K Matar
@krystlematar.bsky.social
enby they/she 🇨🇦 — author of SPFBO Finalist Legacy of the Brightwash — fuelled by coffee, whisky, beer, and spite — art is always political
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/182634260/legacy-of-the-brightwash-deluxe-edition
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/182634260/legacy-of-the-brightwash-deluxe-edition
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K Matar
@krystlematar.bsky.social
· Apr 16
Legacy of the Brightwash: Deluxe Edition
SPFBO Finalist, dystopian Gaslamp vibes, Canadian wilderness worldbuilding, all coming together in a deluxe edition with brand new art!
www.kickstarter.com
Psssst did you know I have my PledgeBox store up? If you missed the Kickstarter for my GORGEOUS deluxe edition of BRGITHWASH you can grab one now!! You can also get prints of all the art including the cityscape by Jeff Brown and the updated map by Jack Shepherd!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/182...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/182...
The hardest part of drafting Book 3 in a series is that I desperately want to yap about my progress but just about everything will be spoilery 😆 Case in point:
I just thought of a scene where [Redacted] meets [Redacted2] for the first time and I cannot wait to destroy everyone’s emotional core!!
I just thought of a scene where [Redacted] meets [Redacted2] for the first time and I cannot wait to destroy everyone’s emotional core!!
November 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The hardest part of drafting Book 3 in a series is that I desperately want to yap about my progress but just about everything will be spoilery 😆 Case in point:
I just thought of a scene where [Redacted] meets [Redacted2] for the first time and I cannot wait to destroy everyone’s emotional core!!
I just thought of a scene where [Redacted] meets [Redacted2] for the first time and I cannot wait to destroy everyone’s emotional core!!
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Check out the new character art done by @janjanartsss.bsky.social! My crowdfund project has met its second stretch goal, so we're getting LOTS of art!
I doubt if we'll get the audio since that needs $3k more, but let's keep going!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
I doubt if we'll get the audio since that needs $3k more, but let's keep going!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
November 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Check out the new character art done by @janjanartsss.bsky.social! My crowdfund project has met its second stretch goal, so we're getting LOTS of art!
I doubt if we'll get the audio since that needs $3k more, but let's keep going!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
I doubt if we'll get the audio since that needs $3k more, but let's keep going!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
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5 DAYS LEFT to back The Book of Spores fungal anthology 🍄🍄🟫
Have you backed it yet? www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
Have you backed it yet? www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
November 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
5 DAYS LEFT to back The Book of Spores fungal anthology 🍄🍄🟫
Have you backed it yet? www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
Have you backed it yet? www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
This story was SO fun and healing to work on, and I am absolutely honoured that it has a place in the Book of Spores! Come check out the whole anthology 😍
🍄 The Book of Spores AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT 🍄
INTRODUCING… contributing author @krystlematar.bsky.social, whose story “A Serious Track” combines the Prohibition era, fantasy and psychedelic magic with a high stakes bank robbery.
BACK THE KICKSTARTER TODAY: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
INTRODUCING… contributing author @krystlematar.bsky.social, whose story “A Serious Track” combines the Prohibition era, fantasy and psychedelic magic with a high stakes bank robbery.
BACK THE KICKSTARTER TODAY: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
November 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This story was SO fun and healing to work on, and I am absolutely honoured that it has a place in the Book of Spores! Come check out the whole anthology 😍
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
Pilot whale*
Puffin
Barred owl
Spawning salmon in fresh water
Luna moth
*I think it was a pilot whale but this was when I was 13 so I don’t remember exactly. It was an incredible moment, whatever kind of whale it was!
Pilot whale*
Puffin
Barred owl
Spawning salmon in fresh water
Luna moth
*I think it was a pilot whale but this was when I was 13 so I don’t remember exactly. It was an incredible moment, whatever kind of whale it was!
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild
Rattlesnake
Yellow headed black bird
Mountain goat
Killer whale
Cooper's hawk
Rattlesnake
Yellow headed black bird
Mountain goat
Killer whale
Cooper's hawk
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild
Guanaco
Brown tarantula
Eastern newt
Caribou
Western blue jay
Guanaco
Brown tarantula
Eastern newt
Caribou
Western blue jay
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
Pilot whale*
Puffin
Barred owl
Spawning salmon in fresh water
Luna moth
*I think it was a pilot whale but this was when I was 13 so I don’t remember exactly. It was an incredible moment, whatever kind of whale it was!
Pilot whale*
Puffin
Barred owl
Spawning salmon in fresh water
Luna moth
*I think it was a pilot whale but this was when I was 13 so I don’t remember exactly. It was an incredible moment, whatever kind of whale it was!
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🌻 ARTSHARE time🌻
Time to show off your art
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💎 Share your art, SFW or NSFW 💎
🍀 Tag some friends ( not mandatory ) 🍀
🌞 Support others if you'd like! 🌞
🚫 No N/F/Ts, No AI, keep it SFW
#artshare #art #selfpromo
Time to show off your art
🤘 Like & repost this post for visibility! 🤘
💎 Share your art, SFW or NSFW 💎
🍀 Tag some friends ( not mandatory ) 🍀
🌞 Support others if you'd like! 🌞
🚫 No N/F/Ts, No AI, keep it SFW
#artshare #art #selfpromo
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🌻 ARTSHARE time🌻
Time to show off your art
🤘 Like & repost this post for visibility! 🤘
💎 Share your art, SFW or NSFW 💎
🍀 Tag some friends ( not mandatory ) 🍀
🌞 Support others if you'd like! 🌞
🚫 No N/F/Ts, No AI, keep it SFW
#artshare #art #selfpromo
Time to show off your art
🤘 Like & repost this post for visibility! 🤘
💎 Share your art, SFW or NSFW 💎
🍀 Tag some friends ( not mandatory ) 🍀
🌞 Support others if you'd like! 🌞
🚫 No N/F/Ts, No AI, keep it SFW
#artshare #art #selfpromo
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We are so excited that two Titan Books titles are in the final round of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Readers' Favorite Horror!
🩸 THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by Stephen Graham Jones
😈 PLAY NICE by Rachel Harrison
You can cast your votes here: https://tinyurl.com/ypuy787m 🤞
🩸 THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by Stephen Graham Jones
😈 PLAY NICE by Rachel Harrison
You can cast your votes here: https://tinyurl.com/ypuy787m 🤞
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We are so excited that two Titan Books titles are in the final round of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Readers' Favorite Horror!
🩸 THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by Stephen Graham Jones
😈 PLAY NICE by Rachel Harrison
You can cast your votes here: https://tinyurl.com/ypuy787m 🤞
🩸 THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by Stephen Graham Jones
😈 PLAY NICE by Rachel Harrison
You can cast your votes here: https://tinyurl.com/ypuy787m 🤞
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TFW you have enough queer books to make a rainbow.
This isn't even all of them, it would have made the images too small to fit everyone in! I do need to get a proper yellow cover !!
claudiearseneault.com/my-books/
💙📚 🌈🚀💫 #QueerAdultSFF
This isn't even all of them, it would have made the images too small to fit everyone in! I do need to get a proper yellow cover !!
claudiearseneault.com/my-books/
💙📚 🌈🚀💫 #QueerAdultSFF
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
TFW you have enough queer books to make a rainbow.
This isn't even all of them, it would have made the images too small to fit everyone in! I do need to get a proper yellow cover !!
claudiearseneault.com/my-books/
💙📚 🌈🚀💫 #QueerAdultSFF
This isn't even all of them, it would have made the images too small to fit everyone in! I do need to get a proper yellow cover !!
claudiearseneault.com/my-books/
💙📚 🌈🚀💫 #QueerAdultSFF
I hope to see you in the audience!
🍄 AUTHOR LIVESTREAM 🍄
THE BOOK OF SPORES launch tour continues, with contributing authors @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social Greta Kelly @krystlematar.bsky.social and I chatting with Josh from Already Overbooked about the anthology!
Join us on YouTube today, Nov. 24, at 8pm EST: youtube.com/live/flS1P8_...
THE BOOK OF SPORES launch tour continues, with contributing authors @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social Greta Kelly @krystlematar.bsky.social and I chatting with Josh from Already Overbooked about the anthology!
Join us on YouTube today, Nov. 24, at 8pm EST: youtube.com/live/flS1P8_...
November 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I hope to see you in the audience!
