Matthew Simmons
@matthewjsimmons.bsky.social
Neutral good hedge wizard. Orzhov with a Golgari chaser. I write about writing and games: https://matthewjsimmons.substack.com
https://troublednecromancer.bandcamp.com/album/rushes
https://troublednecromancer.bandcamp.com/album/rushes
Pinned
“I Have a Borderline Superstitious Belief in Listening to Chance and Seeing Where It Leads Me,” An Interview with Alfred Valley
A Week of Very Short Pieces, Day 5
matthewjsimmons.substack.com
Five days, five posts on A Sympathetic Destroyer. Thanks for reading.
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/i-have-a-b...
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/i-have-a-b...
Soccer practice
September 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Soccer practice
…Beginning of the End, by portrayal of guilt
11 track album
portrayalofguilt.bandcamp.com
September 17, 2026 at 1:38 AM
I made a Kibo, Uktabi Prince deck for my son and thought it might be fun to try linocut printing for the first time. And so I made Banana tokens.
Not terrible for a first try.
Not terrible for a first try.
September 16, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I made a Kibo, Uktabi Prince deck for my son and thought it might be fun to try linocut printing for the first time. And so I made Banana tokens.
Not terrible for a first try.
Not terrible for a first try.
“We need to have the moon. We really need it. America’s moon. Many people are saying it. Many people are saying we need the moon.”
September 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
“We need to have the moon. We really need it. America’s moon. Many people are saying it. Many people are saying we need the moon.”
currently listening to:
februusdm.bandcamp.com/album/constr...
floating-label.bandcamp.com/album/hesita...
februusdm.bandcamp.com/album/constr...
floating-label.bandcamp.com/album/hesita...
Construction of Conflict, by FEBRUUS
8 track album
februusdm.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2026 at 1:06 AM
currently listening to:
februusdm.bandcamp.com/album/constr...
floating-label.bandcamp.com/album/hesita...
februusdm.bandcamp.com/album/constr...
floating-label.bandcamp.com/album/hesita...
Found a guitar-playing alligator sticker on the floor of my kids room, so I looked up “dragon bards” on Scryfall and made a Korlessa, Scale Singer card.
September 4, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Found a guitar-playing alligator sticker on the floor of my kids room, so I looked up “dragon bards” on Scryfall and made a Korlessa, Scale Singer card.
Playing around with collage #mtgalters. This one is The Belligerent, but it’s the GOOP cruise ship.
You too can have an Izzet vehicle deck with Gwenyth Paltrow’s MLM artifacts! Up next, Mishra’s Bauble, but it’s a vaginal egg.
You too can have an Izzet vehicle deck with Gwenyth Paltrow’s MLM artifacts! Up next, Mishra’s Bauble, but it’s a vaginal egg.
September 4, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Playing around with collage #mtgalters. This one is The Belligerent, but it’s the GOOP cruise ship.
You too can have an Izzet vehicle deck with Gwenyth Paltrow’s MLM artifacts! Up next, Mishra’s Bauble, but it’s a vaginal egg.
You too can have an Izzet vehicle deck with Gwenyth Paltrow’s MLM artifacts! Up next, Mishra’s Bauble, but it’s a vaginal egg.
Playing around with collage #mtgalters. This one is The Belligerent, but it’s the GOOP cruise ship.
You too can have an Izzet vehicle deck with Gwenyth Paltrow’s MLM artifacts! Up next, Mishra’s Bauble, but it’s a vaginal egg.
You too can have an Izzet vehicle deck with Gwenyth Paltrow’s MLM artifacts! Up next, Mishra’s Bauble, but it’s a vaginal egg.
September 4, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Playing around with collage #mtgalters. This one is The Belligerent, but it’s the GOOP cruise ship.
You too can have an Izzet vehicle deck with Gwenyth Paltrow’s MLM artifacts! Up next, Mishra’s Bauble, but it’s a vaginal egg.
You too can have an Izzet vehicle deck with Gwenyth Paltrow’s MLM artifacts! Up next, Mishra’s Bauble, but it’s a vaginal egg.
My HTMLGiant essay about MtG and anxiety got a comment, which is exciting because it's the first post on the site in three years, and this is the first comment in probably the same amount of time.
htmlgiant.com/random/magic...
Watch for my essay on Cookie Clicker and Universal Paperclips in 2028!
htmlgiant.com/random/magic...
Watch for my essay on Cookie Clicker and Universal Paperclips in 2028!
September 3, 2026 at 2:38 AM
My HTMLGiant essay about MtG and anxiety got a comment, which is exciting because it's the first post on the site in three years, and this is the first comment in probably the same amount of time.
htmlgiant.com/random/magic...
Watch for my essay on Cookie Clicker and Universal Paperclips in 2028!
htmlgiant.com/random/magic...
Watch for my essay on Cookie Clicker and Universal Paperclips in 2028!
Sigh. An hour sitting online trying to get some Gene Luen Yang for my kiddo.
August 31, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Sigh. An hour sitting online trying to get some Gene Luen Yang for my kiddo.
For today's post, I interviewed the game designer @alfredvalley.bsky.social. Good stuff!
Five days, five posts on A Sympathetic Destroyer. Thanks for reading.
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/i-have-a-b...
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/i-have-a-b...
“I Have a Borderline Superstitious Belief in Listening to Chance and Seeing Where It Leads Me,” An Interview with Alfred Valley
A Week of Very Short Pieces, Day 5
matthewjsimmons.substack.com
August 21, 2026 at 9:04 PM
For today's post, I interviewed the game designer @alfredvalley.bsky.social. Good stuff!
Five days, five posts on A Sympathetic Destroyer. Thanks for reading.
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/i-have-a-b...
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/i-have-a-b...
“I Have a Borderline Superstitious Belief in Listening to Chance and Seeing Where It Leads Me,” An Interview with Alfred Valley
A Week of Very Short Pieces, Day 5
matthewjsimmons.substack.com
August 21, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Five days, five posts on A Sympathetic Destroyer. Thanks for reading.
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/i-have-a-b...
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/i-have-a-b...
Three Fake Walks
A Week of Very Short Pieces, Day 4
matthewjsimmons.substack.com
August 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"the return of the thin white duke/throwing darts in lovers' eyes"
when the thin white duke enters, you become the monarch
when the thin white duke enters, you become the monarch
August 20, 2026 at 2:35 AM
"the return of the thin white duke/throwing darts in lovers' eyes"
when the thin white duke enters, you become the monarch
when the thin white duke enters, you become the monarch
<--your favorite writer's favorite writer's favorite writer's writer that they think maybe they remember once seeing at an AWP reading or something.
August 20, 2026 at 2:07 AM
<--your favorite writer's favorite writer's favorite writer's writer that they think maybe they remember once seeing at an AWP reading or something.
Whither flarf? (That is.)
August 19, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Whither flarf? (That is.)
Today’s post is a short visual companion to a new, and much longer, review of Magic: The Gathering that I published on HTML Giant yesterday evening. Enjoy!
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/mtg-basic-...
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/mtg-basic-...
MTG Basic Lands by Agnes Martin
A Week of Very Short Pieces, Day 3
matthewjsimmons.substack.com
August 19, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Today’s post is a short visual companion to a new, and much longer, review of Magic: The Gathering that I published on HTML Giant yesterday evening. Enjoy!
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/mtg-basic-...
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/mtg-basic-...
Reposted by Matthew Simmons
Day Two of a week of short pieces on A Sympathetice Destroyer continues with an early draft of a LARP called "Psychopomp," a game inspired by VIGIL by George Saunders, Jane McGonigal, and a video by @rhysticstudies.bsky.social.
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/psychopomp...
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/psychopomp...
August 18, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Day Two of a week of short pieces on A Sympathetice Destroyer continues with an early draft of a LARP called "Psychopomp," a game inspired by VIGIL by George Saunders, Jane McGonigal, and a video by @rhysticstudies.bsky.social.
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/psychopomp...
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/psychopomp...
Day Two of a week of short pieces on A Sympathetice Destroyer continues with an early draft of a LARP called "Psychopomp," a game inspired by VIGIL by George Saunders, Jane McGonigal, and a video by @rhysticstudies.bsky.social.
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/psychopomp...
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/psychopomp...
August 18, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Day Two of a week of short pieces on A Sympathetice Destroyer continues with an early draft of a LARP called "Psychopomp," a game inspired by VIGIL by George Saunders, Jane McGonigal, and a video by @rhysticstudies.bsky.social.
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/psychopomp...
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/psychopomp...
Wirecutter having a bit of a day, apparently.
August 17, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Wirecutter having a bit of a day, apparently.
I have a new, short piece up today. I'm going to do a little something every day this week:
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/another-co...
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/another-co...
August 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I have a new, short piece up today. I'm going to do a little something every day this week:
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/another-co...
matthewjsimmons.substack.com/p/another-co...
I often imagine there is a large text thread featuring all the writers I know except me.
August 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I often imagine there is a large text thread featuring all the writers I know except me.
Reposted by Matthew Simmons
If Wizards won't give me "Bullroarer" Took, I'll just have to make him myself.
August 9, 2026 at 5:13 AM
If Wizards won't give me "Bullroarer" Took, I'll just have to make him myself.
If Wizards won't give me "Bullroarer" Took, I'll just have to make him myself.
August 9, 2026 at 5:13 AM
If Wizards won't give me "Bullroarer" Took, I'll just have to make him myself.