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Matt Monagle

@monagle.bsky.social

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Co-founder of Certified Forgotten (www.certifiedforgotten.com), a writer-owned horror publication. Find my work at IGN, Polygon, Inverse, Dicebreaker, and more. Rehomed Alaskan living in Philadelphia.

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Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 6d

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Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 5h

Highest possible praise

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 6h

The Mariners won and you can tell everyone there is absolutely spent lol. Like they did a half-hearted little dance and Cal looks like he needs a double espresso.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 6h

I am kind of shocked that the Mariners took that one. I’d written it off. #GOMs

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 6h

AS WELL HE SHOULD

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 6h

My favorite thing about the baseball postseason: I’m a curiosity as a Mariners fan. I’ve had a lot of people come up, chat about how likable the team is, and decide in the moment to root alongside me — or us, I should say, since @andreamontoro.bsky.social is champing this shit out with me. #GOMs

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 6h

I accept your recommendation under duress.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 6h

Counterpoint (joking tone): my mutuals ignore most of my film posts — they can ignore my sports posts, too.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 6h

ABS cannot, CANNOT come to Major League Baseball soon enough. End our collective suffering.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 7h

Few films better.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 7h

Picked a good time to have a good time.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 7h

People complain all the time about Bluesky and the algorithm and whatnot, but I’m here posting about the Seattle Mariners for absolutely no engagement and having the time of my life.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 7h

hits with runners in scoring position what is this witchcraft

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 7h

FUCK IT, I’LL DO IT MYSELF: THE CAL RALEIGH STORY

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 7h

We’re at the bar to watch the Mariners, and there’s a trio of guys — including the bartender — and they’re having the most animated conversation about what states are viable nuclear targets. “WHAT COUNTRY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO REACH US WITH NUKES??!”

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 7h

Listen, a win is important tonight — a win any night is important — but we desperately need some innings from Miller after Game 5, so I consider it a net-positive that he’s stayed mostly trouble-free through four innings. If we get six or seven innings out of him, that’s huge.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 8h

Looks like tonight’s strike zone is going to be an adventure.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 8h

Oh, so it’s going to be like that, huh.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 9h

Strapping back in for another few hours of emotional labor.

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Matt Donato @donatobomb.bsky.social · 9h

Once more, @certifiedforgot.bsky.social returns to @brooklynhorror.bsky.social!

On October 18th @ 2PM, we're sitting down with Tina Romero for an in-person converesation centering around her new queer zombie film, QUEENS OF THE DEAD.

(Free) Tix: brooklynhorror2025.eventive.org/schedule/68b...

This is a graphic for my upcoming live podcast at the Brooklyn Horror FIlm Festival on October 18th, at 2PM at Crystal Lake in Brooklyn. The podcast is Certified Forgotten, and our guest is Tina Romero, writer and director of the upcoming queer zombie film Queens of the Dead.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 9h

I literally wrote this WHILE running to keep myself distracted. Full speed.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 19h

Also, I’ll never get used to Mo Rocca being a regular interviewer.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 12h

Decided I probably need to pare down some of my collection, but that’s a problem for tomorrow. Today’s little comforting thing was bagging and boarding the last month’s worth of pickups I’ve had loose on my bookshelf. Also, Jeffrey Alan Love’s artwork is obviously really growing on me.

Covers of Issue 4 of NEWS FROM THE FALL OUT and Issue 2 of EVENT HORIZON: DARK DESCENT.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 13h

Very TERMINATOR 2 to the original’s TERMINATOR, by design. Punts almost entirely on the horror, much more action-focused. It was the right move!

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 19h

Also, I’ll never get used to Mo Rocca being a regular interviewer.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 19h

Running at the gym during the Sunday morning news cycle is a sobering reminder of how bad our news environment is.

Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so damn pumped.