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I do! If you sign up I'll even send you a free novella, it's about a group of adventurers that slays a dragon on the first page and then discovers the real challenge is getting the treasure back home. Gold is heavy! And there are dangerous bankers.
djangowexler.com
djangowexler.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I do! If you sign up I'll even send you a free novella, it's about a group of adventurers that slays a dragon on the first page and then discovers the real challenge is getting the treasure back home. Gold is heavy! And there are dangerous bankers.
djangowexler.com
djangowexler.com
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🍄 AUTHOR LIVESTREAM 🍄
THE BOOK OF SPORES launch tour continues, with contributing authors @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social Greta Kelly @krystlematar.bsky.social and I chatting with Josh from Already Overbooked about the anthology!
Join us on YouTube today, Nov. 24, at 8pm EST: youtube.com/live/flS1P8_...
THE BOOK OF SPORES launch tour continues, with contributing authors @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social Greta Kelly @krystlematar.bsky.social and I chatting with Josh from Already Overbooked about the anthology!
Join us on YouTube today, Nov. 24, at 8pm EST: youtube.com/live/flS1P8_...
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🍄 AUTHOR LIVESTREAM 🍄
THE BOOK OF SPORES launch tour continues, with contributing authors @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social Greta Kelly @krystlematar.bsky.social and I chatting with Josh from Already Overbooked about the anthology!
Join us on YouTube today, Nov. 24, at 8pm EST: youtube.com/live/flS1P8_...
THE BOOK OF SPORES launch tour continues, with contributing authors @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social Greta Kelly @krystlematar.bsky.social and I chatting with Josh from Already Overbooked about the anthology!
Join us on YouTube today, Nov. 24, at 8pm EST: youtube.com/live/flS1P8_...
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Love Asian-inspired fantasy? We’re giving away a bundle of five paperback books to one lucky reader!
One winner will be selected at the end of the event. The giveaway runs November 24th until December 8th.
Enter now for your chance to win! You can find the page in the comments or in my linktree!
One winner will be selected at the end of the event. The giveaway runs November 24th until December 8th.
Enter now for your chance to win! You can find the page in the comments or in my linktree!
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Love Asian-inspired fantasy? We’re giving away a bundle of five paperback books to one lucky reader!
One winner will be selected at the end of the event. The giveaway runs November 24th until December 8th.
Enter now for your chance to win! You can find the page in the comments or in my linktree!
One winner will be selected at the end of the event. The giveaway runs November 24th until December 8th.
Enter now for your chance to win! You can find the page in the comments or in my linktree!
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Elon is rigging the Twitter algorithm to shove right wing fever dreams down your throat. If you're a prominent person who's still on Twitter, you're helping him cook people's brains just by being there. Don't take my word for it, he'll tell you himself. @takedowntwitterx.bsky.social #teslatakedown
November 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Elon is rigging the Twitter algorithm to shove right wing fever dreams down your throat. If you're a prominent person who's still on Twitter, you're helping him cook people's brains just by being there. Don't take my word for it, he'll tell you himself. @takedowntwitterx.bsky.social #teslatakedown
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Due to things and fate, I am giving away a one-of-a-kind test print (paperback) of DOGGED and a one-of-a-kind faux-leather SHE DREAMS IN BLOOD bookmark over on the Patreon!
www.patreon.com/posts/dogged...
www.patreon.com/posts/dogged...
DOGGED - Giveaway! | Michael R. Fletcher
Get more from Michael R. Fletcher on Patreon
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November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Due to things and fate, I am giving away a one-of-a-kind test print (paperback) of DOGGED and a one-of-a-kind faux-leather SHE DREAMS IN BLOOD bookmark over on the Patreon!
www.patreon.com/posts/dogged...
www.patreon.com/posts/dogged...
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🍄 The Book of Spores AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT 🍄
INTRODUCING… contributing author @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social, whose story “The Book of Hries” will thrust you into the chaotic midst of dueling gods of death.
BACK THE KICKSTARTER TODAY: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
INTRODUCING… contributing author @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social, whose story “The Book of Hries” will thrust you into the chaotic midst of dueling gods of death.
BACK THE KICKSTARTER TODAY: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🍄 The Book of Spores AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT 🍄
INTRODUCING… contributing author @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social, whose story “The Book of Hries” will thrust you into the chaotic midst of dueling gods of death.
BACK THE KICKSTARTER TODAY: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
INTRODUCING… contributing author @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social, whose story “The Book of Hries” will thrust you into the chaotic midst of dueling gods of death.
