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Matthew D. Berkshier
@berkshierwrites.com
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Writer of horror, speculative fiction, and poetry (usually blank verse).

Made in the Great Year of MCMLXXX.

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This is the greatest summation of Frankenstein I have ever seen.
A humorous comic depiction of Victor Frankenstein, having just brought his creation to life, throwing his fists up in jubilation and proclaiming, "I have created LIFE!" The monster looks up at him from the operating table and says, "thanks, I hate it."
August 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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A scene from Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Space Ghost: "Listen, Zorak, don't even try to get my goat tonight, because it won't work." Zorak: "I don't want your filthy goat. So there." Moltar: "I'll take it."
August 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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One of my most favorite pictures I've ever taken. Alpine, Texas, six years ago today.
An image of a sunset taken from a street corner in Alpine, Texas. The last rays of the day's sun are seen blazing on the horizon over a storefront. There is a sharp contrast between the darkening blue sky above and the bright yellow and orange in the distance.
August 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Today in a nutshell...
A scene from "The IT Crowd..." Roy: "I don't like people." Jen: "Well, that's not fair, Roy. Have you met all of them?" Roy: "I've met enough of them. People...what a bunch of bastards!"
August 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Hear me out
An image of A. Flea, the main character of the Merrie Melodies cartoon "An Itch in Time," who is best known for singing "There'll be food around the corner, food around the corner, food around the corner for me!"
July 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Cover art for J. Michael Straczynski's "Rising Stars," which depicts a small group of people from the rear (most notably a young boy front and center, baseball glove on hand and baseball cap blowing off his head in a gust of wind), all looking up and pointing at a strange, celestial phenomenon barreling through the sky directly toward their little town.
July 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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"A gentleman is someone who can speak the True Name of the Crawling Madness...but doesn't." - High Priest Yog'tharneth, The Whisperer Beneath Skins
May 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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An image of a roadside billboard. The billboard reads, "They want you so worried about men transitioning to women that you won't notice the USA transitioning to the USSR."
March 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Whaaaaaat nooooo
An image of Mark Wahlberg, his face a mask of consternation. The wrinkles of his furrowed brow eerily resemble the symbol for Pi. Above, the text reads, "I looked at Mark Wahlberg's forehead and remembered it was Pi Day."
March 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Here's one of my little boogers:
Buttons the Chorkie-poo taking a much-needed nap on a comfy pillow.
March 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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😭😭😭
An image of George Lowe, comedian and voice actor best known for his role as Space Ghost in "Space Ghost Coast to Coast." The text at the bottom reads "Thank you George Lowe 1957-2025." Lowe passed away on March 2nd.
March 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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An image featuring several giant, rectangle-shaped slabs standing in a line like dominos, each bearing names like "Trans Rights," "Gay Rights," "Freedom of Expression," "Women's Rights," "Free Love," "Free Speech," "Democracy," "Freedom of Religion," and "Modernity." There are lots of people standing behind and around each one. The first is starting to topple back towards the others, threatening to bring them all down one by one, and people from the rear are racing to the front to assist in keeping it propped up. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, "United we stand, divided we fall."
January 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Mornin', Fellow Mammals.
A childish drawing of an elephant in crayon with text that reads "let's fuckin' gooooooooooooooooooooo back to bed"
January 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Given my recent posts about Frankenstein, I thought this was funny. Submitted to me by @faukes.bsky.social #frankenstein #literature #amreading
A discussion thread on classic literature. The first user, 'moonachilles,' writes, "Jane Austen really said 'I respect the "I can fix him" movement but that's just not me. He'll fix himself if [he] knows what's good for him.' and that's why her works are still calling the shots today." The second user, 'nitewrighter,' writes, "Meanwhile Emily Brontë just said 'we can make *each other* worse." The third user, 'theonlycabbage,' writes, "Mary Shelley said, 'I can make him"
January 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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We lost a good one with Olivia Hussey. 😞 RIP
Olivia Hussey talking on the telephone in "Black Christmas," dir. Bob Clark 1974. A Christmas tree stands in the background behind her.
December 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Booksky #Books #reading

Day 20
A cover image for Stephen King's "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft." The top half of the cover is empty, black background with white text that reads the author's name and the title. The lower half of the cover is a black and white photograph of the author at work, feet crossed on the desk before him, leaning back in an office chair as he writes in a notebook. A corgi rests on the floor beneath his leg. The office looks a little busy and used, but not overly cluttered, as there are several books, notebooks, and pamphlets lying around, as well as a couple of computers and printing equipment (including a Wang computer, one of the first-ever desktops). Overall, the vibe is messy yet organized, lived-in, and cozy.
December 15, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Booksky #Books #reading

