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Matt Gomez

@mxgomez78.bsky.social

Writer, pulp fiction ninja, cat dad

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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In case people are interested, I'll be at a reading and signing for Tales of Steel and Sorcery for @oddityprodigy.bsky.social on June 20th at Captain Blue Hen Comics stores.comichub.com/captain_blue...

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Stjepan Sejic @stjepansejic.bsky.social · 4mo ago

letters to the vampire queen illustrations works are progressing

David Stark - Zarkonnen @zarkonnen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Looking to talk to a writer/cultural sensitivity reader from Mexico or with a Mexican background on how to construct an alternate-history cyberpunk Mexico that's interesting and complex without stepping on half a dozen rakes. Paid.

Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Currently watching open calls sail on by because I decided my new niche is novellas for some reason. Good news? I'm 10k into this second of a proposed three featuring my resident scarred magician - Liam the Black

Dragan "Zeka" Ciric @runningcritter.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#Portfolioday My name is Dragan, I am Serbian artist who dabbles in dark atmospheric epic landscapes, but also does all kind of other styles. ☕: t.co/DnQZFhpRzy

Virgil_630 @virgil-630.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Hi #portfolioday! I'm Paul, freelance illustrator and 2d artist My primary focus in art is on crafting compelling narratives Currently on the lookout for freelance work in games, #ttrpg and publishing #gameart #ttrpgart #coverart 🎨https://virgil-630personal-site.carrd.co/ 📩Virrgill630@gmail.com

The picture shows my original characters

A bunch of people are hanging out in a room filled with warm sunlight. They're all celebrating, smiling, laughing, and chatting with each other.

In the foreground, a man and a woman are standing in an embrace. A son and his mother.

They are dressed in contrasting colors. The black suit and white silk dress stand out sharply against the rest of the people in the room.

The man's face is tense, and his gaze expresses detachment.
He is clearly uncomfortable in the situation, and the hug is more of a formality than a genuine expression of feelings.

Just behind the man, his sister stands in the shadows. They are incredibly similar to each other, even in their tense gazes.

She is dressed much more colorfully than her brother, but her image is also dominated by dark shades. Her left hand, in an attempt to encourage or protect, gently touches the man's shoulder.

One of the men in the background also watches the hugging figures.

Book cover illustration for "The rig at frost crescent" by Lauren Koch.
The front cover shows a portrait of a man from the waist up. They are wearing a warm coat and standing with their back to us. Long black hair is blowing in the strong snowy wind, covering their face. In their black-gloved hands, they are holding a syringe filled with red liquid.

The back cover shows a railway track covered with snow and leading deep into a spruce forest.

Illustration of Henry of Skalitz from Kingdom come deliverance 2 game stylized as an old book illustration. In the piece itself.

In the drawing itself, Henry is riding his horse in a field. The reins are taut, and he is turned slightly toward the man approaching from the right. The rider's gaze is directed toward the man's outstretched letter. The approaching man is wearing armor and a bright blue hood over his shoulders. His right hand rests on the horse's rump. He stands knee-deep in tall grass with bunches of white flowers scattered around him.

Behind them, one can see a camp set up near a destroyed tower. To the left, two soldiers stand by a campfire, one of them polishing his sword. To the right, another group of men sit in a distant white mane tent. Two of them argue about something while the third has leaned his arms on a table and rested his head on 'em. A red colored banner illuminated by the warm setting sun can be seen in the distance behind.
At the top of the tent is a red flag, developing in the light breeze like Henry's robe and the grass.
Behind the tower, the forest can be seen, and a little closer, just behind the tents, stands a large spreading tree. Its foliage shimmers golden in the soft glow of the light.

The whole piece is framed by flowers on the side, running hares inside a pattern on top, and curly ivy at the bottom. In the uleanileft edge is depicted an anvil, and under it intertwined in flowers lying sword. The work is done in the warm color of the sundown hour.

Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 4mo ago

@realfollowers.bsky.social I am curious if this works

Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Me: I'm going to grow my hair out again! Maryland weather:The hell you say! Me:Yeah, that's fair.

Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Finally got around to submitting two stories I wrote last year back into the void. World hasn't ended yet, so I have no excuse.

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 4mo ago

There is no Constitutional prohibition against chasing vodka with cocaine before going on TV and threatening war crimes in the name of Christ, so it’s hard to understand the Democrat Party outrage toward our Secretary of War. by Jonathan Turley

Oddity Prodigy Productions @oddityprodigy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"An Altar of Driftwood and Coral" by @mxgomez78.bsky.social is just one of over twenty fantasy tales in our latest anthology TALES OF STEEL AND SORCERY! Now funding on Kickstarter at the link below: www.kickstarter.com/projects/odd...

A titlecard for the story "An Altar of Driftwood and Coral" depicting the story's title above an eerie, dark green sea.

Text is overlaid on a background of blue stone as follows:

"An Altar of Driftwood and Coral"
by Matthew X. Gomez

is just one of the many stories in Oddity Prodigy's latest anthology...
TALES OF STEEL AND SORCERY
Now funding on Kickstarter
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 4mo ago

gaslamp-pulp.com/2026/03/25/v... Features my story "The Charnel Pit" starring Liam the Black

Volume 4, Spring 2026 — Fantasy - Gaslamp Pulp

Purchase now! Americas: USA*, Canada, Mexico, Brazil Europe: Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands Asia-Pacific: Japan, Australia, India Where myth breathes and magic lingers, new wonders tak...

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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Oh look! Fiction by me will be in the Tales of Steel and Sorcery from Oddity Prodigy!

Card for "Altar of Driftwood and Coral" for "Tales of Steel and Sorcery" on Kickstarter

Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 5mo ago

www.kickstarter.com/projects/odd... Yes, I have a story in this upcoming anthology. They are already halfway to their goal! Woot woot!

Tales of Steel and Sorcery

A collection of fantasy tales, and the newest anthology from Oddity Prodigy Productions!

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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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We Sat Down With the Wrong Flogging Molly and Now We Owe $600 to an Irish Dominatrix

OK, so apparently our new intern Caleb is completely full of shit. We hired him because he said he could make an... Continue reading this gem

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EmmyKtz 🐙 The Pink Hydra 🔞@thepinkhydra.com · 7mo ago

In November, I published @mxgomez78.bsky.social's sexy sword-and-sorcery tale, "The Sword of Bellerose" in our minizine: ko-fi.com/s/e5c9440194

Something Old, Something New - Issue 1.3, November 2025 - The Pink Hydra's Ko-fi Shop

Cover art: “Clytemnestra After the Murder” by John Collier Poetry: “Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries” by A. E. Housman Reviewed: The best horror an...

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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 9mo ago

You would kind of think that the response to lawmakers urging the military to not follow ILLEGAL orders would not be to state that those lawmakers be arrested and executed. But here we are.

Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 9mo ago

A notorious assassin had killed the previous six Archons of Golgotha V. They citizens have conscripted a new one; having failed to protect the previous Archons the new Archon has requested off-planet assistance and you and your ship has been dispatched.

Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.

King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Seen in Washington DC, capital of the land of the free

Yard sign that says "ICE kidnapping happened here"

Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Baffling will open for submissions on December 1st! More info here: www.bafflingmag.com/submissions

Yellow/purple ink blobs. Open to submissions: Dec 1-15. arrows pointing to "unthemed" and "timefuckery" (the two themes for issues we're reading for).

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 9mo ago

A new Sword & Soul comic has appeared! "The beginning, a young warrior’s journey to unifying a lost and beaten people. Join Alara as he forges an empire from Blood and Sand!!" 👉 kingofkushcomics.com

Cover art for a comic book called "King of Kush", with Evans, Guerra, and Walton as listed credits.

A mighty warrior on horseback holds a woman tight as he fights off a small army of aggressors.

Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New fiction over at Freedom Fiction Journal by me. www.freedomfiction.com/2025/11/smok... Contains pirates, tiny drakes, sea magic, mutiny and revenge. All in a story you can probably devour in 30 minutes or so.

Smoke on the Noire Sea by Matthew X. Gomez – Freedom Fiction Journal

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Zara 🏳️‍🌈@zaravarin.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Still seeking BIPOC folks for paid modeling in Seattle on Sunday November 9th! If you’re a Dragon Age fan, even if you aren’t a cosplayer, we want to work with you 💙 Please reply here or send a DM (just note I’m working remotely today so will get to responses a little later today 🙏)

Zara 🏳️‍🌈@zaravarin.bsky.social · 9mo ago

HELLO SEATTLE-AREA DRAGON AGE COSPLAYERS OF COLOR Are you available on Sunday November 9th? I have a cool photo shoot project I’m seeking models for, and YES it is paid!! Please reply here & I’ll reach out with more details 👀 (Signal boosts welcome!!) #DragonAge

Rune Hrafnagaldur @lunegrimm.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Illustration for "Old Moon Quarterly" I've been getting so many cool projects to work on lately, thank you all very much!

Illustrion of a knight fighting a so called "wilder mann" in the middle of a forest clearing

Detail of a stag peaking out in the background

vikingsvssamurai @vikingsvssamurai.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Samurai swords, cowboy guns, and prophecy-fueled chaos. Cloud of Sparrows throws 19th-century Japan into a blender with the Wild West. It’s bloody, brainy, and a little messy. But damn, it’s got style. Matsuoka’s debut swings for the fences. 🔗 vikingsvssamurai.com/cloud-of-spa...

Cloud of Sparrows: A Novel

After centuries of isolation, Japan opens to the West. Foreign ships threaten Edo, as American missionaries arrive, unaware of their predestined fate. With Lord Genji's prophecy, a remarkable adventur...

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Jenn / CaptainHanyuu 💖✨@captainhanyuu.art · 9mo ago

Also a good time to check ALL of your Bluesky moderation settings A couple of them were put into "Hide" without my action

Evilbatwitch@evilbatwitch.cryptoanarchy.network · 9mo ago

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

Rude
Rude or impolite, including crude language and disrespectful comments, without constructive purpose.
Highlighted Off, darkened Warn, and darkened Hide buttons.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Text from a friend:

Just an idea for you to tweet (or whatever you use these days)

An alternative strategy for limiting flights from major airports would be closing small (private jet) airports and sending those air traffic controllers to the main hubs.

But that would impact private jets and that would be terrible.

N.J. Gallegos is Dr. Spooky (she/her)@drspookyer.bsky.social · 2y ago

Follow me if you like: Cattos Horror Star Wars Lesbians and my rainbow mafia posse Writers/artists Memes Terrible dad jokes Bravo TV Being a good human Chaos goblins

Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 9mo ago

My books so far! Links below. Devilry in Godling Wood coming 2026.

Eleven books on a table. Titles: Grimoire of the Four Impostors, El Grimorio de los Cuatro Impostores, The Hangman Feeds the Jackal, The Promise of Plague Wolves, A Seance for Wicked King Death, The Switchblade Svengali, A Pantheon of Thieves, Death’s Other Kingdom, Colossus with a Poison Tongue, The Owl Men of Shanidar, and This World of Vile Wonder.

Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Check Out My Latest Short Fiction Releases I've had two new stories published recently. One is at Swords and Sorcery Magazine entitled An Ancient and Terrible Appetite where two veteran monster hunters take on a contract to find a missing noble. If you've read my collection "God in Black Iron,"…

Check Out My Latest Short Fiction Releases

I've had two new stories published recently. One is at Swords and Sorcery Magazine entitled An Ancient and Terrible Appetite where two veteran monster hunters take on a contract to find a missing noble. If you've read my collection "God in Black Iron," then you'll already be familiar with Viona and Heinrik. The other is my sword and manners story "The Sword of Bellerose" published in Pink Hydra's…

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