BACK THE KICKSTARTER TODAY: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
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Your piercing doesn’t look the way you hoped it would?
Problematic gauge gap.
Problematic gauge gap.
Your thanksgiving stuffing doesn’t taste right?
Problematic sage gap.
Problematic sage gap.
Somebody's taken out an entire chapter of your book?
Problematic page gap.
Problematic page gap.
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Your piercing doesn’t look the way you hoped it would?
Problematic gauge gap.
Problematic gauge gap.
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The incredible @emmaladams12.bsky.social bringing some fungal gaslamp mystery to THE BOOK OF SPORES with her story “A Dangerous Donation” 🍄🍄🟫
BACK THE KICKSTARTER HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
BACK THE KICKSTARTER HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The incredible @emmaladams12.bsky.social bringing some fungal gaslamp mystery to THE BOOK OF SPORES with her story “A Dangerous Donation” 🍄🍄🟫
BACK THE KICKSTARTER HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
BACK THE KICKSTARTER HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
2025 has really kicked my ass, prolonging the burnout that started a while ago, but today I revised over 20 pages of Tashué’s first chapter for LEGACY OF ASH & STONE in one sitting and it feels like I can breathe again. He’s always the one who saves me from myself when I think I can’t do this 🥹
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
2025 has really kicked my ass, prolonging the burnout that started a while ago, but today I revised over 20 pages of Tashué’s first chapter for LEGACY OF ASH & STONE in one sitting and it feels like I can breathe again. He’s always the one who saves me from myself when I think I can’t do this 🥹
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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Thank you to everyone who has backed THE BOOK OF SPORES anthology on Kickstarter ❤️🍄
3 days. 388 backers. $34k. It’s surreal to see everything that’s happened with The Book of Spores Kickstarter campaign so far, and framing it with these milestones makes it hit even harder. From the TBoS team, thank you all so much ❤️🍄
Back our project TODAY: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
Back our project TODAY: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
November 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Thank you to everyone who has backed THE BOOK OF SPORES anthology on Kickstarter ❤️🍄
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We’re closing in on the release of ALPHA and getting intimate with the inner circle.
It’s time to meet Winson. Underneath his playful nature lies a young man scared as hell. He doesn’t know where his loyalties lie just yet but he knows something has to change.
Which side will he choose?
It’s time to meet Winson. Underneath his playful nature lies a young man scared as hell. He doesn’t know where his loyalties lie just yet but he knows something has to change.
Which side will he choose?
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We’re closing in on the release of ALPHA and getting intimate with the inner circle.
It’s time to meet Winson. Underneath his playful nature lies a young man scared as hell. He doesn’t know where his loyalties lie just yet but he knows something has to change.
Which side will he choose?
It’s time to meet Winson. Underneath his playful nature lies a young man scared as hell. He doesn’t know where his loyalties lie just yet but he knows something has to change.
Which side will he choose?
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🍄 HOW TO CREATE AN ANTHOLOGY 🍄
As part of THE BOOK OF SPORES tour, @xuetingni.bsky.social @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social @frasierarmitage.bsky.social and I will be doing a LIVE PANEL discussing the process of creating an anthology!
Watch live Nov. 16 at 3pm EST/8pm GMT: www.youtube.com/live/dUcYjyY...
As part of THE BOOK OF SPORES tour, @xuetingni.bsky.social @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social @frasierarmitage.bsky.social and I will be doing a LIVE PANEL discussing the process of creating an anthology!
Watch live Nov. 16 at 3pm EST/8pm GMT: www.youtube.com/live/dUcYjyY...
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🍄 HOW TO CREATE AN ANTHOLOGY 🍄
As part of THE BOOK OF SPORES tour, @xuetingni.bsky.social @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social @frasierarmitage.bsky.social and I will be doing a LIVE PANEL discussing the process of creating an anthology!
Watch live Nov. 16 at 3pm EST/8pm GMT: www.youtube.com/live/dUcYjyY...
As part of THE BOOK OF SPORES tour, @xuetingni.bsky.social @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social @frasierarmitage.bsky.social and I will be doing a LIVE PANEL discussing the process of creating an anthology!
Watch live Nov. 16 at 3pm EST/8pm GMT: www.youtube.com/live/dUcYjyY...