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Posting about 110 stories in The Weird. 💀 #WeirdFictionChallenge.
Poetry chapbook Pilgrimages 🏴 out now. Author in NewMyths.com, Lantern Magazine. Interviewer, blogger. Odyssey '16, Codex. He/him. 🇨🇦
📬 https://buttondown.com/MatthewRettino (free story)
@matthewrettino.bsky.socialMy candied ginger was a hit with grandma at Thanksgiving. Very simple recipe!
@sarahwolfson.bsky.socialReposted by @matthewrettino.bsky.socialSo lovely to read poems in the Haskell Library & Opera House yesterday. The historical building straddles the line between Canada and the US — where Stanstead, QC meets Derby Line, VT. I loved connecting with poets from both sides of the border. Gratitude to Stanstead Arts & organizer Derek Webster.
@matthewrettino.bsky.socialThe Fourth Season
@levostregc.bsky.socialReposted by @matthewrettino.bsky.social"I am not an AI-friendly actor, so it’s like, connect those dots! I’m not a member of their club. I didn’t sign the waiver to let him use AI on ‘Spider Noir.’ I’m probably not going to be working with that studio again, but that’s okay.”
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@guygavrielkay.bsky.socialReposted by @matthewrettino.bsky.socialI wake to learn that Chris Wickham, a truly great historian of Late Antiquity and the Early Medieval period in Europe, has died. This is a grievous loss to the field. Here’s a glimpse of what he wrote, for those who don’t know. Rest in peace, sir, you did well.
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@matthewrettino.bsky.socialMy students are doing presentations on BCS stories and “In the Blood” by Alex Irvine is a really good example of a standard high fantasy about dragons told from a unique angle. It’s about sifting for gems through dragon shit among other things. Might just include it in future classes.
@slharris.bsky.socialReposted by @matthewrettino.bsky.socialI can't recommend BCS highly enough. Issue after issue of great fantasy. I subscribe through Weightless Books which sends each number right to my e-reader. weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...
@matthewrettino.bsky.socialHa ha.
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@kateheartfield.comReposted by @matthewrettino.bsky.socialVery honoured to be the host for a conversation between Amal El-Mohtar and Charles de Lint, two writers for whom my admiration and fondness knows no bounds! Oct. 18. Tickets available on the Wakefield Writers Festival website. www.writersfete.com/event/the-ma...
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@juliemannell.bsky.socialReposted by @matthewrettino.bsky.socialA drag queen running for municipal office named “Raya Lection”
@matthewrettino.bsky.socialI’m working on a bog story. Glad I stumbled on this.
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I have two new stories: "The Risen City" is already out with NewMyths.com and "The Métro Pirates" is coming soon in Unréal, whose cover has just bee revealed. 👀
@matthewrettino.bsky.socialThanks!
@matthewrettino.bsky.socialInteresting. I was thinking I could assign a few essays that shine a spotlight on controversies, so this could work well. Also, the Le Guin essay.
@matthewrettino.bsky.socialI read that recently!
@matthewrettino.bsky.socialI'm so stoked to share this story of the post-apocalyptic Montreal metro system. Oh, and it's a science fiction story too.
@matthewrettino.bsky.socialHere's the preorder link: www.flamearrowpublishing.com/products/unr...
