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Matt Brandenburg

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The Ernest P. Worrell of horror fiction. ...And Out Come the Toys coming back soon-ish! Co-host of Staring Into the Abyss. Listening to horror soundtracks, punk/ska. Possibly in Michigan (he/him) Hey, I have a website?! https://matt-brandenburg.com/

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · Apr 29

...And Out Come the Toys is out today!!!!
A blend of Willy Wonka, Saw, Five Nights at Freddy's, five punks explore an abandoned toy factory to discover the toys still want to play!
Order from here: linktr.ee/brandenburgdm
#booksky #horror #punk

Book cover, with the text ...And Out Come the Toys. A red and black centipede crawls around a man in a top hat holding a blue imp with an axe.

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 3h

Elvis Presley was spotted at the Burger King in town years after he died.
*Does that count as a ghost story?

Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 4h

What’s the best ghost story from your hometown?

Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 7h

This news makes me happy

Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 7h

wonderful news that I will gladly believe

#poisonivy

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 1d

I had a few numbers memorized. Otherwise I had a million scrap pieces of paper in my wallet with numbers on them. And always quarters in my pocket...

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 1d

Just make sure to watch out for her!

Image of nursing home, along with an elderly woman in clown make up. Headline: 92-Year-Old Roseville Woman Escapes Nursing Home for Gathering of the Juggalos.

Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 2d

I'm working on a slasher story, my first time writing something like this. But, it's me, so I can't help but come up with something goofy and cartoonish. Or have the killer be logical in anyway... but is any slasher logical?

Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 2d

Hahah!!! "Ooohhh you see that GILTR?" "Hell yeah, I did! I'd love to show that gourd my hale bales and corn stalks, you know. I think it would really compliment them and be the centerpiece to my fall display. It's a really lovely looking gourd."

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so ready for the next Special!!!

Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 2d

Hahah, exactly! I know they didn't read my little book, it's just super weird how ideas float around in the collective subconscious and a couple of people grab them at the same time.

Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 2d

Hahahah, it's crazy, right?! To see something and be like "wait a minute, I wrote this already!"

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 2d

So, it's a little crazy to be watching VHS Halloween and see a scene that is almost exactly like a scene in And Out Come the Toys! Just change out the teddy bear making machine for a candy making one and, yeah, it's pretty close.

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 3d

I've been wondering about this, too. How do studios not see the hate for him?

Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 3d

Nice!!!! This is the perfect combo!!! And, oh how the snes ages like that! That's how you know it's a good vintage!

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 3d

So many questions!!!

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 4d

Continuing my yearly Halloween tradition of reading @spookhouse.bsky.social The Crypt of Blood and The Mausoleum of Gore. I keep finding new moments, new hauntings, new questions of what is real.

You should pick them up: www.muzzlelandpress.com

Two books leaning against a tombstone. The Mausoleum of Gore and the Crypt of Blood, both by Jonathan Raab.

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 4d

I have a story on PseudoPod! This one means a lot to me. Check it out?

PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 4d

Flash on the Borderlands LXXV: Together is Our Favorite Place to Be

“Our family doesn’t have to be perfect to be wonderful.”

The Wind Beneath, byAlex Ebenstein
They Still Haven’t Found Stevie, by Scott Weisser
Precious Darlings, by Annie Diao

Various CWs: please follow the link

PseudoPod 997: Flash on the Borderlands LXXV: Together is Our Favorite Place to Be

Our family doesn’t have to be perfect to be wonderful. There’s a gale when dawn illuminates our world. The morning light arrives as though leached from my son’s eyes, his gaze cast skyward…

pseudopod.org

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 4d

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 4d

That's awesome!!!!! I'll cross my fingers that there's some people who to buy stuff!!!

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 4d

Hell yes, new The Boy Detective song!!! And seriously, they have the best song titles...

youtu.be/g3eHaX3FLcM?...

The Boy Detective "American Farts" (Official Music Video"

YouTube video by Punkerton Records YouTube

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 4d

The moon was all serious biz this morning.

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 4d

Ohhhhh you are doing that thing in GR?!!!!

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 6d

It's a great week to go to the library (though every week is) and check out a banned book!! www.ala.org/bbooks

Two stickers and one bookmark. All three have the word censorship crossed out then is so 1984. Below that is Read for your rights!

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 6d

It's a great week to go to the library (though every week is) and check out a banned book!! www.ala.org/bbooks

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 6d

I've been thinking about this one for a bit. There's some fun folkloric stuff here in Michigan that I really dig. But...I think I prefer the made up, invented kind. Something about an author putting their fears or feelings into their own thing feels more real and raw to me.
#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 6d

Listen to the Symposium’s finest vocalist, as their tenor bends the living into unnatural angles and swivels them into the air! Tell us, what ghosts do you prefer? Of the folkloric tradition, or those invented by authors? And why?
#HorrorWritersChat

Question Three

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

It is always a delight to see our violinists perform! How the living bend their splintering bones as they float above us all! Tell us, our ghostly compatriots – which of us are better? Of the folkloric kind? Or invented by our shadowy creators?

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 6d

Yes to this!!!!

Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 6d

Hmm, I think I really like more modern haunts. We've seen plenty of gothic manors. Give me malls, office buildings, department stores. And, probably, my top choice: amusement parks! I love seeing something usually full of happiness and joy converted to creepiness and fear!
#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 6d

Now, let us begin! Let the flutes bleat and the trumps blare, snatching all the souls of the living away! What are your favourite haunts? Mausoleums? Lavish estates? What secrets do their wraiths protect within?
#HorrorWritersChat

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

Question Two

Ah, the performance has begun! Behold the souls of the living darting into the flutes and trumpets! Now, as you sip your ectoplasmic wine, tell us – what are your favourite locations for ghosts? And why?

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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