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D. Matthew Urban
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weird fiction person • TX → NY • stories here and there • SHAKY PICTURES OF VANISHED FACES out now from Cursed Morsels Press! • he/him • https://dmatthewurban.com
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Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces has breached containment! Thrilled to have my first collection out in the world. 18 tales for enjoyers of spider kisses, eerie grandparents, and endless whirling in trackless voids!

Order from @cursedmorsels.bsky.social at www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/shak...
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Happy Nov 14th, everybody!
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
A good time was had by all
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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I am wearing my finest velvets. I am rich and plush to thr touch like a great, luxurious teddy bear. If you don't come out you will be missing out on a once in a lifetime tactile experience
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Best places to performatively read our books:
-The Nightmare Box and Other Stories: directly outside former Black Panthers HQ in Oakland, California.
-Lupus in Fabula: the flooded streets of a sad, strange town.
-Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces: a coffee shop you'll never find your way back from.
Oh fuck off
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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“I will read the seeds a story,” said Toad. “Then they will not be afraid.”

Toad read a long story to his seeds.
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday! Come on down to Book Culture LIC for Indie Horror Night. A fun time for all, featuring readings, a discussion/Q&A and book signing. There may also be 🍪cookies🍪
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Stoked to be part of this collection with my flesh/metal crossover action figure torture commercial Orphic nightmare quest adventure, "Fifty Billion Crucified Robots Can't Be Wrong." Part of this nutritious breakfast!
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
nachos of celebration
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Mamdani elected...Cheney dead...
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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As Bluesky's general functionality continues to improve, there are times you may find it difficult to search for the content you need. So as a public service announcement here's the video clip you are trying to find to post when discussing the death of Dick Cheney today apnews.com/article/dick...
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Literally every animal is “smarter than we thought”. Animals in general are very smart, but for some reason they are assumed to be dumb because we don’t have a proper understanding of them
Did a horse write this?
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
October is over, but the hauntings continue! A week from tomorrow, Book Culture LIC is hosting Indie Horror Night, featuring @ossuary.bsky.social, @lcvonhessen.bsky.social, @sasharavitch.bsky.social, Saskia Nislow, and me. Weirdos of New York, come on down!
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Psyched to be back in FCQ with "Pages Found Under a Child's Bed," a grisly Richard Matheson homage in which various things gnaw: hunger, remorse, the folks who live under the lake...
FCQ8 is our gnaw-themed issue and features excellent writing from:

@jacobstevenmohr.bsky.social (with an original novelette)
Art by Valerie Marshall
Jasmine Harrell
@therrien.bsky.social
Tremain Xenos
@abastedo-writing.bsky.social
@breathinghead.bsky.social
@jfennellauthor.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Mild plant horror 🌱🌿
October 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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heal your nervous system with this one weird trick
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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For personal reasons it would be cool to sell like a hundred zines today 😂 I have sold two which is a good start.
My zines can be purchased here going forward. Currently I have the Scream zine and my recent lesbian vampire zine for sale, IRL and/or PDF. My next zine is going to be about the X-Men and I'm already a little exhausted thinking about it 😂 sara-century.square.site
October 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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For many folks, money is tight and about to get tighter with the manufactured SNAP benefits crisis. As such, between now and the end of the month, I'm donating all Cursed Morsels store proceeds to @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social. Buy a book and support unhoused folks:
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October 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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This book has lots of "bad folks get their comeuppance" stories, especially refreshing to read right now. Also: potent plants, horny vampires, magical clothing, a scary hitchhiker, a god of war and revenge who likes to watch TV...
October 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
5 Movies to get to know me

Mulholland Drive
The Lighthouse
Possession
Some Like It Hot
Crumb
5 Movies to get to know me

The Substance
Thelma and Louise
All About Eve
Terminator 2
Death Becomes Her
5 Movies to get to know me

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Days of Heaven
The Addams Family
Leave Her to Heaven
Suddenly, Last Summer
October 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This evening, I'm going live with the Lovecraft eZine podcast to talk about SHAKY PICTURES OF VANISHED FACES, my collection of weird horrors from @cursedmorsels.bsky.social! Episode starts at 6pm; my interview starts around 6:45. Check out the livestream here:
F*UCK these Interviews! with Brian Asman & D. Matthew Urban
YouTube video by Lovecraft eZine: a podcast of the Weird and Cosmic
www.youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Hey, it's my 33rd birthday today! My selfish wish is to raise enough money to edit another zine bundle with these themes:

-Cunty Horrors
-Cursed Concerts
-Monstrous Dating Profiles
-Batshit LinkedIn Posts
-Nightmare Grifters

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October 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Good morning! ICYMI I've put together a small collection of stories to have some $$$ coming in until our government opens back up and I get a paycheck again

Nine stories where the warm Caribbean sun casts long shadows. Find what TropiWeird is all about

kyr-1066.itch.io/a-series-of-...
A Series of Hauntings: Un Combo TropiWeird by KYR_1066
kyr-1066.itch.io
October 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🧀🦠😋
From a funky Blue to a creamy Brie, microbes make each cheese unique.🧵
October 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This looks insanely cool. Crawling out of my birthing grave to cop immediately
COVER REVEAL AND RELEASE

WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
October 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM