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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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D. Matthew Urban @breathinghead.bsky.social · Apr 15
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...
Graphic top text reads "Out today!" Middle text reads: "Violent and bizarre family traditions! Encounters with your Aunt Spider! Alchemical terrors at the track meet! Apocalyptic songs on the harp of grief! Neuroimplant hallucinations and horrors! Meat, meat, meat, meat, meat, meat!" Bottom text reads: "Order at https://www.cursedmorselspress.com" Middle image is the cover of Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces by D. Matthew Urban, featuring a fleshy, toothy creature sitting in a darkened home with a cup of coffee.
breathinghead.bsky.social
The awful thing about life is this: everybody has their reasons, Charlie Brown
thomasha.bsky.social Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 6h
If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule, Charlie Brown
kellylink.bsky.social Dante’s Moominferno @kellylink.bsky.social · 6h
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
breathinghead.bsky.social
Spotted in Ridgewood on the way to the NYC Indie Horror Book Fair: a van full of skinned carcasses. Auspicious!
A white van parked at the curb of a city street. The van’s open back doors show a cargo space full of skinned animal carcasses, perhaps goats or sheep
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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tenebrouspress.bsky.social
🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥

YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices

A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️‍⚧️

Art by @mxmorgan.com

All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
Cover art, a swan alights on a cosmic celestial sea, the sky in the colors of the trans rights flag
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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zooboise.bsky.social
Happy World Anteater Day to Gloria and McCauley!

Giant anteaters, like Zoo Boise's couple, are able to flick their two-foot-long tongues in and out 150 times per minute.

📷: Zookeeper Elsa
Two giant anteaters - one male and one female - eat fruits, eggs, and chow from a dish inside a zoo dayroom habitat.
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
breathinghead.bsky.social
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.

Guess I'm an anprim now. Could be worse!
A four-panel cartoon captioned "My plans for the next 6 months." First panel. A woman in an office surrounded by ringing phones and work-related demands Second panel. The woman putting on a bear suit Third panel. The bear-suited woman walking through leafless woods toward a cave Fourth panel. The bear-suited woman hibernating in the cave alongside two bears
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
breathinghead.bsky.social
Long live Cursed Morsels! 🥳🎊😈
cursedmorsels.bsky.social Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 6d
We're coming up on five years of Cursed Morsels, which feels absolutely wild! If you don't know us, our whole thing is anti-capitalist, anti-fascist, and pro-queer short horror and Weird fiction. If that sounds like your thing, grab something(s) from our store!
www.cursedmorselspress.com
Graphic depicts all Cursed Morsels books, sorted by year. 2022 features Antifa Splatterpunk and Shredded. 2023 features Bitter Apples and No Trouble at All. 2024 features Why Didn't You Just Leave and The Nightmare Box. 2025 features Lupus in Fabula, Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces, and The Writhing, Verdant End. 2026 (will) feature Gore Poetics, Under a Malevolent Eye, and Lonesome and Festering. Graphic says, "Cursed Morsels is celebrating five years of great short horror and weird fiction!"
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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hbtyson.bsky.social
Making Contact • 2021
A digital illustration in the style of old print. A woman standing on a hill reaches out her hand to a giant. The giant, whose body is made up of abstract shapes, reaches out its hand in return.
August 8, 2023 at 4:22 AM
breathinghead.bsky.social
Fry from Futurama brandishing a fistful of money, his expression one of grim determination
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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undertow.bsky.social
Coming Spring 2026, issue 12! Art by @marcpotts.bsky.social Design by Vince Haig. Words by @rajivmote.bsky.social @grayhaem.bsky.social @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social @breathinghead.bsky.social @noirbettie.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social and more.

Pre-orders will go up early in the new year.
Cover for issue 12 of Weird Horror. Cover shows art by Marc Potts called "Frost Witch". Blue/Grey color scheme of witch floating or moving above the grounds as their harir and garments trail
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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nalsa.bsky.social
Happy Nov 14th, everybody!
A cartoon of a partially skeletonised Bugs Bunny with the caption "November 14th: a partially muscled skeleton stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing". There is a carrot in Bugs' ribcage.
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
breathinghead.bsky.social
A good time was had by all
Five weird horror writers sitting in a row in the children’s section of a bookstore Five weird horror writers facing an audience of spectators in the children’s section of a bookstore Copies of Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces by D. Matthew Urban and Root Rot by Saskia Nislow displayed on a table Snacks consisting of chocolate pudding, crumbled cookies, gummy worms and Milanos, arranged to look like graves
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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ossuary.bsky.social
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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cursedmorsels.bsky.social
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.
robpalk.bsky.social Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 13d
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.
Toad sits in the dark by his garden, reading a story to his seeds by candlelight. From "The Garden" In *Frog and Toad Together*
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
breathinghead.bsky.social
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🍪
Join us for Indie Horror Night, featuring D. Matthew Urban, OF Cieri, Saskia Nislow, LC von Hessen, and Sasha Ravitch! When: 7pm on Tuesday November 11. Where: Book Culture LIC, 26-09 Jackson Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
breathinghead.bsky.social
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
breathinghead.bsky.social
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
The Birthday Party - Junkyard
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
breathinghead.bsky.social
nachos of celebration
nachos from Los Tacos City Habanero
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
breathinghead.bsky.social
Mamdani elected...Cheney dead...
Frame from The Simpsons S4E10: a newscaster reading from a stack of pages, "Coming up next, an hour-long episode of Mama's Family."
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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darylsurat.bsky.social
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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eveharms.com
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
soozuk.bsky.social Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 20d
Did a horse write this?
Vice article with headline "Horses are way smarter than we thought, science says"
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
breathinghead.bsky.social
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!
Join us for Indie Horror Night, featuring D. Matthew Urban, OF Cieri, Saskia Nislow, LC von Hessen, and Sasha Ravitch! When: 7pm on Tuesday November 11. Where: Book Culture LIC, 26-09 Jackson Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
breathinghead.bsky.social
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...
fraidycatpress.bsky.social Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 21d
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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hbtyson.bsky.social
Mild plant horror 🌱🌿
Digital illustration depicting a hooded figure. Her face is not visible, but in its place are stylized shoots protruding from the hood’s opening. Dark mountains are visible in the background. Digital illustration styled as if it were printed on an old battered card. It depicts a character whose head is replaced by black branches. Digital illustration in the style of a vintage storybook. A man peacefully sits in a sparse forest with his back against a tree stump. Muted red flowers grow out of his chest. Below the illustration reads “several flowers bloomed from his chest.” Digital illustration in the style of old print. It displays three plants in various states of transformation. All are growing vague animal-like bodies: one birdlike, one serpentine, and the other humanoid.
October 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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hostile1968.bsky.social
heal your nervous system with this one weird trick
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM