Mark Matthews
@markmatthews.bsky.social
Author of Milk-Blood, All Smoke Rises
Editor of Orphans of Bliss, Lullabies for Suffering, Garden of Fiends.
Shirley Jackson Award Finalist
Recent Releases: Kali's Web & To Those Willing To Drown
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Editor of Orphans of Bliss, Lullabies for Suffering, Garden of Fiends.
Shirley Jackson Award Finalist
Recent Releases: Kali's Web & To Those Willing To Drown
linktr.ee/MarkMatthews
Pinned
...the lake speaks most honestly...
TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN
—Now Available—
$5.99 Kindle
$15.99 Paperback
Or FREE on KindleUnlimited
Check it out 👇👇👇👇
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#booksky #addiction #folkhorror #eldritchmonsters #fun!
TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN
—Now Available—
$5.99 Kindle
$15.99 Paperback
Or FREE on KindleUnlimited
Check it out 👇👇👇👇
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNK5BRGM
#booksky #addiction #folkhorror #eldritchmonsters #fun!
post a perfect album from the '90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
I listened to The Verve "Urban Hymns" on repeat for weeks on end, and still go back and revisit and it hits just as hard.
I listened to The Verve "Urban Hymns" on repeat for weeks on end, and still go back and revisit and it hits just as hard.
December 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
post a perfect album from the '90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
I listened to The Verve "Urban Hymns" on repeat for weeks on end, and still go back and revisit and it hits just as hard.
I listened to The Verve "Urban Hymns" on repeat for weeks on end, and still go back and revisit and it hits just as hard.
Can confirm.
The best Cosmic Horror is also Microscopic Horror.
Check out Taff's collection from @badhandbooks.bsky.social
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The best Cosmic Horror is also Microscopic Horror.
Check out Taff's collection from @badhandbooks.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/All-Stars-Di...
December 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Can confirm.
The best Cosmic Horror is also Microscopic Horror.
Check out Taff's collection from @badhandbooks.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/All-Stars-Di...
The best Cosmic Horror is also Microscopic Horror.
Check out Taff's collection from @badhandbooks.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/All-Stars-Di...
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“This demon of the lake is their god…”
To Those Willing to Drown by Mark Matthews - Lake horror
Today's #horror book recommendation #horrorbooks #ad
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To Those Willing to Drown by Mark Matthews - Lake horror
Today's #horror book recommendation #horrorbooks #ad
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May 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“This demon of the lake is their god…”
To Those Willing to Drown by Mark Matthews - Lake horror
Today's #horror book recommendation #horrorbooks #ad
amzn.to/4jfTpgn
To Those Willing to Drown by Mark Matthews - Lake horror
Today's #horror book recommendation #horrorbooks #ad
amzn.to/4jfTpgn
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2025 writing project: To leave more reviews on retail sites for stuff I love! Here's one for @markmatthews.bsky.social and TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN:
A terrific novel. Dark and contemplative but also moves quickly. It starts out with ...
A terrific novel. Dark and contemplative but also moves quickly. It starts out with ...
May 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
2025 writing project: To leave more reviews on retail sites for stuff I love! Here's one for @markmatthews.bsky.social and TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN:
A terrific novel. Dark and contemplative but also moves quickly. It starts out with ...
A terrific novel. Dark and contemplative but also moves quickly. It starts out with ...
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The October Film Hunt terror & paranoia that builds & will leave you breathless. @michaelwehunt.bsky.social @stmartinspress.bsky.social @macmillanlib.bsky.social
For Those Willing to Drown is deep, haunting grief horror w/secrets. A book that will stay with you. @markmatthews.bsky.social
For Those Willing to Drown is deep, haunting grief horror w/secrets. A book that will stay with you. @markmatthews.bsky.social
December 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The October Film Hunt terror & paranoia that builds & will leave you breathless. @michaelwehunt.bsky.social @stmartinspress.bsky.social @macmillanlib.bsky.social
For Those Willing to Drown is deep, haunting grief horror w/secrets. A book that will stay with you. @markmatthews.bsky.social
For Those Willing to Drown is deep, haunting grief horror w/secrets. A book that will stay with you. @markmatthews.bsky.social
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Merry Christmas!
