my dentist: “you have several cracked teeth from grinding your teeth and clenching your jaw”
me: “what should i do about it?”
dentist: “I’m not a psychologist”

Also many thanks to @pamelajeffs.bsky.social for her amazing cover art

Book cover with title 'Market of Loss: A Collection'. Depicts a green jar with red luminous cut-away of interior, all on a black background with small transparent green bubbles. Author's name 'Matt Tighe' below the image. Above cover a blurb 'Darkly Delicious' - Samantha Murray, multi-award winning author. Below cover a blur 'Why do you write this sort of stuff?' - a supposed friend (but not Samantha)

New collection coming at the start of June - includes award winning and shortlisted stories plus new stuff! Pre-orders up soon

and all just to get home in time for thanksgiving

Space Groundhog Day

Also, Maddison is insightful and cool to work with.

I don't know if I could 'easily' win that fight. The mental weight of even one vanquished baby would be extreme. Unless it was a really annoying baby.

Any help spreading the word about this series of unashamedly Australian horror would be massively appreciated. Thanks! 🖤

Yay! I love this story

This story will win awards if there is any sanity left in the world

View across open valley early in the morning, mist rising out of the hollows

My backyard this morning

Waterfall view from the top, showing two pools and a range of eucalyptus trees and understorey plants

Duffer Falls in Washpool National Park and World Heritage Area.

Alan's small town horror is amazingly crafted and delivered. True masterpiece stuff - a tapestry of so much to get lost in, and creeped out by

I'm a big fan of Alan's writing, but the Gulp trilogy is perhaps my favourite

"We hear the warnings. We read the reviews. We know this place swallows people. And yet, with Baxter as our guide, we can’t resist stepping out of the truck and into the dark, welcoming streets."

A Forest Darkly By A.G. Slatter: A Witch's Story For Grown-Ups - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website Read our review of A.G. Slatter's A Forest, Darkly. We analyze the dark fantasy novel's strengths, writing style, and its impact on the genre. Is it a must-read? Find out.

Reviewed A.G. Slatter’s ‘A Forest, Darkly.’ A dark, atmospheric witch tale with a standout older heroine. More than just a fantasy, it’s about found family and survival.

#AGSlatter #DarkFantasy #BookReview

@angelaslatter.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social

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Do rejected stories dream of award recognition? Lots of writers like to say stuff about writing, and almost all of them have stuff to say about publishing. We all know the landscape of short fiction (yeah, I'm not touching manuscript length...

I don't often write stuff about writing. But I wrote something about writing. And awards and how often my eventually recognised stories got rejected.
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Branches, Haven Spec Magazine "Branches" by Matt Tighe

👀January 2026 Fiction👀

ICYMI, "Branches" is a short story by @mktighewrites.bsky.social about how sometimes every path you take can lead to loss. Read this one for its bittersweet multiverse and the impossibility of letting go.

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“As Brittle as Granite” nominated for an Aurealis Award! | Cast of Wonders We’re thrilled to share that Matt Tighe’s “As Brittle as Granite” has been nominated for an Aurealis Award for Best YA Short Story. The Aurealis Awards are Australia’s premier speculative fiction…

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Jealous of your titles!

@coreyjwhite.com and @thedescenters.bsky.social write amazing stuff! Check some of it out if you haven’t

Thank you! You did such an amazing job!

Everything you write is beautiful, and like a bell tolling in your heart - just a quiet ding dong that you can’t ignore

Cover of a story collection 'Drowning in the Dark and Other Stories' showing rippling water under a large moon. Inset is a badge detailing this as a Aurealis Award Finalist work.

I'm a finalist for Australia's Aurealis Awards - x3! Best Fantasy Story for 'Jericho and the Cursed Forest', best collection for 'Drowning in the Dark and Other Stories' from @ifwgpublishing.bsky.social, and Best Young Adult Story - 'As Brittle As Granite' from @castofwonders.org

Aurealis Awards Australia's premier speculative fiction awards

My short story 'As Brittle As Granite' published by @castofwonders.org is a finalist for Australia's Aurealis Awards for Best Young Adult Story
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Thanks to the amazing staff at the podcast, editorial, production, narration! Proud to be published by them

Very happy to have this coming out, and in such great company! This Haven Spec issue goes hard

I finally got to this intriguing sounding story by @emlinden.bsky.social and it was beautiful!
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Nice! Everything @atgreenblatt.bsky.social does is gold (as is @uncannymagazine.bsky.social)

I’ve just discovered the HMRC books by @junodawson.bsky.social. Amazing stuff! So well done

Today my daughter finished breakfast and asked for some ‘walking around bacon’. She might be a genius

Imagine these scenarios for the hard-to-gift-for person in your life:
1. You buy them my book. They have no idea who I am. Unique gift!
2. You buy them my book. They know who I am. They are intrigued.
3. You don't buy them my book. They still have no present.
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