Matthew C. McLean
@mcleansix.bsky.social
"I have to go on makin' a livin'...so I can die."
Writer. My fetish is a good narrative. I make them for fun and profit. if you like what you see here you can find more at https://matthewcmclean.com
Writer. My fetish is a good narrative. I make them for fun and profit. if you like what you see here you can find more at https://matthewcmclean.com
If Netflix is buying HBO, streaming has officially eaten cable.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If Netflix is buying HBO, streaming has officially eaten cable.
Is #chic conforming to the latest fashions? Or being a trendsetter? What's the cost of either? Iconoclast or cutting edge, both can make you bleed. #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction #writing
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Is #chic conforming to the latest fashions? Or being a trendsetter? What's the cost of either? Iconoclast or cutting edge, both can make you bleed. #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction #writing
As above, so below.
December 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
As above, so below.
This hurt my brain to write:
Behind her, she heard someone call for order, followed by immediate requests for the proper form to request such order, followed by debates about whether the order-requesting forms needed to be ordered in order to order more order forms.
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Behind her, she heard someone call for order, followed by immediate requests for the proper form to request such order, followed by debates about whether the order-requesting forms needed to be ordered in order to order more order forms.
Pre-Order Now
a.co/d/e0qXA6A
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Countess #Vespertine should have been easy to spot as the undead: pale skin, no shadow, pointed ears. She shapely figure and dark eyes caused men to question themselves, each hoping that was obvious wasn’t true. She could do this for years before some smart woman drove her off. #vss365 #writing
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Countess #Vespertine should have been easy to spot as the undead: pale skin, no shadow, pointed ears. She shapely figure and dark eyes caused men to question themselves, each hoping that was obvious wasn’t true. She could do this for years before some smart woman drove her off. #vss365 #writing
In this concluding chapter to the latest Aggie McPherson #Mystery justice and ideals are discussed. There may also be Nazis. #audio #serial #urbanfanasy
The Case of the Biting Decision, Chapter 3 | Matthew C. McLean
The flash fiction conclusion to the latest Aggie McPherson Mystery, in which justice and ideals are discussed. There may also be Nazis.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
In this concluding chapter to the latest Aggie McPherson #Mystery justice and ideals are discussed. There may also be Nazis. #audio #serial #urbanfanasy
The desert sands changed to purple under the rising night, its #vespertine inhabitants coming out of their holes once the sun had set. Each scavenged while they could, the lucky finding a feast under the cover of a wagon, the dried carcasses of those foolish enough to travel by day. #vss365 #writing
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The desert sands changed to purple under the rising night, its #vespertine inhabitants coming out of their holes once the sun had set. Each scavenged while they could, the lucky finding a feast under the cover of a wagon, the dried carcasses of those foolish enough to travel by day. #vss365 #writing
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"In the novel I’m reading, a cowboy
dies, dies, of snakes in a river. "
Contributor Elisa Gabbert has two new poems in Poetry Magazine December 2025 issue 👏 Enjoy the new issue here: buff.ly/ycDgIwO
dies, dies, of snakes in a river. "
Contributor Elisa Gabbert has two new poems in Poetry Magazine December 2025 issue 👏 Enjoy the new issue here: buff.ly/ycDgIwO
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"In the novel I’m reading, a cowboy
dies, dies, of snakes in a river. "
Contributor Elisa Gabbert has two new poems in Poetry Magazine December 2025 issue 👏 Enjoy the new issue here: buff.ly/ycDgIwO
dies, dies, of snakes in a river. "
Contributor Elisa Gabbert has two new poems in Poetry Magazine December 2025 issue 👏 Enjoy the new issue here: buff.ly/ycDgIwO
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
What happens when you invent something that consumes everything? You make money! #flashfiction
Wealth Redistribution | Flash Fiction | Matthew C. McLean
A flash fiction piece on how time travel can effect in the bottom line.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What happens when you invent something that consumes everything? You make money! #flashfiction
At vespertine hour, when tired feet find shelter & the routine mask slips away, we become afterlight seekers. Dusk nudges the tongue, letting slivers of inner weather thicken into ink. There, the mind at last has room to say what it has carried all day.
#vss365 #prompt December 4 #vespertine
#vss365 #prompt December 4 #vespertine
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I always thought doomsday cults were weird. I never expected we'd be hostage to one.
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I always thought doomsday cults were weird. I never expected we'd be hostage to one.
