C. Matthew Smith
@cmattwrite.bsky.social
Old with wandering. Probably sore from it, too. Author of TWENTYMILE (“taut, page-turning”—Atlanta Journal-Constitution). THE ONES IN THE CORNER out June 17, 2026 from Winding Road Stories. www.cmattsmithwrites.com.
May thanks to one of my favorite working writers, @writerstevens.bsky.social, for this attentive review of THE ONES IN THE CORNER.
C. Matthew Smith, “The Ones in the Corner”
About mid-way through The Ones in the Corner, a character named Mr. Friendly is explaining to our struggling hero Ben Duffy what happened the previous night when the car he was driving—and this is …
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Meanwhile this poor guy has spent tens of thousands of dollars on lawyers he’ll never get back. All thanks to one man’s bruised ego and DOJ lackeys who can’t say no to him.
DOJ dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism case against Olympian David Hearn, citing 'flawed' work by contractor
The Justice Department moved to dismiss the criminal case against Olympian David Hearn.
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“Marie had told me that the average lifespan for a man on our rez was just forty-seven years, compared to seventy-five just across the border in Todd County. I wondered if Natives burned faster and brighter, our lives arcing across a span that we couldn’t see and could only dimly comprehend.”
Over the past few days, I’ve discovered that it’s possible to be highly, highly impressed by a film’s craft and yet feel absolutely nothing after leaving the theater. No thoughts or ideas that linger in my head. No particular character or moment I keep coming back to. Strange.
“The Odyssey” translator Emily Wilson didn’t care for Nolan’s adaptation. Here she is going in for the kill. This shall, henceforth, be the primary metric by which I judge films.
Can we retire the term “maxxing” already? Surely we’ve had enough of that nonsense.
(a) No, you fucking don’t. OG doesn’t get down like that. (b) Maybe—just maybe—bowls of pasta and a right fundamental to our republic aren’t remotely the same thing?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoScalise: "Anybody that gets on an airplane has to show a picture ID to vote. Nowadays, if you want to go to Olive Garden and get unlimited pasta, you gotta show a picture ID. This isn't complicated stuff."
Awfully cool of Taco Bell to stand up and take the hit. They can admit to causing explosive diarrhea and we’ll all go, “Well, yeah.”
Taco Bell says it has removed lettuce linked to cyclosporiasis outbreak from its restaurants
Taco Bell, which the CDC linked to the cyclosporiasis outbreak, will likely recover soon from the health safety scare, according to analysts.
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Didier Deschamps has got to be the most French name the world has ever known. Thomas Pynchon could never.
From some truly insane horror movies to the biggest blockbusters, and even that ‘80s miniseries “Amerika” that only a handful of us probably remember, Sam Neill was never less than great. RIP.
Sam Neill, Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders actor, dies aged 78
The New Zealand actor, who was born in Northern Ireland, died in Sydney. He had recovered from cancer and "the loss was sudden and unexpected", his family says.
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I’m sorry, is Mads Mikkelsen coaching the Swiss team?
I love it when a soccer match pauses because a penalty has been called and players for each team start arguing with each other about whether it really was a foul. As though they’re ever going to reach consensus or it would even matter if they did.
South metro Atlanta friends! You can find me signing books at Newnan Book Co on Friday July 10 from 4-6pm.
I forget - what’s it called when the government involves itself in the means of production?
White House launches 25 Freedom Fuel gas stations in this region
The White House launched gas stations, it announced on July 7, but the prices aren't much lower than the national average. See where they're located.
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Man of my word,,, imma making sure the WHOLE women’s hockey team gets to go celebrate their championship together at the ESPYs,,, vote for them for Team of the Year here www.espn.com/espys/story/...
But I thought embracing AI was the only way people were going to be employable.
Lauri Donahue@lauridonahue.bsky.social · last mo.futurism.com/future-socie... lol
Florida folks: If you have O- blood and are of African or African American descent, OneBlood is searching for donors who have a rare antigen that matches with a teenager with sickle cell disease who needs 50 units of blood so she can have a bone marrow transplant.
Rare blood needed to save life of Florida teen needing bone marrow transplant
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WFLA)— Blood donors of African descent are needed to save the life of a Florida 18-year-old fighting an aggressive form of sickle cell disease, OneBlood announced. Gigi Felix,…
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“But this was how life was. People break or are broken. You’re surrounded by their pieces.”
South metro Atlanta friends! You can find me signing books at Newnan Book Co on Friday July 10 from 4-6pm.
Tonight’s viewing. A chilling, anxiety-inducing piece of work. So meticulously crafted, every frame matters and every line of dialogue counts.
Seriously, is there a director with a wider divergence in his/her work than Ben Wheatley? I’m not just talking style and subject matter, I mean quality as well. This film fell sort of in the middle for me. Zany, violent fun with a plot that makes zero sense.
Empowering creatives got the studio where it is, and now they want to cut creatives out? Hell no.
io9@io9.com · last mo.A24 Wants You to Be Nice About Its Google AI Deal
