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mattblairstone.bsky.social
Publisher/Founder @tenebrouspress.bsky.social Shirley Jackson Award-nominated editor. Illustrator of slimy things. Devotee of comic books & guit-fiddle music of every stripe. OPEN for both editing & art gigs. He/him Portland OR
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Night One at @portlandhorror.bsky.social Opening night film ALMA AND THE WOLF was a rare case of film agreement between us: we both really dug it🖤☠️ (feat. book cameos by @hazelzorn.bsky.social @momoshaty.bsky.social & more)

🖤☠️MEET THE BRAVE NEW WEIRDo's🖤☠️ @tmbwrites.bsky.social fills her BNW Award-winning story "Full Immersion", originally published by @sleyhouseeditor.bsky.social, with pathos, queasiness and lots and lots of dirt-eating. We chatted with here here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/6/...

📚🏆Congratulations to fellow Split Scream author @lyndseycroal.bsky.social plus fellow Tenebrous author M. Shaw, on their Shirley Jackson award nominations today! That’s 2 out of the 6 nominees for Best Novelette coming from the wonderful & weird folks at @tenebrouspress.bsky.social 🎉

What cool news! I'm so proud of Lyndsey, and it was a great honor to get to work with her on such an awesome story!

Congratulations to @lyndseycroal.bsky.social & M.Shaw; each are nominated for Best Novelette in the 2024 @sjacksonawards.bsky.social! We're so proud of both of these Weird stories & their authors; hails to the judges, the awards board, & to the visionary author herself, who inspired us all🖤☠️

Hey all! I'm open for illustration & cover art! As you can see, I favor the creepies & crawlies; crazy for vintage monster toys but happy to play in any sandbox you like. Recent work for @stephrabig.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @tenebrouspress.bsky.social More: mattblairstone.carrd.co

Midwestern horror people experiencing Stokercon FOMO: come to Chicago for (Heads in a) Cooler by the Lake. Karaoke, a horror open mic, a book release party, possibly a euchre tournament in there, and a Stoker awards watch party. Details at coolerbythelakehorror.com

🎉💀SIGNING ANNOUNCEMENT💀🎉 Peel yourself up off that gross-ass bar floor & join us in welcoming @allisonmick.bsky.social & her sleazy, Weird DIVE to Tenebrous, coming in Fall 2026🖤☠️

Preorder @hazelzorn.bsky.social's REEF MIND now!🪸🐚💀 One day, humanity's actions will lead to the seas taking over the land. ...What if that's by design? A haunting novella from "a new voice in Weird Horror worth keeping a close eye on” - @michaelwehunt.bsky.social store.tenebrouspress.com

I am privileged to have the greatest partner in this business. We each have our strengths, we each have our specialties, but in all decisions we’re equal. …actually that’s not true. In all ways creative, SHE is definitely the 51%. Keep that in mind if you feel like trying underhanded shit.

🖤☠️$0.99 sale🖤☠️ A book never goes out of fashion; it can always use more eyes on it; & you, yes YOU, look like you need A SERIOUSLY FUCKED UP HOUSE in your life. Get @carsonwinter.bsky.social & @jolietoomajan.bsky.social's POSTHASTE MANOR for less than a buck direct from us! tinyurl.com/mr3yhv2m

Quick UPDATE for #TheDeerIsMessedUP — we're so close to 40%!! Can you help us get to the finish line??? www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

A Day of Writing in 2025 = spending most of the time figuring out how to turn off all the AI automatic writing prompts 💀

Behold, the cover for my upcoming collection! With art by the incredibly talented @oddoblivion.bsky.social, who did such an amazing job that I can scarcely believe it, and layout courtesy of my tireless partner in this endeavor, @eerieyore.bsky.social.

Matt's work is amazing! He partners with you, answers the million questions you might have, is in constant contact, and delivers a killer finished product!

Need Human Art for your book/shirt/band/life in general? I'm open for commissions! Holler: 1.) DM me 2.) email mattblairstone at gmail dot com 3.) mattblairstone.carrd.co Recent client work: @brandenburgdm.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @nwreader.bsky.social @tenebrouspress.bsky.social

I guess Aronofsky's been living the villain arc all along? May we all drill that pesky chunk out of our own brains before we have shitty soulless ideas like this one.

