Matthew Rettino
@matthewrettino.bsky.social
Posting about 110 stories in The Weird. 💀 #WeirdFictionChallenge.
Poetry chapbook Pilgrimages 🏴 out now. Author in NewMyths.com, Lantern Magazine. Interviewer, blogger. Odyssey '16, Codex. He/him. 🇨🇦
📬 https://buttondown.com/MatthewRettino (free story)
Poetry chapbook Pilgrimages 🏴 out now. Author in NewMyths.com, Lantern Magazine. Interviewer, blogger. Odyssey '16, Codex. He/him. 🇨🇦
📬 https://buttondown.com/MatthewRettino (free story)
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Pilgrimages by Matthew Rettino
The language and structure of the poems are controlled with clarity, precision, and word economy.
miramichireader.ca
My debut poetry chapbook Pilgrimages has been reviewed in The Miramichi Reader:
miramichireader.ca/2025/10/pilg...
miramichireader.ca/2025/10/pilg...
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I knew I’d have to shoot a panorama as soon as I arrived at Bamburgh. The light first started breaking through out at sea and slowly spread across the sky, then it vanished only to be replaced by a different gap in the clouds. Repeat for two hours.
#photography #landscapephotography #photographers
#photography #landscapephotography #photographers
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I knew I’d have to shoot a panorama as soon as I arrived at Bamburgh. The light first started breaking through out at sea and slowly spread across the sky, then it vanished only to be replaced by a different gap in the clouds. Repeat for two hours.
#photography #landscapephotography #photographers
#photography #landscapephotography #photographers
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Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
altermag.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
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I got my first invitation to an event tied to my next novel, Mercutio, and it is Extremely Shakespearean, which delights me. If you or someone you know has a Shakespeare podcast or blog or event next spring/summer/fall, I would like nothing better than to come talk about stuff we like together. 🤓
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I got my first invitation to an event tied to my next novel, Mercutio, and it is Extremely Shakespearean, which delights me. If you or someone you know has a Shakespeare podcast or blog or event next spring/summer/fall, I would like nothing better than to come talk about stuff we like together. 🤓
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Oooo bookmarked! That amazing title with those tags? I'm so in!
"The Goddess in Him" (on NewMyths.com) is now up on InkFoundary, the Free Dynamic Library, a new initiative!
Thanks to Erin Cairns for adding it!
@inkfoundry.bsky.social offers another way to search and discover short stories.
#shortstories #fantasy
inkfoundry.net/the-goddess-...
Thanks to Erin Cairns for adding it!
@inkfoundry.bsky.social offers another way to search and discover short stories.
#shortstories #fantasy
inkfoundry.net/the-goddess-...
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Oooo bookmarked! That amazing title with those tags? I'm so in!
"The Goddess in Him" (on NewMyths.com) is now up on InkFoundary, the Free Dynamic Library, a new initiative!
Thanks to Erin Cairns for adding it!
@inkfoundry.bsky.social offers another way to search and discover short stories.
#shortstories #fantasy
inkfoundry.net/the-goddess-...
Thanks to Erin Cairns for adding it!
@inkfoundry.bsky.social offers another way to search and discover short stories.
#shortstories #fantasy
inkfoundry.net/the-goddess-...
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"The Goddess in Him" (on NewMyths.com) is now up on InkFoundary, the Free Dynamic Library, a new initiative!
Thanks to Erin Cairns for adding it!
@inkfoundry.bsky.social offers another way to search and discover short stories.
#shortstories #fantasy
inkfoundry.net/the-goddess-...
Thanks to Erin Cairns for adding it!
@inkfoundry.bsky.social offers another way to search and discover short stories.
#shortstories #fantasy
inkfoundry.net/the-goddess-...
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Very sorry to learn of the passing of Jean-Louis Trudel.
He authored some thirty novels and short story collections, received the Grand Prix de la science-fiction et du fantastique québécois in 2001, and several Prix Boréal and Aurora Awards.
He was a far too young 58 years old.
He authored some thirty novels and short story collections, received the Grand Prix de la science-fiction et du fantastique québécois in 2001, and several Prix Boréal and Aurora Awards.
He was a far too young 58 years old.
Jean-louis Trudel nous a quitté.
C'est une info très triste qui nous est parvenue. L'auteur canadien Jean-Louis Trudel est décédé ces jours ci lors d'une résidence d'auteur à Vilnius en Lituan
www.actusf.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Very sorry to learn of the passing of Jean-Louis Trudel.