Being #chivalrous got Ted into a lot of trouble. He got angry glares for holding doors open,was chastised as naïve when he helped friends on hard times, and he got his brains kicked in when he tried to keep a masked man from kidnapping school kids into an unmarked van. #vss365
December 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Being #chivalrous got Ted into a lot of trouble. He got angry glares for holding doors open,was chastised as naïve when he helped friends on hard times, and he got his brains kicked in when he tried to keep a masked man from kidnapping school kids into an unmarked van. #vss365
He was #chivalrous and handsome. But bringing a sword into the grocery store was a red flag for Barbara. He was dressed for a ren faire, not picking out cantaloupes, which sure made him look crazy. And while he was acting kind now, crazy could be an unpredictable that shouldn’t be armed. #vss365
December 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
He was #chivalrous and handsome. But bringing a sword into the grocery store was a red flag for Barbara. He was dressed for a ren faire, not picking out cantaloupes, which sure made him look crazy. And while he was acting kind now, crazy could be an unpredictable that shouldn’t be armed. #vss365
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My number one privilege in having an audience on socila media is I get to boost art and causes a little bit.
Seriously, I am not great at touting my own stuff, but it is a DELIGHT to have enough eyes on my goofy posts that it sometimes helps a little.
I'm so glad, good luck!
Seriously, I am not great at touting my own stuff, but it is a DELIGHT to have enough eyes on my goofy posts that it sometimes helps a little.
I'm so glad, good luck!
Thanks Gail!! I'm so grateful for how you constantly hype up other people in comics!
(Many eons ago, you signalboosted my Wonder Woman art and, honestly, that helped me a lot at cons in a time I REALLY needed it. 💛)
(Many eons ago, you signalboosted my Wonder Woman art and, honestly, that helped me a lot at cons in a time I REALLY needed it. 💛)
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
My number one privilege in having an audience on socila media is I get to boost art and causes a little bit.
Seriously, I am not great at touting my own stuff, but it is a DELIGHT to have enough eyes on my goofy posts that it sometimes helps a little.
I'm so glad, good luck!
Seriously, I am not great at touting my own stuff, but it is a DELIGHT to have enough eyes on my goofy posts that it sometimes helps a little.
I'm so glad, good luck!
December 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Knights, gentleman, ladies, such things come to mind when you say #chivalrous. There a dragon in there too? Let us know. #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction
Deliberation shapes the words pulling close the truths that ache to be understood. Yet they come alive only when someone meets them. Between giver and receiver, the conduit completes its arc. There is something chivalrous in it. Undeniably so.
#vss365 #prompt December 3rd #chivalrous
📸 S. Corso
#vss365 #prompt December 3rd #chivalrous
📸 S. Corso
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Knights, gentleman, ladies, such things come to mind when you say #chivalrous. There a dragon in there too? Let us know. #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction
Reposted by Matthew C. McLean
At least the Democrats shut down the government for over a month and got absolutely nothing in return
NEW: Hopes fade in Congress for a health care deal before premiums soar in January
Two weeks before recess, they're nowhere close.
Senate to vote on a bill of Dems' choosing; expected to fail.
Enhanced ACA funds set to expire, as many Republicans want.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Two weeks before recess, they're nowhere close.
Senate to vote on a bill of Dems' choosing; expected to fail.
Enhanced ACA funds set to expire, as many Republicans want.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Hopes fade in Congress for a health care deal before premiums soar in January
Billions of dollars in tax credits under the Affordable Care Act are poised to expire at the end of the year. Lawmakers in both parties say they're nowhere close to a deal to renew them.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
At least the Democrats shut down the government for over a month and got absolutely nothing in return
The men who came for gold had never experienced a Yukon winter. The dimming of the light turned the land #aphotic, growing colder and quieter with each day. But still new men arrived. Eyes filled with greed, only to be replaced with hunger before the end. #vss365 #flashfiction #skywrite
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The men who came for gold had never experienced a Yukon winter. The dimming of the light turned the land #aphotic, growing colder and quieter with each day. But still new men arrived. Eyes filled with greed, only to be replaced with hunger before the end. #vss365 #flashfiction #skywrite
The cave wasn’t just dark, it was #aphotic, having never been touched by light. What then, Peggy wondered, caused the phosphorescent glow? It must be a fungus or mold, that could grow without sunshine.
But it wasn’t a cave, was it, Peggy? The glow was there to get you to walk in. #vss365 #skywrite
But it wasn’t a cave, was it, Peggy? The glow was there to get you to walk in. #vss365 #skywrite
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#Aphotic isn't just another word for darkness, but the absence of light. Can you feel it slipping away? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction #skywriting
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#Aphotic isn't just another word for darkness, but the absence of light. Can you feel it slipping away? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction #skywriting
Juan was a #suave man in a town where most men died in knife-fights. He charmed the women who tired of the others' macho catcalsl. They all thought he was different, until he got them alone, and he pulled back his hair, and then they could see the lump of flesh where his ear once was. #vss365
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
When you try to be #suave or you smooth? Or just pleasant? or maybe just superficial in your pursuit? What do you see as #suave in others? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction #skywriting
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
When you try to be #suave or you smooth? Or just pleasant? or maybe just superficial in your pursuit? What do you see as #suave in others? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction #skywriting