Voting in Portland's election today; it's mostly school board & education-related, but they're making it pretty easy on me! - Do you currently serve on the board of an AI company? - Does your platform read like it was written by AI? See? Easy. 🚫🤖

Human Art Only🚫🤖

It's alive... ALLLLIIIVE!!!! #TheDeerIsMessedUP #horror #booksky Come check out @probablyharmless.bsky.social and my epic horror anthology—full of messed up deer! 🔥🦌 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

Hot deer in your area

Our first formal announcement for 2026. There's something apocalyptic brewing in Olyoke, Tennessee...

🖤☠️MEET THE 2024 BRAVE NEW WEIRD AWARD WINNERS🖤☠️ Today we chat with @kayv.bsky.social about her story, "Pig House", originally published by the fabulous @seizethepress.bsky.social tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/5/...

Some folks think Motörhead only did one thing, that all Motörhead sounds the same, but they’re dead wrong. There’s decent Motörhead, There’s great Motörhead, And there’s best Motörhead. This is best Motörhead.

Now watching to celebrate the day 🖤☠️

Which Cult wore it better?

🖤☠️CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE 2024 BRAVE NEW WEIRD AWARDS🖤☠️ Hey Ho, let's do it again for the next shift. Please join us in welcoming these 26 Weirdos into the Cult! BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More, Volume Three, is available to preorder now: tinyurl.com/9ekjpa76

Meet the 2024 BRAVE NEW WEIRD Award Winners! We're sharing brief getting-to-know-you's with the lovely creators of this year's batch of Weird stories. Let's kick it all off today with @timpratt.org, author of The Liminal Space Dating Agency: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/5/...

New Weird Horror is in the cards this October🎃🖤☠️

Good day every day. Hail the Indies. Hail the self pubs. Find the books that speak to you, that seem like they were written just for you, that may as well have your name on the cover, that know your guiltiest secrets & secret hopes. They're out there. And they're INDIE. 🖤☠️

Too feckin' tired to mention that—lib, con, or middle of the road—today's celebrity superstar is just the latest figurehead of an org that has killed & persecuted kajillions** of people throughout history, thank you goodnite. Okay NOW I'm too tired to mention it. **Actual science-y number

Today feels like a good day to remind folks: it's easy to help promote and push books that come out from the big 5 publishers. They have amazing marketing budgets & distribution. But there are so many indie titles being released that are phenomenal. Search the dark corners. Find us.

Hey these are all some of my favorite people too!

Books by good folks are coming out soon-ish. The Night Ship @alexwoodroe.com Feeding the Wheel @michaelboulerice.bsky.social The Barre Incidents @renbolger.bsky.social Recent books I've dug Split Scream Vol 6 @itsmedavidcorse.bsky.social Change & other Terrors @horlockwarlock.bsky.social

unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy

"This Year’s Most Exciting Horror Film Was Made For Just $21,000"

Congrats the BRAVE NEW WEIRD Class of 2024! Preorders are open now: store.tenebrouspress.com

💀SUPERNATURAL WEIRD🩸 💀SURVIVAL HORROR🩸 💀BLOOD ON ICE🩸 PREORDER @jacymorris.bsky.social's unflinching new novel WE LIKE IT CHERRY now! Know Jacy from his long-running zombie apocalypse series THIS ROTTEN WORLD? Prepare to see a whole new side to his brutality🖤☠️ store.tenebrouspress.com

My favorite writer and my favorite Editor-in-Chief...collabing on one book? Something Weird here, I'd say the fix is in🖤☠️

It's a new day, a new month, and we continue to seek joy. Announcing the inaugural volume of The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, coming November. Details: bio.site/bestweirdfic...

🖤☠️PREORDERS ARE OPEN🖤☠️ Hey, if it's #indiepressday, let's kick it in style! @jacymorris.bsky.social's WE LIKE IT CHERRY is hot blood splashed on Arctic ice; a Weird Survival horror; a journey of self-discovery—and terror—in the most inhospitable climate imaginable. 🩸❄️💀 store.tenebrouspress.com

VOIDCON 3 Oct 9-11 Gettysburg College, PA

Callin all rebels, devils, outcasts, and iconoclasts… VOIDCON 3 Oct 9-11 Gettysburg College, PA

It’s funny, we don’t think of ourselves as a *store* proper, per se; but if you order direct from us you’ll get cool packaging and swag and stuff; so, screw it, support Tenebrous alongside all the other rad bookshops this #indiebookstoreday 🖤☠️ store.tenebrouspress.com

That's one skankin' bookmark🖤☠️