He authored some thirty novels and short story collections, received the Grand Prix de la science-fiction et du fantastique québécois in 2001, and several Prix Boréal and Aurora Awards.
He was a far too young 58 years old.
He authored some thirty novels and short story collections, received the Grand Prix de la science-fiction et du fantastique québécois in 2001, and several Prix Boréal and Aurora Awards.
He was a far too young 58 years old.
Sad to learn Jean-Louis Trudel has died. A true man of letters. I think of him as the Umberto Eco of Canadian science fiction because of the size of the library he carried in his head.
I met him at ACCSFF 2019. I saw him again, briefly, at Su Sokol's launch for Fives Points on an Invisible Line.
I met him at ACCSFF 2019. I saw him again, briefly, at Su Sokol's launch for Fives Points on an Invisible Line.
Tristesse... Jean-louis Trudel nous a quitté...
Il était auteur, anthologiste, traducteur, critique...
buff.ly/2fgjoVw
#sciencefiction
Il était auteur, anthologiste, traducteur, critique...
buff.ly/2fgjoVw
#sciencefiction
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Sad to learn Jean-Louis Trudel has died. A true man of letters. I think of him as the Umberto Eco of Canadian science fiction because of the size of the library he carried in his head.
I met him at ACCSFF 2019. I saw him again, briefly, at Su Sokol's launch for Fives Points on an Invisible Line.
I met him at ACCSFF 2019. I saw him again, briefly, at Su Sokol's launch for Fives Points on an Invisible Line.
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Chaque fois que j'ai vu Jean-Louis Trudel en conférence, il se présentait d'abord et avant tout comme «homme de lettres». Ça semblait important pour lui.
Je me suis toujours dit qu'un jour, je lui demanderais pourquoi.
Je me suis toujours dit qu'un jour, je lui demanderais pourquoi.
Tristesse... Jean-louis Trudel nous a quitté...
Il était auteur, anthologiste, traducteur, critique...
buff.ly/2fgjoVw
#sciencefiction
Il était auteur, anthologiste, traducteur, critique...
buff.ly/2fgjoVw
#sciencefiction
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Chaque fois que j'ai vu Jean-Louis Trudel en conférence, il se présentait d'abord et avant tout comme «homme de lettres». Ça semblait important pour lui.
Je me suis toujours dit qu'un jour, je lui demanderais pourquoi.
Je me suis toujours dit qu'un jour, je lui demanderais pourquoi.
A little time to relax after helping Forget the Box, an underground arts mag, apply for grants. More work to do tomorrow.
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 AM
A little time to relax after helping Forget the Box, an underground arts mag, apply for grants. More work to do tomorrow.
Most satisfying AoE IV game in a while. No resources on map, two AI pommeling me, but I push, take the town and occupy it so they can’t rebuild their monuments.
But I left the town and they rebuilt it with stone walls.
But I left the town and they rebuilt it with stone walls.
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Most satisfying AoE IV game in a while. No resources on map, two AI pommeling me, but I push, take the town and occupy it so they can’t rebuild their monuments.
But I left the town and they rebuilt it with stone walls.
But I left the town and they rebuilt it with stone walls.
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I did not expect to be quoting Pope Leo XIV today but here we are...
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I did not expect to be quoting Pope Leo XIV today but here we are...
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Transit as wit, in Montreal
All aboard the Kafka Subway!
I’ve had dreams like this. Sculptor Michel de Broin took doors from MR-63 métro cars and turned them into this interactive installation at Arsenal Contemporary gallery in #Montréal.
Très Inception!
www.arsenalcontemporary.com
I’ve had dreams like this. Sculptor Michel de Broin took doors from MR-63 métro cars and turned them into this interactive installation at Arsenal Contemporary gallery in #Montréal.
Très Inception!
www.arsenalcontemporary.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Transit as wit, in Montreal
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Am reading Travis Zadeh’s compilation of Qazwini’s Ajaeb-ul-mukhlooqat and was reminded of this remarkable book by Musharraf Ali Farooqi, which if there was justice in the world, wouldve been on every bookshelf on the planet.
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Am reading Travis Zadeh’s compilation of Qazwini’s Ajaeb-ul-mukhlooqat and was reminded of this remarkable book by Musharraf Ali Farooqi, which if there was justice in the world, wouldve been on every bookshelf on the planet.
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Thank you to @lisatimpf.bsky.social and @interstellarflight.bsky.social for this chance to discuss community, activism, and hopepunk. magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/hopepunk-act...
