Hey everybody, M, here,

Had what you might call a discombobulating weekend (albeit a largely enjoyable one minus an extended loss of electricity) which wiped me out a bit, so I spent a lot of time yesterday engaged in the meditative task of re-bagging and boarding my old comic book collection and old magazines to recuperate. This, along with some other obligations, kept distracting me from writing this blog. But here I am with some very exciting news to share.

I’m thrilled to say that I will be once again returning to the pages of Chthonic Matter Quarterly. This time I will be appearing in the Winter 2027 edition with my story The Move Out.

The story is the third in a thematic triptych that begins with my story Sticky from the Winter 2024 issue, and continues in my story which was just released a few weeks ago in the Summer 2026 edition, What’s Behind The Walls.

So you’ve got a while to go before you can see the horrific, paranoid, and dare I say occasionally humorous places where I take the third one (and any attempt at offering more detail at this point would be a spoiler too far beyond what the title might already imply). But the second of these thematically linked tales, What’s Behind The Walls, is brand new, so if you have yet to see what that one is all about you can pick up a copy of the latest issue of CMQ and dig into it along with six other new, thought-provoking and disturbing works of dark fiction by some excellent other contemporary authors.

And if you’re looking for more of my work in that vein, you can of course also start at the beginning and grab a copy of the Winter 2024 issue of CMQ if you have not checked it out yet.

Also always worth mentioning that you can get back-issue bundles and subscriptions straight from the publisher over at the Chthonic Matter website. So you can catch up on what’s come out so far and be one of the first to get CMQ in your mailbox four times a year.

I realized that with all the excitement going on over the past few weeks, between the release of my sword & sorcery collection, Kingdoms Trembling, from DMR Books and What’s Behind The Walls coming out in the latest issue of CMQ, that I ended up getting the pictures of my contributor copy of the new issue of CMQ posted everywhere I have an internet presence besides here on this blog. So I am including them here now throughout this post. As you can see this one is a beautiful book to hold in your hand (as issues of CMQ always are).

I think the two issues I’ve been published in so far look pretty cool next to each other as well.

If you are digging these stories and want more, fear not, you won’t have to wait for 2027 for a new one. There is still more horror to look forward to from me (and from Chthonic Matter Press!) this summer.

Next up, in August, my story Sherman Dismantled and Afloat will be appearing in Chthonic Matter’s Nyctalocos: A Collection of Night Terrors themed anthology.

So get ready for that one and stay tuned for more news! Take care everyone!
-M.