My novella, KALI'S WEB, from @crystallake.bsky.social / Torrid Waters, is on sale for 0.99¢ this week!
Imagine if Cronenberg remade Trainspotting with characters from Les Miserables after reading Charlotte's Web to his daughter—KALI'S WEB
*Check it out:⬇️
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#booksky
Imagine if Cronenberg remade Trainspotting with characters from Les Miserables after reading Charlotte's Web to his daughter—KALI'S WEB
*Check it out:⬇️
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#booksky
December 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My novella, KALI'S WEB, from @crystallake.bsky.social / Torrid Waters, is on sale for 0.99¢ this week!
Imagine if Cronenberg remade Trainspotting with characters from Les Miserables after reading Charlotte's Web to his daughter—KALI'S WEB
*Check it out:⬇️
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
#booksky
Imagine if Cronenberg remade Trainspotting with characters from Les Miserables after reading Charlotte's Web to his daughter—KALI'S WEB
*Check it out:⬇️
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#booksky
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Books I’ve read (and loved) in 2025. An ongoing post and in no particular order …
@markmatthews.bsky.social
@markmatthews.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Books I’ve read (and loved) in 2025. An ongoing post and in no particular order …
@markmatthews.bsky.social
@markmatthews.bsky.social
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A signed limited edition of @markmatthews.bsky.social's TO THOSE WILLIGN TO DROWN is now shipping! thunderstormbooks.com/thunderstorm...
December 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A signed limited edition of @markmatthews.bsky.social's TO THOSE WILLIGN TO DROWN is now shipping! thunderstormbooks.com/thunderstorm...
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Today #NightTideMag is all about generational trauma, identity and transformation.
@jessicarosehorror.bsky.social dives into the cycles of aging, losing identity and agency and the horrors of dementia. 👻 📽️
nighttidemag.com/2025/11/28/f...
@jessicarosehorror.bsky.social dives into the cycles of aging, losing identity and agency and the horrors of dementia. 👻 📽️
nighttidemag.com/2025/11/28/f...
FINDING MY OWN SPACE IN THE LIMINAL DIMENSION OF DEMENTIA AS A WOMAN WHO IS…AGING!
These films reveal a brutal truth: dementia is a possession narrative we cannot exorcise. Horror uses the supernatural to articulate what Alzheimer’s already knows: that losing yourself is the most…
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November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Today #NightTideMag is all about generational trauma, identity and transformation.
@jessicarosehorror.bsky.social dives into the cycles of aging, losing identity and agency and the horrors of dementia. 👻 📽️
nighttidemag.com/2025/11/28/f...
@jessicarosehorror.bsky.social dives into the cycles of aging, losing identity and agency and the horrors of dementia. 👻 📽️
nighttidemag.com/2025/11/28/f...
Check it out! Big November blowout!
All these paperbacks are just $9.99 on Amazon
*TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN
*THE HOBGOBLIN OF LITTLE MINDS
*GARDEN OF FIENDS
*LULLABIES FOR SUFFERING
*ORPHANS OF BLISS
Sale Ends 12/1/25
—> tinyurl.com/39bax68v
all works are also in #kindleUnlimited
#booksky
All these paperbacks are just $9.99 on Amazon
*TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN
*THE HOBGOBLIN OF LITTLE MINDS
*GARDEN OF FIENDS
*LULLABIES FOR SUFFERING
*ORPHANS OF BLISS
Sale Ends 12/1/25
—> tinyurl.com/39bax68v
all works are also in #kindleUnlimited
#booksky
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Check it out! Big November blowout!