Day 19
Cover image for "Kornwolf" by Tristan Golf. The cover is simple but striking; the background is a deep red, and the title spans from bottom to top on the far left side of the cover, written in blocky, almost hand-painted, white letters. The author's name serves as the open space in the center of the second "O" in the title. In the lower center of the cover is an old, woodcutting-style illustration of a black wolf with red eyes and red highlights on its body, outlined in white to match the rest of the bold lettering on the cover. Small, white words that read "A Novel" are situated at the lower right-hand corner of the image. Finally, at the center of the very top of the image, in small, white font, is the following blurb: "'A mutant amalgam of Jack Kerouac and Harry Crews...[with] talent to burn... Heady, over-the-top fun.' - Kirkus Reviews."
December 14, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Booksky #Books #reading

Day 18
Cover art for Stephen King's "Cycle of the Werewolf" by artist Berni Wrightson. The top half of the nearly all black cover is dominated by the author's name and the title in light gray/silver. The bottom half shows a sort of parting in the black cover, almost as if dark clouds are parting, with a werewolf emerging from behind the opening. The background within the opening behind the werewolf is reminiscent of a sunset or perhaps a fire burning nearby, with red, pink, and orange hues.
December 13, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Booksky #Books #reading

Day 17
Cover image for Peter Benchley's 1974 novel "Jaws." The cover is essentially the same composition as the movie's famous poster, but with some notable differences: the cover is entirely black, with the author's name at the very top, followed by the title in large, white letters. In the black space that makes up the bottom 2/3's the cover image, a woman is seen swimming, and below her, a large shark is swimming up toward her. The images of the woman and the shark are slightly abstract, as opposed to the more realistic imagery from the movie poster, as they are gray/white in color against the black background, conveying the basic outlines and shapes of each.
December 12, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Booksky #Books #reading

Day 16
Cover art for Michael Moorcock's "The Swords Trilogy," also known as "The Chronicles of Corum," a volume containing three stories featuring an incarnation of Moorcock's Eternal Champion, Corum Jhaelen Irsei, the Prince in the Scarlet Robe. At the top of the cover is the title in large yellow text against a red background, followed by the names of all three stories in smaller white text: "The King of Swords," "The Queen of Swords," and "The Knight of Swords." The cover depicts a man riding a horse, both decked in dark, fantasy-styled armor, set against the backdrop of a deep red, cloudy sky and dark, rocky terrain. The man brandishes a brightly-shining sword in his left hand and holds a scantily-clad woman across his lap with his right arm. At the bottom of the cover is a tagline in white text that reads, "It is the time of the conjunction of the Million Spheres, and all things are possible," followed by the author's name in yellow text.
December 11, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Booksky #Books #reading

Day 15
The original cover art for "Varney the Vampire, or the Feast of Blood," a 'penny dreadful' originally published some time between 1845-1847. The cover features the titular character of Varney, here depicted as a skeleton-esque revenant draped in a crimson cloak, torso and arms made of bones. He is hovering over a young woman lying asleep before him, about to attack. They are flanked on either side by bat-like demons.
December 10, 2024 at 3:39 PM
berkshierwrites.com
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Booksky #Books #reading

Day 14
The cover image for Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon. The background is entirely red. The top half of the image is mostly dominated by the title and author's name, and the lower half consists of a swinging silver pendant depicting the titular Red Dragon, which is facing away from us and is humanoid in stature, with curly horns on its head and bat-like wings attached to its muscular back.
December 9, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Booksky #Books #reading

Day 13
The cover image for Anthony Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange." The cover is very colorful and features a very cartoony depiction of the main character, Alex, wearing a bowler hat and fake eyelashes on his right eye.
December 8, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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Give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack playing in your head.
Buffalo Bill from "Silence of the Lambs" wearing nothing but a woman's hair and what looks to be a silk robe.
December 7, 2024 at 11:29 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Booksky #Books #reading

Day 12
The cover image for Michael Chrichton's "Jurassic Park." The cover is completely black save for the red Jurassic Park logo, made famous by the movie, which depicts the upper torso, arms, and head of a Tyrannosaurus skeleton in black against a red background.
December 7, 2024 at 10:15 PM