Matthew Daniels

Joined March 2021

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Bio

Merry meet!

I'm here to explore the natures of stories and the people who tell them.

My latest book is Interstitches: Worlds Sewn Together. Check it out: https://www.engenbooks.com/product-page/interstitches-worlds-sewn-together

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Stories (98/0)

Out of Range
"We need extractors. I've found a whole new material!" "Apologies, sir, but you've lingered too long. We must insist you return to the vessel. This was a water run."
By Matthew Daniels11 months ago in Fiction
Ancestor Gone Rogue
My parent was a runaway black hole. I am a star, born without a brain. Consciousness came for me as a big bang. It shattered my universe without affecting anything.
By Matthew Daniels12 months ago in Fiction
Top Story - May 2023
Post-AnthropoceneTop Story - May 2023
She dreamed of magic coming back upon her birth. Her sky was the inside of her shell. Her name was in her bones, but she hadn't grown into it yet.
By Matthew Daniels12 months ago in Fiction
City of the Grave Keeper
"Don't be alarmed," said the Grave Keeper. There was silence. "I know you remember your end. It's okay now," he said as he tended to the tree. The unusual tree.
By Matthew Daniels12 months ago in Fiction
Home Screen
She'd had the windows well blocked. The sun caused too much glare while she played. Her name was on the save file: Crep. Short for her favourite word, crepuscular. Most of her friends couldn't pronounce it, so she said it was for crêpes. That is, pancakes.
By Matthew Daniels12 months ago in Fiction
A Watched Kettle
None of the local children knew how the remains of a tank ended up here. It was half-driven into the ground with a distinct tilt and a bent main gun. They called it The Kettle, and it smelled like rotten rubber and earthy rainwater. A smattering of craters led up to where the tank was now.
By Matthew Danielsabout a year ago in Fiction
Tuckamore
Shivering did not Give shape to winter winds; shapes Pass from kith to kin
By Matthew Danielsabout a year ago in Poets
That Sound
Can’t be inside you Closing doors, title screens, wind; Permission to rest
By Matthew Danielsabout a year ago in Poets
Graffiti
From the word for ‘scratch’... History wears sandwich boards …to starting from scratch
By Matthew Danielsabout a year ago in Poets
Zeitgeist
Spirit of the time: No one keeps a magazine, More bullets than points
By Matthew Danielsabout a year ago in Poets
Cold
Slows time to a scrawl Drawing closer by degrees Hour hand is trembling
By Matthew Danielsabout a year ago in Poets
Creation Myths
Filling the first cup Names to tame elusive things: Stories are height charts.
By Matthew Danielsabout a year ago in Poets