOUS //
Hellbilly Deluxe //
https://linktr.ee/darkcirclecomics
GRIMDARK SHREK UPDATE: it's been a tough winter and my dawg Christopher Bown and I are getting through it with some illustrated ultraviolence fantasy-fic
January 30, 2026 at 7:35 PM
GRIMDARK SHREK UPDATE: it's been a tough winter and my dawg Christopher Bown and I are getting through it with some illustrated ultraviolence fantasy-fic
the best part of being a guest speaker at the hs horror writing workshop was when the kids asked if we *actually* thought The Blair Witch Project was real-- I took great joy in explaining to them that there was a fake TV special that fully warped my reality lmao
January 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM
the best part of being a guest speaker at the hs horror writing workshop was when the kids asked if we *actually* thought The Blair Witch Project was real-- I took great joy in explaining to them that there was a fake TV special that fully warped my reality lmao
I was the guest speaker for a class of horror writing high schoolers yesterday and it was surreal! My biggest takeaways were that they hate AI with a passion (based) and will shower you with finger claps (nice)
January 8, 2026 at 3:36 PM
I was the guest speaker for a class of horror writing high schoolers yesterday and it was surreal! My biggest takeaways were that they hate AI with a passion (based) and will shower you with finger claps (nice)
my new book RELEASE THE HORSE got a killer review in the latest issue of BEYOND THE LAST ESTATE 🙏
December 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
my new book RELEASE THE HORSE got a killer review in the latest issue of BEYOND THE LAST ESTATE 🙏
do any other lapsed CoS stans look back at photos like this and ask themselves: wtf was I thinking?
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
do any other lapsed CoS stans look back at photos like this and ask themselves: wtf was I thinking?
always watching
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
always watching
read some good fiction in memory of Daniel Woodrell today
hometown hero, an incredible talent, and the writer I looked up to most
hometown hero, an incredible talent, and the writer I looked up to most
November 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
read some good fiction in memory of Daniel Woodrell today
hometown hero, an incredible talent, and the writer I looked up to most
hometown hero, an incredible talent, and the writer I looked up to most
lmaoooo me if Sam says he's anything other than a kind man with hobbies and interests
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
lmaoooo me if Sam says he's anything other than a kind man with hobbies and interests
listening to positive FRANKENSTEIN takes from normally rational friends and lovers
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
listening to positive FRANKENSTEIN takes from normally rational friends and lovers
"I’ll see y’all there and we can sing together and shake our heads over all the meanness in the used-to-be."
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"I’ll see y’all there and we can sing together and shake our heads over all the meanness in the used-to-be."
this might look like a blursed senior photo, but it's really just the demeanor of a man who is always happy to get high in the forest beside some fallen structures
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
this might look like a blursed senior photo, but it's really just the demeanor of a man who is always happy to get high in the forest beside some fallen structures
starting a new non-fic writing gig this week! once I get through the research jitters, it'll be real swell to flex some more of my *useless* pop-media knowledge
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
starting a new non-fic writing gig this week! once I get through the research jitters, it'll be real swell to flex some more of my *useless* pop-media knowledge
drugs, weird guitars, illuminati, Dune references, and Cher; who could say no?
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
drugs, weird guitars, illuminati, Dune references, and Cher; who could say no?
Well, cum to the jungle!
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Well, cum to the jungle!
GDT's NIGHTMARE ALLEY is streaming in b&w right now; it still (somehow) needs another half hour in the last chapter to fully work, but this version is undoubtedly the best way to see it
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
GDT's NIGHTMARE ALLEY is streaming in b&w right now; it still (somehow) needs another half hour in the last chapter to fully work, but this version is undoubtedly the best way to see it
happy Halloween from the kid in the obscene latex mask
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
happy Halloween from the kid in the obscene latex mask
wooly bear caterpillar scrying; fuzzy fates claim she'll be a mild one 🤞
October 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
wooly bear caterpillar scrying; fuzzy fates claim she'll be a mild one 🤞
clown in a dunk tank disses ur bf, wyd?
October 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
clown in a dunk tank disses ur bf, wyd?
it's finally animatronic screaming head in the window season
October 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
it's finally animatronic screaming head in the window season
watch out for this guy at the pinball hall: will try to seduce you into betting quarters on the glass and taking drugs in the alley
October 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
watch out for this guy at the pinball hall: will try to seduce you into betting quarters on the glass and taking drugs in the alley
the european RE4 cover really speaks to me
October 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
the european RE4 cover really speaks to me
I fuckin love goats, dawg
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I fuckin love goats, dawg
my first book CHAINDEVILS still sawing through to your hearts, I love to see it - I take so much fuckin pride in writing things that folks champion or loathe, with little in-between
October 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
my first book CHAINDEVILS still sawing through to your hearts, I love to see it - I take so much fuckin pride in writing things that folks champion or loathe, with little in-between
seen enough A24 movies to know what happens to me if I follow her in there 🌱🌸🐻🔥
October 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
seen enough A24 movies to know what happens to me if I follow her in there 🌱🌸🐻🔥