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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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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
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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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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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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
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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
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nachos of celebration
nachos from Los Tacos City Habanero
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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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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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
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Well, after three days of fun and games at VoidCon, it’s back to the grind of my real job: human pedestal
Selfie of me stooped forward looking into the camera while a tabby cat with alert expression and motion-blurred tail perches on my back
October 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Final celebrity sighting in Gettysburg: stopped to look at this memorial for two Marines who crashed their plane in 1922 during a reenactment of Pickett’s Charge(?!), and who should I meet but THE Cool Koala
A sign in Gettysburg, PA labeled “The Last Line-of-Duty Deaths on Gettysburg Battlefield,” commemorating two Marines who died in a plane crash during a reenactment of Pickett’s Charge in 1922. On the ground next to the sign lies a colorful object, which closer inspection proves to be none other than… Cool Koala! A brown stuffed koala with a jaunty smile, four different-colored paws (blue, orange, purple and yellow), and the words “COOL Koala” written in a white patch on its chest
October 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Welcome to GARA, human traveler. Would it please you to enjoy our recreation park?
Signs on the edge of a park in Gettysburg, PA. The sign on the left says “Recreation Park / Borough of Gettysburg.” The sign on the right says “Welcome to GARA / Gettysburg Area Recreation Authority”
October 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Spotted in Gettysburg: a cat and its imitators
A gray and white cat sleeping on an upholstered chair next to two artificial cats, one orange and one gray
October 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Here in Gettysburg, PA, home of this metal bear, to attend @voidcon.bsky.social. Will this be the most historic event ever to happen in Gettysburg? Let’s find out!
A rusty metal bear on the roof of a hardware store in Gettysburg, PA
October 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Frame from The Simpsons S11E12: two monkeys knife-fighting on the deck of a boat, surrounded by cheering gamblers
October 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Post a you from a different era
Mid-00s photo of a dark-haired twentysomething with sideburns playing Big Buck Hunter II in a southeast Texas truck stop
September 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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There are cryptids everywhere for those with the eyes to see
A blurry photo of a tabby cat’s face looking out from under a bookshelf
September 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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spotted in Austin: a big thing of parakeets
September 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Studies in Suffocation I, Robyn O’Neil. Seen at the Menil Collection, always one of my first stops when I’m in Houston
Studies in Suffocation I by Robyn O’Neil, a graphite drawing showing bowed heads mostly submerged in a dark, textured substance
September 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE
The salaryman from Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Tsukamoto, 1989), more metal than man at this point
September 1, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Worth remembering that any time I say "It's happening!" I'm talking about The Happening (2008), directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, and Betty Buckley
Still from The Happening (2008): Mark Wahlberg looking very concerned against the background of a grassy field, trees in the distance
August 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Fucking moo brings her bratty sprog in at 8:59am dressed in a generic Kmart cape with stars and glitter and fucking gaudy BLAH. Twig for a wand.
Mark E. Smith
August 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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picture this: we go nationwide, Sufjan Stevens this thing
Don Draper standing in front an ad mock-up displaying the words OKLAHOMA CIRCUS PUNK above an outline of the state of Oklahoma
August 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Her Majesty
A tabby cat lounging on a red blanket, leaning against a cushion embroidered with a detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, her expression benevolent yet aloof
August 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Almost missed International Cat Day! Pancake hopes you had a good one
A tabby cat lounging on an office chair, her expression resembling a sly or dreamy smile
August 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Happy International Owl Awareness Day!
A photo of a tree with a small region circled in red The same photo, zoomed in on the circled region to reveal…an owl!
August 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM