Matthew G. Rees - Writer

Author: 'Keyhole', 'The Snow Leopard of Moscow & Other Stories', 'The Feast'. Playwright: 'Dragonfly', 'Sand Dancer'. Audio: 'As The Meadow Ends', 'Dreamcoat'.

[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

Thrilled, moved & honoured to have been chosen for 2023 Rhys Davies Award, Wales's prize for the short story. Forthcoming anthology @parthianbooks will feature my story 'Harvest' & stories by 11 fellow writers. Looking forward to meeting them at launch @swanseastones Thurs Oct 12

[Cultural Institute - Swansea University @Culture_SwanUni]

🎉 We’re delighted to announce that the winner of the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition is Matthew G. Rees (@ReesMatthewG) for his story 'Harvest.' 🎉

‘Harvest’ exhibits a distinctive and masterful voice in storytelling. - @jfraserwriter (Judge)

➡️https://t.co/DaJ1zxdZRm

[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

Spotted this morning, Welsh Marches.

[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

Plummeting UK temperatures. My #shortstory 'Seasoned' was written & published in September when the intended axing of the automatic #winterfuelpayment for UK senior citizens was announced by the UK Govt.
The story can be found here: https://t.co/y9drvP30Xz
#WinterFuelPayments

[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

Many thanks from me to master narrator Kristin Holland for his bravura performance of my #shortstory 'An Exhibition' - featured #tale in the latest #podcast at 'Nocturnal Transmissions'. Available to hear FREE here: https://t.co/zf8zfCTiDD
#shortstories
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[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

@Culture_SwanUni @SwanseaUni @parthianbooks @Rebecca_Writer @elaine_canning @Peterfinch @LitWales @BCouncil_Wales @SUCulture_Comm @NationCymru @Books_Wales Congratulations!

[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

My thanks to editor Bob Pope for having my #shortstory 'The Strangest of Tales' in his latest anthology 'Incredibly Marvelous Creatures' - 15 stories, 216 pages, in a lovely-looking paperback. Fab cover art by Mya Britt-Anderson. https://t.co/D4CIsi8JTS

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[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

Just spotted! Amazon currently has 'a special' on my #shortstory collection 'The Feast' - 22 weird #tales of #strange dining. Normal Amazon UK price: £9.99. Amazon offer price: £5.99. Tuck in here: https://t.co/5qPmDMoWHL
'dazzling...deeply impressive' - Verified Purchase Review

[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

@reviewwales @WritingUni @elaine_canning @dylanthomprize @Culture_SwanUni @StephenKing @susanhillwriter @neilhimself @darrenshan For time of year: 'All Hallows' by Walter de la Mare. From the canon of Welsh writing in English: 'Jordan' by Glyn Jones. 'The Birds' by Daphne du Maurier (story not film) takes some beating. Stories with 'atmos': 'Madam Crowl's Ghost' (Le Fanu), 'Wirelss' & 'They' by R Kipling.

[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

Eye-catching Victorian gates encountered at dusk in an old market town in the Welsh borders at the weekend.
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[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

Liking this cover for the 11th BHF Book of Horror Stories - in which I'n due to have a tale. I gather it's on schedule to be out in time for #Halloween Theme: Folk Horror. Bumper collection of circa 30 #shortstories plus original art. Neat spoof of trad-style price table on back.

[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

Looking forward to Swansea Books Fair this coming weekend, Oct 5-6, at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Somerset Place, Swansea SA1 1RR. Free entry to the fair, hours 11 am to 4 pm. I'll be there on Saturday. If you happen to be in the 'hood, come and say hello.
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[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

'Fringes of Grey' is the new story collection from Canada-based writer Lene MacLeod. I've read a number of stories by MacLeod & suggest this is a book to look out for. Many thanks for her kind words about my own writing!

[M.M. MacLeod @LeneMacLeod]

Many thanks 🙏🏼to Matthew G. Rees for his thoughtful words. His published collections are of wonderfully original, dark, imaginative short stories, most recent book: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘸 & 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 @ReesMatthewG

[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

"the brittler the bark, the better the burn" - My thanks to those who've published "Seasoned", a new & perhaps uneasy #story by me with a satirical take on UK's #WinterFuelAllowance controversy. The #tale is at https://t.co/FZXNqEw7sd……
#shortstories
https://t.co/b4cHI1ovxS

[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

My thanks to ed David Longhorn for having my #shortstory 'Corpsed' in new-out Supernatural Tales 56. (Thirsty thesp of a certain age Carwyn Blyth takes a perhaps unwise - & certainly well-oiled - wander after 1st night of a new play.) P'back & download via https://t.co/8lxzbgaMUZ

[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

Flying ducks. Variation on a theme. End wall of a new cafe that's opened in Brynmill, Swansea.

[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

Low tide, the beach at Swansea.

[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

Bowled over by 5-star review Stateside of 'The Boy From The Coach: Llangynidr, The Coach and Horses, & Childhood' - my father's memoir of his boyhood in Breconshire, Wales, in the 40s & 50s, revolving in large part around the old coaching inn that was in a branch of our family.

[americymru @americymru]

'The Boy From The Coach' By J.A.S. Rees: A Review https://t.co/LltDEcXHAS

[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

'Adorable...a delight.' Have been bowled over by utterly lovely review at 'Buzz' - culture & listings magazine - of my father's memoir , 'The Boy from The Coach' by J.A.S. Rees. Huge thanks to reviewer Chris Andrews & all @BuzzMagWales
#Llangynidr #WALES
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[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

Pleased to have a story in the next 'Supernatural Tales'. 'Corpsed' will be in Issue 56, out autumn. My thanks to editor David Longhorn. List of featured tales can be found on the 'ST' site https://t.co/8hOzaSyWEM Provisional cover has art by Sam Dawson.
#shortstories
#tales

[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

Just want to express appreciation to all who've shown such interest in my father's memoir of his boyhood in #Breconshire, Wales, during years of Second World War & those after, centring on the #Usk Valley village of #Llangynidr nr #Crickhowell. Thanks!! 😀
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[Matthew G. Rees - Writer @ReesMatthewG]

International Dylan Thomas Day - Personal memory: me in arty photo (herewith, by Mark Lawson-Jones) with Jon Gower at 2019 launch of my #story collection 'Keyhole' (Three Impostors press) at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, birthplace & home of Dylan Thomas. Great privilege for me.