Hopepunk, Activism, and Community
Interview with Su J. Sokol, author of Invisible Line and Five Points on an Invisible Line
magazine.interstellarflightpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thank you to @lisatimpf.bsky.social and @interstellarflight.bsky.social for this chance to discuss community, activism, and hopepunk. magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/hopepunk-act...
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Here’s another glimpse into our upcoming issue. We are ripe with anticipation at the opportunity to present you with more of Patrick O’Reilly’s work in our print edition.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Here’s another glimpse into our upcoming issue. We are ripe with anticipation at the opportunity to present you with more of Patrick O’Reilly’s work in our print edition.
The twisted thought of reading this at the next poetry reading did cross my mind. Could read it for Dead Poets Society at Accent, but ... maybe not.
"skin as part of brain?"
This is that great intellect people talk about?
November 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The twisted thought of reading this at the next poetry reading did cross my mind. Could read it for Dead Poets Society at Accent, but ... maybe not.
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watched _Casablanca_ again last night and this time what struck me was how _simple_ the plotting is.
every time you need to know something, it tells you. every time someone is a hypocrite, it is instantly pointed out. it is perfectly willing to abandon realism to simplify.
every time you need to know something, it tells you. every time someone is a hypocrite, it is instantly pointed out. it is perfectly willing to abandon realism to simplify.
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
watched _Casablanca_ again last night and this time what struck me was how _simple_ the plotting is.
every time you need to know something, it tells you. every time someone is a hypocrite, it is instantly pointed out. it is perfectly willing to abandon realism to simplify.
every time you need to know something, it tells you. every time someone is a hypocrite, it is instantly pointed out. it is perfectly willing to abandon realism to simplify.
Blow the bloody doors off those data centers. This is not all right, all right, all right.
Oscar-winning actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey have partnered with voice-cloning company ElevenLabs.
Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey partner with ElevenLabs for AI voice cloning
Oscar-winning actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey have partnered with voice-cloning company ElevenLabs.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Blow the bloody doors off those data centers. This is not all right, all right, all right.
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you guys remember silverwing? kenneth oppel. had an utterly wild tonal trajectory from a solid but straightforward talking animal adventure to an antiwar polemic to a mystical psychodrama and ended with a prehistoric prequel with a psychic pterodactyl and killer swarm of shrews?
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
you guys remember silverwing? kenneth oppel. had an utterly wild tonal trajectory from a solid but straightforward talking animal adventure to an antiwar polemic to a mystical psychodrama and ended with a prehistoric prequel with a psychic pterodactyl and killer swarm of shrews?
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Beaucoup de neige #Montreal #photos #photography #Quebec #Canada @monmontreal.bsky.social @mtl.org @meteomedia.bsky.social @weathernetwork.bsky.social #snow
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Atwood has way more witch cred.
Oates nuked Musk.
I think Maggie would wipe out J.K.
I think Maggie would wipe out J.K.
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Atwood has way more witch cred.
Oates nuked Musk.
I think Maggie would wipe out J.K.
I think Maggie would wipe out J.K.
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Oates nuked Musk.
I think Maggie would wipe out J.K.
I think Maggie would wipe out J.K.
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This rugged and breathtaking island in Scotland is home to one of the 'most remarkable' and bumpiest football pitches in the world 👀
Scottish island that's home to one of the world's 'most remarkable' football pitches
www.thenational.scot
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This rugged and breathtaking island in Scotland is home to one of the 'most remarkable' and bumpiest football pitches in the world 👀
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Excellent critique of Montreal's recent mayoral election: vapidly beige all the way.
The winner has absolutely no plan for anything, none at all. Pure sloganeering, just opportunistic public-relations-agency focus-group-tested blah-blah-blah.
Author contrasts that bla-fest with NYC's 🔥💥🎉.
The winner has absolutely no plan for anything, none at all. Pure sloganeering, just opportunistic public-relations-agency focus-group-tested blah-blah-blah.
Author contrasts that bla-fest with NYC's 🔥💥🎉.
Montréal la beige, New York en couleur
Dire qu’il fut un temps où nos valeurs progressistes québécoises étaient la référence pour l’Occident.
www.ledevoir.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Excellent critique of Montreal's recent mayoral election: vapidly beige all the way.
The winner has absolutely no plan for anything, none at all. Pure sloganeering, just opportunistic public-relations-agency focus-group-tested blah-blah-blah.
Author contrasts that bla-fest with NYC's 🔥💥🎉.
The winner has absolutely no plan for anything, none at all. Pure sloganeering, just opportunistic public-relations-agency focus-group-tested blah-blah-blah.
Author contrasts that bla-fest with NYC's 🔥💥🎉.