All these paperbacks are just $9.99 on Amazon
*TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN
*THE HOBGOBLIN OF LITTLE MINDS
*GARDEN OF FIENDS
*LULLABIES FOR SUFFERING
*ORPHANS OF BLISS
Sale Ends 12/1/25
—> tinyurl.com/39bax68v
all works are also in #kindleUnlimited
#booksky
All these paperbacks are just $9.99 on Amazon
*TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN
*THE HOBGOBLIN OF LITTLE MINDS
*GARDEN OF FIENDS
*LULLABIES FOR SUFFERING
*ORPHANS OF BLISS
Sale Ends 12/1/25
—> tinyurl.com/39bax68v
all works are also in #kindleUnlimited
#booksky
Tattoo loading, first Friday in December
Branding my calf and taking this with me to the grave.
#Florence+theMachine
Branding my calf and taking this with me to the grave.
#Florence+theMachine
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Tattoo loading, first Friday in December
Branding my calf and taking this with me to the grave.
#Florence+theMachine
Branding my calf and taking this with me to the grave.
#Florence+theMachine
As seen on Bookbub, FREE until Thursday.
ON THE LIPS OF CHILDREN
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"One of the scariest novels I've read this year”
—The Horror News Network
"This is dark fiction at its visceral, chilling best"
—author Jan Kozlowski
ON THE LIPS OF CHILDREN
—> www.amazon.com/LIPS-CHILDRE...
"One of the scariest novels I've read this year”
—The Horror News Network
"This is dark fiction at its visceral, chilling best"
—author Jan Kozlowski
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
As seen on Bookbub, FREE until Thursday.
ON THE LIPS OF CHILDREN
—> www.amazon.com/LIPS-CHILDRE...
"One of the scariest novels I've read this year”
—The Horror News Network
"This is dark fiction at its visceral, chilling best"
—author Jan Kozlowski
ON THE LIPS OF CHILDREN
—> www.amazon.com/LIPS-CHILDRE...
"One of the scariest novels I've read this year”
—The Horror News Network
"This is dark fiction at its visceral, chilling best"
—author Jan Kozlowski
Masks don't conceal, they reveal
My Halloween Haunts article from a year ago about the pressure we receive to mask our mental health symptoms, and the ‘treat’ we receive in return is acceptance and status.
—> horror.org/halloween-ha...
My Halloween Haunts article from a year ago about the pressure we receive to mask our mental health symptoms, and the ‘treat’ we receive in return is acceptance and status.
—> horror.org/halloween-ha...
HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: IT’S AN EMINENCE FRONT
horror.org
November 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Masks don't conceal, they reveal
My Halloween Haunts article from a year ago about the pressure we receive to mask our mental health symptoms, and the ‘treat’ we receive in return is acceptance and status.
—> horror.org/halloween-ha...
My Halloween Haunts article from a year ago about the pressure we receive to mask our mental health symptoms, and the ‘treat’ we receive in return is acceptance and status.
—> horror.org/halloween-ha...
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Countdown to Halloween—Day Two.
These four books from @markmatthews.bsky.social—two novels and two collections—are all deep dives into the horror of addiction. And they are all gorgeous, brutal and deeply moving.
These four books from @markmatthews.bsky.social—two novels and two collections—are all deep dives into the horror of addiction. And they are all gorgeous, brutal and deeply moving.
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Countdown to Halloween—Day Two.
These four books from @markmatthews.bsky.social—two novels and two collections—are all deep dives into the horror of addiction. And they are all gorgeous, brutal and deeply moving.
These four books from @markmatthews.bsky.social—two novels and two collections—are all deep dives into the horror of addiction. And they are all gorgeous, brutal and deeply moving.
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Gimmee!
Overs from the printer just hit Bad Hand. Holy crap, these are gorgeous. @jfdt.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Gimmee!
Boys and girls of every age, would you like to read something strange?
BODY of CHRIST is FREE for Kindle all week long.
www.amazon.com/BODY-CHRIST-...
Warning: this is a very freaky book. The kind you don't take home to mother (but it will never let your spirits down)
#booksky
BODY of CHRIST is FREE for Kindle all week long.
www.amazon.com/BODY-CHRIST-...
Warning: this is a very freaky book. The kind you don't take home to mother (but it will never let your spirits down)
#booksky
October 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Boys and girls of every age, would you like to read something strange?
