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Matt Neil Hill

@mattneilhill.bsky.social

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Dad/Husband/Writer/Tsundoku practitioner. He/him. Words in Stories of the Eye, The Mad Butterfly's Ball, Vastarien, Children of the New Flesh, and others (links in 📌). Trans rights are human rights. Fuck the Labour Party. Fuck TERFS. Fuck Nazis. Fuck A.I.

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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · Nov 21

A few of my stories that are online, should anyone fancy a read:

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The Vigil by Matt Neil Hill

Suzanna wears her central nervous system like an exoskeleton now, shrieking the glass shards of bloody murder whenever I even think about touching her. I bring us back suspect materials wrapped in …

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 17h

KESHED LONDON LAUNCH IS CONFIRMED.

Thursday 12th March, Bard Books, @judecook.bsky.social in the host's chair, tix link as soon as i got one. News incoming on the official online launch, more as soon as i have it.

#BookSky #GetKeshed 📚📚📚

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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 15h

Good. It should die. It should die screaming.

Fuck AI, and fuck Nick Clegg. Fucking prick.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 22h

Cuck's Cross Flag Shaggers of all kinds can fuck off.

Progressive patriotism is a myth, because patriotism felt for the world's most brutal colonisers is inherently from a place of white supremacy.

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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 1d

Hahaha, "overthrowing our tolerant society" ?!!!

Keep going, Zack. Keep going.

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Emma Hart @ghet.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know how to make this simple enough for our government.

Best way make economy go Brrrrrmmmm is give $$ to poors cause they spend it.

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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, thanks, good to know! Are any bookshops likely to have signed copies at some point?

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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, Stu - where to order so you get the biggest cut? Direct from publisher?

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · Aug 4

A pinned thread about my new novel, Keshed, publishing on 12th Feb 2026 with @ortacpress.bsky.social. Pre-orders available now from all the usual bookshops/websites. See thread for some early pre-press takes from some AMAZING writers and links to other stuff.

www.ortacpress.com/product-page...

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 1d

Every single one of the illustrations is a brilliant brooding exercise in evoking dread & doom.
I’d never seen his art before I picked up this book, but after an Earl E. Mayan internet odyssey I’m completely smitten

A collage painting with black and white cut out photos of human faces and a snarling Alsatian dog surrounding a white painted sheet ghost, all against a black and purple background made of paint drips suggesting a spooky wood, above which door shapes are scratched in black ink

A collage painting in which a phot of two white men, one standing wearing a cowboy hat and crumpled shirt and trousers, the other squatting wearing preppy clothes and a sailor hat, are surrounded by an ominous purple painted background, above them a black and white painted skull, to their left a black white and grey painted area which is fairly abstract but suggests tv static intermixed with shadowy branches

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 1d

it's a good time for horror and caring about people

MatGost @matgost.bsky.social · 1d

Three amazing charity anthology projects just landed...
My own Silent Screams antho, plus collections from @sasharavitch.bsky.social & @therelphian.bsky.social of @trashcatlit.bsky.social
Read all about them here:
matgost.substack.com/p/silent-scr...

A promo image for my blog post on substack, showing the cover of my Silent Screams anthology, with a word cloud, and the post title: "Silent Screams for Halloween"

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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, if only... but I'm choosing to believe there is a parallel universe where this momentous event *will* take place 🖤

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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 2d

Are you tired of watching the same popular horror films over and over again for the Halloween season?

What if I gave you a list of cult horror films to watch this year instead?

A thread.

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 1d

doing the post office run later today for the first batch -- all domestic orders are going out! for international folks, i am picking up a bunch of customs forms and we'll get you at the next drop off. we are currently sold out of the first printing (since i'm bringing some to voidcon)!

Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 5d

HEY BIG EXCITING NEWS INCLUDING SOME OF YOUR FAV WRITERS. CHECK BELOW.

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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 1d

Same here!

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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 1d

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🔻Bela Lugosi's Dad (Even More Spooky) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 🇮🇷 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 1d

@nikeshshukla.bsky.social wrote a good piece that addresses this stuff and touches on why it might be counterproductive to try to "reclaim" the flag the other day for the Bristol Cable, and yeah I've heard a lot of other people reiterate that also just see it and have a trauma response to it.

When we're deported, will mum be able to visit?

After getting into an argument at a demo against the far right, Nikesh ponders the meaning of the English flag and how to explain it to kids

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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 1d

That's a really good piece, and my heart goes out to Nikesh for having had to write it.

Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 1d

I drove down a long main street in the Bristol area last week and there were flags all the way along it, and I genuinely felt sick with both anxiety and anger. The St. George's Cross is effectively a swastika now, even without the four extra lines required, and I don't see how that's fixable. 2/2

Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I shared this the other day when someone else reposted it, and thought "Oh, that's a nice idea," but it's really not - not least because I can imagine people getting hurt if the wrong people see you putting one up. That flag is irreparably tainted now. Not that it wasn't always, I suppose. 1/2

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🔻Bela Lugosi's Dad (Even More Spooky) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 🇮🇷 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 1d

"It's our flag too". I don't fucking want it. Fuck off.

Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 3d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 1d

The supreme misfortune is when theory outstrips practice - Leonardo da Vinci

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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, isn't that absolutely spot on? Painfully so. And the reason I'm not a comic book artist, although also the reason I'll always be a writer: because I can keep working at it and always (hopefully) still improve.

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Die Booth @diebooth.bsky.social · 1d

My gorgeous contributor copy of Darkness Most Fowl arrived!

You can preorder on Kindle at www.amazon.com/dp/B0FRM13W2L Stories of bird horror releasing on Halloween, including my tale 'Little Gibbet' about how hate only poisons your mind.

Paperback to follow! #booksky #LGBTQIA+ #horrorbooks

Author Die Booth holding a paperback copy of Darkness Most Fowl. He is a middle aged white man with long curly dark hair, dark eyes and dark facial hair in a moustache and goatee. The book cover shows an ink illustration of a woman in a long dress. Her skin is blue and her wild black hair is like a nest being perched on by four silhouetted ravens. The background is a gradient from red at the bottom to yellow at the top.
Edited by Elaine Pascale. Beautiful cover image by Michael Takeda.

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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like a pretty good fucking plan to me.

Jasmin🌸 @theboobtaster.bsky.social · 1d

we can’t afford rich people anymore. we should take all their money