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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · Jun 16

The original cover piece for @johnlangan.bsky.social forthcoming collection ‘Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions’. Readers are going to love this collection. Preorder and more info @wordhorde.bsky.social

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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 7h

Congratulations, Orion! Looking forward to picking up a copy

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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · Jul 15

Screen shot from Prehistoric Planet insta. Have rarely been in such agreement with anything.

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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 1d

Feelings are totally mutual, friend. Can’t wait to read ‘Churchburner’ and ‘Profane Sorcery’

Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 1d

Should mention I loved the panel and could’ve listened to folks discuss the topic for another hour.

Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 1d

Listened to this fantastic episode again on my drive home from @voidcon.bsky.social and found it extremely relavent to the ‘Horror As A Place’ panel. Highly recommended. #psychogeography

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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 1d

Likewise, Sasha! Such a rad gathering of inspiring folks

Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 2d

YES!!! A one/two punch wit Necronomi-con

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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 2d

Spent the weekend hanging out with folks in the void, and it was amazing. Thank you to the Void Collective who put it together, and all the awesome people I connected with in Gettysburg, for such an awesome and memorable time. Can’t wait for next year

VOIDCON @voidcon.bsky.social · 2d

VOIDCON 3 IS DEAD.

WE CAN NEVER THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR BEING A PART OF THIS THING.

IF NEXT YEAR WE ARE STILL ON THIS SIDE OF THE DIRT WE WILL SEE YOU AND HEAR YOU AND EMBRACE YOU AND SMELL YOU AGAIN.

HAIL THE VOID.
#voidcon

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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent panel.

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Robert Lloyd Parry @nunkie.bsky.social · 3d

In Shrewsbury tomorrow night, 12 Oct, a solo performance of two great ghost stories by M R James - "Casting the Runes" & "The Residence at Whtiminster". Tickets here www.theatresevern.co.uk/shows/whatso...

CASTING THE RUNES at Theatre Severn

CASTING THE RUNESTWO GHOST STORIES BY M R JAMES M R James wrote his ghost stories to perform to friends in the years leading up to WW1. Today they’ve lost none of their power to terrify and amuse.&hel...

www.theatresevern.co.uk

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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Joe. This means a lot.

Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 4d

I had to get rid of it, lol. I’d set it aside to work on other things, but ‘Tony’ was always there, creepin’

Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 5d

Did I love “Andy Kaufman Creeping Through The Trees”? No, it unsettled me like nothing else I had ever read, so much so that I had to paint a picture of Andy as Tony Clifton to exorcise it from my system. Never finished it, but Julie Vellum was alongside with him
in the basement covered in fungus

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Greg Greene @igreggreene.bsky.social · 6d

Mysterium Tremendum and the title story are my favorites until I reread “The Broadsword” and “—30—“ which then become my favorites 😵‍💫

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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 7d

Great album🤘

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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 7d

Beautiful. Love the folklore of the Asrai.

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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 8d

Hi Todd, will you have any books for sale at Voidcon this weekend?

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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 8d

Timely, except this time the outcome was a bit different. As an aside, this illustration was maybe the only one from the Monsters Manuel that scared me as a kid

Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 10d

Just bought my ticket. Looks like a fantastic lineup.

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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 12d

I’m back in Michigan so you’ve got to make a Detroit area visit at some point 🤞

Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 13d

October awakenings. Detail from an illustration done a few years ago.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 13d

It's October! Hurrah!

I've specially curated 5 of our spookier titles, and discounted the eBooks to just $2. Grab a couple, or all 5 for $10. It's your choice.

@seanbirnie.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social

undertowpublications.com/ebooks

5 book covers: Shadows & Tall Trees, Vol. 8 (Michael Kelly, ed.) - Finalist for the World Fantasy; Shirley Jackson; and British Fantasy Awards. Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Featuring Kay Chronister, Krisit DeMeester; Brian Evenson, M. Rickert, and more.

Aickman's Heirs (Simon Strantzas, ed.) - Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. Finalist for the World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Awards. Reprints in 5 'Best Ofs'. Featuring Nadia Bulkin, Brian Evenson, John Langan, Lynda E. Rucker, and more.

The Ghost Sequences, by A.C. Wise - Finalist for the World Fantasy; Locus; Bram Stoker; and British Fantasy Awards.

To Drown in Dark Water, by Steve Toase - Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Praise from Booklist, and Rue Morgue.

I Would Haunt You if I Could, by Seán Padraic Birnie - Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Praise from The Toronto Star, and Library Journal.

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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 14d

Apropos use of jagoff

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Talking Scared Podcast @talkscaredpod.bsky.social · 14d

Get ready for one of the more unnerving episodes of Talking Scared.

I’m joined by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social to discuss THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT - analog horror, digital demons, occult rituals and films that aren’t safe. It’s a whole fun thing, but you’ve been warned.

All podcast platforms

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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations, Michael! I’ll be picking up a copy this week. Mandatory October reading.

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