BODY of CHRIST is FREE for Kindle all week long.
www.amazon.com/BODY-CHRIST-...
Warning: this is a very freaky book. The kind you don't take home to mother (but it will never let your spirits down)
#booksky
BODY of CHRIST is FREE for Kindle all week long.
www.amazon.com/BODY-CHRIST-...
Warning: this is a very freaky book. The kind you don't take home to mother (but it will never let your spirits down)
#booksky
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🔥💀RELEASE DAY💀🔥
Love, congrats & happy book birthday to @momoshaty.bsky.social! CLAIRVIOLENCE: TALES OF TAROT AND TORMENT features 11 terrifying stories of Occult Horror that cut deep across time & space.
These cards play for keeps🖤☠️
Cover art by @ear-a-corn.bsky.social
store.tenebrouspress.com
Love, congrats & happy book birthday to @momoshaty.bsky.social! CLAIRVIOLENCE: TALES OF TAROT AND TORMENT features 11 terrifying stories of Occult Horror that cut deep across time & space.
These cards play for keeps🖤☠️
Cover art by @ear-a-corn.bsky.social
store.tenebrouspress.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🔥💀RELEASE DAY💀🔥
Love, congrats & happy book birthday to @momoshaty.bsky.social! CLAIRVIOLENCE: TALES OF TAROT AND TORMENT features 11 terrifying stories of Occult Horror that cut deep across time & space.
These cards play for keeps🖤☠️
Cover art by @ear-a-corn.bsky.social
store.tenebrouspress.com
Love, congrats & happy book birthday to @momoshaty.bsky.social! CLAIRVIOLENCE: TALES OF TAROT AND TORMENT features 11 terrifying stories of Occult Horror that cut deep across time & space.
These cards play for keeps🖤☠️
Cover art by @ear-a-corn.bsky.social
store.tenebrouspress.com
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Thank you @readbookpage.bsky.social for the review. I LOVE that library patrons will be able to find this book wirtten for them by a librarian.
www.bookpage.com/reviews/why-...
www.bookpage.com/reviews/why-...
Book review of Why I Love Horror by Becky Siegel Spratford
Librarian Becky Siegel Spratford asked contemporary horror authors why they love the genre. Rachel Harrison, Tananarive Due, Paul Tremblay and others answer the question.
www.bookpage.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Thank you @readbookpage.bsky.social for the review. I LOVE that library patrons will be able to find this book wirtten for them by a librarian.
www.bookpage.com/reviews/why-...
www.bookpage.com/reviews/why-...
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💙📚Just in time for your Fall Fright Nights and Spooky Season Reads! 🖤🎃Grab awesome books from Daniel Willcocks, Joseph Sale, Leigh Kenny, Sylvester Barzey, Daniel Soule, Briana Morgan, and more! 🎃Promo Period:1st October – 31st October
#TWISTEDBOOKSALE25
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October 1 ,2025: Twisted Halloween Book Sale
Starting today, October 1 through October 31, come shop the massive Halloween Horror Book Sale! More than 25 books have been deeply discounted for your spooky season TBR! Don't miss out! Shop the sale...
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October 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
💙📚Just in time for your Fall Fright Nights and Spooky Season Reads! 🖤🎃Grab awesome books from Daniel Willcocks, Joseph Sale, Leigh Kenny, Sylvester Barzey, Daniel Soule, Briana Morgan, and more! 🎃Promo Period:1st October – 31st October
#TWISTEDBOOKSALE25
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#TWISTEDBOOKSALE25
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Latest review of KALI'S WEB, from @crystallake.bsky.social / Torrid Waters.
Just $4.99, also available on #kindleunlimited ⬇️
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Just $4.99, also available on #kindleunlimited ⬇️
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
October 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Latest review of KALI'S WEB, from @crystallake.bsky.social / Torrid Waters.
Just $4.99, also available on #kindleunlimited ⬇️
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Just $4.99, also available on #kindleunlimited ⬇️
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Scenes from Salem, MA
October 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Scenes from Salem, MA
White Mountains, New Hampshire
October 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
White Mountains, New Hampshire