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Matt Ruff
@bymattruff.bsky.social
Author of Lovecraft Country, Fool on the Hill, Bad Monkeys, and various other novels.

https://www.bymattruff.com
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The paperback edition of THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS: A RETURN TO LOVECRAFT COUNTRY will be here on February 20:
bymattruff.com/2024/01/16/t...
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okay here's that "one set of footprints" thing
Yesterday, Illinois State Police arrested a protester dressed as Jesus, draped in American flag. When he did not walk, they picked him up and carried him.
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Trying to read this with an open mind, but it doesn't bode well that Yudkowsky needed three years to figure out that intelligent beings are hard to control.
November 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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i appreciate the critical thinking skills of people i agree with
November 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
November 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
New Hell House LLC installment just dropped on Shudder.
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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“How did the Super Pandemic of 2026 start, Grandpa?”

“Well, Timmy —“
BREAKING | Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I really liked A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE but had a feeling a lot of viewers would be unhappy about the ending and boy was that right.
October 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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A reminder if you’re in Chicago: tonight at 6:30 I’ll be at the U. of Chicago Divinity School with Tananarive Due and Juan Martinez for a panel on Horror Writing and Religion, hosted by @americanwritersmuseum.org as part of their “American Prophets” series.
October 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A reminder if you’re in Chicago: tonight at 6:30 I’ll be at the U. of Chicago Divinity School with Tananarive Due and Juan Martinez for a panel on Horror Writing and Religion, hosted by @americanwritersmuseum.org as part of their “American Prophets” series.
October 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Tomorrow night!
Join us this Friday, Oct. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the University of Chicago as we talk horror writing and religion with @bymattruff.bsky.social, author of LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, alongside Tananarive Due and Juan Martinez. Free to students!

Register here: bit.ly/46EnYIF
Horror Writing and Religion - An American Prophets Program
Leading writers of horror and suspense—Tananarive Due, Matt Ruff, & Juan Martinez—discuss the role of religion in their work and the genre.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Join us this Friday, Oct. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the University of Chicago as we talk horror writing and religion with @bymattruff.bsky.social, author of LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, alongside Tananarive Due and Juan Martinez. Free to students!

Register here: bit.ly/46EnYIF
Horror Writing and Religion - An American Prophets Program
Leading writers of horror and suspense—Tananarive Due, Matt Ruff, & Juan Martinez—discuss the role of religion in their work and the genre.
bit.ly
October 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Thank you Christian Mingle.
October 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Well I don't have time to vote in all of them.
People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.
Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
October 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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I'll be at the University of Chicago on Friday, Oct. 10 as part of the @americanwritersmuseum.org American Prophets series, talking about "Horror Writing & Religion" with Tananarive Due and Juan Martinez.

Details/tickets here: tinyurl.com/bdh6zhtd
September 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Finished watching Alien: Earth and really enjoyed it. I'd describe it as the rare example of an idiot plot that (mostly) works, and at some point when I've got time I'll try to unpack that in an essay.
October 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
When you've been watching Alien: Earth and find yourself staring at the sourdough containment.
October 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I'll be at the University of Chicago on Friday, Oct. 10 as part of the @americanwritersmuseum.org American Prophets series, talking about "Horror Writing & Religion" with Tananarive Due and Juan Martinez.

Details/tickets here: tinyurl.com/bdh6zhtd
September 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Today the ebooks of four of Matt Ruff's novels are on sale in the U.S.:
-- LOVECRAFT COUNTRY is $1.99
-- BAD MONKEYS is $1.99
-- 88 NAMES is $1.99
-- SEWER, GAS & ELECTRIC is $2.99

You can read about all of his novels on his website: bymattruff.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Alan Ball sent a postcard to his family during the summer of 1953. Last week, it arrived at his home in Idaho. “It has mostly brought a chuckle to me because, you know, who gets their mail returned after 72 years?”
Postcard Sent From the U.N. Is Returned to Sender After 72 Years
Alan Ball sent the postcard to his family during the summer of 1953. Last week, it arrived at his home in Idaho.
nyti.ms
September 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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okay okay OKAY i’ll rank all the Shakespeare plays

1. Nice Night For Fucking
2. The Parallax View
3. Comedy Central Roast of Queen Elizabeth I
4. Romeo and Juliet and Ted and Alice
5. Untitled Richard Burbage Project
September 13, 2023 at 3:05 PM